Inter-State Fair Boosts Preparations at Fair Grounds
The 54th annual Inter-State Fair at the Fair Grounds gears up with rides and shows, concession stands and operator setups to open Wednesday. Mighty Sheesley carnival arrives from Racine Wisconsin, with events, vaudeville revues, and livestock parades planned through Sunday, plus 4-H exhibits and health contests at Myrick club building.
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Carws
Mighty Sheesley Carnival
Racine
Wis
Ernie Young
Myrick
Demon
Pat
Are .A
Corn Returns to Ration List as Jam and Marmalade Go Free
The Office of Price Administration orders canned corn back on rationing at 12 01 a m Sunday. Grape jam tomato preserves and tomato marmalade become ration free while new three point value set for 12 ounce corn. Bowles cites emergency stock worries and notes supply of grape jam and tomato products may exceed demand, with several canned vegetables remaining ration free.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Price
Bowles
OPA
Odds shift in St. Louis as Dewey leads in betting
The St. Louis betting commission revised election odds after Dewey funds moved support. Thomas E Dewey stands at 9 to 5 to win, Franklin D Roosevelt 2 to 5, with a $1 bet returning $9 on Dewey and $2 on Roosevelt.
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Thomas A Dewey
Franklin D. Democrat
Dewey
Roose
Roosevelt
Local Weather Brings Warm Afternoon Sunshine
Warm trend continues with temperatures rising to about 82 degrees this afternoon under mostly sunny skies. Light winds from the south ease outdoor plans as the day unfolds.
Sees Barn On Fire Crash Kills Brother
George Pelke seven died when a car driven by Leslie twenty, a navy man on furlough, crashed into a tree near their farm home. Under sheriff Lyman B. Clark said the driver was startled by the barn fire on the Pelke farm.
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Appleton
Wis
George Pelke
Leslie
Lyman B. Clark
Pelke
Explosions At Chemurgic Plant Kill Two In California
Two people died and six were injured in two blasts at the Chemurgic corporation plant near Giant California on Saturday. Local authorities investigated the cause as crews worked to stabilize the site and account for workers.
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Richmond
Calif
Chemurgic Corporation
Giant
Soviet Push Routs Nazis Near Baltic Fronts Advancing Toward Kaunas
Soviet forces push into Latvia and Lithuania as Gen. Bagramian’s First Baltic Army seizes over 200 villages, with trains burned and kaçtions near Jelgava and Riga. The Vistula line near Deblin widens as Rokossovsky’s units prepare a southern flank toward Warsaw.
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Ivan Bagramian
Baltic
Zagare
Moscow
Kaunas
Lithof Kaunas
Warsaw
Vistula
Germany
Deblin
Army Major WFA Officer To Attend Salem Program
An Army Major and a WFA officer will participate in a Salem program honoring the federal government award "A" from the War Food Administration for West Salem Packing Company and its employees. The event at Ida E. Tillson Memorial Auditorium includes a La Crosse Concert Band performance and a formal pin presentation by WFA officials.
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WFA
Salem
War Food Administration
West Salem Packing Company
Ida E. Tillson Memorial
West Salem Hiberhanl
la Crosse
Charles Dennehy
Wendell McEldowney
William T. Angle
Midwest Distributive Food Requirements Division
McEldowney
War
Navy Departments
Nazis May Be Handed Major Defeat By Yanks
Allied air raids reported heavy Japanese losses across Halmahera Manchuria and China. B29s bombed Ashan Tangku and Chenghsien rail yards while 45 Nip planes on Halmahera were wiped out and 30 more on the ground. Submarines sunk 17 ships, boosting enemy losses in three days.
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Associated Press
Panese Steel
Manchuria
Halmahera
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Mindanao
Claire Chennault
Flying Tigers
Pailuchi
China
Navy
Ashan
Mukden
Greater East Asia
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Tientsin
Chenghsien
U. S. Bomber Command
Alge
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Carib Island
Guam
Tinian
Saipan
Marianas
Oriental
India
Burma
Myitkyina
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Pingjiang
Hamaherad
Aitape
British New Guinea
Afua
Driniumor
Duce Celebrates 61st Birthday With Bike Ride
Mussolini marked his sixty first birthday with an early morning bicycle ride in the park at his Italian headquarters. The Berlin radio broadcast also said he then played tennis and that Hitler sent a congratulatory message praising Italy and signaling a renewed readiness to fight alongside Germany.
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Benito Mussolini
Berlin
Hitler
Mussolini
Delayed Mail Carrier Hid Christmas Letters in Car
Seagirt New Jersey police say a temporary carrier stored more than 500 letters in his car after complaints residents had only recently received their mail. He reportedly hid them because he was ashamed to deliver them late.
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Seagirt
N. J
Judge Freschi, Longtime New York Judge, Dies at 67
General Sessions Judge John J. Freschi, 67, who presided at the Wayne Lonergan murder trial opening last winter, died Saturday. He guided numerous cases in New York's court system, leaving a legacy in criminal justice.
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New York
John J. Freschi
Wayne Lonergan
Orote Peninsula Captured. Guam Invasion Secures Bases
U S Pacific Fleet reports Orote Peninsula on Guam captured, giving the United States a critical air and naval base at Port Apra with a 4,700 foot airfield and Sumay naval yard. Marines sealed the area, battling残 Japanese remnants and advancing on surrounding heights as air and sea forces bombard enemy positions.
