Uncertain End to War in Europe as Churchill Sees Summer 1945
As wartime forecasts shift, Churchill revises his estimate to a mere summer of 1945 for Nazi Germany's defeat. Russian advances in the east squeeze Hitler from the Baltic to the Danube while western assaults push toward the Rhine. Moscow holds key to outcomes in Europe and Asia, with a stalled Roosevelt Churchill Stalin meeting lingering amid Teheran plans.
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Europe
Churchill
Moscow
Stalin
Russia
Berlin
Atlantic
Washington
United Nations
Hitler
Germany
Upper Rhine
Saar
Rhine
Baltic
Danube
Warsaw
Slovakia
Poland
Vistula
Asia
Japan
Roosevelt
Teheran
Eisenhower Messengers Appeal for More Ammunition
En route from the Siegfried line battle, 57 GIs led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower head to war plants to plead for more ammunition. They will urge workers to back frontline efforts with enough shells to speed victory and bring troops home. The piece notes production lag of about 22 percent due to military demand and questions long range planning possibly reaching Washington officials.
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Siegfried Line
Dwight G. Eisenhower
Krug
War Production Board
Eisenhower orders probe into illegal cigarette sales in Europe
General Eisenhower orders an official inquiry into illicit cigarette sales in the European theater as investigators seek to uncover past sales. German officers threaten to kill families of soldiers who surrender, with new low acts reported as the situation unfolds.
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Eisenhower
Fewer Cigarette Ashes Signal Subtle Change at Home
A quip notes fewer cigarette ashes falling on the living room carpet, yet the line implies that changes in domestic behavior do not reflect improvements in husbands.
Pearl Harbor blame lies in system not malice paradox
Washington columnist David Lawrence argues the Pearl Harbor tragedy shows a paradox where no single actor is blamed yet everyone bears responsibility. He cites a U.S. policy of delaying acts of war, restricted mobilization, and miscommunication across Washington and Pearl Harbor, calling for streamlined wartime governance to prevent future attacks.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
War
Navy
State Departments
White House
Congress
United States
Japan
Army
War Department
Air Harbor
Peterson
Commission
W. F. Whitney
Lynn Ashley
Thebes Young Captain Maintains Order In War Tactics
Leslie Bain reports from Thebes Greece on Captain Farrar-Hockley a young Australian leader of a British parachute detachment. He enforces order among 46 towns aids a wary populace amid EAM Elas tensions while distributing scarce Red Cross supplies. He rejects feeding captured police from local Red Cross aid, sending them to the mountains for provost court.
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Thebes
Greece
Lamia
A. Farrar-Hockley
Elas
Red Cross
Capt
Farrar-Hockley
EAM
Popular Front
Quisling
Khalkis
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Job outlook after V E Day questioned by wartime plan
Washington reports that after victory in Europe unemployment may be less near term as government revises reconversion. Krug, head of the War Production Board, says war production will continue longer with adjustments to ramp up ammunition and plant facilities.
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Washington
Germany
Europe
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
Pacific
Krug
Ten Years Ago in Tribune Highlights Local Life
Trib une reports several items from ten years past including the acceptance of Rev. A. J. Niebruegge as pastor of First Presbyterian Freeport IL to begin Jan 1, Holy Cross card party winners, pianist Tomford Harris as guest at T college auditorium, charity ball arrangements for Pioneer hall with Gates Metropolitan Orchestra, La Crosse Homemakers show in Onalaska with Gladys Meloche and Gladys Stillman attending, and Trempealeau Congregational church rededication plus two La Crosse football stars among 20 men earning "W's" at university athletic board.
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A. J. Niebruegge
Freeport
First Presbyterian Church
A. F. Bremicker
Holy Cross
Mmes
Louis Bettin
J. F. McCue
A. Arenz
W. Johnson
W. J. Wendling
R. C. Pomeroy
F. C. Leisgang
William B. Albitz
Joseph Schmelzer
Lena Porsche
Tomford Harris
T College
E. S. Spahr
Aurora
Ill
W. A
Pioneer Hall
Gates’ Metropolitan Orchestra
la Crosse
Eberle
Watertown
Betty Torrance
Congregational Church
Trempealeau
W. Wilkinson
Stavrum
Keeler
Electric trucks and library news ripple through Wisconsin
The article notes John Gund Brewing will use electric trucks in the spring with orders placed. It reports a potential sale of La Crosse Cracker and Candy to Montague from National Biscuit, and a new county library system including Campbell while Campbell Library advances with a 100-volume collection. It profiles Wisconsin Public Service Commissioner R. W. Peterson under political attack linked to past Heil administration.
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John Gund Brewing Company
la Crosse Retail Grocers’ Association
W. R. Montague
la Crosse Cracker and Candy Company
National Biscuit Company
Montague
G. R. Montague
Chicago
Missionaries To Hold City Services Tuesday
Special missionary service at Open Bible chapel 1101 South Eighth street at 745 p m Tuesday led by Rev and Mrs Paul Hartman missionaries to South America They will sing and play instruments as part of the service.
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Open Bible Chapel
South Eighth Street
Rs. Paul Hartman
South America
Peace program study in Buck Hill Falls plans
H. Lester Smith, presiding bishop of the Methodist board of bishops, announced the board will meet in Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania, this week to formulate the church's stance on peace and the Dumbarton Oaks conference.
