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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1945
Page
2
The Eastern district of the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America begins its biennial convention at Our Savior's Lutheran Church with registration at 2 p.m. Tuesday. At 8 p.m. that day President Dr. Martin Anderson of Oak Park will address the gathering.
Rev Ulvilden will be liturgist at opening services. Greetings provided by Reverends Ulvilden A Dale and C O Pederson. St Pauls Lutheran choir directed by Mars A Dale to sing. Communion at 8:30 a m Wednesday with regular sessions at 9:30 a m 2 p m and 8 p m.
The La Crosse Tribune describes ongoing Okinawa fighting with U S Marines and 96th Infantry advancing on Oroku peninsula and Naha areas. Carrier aircraft claim 22 Japanese planes destroyed and 23 damaged as Japanese defenses stiffen near Kyushu bases.
Veterans gain priority access to surplus farm equipment and goods to help start or expand small businesses. The program aims to channel resources to veteran entrepreneurs, enabling practical use of surplus assets for commercial ventures.
Escaped Japanese prisoners of war fled near the Maple Grove golf course last Friday afternoon. Local officers were awarded $15 by the army for each prisoner captured.
The 44 year old wife of Jacob Konter was found dead Monday noon at 1009 South Ninth street after turning on all gas stove jets. Neighbor entered when an eight year old daughter summoned help. County coroner George said illness contributed and there will be no inquest.
Milwaukee OPA district director Harold T. Smith said there is no epidemic of resignations on Wisconsin war price and rationing boards as reported by a Washington dispatch. He noted no resignations in Fond du Lac and said boards in Milwaukee district remain active, with one panel retired in Waukesha for failure to function.
Washington reports Joseph E. Davies will present his London mission plan during a White House meeting. The briefing outlines Davies joining President Truman in the capital to discuss next steps and diplomatic objectives.
Knauer appeared before federal Judge F. Ryan Duffy to request a stay of execution on the denaturalization order. He said he has asked the federal circuit court of appeals in Chicago for a rehearing after the court affirmed last Tuesday Duffy's year old ruling denaturalizing Knauer.
In New Orleans AFL union workers at Higgins Industries halted work after failing to report for duty. Company says 7000 to 8000 employees remained at plants on City Park Bayou St John and Industrial Canal sites due to contract termination dispute.
An American submarine, stuck in mud near an enemy coast while Japanese craft overhead, fought to free itself and continued a war patrol. Crew details remain matter of fact as authorities lift a ban on news of submarines, adding to the fleet’s legend.
Melbourne reporters note that several brides of American servicemen plan to journey to the United States to establish residence before divorce actions. They expect U S courts to handle alimony and settlements, and one wife cites her husband moving to a forward area and later returning to America after claiming the marriage was a mistake.
CHICAGO The R R Donnelley and Sons plant began a withdrawal of services as 1100 AFL International Printing Pressmen and Assistants union members left their jobs at Lakeside Press. Company president Herbert P. Zimmerman said operations ran at reduced capacity while union attorney Joseph Mann stated the press rooms were down 100 percent on three shifts.
In 12 counties 14 referenda on wet and dry status were held. Arena in Iowa County Iola in Waupaca County and Chetek in Barron County voted to become dry. Six communities stayed dry and five stayed wet while 11 made no change.
Three people were killed Sunday night when a car collided with an eastbound CNW passenger train at a crossing north of Council Bluffs Iowa. Victims are Edwin A. Reed 53 his wife Goldie 42 and their daughter Rosie 10. Rosie’s body lay 130 feet from the wreckage. Two dogs a goose and 18 chickens in the car were also killed.
Two sisters Irene Jones aged 15 and Janet 11 were ordered held for juvenile court on charges of abducting a three month old baby whose body was found with a broken neck. The case ties to the death of Thomas V. Ripley Jr., son of Mrs. Barbara Ripley, last Thursday.
The Supreme Court declined to rule on whether war plant guards are covered by the National Labor Relations Act, sending the matter back for possible changes in demilitarization effects. The cases involve Jones and Laughlin in Cleveland and plants in Detroit Indianapolis and other firms. The court also upheld OPA price determinations for building materials and durable goods.
CAMP McCOY Wisconsin the post announces a new Separation and Reception station and a clothing issue warehouse project worth about 40000 dollars. Construction also begins on a large medical processing building with connected barracks across from building 2556 and near 11th avenue G street.
The 87th general assembly of the United Presbyterian Church adjourned in Monmouth Illinois after voting to remain in the Federal Council of Churches in Christ. The Philadelphia Presbytery had urged partial cooperation, and reform committee opposed compulsory postwar military training. The assembly condemned defense transportation limits on religious meetings while allowing races and protested higher tobacco use and liquor production amid sugar and grain shortages.
Police recovered a 1935 Ford V-8 coupe with Indiana plates on Highway 14 near the Ten Mile House late Sunday. A five gallon gasoline can and siphon hose raised suspicion. the car had been stolen from Indianapolis early Sunday. Owner Robert Bonham was notified by police radio.
Daily records show a 7:21 p.m. chimney fire at 1425 South Eighth Street with a No 3 fire truck. County Court in La Crosse lists defendants Harry W. Bison and Ervin Layland facing speeding and drunken driving charges with fines and license actions. police court records include speeding on Liberty Street, drunken driving on Rose Street, and disorderly conduct with various fines and jail time.
