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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1945
Page
1
Washington reports all fathers are exempt from the draft and no immediate move to induct 18-year-olds is planned. The change came with a drop in military point scores, while officials say veterans are not re-enlisting enough to shrink the draft further.
The 79th Congress, transitioning from wartime to peacetime, ends its session and plans to reconvene Jan. 4, 1946. It backed UNO, Bretton Woods, and relief efforts, extended drafts and price controls, reshaped the GI bill, cut taxes, and prepared postwar reforms, while deferring some major proposals to next year.
Gen George C. Marshall arrived in Shanghai on a mission to end internal Chinese strife. Communist delegate Lu Ting-hi urged an immediate unconditional ceasefire and sought an audience with Marshall. Marshall planned meetings with Chiang Kai shek and Wedemeyer to discuss the crisis and potential Chungking talks.
Soviet Union Great Britain and the United States advanced on many topics at the Moscow conference as ministers entered the fifth day. Officials suggested a December finish was unlikely with Bevin and Byrnes handling a heavy agenda and weather delaying documents and travel.
Washington reports the Export Import Bank announced two loans to Belgium totaling 100 million dollars. The action underscores U S financial support for Belgian trade, with the loans designed to bolster imports and stimulate economic activity.
Senator Langer objects to Edward R. Stettinius Jr. as U S UNO delegate. Stettinius holds dual roles as U S representative to the security council and a principal assembly delegate. Other assembly principals include Connally Vandenberg and Eleanor Roosevelt with London meetings planned in January.
Admonition for residents to redeem war bond pledges and buy government securities as Christmas gifts. County War Finance Committee chairman Gysbert Van Steenwyk targets a $60,000 individual investment quota, noting E bonds and other securities. Total county bond sales reach $4,886,689 with $691,355 in E bonds and $2,252,655 in individuals, 78 and 97 percent of targets respectively.
Manila reports a second death march charge against Japanese Lieut Gen Masaharu Homma. Prosecutor Frank Meek says Homma witnessed the Bataan march and is accused of overseeing atrocities that killed about 67,000 Allied POWs. More than 100 sick prisoners were forced as pack animals to move arms and supplies.
A fire two miles north of Ontario Wisconsin killed three children Robert three, Ronald two, and Kathryne six months. Parents Verlon and his wife were in a barn when the blaze started with unknown origin. No fire department in Ontario. neighbors notified by telephone operators. Coroner M. J. Lanham responded.
About 650 employees at Allis-Chalmers La Crosse plant voted to petition the NLRB for a strike vote. Local 1424 CIO said the vote would occur if negotiations fail to yield a satisfactory settlement on wages. Company officials and UAW CIO reps argued no-strike clauses apply only to grievances and not to strike votes.
The GM case opens with first public hearings as the fact finding panel decides if GM can absorb a 30 percent wage rise. Chairman Lloyd K. Garrison noted GM will withhold books to counter the union claim while weighing profits and potential price increases.
The CIO United Auto Workers called Ford's 15 cent an hour raise plan totally inadequate arguing it fails to offset living costs and isn’t a blanket increase. Ford officials resume bargaining with UAW CIO leaders over pay for more than 100000 workers as Kaiser-Frazer talks, GM dispute, and court actions unfold.
Ol Man Winter arrives at 11 04 p m Thursday and keeps temperatures near zero statewide. Milwaukee meteorologist Howard Thompson predicts continued cold this week as La Crosse reports light snow flurries after midnight and a daytime high around 15 below zero.
Meteorologist A. D. Samal says the winter solstice around December 22 marks the sun’s southern stop with days starting to lengthen. He notes current day length at 533 minutes and predicts increases of one minute on December 24 and a total four minutes by month end.
The region faces more snow flurries tonight and Friday as temperatures plunge. Samal notes a new cold wave arrives Friday night. Land O Lakes drops to second, six below, Park Falls at nine below, Wausau five below, Milwaukee four below, Green Bay two below, Madison two above. Duluth records four below. Railroads report delays due to severe cold, heavy mail and increased traffic with some westbound trains late up to four hours.
General George S. Patton Jr. in Heidelberg, Germany, has taken a slight turn for the worse as a respiratory infection delays his recovery from paralysis and a broken neck suffered in an automobile accident. A midday medical bulletin described him as uncomfortable and under care.
General Motors Corp. informed President Truman's fact finding board it would leave the wage dispute hearings if board evidence includes profits and prices. The move signals a gamble on the board's approach to determine fair wage terms.
Labor Secretary Schwellenbach proposes a third fact finding board to end the Greyhound strike and grant retroactive pay to November 1, while the oil wage panel prepares its decision. Nationwide, 400000 workers idle, with 200000 at GM plants. in Philadelphia CIO United Steelworkers resume work at SKF plants. In Flint, 100 CIO Auto Workers pickets allow 700 clerical workers into General Motors AC Spark Plug division, after two days of lines with police escort.
All soldiers living on the east coast or as far west as Chicago who arrive in New York before Saturday noon will get home for Christmas if embarkation efforts prevail.
Postmaster Wenzel M. Dvorak said the 1945 Christmas mailing peak appears reached and will taper off, despite Wednesday cancellations exceeding last year by 29 000. Incoming mail to the city remains very heavy with 15 delivery trucks in operation delivering parcels.
Mostly cloudy with occasional snow flurries tonight and Friday. Continued cold tonight with a low near zero. Friday will be colder with a high from 8 to 10 above.
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