Allies Break Nazi Resistance In Livorno Area
American troops pushed within three and a half miles of the Livorno seaport after breaking German resistance. Chianni was captured inland, while French forces seized Poggibonsi and moved north. US columns moved toward the Arno river as other units swept the Era valley toward the Arno valley. Belvedere lies five and a half miles northeast of Chianni.
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Livorno
Rome
Leghorn
Chianni
Tolv
5Th
Artilvy
Arno
Bas- Ville
Poggibonsi Ings
Ghizzano
Arno River
Villamagna
Poggibonsi
U. S
Era Valley
Arno Valley
Belvedere
la Barre de Semilly
St. Lo
Vire
Creterville
London Evacuation Program Largest of the War
The 13 days ending Friday saw 207,468 registered for evacuation and 152,652 taken from London under the program. Flying bombs damaged some southern counties, but London enjoyed a fifth consecutive night of quiet. The health minister reported 14 residential nurseries and two schools for children have been targeted by flying bombs.
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London
Fort Airmen Landed Fortress Amid English Minefields
A U S bomber based near the English coast ran dry oil and fuel as Capt Tracy J Petersen of Norris Montana and Capt Hal Lamb of Tennessee guided the plane through a minefield gap. The aircraft touched down on a beach amid two minefields and is stranded there with mines nearby. officers report it too dangerous to move.
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U. S
Sparks
Flying Fortress
Tracy J. Petersen
Norris
Mont
Hal Lamb
Tenn
Offi Cals
Nazis Warned French Are Combatant Force
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force announced Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said French interior forces are a combatant group and will be held to account. The statement cites German claims from June 7 1944 that labeled Franc Tireurs as irregulars not protected by international law and included French resistance members.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Navy says minesweeper accidental fire killed two aboard PT boat
The U S navy announced a minesweeper fired by accident killed one officer and one man and wounded three aboard a PT boat carrying Lieut Gen Mark W Clark and other officers en route to the Anzio beachhead on January 28. The vessel and escorts entered a red alert area and were not identified as friendly. The minesweeper captain was exonerated. details are withheld pending further inquiry.
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Rome
U. S. Navy
United States
Mark W. Clark
Anzio
Clark
Paris Suburb Rails Bombed By British Bomber Force
British Lancaster bombers attacked rail yards at Villeneuve-Saint-Georges on the southeastern outskirts of Paris, hitting a major railway center used to move supplies to the battle area. Seven bombers were missing, with one returning after the operation as weather over target was clear.
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London
Paris
France
Normandy
Germany
Villeneuve-St. Georges
Villeneuve-St. Gorges
Designers Too Busy To Plan New Autos
Washington reports that U.S. auto industry designers and engineers are too occupied with war work to begin postwar car design. The Automobile Industry Advisory Committee, with no dissent, says after Germany falls it would be impossible to offer vehicles radically different from 1942 models.
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Washington
America
WPB
Automobile Industry Advisory Committee
Germany
Prisoners At Galesville Complete Their Work
Col. William H. McCarty announced that German prisoners of war at Galesville in the Wisconsin Upper Michigan district have finished their work and the camp will be de activated by Tuesday. Prisoners arrived June 24 and worked in area canneries under First Lieuts Krejewski and Bleier. The camp was one of 14 in Wisconsin.
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William H. McCarty
Wisconsin- Upper Michigan
Sixth Service Command
Galesville
Stanley J. Krejewski
Robert L. Bleier
Wisconsin
Yankee Troops Push Toward St Lo in Normandy Drive
American forces widened the push in western Normandy, fighting in Lessay suburbs and closing on St Lo from the north and east. British troops recaptured hills north of Esquay and Maltot as Allied air sorties remained limited by poor weather. Prisoner totals neared 54,000 with 16,000–18,000 enemy deaths reported since D-Day.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Lessay
Normandy
Periers
Lessay-St. Lo
St. Lo
Esquay
Maltot
Caen
Allied Air Arm
Plessis
Cherbourg
Pont- Hebert
la Barre de Semilly
Beauvais
Pissot
St. Germain-Sur- Ay
Nazis Report New Red Push In South Poland
German high command claimed the Russians launched a new offensive in southern Poland extending toward 500 miles, threatening Suwalki East Prussia and targets near Tarnopol Luck and Lublin. Moscow silent. Berlin said Russians penetrations were pushed back in some sectors while others advanced rapidly.
