Viroqua and Westby businessmen close stores for farm relief
A salvage bee leaves Eckhart Park in Viroqua at 12 30 p m Tuesday to aid farmers in Westby Viroqua Monument Rock and Red Mound building sheds and replanting crops after Thursday night’s storm. All Viroqua and Westby stores will close. rain date is Wednesday.
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Eckhart Park
Viroqua
Westby
Monument Rock
Red Mound
Civilian Defense Committee
Arthur Gronning
Manius Tighe
Nora Zittner
Nazi Force In Italy Halved
CBS broadcast reports Marshal Kesselring now has the equivalent of 12 percent divisions left to fight with and about 70 000 of these deployed across the front.
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Ance
CBS
Marshal Kesselring
French advance to Ombrone and Roccastrada near Rome
German armor and air forces clash as French elements of the 5th army push through mountains to reach the Ombrone river six miles northeast of Roccastrada. Allied columns strike along the coast near Fallonica while Germans recapture Chiusi amid heavy air and ground combat.
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Rome
Italy
5Th Army
Ombrone
Sth
Roccastrada
Pisa
Fallonica
Albert Kesselring
U.S
Ae Phosats
Romania
Oltul
Plocesti
Europe
Jap Menace In China Mounts
Chinese high command reported Japanese forces near Hengyang were poised to use encirclement tactics at Hengyang rail junction as the drive pressed four and a half miles below Hengshan and about 20 miles from the target. Fighting raged on both sides of the Canton Hankow railway with units along the Liang river and near Leichishih involved in heavy combat.
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Chungking
Hengyang
Changsha
Hengshan
Hunan
Engyang
China
Canton-Hankow
Liang River
Leichishih
De Gaulle Not Planning Moscow Visit Says Algiers
French authorities in Algiers said there is no plan for General Charles de Gaulle head of the French Committee of National Liberation to visit Moscow. Berlin radio had claimed he would go to the Soviet capital at Stalin's invitation.
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Algiers
Moscow
Charles de Gaulle
Committee of National Liberation
Berlin
Blue
de Gaulle
Stalin
Soviet Liberate Medvezhegorsk in Karelo-Finnish SSR
A Soviet monitor reported that 150 miles north at Lake Onezhskoe tip the forces freed Medvezhegorsk, a district center in the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic and a key station on the Leningrad Ural or Urdansk railway line.
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Lake Onezhskoe
Medvezhegorsk
Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic
Saipan advances amid heavy fighting and carrier losses
U S Marines push on Saipan with gains along Kienne Bay and Mt Tapotchau as Japanese defenses, mines, and pillboxes hinder progress. U S carrier task force claims sinkings including a 28 000 ton carrier and three oil tankers with nine vessels damaged. Submarine actions hit Dutch New Guinea targets.
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Rota
Saipan
U. S
Kienne Bay
Shumushu
Kuriles
Carolines
Marshalls
Marianas
Philippines
Garapan
Laulau
Mt. Tapotchau
Mideda
Mar
Thelpines
Japan
Nippon
U. S. Navy
Southwest Pacific
Dutch New Guinea
State Defense Council to Continue Activity
The Wisconsin state council of defense will continue its activities without curtailment. Chairman John B. Chapple and executive director Lieut. Col. George R. Howitt announced after a meeting that the council serves a definite purpose and that continuation of the state council as directing head of local organizations is necessary. The body urged counties to increase self reliance in maintaining their duties.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin State Council of Defense
John B. Chapple
Ashland
George R. Howitt
State Council
Obituary Russell Kateley 60 Died at Home
Russell Kateley age 60 of 91515 Logan street died suddenly at his home Saturday. He is survived by his wife three sons George Harold and Allan of La Crosse two daughters Mrs Wallace Ellicson of Menomini Falls Wis and Mrs Ronald Maynard of Appleton one sister Mrs Earl Curtis of Appleton and 10 grandchildren. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 pm at Nelson funeral home with Rev L C Smith officiating. Burial in Oak Grove cemetery. Friends may call at Nelson Monday evening.
