World views on postwar governance and moral defeatism
An essay argues against returning to spheres of influence and balance of power. It defends Woodrow Wilson's world organization and Christian ethics, warning that regional systems risk perpetual war and imperialism. It highlights Britain and America’s roles, urging sovereign equality and global cooperation to curb militarism.
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Germany
Europe
Russia
Japan
Britain
China
Far East
United States
America
Marshal Smuts
South Africa
London
Woodrow Wilson
Western Hemisphere
Allies Clinch Weekend Victories Across Fronts From Caen To Saipan
Allied forces scored decisive gains on land and sea with Caen and La Haye captured on the Cherbourg peninsula and Saipan fallen in the Marianas. Russian advances near Wilno and East Prussia signaled growing pressure on German defenses while Noemfoor fell in New Guinea as Pacific momentum shifted toward Tokyo. The weekend marked heavy Axis setbacks across Europe and the Pacific.
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Europe
Caen
la Haye
Cherbourg
Paris
Berlin
Italy
Rome
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
United States
Saipan
Western Pacific
Marianas
Manila
Tokyo
Japan
Noemfoor Island
New Guinea
Philippines
MacArthur
Russia Prepares Reconversion Trains For War And Peace
Russia orders ten mobile power trains from the United States. Each eight car unit supplies the power of a city with a 640 ton steam turbine car driving an electric generator, providing rapid power for military and civilian needs as troops advance. After war, equipment can be relocated or kept for emergencies.
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Russia
United States
Expert says Japanese can be mastered in a year
An expert claims Japanese language study could be mastered in twelve months yet notes the time frame may be moot if the language is abolished by then. The remark frames a provocative take on language policy and education timelines.
Bricker in Frankfort Ind Highlighted
In Frankfort Indiana a man named Dew ey Bricker resides in the city according to the readable text.
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Frankfort
Ind
Dewey Bricker
Airpower and Island bases in US strategy debate
In a column distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Major de Seversky argues against seizing French Caribbean islands like Martinique, Miquelon, and St Pierre for military bases. He contends air power and distance render such bases unnecessary, advocating economic uses instead and warning against framing security as a military necessity.
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Charles de Gaulle
United States
Iran
Congress
Caribbean
Reynolds
North Atlantic
Miquelon
St. Pierre
North America
Ee Sabe
Martinique
Florida
Panama
Martinque
South America
Uncle Sam
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
About Those Gas Attacks
James Marlow narrates a Washington scene in which government officials debate poison gas. A flirtatious exchange with two stenographers reveals fantasies about using gas against Japan, illustrating wartime bravado and racial tension.
Brookside Homemakers Host La Crosse County Council July Meeting
Tribune notes Brookside Homemakers hosted the La Crosse County Community Council at the July meeting. High school band under C. I. Anderson will play at Roosevelt school playfield Wednesday evening. Dorothy Blatter, Grand Rapids assistant principal, visiting parents Rudolph and Miss Blatter at 103 North 23rd. Two airplanes to be permanently located for daily La Crosse Airways service. Lora Palmer returns home from Paris Sorbonne study trip with Columbia College students. Milton Vollmar visits St. Paul. W. A. and O. G. Lewis sell 100 acres in Burns to F. A. Oliver for 3500 dollars. A. Hoathmaker and spouse depart for three months on Pacific coast trip. Emma Knudtson to visit Olga Lee in St. Louis.
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Brookside
la Crosse
la Crosse Airways Company
Lora Palmer
State Street
Miss Palmer
Columbia College
Sorbonne University
Paris
Milton C. Vollmar
St. Paul
W. A
O. G. Lewis
Burns
F. A. Oliver
Post Office Official Takes Two Week Vacation
Forties era note reports John H. Miller La Crosse post office carrier superintendent traveling to St. Louis for a two week vacation. Also mentions Mr and Mrs A D Duffus arriving from West Salem to reside at 225 South 6th street. Capt Fred Schultz Lieut Phil Wendling and R W Rick visited Camp Douglas with Second Regiment companies encamped awaiting new khaki uniforms by summer’s end.
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John H. Miller
la Crosse
St. Louis
A. D. Duffus
West Salem
South 6Th Street
Fred Schultz
Phil Wendling
Co. B
WNG
R. W. Rick
Camp Douglas
Advice Given Plumber By Club Member Bad
In Great Falls Montana Edwin Johnson the plumber said he could not attend a luncheon a club member urged him to skip the assignment a woman then called angrily reporting a burst water pipe and flooded basement after the plumber failed to appear
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Great Falls
Mont
Edwin Johnson
Carl Lehman
Couple Married At Chicago War Plant
Alice Osterberger and Stanley Studzinski wed at the Onsrud machine works plant in Chicago as the factory closed for a weekend holiday. The ceremony took place in work attire among grease stained fellow workers, reflecting wartime practicality and solidarity.
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Chicago
Alice Osterberger
Stanley Studzinski
Onsrud Machine Works
Police Chief Forces Car Push On Inert Vehicle Joke
In Lorain Ohio Police Chief H J Miller flagged down a motorist and asked him to push the village car named Jenny to a repair station. The man sped off before Miller remembered to turn the ignition key.
