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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1944
Page
10
Bus and truck operators are urged to check needs for replacing worn engines and parts and place anticipatory orders with dealers months in advance to ensure adequate supply. Edwin L. West of the La Crosse defense transportation office explains that dealers lack on hand rebuilt engines causing delays.
June 9 report from TWENTY-FIRST ARMY GROUP HEADQUARTERS describes American Rangers in Normandy who mistook four Germans for Americans. The unit encountered a German medic aiding wounded soldiers, while heavy fighting ended with the German unit neutralized and a wounded sergeant.
SHEBOYGAN Wisconsin four lan sing A Wilcox 98 of Cadett named commander of the Wisconsin Grand Army of the Republic at its 78th encampment opening with nine veterans in attendance. C L Hooker Superior is named to council of administration with Wilcox and Regli Miller and others as officers and Alma Cheesman Milwaukee kept as department secretary. du Lee chosen for the 1945 encampment.
Trempealeau county selective service board has issued a pre-induction call for June 22. A small quota of men from the county will travel to Milwaukee for their army physicals, reported by Clarence H. Johnson, clerk.
Ex Fascists allege graft permeated the Fascist regime and crippled Italy's war effort. They claim equipment was shoddy, conscription was bought, and airfields showed same planes twice. After Mussolini fell, the puppet republic intensified black market control, starving civilians and widening shortages.
An advertisement touts St. Jongh Aspirin as pure and fast acting. It markets itself as the world’s largest seller at 10¢ with claims of safety and superiority over competitors.
A blaze struck the Willard Mack farm home one mile west of Ettrick along Highway 53, likely started by a lightning strike. The Mack family escaped with two sons, the house suffered about five thousand dollars in damage, partial insurance coverage reported, and neighbors aided as the fire burned into the night.
Scientists using a high speed camera reveal that a lightning flash can rebound between the same cloud and ground points up to ten times, illustrating a complex interaction in a single discharge.
No arrests have been made in a two a.m. Sunday collision near Beaches Corners Ettrick involving a 1940 Chevrolet driven by Carl M. Dahl Blair and a 1936 Oldsmobile driven by Fred Rood La Crosse. Helen Evenson sustained slight bruises Mildred Dahl was cut and bruised John Anderson and Curtis Dahl were passengers. Rood's car suffered $300 damage and Dahl's $150. Sheriff Heath and Deputy Hewitt investigated.
Literature handed out by Sparta Cub Scouts marked the fifth war loan drive kickoff in Sparta Wisconsin. Citizens and solicitors began early, with Mrs Irving Zubatsky first to report to R E Wildes, district chairman, and Harry Benedict as the first rural reporter. Early returns were encouraging, Wildes said.
Maj. Thomas A. B. Dittor, an American adventurer who has fought under five flags and flown in air and sea campaigns, will speak at the first summer school convocation on June 14 at the La Crosse State Teachers College. He is a decorated veteran and noted writer with a globe spanning career.
Wisconsin women serve with the Wacs in England North Africa Italy Hawaii and other bases. More than 2 500 Wisconsin women are on duty across army forces with about one third overseas. Enlistees go to Fort Oglethorpe for six weeks basic training then proceed to requested assignments or specialist schools. A June 14 swearing in will kickoff training and recruitment info is at the federal building.
Sheriff C E Heath responded to a Unity farm home where Mrs Indiger and her son accused Arthur Indiger of disorderly conduct. He was jailed, transported to Arcadia for a preliminary hearing before Alex Foster, then scheduled for a Tuesday hearing in Whitehall before Justice P M Paulson. Prosecutor is D A Kostner of Arcadia.
Lancaster police halted a merchant seaman's 1,200 mile trip in an odd vehicle featuring a torpedo snout, a single headlight, airplane cockpit and dual exhaust flames but no license plates. The man said he rolled from New York to Detroit then to Lancaster unimpeded and must tow or license the vehicle before driving to Philadelphia.
A Tass dispatch from Switzerland quotes neutral arrivals saying that books pamphlets and pictures of the Atlantic wall have vanished from German bookshops and newsstands since the Normandy invasion. They were reportedly withdrawn on orders of the propaganda ministry.
A fleeting botanical curiosity highlights a cornucopia shaped clover leaf noted for its rarity and distinctive form, drawing interest from horticulturists and plant enthusiasts seeking unusual foliage.
The La Crosse Scandinavian Mutual Insurance company in Holmen reelected outgoing directors Elmer Swher and Oscar Gjestvang from West Salem and William Severson of Bangor at its annual meeting held Saturday at the Bank of Holmen. Other directors continuing in office are W. L. Christopherson of Bangor as president, John Everson of Rockland as vice-president, J. P. Johnson of Holmen as secretary and treasurer, and John Vestreng of Sparta plus Math Jostad and Walter Ofstedahl of Holmen.
The House voted 83 to 79 to strip the OPA of authority to set price ceilings on watermelons. The power limitation was approved tentatively as an amendment to the price control bill.
London authorities report German forces moved King Leopold from Brussels to Germany for security. Since the Normandy landings he has been kept under heavy guard as commander in chief of the Belgian army and a potential rallying point for resistance.
London notes the death of H W Stevenson aged 69 a world billiard champion in 1909 1910 and 1911.
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