De Gaulle’s Normandy Visit Sparks Allied Debate
The report covers General de Gaulle’s Normandy visit and reactions in London and Washington. It notes the mixed reception by liberated French and the friction over recognition of his liberation committee, plus Hull’s cautious stance on French civil administration behind military lines.
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London
French Committee of National Liberation
Charles de Gaulle
Normandy
de Gaulle
Isigny
Britain
France
Algiers
French Consultative Assembly
Roosevelt
Normandy Front
London Evening Standard
Channel
Gen. Eisenhower
Brazzaville
French Equatorial Africa
Washington
Supreme Command
National Liberation Committee
Provisional Government of
Beene
Deadock
Hull
Washington —i
Liberation Committee
Dover Strait May Weather Report Bright and Clear
The Dover strait area experienced bright and clear conditions this morning with smooth seas and a light northwesterly breeze. Temperature around 60 degrees at 8 a.m. visibility good and barometerForecast fair weather outlook remains positive.
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London
Dover Strait
County Highway Crews To Aid Canneries In Emergencies
Paul Hartwig will send highway crew members to work for farmers or factories for a few days in emergencies if details are provided. Workers will be paid at the same rate as the highway department.
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Fea
Paul Hartwig
Way Department
Publicity Over Kenny Polio Treatment Questioned by AMA Report
A seven professor panel of the American Medical Association concludes publicity about Sister Elizabeth Kenny's infantile paralysis treatment misleads the public and many doctors. They state there is no evidence that the Kenny method prevents paralysis and criticize unverified claims of high recovery rates.
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Sister Kenny
Medic Association
Howard W. Blakeslee
Chicago
Elizabeth Kenny
American Medical Association
Seven Am
Kenny
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
The
American Orthopedic Association
Miss Kenny
Early Kenny treatment debated by medical committee
The committee considered multiple cases and concluded that early Kenny treatment does not prevent or lessen permanent paralysis. Members included Doctors Edward L. Compere of Illinois, J Albert Key of Washington University, H R McCarroll of Washington University, and Herman C Schumm of Wisconsin and Marquette.
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Kenny
Edward L. Compere
University of Illinois College of Medicine
J. Albert Key
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis
H. R. McCarroll
Herman C. Schumm
University of Wisconsin Medical School
Marquette University School of Medicine
Invasion Update Chicago Tribune Style
Allied forces push across the peninsula toward Cherbourg as combat rages near Montebourg Caumont and Villers Bocage. Air support, frontline reports, and RAF strikes on Le Havre shape a tense littoral advance along with German counter moves and women snipers reported as prisoners or couriers.
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la Haye
U. S. 4Th Division
Montebourg
Cherbourg
Valognes
Doughboys
Quineville
Caumont
Villers-Bocage
Viller- Bocage
Viller-Bocage
Seulles
le Havre
Troarn
Caen
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
Supreme Headquarters
Four Airfields Are Built In Normandy In Single Week
In Normandy the 9th Air Force engineers have quickly dug four landing fields in a week. Half work with guns, half with shovels as bulldozers clear ground while riflemen guard against snipers. German infiltrators approach at night, with one French family sheltering 12 Nazis before Americans repelled them.
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W. W. Hercher
U. S. 9Th Air Force
France
9Th American Air Force
Normandy
Big Man's Underwear Congressional Problem
Washington lawmakers discuss a Wisconsin constituent six feet six inches tall and 260 pounds needing an underwear suit. Representative Keefe notes the crisis caused by OPA allocation and production errors. A quip from Representative Mason follows as Keefe sits down amid laughter.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Keefe
R-Wis
OPA
Rep. Mason
Bill
Road School Plans Set At Green Bay Conference
County Highway Commissioner Paul Hartwig attended a Green Bay meeting where plans were formed for the summer road school to be held July 27 28 and 29. The program is sponsored by the County Highway Commissioners association the County Boards association and the County Highway Committees association. Hartwig and La Crosse county highway committee members will attend.
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Paul Hartwig
County Highway Commissioners’ Association
Green Bay
County Boards Association
County Highway Committees Association
Hartwig
la Crosse
Seven Yank Soldiers Executed In Britain
The British government reported to the House of Commons that 14 U S armed forces members in the United Kingdom were sentenced to death by U S courts martial and seven sentences have been carried out. All cases involved murder and one included murder and rape.
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LA Crosse
Tokyo
de Gaulle
Inges
James H. Doolittle
8Th Air Force
Britain
Japan
Siberia
China
Berlin
Kienow
Fukien
United States
Chungking
London
Herbert Morrison
Home Affairs
House of Commons
United Kingdom
U. S
Rhys Davis
Boy Kills Brother In Accidental Gunfire
Fond du Lac Wisconsin report states 11 year old Allen Roy Wustruck died from a .22 rifle bullet wound inflicted by his brother Harley age 13. Coroner L J Simon said the gunman held the weapon while bullets had been hidden by their father. The brothers found the gun and went hunting birds on the farm when the accident occurred.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
Roy Wustruck
Route 3
Waupun
L. J. Simon
Harley
Army Appropriation Bill Passed with War Aims Stated
Washington reports the house approved an army appropriation of 49 109 002 795 dollars for the coming fiscal year starting July 1. Leaders express hope Germany may be knocked out of the war by January 1. Representative Reyder urges unanimous support for the Hitler doom bill. Ireland faces tobacco shortage due to limited American supplies.
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Washington
House
Senate
Germany
Reyder
Send Back Personal Property Reports Plea From City Assessor
Benjamin E. Steen, La Crosse chief assessor, reported only 60 percent of personal property statements were filed by June 1. The office sent 1,500 notices to merchants, manufacturers and professionals, with returns still arriving. Steen noted the state taxation department requires early figures to meet regulations.
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Benjamin E. Steen
la Crosse
Steen
Department of Taxation
M Wrs
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