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Columbus
H. Lester Smith
Methodist Board of Bishops
Buck Hill Falls
Church On Peace
Dumbarton Oaks
Australia Known as Flattest Driest Continent
A description of Australia as the flattest and driest continent highlighting its broad plains and arid interior. The statement emphasizes geographic extremes and climatic dryness.
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Australia
Peter Edson assesses Cordell Hull's global influence and policy shape
The piece argues Hull's legacy exceeds the surface of his secretary role. It credits him with drafting the United Nations declaration and Moscow pact influence, shaping lend-lease and Good Neighbor policy while preserving nonpartisan U S foreign conduct and promoting aid to anti aggression nations.
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Cordell Hull
Department of State
U. S
de Gaulle
Vichy
Franco
Darlan
Victor Emmanuel
Marshal Badoglio
Argentina
Japan
Hull
Roosevelt
United Nations
Russia
Chicago
Moscow
Washington
Dumbarton Oaks
Germany
Cheese prices rise as OPA hikes wholesale margins
Washington announces consumer price increases for Swiss, brick, and Munster cheeses. Swiss up about 2 cents per pound retail, brick and Munster about 1 to 2 cents, effective December 7. Local retail changes vary by city. Service wholesalers may raise delivery limits for brick and Munster to retailers from 20 to 35 pounds and for Swiss from 18 to 50 pounds.
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Washington
Munster
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Chicago
New York
San Francisco
Soldier receives tavern card prompting home beer prize
Pvt. Jack M. Lowery of Cumberland, Maryland, fighting on the Italian front, received a tavern keeper’s card in the mail. After being wounded and treated, he visited the tavern and was rewarded with the message Good for one case of beer Come and get it.
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Cumberland
Jack M. Lowery
Lowery
La Crosse Tribune and Leader-Press Masthead
The La Crosse Tribune and Leader-Press publishs daily afternoon and Sunday morning editions from La Crosse Wisconsin. It lists T Burgess as publisher and Br L Bangsberg as managing editor with city editing by A W Rice.
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la Crosse Tribune Co
Cass
la Crosse
Wig
Political Upheaval in Europe Amid Postwar Strife
DeWitt Mackenzie outlines a Europe-wide political shift as wars end. Left right clashes intensify from Greece to Belgium with monarchy debates rising. He warns the Greek crisis signals a broader continental convulsion and possible civil strife as nations test new social orders.
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Europe
Athens
Greece
Italy
Yugoslavia
Romania
Bulgaria
Poland
Finland
France
Belgium
Hungary
National Liberation Front
Papandreou
Haskin Service Answers From The Information Bureau
The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau provides facts on questions about falls caused deaths in 1943 more than 25000, widow’s walk meaning seafaring wives lookouts, pigeons released from high altitudes survive, largest prehistoric shark tooth 4.5 by 6 inches, lend lease cigarette totals 34 million representing 16 10 percent of production.
Women Vote Share Surges in Recent Presidential Election
Women cast 50.3 percent of the total vote, outnumbering men for the first time in the election. The figure marks a historic shift in voter participation and gender dynamics in the ballot.
How survey ships measure deep sea depths
Soundings are usually taken with a lead and line to 10 fathoms. For depths beyond that, a fathometer is employed which uses sound waves to determine depth.
Which is the older portion Buda or Pest
Buda is the older section having been built by the Romans in the 2nd century A. D. It contains the government offices. Pest, on the opposite bank of the Danube river, was founded in the fifth century, and is the commercial, industrial and intellectual center of the city.
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Bane Buda
Pest
S. A. Buda
Danube River
Official language of Liberia English
The Negro republic uses English as its official language. Spun rayon refers to fabric made from short fibers twisted and spun into yarn. Dogs are forbidden in Revaik, the capital of Ice. Ss are outlawed there. A sound measuring zero decibels is barely audible in a perfectly soundproofed room.
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Liberia
The
Negro Republic
Revaik
Ice
French General HORIZONTAL 1 Pictured FFI general
A crossword style clue list featuring numbered entries and definitions for a puzzle. It lists terms such as Exist Erect Before At liberty Space Domestic and other French language translations plus references to a FFI general and various clue numbers.
Crossword Clue Pack Entry
Readable clues include 28 Cow's call 30 Frozen water 34 Famed canal 35 Anger 36 Likely 40 Line 42 Flesh comb form 43 Capital of Norway 45 Sprite 47 Fish eggs with concise answers and cross references.
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Famed Canal
Norway
U S S Wichita Type Heavy Cruiser
The U S S Wichita is a heavy cruiser. Cruisers are fast well armed fighting ships capable of broad missions including scouting with the battle fleet and supporting destroyer attacks on the enemy.
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U. S. S. Wichita
Uncle Sam’s Almanac 1945 on sale by Haskin Service
The La Crosse Tribune Bureau advertises Uncle Sam’s Almanac 1945, compiled by The Haskin Service. The edition, described as a household necessity, should be mailed by New Year’s with 15 cents and a coupon. Bindings include mail options to Washington D.C. or local routes.
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Haskin
Priners
la Crosse Tribunetion Bureau
Pas St
Washington
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