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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1944
Page
6
The Merrill and Wausau locals of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners AFL voted to stay out until action is promised on their contracts. The union says three promised actions have failed and 18 months have passed without result.
In McGregor Iowa area late Sunday a collision between two cars left three people seriously injured. Robert Mayne of Fennimore Wisconsin drove into Edwin F Miller of Fond du Lac on a county road near McGregor. John Mayne suffered a leg fracture and head wounds while Robert Mayne had a deep head cut requiring 30 stitches. Miller sustained a rib fracture. Mrs Miller and La Vera Pagenkopf escaped with minor injuries. Sheriff Carlson prepared charges for filing Monday.
U S engineers St Paul district will hold a public hearing in Lake City on August 28 over postwar harbor improvements. Boat owners from Lake Pepin and Twin Cities seek a 50 percent enlargement, a larger entrance, and better mooring facilities amid storm risks and limited outer harbor protection.
Allied naval forces bombarded targets in Toulon harbor and on the Isle of Port Cros to aid French and American troops invading southern France. The American cruiser and the battleship Lorraine conducted bombardment under Rear Admiral Ps Davidson, who oversees regional warship support.
The notice lists validity of red and blue ration stamps across books and periods, gasoline coupon dates, and price ceilings for fresh fruits and vegetables in Winona Minnesota. It includes specific prices for items such as California fruits, lemons, oranges, plums, cabbage, carrots, lettuce, onions, potatoes, and Washington White Rose products with weight and unit details.
Fair tonight in Minnesota with continued cool conditions. In Iowa partly cloudy tonight with similar cool weather.
In the next hours there will be very large change in villages throughout the district. Authorities warn residents to monitor updates as conditions evolve.
The La Crosse Board of Public Works invites sealed bids to furnish labor materials and labor to lay 81.122-inch water mains on Cloud Street Powell to Oak with 2 inch cast iron pipe 4 inch reducers manhole castings and galvanized pipe. Bids due Sept 6 1944 with 5 percent bid security and 100 percent bid bonding. Contractors must use City residents where possible provide insurance pay prevailing wages and file bi weekly payrolls.
Wisconsin State Federation of Labor meets this week and Labor temple offices close except building trades. Maurice E Wei will meet La Crosse delegates in Oshkosh on war relief and health. AFL urges joint plant health and safety committees, invites Typographical union reaffiliation, and lists upcoming union meetings, picnics, and bowling events across La Crosse.
Col Leo B Levenick says August 31 is the final date for discharged World War II veterans to apply for reinstatement of National Service Life Insurance without medical exam. Many policies lapsed due to unpaid premiums. veterans may reinstate in any chosen amount and name new beneficiaries. Total disability waivers apply. forms are at the veterans recognition board in Madison Wisconsin.
Phc. Alton W. Knappenberger known as the one man army of Anzio is officially home. Town banners and a warm welcome marked his return after earning the congressional medal of honor for holding off two enemy companies and slaying 60 Germans. He and his fiancée Ruth Eichoff rode through Spring Mount in a sky blue coupe as neighbors cheered.
A tropical hurricane with winds near 90 mph moved toward Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. The storm center was reported south of Grand Cayman at 9:30 a.m. as a preliminary hurricane alert was issued for the Texas coast from Brownsville to Matagorda due to another Gulf disturbance.
A University of Wisconsin faculty committee proposes ending independent self run fraternity houses on campus. The plan would abolish individual houses and transfer control of men’s fraternities to the university department of residence halls as postwar reorganization.
Employers must arrange before school starts for high school students to balance work and study. Dr. Bardwell urges finishing school for future job minimums while current 900 youths in service jobs face limits of eight hours daily and 28 weekly during term time.
La Crosse Chamber of Commerce launches an appeal asking residents to report potential industries for relocation or branch plants. An industrial brochure invites suggestions and provides a return card, with a population figure of 52 704 for La Crosse and surrounding areas.
Federation of Labor President George Haberman of Milwaukee opened the 52nd state convention in Oshkosh urging harmony among labor, industry and agriculture and asking the federal government to give labor a voice in policy. He urged against unnecessary regulations and praised the war labor board’s representation. Reports showed a 12.2 percent membership gain and 46 new affiliations with 36 locals suspended or merged. The CIO’s activity in Wisconsin was blamed for disrupting AFL unity, and rising living costs were cited as a risk to workers if strong local unions do not counter organized price pressures.
Allen Noble aged 39 died Saturday in a Madison hospital. Funeral services set for Monday at 3 30 p m at Lanham's mortuary with burial in Mount Hope cemetery.
The War Food Administration increased the potato ceiling price in Wisconsin by 90 cents per hundredweight from 2.45 to 3.35, effective immediately. Walter F. Katterhenry of the state AAA and potato advisory committee led the announcement amid drought and reduced yields.
Seven 17 year old volunteers passed a preliminary physical exam Friday and were sent to Milwaukee for final exam and enlistment. The group is led by E J Beauchaine Splc Chippewa Falls navy recruiting substation with names Pittman Johnson Dawes Knothe Carey Marcou Schultz. Beauchaine interviews applicants in La Crosse on Fridays at room 313 federal building.
The product provides accurate high quality proteins vitamins and minerals for home mixed poultry mashes. It uses carefully selected ingredients and incorporates new discoveries and improvements in poultry nutrition. It aims to make home mixing accurate convenient and profitable with a 32 percent gain.
Swift & Company of Winona Minnesota lists cattle hog and lamb values with prices by weight and cut for sale hours 9 am to 4 pm. Hog top at 14.30. cattle steady to weak with steers yearlings 14.00 to 16.50 and cows 5.00 to 10.50. calves 7.50 to 14.00. lambs up to 13.75 with corresponding weights and grades. Chicago Livestock prices follow with hogs 14.75 to 14.75 and cattle and sheep showing steady to lower trends on various grades.
Hogs and cattle show varied values with steady to firm issues. Beef cattle range from weak steers to prime and dairy bred heifers, while hogs span light to heavyweight categories with prices from $10 to $14.75 per cwt. Veal calves and lambs also feature broad spreads reflecting quality and weight.
University agronomist Vic Burcalow warns that vast numbers of permanent pasture acres in Wisconsin are being destroyed by white grubs. He predicts legume seed shortages will worsen on the 1945 horizon unless every pound of clover and alfalfa seed is harvested this fall.
Edith Murphy was knocked from her bicycle when Louis Schams backing from his garage at 403 South 10th Street struck her. The injuries are unknown.
The report lists cash grain prices for wheat oats and barley with bid and close ranges for Chicago markets plus seed and malting values. It also covers Chicago potato shipments and prices for U S No 1 stocks across potato varieties with regional demand and price levels.
Market notes show live poultry receipts across 25 trucks and 6 cars with Leghorn birds and roosters listed in various weight ranges. Butter receipts total 540 030 pounds with AA scores and A and C gradings. Eggs receipts amount to 14 482 cases with standards and dirties indicated and checks in the 25 to 34 percent range.
Sparta Bureau reports Camp McCoy military police were injured Saturday at about 5 p m when their jeep left Highway 16 two miles west of Sparta. The vehicle overturned end over end and landed on its wheels. Traffic Officer Willis Young investigated. three soldiers were taken to the camp hospital.
Madison Wisconsin special report notes Soils Specialist C J Chapman of the Wisconsin college of agriculture urges farmers near the state's paper mills to use waste lime sludge as a valuable lime source for fall liming of clover and alfalfa fields.
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