Allies Hold Crucifix Hill in Fierce Caen Sector Fight
See-saw combat in Caen as German forces attack Cherbourg peninsula objectives. Berlin radio claimed fresh American divisions entering Normandy while front loudspeakers urged desertion. British forces remain entrenched atop Crucifix Hill after heavy 36 hour battles with high German tank losses.
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LACR
Cherbourg
Berlin
Normandy
United States
Caen
Supreme
Judge Rules Prause Not Shown to Be Inimical
Federal Judge F. Ryan Duffy presided Wednesday over denaturalization proceedings for Helmut E. Prause. The court found no evidence that Prause, before his 1938 naturalization, had acted inimically to the United States.
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Milwaukee
Ryan Duffy
Helmut E. Prause
Prause
United States
La Crosse Merchant Boat to Be Named La Crosse
A ship will be christened La Crosse on or about December 7, 1944, based on a letter from the U S merchant committee two years earlier via the La Crosse Chamber. Directors approved most airport financing policy declarations. a carrier control referendum split their vote. Final chamber action awaits guidance from the U S Chamber. Secretary Corbett notes invitations go out for the rural affairs picnic on July 26 at Waterloo Park.
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la Crosse
United States
Corbett
Waterloo Park
Obituary notices for Swancutt Meier Glynn and Glynn
Military funeral services will be held for Lieut. Beaufort G. Swancutt with services at Madden funeral home and St. Marys Church in La Crosse. Burial in Woodlawn cemetery. Also listed are notices for John Meier who died at 80 and Patrick Glynn RFC dying in Rochester Minnesota with services at Madden and La Crescent Methodist church.
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Beaufort Swancutt
Beaufort G. Swancutt
Madden
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Robert B. Condon
Woodlawn
Gertrude
Bruce
Charles
la Crosse
Caroline Swancutt
Detroit
Mich
Patrick E. Wright
Ralph M. Sloan
Hampstead
Long Island
N. Y
Dephane
Mindoro
Wis
Vernon
Corp
Wellington
Amarillo
Tex
Maj
Woodrow
Burma-China-India
John Meier
Patrick G. Glynn
RFC
la Crescent
Minn
Rochester
Theresia Williams
Anna Marie Glynn
Lewis Hormann
Dakota
Lloyd Williams
Armed Services
la Crescent Methodist Church
Chas. H. Miller
Prospect Mill
Sletten-McKee Company
Capt McCarthy Returns to U S After Pacific Tour
Capt McCarthy, Republican Senate candidate, arrives in the United States on leave from the Marines after a Pacific duty. James J. Colby, chairman of the McCarthy for senator committee, says McCarthy phoned his father and plans Wisconsin arrival in about a week to pursue the Republican nomination.
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Marine Corps
United States
Pacific
James J. Colby
McCarthy For Senator
Colby
Capt. McCarthy
Tim
Cq) McCarthy
Wisconsin
U. S
Capt
McCarthy
Tri-State Deaths in Ontario and Waukon
Dorance Woodard 80 died Tuesday morning Funeral services held Thursday at 1 30 p m at home of Harry Woodard and 2 p m at Ontario Baptist church Burial planned in Ontario cemetery James Deviney 79 died Tuesday evening of a heart attack on a Waukon business street Married 47 years to Margaret Ooe now of Mason City Survivors include five children five sisters and five brothers Burial in Lycurgus Fri oCape with services at St Pat’s church
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Ontario
Wis
Dorance Woodard
Harry Woodard
Ontario Baptist Church
James Deviney
Waukon, Ia
French Creek Township
Waukon
Margaret O'oe
Mason City
St. Pat's Church
Red Cross appoints Home Service Committee in Trempealeau County
Lon F. Tubbs, home service chairman for Trempealeau county Red Cross, announces several county residents appointed to the Home Service committee. They carry handbooks to aid servicemen and dependents and provide local Red Cross information and contact with the Whitehall chapter.
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Whitehall
Wis
Lon F. Tubbs
Home Service
Trempealeau County
American Red Cross
Home Service Committee
Red Cross
Probe into Fond du Lac gasoline rationing violations
The Fond du Lac county war price and rationing board asked the Milwaukee OPA district office to investigate alleged widespread rationing violations. A censored auto owner claimed filling stations sold gas without tanks, accepted illegal coupons, and trafficked in T and R coupons. His driving mileage exceeded his allotment by nearly sixfold.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
Fond du Lac County
OPA
Milwaukee
Old Drive the Coon Dog Rescued From Cave
In Reynolds county Missouri the 10 year old coon hound Old Drive owned by Jake Light was freed after 10 days trapped in an Ozark cave. Rescuers drilled through a 20 foot bluff and pulled the exhausted dog to safety.
