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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1944
Page
16
Minneapolis area notes July 1944 traffic fatalities total 35, exceeding July 1943’s 16 and matching 1942’s 35. Causes include cars leaving roads, collisions at grade crossings, and a deer strike. speed and faulty equipment cited. one drowning, one stock truck suffocation, and one deer-related death among others.
Oshkosh Wisconsin coroner's jury said it could not determine how Orville Cyrtmus a 51 year old Winneconne man died from injuries suffered July He was found in an alley near a tavern where he worked with abrasions on his head.
Blencoe Louisiana reports Sgt Carl Atkinson seized a Luger from German prisoners before the armistice and later gave it to his son in law O H. The Hales learned their son Sgt Harold Hale is overseas six months and now in Normandy, writing that he finally took a holster that fits the pistol his relative gave him.
Deaths reported by the Associated Press list Frederick Gaisel aged 71 in New York. He served 47 years with Hearst newspapers and long staffed the American Weekly. In Jackson Mississippi Blanche Colton Williams aged 75, famed author and former head of Hunter College department, a Kosciusko native.
A guest at a Livingston Manor resort offered a bellboy a quarter to carry his bag. The bellboy declined noting that travelers usually tip a dollar, and he would hate to lose a bigger chance by accepting the small sum.
Readers note the Public Debate column must include names and addresses with any teeters. without attached identifiers no consideration is given. The youths of La Crosse seek recreation as editors push for inclusions from Sis McKensie Helen Terpstra Ann Lindgren Carole Rau Sanny McGinnis Pat Kennedy. The Red Cross sold Queen Victoria's green silk parasol from 1851 for $600, gifting it to the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Local youth centers on La Crosse South and St. John's North faced six to seven weeks closed for summer vacation, leaving teenagers with no regular dances or organized activities at Avalon ballroom and other halls. Residents urge restoration of teen programs to curb roaming and tavern concerns.
Maj. Gen. John R. Deane cites American trucks delivering about half the highway supplies to the Soviet front. He says total war across Russia, with whole population mobilized, explains rapid Red Army gains and the high use of American aid. He notes four key points about the war: Russians are in this 100 percent, highly competent, grateful for U.S. help, and cooperative.
The United States steel plants can produce nearly as much steel as the rest of the world combined, underscoring the country’s large domestic capacity and manufacturing strength.
Glen H. Taylor the Democratic candidate for the U S Senate and his Republican opponent Gov C A Bottolfsen both found humor in a hotel dining room hat rack incident. Taylor said Bottolfsen moved to another rack but left the same spot vacant.
A Denver clerk reports a telephone inquiry from a woman regarding seating for the treason trial of three Japanese American sisters. The caller asked if she could have a seat reserved for the proceedings.
A shopper seeks Saturday afternoon, but the clerk offers only early slots and urges her to arrive early to secure service. The exchange highlights limited availability and scheduling constraints.
In Glenns Ferry Idaho Mrs W C Ruberry received extra sugar for canning from the local rationing board and returned the favor by presenting clerks with a berry pie.
Last of the 17 year olds to enlist from the La Crosse recruiting station are Ernest Otteson Prairie du Chien and Myron Venz La Farge. Recruited by PO2c Kenneth Conklin they shipped to Maee Tuesday for final physical examination.
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