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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1944
Page
1
Allied naval task forces reportedly attacked Palau in the western Pacific and Sabang off Sumatra in the East Indies. Tokyo said U S carrier forces struck Palau with minimal damage claimed, while Sabang raid reportedly sunk two submarines and a vessel.
Tokyo radio broadcast a communique from the Japanese imperial headquarters acknowledging for the first time that American troops landed on Tinian in the Marianas. The Japanese said the defense was fighting to the limit of its strength.
Rain boosts crops in the area including La Crosse and Houston Minnesota with 1.73 and 2.60 inches. Weather officials say rain aids corn and other crops while Midwest drought relief is noted across Illinois Indiana Missouri and Wisconsin. Separately Allied advances in the Pacific describe Saipan Guam and Tinian landings with heavy combat losses and Japanese resistance fading as U S forces press toward New Guinea.
Fragmented war dispatch reports Chinese troops breach Leiyang city walls as Japanese forces tighten grip in Hengyang area with heavy street fighting ongoing. High command confirms rapid, ongoing battles across several positions since yesterday.
The document lists distances to Berlin from Allied fronts. The Russian front is described as 365 miles from Siedice with Normandy at 630 miles from Troarn near Caen and 610 miles from Trent. It records travel milestones toward the two main theaters of operation.
Local weather page predicts fair conditions tonight with cool temperatures. Thursday should be fair with some heat, high near 80 degrees in the afternoon.
The United States and 19 American republics issue a sharp statement accusing Argentina of deserting the common cause and vow to continue non recognition until there are conclusive acts showing fundamental policy changes toward the United Nations. Buenos Aires reacts through Cabildo newspaper calling Hull’s diplomacy intolerant.
Pfc. Elmer Seeling of the U S Marine Corps and former golf pro at La Crosse Country Club was killed in action. Parents in Waukesha Wis report his death likely on Saipan in the Pacific. Seeling, born in Winona Minn, had pro roles at Winona Westfield Merrill Hills La Crosse and Useppa Florida. He served after wartime work in a local plant and leaves four brothers in service.
Kansas City reports 16 year old Billy Rist fails to join Uncle Sam's merchant marines after weight issues and losing key documents. A lookalike impersonator presented Billy's papers for a second physical, nearly enlisting before the ruse was found. A search for the culprit and Billy's enrollment is underway.
Fire wrecked the Evans Cartage warehouse destroying more than $750000 in goods chiefly household furniture. John Evans estimates the losses, while A C Bangsberg puts damage to the building at 50000 to 75000. Firemen worked long hours with 2000 storage lots affected. Injured driver George Olson hospitalized after a hose incident.
London reports Hitler plans a general mobilization of all Reich manpower for a last defense of Nazi Europe. Goebbels, named Reichs commissar for total mobilization, to address the nation. Goering to head defense councils ruling private and public life. Reports from Madrid and Barcelona describe plans to mobilize Europeans in occupied countries, with clashes reported between SS and regular army officers on the continent.
A Moscow Izvestia front page editorial derides the Polish government in London as imposters and usurpers and says Polish masses reject it. The Soviet paper accuses the exile regime of hostility to the people's interests and delaying the fight against Germany.
New York report states the Glen Alden coal company of Scranton and 26 other Pennsylvania hard coal firms were fined a total of 61000 in federal court on charges of conspiring to fix prices in violation of the Sherman antitrust law.
F L Innis announced that a 36 hour strike affecting 2400 to 7000 Wright Aeronautical Corp. workers had ended and urged the employees to return to their jobs.
Soviet forces push to the Visla river and surround Lwow as U S Air Force fighters and bombers strike German positions. Narva falls to the Reds and notes say Berlin radios claim gains near Riga and Daugavpils.
In Normandy a massive American air assault forced German parachutists to flee their positions sobbing and crying that the war was criminal. A Miami-born interpreter Sgt Ernest Gunzburg directed the tense seizure as the prisoners, aged 19 to fortress veterans, surrendered after water and food shortages.
La Crosse County Chamber of Commerce officials noted sunny conditions at Water loo park during a Wednesday visit and confirmed arrangements for the farm city picnic. Reservations reached 1 900 with some cancellations and extra acceptances from farmers. The program planned to start at 1 pm with Three Dots and a Dash and other acts including Uncle Josh and his barn dance players the Holmen Pep band the Haug sisters Mae Kleinsmith Onalaska. Walter Weigent directed races games and contests.
London reports a secret Commons session on flying bombs prompted by Capt Alec S Cunningham-Reid who urged action on looting from bomb damaged premises. Churchill previously rejected secret talks but MPs call for more information amid daytime robot raids. Two hospital patients died as a robot strike caused a southern England hospital collapse and extensive damage.
A four engine bomber with a crew of 10 or more crashed onto a house northeast of Merriam Kansas and exploded. Initial reports said three men ejected from the aircraft survived badly burned. Two children of Mrs Bernardel were missing and a search was under way to confirm if they were inside the home hit.
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker told reporters in Albany that Republicans will win big in border states and carry Missouri despite Truman's nomination. He praised the GOP platform on foreign policy and welcomed labor, editorials, and any cross support, downplaying specific campaign dates.
American forces thrust four to five miles into German lines west of St Lo capturing Marigny and St Gilles and multiple villages. Doughboys atop tanks seized key towns and outflanked western Nazi positions while heavy bombers aided the assault and German counterattacks were repelled in several sectors near Caen and Coutances.
Propaganda chief Goebbels, reporting on the July 20 bombing, insists no disaster will thwart Germany and that the eastern front will swing to the German side. He says Himmler will reorganize reserves and asserts total war will free manpower for front lines and production. He links Moscow London and Washington to the plot against Hitler.
The Office of Price Administration plans to concentrate heavy tire rationing on about 400 designated boards nationwide to better target need and screen applications. Currently 5,500 local boards handle allocations and the change aims to reduce stock in areas with lower demand.
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