La Crosse News Briefs: Snow Whirls and Ship Launches
December 17 1944 La Crosse reports heavy snowfall promising a white Christmas. The Liberty ship SS La Crosse Victory will be christened in Baltimore with Mrs. Leslie Cilley of La Crosse as sponsor, honoring a Gold Star mother who lost two sons. A local veteran in Nazi tankman disguise tested townspeople by observation, with no one noticing the uniform. Local sports note La Crosse basketball teams won several games, including Aquinas over St Pat’s Eau Claire 38 30.
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Navy Mothers’ Club
Darby's Rangers
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St. Pat's
Eau Claire
High School Basketball Scores and War Notice
First game of the season saw triumph over Sparta 22 to 19. Central highs cagers lost to Eau Claire 38 to 30. Aquinas beat Cotter of Winona 35 to 18 for its third win. The Blugolds edged Sparta 22 to 16 while Logan fell to Winona 28 to 25. La Crosse State Teachers Indians won their first game 38 to 32 versus Winona Teachers. A La Crosse serviceman was killed in Germany and two more are missing. Sgt. Raymond C. Novacek is named along with 2nd Lieut. Frank B. Davy and 2nd Lieut. Robert J. Fancher as missing in action or killed in action. Gotta get last minute Christmas shopping done.
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Sparta
Central High
Eau Caire
Cotter
Winona
Aquinas
Blugolds
Logan
la Crosse State Teachers College Indians
Winona Teachers College
la Crosse
Raymond C. Novacek
Germany
Sicily
France
Belgium
War Department
Frank B. Davy
Robert J. Fancher
Siam
Fellas
Cheerio
Test Building Planned Here at Trane Plant
City engineers announce permission granted by a majority of aldermen for Trane to build a penthouse style testing structure atop its Second and Cameron Avenue plant. The facility will test heat exchange equipment and measure heat loss to aid postwar heating and cooling designs for modest homes.
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Cameron Avenue
John Barth
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Trane
Sparta Woman Elizabeth Pfaff Dies in La Crosse Hospital
Elizabeth Pfaff wife of Cal Pfaff died in a La Crosse hospital. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at the Sparta German Lutheran Church with Rev Arthur Lear officiating. Burial in the church cemetery is planned.
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Elizabeth Pfaff
la Crosse
Cal Fret Pfaff
Sparta German Lutheran Church
Arthur Lear
Curfew Imposed as Riots Erupt in Catania
Rome paper Il Tempo reports a 6 p m curfew in Catania amid protests against conscription. Eleven people were wounded by police after a crowd attacked with grenades and stones. one person was killed and several public buildings were set ablaze during riots Thursday.
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Rome
Catania
Saturna
Il Tempo
Chinese advance in Kwangsi pushes toward Hochih
Chinese forces gain ground in Kwangsi province along the Kweichow Kwangsi railroad reaching about 95 miles from Liuchow. They are reported 12 15 and 18 miles from Hochih in three directions with the town flanked on the southeast as progress continued Saturday.
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Kwangsi Province
Kweichow-Kwangsi
Liuchow
Hochih
Cartel Sells Menten Copies of Le Gay Images
An excerpt notes the metals and manufacturing cartel reacting to the sale of Menten copies of Le Gay images. The text mentions disposal of the Industrial de Alam- after the shock, indicating a corporate or artistic replica dispute within a broader cartel context.
Paris Liberated in Film From French Resistance Move ment
A private London audience viewed a war film depicting the liberation of Paris by United Nations forces. The documentary suggests history will live in motion pictures as well and portrays the Nazis being driven from the city.
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London
Paris
United Nations
Gus Guthrie Honored With Moose Hunter Lake Name
Lawrenceville Illinois man Gus Guthrie now stationed in Alaska earned a lake name after a successful moose hunt. The lake known as Gus Lake marks the spot where he killed a large bull moose.
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Gus Guthrie
Alaska
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Army surplus vehicles flood distribution plans
The army announced a surplus stock totaling about 30 000 vehicles to be distributed. Roughly 18 000 are half ton and ten and a half ton trucks, 2 700 are used automobiles, and 9 000 are motorcycles.
Soldier In Philippines Tells Of Whizzing Japanese Shells
Thompson, Thompson City, Pvt Sylvan R Thomp son, son of Mr and Mrs Clifford Thompson, recounts invasion of the Philippines from Hawaii to the front. He describes foxholes sever al close calls with shells, muffled rations, ashore nerves, and weather hindrances while praising American resilience and urging kin to be glad war remains distant from home.
