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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1944
Page
1
Allied forces press inland from Caen after clearing Normandy beaches and linking beachheads. Airborne waves drop troops and supplies as front reports show improvement despite heavy resistance and foggy weather.
Allied forces push north and west of Rome with columns five to ten miles from Lake Bracciano and the Tyrrhenian coast. German lines reported broken on the coastal road west of Rome as 5th Army gains surpass 18 000 prisoners. Mediterranean force joins coup across Balkans with raids on Ploesti Brasov Pitesci and Turnu-Severin.
The U S Army general, identified as Lieut Col Henry J F Miller of Salem New Jersey, was reduced to lieutenant colonel and sent home for indicating in advance the time of the D day invasion. Supreme Headquarters confirmed the demotion after an inquiry into a London cocktail party remark. The officer was one of the U S air force commanders and faced dismissal amid security concerns.
Unconfirmed Allied landing reports in Greece circulated last night with Turkish advices placing a potential invasion near Patras on the northwest coast. Berlin relayed a Ankara claim situating the action in the Peloupn region near Corinth.
Weather forecast shows a warming trend with tonight and Thursday getting warmer. Low temperatures checked near 56 degrees, with daytime highs rising into the 70s.
Soviet Red Star reports Moscow readiness to deploy the Red Army in a broad offensive as Allied forces boost air support from bases in Russia. Iasi battles slow German pressure while Berlin anticipates a new Soviet westward drive with American air forces striking Romanian targets at Galati.
Louis C Haberman son of Mr and Mrs George A Haberman of 1115 Main Street is missing in action over Germany. The 22 year old B 17 navigator enlisted in March 1942 with Elks cadets and trained in Santa Ana King City Chico Calif. He later trained as bombardier in Albuquerque and earned wings then taught in Rapid City before heading to Europe on April 14. He has been missing since May 24 according to the War Department. He is a 1940 Aquinas High School graduate and attended St Josephs School.
Allied air forces, taking control of the air over France, flew well over 31 000 sorties from dawn yesterday to dawn today in support of assault forces and launched new attacks beyond the beachhead. Heavy bombers targeted German reinforcements while Allied fighters faced rising AA fire as opposition weakened.
Portugal becomes the first European neutral to halt vital war aid to Nazi Germany by banning export and production of wolfram. The prohibition was enacted on Monday ahead of Allied landings in France, signaling full compliance with Allied requests.
General H. H. Arnold reports that in four months the Army Air Forces dropped 174,719 tons on Germany and 43,085 tons on Japan, flew 218,877 and 83,292 sorties respectively, destroying 5,783 German and 1,397 Japanese planes. Arnold also discusses new weapons, pilot losses, and casualty rates.
London reports Allied air forces have lost 70 aircraft since the invasion began. The breakdown lists 17 fighters, 12 C 47 troop carriers, 12 CG 42 gliders, 13 British heavy bombers, 6 Thunderbolt fighters, 4 Havocs, 2 Lightning fighters, 2 medium bombers, 1 Beaufighter, and 1 American heavy bomber.
The report notes 4 800 sorties since dawn Tuesday with 4 300 by heavy bombers and fighters of the 8th Air Force. Allied fighter patrols guard a 60 mile square over France near Le Havre while 200 fighters stay on alert. A first enemy air attack by 12 JU-88s failed to harm the beachhead as Spitfires shot down four. The Fighting Falcon glider, bought with 20 000 dollars in war bonds from Greenville Michigan students, landed yesterday. Lieut Col Mike Murphy of Lafayette Indiana piloted the craft with Lieut Wilma May of Cairo Illinois as co pilot. Generals Eisenhower and Brereton sent best wishes to transports and gliders taking off on D Day and visited the airborne base.
USO announces 154 entertainers in England ready to mount 33 mobile shows for invasion troops once the War Department grants permission.
The La Crosse Concert band will present a summer program tonight at 8 p m in Riverside Park with Harmer Root Central high school music director as guest soloist.
A vast Allied task force dominated English Channel invasion routes in the first round. British Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay said the convoy was 100 percent successful with few combat ship losses, while President Roosevelt noted American losses of two destroyers and one LST. Ships including the Nevada Texas Arkansas Nelson Ramillies Warspite Scylla and others pressed the assault as Polish Dutch Norwegian French and Greek vessels joined the fleet.
London report says Prime Minister Churchill resisted joining invasion forces at the beaches of Kerman but was persuaded after Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay argued the extra duties would be onerous. Churchill finally relented.
A Transocean broadcast from Berlin said German coastal batteries beat off an Allied landing attempt off Le Havre this afternoon. No Allied confirmation followed the report.
Allied planners reported 300 planes parachuted on the western Cherbourg peninsula to sever the peninsula and its key harbor. Berlin said drops occurred between Lessay and Coutance with sea landings not yet made on the western coast. other parachutists hit the east coast sector about 20 miles southeast of Cherbourg. Coutance sits under 40 miles from Bayeux, with Caen near the peninsula base where Nazi counterattacks were repulsed.
Between 250 and 500 Flying Fortresses and Liberators dropped bombs on roads south of Caen this afternoon to block German reinforcements. They encountered no German fighters or ground fire.
The American 9th Air Force announced 33 hours after H Hour that its troop carrier command finished its initial assignment. Sky trains returned to Britain after a day and a half of movement across the channel. More than 900 airborne sorties were flown in addition to those by the British.
The Ninth Air Force announced the loss of twelve C-47 troop carriers and a dozen gliders during overnight airborne operations beyond the Normandy beachheads. Three waves delivered troops and equipment, with engineers among the personnel dropped. Parachute-filled Cherbourg peninsula was reported visible at dawn.
Eyewitness describes a second Allied air assault over Nazi occupied France. The narrator flies in the lead ship of a troop carrier group under the 9th Airborne and notes this operation was no milk run.
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