Normandy Fronts Push Deep Into Cherbourg Region
Allied forces report rapid gains in Normandy with the 2nd and 3rd armored divisions leading a brisk advance from Caumont toward Villedieu and Avranches. Tank units and air support pummel German lines as US and British troops press the Salient and seize hill 309 amid heavy enemy losses.
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Caumont
St. Martindes
Galet
Avranches
Vire
Sea
Villedieu
Se Aon Deane
U. S. 1St Army
2Nd Armored
Hell On Wheels
Cnli
George S. Patton, Jr
3Rd Armored
French Morocco
Sicily
Omar N. Bradley
Normandy
St. Lo-Lessay
Supreme Headquarters
Nazi Forces Opposing Tito Shrink in Yugoslavia
German forces facing Marshal Tito in Yugoslavia have fallen to about 350,000 troops, mostly second‑rate units. Reports say most first‑line troops were withdrawn, 17 divisions in July reduced to 10, with 9 of them second class. Albania, Bulgaria and Quisling units are also used.
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Bari
Italy
Tito
Yugoslavia
Navy Airman Receives Congressional Medal in Southwest Pacific
Navy pilot G Gordon of Morriston Arkansas landed his Catalina flying boat in Kavieng harbor four times last February 15 and rescued 15 downed American airmen under Japanese fire. It marked the first Navy presentation of the Congressional Medal in the southwest Pacific. Vice
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Than G. Gordon
Morriston,Ark
Kavieng Harbor
Navy
America
Southwest Pacific
First Draftee James Manning Dies in Normandy
Lieut. James B. Manning 30, Washburn native and nation s first draftee under selective service, was killed July 26 near Cherbourg Normandy by shrapnel while in the field eating army rations. His parents Mr and Mrs John F Manning were notified and Navy nurse wife Lieut Daisy Kning at Camp Blanding informed them by telephone.
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Washburn
Wis
James B. Manning
Cherbourg
Normandy
Manning
Forest Park
John F. Manning, Washburn
Telm
Daisy Kning
U. S. Navy
Camp Blanding
Fla
Rebuilding In Storm Area Makes Progress
In Grant and La Fayette counties Wisconsin a severe arc storm left near one million dollars in losses but residents, with help from neighbors, soldiers and sailors, have made rapid progress. Debris cleared and hay being stacked as stanchions for cows are improvised to keep milk production moving.
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Grant
la Fayette
Wisconsin
Begin Production Of Whiskey and Gin In War Boost
Washington report says 31 distillers will run 24 hours to yield about 40 million gallons of high proof alcohol in one month. War production expansion allows facilities to operate year round, far more than normal seasonal output. Much of the liquor will be blended with aging stocks.
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Washington
War Production Board
Soil Conservation Study Under Chinese Government Sponsorship
Robert E. Li, Harvard engineer, studies soil conservation in Vernon and nearby counties under Chinese government sponsorship. Li has joined the district staff and is observing aerial methods in conservation efforts.
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Robert E. Li
Harvard University
Vernon
Robert E. Vernon County
Dis
Navy Acknowledges Strain on Shipping and Munitions
The wartime report notes the Pacific supply pressure and a 3000 percent jump in production schedules for bombardment ammunition since 1942. Naval guns have fired over 41000 tons of shells into Axis shore fortifications. The air arm seeks high octane gasoline as stocks are nearly exhausted, even as overall production remains strong and consumption soars.
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Pacific
Pacific War Casualties and Combat Losses Across Pacific Campaigns
Nimitz reports Guam losses 958 killed 4 739 wounded with 290 missing. 4 543 casualties and 44 prisoners. Saipan totals 3 049 dead 365 missing 13 049 wounded. Japanese dead 21 036. Tinian from July 23 to 25 totals 159 killed 32 missing 441 wounded. Japanese dead 2 089. MacArthur cites 1 385 more Japanese killed in Aitape Wewak sector raising enemy fatalities since July 11 to 2 859.
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India
China
Guam
Nimitz
Saipan
Tinian
Fair Entries Open With Avalanche of Exhibits
Fair officials reported an avalanche of entries as exhibitors prepare tags. Entries close at 5 p.m. Tuesday and all displays must be ready by Wednesday noon.
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Vom
Jary J
Navy Ventura Returns From Kuriles Raid With Damaged Tail
Delayed Ventura returns to base after raid on Kurile islands under heavy Japanese ground fire. Aircraft limped in on Empire Express schedule with tail wheel lines broken and rear section dragging the runway. Crew praised include MM2c Frank Purdy of Marshfield Wisconsin.
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Navy
Ventura
Kurile Islands
Frank Purdy
Marshfield
Wis
Nurses in Australian Air Force Must Resign Upon Marriage
The article reports that trained nurses serving with the Australian Air Force face compulsory resignation when they marry, reflecting a policy restricting married women from continued service. It notes the expectation and potential implications for personnel and recruitment.
