Normandy Beachhead Gains Seen As Concrete by Allies
Washington reports five weeks of Normandy fighting yield definite gains. Allies secured Cherbourg and built a larger beachhead while inflicting heavy casualties on German forces, with 54,000 captured. Caen and Carentan activity continues as American forces move to firmer ground for the anticipated major offensive.
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William Frye
Washington
Normandy
Bernard L. Montgomery
Tie
Cherbourg
Montgomery
Caen
Carentan
Readstown School Meeting Sees Stable Election Returns
A large Readstown crowd attended the annual school meeting Monday evening. Ed Larson chaired the session as reports were read and approved. Seventy three votes were cast with seventy for the re election of Earl Lowrey as treasurer. J W Hall Lydia Olson and Mrs Charles Reiner named to auditing committee.
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Readstown
Wis
Ed Larson
Earl Lowrey
J. W. Hall
Lydia Olson
Charles Reiner
Readstown Toddler Breaks Hip in Accident
Monica Kay Chroninger age eighteen months, daughter of Mr and Mrs Douglas Chroninger of Readstown, broke her left hip last Friday in what authorities describe as a household mishap.
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Readstown
Wis
Monica Kay
Douglas Chroninger
Radio Tonight Schedule Highlights and Corrections
A dense radio listings page shows tonight’s schedule across networks CBS NBC and MBS. Programs include Beat the Band Jeann Wershok and Dr Christian, Mr District Attorney, Kay Kyser Music and Quiz, and First Nighter drama series with multiple guests and repeats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mrs. North
Alan Young
Phil Herris
CBS-1
Red Barber
Allan Jones
Dr. Caristien
Jack Carson
Mudros Bailey
Donninger
Abe Lyman
Wongs
Xavier Nume
Emanuel Celier
Churyday
NCO
Findus Rongers
Sky High Orchestra
Lorenzo Jones
Kate Smith
Rijmoné Scullsbon
Jeri
Murphy Sisters
Jack Armstrong
Dlu
Weet
Volney
Mbs
East
Lowel Thomas
Nbc World News
Cbs
Henry J. Taylor
Bdiu
Basic
Bie-Wen
Mercer
Ienaibehuen
Cbs Boswell
Bdlu
London
Nbrc Dance Orchestra
Nbc
Carle Orch
Cbs Broadecam of
Cecil Brown
Dla
Nbec
Jeen Wershok
Dr. Christian
Rainer Cugat
Jeck Carson
Dunninger
Olu Gabriel Heatier
Mildred Bailey and Company
Orhoes
Biu
Bilu
Kay Kyser
Nhe
Dbs
Raymond Gram Swing
Royal Arch
Ted Malone
England
Bilu Dance Music Orchestra
Nbr
Cbs Biu
Eddie Kotal Sets Course Record at Green Bay Club
Eddie Kotal former Stevens Point Teachers College coach and Packers aide posted a two under par 68 at the town and country club layout with rounds of 33 and 35. The record marks a landmark for the local course.
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Green Bay
Wis
Eddie Kotal
Stevens Point Teachers College
Packer
Kotal
Coach Wounded at Anzio Beachhead Recovers in Appleton
APPLETON Wis. Former junior high football coach Sher wood Russell is recovering from a shoulder wound he suffered on the Anzio beachhead in Italy according to word received.
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Appleton
Wis
Sherwood Russell
Anzio
Italy
Wisconsin Library Association To Award $250 Scholarship
The Wisconsin Library Association announced a $250 scholarship for the 1944-45 UW library school academic year. It will aid a Wisconsin resident in financial need pursuing post-graduate work. Applications due by August 1, blanks obtainable from the association.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Library Association
University of Wisconsin Library School
Wisconsin
Goodland invites state congressmen to discuss plans
Gov. Goodland invites Wisconsin lawmakers and state and local officials to a July 18 meeting in Madison to craft a unified plan for distributing surplus federal war supplies. The aim is to save money for local governments and shape a Wisconsin plan for submission to Washington.
