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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1944
Page
3
A returning agent’s report from Berlin and Leipzig finds German workers and anti Nazi circles deeply apathetic and confused. He notes mass lethargy, minimal opposition, and rare acts of anti Nazi aggression. Allies see potential upside as slowed labor may reduce wartime output.
An investigator reports underground opposition to Nazism in Germany, noting fear and Goebbels propaganda. Resistance groups include Catholics and socialists aiming for a democratic social state, with divided postwar loyalties between Moscow and the West. The Gestapo acts more isolated as silent towns avoid denouncing neighbors.
Washington reports the 1944 winter convocation of the electoral college on 48 campuses. Roosevelt is set to win a fourth term by 432 to 99 over Dewey. Ballots will be counted in a joint Senate and House session on January 6. Roosevelt totals reach 25,610,946 to 22,018,177 with other candidates at 340,705.
At Louisiana State University a student strike was threatened if Gloria Jeanne Heller an 18 year old co ed who wrote a campus kissing and sex leaflet is not reinstated after resigning under pressure from President W B Hatcher The student council condemned the action as a violation of its code and warned of a general strike unless a prompt resolution is reached with Hatcher meeting the council the next day
Major Fred L. Trickey of Berlin Wisconsin attached to the B 29 base on Saipan took part in a bombing attack on Tokyo on the night of December 14.
A new branch of the British Ministry of Agriculture will oversee backyard poultry farmers, aiming to regulate small flocks, address sector needs, and improve biosecurity. The move signals a shift toward formalizing small-scale poultry keeping under government oversight.
Army Order barring Japanese from strategic areas is lifted as progress in the Pacific war allows return home to California Oregon and Washington after January 1. Officials say the move will be gradual with screening and no mass movement, while public reaction varies across cities and states.
In Ettrick Wisconsin the South branch school will stay closed due to no teacher. Eighteen pupils will be transported to Ettrick to attend Ettrick State Graded school. Berlin marked a monument honoring World War I service by horses.
Col. Joseph W. Stilwell Jr., assistant chief of staff G-2 in the northern Burma area, was awarded the Legion of Merit for meritorious conduct during the Hukawng and Mogaung valley campaigns in North Burma on December 17.
In Ettrick Wisconsin the Lutheran Men’s club named Alvin Hogden president Selmer Tranberg vice president John Terpening secretary and Roger Erickson treasurer. The Australian Air Force has received its first Australian built Mosquito fighter bombers.
The Vernon county board of supervisors in a special session voted 22 to 13 against buying the Viroqua hospital. Officials noted ongoing capacity strains in area hospitals and the need for emergency facilities, while emphasizing the potential resale value and public interest in a future private operation. The meeting also named Joseph Skarda as service officer for Vernon county and approved highway machinery purchases valued at about $14,400.
The H J Heinz company plans a 1945 advertising budget much larger than prior years and will discontinue the radio program Information Please. Heinz cited surveys before Pearl Harbor showing newspapers as the better medium for food product advertising.
The Rev. Francis C. Zuchola aged 53, chaplain of St. Joseph orphanage, died yesterday of a heart attack after conducting Mass in the chapel. He was ordained in 1918.
Mrs. M Sutton of Shenstone England reaches 102 and continues to handle shopping housework and garden tasks without help proving remarkable longevity and independence for a nonagenarian centenarian.
London reports praise for the French Russian alliance pledging mutual military and economic support for at least 20 years. The Paris text outlines joint war aims, no separate peace, postwar reconstruction aid, and no new coalitions, with Gen de Gaulle to seek ratification in the consultative assembly.
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