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South
Poland
London
Suwalki
East Prussia
Red Army
Tarnopol
Lnow
Luck
Lublin
Warsaw
Brestwalitovsk
Bug River
Berlin
Moscow
Pripyat
Grodno
Europe
Konigsberg
CBS
Bialystok
Brest-Litovsk
Paris
Daugavpils Totters
Diplomatic Break Suspected Between Germany and Turkey
Ankara rumors claim Germany and Turkey may sever diplomatic and economic ties soon amid Allied pressure. Reports cite German warnings about a country possibly going to war, with Turkish press eyed for a response. Transocean notes envoys leaving Ankara as tensions loom before October.
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Ankara
Turkey
Germany
Ono
Istanbul
Tan
London
Transocean
Berlin
Franz von Papen
County Under E Bond Quota in La Crosse County
La Crosse County trails the state average with 30 percent of its E bond quota unsold. Bond committee urges immediate pledges and offers Saturday banking at West Salem Bangor and Holmen plus Friday hours at Doerflinger's. Total E bonds sold equal 908,736 dollars or 70 percent of the county quota. individual sales reach 3,237,088 dollars or 141 percent of the county quota.
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la Crosse County
West Salem
Bangor
Holmen
Doerflinger
City of
la Crosse
Onalaska
Panger
Rockland
Quota
Barre
Burns
Campbell
Farmington
Greenfield
Hamilton
Holland
Shelby
Washington
Man seeks wife for 35 cents in Rhinelander ad
A Minnesota man offered to spend no more than 35 cents for a wife in a letter to the Rhinelander News. He requested the ad be printed with the line Wife wanted by gent with means and said he would remit if the price stayed under 35 cents. He listed no qualifications.
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Rhinelander, Wis
Minnesota
Rhinelander News
Heaviest Artillery Duels In St Lo Battle Heats Up
On day five of the St Lo battle U S infantry pressed to about 2000 yards from the city outskirts as German 75 mm and 88 mm guns fired heavy volleys from southeast ridges and south of the town. The clash centered on a cross roads area with ongoing shelling and stubborn Nazi resistance.
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St. Lo
Don Whitehead
U. S
Paratroopers Throat Slashing Report Emerges From Normandy
Temple Texas report says Paratrooper Andrew Wesolowski of Milwaukee recounted seeing seven U S paratroopers in Normandy on the ground with throats slashed and no other wounds. He described prisoners told officers warned troopers no prisoners. Four wounded men were returned to McCloskey hospital by plane.
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U. S
Madison teen killed in highway 30 accident near Madison
Paul Matson aged 13 of Burke township died after leaping from a farm wagon into the path of an oncoming truck on highway 30 about 12 miles east of Madison.
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Madison
Wis
Paul Matson
Burke Township
Highway 30
General five killed in Army plane crash in storm
Major General Paul W Newgarden commander of the 10th armored division two colonels and at least two others were killed when an army plane crashed near Chattanooga during a violent storm. Capt Lester M Nichols said the fatalities include Gen Newgarden Col Renn Lawrence Col Howard Clark and a staff sergeant and flight officer. The crash halted a planned troop review at Camp Gordon to mark Gen Newgarden command anniversary.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Paul W. Newgarden
10Th Armored Division
Here
Lester M. Nichols
Camp Gordon
Automobile Tips Over on Highway Fording Egg Haul
Malcolm J. Gaarder, 31, of Ona Gaarder, drove a car carrying 80 dozen eggs on highway 53 when he veered onto the shoulder and rolled over. Only about one third of the eggs were salvaged, with estimated $150 damage to the top and fenders and some upholstery torn. The vehicle was taken by a wrecker as Gaarder said he tried to steer back after departing the road.
