American forces advance in Europe near Meuse and Sedan
Verdun dispatches report U S First Army soldiers pushing beyond the Meuse river with Germans in retreat toward their homeland. Advances from St Dizier seal Commercy and Sedan 5 miles from Belgium as British and Canadian units drive toward Rouen and Le Havre in a broad Allied push across northern France.
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Associated Press
Edward D. Ball
Verdun
Meuse
St. Dizier
Commercy
St. Mihiel
Nancy
U. S. 1St Army
Sedan
Belgium
France
William
Bernard L
Eberbach
7Th Army
le Tavre
Abbeville
Flanders
Rouen
Dieppe
le Havre
Somme River
Amiens
Mailly
Arras
Troyes
Bar-Sur-Seine
Steing
Brody Career Chronicle Highlights Law and Public Service
John J. Brody built a long legal career in La Crosse beginning in 1922 and serving as district attorney after election in 1924. He joined firms with Crosby and later Gordon, Law and Gordon, with a postwar name evolution to Gordon Law Brody Johns. He married Josephine Cullinan in 1923 and is survived by two daughters, his mother, and three brothers. Funeral plans are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernor John J. Blaine
la Crosse
Frederic W. Crosby
Brody and
Brody
Gordon, Law and Gordon
George H. Gordon
D. S. Law
Gordon, Law
Robert Johns
U. S. Navy
Josephine Cullinan
Patricia Ann
Margaret Mary
Michael Brody
James
Cashton
Ellof Milwaukee
Emmett
France
Egypt Advances Worker Rights With New Social Reforms
Egypt announces sweeping sociological reforms including paid vacations and sick pay benefits. The package expands medical services and income protections, signaling a government push to strengthen worker welfare and social security.
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Egypt
Mexican Doctor Claims Cancer Cure Spark Debate
Mexico City medical circles are abuzz over Dr Juan Al ermean s claim of a cancer cure based on identifying the disease origin after years of research Friends of Dr Ivarran say he has offered his findings to the medical profession without strings attached and suggest treatment could be possible in communities with access to a surgeon a radiologist and required equipment
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Mexico City
Juan Alermean
Ivarran
A Keep Em Flying Briefs From The A K E
A fragmented OCR item notes aviation related briefs titled Keep Em Flying. Details are sparse with minimal readable facts and names. The record preserves the period tone while limiting unclear content to core readable phrases.
Allied Blows Drive Nazis on World War II Anniversary
British American and Russian forces push toward a German junction on the war’s fifth anniversary. Allies report more than 1.5 million killed, captured, or wounded. Russians reach near Warsaw as Patton’s forces advance on the Meuse. Bucharest falls to the Red Army amid broadened fronts.
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London
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Normandy
Mogilev
Warsaw
George S. Patton
Meuse
Balkans
Hitler
Red Army
Bucharest
Eisenhower
Italy
France
Allied air power pins German positions near Abbeville
British Mitchells bombed German troops concentrated near Abbeville as Allied forces push across the Somme. Clear weather allowed heavy air action with waves of Allied planes from Britain and RAF Mosquitos targeting retreating units amid the ongoing aerial pressure. Only eight Allied planes were reported in yesterday’s operations.
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Abbeville
Somme
Britain
Labor urges workers to move to essential industries
A continuation from page 19 reports a call for workers not yet in essential industries to switch roles promptly. The speaker frames the shift as a community problem and emphasizes the duration of essential status for employees.
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Hos
Corn program continues war‑era corn ban and rye rule
The War Production Board announces the prohibition on using corn to produce alcohol for war will stay in effect for the rest of the year. The War Food Administration requested continuation. A rule requires at least 10 percent rye in mash.
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Washington
War Production Board
First U S Artillery Commander Was French Lieutenant Colonel
Lieut. Col. Stephan Rochefon taine, a Frenchman, served as the first commander of U. S. artillerists and engineers, marking a historic joint leadership role.
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Stephan Rochefontaine
U. S
Drops Gas Tanks On Nazis and Starts Fires
Lieutenant Colonel Irwin Dregne of Viroqua Wisconsin explains Mustang fighter pilots drop gasoline laden belly tanks on enemy supply lines then strafed with incendiaries. He cites a railroad yard attack in France that sparked widespread fires and flaming ruins among the cars.
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U.S
England
Irwin Dregne
Viroqua
Wis
Col. Dregne
France
Dregne
Dirksen Denies GOP Speech Alterations in Public Remarks
Rep. Dirksen of Illinois says that spoken texts released earlier by Republican headquarters were altered without his consent. The dispute centers on presidential trip speech drafts and last minute changes by Warren and Green amid a Chicago conference with Democratic chairman Robert E. Hannegan.
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Washington
Dirksen
R-Ill
New York
United Tial
Republican
Earl Warren
California
Dwight H. Green
Illinois
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Warren
National
Green
House
Chicago
Robert E. Hannegan
Bricker Plans Indiana Acceptance Speech at French Lick
John W Bricker will accept the Republican vice presidential nomination in a campaign stop at French Lick Indiana this month. There will be no formal notification as Bricker requested. The report notes his tour schedule and mentions demands for gold mines in North Africa.
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John W
French Lick
Ind
Bricker
City Salvages 320 Tons of Waste Paper
Harold Cram announces La Crosse collected 320 tons of waste paper in the month, with 90 tons from Boy Scouts and the rest from industry. This exceeds July by 31 tons. He urges residents to search attics basements garages for old papers and bundle them for the next pickup.
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Cram
Coast Guard Plans New Cutter Verbena Launch at Dubuque Yard
Plans outline a new U S coast guard cutter the CGC Verbena to be built by Dubuque Boat and Boiler company Dubuque Indiana. The vessel a buoy tender and patrol craft follows the Smilax and Primrose launched Aug 17 at the same yard and is slated for duty on the east coast with sponsor Mrs William Avery Smith of Dubuque wife of an Iowa supreme court justice.
