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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1944
Page
8
The article explains that buyers and sellers must provide complete transfer details in a used car sale to comply with price regulation. Phil H. Griffin, district OPA director, stresses the buyer must show price rationing in gasoline applications and that price clerks verify the maximum lawful price on any vehicle.
American medical unit near the front reports soldiers suffer dental damage from hard rations. Capt Sam Pecora and Capt Jules Weinberger note soaking biscuits prevents breakage. They run a field dentistry tent near the front, treating troops with improvised, on site care.
Russia left the United Nations monetary conferences amid debate over an information report to lift the veil on internal economic data. The proposal would help determine quotas and required contributions to two monetary schemes, but Russia resists opening its books.
Caledonia Minnesota special report lists eighteen Houstons inducted. Names include George William Hinton Leland George Mechtel Thomas Edward Boone Otto Gerhard Bjergum and others from Hokah Roy Bernard Schaffer Howard Victor Kuhlman Bernard Julius Miller Spring Grove Donald Gene Ramlo Richard Warren Mickelson Forest Stanley Moen Joseph Archie Walter La Crescent Hugh Fay Brownsville John Clare Forschier Tilman Clayton Torgerson.
The notice lists valid four stamp books for meats and cigars, gasoline coupon allowances for 12-A and other stamps, and shoe stamps four through three with prices. It specifies period changes and new rationing rules, including home canning deadlines, and details prices for vegetables and fruits by item.
Partly cloudy conditions with no significant temperature change tonight. Scattered thundershowers expected in the south portion tonight and across the entire state Wednesday. A single notable temperature change is anticipated on Wednesday.
President Roosevelt states he will accept a fourth term if nominated and urges focus on winning the war. He notes his personal wish to return home but stresses the nation must continue in leadership to defeat aggression and safeguard democracy.
The housing committee of the Chain of Commerce studied the La Crosse county housing survey Monday night. J. R. Johnson, chairman, will release results after thorough review and verification of the information.
Rome Premier Ivanoe Bonomi said the Italian government had no objection to publishing the armistice terms and had taken the initiative with the Allies after they asked whether publication was allowed. The Allies requested consent to release the voluminous provisions.
Death notices from VIROQUA and WAUKON report funerals for Samuel Sorenson 87 Arvid Pearson 65 Roy Peterson 39 and Mrs Ernest Olson 58 with details on services locations dates and survivors plus a separate note on Olson found dead in a woodshed near Humbird Jackson County Wisconsin and burial at Hixton with Sea Funeral Home involvement.
In Saipan a Navy unit has relied on two dental officers Lieuts John F Mortell and S M Lehman as stretcher bearers and frontline medics. They have performed emergency aid under fire for eight days, carrying injured soldiers to safety and giving first aid and plasma.
The Sun-Setter is an advanced four page edition of a Saipan Marine base paper edited by Milwan native McCahill a former Associated Press staffer. The daily condensed news comes from San Francisco and is broadcast to combat troops as the 4th Marine Division rear base prints the edition.
Testimony from Navy and Army neuropsychiatry leaders urges public and employer education to accept cured mental patients as normal. They note 65 percent of navy patients recover symptom free within three months, with 20 percent more in the next three months. Army figures show 30 to 50 percent return to combat or salvage roles, and 20 to 30 percent to behind the lines. Many returned to private life are in better health than before.
James A. Farley resigns as New York state Democratic chairman after 14 years in the post ending a 35-year political career. Paul E. Fitzpatrick, a Buffalo businessman, is slated to succeed him with a recommendation to a special state committee meeting. Farley hints at future party involvement but offers no plan for the national convention.
Joseph Rutherford Wheeler known as Uncle Joe, 97, a Wisconsin lumberman hotel operator and banker, longtime Republican leader and former sheriff of St. Croix county, died in Hempstead New York. He fought at Gettysburg and attended the 1938 reunion for the 75th anniversary. Survivors include a daughter Mrs D Weedy of Hempstead and three sons.
Mrs. William Weir wife of Capt William Weir who just returned from Africa and Italy fractured her leg at Fort Sill Oklahoma where she went to join her husband. Earlier lightning struck her McGregor home shortly before her departure.
