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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1945
Page
1
In Detroit, 14 year old Jimmy Satcher loses sight and hearing due to a spinal problem and brain pressure. His mother taps Morse code on his hand to communicate while he clings to church memories and Yuletide music. His sisters’ telegraph toy aids his learning of dots and dashes.
A cold wave froze pools across La Crosse and nearby areas with floating ice under dams. City temperatures ranged from seven to five degrees above zero at the airport. Weather predicts continued cold with a high around 20 tomorrow and occasional flurries.
Reports say several thousand armed Indonesians were gathering in villages around Batavia on Monday possibly to attack the city while British planes bombed the mountain valley of Tjibadak. Large numbers were seen in Batavia suburbs and British troops remained alert. A rumor spoke of an uprising planned for December 14.
Berlin radio reports former Hungarian premier Ferenc Szalasi, who led Hungary under German domination, has been sentenced to death by a Hungarian people's court as World War II actions closed.
The forecast calls for fair skies and continued cold. Tonight lows near 5 above in the city and near zero in rural areas, with a high around 20 Tuesday.
General MacArthur announced about 500000 servicemen have returned to the United States from the Pacific since Japan's surrender. He praised all echelons for efficient and expeditious readjustment within the theater.
Mrs Barbara Gund of Loomis street received official notice on December 8 that James Gund believed missing since February 29 1942 aboard the USS Pillsbury reported lost near Bali Strait after engagement with enemy forces. He volunteered for service in 1940 trained at Great Lakes and was a St James parish member with several siblings and two brothers in the navy.
J Edgar Hoover warned in Miami Beach that racketeers overlords and criminal scum of the roaring twenties may return unless stricter precautions are taken He blamed youth and lax parenting for a rising tide of serious crime and said the battlefront firing has shifted to the homefront.
Crown Prince Umberto names Premier-Designate Alcide de Gasperi and a full cabinet to ministerial posts. The formation concludes a 16 day political crisis and cabinet approval now awaits Allied commission validation.
Gen George C. Marshall testified that army intelligence correctly forecast Japan would strike in the south before Pearl Harbor. He said a Thai slash into Thailand and the Gulf of Siam would draw the United States and Britain into war, with decisions resting in governments, not military leaders.
Hollywood reports a Sunday telephone call from Orson Welles to Rita Hayworth from Oakland. A conference is tentatively planned for Monday and agency representatives express cautious optimism about a possible reconciliation while Hayworth remains silent.
The Moscow News reports a five year plan to electrify about 3500 miles of Russian railways to handle anticipated rises in freight and passenger traffic. The initiative aims to upgrade rail capacity and efficiency across the network.
President Truman accepted Artemus L. Gates resignation as undersecretary of the navy effective December 31. Gates had offered to resign last September but was persuaded to stay until year’s end. He became undersecretary last July 3 after serving since 1941 as assistant secretary for air.
John L. Lewis testified before the House labor committee blasting the government the General Motors company and the United Automobile Workers. He said a government settlement in 10 days is possible if manufacturers are allowed a fair profit and labeled the UAW explanation of the strike as stupid.
Chicago police report the body of Frances Brown 33 a former Waves stenographer slain in her Pine Crest hotel apartment. A lipstick note reading catch me before I kill more was found on the wall along with a blood spattered, rifled room and a thrust knife through her neck.
Washington announces that about 5,000 soldiers convicted by general courts martial in the European and Mediterranean theaters will be sent back to the United States for confinement. Undersecretary Kenneth C Royall says the move will speed demobilization and end their overseas confinement as these men served as guards.
The Senate sidelined a federal pay raise measure Friday to consider a broad hospital construction program. The proposal calls for a $5 million national survey of hospital needs and $75 million in federal funds annually for five years to aid hospital building.
Maj Gen Patrick J Hurley charged Under Secretary of State Dean Acheson with wrecking Roosevelt era policy favoring anti British influence in Iran and the Middle East. Acheson denied the claim and said he disagreed with Hurley on policy but did not wreck it.
Glen Peterson, 21, of Hillsboro Wisconsin, received a suspended 1 to 2 year sentence in the Green Bay reform school for an extortion threat to his great uncle James Holak. He was placed on probation to the state welfare board after the letter demanding 3000 dollars, left in denominations, was read in court. The judge cited no prior record and possible overexposure to detective stories.
German intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Erwin Lahousen described Dwight D. Eisenhower as a great military leader and Patton Jr. as the most feared American commander. He said Americans were underestimated early in the war, but later viewed as capable, with counterintelligence deemed highly effective.
Bud McCray and George Russell, two French islanders, were rescued Sunday afternoon near Dakota Minnesota after their skiff capsized in ice. Local residents in a flat boat broke through ice to reach them, warming them with a fire before help arrived from commercial fishermen. One man suffered frostbitten feet as rescuers moved them to Minnesota then Wisconsin shores for care.
UAW Vice President Walter P. Reuther was ill Monday causing him to miss a negotiation session with General Motors. The absence marks the first meeting he has skipped in weeks of bargaining across Detroit.
The United Auto Workers proposes a company security plan at Ford Motor to discharge any employee found guilty of fomenting or leading an unauthorized strike and to impose financial penalties on workers who participate in such walkouts.
UAW CIO leaders plan talks with Secretary Schwellenbach as GM strike widens keeping 213000 workers idle. He urged a quick settlement while Ford talks focus on penalties for wildcat strikes and a company security guarantee. Across the nation about 400000 workers were affected with additional labor actions noted in steel, electrical, and bus divisions.
Rear Admiral Luis de Florez told the Senate Military Committee that unifying the Army and Navy could hurt scientific progress. He argued competition between services spurred radar, the atomic bomb and other wartime discoveries.
Fifty seven men filed applications for the Wisconsin aeronautics director post with the state bureau of personnel. The job pays $5 per year and the deadline is Monday night. Exams will follow and the top three will be sent to the new aeronautics commission to choose the director.
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