Allied Bigwigs Visit Normandy Churchill There
Prime Minister Churchill and Gen Eisenhower led a high level tour of American and Allied forces in Normandy. They were joined by Marshall King Arnold Bradley and other top commanders as they surveyed battleground sectors and witnessed air battles. Churchill later reported to the House of Commons on the invasion’s progress.
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King
Marshall
Arnold
Normandy
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United States
Yester
George C. Marshall
Ernest King
U.S
Henry H. Arnold
Omar N. Bradley
France
Alan Gxik
John Leslie Hall
Churchill
HMSS
Kelvin
Jan Christian Smuts
Union of South Africa
Alan Brooke
House of Commons
Inis
Isigny
Moscow
The
De Gaulle Receives Recognition From Four Nations
Paris reports that Charles de Gaulle’s provisional government gains recognition as the French committee of liberation from Czechoslovakia Belgium Poland and Luxembourg with letters signed by foreign ministers. De Gaulle may visit France to rally support before seeking U S recognition in Washington.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
Committee of National Liberation
Refrom
Poland
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Luxembourg
United Nations
Hubert Ripka
P. H. Spaak
Joseph Beck
de Gaulle
France
Washington
United States
Heroic Feat Over France Aboard Carrier Plane
John J. Nich of Clifton is credited Tuesday with saving lives by hanging from a plane in heavy flak over France, freeing a trapped crewman and freeing a damaged parachute underbelly band of the carrier. Two crewmen were held. Nich used a hunting knife to hack a parachute. Ninth Air Force base in England.
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John J. Nich
Clifton
France
Enki
Bnife
Ninth Air Force
England
Weather Forecast Brief Shows Showers and Storms
Local forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms with cooler air arriving by Wednesday. Overnight and early Wednesday will see near to below seasonal temperatures.
Island airport contract awaits government orders
AGT Associates, holder of a 1,000,000 contract, awaits official CAA orders to begin construction on the La Crosse island municipal airport project. H. E. Horner says the formal release should reach Chicago CAA headquarters Tuesday afternoon with work likely to start within 10 days if equipment and labor are ready. Mayor Verdt a and Q. Hale hail the approval as a long-awaited victory for the citizens' airport effort.
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French Island
AGT Associates
H. E. Horner
Chicago
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Q. H. Hale
Citizens’ Airport Committee
Horner
Hale
Badger Ordnance Works
Baraboo
la Crosse
J. J. Verdota
Order
Verdota
To Name Boat For La Crosse
La Crosse to name a war cargo ship under construction in Baltimore. The vessel will use 3 million of La Crosse County's Fifth War Loan quota and launch in about a month. Chairman Gysbert van Steen announced the naming.
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la Crosse
Baltimore
la Crosse County
Gysbert van Steen
G I Bill Moves To White House After Senate Endorsement
The compromise version of the G I Bill of Rights passes the Senate and heads to the White House. It provides $20 weekly unemployment benefits for veterans, government funded education up to 500 dollars tuition plus monthly subsistence, and 50 percent government backing for private loans up to 4000 dollars with interest capped at four percent. Total cost estimates range from 3 to 6.5 billion dollars.
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Washington
House
White House
G. L
Senate
United States Employment Service
Don’t Raise Too Much Hell Clark Tells Troops
Lieut. Gen. Mark W. Clark praised Fifth Army troops in Italy for breaking German resistance and praised the Rome captors. He welcomed French and American soldiers to a new rest center near Rome and urged them to visit historic sites while warning them to watch their behavior.
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Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Italy
Clark
Reds Smash Toward Viipuri In Finnish Push
Moscow reports Soviet artillery and infantry driving deeper into the Karelian isthmus toward Viipuri with Raivola falling in 40 minutes. Finns claim to have repelled attacks while 63 Soviet tanks were destroyed in three days. Weather favors Finnish defenders as heavy fortifications and Ferdinand guns are encountered.
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Kivennapa
Viipuri
Reds
Moscow
Leonid A. Govorov
Red Army
Karelian
Viiri
Izvestia
Terijoki
Berlin
Helsinki
Stockholm
Litsa
Petsamo
Finland
Stockholm Aftonbladet
Arctic Sea
Early Knockout By RUSSELL LANDSTROM
London reports a swift Soviet push toward Viipuri and Helsinki fueling bets Finland could exit the war by month’s end. A Stockholm dispatch aired in London notes the rapid Russian advance and strategic aims in the Baltic region.
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London
Russell Landstrom
Viipuri
Helsinki
Finland
Stockholm
Local Bomber Pilot Missing
Bruha, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bruha of 915 Adams Street, served as a Flying Fortress pilot overseas since February 1, 1944. He entered service June 1941 and trained at San Antonio Texas Jones Field Perrin Field. He earned his commission and wings July 29, 1943 at Ellington Field. Prior overseas duty he was stationed at Ephrata Washington Rapid City South Carolina Wendover Utah and Grand Island Nebraska.
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Tex
Jones Field
Perrin Field
Ellington Field
Texas
Ephrata
Wash
Rapid City
S. C
Wendover
Utah
Grand Island
Neb
Americans Press Pacific Front From Palau To Marianas
Allied forces report continual air, sea, and ground attacks on Japanese fortresses across the Pacific. Nimitz and MacArthur command heavy carrier and land based strikes on Guam Tinian Saipan Palau Biak and Truk while advancing from New Guinea. In Burma and China Chinese and Allied troops push toward Myitkyina Kohima and Changsha amid fierce resistance as Japan seeks to bottle up eastern China.
