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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1944
Page
2
Schools plan fall term start with Sept. 5 as first day. Registrations for new students occur Aug. 28 to Sept. 2 at Central High and Aug. 21 for Aquinas freshmen. Old students reset to home rooms, with class start at 9 30 a m. Sept. 5. night school begins in October.
A column notes dentists profit from patients' fear and that psychology fails in business. It jokes about wool over eyes and parochial views while musing on money, success, and perception in dentistry. The piece also hints at upcoming classes resuming and advice for home winter prep through re-roofing and insulation.
Lieut. Col Melbourne W. Boynton 39, chief of the medical division for air safety, was killed in a high altitude test jump at Clinton Army Air Base near Wilmington Ohio. His parachute failed to open after a 42 000 foot drop. He fell into a corn field two minutes after the jump witnessed by over 100 people. Boynton, formerly an obstetrician in Chicago, served on the staff of Lying-In Hospital and taught at Northwestern and Chicago universities.
The Dewey Dulles arrangement aims at bipartisan foreign policy. Dulles signals US Britain and Russia should police defeated Axis nations while building an international security framework with input from liberated states. Hull and Dulles plan further talks at Dumbarton Oaks as British and American teams prepare venues.
A Willow Run based B 24 Liberator exploded and crashed three miles north of Almont Michigan killing two army officers and two civilians Saturday afternoon. Local authorities investigated the disaster and reported the loss of life from the wartime air accident.
Allied patrols probing into German positions along the upper Arno valley report heavy artillery fire and sporadic exchanges as German forces man northern Italian defenses. In Florence German shells hit the center with civilian damage while troops pull back from street positions amid supply concerns and advancing Allied operations in southern France.
Allied forces drive along the French coast opposite Dieppe and Le Havre with artillery on Houlgate and near Dives. Canadian units reach Ca bourg and Dives outskirts while crossing the Seine estuary, pressing towns including Notre Dame d'Es trees and St. Julien Le Faucon. Supreme HQ reports news blackout in some sectors as German pockets near Lannion and Paimpol are eliminated.
Russia pressed advances toward Riga and Estonia while Maslennikov’s troops aimed to cut the Tallinn Riga railway at Tartu. Fire reported near Vilkaviskis and artillery across the Neman into German lines on East Prussian soil. Berlin cited continued Soviet attempts to cross the lower Dniester into Romania. In other notes, Komodo dragons reach 12 feet and 300 pounds, a discovery dating to 1912.
A Wisconsin University building program costing 18 397 000 dollars was presented to the board of regents by a special administration committee. The plan seeks an 11 million dollar 1945 appropriation with 5 832 900 already recommended by an interim postwar building panel. Minimum immediate need is 7 617 000 dollars, with 4 020 000 more hoped for in 1945 for the next biennium and about 6 760 000 for future legislatures.
Thirty Wisconsin tobacco growers join state agricultural experiment station in demonstration tests near Viroqua and Westby to compare seed varieties and fertilizers. Similar plots exist near Stoughton and Couksville. Johnson says the aim is to show uniformity and value of certified seed and new strains across soil types while identifying best fertilizers for profitability.
Antonio Icaza a 32 year old actor from Panama who had sued Bandleader Tommy Dorsey for 40000 dollars for personal injuries was arrested by immigration authorities on Saturday for entering the United States illegally He had alleged injuries from a fracas at Dorseys apartment on August 5 in which Actor Hall also claimed harm.
The War Department reported that 96 percent of men wounded in action have recovered and about two thirds returned to duty due to modern mobile surgery and reconditioning. Between June 25 and July 25, 23 percent of those discharged with serious limitations chose to stay in military service.
The office of price administration announced a new ceiling price schedule for lettuce with an average wholesale rise of one half cent per head and retail increases reflected late this month. Some areas may see up to one cent more while others see no change.
Lawrence Hagen secretary of the metal trades council said the strike vote scheduled for August 25 and 26 among Globe Shipyards workers has been canceled after receiving promises of settlement from Washington officials.