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Philippines
Hawaii
Red Cross Sets 1945 Fund Goal At 180 Million
Basil O Connor announces the 1945 American Red Cross goal of 180 million dollars. He says services will rise in Europe, the Pacific, and at home, with potential to stay under 1944 total due to earlier over subscriptions and economies. Colby M Chester of General Foods to chair the 1945 campaign.
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Washington
Basil O'Connor
American Red Cross
Europe
Pacific
Colby M. Chester
General Foods Corporation
Increase in Global Steel Capacity During World War II
World steel capacity in 1943 reached 207.4 million tons, up 23 million from 1938. The United States produced 15 million tons, accounting for more than two thirds of the expansion.
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U. S
Soviet Church Calls for Russian Bible Copies
Soviet church authorities issued a request seeking copies of the Bible translated into Russian. The appeal aims to bolster religious instruction and accessibility amid broader church activities.
Bodies of Two B 29 Crew Members Recovered
The body of 2nd Lieut John Kelly 29 Chicago engineer of a Superfortress crew bailed out over Chandeleur sound Nov 27 was brought to Keesler field by coast guardsmen. Pvt Richard H Little Jr 19 Pine Village Ind found off Breton Island. Five crew members still missing. Plane from Great Bend Kan had motor trouble over the gulf.
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Miss
John Kelly
Chicago
Chandeleur Sound
Keesler Field
Coast
Richard H. Little Jr
Pine Village
Ind
Breton Island
Great Bend
Kan
Gulf
Cane brakes along American rivers remembered in pioneer days
The article notes that margins of many American rivers were once lined with cane brakes resembling bamboo thickets, recalling frontier times and rough vegetation along waterways.
War goods totals via Persian Corridor exceed four million tons
The War Department disclosed on Saturday that over 4,380,440 tons of war goods from American factories were delivered to Russian points through the Persian Corridor. The report from the Persian Gulf Command notes cargo moved by rail and truck from Persian Gulf ports.
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Washington
Russia
War Department
Persian Gulf
Youth Recovers After Saline Treatment for Burns
Attending physicians said Richard Ode, badly burned when an oil heater exploded a week ago, is making a remarkable recovery. Blood plasma was administered and he is still receiving treatment at the hospital on Saturday night.
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Richard Ode
Ode
Massive Coal Dump Fires Threaten UK Fuel Supply
Fires at vast coal dumps near Ilkestone England threaten over a million tons of coal. The blaze heats the coal itself, burning for months. Managers can only slow losses as at least 10 000 tons have already been ruined. most is open cast household fuel with remaining slack coal valued about six dollars per ton.
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Ilkestone
England
Marines Die In Torpedo Bomber Crash Near Lake Hodges
San Diego report says four Marines were killed when a torpedo bomber crashed in the Lake Hodges area. Sgt. Robert E. Brooker 22, of Sayner Wisconsin, is named among the dead in the Navy announcement.
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Calif
Robert E. Brooker
George A. Brooker
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Wis
Lake Hodges
Navy
GOP Campaign Already Begun
Herbert Brownell Jr started a four year Republican drive to elect mayors governors members of congress and a president. He met with Gov Dewey and outlined a precinct level organizing plan while securing pledges to assure his re election as party chairman. Public card rooms in San Diego now licensed and regulated under a new city ordinance.
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New York
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Congress
GOP
West
Thomas E. Dewey
Brownell
National Committee
Dewey
Chicago
Ill
San Diego
Calif
International City Managers’ Association
Engstad Gunner Survives Flying Fortress Mah Ideal Return
Ball turret gunner S. Sgt. Gerald R. Engstad, 19, of Onalaska Wisconsin, survived a two engine emergency over Merseburg drifting on two engines after flak. His aircraft Mah Ideal returned to England with minimal fuel and no wounds after coordination with escort fighters and careful navigation. Engstad is a 1943 Onalaska High School graduate who earned two air medals and wings at Las Vegas earlier this year. His brother Wayne serves with U S Marines at Tinian Island.
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Mah Ideal
8Th Air Force
England
Merseburg
Germany
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Alert
Mad Ideal
Yankee
Gerald R. Engstad
Orris Engstad
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Onalaska High School
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Las Vegas
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U. S. Marine
Tinian Island
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Lerwick Town Crier Honours Service in Four Wars
Sergeant John Mowat aged 72 of Lerwick Shetland Islands served from the Sudan in 1898 through World War I and now acts as a Home Guard member. He is noted for his long military background and continued public service.
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Shetland Islands
John Mowat
Sudan
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