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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1944
Page
2
In a heated exchange, Churchill warned of danger from concealed weapons and argued he did not deceive Parliament about Belgium. Aneurin Bevan taunted the PM, calling his account irresponsible while demanding truth, prompting cries for withdrawal and a sharp retort from Churchill.
Four hundred state prison inmates in Madison volunteered to donate blood for the Red Cross, aiming to set a one day state record. The drive far exceeds previous totals and includes extra facilities at the prison. Inmates have donated 2,357 pints of blood and contributed to war bonds and stamps from 25 cent daily earnings.
A Camp McCoy soldier was arrested by city police after a theft at a local hotel Sunday night. Pvt. Ignatius Sanchez of the 417th Infantry faced a larceny from a person charge in county court Tuesday with a preliminary hearing set for Friday afternoon and bonds at $1,500.
New Citizens St Ann s Dec 18 announces a son to Mr and Mrs L John Schilling Gelesville Wis Aletie Linde vig St Mary s Hospital Sparta Wis Dec 13 and Mrs Edward Neal Norwalk Dec They and Mrs Lawr ence Hart Tomah Wis Dec 15 son to Mr and Mrs Le Roy Tomah Gilson Dec 16 daughter to Mr and Mrs Ger land Jackson Dee 1% son to Mr and Mrs Arthur Cruse Dec 17 daughter to Mr and Mrs Steph en Hoffman Whitehall Wis Community Hospital Dec 17 a and Mrs Tilford Lee Independence Wir Dee 17 son to Mr and Mrs Roman Thomas Arcadia Wis Dec 16 daughter to Mr and Mrs Donald Cahil The child s father is serving on the Tralian war front Dec 18 twins son and e daughter to Mr and Mrs Hugo Hangartner Osseo Wis
ELAS assault on Averoff prison forces British to abandon positions as disorder unfolds. British communique notes garrison and 130 Greeks evacuated with some political prisoners. Fortifications rise as about 205 men and 30 women escape from 475 inmates awaiting political trials. Rallis became premier in 1943 and resigned when the commander quit Athens. Oct 13 a 67-year-old lawyer was imprisoned by Papandreou government.
Four Alliance girls learned their August marriages to air force paratroopers were fake. A soldier posed as an army chaplain at an Alliance air base barracks believed by the women to be a chapel. No marriage certificates were filed in Box Butte county. The judge said the women likely fell for the uniform, not intent to obtain allotments.
Elmer Herried, 45, fractured his right ankle in a fall on the ice behind the Nora hotel Monday night. He was taken to a city hospital by police ambulance shortly after 11 am Tuesday.
Five enlisted men from a B 29 unit found seven Japanese hiding in caves since the Marianas campaign began. The family, a father, mother and five children aged up to eight, came out after the soldiers signaled. Civilians later cared for them at a camp.
New York the suit targets Paramount Pictures restraining use of names in a film titled Our Hearts Were Growing Up. Cornelia Otis Skinner and Emily Kimball claim they granted rights only to the book and that they did not intend their names to be used as characters in a wholly fictional story.
District Judge John G. Chalmers denied a habeas corpus writ that would have freed Lester Thoman, 35, of Dubuque, on a Milwaukee kidnapping charge. Thoman was released on $1,500 bond pending appeal to the state supreme court. A Milwaukee warrant accuses Thoman of kidnapping Richard Bahl VI. Evidence from an Iowa extradition hearing showed Mrs. Thoman testified the child was her husband’s and Lavinia Bahl’s of Milwaukee.
Chicago observers witnessed Venus near the moon in a straight line from Earth. Astronomers note the Moon at 240000 miles away and Venus about 25 million miles at its nearest. display is not rare but unusual for the region. Some readers fancied it a celestial sign or Star of Bethlehem.
Lord Templewood told the House of Lords that Spain was morally occupied by the Germans in the early part of his five year tenure as British ambassador to the Franco government. He cited non military occupation including a Gestapo member living nearby watching his movements. Former Sir Samuel Hoare, sent to Madrid to keep Spain neutral, has resigned.
Tomah Wisconsin junior Red Cross volunteers led by Elizabeth Reiser and Stanley Witz collected between 1600 and 1700 articles for 200 Christmas packages for soldiers overseas. Items came from Tomah schools and 10 other sites and were sent to Ottumwa Iowa Camp McCoy Fort Sill Fort Custer Romulus Mayo Hospital Camp Luna Camp Walters Camp Barclay Veterans Hospital Fort Riley Burns Hospital and more. A public exhibit of sample work is on display in the Red Cross rooms.
Major General Orvil A. Anderson deputy commander for operations becomes a general. Walter E. Todd deputy chief of staff for operations is elevated to brigadier general, announced Tuesday.
The Office of War Information said tin can salvage may persist after peace, while waste paper demand stays high until Japan is defeated. Fats iron and steel drives remain far from finished, unlike rag scrap rubber aluminum silk nylon hosiery and old clothing campaigns which have ended. Old rags collection continues without special national emphasis.
Ward chairman Avery denounces wartime labor board orders as unenforceable while criticizing check off and maintenance of membership demands. He calls hearings voluntary and says Wards will attend if desired but cannot heed non enforceable advice. Wards faces possible seizure of stores amid three decades of labor dispute.
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