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Russell Kateley
Logan Street
George
Harold
Allan
la Crosse
Wallace Ellicson
Menomini Falls
Wis
Ronald Maynard
Earl Curtis
Appleton
Nelson Funeral Home
L. C. Smith
Oak Grove Cemetery
Nelson
Storm Deaths Now Total 142
Weary rescue forces searched for more victims in rain after a devastating storm across southwest Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The toll reached 142 with 101 in West Virginia and 38 in Pennsylvania. 3 in Maryland. Hospitals overflowed, communities were wrecked, and many victims remained unidentified. The twister carved a narrow path from McKeesport to Shinnston, with dozens of towns hit hard. Red Cross, soldiers, and local volunteers led relief efforts as officials faced a puzzling pattern of possibly multiple storms striking within minutes.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
McKeesport
Shinnston
W. Va
Maryland
Red Cross
Little Shinnston
Chartiers
Clarksville
U. S
Associated Press
Glider Salvage Begins In Normandy Amid Invasion Era
In Normandy a C-47 aircraft towed a motorless glider back to England, launching the army salvage program for crashed gliders. Col Glynne M Jones notes this is the first on the fly recovery from combat areas, aiming to reclaim hundreds that landed during the invasion and restore flight operations.
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Normandy
England
Army
Glynne M., Jones
Lafayette
Ninth Troop Carrier Command
Aerial reports target German military objectives in Germany
A British style air raid banner notes American and Liberators attacking stated military objectives in Germany. The German press agency DNB had earlier claimed cars were moving toward Berlin.
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Germany
DNB
Berin
Destroy 3 U-Boats in Arctic Battle
The British admiralty reported three German submarines sunk and several damaged in an Arctic Circle battle attempting to attack a Russian convoy in April. Six enemy planes were shot down by Allied planes. one Allied plane was downed by a U-boat but its pilot was saved.
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London
Arctic Circle
Russia
Jer
US Planes Destroyed In Nazi Raids On Russian Bases
Washington reports a German air raid on two Russian airfields used by American shuttle bombing operations over Europe. Three crewmen were lost and a number of American planes destroyed, likely Flying Fortresses or heavy bombers, with details still unavailable.
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Mediterranean Air Force
G. S
Craiova
Iron Gate
Danube
Chiusi
Trasimeno
U. S
Russia
Washington
Europe
War Department
Zielke Named New Washington Staff Writer
George Zielke a Washington staff writer for the Associated Press has taken a new position with the Paul Block newspapers. The goal is to cover the upcoming Republican convention in Chicago. Zielke previously worked for The Tribune and the Wisconsin State Journal and has held posts in Milwaukee New York and Washington. He co authored a wartime economy column with James Marlow.
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George Zielke
Washington
Associated Press
Paul Block
Zielke
Otto Zielke
South Third Street
la Zielke Crosse Tribune
The
Tribune
Milwaukee
New York
James Marlow
Central High School
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Journal
Madison
Wis
Foreign News
Wide World News
Chicago
GOP moving convention faces platform vote and balanced balloting
The 1944 Republican convention moves toward swift platform approval after Tuesday’s resolutions committee presentation. Nomination plans call for a Wednesday night presidential, Thursday morning vice presidential selections, and Thursday afternoon acceptance. Dewey supporters claim strong pledged delegates, Bricker camp predicts third or fourth ballot nomination, with 1 057 delegates and 529 needed. Notable absences include Wendell Willkie despite invitation to attend.
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Resolutions Committee
Dewey
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Bricker
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Simeon S. Willis
Kentucky
Dwight H. Green
Illinois
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Eric Johnston
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
William Hutcheson
Indiana
Carpenters’ Union
AFL
Wendell L. Willkie
French Slain 10 At A Time As Nazis Move Against Saboteurs
In southern France between Toulouse and Bordeaux German forces reportedly shoot hostages in groups of ten to deter sabotage as saboteurs disrupt rail and canal links. A separate report claims German victory over French Maquis in a Jura town, part of broader clashes across the region with about 100 Frenchmen executed since midweek.
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Oirt Bou
Spain
Toulouse
Bordeaux
Mediterranean
Atlantic
France
Jura
Tarnetgaronne
Ruling on compensation in Wisconsin workmen’s case
Circuit Judge Alvin C. Reis ruled that courts lack power to alter attorney fees set by the state industrial commission in workers compensation cases. The suit was filed by Lee H. Cranston and Max H. Strehlow, Green Bay attorneys, and appeared in Madison courts.