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Orote Peninsula
Guam
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Sumay Naval Base
Saipan
Orote
First Provisional Brigade
Port Apra
Pacific
Peninsula
Mt. Tenjo
William Brown
Los Angeles
John R. Henry
Henry
Allied
Crote
Marine
W. A. Wachtler
Washington, D. C
Roy S. Geiger
Pvt Roy Young Dies in France and Pvt Clifford Poehling Missing in Italy
Telegrams from the U S war department report La Crosse men Pvt Roy Young 23 killed in France June 30 and Pvt Clifford E Poehling 30 missing in action in the Italian theater since June 26. Young's wife and parents hear of his death. Poehling's parents are informed. Young born La Crosse January 18 1921 graduated Aquinas High School 1939 worked at Trane prior to enlisting October 12 1943. He trained at Camp Wolters and Fort Meade and overseas May 1 last year. Poehling served in infantry medical detachment. basic training Camp Grant later Camp White Camp Adair. went overseas April 1944. Mass to be said for Young Saturday at Holy Trinity Church.
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U. S. War Department
la Crosse
France
Italy
Pvt
Roy ‘Young
Cass Street
John Young
Clifford E. Poehling
John A. Poehling
Green Bay Street
Young
Aquinas High School
Trane Company
Trane
Camp Wolter
Camp Grant, Ill
Camp White
Ore
Camp Adair
Buzzbombs Hammer London As August Bank Holiday Exodus Grows
German flying bombs hammered London and southern England with saturation raids on Saturday night. RAF fighters and coastal guns downed several devices as rescuers worked amid Friday hospital bombing aftershocks. Thousands fled the capital in a wartime exodus to rail hubs and resorts.
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London
England
English Channel
Lightning strikes destroy Chester Missouri bridge
The $1 385 000 Mississippi river bridge at Chester was destroyed Saturday night. Illinois Patrolman Milton Duensing said no one was on the bridge. Only the approaches remain. The Chester Claryville link, opened August 21 1942, will be out of service for at least a year per Bridge Commission Chairman John A File.
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Chester
Ill
Illinois
Milton Duensing
Duensing
Claryville
John A. File
Bridge Commission
Mexico Registers Youths For Year-Long Military Service
Mexico's defense ministry announced that 60,000 young men born in 1926 across the republic are registered for one year's obligatory military service. Fifteen thousand will be inducted by a drawing after August 1.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Republic
Defense Ministry
Followers Prepare Sunset Rest Resort as Heaven for Divine Followers
Pine Brook New Jersey followers of Father Divine ready Sunset Rest resort for an August opening. A welcome sign at the gate reads Peace no smoking signaling the luxury retreat for cult members.
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Pine Brook
N. J
Father Divine
Sunset Rest
26 Aboard Lost Plane Near Iceland and Newfoundland
The War Department announced the loss of a C-54 transport with 26 aboard, including 15 army and three navy stretcher cases and five civilian crew. The four engine plane disappeared Wednesday morning between Iceland and Newfoundland. searchers from Allied and civilian services scoured the area. Among the dead or missing were Pvt. Harvey L. Zimdars of Lannon Wisconsin and Pvt. La Verne W. Henning of Eau Claire.
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Washington
Mitchel Field
New York
War Department
Iceland
Newfoundland
Department
Army
Navy
Air Transport Command
Royal Canadian Air Force
Coast Guard
United States
Western Air
Harvey L. Zimdars
Lannon
Wis
Pvt
la Verne W. Henning
Eau Claire
Week of renomination tests for Clark Fish and Barkley
Renomination battles loom as Bennett Clark and Hamilton Fish seek new terms amid tight races. Missouri ballots see 30000 absentee requests. Dwight McKittrick challenges Clark with pro Roosevelt stance. Fish faces Augustus Bennet in New York while Dewey and Willkie attack his candidacy. Ballots debut Tuesday across Missouri and other states.
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Hamilton Fish
Bennett C. Clark
Missouri
Navy
Clark
Roy McKittrick
U. S
Senate
Kansas
Tennessee
Virginia
Connecticut
South Carolina
McKittrick
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Clark-McKittrick
Forrest C. Donnell
Donnell
Rep. Fish
New York
Augustus W. Bennet
Newburgh
Thomas E. Dewey
Fish
Willkie
Dewey
Maxwell Anderson
Anderson
Resistance Of Nazis Fails In Normandy Fight
Allied forces drive across 300 square miles of western Normandy as Omar Bradley’s offensive shatters German resistance. Analysis from AP reporter Wes Gallagher notes breakthroughs near Coutances Brehal Tessy Saint Denis le Gast and Canisy with over 6 000 German captives and 250 enemy tanks destroyed by air and ground forces.
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Coutances
St. Lo
Brehal
Brehal Road
Tessy-Sur-Vire
Caen
Omar Bradley
Seventh Army
Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
Hitler
Wehrmacht
France
Eisenhower
Tessy-Brehal
Percy
Vire
la Tilandiere
St. Denis le Gast
Lengronne
Hambye
Ique
Morlaiz
Cerisy la Salle
Montpichon
Villebaudon
Tessy
Notre Dame-De Cenilly
Notre Dame
Canisy
le Mesnil Herman
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