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Malcolm J. Gaarder
R. J, Holmen
Onaa
Gaarder
Enya
Guam and Iwo Jima Raids Reported by Tokyo Radio
Tokyo radio reports an eleventh day of U S raids on Guam by 85 planes and a Liberator strike on Iwo Jima. Admiral Nimitz announced a carrier task force hit Guam Rota and Saipan area with bombs and rockets amid ongoing attacks.
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Radio Tokyo
U. S
Marianas
Guam
Iwo Jima Island
Kazan
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Saipan
Rota Island
Tokyo
Jeanette MacDonald battered by prowler at Santa Barbara hotel
Actress Jeanette MacDonald was hit with a black eye and sustained scratches after a prowler entered her El Encanto cottage in Santa Barbara. A 14 year old bellboy was arrested and charged with battery after she awoke to a man with a blanket. he claimed he sought a souvenir. MacDonald, wife of actor Gene Raymond, is studying voice in town.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Jeanette MacDonald
el Encanto
Miss MacDonald
L. R. Greeson
Gene Raymond
Mme. Lotte Lehmann
UNRRA Recognizes De Gaulle French Provisional Government
UNRRA said the French National Committee led by General Charles de Gaulle is the provisional government for liberated France in effect. The United States will recognize the committee for administrative purposes but not as a provisional government, per Roosevelt’s decision. R L Cochran arrives in Algiers to liaison with Allied HQ and the French committee.
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Washington
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Charles de Gaulle
United States
Roosevelt
France
UNRRA
R. L. Cochran
Nebraska
Algiers
French Republic
Cochran
Herbert H. Lehman
UNNRA
Salem canning plants win Achievement A award for food processing
West Salem Canning Company and 11 Wisconsin plants received the War Food Administration Achievement A Award for excellent production. Gordon W. Gundersen announced the honors and a West Salem ceremony is likely in early August. The award recognizes quality production and cooperative effort among farmers and workers with new pins and a flag for plants and employees.
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War Food Administration
West Salem Canning Company
Wisconsin
Gordon W. Gundersen
Office of Distribution
WPA
West Salem
Wendell L. McEldowney
Canning Company
la Crosse
Fredonia Canning Company
Fredonia
Appleton
Gunderson
WFA
Gundersen
Salem
Airmen Slain Hints From Tokyo Raid Broadcast
A Tokyo raid broadcast reported to the FCC suggests U S airmen captured by Japan were executed or faced imminent execution. The message hinted that those who bail out over Japan would meet the same fate as Tokyo raiders, with U S records noting four B 29 losses on the June 15 mission and no losses on July 7.
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New York
Federal Communications Commission
United States
Yawata
Singapore
Pacific
Tokyo
Japan
FCC
Office of War Information
Kyushu
Roosevelt
Hengyang
China
U. S
Goebbels Promotes Peace Plea Against Bolshevism
The German propaganda minister’s article in Das Reich argues both sides seek peace but Bolshevism wants unrest. Berlin radio paraphrases the piece for U S Britain as an attempt to drive a wedge with the Soviet Union. Das Schwarze Korps warns the current war phase has grimmer meaning and no mercy left in the world.
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Associated Press
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Germany
U. S
Office of War Information
United States
Britain
Das Reich
Berlin
Soviet Union
Goebbels
Madrid
Das Schwarze Korps
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21St Army
Les Granges
Gontreville
St. le
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Totter- Daugavpils
Dvinsk
Latvia
Red
Opochka
Daugavpils
Nimitz
Foe
The
Volcano Islands
Winfree Sordelett
East China Sea
New Guinea
18Th Imperial Army
Aitape
British New Guinea
MacArthur
Dutch New Guinea
Maffin Bay
Sawar
Yap
Truk
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Yinglak
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