On the eve of Soviet aviation day celebrations the Russian press said Red Army airmen destroyed 60,000 German planes in three years of war and that production in the USSR rose 300 percent.
Berkeley reports a massive Whitaker's forest sequoia toppled, the fourth in 34 years, as forester Woodbridge Metcalf described rifle like cracking and a valley shaking roar. He warned that at present rates it would take about 1,750 years for the last crashes to occur.
The Office of Price Administration raised ceiling prices for potatoes by 60 cents a hundred pounds for Iowa and 90 cents for Illinois Indiana Michigan Wisconsin. Effective Sunday through August 31, the hikes will raise retail prices by less than one cent per pound due to drought reducing yields in the five states.
Harold T. Smith, Milwaukee OPA director, announced that effective Monday August 21 farmers who sold 6900 pounds or less dressed weight of meat from their own livestock during the last year and with a positive point value must file a sales report with the OPA.
Guy L Smith of Richland Center won the 1944 state butter king title at the Wisconsin State Fair. His ripened cream tub scored 97.5 to take the sweepstakes trophy.
Eire faces an electricity shortage that forces hairdressers to suspend use of electric clippers and other equipment, impacting daily salon routines and customer service. The outage disrupts salons across major cities and rural areas.
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Kerrigan aged 69 of 2128 Market Street were held with Rt Reverend Msgr Robert Condon presiding at St Marys church after death Saturday morning. Burial followed at Pine Creek cemetery in Minnesota. Rosary was observed at her home Monday evening.
A river steamer at River View Beach Salem New Jersey tilted its loading platform causing an estimated 50 people to be thrown into the Delaware River. Salem Hospital reported 22 treated for injuries and one death occurred Saturday night.
Oklahoma City OPA officials report a local woman and her husband had obtained eight gasoline stamps to move to Louisiana. They received a letter from the woman explaining plans changed and that she was returning the stamps with her husband still pleased by the outcome.
Commander Barry Holton, in charge of 14 naval flight preparatory schools across Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Arkansas and Louisiana, announced on Saturday that phase of the war is over and we are clearing the decks with September 15 set as the final shutdown date for the program.
President Roosevelt ordered the secretary of the navy to take over and operate 99 machine shop firms producing war materials around San Francisco after unions refused to lift an overtime ban on workers.
Chinese forces gained high ground west of Hengyang and repelled Japanese attacks while a Japanese column near Siang-Siang suffered casualties. Oslo radio cited 46,000 Allied troops, including Americans, British and Canadians, aiding the Chinese in the Hengyang drive. Transocean quoted Chiang Kai-shek directing operations near Hengyang.
Allied forces push southwest along the Mog aung Mandalay railway under heat and monsoon rains. The British 36th division reports two hundred Japanese killed in twelve days of fighting from Mogaung. Air support from British and American aircraft aids the advance as troops press down the Tiddim road and Kabaw valley while Japanese rear guards withdraw.
RAF heavy bombers flew from Mediterranean bases to Warsaw to drop guns and ammunition to Polish fighters as fires raged in the city. Twenty one planes had already been shot down by Nazi gunners, yet Britain pressed the perilous 1,750 mile round trip to aid the resistance on the outskirts of Warsaw.
Soviet envoy Andry Gromyko along with Russian embassy officials including Rear Admiral Rodionov Maj Gen Slavin and nine others arrived in Edmonton from Moscow overnight and declined to speak to reporters.
London rumors swirl that American and Allied forces are near Paris as German reports claim the city is about to fall. Reports say crowds may greet the liberating troops with cheers, while official lines place Allied forces 39 miles from Paris.
Nationwide shortage relief enters the scene as motorists seek extra mileage through a Vacu matic device sold by Ton Matic Co at 7617 960L State St Wauwatosa Wisconsin. Send a penny post card with name and address for particulars or installation details.
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