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U. S. Coast Guard
Dubuque
William Avery Smith
Iowa Supreme Court
Wodehouse Admits Mistake In German Broadcasts
British humorist P G Wodehouse acknowledged in a Paris interview that he made a terrible mistake by broadcasting over German radio while interned. The broadcasts, aimed at answering letters, drew sharp criticism in Britain and the United States.
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London
P. G. Wodehouse
Jeeves
Paris
Britain
United States
London Daily Sketch
Wodehouse
Amoth Declines Independent Bid for Governor
Ralph F. Amoth of Eau Claire, defeated in the Progressive primary for governor, announces he will not file as an independent and will devote his efforts to re electing President Franklin D Roosevelt.
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Madison
Wis
Ralph F. Amoth
Eau Claire
Franklin D
Polio Cases Rising in Milwaukee County
The Milwaukee polio outbreak grows with six new cases, tallying 64, as Dr. E R Krumbiegel reports. Dr S David Kramer arrives to survey Shorewood with an emergency committee, aided by Dr Eben J Carey who notes Kramer will guide procedure while the university provides space and funds. Madison reports its first case to the board of health today.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee County
E. R. Krumbiegel
S. David Kramer
Michigan
Milwaukee
National Foundation For
Shorewood
Eben J. Carey
Marquette Medical School
Kramer
University Medical School
Carey
Milwaukee Foundation
Madison
Board of Health
Toy
Tight Gas Situation Of War Needs Climb
Washington reports warn that further military gasoline demand will tighten civilian supplies. Deputy petroleum administrator Ralph K. Davies notes a 4.417 million barrel drop in civilian stocks to 41.857 million barrels as of Aug 19, 1941 levels. He explains civilian losses rise when military fuel is produced for aviation and generals.
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Washington
Ralph K. Davies
Davies
John Drogseth dies at 83 in West Salem
John Drogseth aged 83 of West Salem died Thursday night at his sister-in-law Otilda Drogseth’s home. He is survived by seven nieces and one sister. Funeral services set for Monday at 1 30 p m at Otilda Drogseth residence and 2 p m at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church with Rev C T Rayson officiating. Burial in Lewis Valley cemetery. Friends may call Sunday evening. Also notified was Mrs Edward Steevens of 611 Rose Street of the death of her sister-in-law Mrs D J Steevens in Seger Illinois. The Steevens family formerly lived in La Crosse.
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John Drogseth
West Salem
Otilda Drogseth
Our Savor’s Lutheran’ Church
Rev. C. T. Paulson
Edward Steevens
Rose Street
D. J. Steevens
Seger
Ill
la Crosse
Real Estate Transfers and Local Violations Summary
Transfer activity lists George Wenner to Loretta Laper in Farmington and several other property moves in Rockland Campbell Shelby La Crosse and Tomah areas.司法 Also noted are traffic fines and license issues including unregistered vehicles unlicensed drivers and failure to stop at a stop sign with several residents named and addresses.
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la Crosse
Reno L. Moore
South Sixth Street
Walter R. Stuhr
Campbell
Walter Stuler
Claud H. Larson
Tomah
Theodore Jankowski
West Avenue
Shelby Township
Thomas H. Kilen
R. J. Green Acres
Pope Pius XII backs peace built on justice with possible force
The pope in a fifth anniversary wartime broadcast urged a peace founded on Christian principles yet acknowledged force might be needed to preserve world peace. He defended private property, called for better conditions for the masses, and urged social reform based on divine justice to prevent misery after the war.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Ilf
Salons Clean Up For Holiday
Congress hurried to wrap up the summer session with a war demobilization and reconversion bill and a surplus property disposal measure. The House passed the demobilization bill late Thursday, then named conferees to seek common ground with the Senate on key points including unemployment compensation and retraining provisions. The House rejected plans to retrain war workers and extend federal unemployment protections, but kept unemployment compensation under state control.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Birthday greeting for Bernice Eddy at 1646 George Street
A brief note wishes Miss Bernice Eddy a Happy Birthday at 1646 George Street. The Australian army is to be reduced by 90 000 within the next year.
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Bernice Eddy
George Street
La Crosse Concert Band Reschedules Final Show
After two rainouts the La Crosse Concert Band postpones its final concert of the season to Wednesday September 6 at 8 p m in Riverside Park. Directed by R Russell Wartinbee the event caps the fifteenth concert of the summer series.
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la Crosse
Park Department
Riverside Park
R. Russell Wartinbee
Navy Recruiter Visits La Crosse for Enlistment Drive
A Navy recruiter will visit La Crosse two days weekly Fridays and Saturdays under new schedule announced by Charles Gish and a substation supervisor. Specialist E. J. Beauchaine from Chippewa Falls starts this week interviewing 17 year olds and urging all applicants to bring birth records. Waves enlistment openings target 30,000 more sailors as 20 to 36 year old women in average health with two years of high school may apply.
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Navy
la Crosse
Frieday
Charles Gish
E. J. Beauchaine
Chippewa Falls
Beauchaine
Waves
Graham
Plan To Move U S Coast Guard Depot to Dubuque
The Fountain City Wis sub depot will move on Sept 30 with personnel and equipment to the new Coast Guard sub depot at Dubuque Ia. The Fountain City base served cutters patrolling the upper Mississippi and aiding navigation between Dubuque and Minneapolis. The Dubuque sub depot is led by Robert C. Mann with K W Landica as its second in charge.
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Coast Guard
Fountain City
Wis
Dubuque
St. Louis
Robert C. Man
Ain
K. W. Landica
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