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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1944
Page
10
Premier Ivanoe Bonomi announces new Italian setup with portfolios split among Liberals and Christian Democrats while Count Carlo Sforza is excluded from the new government. Gasperi aide remains in inner circle and interior ministry stays with Bonomi.
Allied headquarters reported decisive defeats of strong German counter thrusts on the approach to Faenza. San Prospero and Pideura were seized by 8th army forces in bloody combats as Germans tried to halt the encirclement of Faenza. British troops held a key road junction below the town amid bitter close fighting. Italian patriots cleared German troops from Port Corsini, a critical barge hub supplying the Nazis.
At war’s end General Douglas MacArthur stood as the youngest and most decorated brigadier general in the U.S. Army, earning early recognition for his service and valor.
In Winslow Arizona Jim Kilbey and Bill Glab Indian service officers staged a private gun drawing contest. Kilbey suffered a scalp wound from Glab's revolver but escaped serious injury.
Hollywood reports former actor Lieut. Robert Sterling has welcomed an 8 pound 2 ounce baby girl named Patricia Ann. The actor escorts the family, sharing the successful birth and naming.
A Mil waukee road Olympian derailed in Wadsworth Illinois after midnight injuring eleven people king eight passengers and three crew. The northbound train from Chicago at 11 15 p m traveling about 50 mph jolted to a stop tearing up 500 feet of rail. Injured were moved to Milwaukee with others later transported by extra equipment. None of the injured were from Wisconsin.
Hollywood columnist Walter Winchell announces the adoption of a baby girl three months old weighing 12 pounds with midnight black hair and blue eyes. He notes the child joins his two biological children Walda, 17, and Walter Jr., 9, and says past adoptions were temporary.
The Associated Press reports a proclamation in General Eisenhower's name warning Germans to avoid joining or aiding underground organizations. It calls for stamping out militarism and surrender of military items such as weapons ammunition explosives and radio transmitters.
S. Sgt. Norman Berens, 31, of Cashton Wisconsin with the 95th Infantry is reported missing in action in France. He entered service in July 1942, trained at Camp Swift and Fort Sam Houston, and served through maneuvers in the United States before being sent to England in 1944 and then to Normandy. He is the son of the late Nick and Mrs. Berens and is married to Marie Chalupnik, a teacher in Friendship.
Washington reports that tire and tube plants will switch to a 7 day work week for four months to boost army production. Executives signed a pledge to boost output while maintaining hours and wages except for overtime. Workers will earn time and a half for Saturday and double time for Sunday under existing contracts.
Whitehall Eastern Star plans its annual Christmas party Thursday evening inviting members and families. A 6 p.m. dinner will be followed by a program by children and a gift exchange. Committee members include Mrs. Lester Senty Mrs. John A. Markham Mrs. Lon Tubbs from Independence and others from Whitehall and Independence.
The Allamakee County Agricultural Conservation Society held its annual meeting in Waukon. B. W. Kelleher was elected county committee chairman succeeding Michael Gavin who served ten years. Carl J. Heinrichs was reelected vice chairman and B. T. Hausmeier succeeded Michael Burke as third committee member.
Radio schedule shows NBC-6 and CBS-7/CBS-1 networks featuring Martin Black Supper Club, Conquest of Pain with Brian Donlevy, Gary Cooper in Casanova Brown, Jon Hall in I Love You, and Holmes and Drummond dramas. Notable times include Blind Date at 8, Shylock Holmes at 6 15, and Ted Malone at 7 26.
A dense list of broadcast segments and performers outlines a radio day featuring Fulton Lewis and Hedda Hopper, Hollywood notes, Carolyn Gilbert, Bob Hawk, Lone Ranger, Bulldog Drummond adventures, Cavalcade of America, Vox Pop, Lum and Abner, Frank Sinatra, Sherlock Holmes, Cecil B DeMille, and various concert and news programs across CBS NBC and mutual time slots.
London reports a new British Pacific naval command joining United States sea power in the drive against Japan. Admiral Sir Bruce A Fraser will command the Pacific fleet with Admiral Sir Arthur J Power leading the Far Eastern forces now centered in the Indian Ocean as the East Indies station. Fraser’s fleet will operate under Admiral Nimitz in the central Pacific and General MacArthur in the Southwest Pacific as strategy requires.
Special Judge O W Sprecher of Monroe County underwent an operation at a La Crosse hospital on Saturday. He chaired court Thursday and was in his office Friday. He reportedly rallied and his condition is favorable.
George J. Ryan a 50 year old roundhouse superintendent for the Milwaukee Road and longtime Janesville city council member died of a heart attack aboard a train near New Lisbon Wisconsin yesterday. He served four terms as president of the Janesville aldermen and is survived by his widow and a daughter.
A dense listing of radio programs by time and network for Monday December 1 1944 including Kiddies Hour Dan Dunn Sport Flash Chesterfield Supper Hour News of the World Howard's Varieties Cavalcade of America Voice of Firestone Telephone Hour Information Phase The Shadow Raymond Gram Swing Author's Playhouse News St Louis Serenade Sign Off plus evenings with Uncle Josh Mart in Agronsky Musical Clock Muirth and Madness Dartiume Classics Breakfast Club Treasury Salute Club Calendar Home Economics Findings Keepers Road of Life Your Library Speaks Words and Music Palm Service Hayehakers Sports Review Market Reports Morgan Beatty Today's Children Woman in White Ma Perkins Betty and Bob Right to Happiness Backstage Wile Irma Dallas Lorenzo Jones Young Widder Breen Our Town and Social Security Sacred Heart Jimmy Allen Organ Moods News Network Programs corrections list of primetime shows with multiple repeats and serials for CBS NBC and mutual networks.
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