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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1945
Page
1
Navy reports heavy Japanese resistance on Okinawa southern tip as Marines push from the north and south. Casualties rise with updated fatality totals and renewed forecasts of a homeland invasion, while pilots strike bases and shipping near Kyushu.
Australian Foreign Minister Evatt said the fight is on as the UN conference moves toward a showdown over Big Five veto rights. Delegates debate how veto power applies to all Security Council actions while small nations push for clearer rules and broader participation.
Allied air forces and naval units pounded Labuan and surrounding Borneo targets for an eighth day. Liberators and RAAF planes hit Ranau Jesselton Sandakan Kudat and Keningau while a Pados river bridge was damaged. Mindanao advances and operations near Baguio continued as Philippine campaign moved forward.
Carrier planes from Admiral Halsey’s 3rd Fleet attacked Kanoya naval airfield on Kyushu destroying 28 enemy planes on the ground and two in the air. Four American planes were lost but all pilots survived as further raids targeted Okino Daito and the Sakishima islands in the Ryukyus campaign.
AP reports civilians face shortages in eggs poultry and sugar as war strains persist. Almond substitutes loom. new can goods arrive but shortages may push below this year’s needs. Optimism comes from N Dodd of the agricultural agency noting strong western production and a record cattle slaughter near 38 million head. Midwest corn belt expected to boost fall pig output, while market timing may delay pork availability next year.
Paris report states the U S Ninth Army will close out the European theater on June 15, with the Twelfth Army revealing the plan. General William H. Simpson’s forces moved toward the Elbe, as American troops reached the river first.
Brig. Gen. Franklin A. Hart, assistant division commander of the 4th Marine Division, urges Americans to buy war bonds as a direct way to influence the war effort. He emphasizes bonds as power for victory and advises investing beyond the cost of living to support troops and allies.
Scattered thundershowers expected Sunday with little change in temperatures. Winds light to moderate from the southwest, highs near seasonal norms and risk of brief downpours in isolated sectors.
Paris radio reports fresh violence and new friction between French and British authorities in Syria. Britain seeks evacuation of special troops while French leaders argue Syrian troops cannot be separated from their families without risk of desertion.
Washington reports an Anglo American Yugoslav accord aims to halt the Trieste dispute until a peace conference. An Allied military government will govern Venezia Giulia, west of a line under Field Marshal Alexander, with Yugoslav forces limited to a small area east of the line and regular troops withdrawn.
The suspect in a robbery slaying was shot and killed as officers attempted to take him into custody. He was found hiding underwater in the Wisconsin River near Tomahawk a few hours after the incident in Ogema, Wisconsin.
La Crosse concert band opens its summer park program with a 3 p m performance today in Myrick Park under the direction of D R Wartinbee. More details appear on page 2.
Washington state that next week the house postwar committee will hear final witnesses on universal peacetime draft legislation. Generals Marshall and Eisenhower are among potential proponent witnesses, with Admiral King and others slated for sessions after Friday. Opponents will be led by ex-secretary of the navy Jacobs and others as hearings run six days with church, educator and labor voices also invited.
Milwaukee magnate Henry Wehr wills roughly 500000 to Mrs Georgette Moran a Loop cosmetics shop operator Louis Quarles says about 2000 of the estate is real estate Wehr a board chairman left the fortune to Mrs Moran a World War I widow Any relative who contests is cut off Wehr's sister Mrs Louise Falk notes Moran was liked by the family and Wehr reportedly planned to marry her
A blaze of undetermined origin started in the basement paint department of the Montgomery Ward store in downtown Gary causing an estimated $500,000 damage on Saturday.
Spanish government spokesmen denied Adolf Hitler was in Spain despite rumors raised by Soviet commandant Col. Gen. Nikolai Bezarin. Estimates place German residents in Spain between 20,000 and 50,000 as Allied authorities investigate officially protected Nazis. Some Madrid residents speculate on Hitler’s presence, but no sightings have been reported.
Supers Lash Japan again striking five Japanese industrial sites on Honshu in daylight. About 100 Mustangs escorted the bomber flights, hitting targets in the Tokyo area including Hitachi Chiba plant and Tomioka plant near Yokohama.
La Crosse hosts a veterans led Flag Day parade and park program as part of the Seventh War Loan drive. Notables include Chief Torpedoman W A Lewis and others aboard the destroyer Craven with WWII action references.
Chinese high command reports troops cleared and pursued remnants into Indo China frontier. General Chang Fah-kwei’s forces seized Chungchingfu and Szelo as Japanese units withdrew toward Caobang and Hanoi while counterattacks surged in Kwangsi to disrupt a Chinese offensive near Liuchow.
Allied reporters describe Berlin as a burned and blasted capital with vast destruction across the greater city. Col. Gen. Bezarin notes 45 percent of buildings beyond repair while bomb and artillery pounding left downtown obliterated as Berlinites vow the city will rise again.
Miss E A Chandler, bachelor of science from London, has been named rat destruction officer in Douglas Isle of Man, becoming the first woman to hold the post.
James Augustus Cooper, a 101-year-old tree trimmer in Racine Wisconsin, cut down 14 small trees on a landscaping job Saturday morning then married Julia Wespaper that afternoon in her home. The ceremony was interrupted by 20 to 25 neighborhood youngsters who staged a charivari. A reception and dinner followed with a beef roast and a three tier wedding cake.
In Rio de Janeiro amid wartime scarcity a cattleman named Irondino Alves Ferreira offers to trade 50,000 choice cattle heads a month for 1000 liters of gasoline. Meat remains rationed while Ferreira aims to secure fuel.
General Stilwell met with Admiral Nimitz here and then inspected troops at Okinawa. The "Vinegar Joe" commander, a veteran of the Asiatic mainland campaign, has held strategic talks with five star Pacific leaders. Earlier reports say Stilwell met General MacArthur in Manila.
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