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Madison
Wis
Alvin C. Reis
Lee H. Cranston
Max H. Strehlow
Green Bay
State Industrial Commission
Realtor loses $68 at box office in Los Angeles
James Bell, a Los Angeles realtor, told police his pocket was picked of $68 while waiting to buy show tickets at a box office. He quipped to the sergeant, asking what show, and replied, “The police show.”
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Los Angeles
James Bell
Bell
Manitowoc man elected Wisconsin Eagles president
Peter J. Thielen of Manitowoc was elected president of the Wisconsin aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles at the close of a three day convention. Other officers named include LeRoy Coster Madison as vice president Phillip Bunker Fond du Lac as chaplain Myrnard Zender Wausau as secretary J J McDevitt Milwaukee as treasurer Vincent Kroll South Milwaukee as conductor Roy Newlander Superior as inside guard Joseph Schuster Marshfield as outside guard Harold Sprester La Crosse and Walter Loehning Neenah as trustees.
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Marshfield
Wis
Peter J. Thielen
Manitowoc
Wisconsin Aerie
Order of Eagles
LeRoy Coster
Madison
Phillip Bunker
Fond du Lac
Myrnard Zender
Wausau
J. J. McDevitt
Milwaukee
Vincent Kroll
South Milwaukee
Roy Newlander
Superior
Allied Forces Press Drive Into Burma and India Fronts
Allied units report new attacks in North Burma while Indian campaigns continue to push toward key Japanese positions. British Chindit and Chinese forces battle near Mogaung, and U S and allied troops advance toward Myitkyina as fighting persists along the Kohima Imphal road and Ukhrul corridor. The drive aims to expel Japanese from India through the monsoon season.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Burma
India
Kohima- Imphal
Ukhrul
Myitkyina
Mogaung
Sawngching
Manipur
Litan
Imphal
Kohima
Eisenhower visits American sector amid eager troops
General Eisenhower tours a three jeep caravan in the American sector his first visit since June 12. He quizzes new arrivals in France about readiness and capability while a few GIs struggle to answer under his gaze.
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Mantly
UW student dies while swimming in Lake Mendota
Howard Stock 21 of Sheboygan a chemical engineering student at the University of Wisconsin died after drowning while swimming in Lake Mendota Saturday night. He was among students and locals who gathered for recreational swimming.
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Madison, Wis
Howard Stock
Sheboygan
University of Wisconsin
Lake Mendota
Demo Urges GOP to End Crop Control Policy
Georgia agricultural commissioner Tom Linder told a Chicago subcommittee that the Republican Party should pledge abolition of AAA crop control programs. He called current national farm policy un-American and said it plans to make agriculture depend on foreign imports. Linder spoke as president of the national farm committee, with about 20 state commissioners and farm leaders, and J. E. McDonald of Texas listed as chairman of the executive board.
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Chicago
Tom Linder
Georgia
Republican Party
Linder
National Farm Committee
J. E. McDonald
Texas Agricommissioner
Athens Store Offers Free Olives for Soap Quality
A shop in Athens Greece promotes free olives to compare quality for its high grade soaps. The move aims to showcase ingredient standards and attract customers seeking premium products.
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Athens
Greece
War Bond drive and local ads boost WWII support
The piece promotes the Fifth War Loan drive urging citizens to buy bonds to fund tanks and ammunition for liberation efforts in France. It notes a La Crosse Fourth of July combat show funded by bonds and advertises Seemann Lumber supplies for home repairs with phone contact and budget terms.
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Axis
France
Seemann Lumber & Coal Co
Gillette
Caledonia Sts
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Scott Sanwick
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John E. Nuzum
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Magnus Sheldon
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Obert Everson
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Cyrus Gabrielson
George Tucker
Denmark
Arthur G. Benson
M. D
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Red Capital
Mystic
Wn, Kroner Company
Kie Pam Better Hardway
Pacific War
State Defense Council
Carl B. Noelke Co
Main St
Wisconsin Theater Building
Sprester
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EAGLE
Citizens Loan & Investment CO
Clinton L. Peterson
Elmer J. Berg
Milton L. Steen
Treas
Ue PT
America
Castle OF Taj Mahal
Hodgins
High Perch
Slayman-Ali
Liggett’s Drug Store
Eisenhower
Pvt
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Rochester
N. Y
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U.S. A
GOP
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L. H. Seemas
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