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Air Force
Living Cost Rise Noted By Secretary Perkins
Washington reports that the cost of living for city families rose two tenths of a percent from mid May to mid June. Food costs climbed mainly due to eggs, potatoes, oranges, apples, and other produce, while house furnishings and clothing also advanced.
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Washington
Perkins
Europe
Agriculture Department
Miss Le Hand Dies Suddenly
Miss Marguerite Alice Le Hand longtime personal secretary to President Roosevelt died at her home in Massachusetts from cerebral embolism. The White House announced her death noting she had been stricken unexpectedly and had earlier been replaced for health reasons.
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Washington
Marguerite Alice
Missy) le Hand
Roosevelt
Hersea
Mass
White House
LE Hand
Tri State Deaths Julius Stanke and John Hanson
Julius Stanke 80 of Winona was found dead at home and funeral services were held in German Valley. His body was moved from Brestlow funeral home after services in Winona. John Hanson 68 lifelong Allamakee county resident died after an extended illness in Decorah hospital. He is survived by two brothers and a sister. Funeral services will be held at St John’s Lutheran church in Waukon. Burial in Oakland cemetery.
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Whitehall
Wis
St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery
German Valley
Julius Stanke
Winona
Brestlow
Stanke
John Hanson Waukon
John Hanson
Allamakee County
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Rev
Baalson
Oakland Cemetery
Decorah Hospital
Hanson
Gilman
Albert G. Hanson
Waukon
Nettie Bakkom
Fosston
Minn
Injured In Fall Off Truck Friday
David Dissmore, employed at Iverson-Larson Lumber yard, suffered facial bruises and a cut to the upper lip Friday around 5 p m after falling from a small load he rode atop en route back to the yard. Treated at the community hospital, he remained overnight and returned to the yard Saturday.
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Whitehall
Wis
David Dissmore
Iverson-Larson
Clinton Diss
David
Steel Penny Stays in Circulation After Mint Halt
Washington reports that steel pennies continue in use even after copper-saving program halted at the start of the year. Officials say those in circulation will wear out or disappear, with first steel pennies struck in February 1943 from salvaged shell casings and some virgin copper.
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Washington
Mint
Idle Labor Disputes Shut Dow 20,000 Workers Across Several Plants
The Associated Press reports about 20,000 workers idle due to labor disputes, with 7,000 in five Detroit Pratt Whitney engine plants, 13,000 elsewhere nationwide. Disputes involve General Motors Chevrolet division, United Automobile Workers CIO, and other plants from Granite City to Roebling. Some settlements hoped after today’s meetings.
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Detroit
Pratt Whitney
Chevrolet Gear and Axle
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers
CIO
General Steel Castings Company
Commonwealth
Granite City
United Steel Workers Union
Roebling
N. J
United Steel Workers of America
John A. Roebling and Sons
Ten Thousand Prisoners to Aid Food Processing in Midwest
About 10 000 German prisoners of war will help process food and fruit crops in Illinois Wisconsin and Michigan by August 1. Illinois and Wisconsin each field about 2 800 prisoners for the corn crop while Michigan will employ 4 500 to assist with fruit and corn. They work through September 30 under a contract arranged with packing companies by the army after approval from the war manpower commission and the United States agricultural extension service. Wisconsin camps include Rockfield Green Lake and Camoria with others at Janesville Lodi Columbus Milltown and Sturtevant.
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Chicago
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
6Th Service Command
Army
War Manpower Commission
United States Agricultural Extension Service
Rockfield
Green Lake
Camoria
Janesville
Lodi
Columbus
Milltown
Sturtevant
Thomas says no formula to avert third world war
Socialist presidential candidate Thomas states in an open letter to Prof. Reinhold Niebuhr that current policies offer no formula to avoid a third world war. He accuses the president of underwriting white supremacy in the Far East and Balkanizing Europe between Moscow and London, calling Niebuhr’s support of the Democrats an invitation to renewed conflict.
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New York
Norman Roose- Thomas
Thomas
Reinhold Niebuhr
Union For Democratic Action
Far East
Deaths from Around the World Across the Tribes Sparte Era
Edward Bausch head of Bausch and Lomb dies age 74 in New York. Harriet Seymour 68 a pioneer in musical therapy for shell shock. Francis Mortimer 68 famed British photographer and former Royal Photographic Society president. Dr John C Hessler 74 Milliken University president. Dr David Eugene Smith 84 mathematician author and Columbia emeritus professor.
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New York
Harriet Ayer Seymour
London
Francis James Mortimer
Britain
The
Royal Photographic Society
DEA Saturday Night Decatur
John C. Hessler
James Milliken University
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research
Pittsburgh
David Eugene Smith
Teachers College
Columbia University
Yank private recounts crippling hit on German armored column
Pvt Anthony Blazus Jr of the 2nd armored division who was captured by Germans near St Denis le Gast described air force fighter and fighter-bombers destroying a two mile German armor column led by a drunken general. He said about 80 Germans later surrendered to him as he returned to American lines.