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China
Nimitz-MacArthur
Palau
Marianas
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Guam
Tinian
Saipan
Con. Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Truk
MacArthur
Biak
Bougainville
Dutch New Guinea
Bers
Rabaul
New Britain
India
Burma
Kohima
Myitkyina
Salween River
Changsha
Hankow- Canton
Allied Air Campaigns Hit Germany And Normandy Front
U S bombers from Italy and England strike Munich Innsbruck and German airfields as Allied forces push toward Cherbourg. RAF and 15th Air Force raid Cologne Gelsenkirchen Caen and rail hubs with heavy losses reported on both sides. Recon photos show major damage to German bases in France.
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U. S
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Germany
Cherbourg
Normandy
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Innsbruck
Austria
England
Battle Limes
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15Th Air Force
Britain
RAF
Gelsenkirchen
Ruhr
Berlin
Alps
Bavaria
Franconia
Caen
Cologne
Luftwaffe
Europe
Sweden Reduces Shipments To Reich
Sweden agrees to a substantial cut in shipments of ball bearings to Germany, a move tied to Nazi war effort constraints. The reduction was disclosed in Washington on Tuesday, signaling altered supply dynamics amid wartime pressures.
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Reich
Washington, D. C
Germany
Rommel Out as War Reports Mount Over German Command
Unconfirmed Allied dispatches claim Marshal Erwin Rommel has been removed from command of the German seventh and 15th mobile armies amid strategic disagreements with Karl von Rundstedt. Reports place Rommel near the front in Normandy with Montgomery’s forces, though no official confirmation has arrived.
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Rommel
Karl von Rundstedt
von Rundstedt
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Low Countries
North
Africa
Tunisia
Sicily
Italy
Bernard Montgomery
Normandy
Cherbourg
Leslie Randall
London Evening Standard
Montgomery
Flood Crest Forecast for Wisconsin River Regions
The weather bureau reports 1.35 inches of rain from midnight to noon Tuesday with 0.82 inches overnight and 0.53 in a morning shower. A crest near 13 feet is expected at Winona Tuesday night and about 11.9 feet at La Crosse Tuesday night or Wednesday morning with additional showers forecast later Tuesday.
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Weather Bureau
la Crosse
Viroqua
Winona
Second Division Returns to France After Inland Breakthrough
The Second Infantry Division, famed for World War I battles, struck past Cerisy Forest near St Lo, penetrating 18 miles and destroying a large ammunition dump. Once based at Camp McCoy, it trained at Fort Sam Houston and later deployed overseas, with its history including Meuse-Argonne and other campaigns.
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Associated Press
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St. Lo
McCoy
Chateau Thierry
St. Mihiel
Meuse- Argonne
Blanc Mont
Soissons
Meuse - Argonne
Hindenburg Line
United States
Fort Sam
Houston
Tex
Walter Melville Robertson
George P Hays
Northwest
Maquis Seize Tarbes After Brief Battle
French partisans claimed Tarbes, capital of the Upper Pyrenees, fell after a brief weekend battle. They said 300 German prisoners were taken, along with Frenchmen and other travelers. Tarbes, a city of about 35,000, was seized Saturday and Sunday.
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Spain
Tarbes
Pyrennes
Japs Learn From German Methods For Pacific Attacks
AP war editor reports on Japanese combat dead and prisoners in France hinting at a plan to study Allied amphibious tactics. Tokyo may train top officers in Europe to adapt lessons for future Pacific strikes, with submarines ferrying selected fighters between Japan and Germany.
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France
Japan
Philippines
China Coast
Pacific
Tokyo
Nazis Launch Counterattack At Carentan
Allied reports describe a German counterattack below Cherbourg aimed at splitting the beachhead near Carentan as U S forces push advances across the Cherbourg peninsula. British and American units seized Troarn and Ball eroy while Montebourg fell and others reached near Caen, Cherbourg and Ste. Mere Eglise.
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Ste. Mere Eglise
Ont L’abbe
West Coast Railway
Carentan
le Ham
Montebourg
Supreme Headquarters
Troarn
Stalin Pays Tribute To Western Front Victory
Premier Stalin paid tribute to the western front Tuesday night saying the war history does not know such undertakings. The Red Army marshal added history will note this achievement. Stalin spoke to foreign correspondents at the Soviet press department.
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Moscow
Stalin
Western Front
Red Army
Allied forces push inland in Normandy with large troop gains
British airborne units reinforce the D day landings as American divisions drive from Sainte Mere Eglise toward St Lo. Reports say six U S divisions, about 600 000 men, are engaged along an 80 mile front with new airborne drops and advances near Caen and Cherbourg peninsula while German command notes an artillery leader killed in action.
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Caen
France
Cherbourg
Balleroy
Cerisy Forest
Bayeux
St. Lo
Montebourg
Carentan
Ponte Abbe
Ste. Mere Eglise
Berlin
Normandy
U. S
Supreme Headquarters
Cherebourg
Normandy Plains
Marcks
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