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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1944
Page
6
The county faces an emergency over rental collections. The treasurer had not received funds by regular channels, now confirmed as paid. The county board as trustees should immediately clear discrepancies and ensure regular procedures are followed, with the next meeting set for the third week in September or sooner if needed.
Canadians fighting as Americans celebrate finally operating in France as a distinct Canadian army. The country of 11.5 million contributes 478000 in army 80000 in navy and 203000 in air force with volunteers overseas. Canada has shown bravery from Dieppe to Caen and has contributed significantly to allied success with an elite armored force and strong industry backing a true equal partner in Eisenhower’s teamwork.
Corn nearing maturity across the middle west signals relief for a possible cattle glut this fall as authorities note a nationwide cattle population near eighty million. With a 3 billion bushel corn crop, feeder demand may rise and packs and market agencies may extend shipments to spread supplies. Calf crop is about 31 million. slaughter hoped around 32-36 million by WFA, while OPA loosens beef rationing to balance future meat supplies.
Analysis notes that Dumbarton Oaks aims to form a permanent international security organization while deferring peace terms for Germany and Japan. The plan excludes these nations from the new body for years, with postwar military arrangements to be managed by the three allied powers and a European advisory commission in London.
Wisconsin Airlines leaders Hi and Foth toured Superior unannounced, meeting with the Association of Commerce committee, city manager, and aeronautical board. They endorsed Superior as a tested, affordable, logical landing site for a Superior to Chicago route and noted potential for future expansion.
A collection of wry wartime quips about heat in Washington naval circles. It riffs on morale, gender wage shifts, surrender triggers, Bond drives, medical miracles, fashion, and gossip. Each line offers a sly jab at wartime life and public sentiment.
Senate supports a measure by Senators Maroney and Monroney to create a 12 member joint committee to study reorganizing Congress. The plan envisions merging some committees, using expert aides, and reducing duplication while hearings assess feasibility and best practices for modernization.
Tributes note Mr. and Mrs Otter Yates and son Andrew of Green Bay spending a few days in the city with friends. Mr and Mrs Robert E Her berger of St Cloud Minn were guests this week of Mr and Mrs A D Barros at 136 North 22nd street. Two La Crosse gunners Willis Spence and Edward P Newburg compete in the Grand American contests annual championship tournament of the Amateur Trapshooters association at Vandalia Ohio.
B S Steadwell travels to Chicago to confer with L B Gatten and other Parents International league officers on future activities. Miss Marie Volz begins farm crops sweepstakes trip as Wisconsin fair results list La Crosse county first, Milwaukee second, Jefferson third, Richland fourth, Jefferson fifth. Grace Edwards returns from Dayton as Associated Charities secretary and will visit her parents. Local Owls lodge elects officers F Winter and others at KP hall. Irah Kinney Josephine Bangsberg Carmel Young plan teaching in Menomonie next year. Trempealeau district attorney Hensel adds relay win at Galesville fair. Mrs Candrian and daughters depart for St Louis fair.
The Office of Price Administration announced a three cent per pound retail reduction for Swiss cheese effective September 4, balancing with a three and one quarter cent factory ceiling rise and a six cent wholesale cut. New price ceilings replace the September 28 to October 2, 1942 freeze, aligning Swiss cheese with other dairy products. Regional retail prices shown include New York 55 cents, Chicago 53 cents, San Francisco 56 cents.
The article analyzes why seven major war shortages persist in tanks trucks artillery bombs and aircraft radar. It cites bottlenecks in foundries skill shortages labor issues and shifts in battlefield needs from Italian campaign to northern France, urging new incentives to accelerate production and end the war sooner.
Wisconsin editorials argue that independent campaigns by failed Progressive primary candidates are largely futile. Historical examples from 1924 to 1938 show independents rarely win against major party nominees, underscoring ballots as a scarce, valuable political tool.
Erma Bratberg and Viola Engaas, June graduates from La Crosse State Teachers College, will teach third grade at Sparta and first and second grades at La Crescent respectively. Lola Mae Gilbertson and Berdien Thompson Quall will teach Sunny Brook at Barre Mills and Decorra Prairie in Trempealeau county. Gretchan Erickson, Holmen High School graduate, will teach North Ridge school near Coon Valley.
Kenneth Carlisle sustained a cracked rib and chest injuries after a fall from a horse while repairing at the Markham farm near Angelo on Monday afternoon. He was transported to Sparta by ambulance.
The La Crosse Tribune and Leader Press publishes daily afternoons and Sunday mornings from 4h and Cass Streets La Crosse Wisconsin. Established 1904 the paper lists T Burgess as publisher and A W Rice as city editor. It is a member of the Lee Newspaper Syndicate and the Associated Press.
DeWitt Mackenzie notes General Patton's rapid thrust 14 miles north of Meux on the Marne cut and flank the Germans as Canadian and British forces widen a Seine bridgehead. Allied air power harasses concentrations while Germans inch toward Somme and Aisne defenses, threatening a retreat.
A reader asks how much working time hay fever costs annually and about a range of topics. Answers cover birth size of brown bears, sunspots visible to the naked eye, Mannerheim in Finland, organ locations, and other random facts with named people and places from 1943 era.
A crossword clue style item lists numbered entries from 1 to 37 with various definitions and abbreviations. It appears as a puzzle snippet referencing public official themed clues and related terms.
A compact puzzle clue set lists entries such as ace for 44 and garden for 46 with roof finial, Naor, rr, 27, 48 written form of Mister, and 50 towards and 51 symbol for ti making a themed fill for a published crossword.
The bureau promotes Prophecies a booklet forecasting war outcomes and mankind’s destiny. Readers are urged to order a copy by mail for ten cents postpaid using the included coupon. Mail to Washington DC with name street or rural route and city state.
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