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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1945
Page
7
Fred MacMurray and Joan Leslie headline a Hollywood musical with Joan Fontaine in a parallel set of romances. The film features 16 costume changes, Gershwin and Weill on the score, and a comic plot about mistaken identities and era hopping.
A La Crosse nurse found a third of public school children have vision problems before entering class. Miss Myrtle Fisor notes many defects go uncorrected and urges parents to obtain periodic eye exams so children start school in fall with better health.
Lieutenant Governor Oscar Rennebohm, in a farewell senate address, says newspapers have sought to crucify him and never say a decent word about his conduct. He praises the senate for cooperation while condemning press criticism and credits Conrad Shearer and Lawrence Larsen for help during the session.
Washington reports seizure of Jop-held oil fields in Borneo will not greatly reduce domestic stock drain. High octane fuel needs for army trucks planes are huge. Some Borneo oil may be used as ship fuel, but building capacity could take a year or more. Even larger Dutch East Indies fields would only partly meet Allied needs.
A weeklong schedule features Fred MacMurray and Joan Leslie with June Haver in a film from today through Wednesday. The following Thursday and for one week shows Affairs Of Susan starring Joan Fontaine, George Brent, Don DeFore, and Dennis OKeefe.
A listing of films showing Monday through Sunday featuring stars such as Mike Parks Jeanne Bates Saddle Leather Law Charles Starrett Hillary Brooke Stirling Hayden Joy Reese Warren Burr Henry O Neill George Brent Paul Lukas and Joan Crawford plus actors Conrad Veidt Basil Rathbone and Red Ryder. The schedule includes titles What a Blonde Above Suspicion and Vigilantes Of Dodge City with West Coast and studio era performers across multiple days.
A listing of stars in two films, The Thin Man Goes Home featuring William Powell Myrna Loy Lucile Watson Gloria DeHaven Anne Revere and Helen Vinson, and This Man's Navy starring Wallace Beery Tom Drake James Gleason Selena Royle Noah Beery.
Today only The Princess and the Pirate stars Bob Hope and Virginia Mayo with Walter Brennan in Virginia. The rest of the week features Take it Or Leave It with Phil Baker Edward Ryan and Marjorie Masson on Monday and Tuesday, Preisser with Freddie Slack and Silent Partner, and Naughty Marietta with Jeanette MacDonald Nelson Eddy and Frank Morgan on weekend shows.
Broadcast schedules detail a two day, two city welcome for General Eisenhower with live ties to Washington and New York. The plan includes arrivals, a parade to the Capitol, a joint session of Congress, and assorted radio programs across networks from MBS to NBC CBS and ABC.
Corpsman Charles Hanson of the 36th Division 7th Army helped take about five towns in the Vosges in nine days of combat. He was wounded November 30, treated in a nearby town, returned to the States by March, received a 30 day furlough, and faces possible honorable discharge due to a stiff right arm. He earned the Purple Heart and Combat Infantryman Badge and plans further education under the GI Bill if discharged.
A. E. Russell, 48, Neillsville furniture store owner, collapsed three hours after his daughter Marcia, 21, earned a bachelor of arts at Ripon College commencement. He died at the Kappa Sigma Chi sorority house. Survivors include his widow, two daughters, a son, his father J. E. Russell, and three brothers.
Appointments for the fluoroscopic chest clinic to be held Friday June 22 may be made with Helen Hanson county nurse. The monthly clinic will be in the Vocational school from 8 am to 3 pm. Tubercular examinations open to all, with emphasis on county teachers to use the facilities this month.
Agriculture officials expect greater margarine use after the war versus prewar consumption. They cite it as a spread choice rather than a cooking fat, with the extent of the rise depending on price and national income. If incomes stay low, people will seek cheaper spreads.
The ruber goecent guayule is not a recent discovery. It was identified over 90 years ago by Dr. Bigelow near Indico Texas and is a relative of sunflowers.
One hundred housewives in a Birmingham residential area formed a weekly health and beauty class to fill evenings at home while husbands take care of the children.
Powell and Loy headline The Thin Man Goes Home at the Rivoli a fast moving murder mystery featuring Nick Nora and their wire haired terrier Asta. The plot follows a birthday party murder while the film journey includes a visit to Nick's parents in Sycamore Springs. The page also notes This Man's Navy starring Wallace Beery with Tom Drake and Jan Clayton and mentions Experiment Perilous with Heddy Lamarr and George Brent starting at the midnight show.
Washington report notes labor leaders growing confident the administration will adjust wage policy to offset lower take home pay with a shorter work week. The War labor board conducts exhaustive studies while Chairman George W. Taylor hints a reform policy will come in weeks. War Mobilizer Vinson and Economic Stabilizer Davis suggest changes are in the works despite Truman’s stance on the steel wage formula.
Washington officials handling tire production and rationing grapple with distributing remaining supplies to the most needy after essential motorists are served. A screening method may be needed for the millions without A B or C cards as inventories tighten the path to easing restrictions.
The Agriculture Department reports French civilians may average 2100 calories daily in 1946, about 75 percent of prewar intake and roughly double Germany's planned ration. Wine is excluded from the figure. Real intake will vary due to black market and inequities.
La Crosse Wisconsin officer Lieut. Colonel Frank J. Spettel of the 44th Infantry Division, 7th Army, is awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service in action against the enemy in the campaign from Luneville France to Austria, culminating with contact with the 5th Army in Italy on V E Day. Major General William F. Dean announces the honor.
The article notes that the modern quince traces its origins to Persia, highlighting historical cultivation and early fruit varieties associated with the region.
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