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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1945
Page
1
Allied authorities weigh how to restart German industry amid postwar control. Krupp works seek permission to resume production while Allied officials, led by Lt Gen Leonard Gerow, maintain tight limits until a formal control council decision.
Chicago military forces prepared to enforce government seizure of truck lines amid a three corner wage dispute. Maj Alexander led the seizure as 805 of 14 000 drivers across two unions voted to strike while others stayed at work without incitement to stay away.
Manila dispatch reports 18 000 Allied forces captured by Japanese on Corregidor, with 13 000 unaccounted. Gen Douglas MacArthur’s HQ says another 3 260 who marched on the rock are listed as dead or missing. Prison camps in areas including Formosa are suspected holds.
A wartime labor committee in Appleton Wisconsin announced a protest against the Puhrmann canning factory for employing workers in a way deemed adverse to labor interests. The special committee plans to address the United Service and the company to seek redress.
Weather outlook shows cloudy and cooler tonight with a low around 34 degrees. Sunday remains cooler with a daytime high near 72 to 74 degrees and unsettled conditions.
Kazuyuki Maeda a 26 year old Japanese prisoner escaped from Camp McCoy Wisconsin while with a chemical warfare detail. He was captured a half mile away by military police after a short flight and offered no resistance. He is the fourth Japanese inmate to escape from the camp with prior incidents in April.
Bus drivers operating under a slowdown protest amid heat wave. Local 100 magendate workers union accuses New York Omnibus Corporation of coercion. Thousands of riders endure high temperatures as part of the industrial action.
San Francisco dispatch quotes Fred Hampson, veteran AP war correspondent, asserting the Japanese can drag out the war for 18 months if they choose, while acknowledging Allied pressure and current battlefield conditions. The remark frames a grim prognosis amid Pacific theater reporting.
Frederick J de Sloevere 58 longtime NYU Law School assistant dean since 1929 and author of several law books died Saturday. A native of Salem, he contributed to legal scholarship and university leadership.
Dr J F Thompson, Racine city health commissioner since 1932, announced on Saturday his resignation effective October 1 on his 68th birthday. He plans to retire to his farm nearby.
Madison lawmaking chaos unfolds as a conference panel fights over UW postwar building funds of 8 million versus 12 million while the assembly and senate kill about a hundred bills to finish before night. The session also advances a referendum on school transportation and approves a 72 595 for a radio network while debating cuts to natural gas taxes.
Alexander J. Caldwell 77 longtime former mayor of Oconto Falls died Saturday in Neenah following a ten day illness. He served as mayor of Oconto Falls and was a notable local figure in northeast Wisconsin. The funeral arrangements were pending.
Three American divisions drove across Hara Kiri plateau on Okinawa using flame throwing tanks to seize the last Japanese held heights. Buckner said the enemy could not last a week, with about 10,000 Japanese left on the plateau. The 96th Infantry completed the capture of Yaeju hill, the 1st Marines held Kunishi ridge, and the 7th Division advanced on Makaza as tanks pressed flat defensive positions despite heavy fire.
In San Francisco a dispute over a Big Five veto on future amendments to a world security charter spills into conference committee work as leaders push a Saturday UN session. Belgium, Mexico, and Colombia officials voice support or opposition while Russia presses reopening of debate.
London reports that the Big Three will convene in Berlin before July 26, as announced by 10 Downing Street. Prime Minister Churchill noted a firm date had not been set, with Bracken saying the meeting could occur during Britain’s election vote counts between July 5 and July 27.
In Wiesbaden Germany it was learned that Lieut. Gen. Sir Miles C. Dempsey's British 2nd Army, which fought from Normandy to Hamburg, will wind up its European operations within a few days and be redeployed for duty elsewhere.
British officials formally declined France's plan for a five power conference on Middle East issues. The note reiterates preference for a three power talks with France Britain and the United States, excluding Russia and China. The United States reportedly declined the invitation to attend the expanded conference.
Police say Russell Marvin Stamper kidnapped FBI agent B Scott Reardon in the 2400 block of Grenshaw Street Saturday, forcing him into a stolen car. Reardon fired during the ride, and Stamper died later at Bridewell Hospital.
Four people died when their car plunged through a guard rail on Highway 113 into 17 feet of Yahara River water near Madison. Coroner E A Py ruled the death accidental. victims include Paul A Coynes 49 and wife 34 both of Madison Constantine T Mermegis 28 of Madison and Cecelia Nowak 23 of Muscoda.
American forces under Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beigler breached Japanese lines in the Cagayan valley advancing 22 miles in 24 hours and freeing Santiago and Eca as they race a coming typhoon. Other units pressed along Agno River and Mindanao while Seventh Fleet Liberators hit Formosa, Saigon, and Shanghai targets.
Reports say 12 people were killed and about 100 wounded in a riot at Chambery as French crowds attacked a train carrying Spanish civilians returning from Germany. Official circles deny involvement of soldiers and say only civilians were aboard.
The navy said major east coast ports including New York Norfolk Balti more and Jacksonville briefly closed to ocean traffic in 1942 43 as mines laid by German U boats were cleared from harbor channels. The Pan ama Canal area Colon and Port Castries were also swept of mines. Chesapeake Bay entrance closed twice in 1942.
In Chungking more than 2000 people were unofficially estimated sick with cholera on Saturday as authorities rushed to halt the spread. Eating houses and soft drink establishments were closed to U S personnel, though no American soldiers reported cases.
Captured Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop was reportedly under questioning at General Eisenhower's Frankfurt headquarters. Ex-ambassador to London, 52, was searched in a flat raid by Belgian and British troops who found a taped poison phial later.
A Soviet government writer in Moscow charged that a small group of U S figures and allies support German Fascism. He named Rev Charles Coughlin Gerald Smith William Hearst Col Robert McCormick Senators Wiley Taft and others as likely sympathizers. He criticized Henry Luce and Booth Luce for defending fascist criminals and spreading anti Soviet rhetoric.
The Irish Press reports Sean T. O'Kelly has been elected president of Eire in an event confirmed by the government organ. His win marks a historic political milestone for Ireland as the nation heads into a new era.
Tokyo radio reported three Allied fleet movements from Borneo to Truk and Okinawa waters. The broadcasts claimed bombardment of Truk by cruisers and destroyers with a carrier strike, heightened U S naval presence near Japan, and Australian forces securing initial Borneo objectives. MacArthur said bombing runs hit Balikpapan and Tarakan as Morshead declared martial law in northwest Borneo.
It was officially announced that King Leopold would return to Belgium. As a result, Premier Achille van Acker’s government tendered its resignation to Regent Prince Charles.
Col. Edwin T. May of the 383rd Regiment, 96th Infantry Division, credited with the breakthrough that opened the Shuri line on Okinawa, was killed by machine gun fire June 5 while observing from his command post near Iwa village.
City police were notified Friday of the escape of Nickolas J. Da vid from the state prison farm at Waupun and the escapes of Donald Perz and Roger Evens from the industrial school at Waukesha on June 14. None are from La Crosse. Nickolas is five feet six inches tall, 133 pounds, blue eyes, light brown hair, wearing blue overalls and jumper jacket. Perz is 5'6" 136 pounds brown eyes light brown hair. Evens is 5'6" 148 pounds brown eyes black hair.
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