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Goodland
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Gov. Goodland
Washington
la Follette
Wiley
University of Wisconsin
A. J. Thelen
County Boards Association
R. C. Bieri
Counishway Commissioners Association
Frederick N. MacMillan
The
League of Municipalaties
Hugh Campbell
Association of County Asylums
William Coffey
Milwaukee County
Joseph Nicholson
Milwaukee
W. H. Harless
Milwaukee Comptroller’s Office
Wiscouters Organize Recreation Group Near Madison
A new organization called the Wiscouters brings UW graduate club faculty and Hoofers together to explore historic sites near Madison. Prof Roland S Stebbins leads a Lake country outing and July 22 wildlife study at the university arboretum with Aldo Leopold guiding. A Lake Mendota boating trip on July 30 ends the summer schedule.
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Madison
Wis
Wiscouters
University of Wisconsin Graduate Club
Roland S. Stebbins
Art Education
Lake Country
John Stewart Curry
University Arboretum
Aldo Leopold
Lake Mendota
Deaf mute in Portland court case dismissed on intoxication
In Portland a deaf mute appeared in municipal court on an intoxication charge. He used a writing pad, producing fifteen pages of testimony before the judge dismissed the case.
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Portland, Ore
OUR MEN LIN SERVICE
Local column lists servicemen from La Crosse area with photos and notes. Names include Dean Peterson Camp Swift Texas. William R. Krismer Camp Adair Oregon. Lieut Frank B. Davy Waycross Georgia. several others with ranks and units in U S Army air force and reserves.
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Pic
Dean Peterson
Camp Swift
Tex
Co. C
William R. Krismer
APO
Camp Adair
Ore
Frank B. Davy
Sydn
Waycross
New York
Richard Carr
Lloyd J. Verker
Milton M. Oles
John P. Fritch, Jr
Donald C. Sather
Ruben Veglahn
San Francisco
Gerald H. Buswell
Leo B. Berry
Vic
George H. Freisinger
Robert A. Olson
Seattle
Harvey Nygaard
Minneapolis
Merlin Coher
Colombian President Freed From Rebels
President Alfonso Lopez was freed after rebels seized him Monday at Pasto as Lieut. Col. Diogenes Gil fled the country. Lopez declared the abortive revolt quelled and reassumed the presidency from Tuquerres while Vice-president Dario Echandia held powers temporarily.
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Bogota
Colombia
Alfonso Lopez
Pasto
Diogenes Gil
Tuquerres
Lopez
Dario Echandia
River Family Rescued By Bystanders In Detroit
In Detroit a mother Adeline Thaar and William Thaar Sr. saved four family members when William 9 and Gerald 6 fell into the Detroit river. Bystanders pulled the group to safety after the accident.
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Detroit
William Thaar
Gerald
Detroit River
Adeline Thaar
William, Sr
Picnics Scheduled at Myrick Park This Month
Fifteen city picnics organized by the park department will be held at Myrick park. Groups include American Legion auxiliary St Joseph 500 card club La Crosse State Teachers college Church of Christ international union of Life Insurance agents Bethany Gospel Tabernacle Landlords association sheet metal workers Brown family reunion Northern States Power company United Commercial Travellers auxiliary Townsend club and La Crosse county Homemakers with dates from July 12 to July 25.
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Park Department
Myrick Park
American Legion Auxiliary
St. Joseph
Townsend Club
la Crosse County
Deaths Last Night by the AP
London author Luien Pissarro 81 landscape painter and wood engraver died. Great Falls Tribune editor Harry B. Brooks 67 native of Minnesota passed away.
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London
Lucien Pissarro
Great Falls
Mont
Harry B. Brooks
The
Great Falls Tribune
Minnesota
Louis Nelson Praised by War Committee Leader
Gys bert van Steenwyk lauded Louis G Nelson for leading publicity and promotion of the War Loan drive and for arranging the 76th Division combat show at the La Crosse Inter-State Fair grounds. Nelson also chairs Campbell town activities and dedicated a month to bonds promotion.
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Gysbert van Steenwyk
la Crosse
John Padesky
Electric Auto-Lite Company
Sunny
Nelson
76Th Division
Camp McCoy
War Finance Committee
Western Ranches Fight Tax Status in Montana Case
In Helena Montana a ranch challenged a county tax on 3973 cattle imported from Mexico arguing the property was not a livestock warehouse but a temporary pasture. The federal court ruled the cattle were subject to levy despite the ranch’s warehouse designation claim.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Big Horm County
Mexico
Cowboy shoots self in theater during war film
A six shooter carrying man at a Tucson theater drew his gun from the holster to ease discomfort, then fired as the film reached its climax, wounding his left hand and leg.
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Tucson
Ariz
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