Public birthday notices list Robert Charlies Petresik at 908 South Second Street and Jacquelyn Gail Beck of Port Orchard Washington formerly of La Crosse. Also mentions Mrs Lawrence Bruch of 757 North 22nd Street.
Lieut Edward J Meyer recently liberated from a German prison camp is expected in the states by Sunday according to his parents Mr and Mrs C H Meyer R J Holmen A brother La Verne is home on leave from duty in the navy
Lieut. Harold W. Goad 27 returns to Portsmount with wife Helen 23 who had remarried Ensign Robert A. MacDowell after a protracted declared death. Goad recounts 18 months in a Japanese prison near Rangoon and the B-24 crash over Burma on Oct 14, 1943.
An Ohio corporal, Charles G. Moeller, 22, of Cincinnati, arrived in Indianapolis in a portable iron lung after a 22 hour army air transport flight from the Panama canal zone. He was stricken with infantile paralysis in February and flown 3,548 miles to Billings general hospital at Fort Benjamin Harrison for treatment, aboard a special mission with a small crew and six medical attendants. Rufus E. White, Moeller’s fellow townsman, had cared for him from onset.
The report notes frosty June nights breaking long-time records from Blair to Madison with readings as low as 28 in Blair and 29 in Land O Lakes. River levels rise on the Chippewa and Mississippi with crest expectations near 11 feet at Durand and above current stages by June 7.
Death notices from various places report Jonathan Mayher Wain Wright 81, former assistant secretary of war and four term New York Republican representative. Emil Marie Bunoz 82, bishop of Prince Rupert. Col. Robert H. Pierson 70, chief surgeon with U.S. Army occupation in Germany. Gertrude Crownfield 68, author. Agnes Baden Powell 86, founder of Girl Guides and sister of Baden Powell.
Nuverne G. Jordie of Onalaska Wisconsin has advanced to chief motor machinist’s mate in the USNR aboard a destroyer escort in the Atlantic fleet. He wears the American theater and European African Middle Eastern theater ribbons with a bronze star. His wife is Beverly Young of La Crosse. His parents are Mr and Mrs Helmer Jordie. Twin brothers Earnest and Ervin, both 19, also serve in the Navy. Before joining, Jordie worked at Trane Manufacturing in La Crosse and is a .
In Rome a US Senate commerce subcommittee met with 250 American enlisted men at a Red Cross club. The Stars and Stripes notes questions on American Russian relations and European communism, with senators Hawkes Wheeler McFarland and Capehart guiding off the record discussion. The session covered war debt asks and criticism of Allied policies, highlighting civil education and democracy.
A Sheboygan couple died and another couple were injured when their car left Highway 67 near Armstrong and struck a tree. Walter Zoerner 50 and Eleanor 53 died in Fond du Lac hospital. Albert J Erdman 47 and his wife 48 were hospitalized. Erdman suffered cuts and bruises while his wife, sister of Mrs Zoerner, sustained a skull fracture and is in serious condition.
Ellen Medema four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Medema farmers near Huntier’s Bridge La Crosse County was shot with a 22 caliber rifle through the left shoulder in an accident at home Saturday. The rifle was picked up by her brother Glenn six years old who accidentally pulled the trigger. Ellen was taken to a hospital by county police ambulance and officials report she is not critically hurt.
Capt Richard E Gaspard son of Mr and Mrs Irving Gaspard of Puyallup Washington has been released to Allied forces in Germany after being listed as missing in action over Germany He is a 1942 West Point graduate whose family has ties to La Crosse Mr and Mrs Manuel Rosenstein 714 Cass Street were frequent visitors the last in 1941
Col. Albert L. Warner, head of the army public relations bureau intelligence division, said on the army hour program that B-29 Superfortresses may be massed into 1,000 plane fleets in Japan. The long planned raids mark one year since their first strike.
Halfway Lutheran holds meeting Thursday at 8 p m to elect committees for calling a new minister. Lewis Valley Lutheran to meet Sunday at 11 45 a m for the same purpose. Chile estimates it needs 300000 more houses.
Central and Logan high schools held baccalaureate services with Rev. Harold N. Stoffel urging graduates to adopt a Christian technique of life and to steer toward Christ as the door to fellowship with God. Dr. Cay Pederson echoed launching life with faith, urging grads to pursue high divine goals and trust in eternal life. Musical numbers accompanied the ceremonies at the Vocational school auditorium.
In New Orleans Bill Hayes 36 a war plant worker swam 17 miles to shore of Lake Pontchartrain Sunday to reach five companions after their boat capsized A Consolidated Vultee flying boat picked up the five men two hours later The 55 foot launch sank in a squall leaving the men on life mattresses for 23 hours Weidman Duke 32 Jerry Seabright 32 Lester Britson 31 Wallace W Goodey Jr 29 and Thomas Slavin 39 were the other fishing party members.
Lester Kirst of Sheboygan was installed as president of the Wisconsin organization Sons of Spanish War Veterans at the wartime convention closing session. Other officers elected include Paul Larson of Beloit as junior vice president Carl Freiberg of Fond du Lac as sergeant at arms and Bowden of Sheboygan as trustee.
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