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Wes Gallagher
U. S. First Army
France
Pennsylvania
Anthony Blazus, Jr
2Nd Armored Division
Fredericksburg
St. Denis le Gast
Roncey
Blazus
Hitler
9Th Air Force
S. S
Soldier S. Sgt. Fillmore Radcliffe Killed in Italy
In Whitehall Wisconsin special report confirms S. Sgt. Fillmore C. Radcliffe age 22 was killed in action in Italy on June 24. He enlisted October 1942 with over 70 Trempealeau county men, trained at Camp White and Camp Adair Oregon, and arrived in North Africa before heading overseas in March 1944. Born January 31 1922 he was the son of Thomas and Bessie Radcliffe. He is survived by his parents and one brother Earl with grandparents in Hegg Mindoro Blair and Hegg.
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North Africa
Fillmore
la Crosse County
Thomas Radcliffe
Bessie Kaas Radcliffe
Trempealeau County
Highway 95
Blair
Hegg
Earl Radcliffe
Chicago
William Olson
Edward Radcliffe
Mindoro
Consolidation of School Districts No 4 and No 5
District No 4 joins District No 5 under state law for districts under 100000 valuation. Ralph Sygulla elected treasurer for District 5, with Robert Anderson clerk and Ed Everson director reelected. Auditors named R A Lamberson Clarence Schaefer and Henrick Herness. $25 allocated for school purposes and health exams approved. District 5 detached from Whitehall high school district.
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Whitehall
Wis
Town of Coln
Henrick Herness Home
R. A. Lamberson
Ralph Sygulla
Robert Anderson
Ed Everson
Clarence Schaefer
Henrick Herness
Whitehall High School
Three year old fractures arm in tricycle fall
Robert Stellflue the three year old son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Stellflue fractured his right arm near the shoulder Thursday evening after falling from a tricycle He was taken to Whitehall Community hospital for X rays and treatment
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Ettrick
Wis
Robert
Joseph Stellflue
Whitehall Community Hospital
Hear From Son Now In France
Mr and Mrs William Truax have heard from their son Pfc Robert with an ordnance evacuation company somewhere in France He writes that there is nothing left in the small towns he has passed through Another son Pfc Kenneth is back in England after taking part in the invasion of France A paratrooper with the parachute infantry he has seen action in North Africa Sicily and Italy Tech Sgt Allen J Hogden with the air force in Corsica reports Corsica as an island of grandeur with rushing mountain streams trout snow capped peaks and forests
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Ettrick
Wis
William Truax
Robert
France
Kenneth
England
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Allen J. Hogden
Air
Corsica
Military Police Truck Recovered in Sparta
A military police truck parked near the Sparta police station was stolen Saturday night and recovered shortly after midnight Sunday on East Avenue. The motor was running but the lights were out. Two boxes of Argo starch were found in the front seat indicating the mischief occurred after dark. Alfalfa is also known as lucern.
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Sparta
Wis
East Avenue
Eating Places To Post Prices Under New OPA Rules
A district price office announces a 40 item ceiling price list for all eating and drinking places to post, with Griffin naming a district council headed by Eugene Hunt. The regulation tightens controls as meal demand rises, requiring lists of basic items and posted prices to be visible to customers.
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Office of Price Administration
Phil H. Griffin
Eugene D. Hunt
A. E. Hebbard
Louis Athnos
William Bonadurer
Gus Pappas
William Pitt
Denver
Oona Awaits Child In Hospital Birth Expected Soon
Hollywood reports that Oona O Neill Chaplin wife of Charlie Chaplin entered a hospital to await the birth of their child. Chaplin age 54 and Oona then 18 wed in Carpinteria California in 1943. She is Eugene O Neill’s daughter and Chaplin’s fourth wife.
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Hollywood
Oona O'Neill Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
Oona
Carpinteria
Calif
Eugene O'Neill
Procope Returns to Helsinki Amid U S Government Pressure
German radio reports former Finnish minister to the United States Hjalmar Procope arrived in Helsinki yesterday. The Finnish envoy was ordered to leave Washington last month by the state department which said his activities harmed the welfare of the United States.
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Associated Press
Hjalmar Procope
United States
Helsinki
Washington
State Department
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New York City
Big Welcome
GOP
Secretary of Labor
Organized Labor Union
Truman
D-Mo
Henry A. Wallace
Steel
Saoion
Gordion
Eniingo
Arthur Vandenberg
National House
Edward Martin
W.eeepenree
U.S. A
Arthur G. Benson
Pacific War
Chevrolet
Ashland
Shell
Clayton Manufacturing Company
United Steelworkers
CSO
Nick Conley
Anaconda Wire and Cable Company
Marion, Ind
WLB
John Arsch
Cleveland, C
Ball Bros. Company
Muncie
Ind
Federal Mogul Co
San Francisco
KSTP
Minneapolis
F. R
Tribune Sparte Bureau
N. Y
Edward Bausch
Bausch and Lomb Optical Company
John Jacob Bausch
Norwich
Son
Tribune Sparta
OPA
Procope
Ernie Young
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