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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1944
Page
6
Wendell Willkie urges a national view on regulating commerce as the Supreme Court expands federal power. Critics say the court rewrites the commerce clause, undermining traditional amendment processes and prompting calls for responsible government and constitutional reform.
President Roosevelt’s approval revived plans for La Crosse’s airport after a stop order disrupted the project. Contractor crews left for Baraboo on other work, but with frost out of the ground and orders reinstated, AGT contractors likely to begin soon. Senator Gillette of Iowa pressed the case, securing hearings and backing for airport development across several cities.
A 1944 column recalls flag day’s meaning as American banners rise over liberated towns in Europe. The piece notes the flag's quickening impact on soldiers and civilians, urging reverence in La Crosse and across allied campaigns to replace oppression with freedom.
A visitor to Eisenhower’s office notes the Allied leader keeps only The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Prayer Book and Hitler’s Generals on his desk. The choice signals an uncluttered mind focused on essentials as Oliver Cromwell’s advice to trust in God and keep powder dry echoes the wartime ethos.
War-painted Indian troops landed in France as early paratroops and dropped in silently without signaling for the Germans.
A brief note says drivers who speed often realize their error after a crash, highlighting the role of practical judgment in road safety. It frames the lesson as a consequence of unsafe driving rather than a moral failing, urging caution behind the wheel.
Wartime inland waterways move vast cargo as 5 000 barges and 1 000 tow boats speed war materiel from Europe and Asia toward Axis targets. The Mississippi and Ohio haul 148.565 billion ton miles annually with 95 percent tied to war production, easing rail and truck bottlenecks.
The article notes a contest by the national victory garden institute to crown America's champion gardener with a $1,000 war bond first prize. It blends wartime morale with friendly quips on summer heat and thrift, and mentions various light anecdotes from daily life.
The CIO political action committee has grown from a dull topic to a nationwide influence. Since July it has set up 14 regional offices, registered workers to vote, and endorsed a fourth Roosevelt term to turn Congress pro labor. Critics questioned legal limits, but investigations cleared PAC as Dies and allies faced defeats in primaries.
The Rev. Lester W. Seemann earns a master of science from Catholic University in Washington. Bertha Day leaves for New York to sail to Europe. Miriam Marti Catherine Farrand and Virginia Baker return from Sweet Briar College. John J. Ablett departs for Seattle. B F Keeler becomes grand master of Wisconsin Masons in Milwaukee. Rev. David C. Jones earns a doctor of divinity from Carroll College in Waukesha. La Crosse high school seniors approach commencement and alumni banquet events.
John Koblitz selected as representative to the annual carriers convention at Racine on June 18 by the La Crosse branch of the Wisconsin Letter Carriers association. Charles Werner named alternate. Jay Williams from Sparta departed for Alaska for a survey position. The German Lutheran church starts its summer school at West Salem tomorrow. Margaret Siegler of Milwaukee reengaged as teacher.
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones said Mexico would likely prevent a sugar beet shortage by sending workers to the United States. Mexico raised its June quota to 20 000 from 14 000, with 15 states led by Wisconsin and Michigan employing most of the importees and existing Mexican workers.
New York report says Gert Hans Von Gontard 37 German-born grandson of Adolphus Busch and three co defendants were acquitted of conspiracy to evade the selective service act by a federal court jury after a 12 hour 9 minute deliberation.
Miss Bernice Weigel, Allamakee county health nurse for five years, resigns to take a similar position in Dodge county Minnesota with headquarters at Kasson. Rosello Sando will head the office and emergency calls will be handled by Miss Margaret Maxwell of Decorah.
Washington reporters learn of June fleet growth with six 45,000 ton Kowa class battleships and Iowa class armament, Alaska Guam Hawaii cruisers, a 45,000 ton carrier, 2,200 ton destroyer escort vessels, large landing ships, and luxury transport capable of long sea voyages.
In Madison the Republican party appears virtually certain to control Wisconsin state government for 1945 and 1946 as candidates filed for most legislative districts. Democrats and Progressives fielded opponents in about half the districts, while Socialists and Marxists also show strong candidacies the report notes.
Wisconsin rural electrification cooperatives have independently declared and sustained a boycott of a service bureau created by the state agriculture department five years ago. The division is led by Robert Merrill of Eau Claire, who prior to the war did little but wait as REA cooperatives expanded under Republican rule.
The Liberty ship Carole Lombard received official commendation from the British Royal Navy for rescuing survivors of a British freighter landed at Colombo, Ceylon. Capt. Nelson M. Amy of Baltimore, Md. commands the American freighter named for the star who died in a war bond tour. The ship was launched in January at Wilmington, California.
Dr Norman D Newell of the University of Wisconsin is appointed professor of stratigraphy and paleontology at Johns Hopkins University succeeding Dean E W Berry. He is currently doing geological studies for the Peruvian government.
Overcast skies and a heavy shower marked the morning across the Dover strait. Light winds kept seas calm with excellent visibility coast to coast. At 8 a m the temperature read 57 degrees.
The La Crosse Tribune and Leader Press publishes daily afternoons and Sunday morning from La Crosse Wisconsin with Wise as editor and Burgess as publisher. The paper is a Lee Syndicate member and an Associated Press member, with postmark dating from 1904.
DeWitt Mackenzie notes a sunny patch aided the Allied invasion and air forces. He cites Allied air and sea superiority over Hitler's forces, with about 1,750 fighter planes and 500 bombers versus 11,000 Allied warplanes.
The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau provides answers to questions of fact. Topics include health color of plasma, POW mail restrictions, origin of Conestoga wagon, size of the Biltmore Estate, meaning of Kevin, number of psychiatrists, Hadrian’s sight restoration, jumping mice leaps, heliophobe, and Sappho’s poetry burning.
The Old Cane Ridge Meeting House near Paris Kentucky is the primitive log building where Barton Stone founded the Disciples of Christ in 1804. The current structure predates 1829 and has been partly restored.
A compact puzzle list of clues across and down from screen star to chafe features. The item presents numbered clues for horizontal and vertical entries with definitions and partial hints for film and general knowledge terms.
The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau offers the booklet Care of the Feet with general home treatment guidance. Send 10 cents postpaid to 316 Eye St. N.E. Washington D C with name address and mail to Washington D C.
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