Gail Patrick and Lieut Arnold Dean White will marry in Jacksonville Florida late today. White has served three years with the Atlantic fleet. Patrick was previously divorced from Bodney Hollywood cafe owner.
County Clerk Esther Domke urged citizens to register servicemen and women so ballots can reach them for the August 15 primary. Town and village clerks sent blanks to constituents to gather required information and ensure 21st birthday by August 15. Ballots will be mailed starting July 12 by air mail in sealed voter-supervised fashion.
Emil Schram was reappointed by the NYSE board of governors for one year beyond his June 30 contract expiry. No formal contract was signed yet. The salary stabilization unit denied a raise from 48000 to 55000 dollars annually on May 27, yet Schram expressed he enjoys the role regardless of pay.
OSHKOSH Wis Leather D Smith a Sturgeon Bay shipbuilder and Republican U S Senate candidate urged private credit for farmers and small businessmen at a COP leaders dinner He proposed agencies like building and loan bodies and laws allowing banks to set up separate investment and loan departments to aid postwar production
Archibald MacLeish, librarian of Congress, will visit the University of Wisconsin in the first week of August for an institute on "the humanities in the contemporary world." He will deliver two public lectures and host one or two informal round tables for students and faculty. further program details await.
Roy E. Anderson of 1452 Wood Street had his gasoline rations suspended for 30 days effective July 15 after a hearing before Lyle S. Gilbert, board chairman and hearing officer. The hearing followed OPA charges of using someone else’s coupons. Gilbert took the case under advisement and announced his decision the next Tuesday.
Mothers of two former Eagle Scouts who died in the armed forces will sponsor a subchaser at Leather D. Smith Shipbuilding Co. in Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin. Mrs Archibald Smith of Green Bay will christen the ship in memory of son Richard killed over Germany. Mrs H Cranston, also from Green Bay, will assist. her son Robert died in flight training. State Boy Scouts and officials attend.
The estate of Walter P Murphy railway equipment maker is estimated at 33 million 905 thousand 981 16 by a court appraiser. Northwestern University will receive 25 million 258 thousand 782 73 from the estate largest ever filed in Lake county. Murphy died in Los Angeles Dec 16 1942 and lived in Lake Bluff.
Real estate transfers list several property deeds in La Crosse County from Lena Koenen to John Malzacher and others, including parcels on Washington, 14th Street, Avon, Winnebago, Badger, Tyler, and between streets. In Sparta, Wis, Judge O W Sprecher grants custody to Earl Gamerdinger and his wife, with parental visit rights, and grants divorce to Albert R Gamerdinger from Emma for cruel treatment with support payments. A La Crosse court then dismisses John Holmes's vagrancy charge. Max Fred Jahnke is found guilty of vagrancy and sentenced to 20 days in jail.
A brief birthday note addresses Mrs William Blank at 408 Avon Street with warm wishes on her special day.
Winona Minnesota SWIFT & COMPANY notes 9 a m to 4 p m buying hours with post closing care. Hog market steady to 10 cents higher top 13.45, various weight group prices listed. Cattle and calves show mixed values for steers, yearlings, heifers, cows, and calves, with strong emphasis on weight classes and quality. Chicago section reports hogs slow to steady, sows steady, cattle and calves mixed, plus grain and produce figures and cash grain prices.
Milwaukee hogs steady to mixed with lighter weights down five cents. Cattle mostly steady to weak with varied grade ranges. Calves steady with vealers high at 15.25 to 15.50. Gisborne New Zealand to open a center exclusively for returned soldiers.
Hundreds of American officers and men in France wear scarves cut from abandoned parachutes. Soldiers wrap mottled green bands around their necks and some use white or orange camouflage designs while French locals note the improvised accessories.
Northern Ireland purchased the historic coat of the Ulster King of Arms tabard for 500 dollars. It was kept in the Ulster King of Arms office in Dublin until the office moved to England. The Treasury of Northern Ireland will place it in the central hall of Parliament Building in Stormont.
The term Badeger State stems from settlers in Wisconsin who survived the first winter by living in dugouts dug into the ground, reminiscent of badger holes, not from animal prevalence.
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