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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1944
Page
3
War mobilization director urges intensified efforts to set employment ceilings in critical war labor areas to ease worker shortages. Byrnes announces new War Production Board regulation after hearings to enforce ceilings, with action against unwilling establishments and services while praising broad cooperation.
Mrs. Gordon Erickson of Eau Claire received word that her husband, a member of the company, was wounded and is back in England in a hospital. A V mail letter said the wound was slight. Erickson went overseas about a month ago and had not been on the fighting front in France long before being wounded. They reside with Mr and Mrs Herman at Eau Claire.
Theron Dustin, son of Mr and Mrs Bert Dustin of this city, after more than 30 months service in the Southwest Pacific, is now stationed in Hot Springs Arkansas at one of the four major hotels. He has been assigned to the army ground and service forces redistribution station there.
The government will cover half the expenses for six ratcatchers whose bag and gear cost 323, Liandi lo ales, and the total outlay reaches $800. The arrangement details the grant and the expected distribution of funds among vendors.
La Crosse and America on Christmas Eve bustle with last minute shoppers, glowing trees, wrapped gifts, kids tucked in, and the warmth of a festive, expectant night. Bright ornaments, a star on top, and scenes of family cheer define the holiday mood across the city.
In La Crosse Wisconsin families gather at home with fire and Christmas trees as they sing carols and recall absent loved ones. The letter speaks of hope for next Christmas when each family circle will be complete and expresses wishes for peace and goodwill toward all.
Navy signalman Charles Greene, home in Norfolk after December return, served on a destroyer escort that accompanied convoys to the Mediterranean. His ship aided in sinking two submarines on a first trip and sunk another sub in the English Channel. He hopes for destroyer duty aboard a new ship.
Mrs Patricia Dore Bernett will sail from England to join Corp Le Roy Harvey Bernett and live with his parents Mr and Mrs W E Bernett at Leon near Sparta. The couple married March 23 in England and she becomes the first war bride to return to the Sparta area.
STATE COLLEGE Pa Two hundred seventy nine student soldiers from 21 states and the District of Columbia enroll at Penn State for army specialized training. The group includes 93 infantry replacement trainees 51 seventeen year old reservists and 135 returning ASTP students, raising total trainees to 471. Gordon L Vandervort of 503 East Ave Sparta is among them.
La Crosse Commandery No. 9 Knights Templar will hold Christmas libation services Monday at 11 am at the Masonic temple Eighth and Main Streets announced by J T McCullum eminent commander.
Walton Ofstedahl of the Union Mills Lewis Valley 4-H club named state Jersey calf champion for 1944 by the Wisconsin Jersey Cattle Club. He and his father maintain a herd of more than 50 purebred Jerseys and will contribute a story and photo to the Wisconsin Jersey Booster for the December issue.
1st Lieut. Kenneth M. Cleary, lead bombardier with the 8th Air Force on a B-17, describes 30 missions including D-Day support. Only two planes crashed landings occurred and most missions targeted oil depots and marshalling yards in Germany. He shares leave in Scotland and memories of near misses, earning the air medal with three oak leaf clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
La Crosse will host the state premiere of Combat America a U S Army Air Forces film produced under General Henry H Arnold with Maj Clark Gable as narrator Two showings 7 15 p m and 9 15 p m tickets require war bonds purchased Dec 22 to Dec 30 Bond purchasers with 500 100 and 50 bonds have reserved seats others may buy general admission or 25 bond tickets Local Camp McCoy troops and War veterans home staff will host the event
The law firm of Richter and Jacobson dissolves after the appointment of attorney G B Richter as judge of the 13th district. Senator-elect Arthur Jacobson will travel from Des Moines for the legislature, leaving office duties to his assistant Mrs Ida Smith during his absence.
Medical observers note that flying at exceptional altitudes can produce drowsiness excitability quarrelsomeness or other symptoms of intoxication in passengers or crew members.
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