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Lorain
Ohio
H. J. Miller
Miller
Child saves pennies to buy fifty dollar war bond
In Chicago three year old Nancy Ann Kiely learned from her parents she had saved 3750 pennies since last Christmas. She celebrated her birthday on July Fourth by emptying her penny bank to raise 37.50 for a war bond purchase.
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Chicago
Nancy Ann Kiely
Kent Tyler affair revived as political rumor in US
Peter Edson argues the Tyler Kent case, tied to alleged Churchill Roosevelt assurances, is thin fodder for a US political campaign. He notes Kent in London, Anna Wolkof, Captain Ramsay, and wartime espionage rumors, but says the facts remain unclear and subject to wartime distortion.
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Henrik Shipstead
Minnesota
Tyler Kent
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Washington
Churchill
London
Admiralty
Chamberlain
Kent
A. H. M. Ramsay
Anna Wolker
Kennedy
Europe
Ramsay
Anna Wolkof
Wolkof
House of Commons
Allied Victories Roll In From Normandy Russia and Saipan
DeWitt Mackenzie reports a triumphant week with Allied gains in Normandy including Caen and La Haye du Puits, a strong Soviet push on the Baltic and East Prussia fronts, and American capture of Saipan opening air and sea reach to Tokyo and the Philippines.
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Russia
Red Army
Germany
East Prussia
Wilno
Red
Baltic
France
Italy
Poland
Reader Questions Answered in The Tribune Information Bureau
The Tribune Information Bureau provides fact Q and A on diverse topics. Examples include presidential governors of New York, Negro baseball players, Lincoln statue prestige, Pentagon cost, nails expanding with heat, seven hills city Istanbul, Maggie Cline, microphone versus loudspeaker, George Wythe as first U.S. law professor, and sailors folding clothes at sea with inside out rolls.
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United States
George Wythe
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg
Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
Henry Clay
Navy Department
Why earthworms surface during rain
W D A explains earthworms come to the surface when it rains to avoid suffocation as oxygen in burrows declines, driving them upward to breathe.
Q and A Quiz Snippets on Hair Growth Popcorn and Raids
A mixed set of Q A items covers hair growth myths, sea mules as towing craft, why popcorn pops via kernel moisture steam, radium world value around $40 million total, sow litter sizes of six piglets twice yearly, and spondaic word examples. Also notes Lincoln's slave purchase policy and the Belgian Queen Astrid's 1935 death in an auto crash.
Short Shots In Politics in Wisconsin
John Wyngaard surveys state politics noting Dewey pledged delegates question Philipp's fitness for national committeeman. He cites Milwaukee labor appeal to Dan Hoan, Lamn's Goodland campaign role, and Gov Goodland's likely lieutenant governor choice. O'Konsky backs L D Smith. Grant Ritter adds publicity value. Pierce remains underpowered while Tom Coleman leads the voluntary committee.
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Madison
Wis
Trute
Philipp
Republican Party
Wisconsin
Dan Hoan
Hoan
Milwaukee
Goodland
A. A. Lamn
Kiel
GOP
L. D. Smith
U. S. Senate
Chicago
Grant Ritter
Rock County
Smith
Robert Pierce
Republican State Central Committee
Pierce
Glenn Roberts
Tom King
State Central Committee
State Voluntary Committee
Tom Coleman
Ideal Foster Mother in Chicago Selected
Chicago honors Mrs Morris Proger as the city’s ideal foster mother after 22 years of caring for neglected and dependent children. She has raised 13 children, five boys and eight girls, with two boys now in service. The award comes from the United Home Finding Service which places about 4000 children yearly.
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Chicago
Morris Proger
Crossword Puzzle Clue Set and Answers
A vertical and across clue list with definitions and abbreviations for a crossword puzzle. Includes terms for pay scale nocturnal mammal mistakes narrow band admit exclamation French abbr fish eggs paid notices accomplish That one limp high card myself Olympiad health resort paying substance provide with weapons mimic observe finish elderly international language senior abbr fondle be indebted period of tenure On the ocean compass point tie together edges anger morindin dye relative and knight abbr.
Flying snakes observed by Martin Johnson in Borneo
The late Martin Johnson observed a small poisonous snake that climbs high into trees and glides between trees without wings. The creature projects itself from elevated branches to travel through the air.
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Martin Johnson
Borneo
Map of United States color map with territories and stats
A 21 by 28 inch five color map features Alaska Aleutians and other territories with insignia of the army navy and marine corps and women in U S service. It includes silhouettes of U S aircraft, railroad distance tables, state area and population, and ranks of the 200 largest cities. Fifteen cents postpaid via coupon from The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau Washington DC.
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Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
U. S
United States
la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
Eye St
N. E
Washington, D. C
The
Shark Liver Vitamins Boost Gulf of California Fisheries
In Mazatlan Mexico demand for shark liver vitamins revives Gulf of California shark fishing with a planned shark fair featuring a shark queen. No candidates have yet been named for the title Miss Shark as the event nears.
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Mazatlan
Mexico
Gulf of California
La Crosse Tribune and Leader Press Notice
The La Crosse Tribune and Leader Press is published daily on weekdays and Sundays by the La Crosse Tribune Co. The paper lists W. T. Burgess as publisher and R. L. Bangsberg as managing editor with A. W. Rice as city editor. It is a member of the Lee Newspaper Syndicate and the Associated Press.
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la Crosse Tribune Co
4Th and
Cass Streets
la Crosse
Wis
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