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Lesterville
Jake Light
Reynolds County
Light
French Island Soldier Wounded In France
Jerome arrived July 5 and served in North African and Sicilian theaters before England with an infantry division. He enlisted November 16, 1942, trained five months at Fort Knox Kentucky, and is the son of Mr and Mrs Dan Jerome West La Crosse.
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Jerome
Pic
England
Army
Fort Knox
Dan Jerome
West la Crosse
Plane Kills Civilian in Arizona Auto Collision Trial
Second Lieut. Howard E. Stittsworth, 21, Wakefield Kansas, faces a court martial on murder charges for a June 22 auto plane collision that decapitated driver Earl W. Hepple of Los Angeles after a low swoop over Highway 89. Stittsworth’s plane landed at Lake Field near Phoenix where he is stationed. Fellow officer Second Lieut. Dean C. Fundingsland, 23, Grand Forks North Dakota, already found guilty of neglect and property damage, faces dismissal after a court martial board at Williams Field Arizona.
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Marana Field
Ariz
Howard E. Stittsworth
Wakefield
Kans
Stittsworth
Highway 89
Earl W. Hepple
Los Angeles
Lake Fiedl
Phoenix
Dean C. Fundingsland
Grand Forks
N. D
Williams Field
Fundingsland
Allied Air Campaign Report From Western Front
Allied air forces conduct sustained operations across France and disrupted rail yards in Budapest Vienna Bucharest Sofia and Yugoslavia as nine bridges in northwest France are bombed. In a five minute Lemans duel twelve Thunderbolts and ten Focke Wulfs erase nine German planes while Mustangs escort and shoot down fourteen. Allied losses total twenty aircraft with one missing.
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Budapest
Vienna
Bucharest
Sofia
Yugoslavia
France
Seine
Loire
Lemans
Wilmington Township Man Wounded in Normandy Action
Corp. D. E. Crawford, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Crawford of Wilmington township, was wounded in action June 20 while serving with an armored regiment in Normandy. He reports being hospitalized in England after the injury and enlisted February 17, 1943, with training at Camp Campbell and Fort Knox before sailing overseas April 15, 1944. His father was seriously wounded in France during World War I.
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Caledonia, Minn
D. E. Crawford
E. L. Crawford
Wilmington Township
Normandy
War Department
Corp
Crawford
England
Camp Campbell
Fort Knox
France
Woman Dies From Skull Fracture After Auto Fall
Benonia Pochowski, 25, Milwaukee, fell from an automobile Sunday. She died last night at county general hospital from a skull fracture, hospital authorities said.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Benonia Pochowski
County General Hospital
Free Exchange Of News Asked
The United States and Great Britain plan a fall conference on international communication and news exchange. Officials foresee a move toward world wide press freedom after the war, with talks on an international guarantee of reporters freedom and fair transmission rates. Russia’s control of news sources is noted as an enigma, while Axis surrender terms may require allowing listening to radio programs.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Accer
Crete
State Department
Russia
Germany
Europe Advisory Commission
London
Albanian Guerrillas Seek Aid and Recognition
Albanian guerrillas form a national committee and ask Allies for military aid. They aim for recognition as a government as resistance intensifies after the Nazi puppet regime falls in Albania.
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Washington
Albania
Justice Douglas Seen As Wallace Rival On Demo Ticket
Wallace supporters name Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas as the likely second vice presidential choice on the 1944 Democratic ticket. They monitor Barkley Truman Rayburn Byrnes and other leaders as Roosevelt weighs Wallace running mate desires. Potential backers include Ickes Kennedy and Corcoran amid rumors of a broader Douglas drive.
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Justice Douglas
Wallace
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Senate
Barkley
Sam Rayburn
Truman
D-Mo
James F. Byrnes
Roosevelt
Chicago
John G. Winant
England
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Lucas
Ill
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
Douglas
Bark
Dog Responds To Phone Tag In Lafayette
Two women told Police Sgt. Cecil Baker a dog wouldn't leave their car. Baker removed the dog's tag and found Alvin Fay's name. Fay told the sergeant to put the dog on the phone and the dog trotted home to Fay's residence.
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Lafayette
Ind
Cecil Baker
Baker
Alvin Fay
Fay
Sarge
Pat
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