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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1944
Page
1
Allied forces halted a second Japanese attempt to reinforce Biak in the Schouten Islands as air and sea operations intensified. Destroyers were damaged, and Japanese ships fled after destroyer clashes while Biak airfields and surrounding areas faced ongoing Allied bombing and mopping up of cave defenses.
The War Labor Board ruling set a five cent per use wage increase for coal and ice truck drivers in La Crosse. Mayor J J Verohota cited a June decision and a telegram from E B McMatt Stabilization director confirming final details. He noted potential price rises for fuel but said union officials assured continued operation with the wage increase.
The forecast notes cloudy skies and warmer temperatures with a chance of light showers on Sunday. Occasional showers expected across areas with mild conditions throughout the day.
Allied forces slowed near a village northeast of Viterbo as German 88 millimeter anti tank guns halted the northward advance. George Tucker reports the 5th Army's pursuit of retreating Germans, with towns like Tuscania and Orsogna falling, while the 14th and 10th German armies face disruption and heavy losses.
The Northern Engraving and Manufacturing Co. receives third renewal of the Army Navy E Award from the U S Navy Board for Production Awards Admiral C C Bloch USN retired announces the honor The flag will bear three stars as recognition of continued outstanding wartime production The first award was Dec 3 1942 followed by renewals Apr 30 1943 and Dec 9 1943
In Maidstone England Mrs E Olley welcomed twin boys born on D Day. One was named Eisenhower and the other Montgomery reflecting the wartime namesake.
Washington reports a new selective service rule ending separate army and navy pools. After July 1 inductees will enter a common pool and be drawn as needs dictate, with local boards prioritizing volunteers and nonfathers before fathers, then by order number. Fath ers may be chosen by the navy if needed.
Rome's new mayor Prince Filippo Andrea Doria Pamphili, long an anti fascist figure, was appointed by the Allied military government following consultation with Premier Ivanoe Bonomi.
La Crosse County initiates a Fifth War Loan drive starting Monday aiming to raise 4 039 000 the county’s largest quota. Gysbert van Steenwyk leads the campaign as canvassing begins with rural residents bearing much of the workload. Materials reach captains as city leaders push for 100 percent sticker display and pledges through payroll savings.
Allied forces rapidly established three landing strips in occupied France as of last week and six hours for the quickest, one 1,600 foot strip. U S and RAF units poured planes into action from French soil for the first time since 1940 with C 47 transports lifting wounded to Britain and fighters providing cover. Luftwaffe counterattacks reported with losses and missing aircraft as Allied air power intensified.
French resistance to German occupation grows as sabotage and clashes widen across France. Reports from Paris, Algiers, and the front describe attacks in Bourg, Macon, the Vosges, Brittany, and Nord with hundreds of Nazis killed or captured. De Gaulle hailed as a constant Allied ally and symbol of hope.
Gen Bradley orders 82nd and 101st airborne divisions to France for Normandy invasion. Staff Sgt Frederick Dix recalls rangers destroying five heavy guns and fending off counterattacks for two days with captured German weapons. Castello reveals Geronimo cry and 44 jumps as he recalls Sicilian and Salerno fighting. Allied progress includes Isigny and Carentan gains as air and sea support intensify the push toward Cherbourg.
Japanese forces have bombarded Changsha the capital of Hunan Province from the northeast and northwest amid fierce fighting in the outer defenses. A Chinese communique says the battle is part of a larger drive to seize the Canton Hankow railway route, with Changsha’s fall seen as key to a broader conquest.
Rome reports Dr. Vincenzo Azzolini a 64 year old governor of the Bank of Italy and holder of high posts under the Fascist regime was removed from office and placed under guard in a house in his area this Saturday by the military government authorities.
The Associated Press reports that a German general and his entire staff have been seized in France, according to the British Broadcasting Company.
London reports German and Finnish sources claim a general Soviet offensive on the Karelian Isthmus above Leningrad while Moscow and Berlin broadcasters say there were no major changes at the front. Russian communique notes 14 enemy planes shot down Friday.
London dispatch says Vichy radio reported Allied warships attacked Toulon, major French Mediterranean base, and claimed a gunboat was sunk by German coastal batteries. No landings were reported.
Supreme Allied Commander Dwight Eisenhower operates a mobile command post from a woodland camp. He sleeps in a two and a half ton truck with a bed made by a blue and white table cloth, no maps or charts, and moves with a small staff through a wakeful midnight schedule, breakfast in a shared mess tent, and routine briefings each morning.
Allied forces pushed a third of the Normandy peninsula on Saturday aiming at Cherbourg. American units seized two towns and several villages with cover from newly seized air fields. Germans reported US proximity to Montebourg, 15 miles from Cherbourg as joint Allied advance continues along the Caen Montebourg stretch.
Berlin radio said Saturday night Allied forces made a new airborne landing near Canvon southwest of Caen. The broadcast claimed the operation aims to strike German rear areas, as recorded by the Blue Network.
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