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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1945
Page
1
In Moscow witnesses from Poland’s underground government and Home Army testified about debt blows to bridges and killings of Russian soldiers. They said directives urged attacking Soviet targets, with some witnesses recounting specific incidents and orders to blow bridges and disrupt traffic.
King Leopold of Belgium announced he has resumed full constitutional prerogatives and there is no abdication. Dispatches from Brussels report protests at the king’s return, with strikes stopping coal mines in the Liege district.
A Senate appropriations subcommittee restored nearly the full OWI budget, approving 39.75 million dollars for the Office of War Information. With expected full Senate approval, the measure will likely go to conference with the House which approved 18 million. General Marshall urged restoring house cuts and Eisenhower’s message supported a larger OWI appropriation.
Fair tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Temperatures around 55 degrees tonight and similar highs on Wednesday.
Rear Admiral Felix B Stump of Charleston West Virginia has been appointed chief of the naval air technical training command in Chicago. He replaces Rear Admiral H S Kendall who will take a sea command. The 9th Naval District announced the change on Tuesday.
Millions lined streets as Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived in New York greeted by police estimates of six million people over two hours. He urged strength and tolerance for peace and spoke to a packed city hall park before a 25 car motorcade through Central Park.
General Douglas MacArthur announces a new command under Lieut. Gen. Wilhelm D. Styer to manage supplies as ground forces move toward Tokyo. AFWESPAC, based in Manila, takes over U S Army logistics from MacArthur's command to maintain food, arms, equipment, and personnel for the advance.
Paris reports that American troops of the 12th corps uncovered securities gold and jewelry worth over 5 billion dollars hidden by Germans at Regensburg. The cache in the Regensburg Reichsbank vaults included Bavarian and Austrian wealth and topped a prior April find in the Merkers salt mine. Lieut. John J. Stack Jr. led the seizure, part of the corps’ earlier central Germany discoveries before Germany’s surrender.
In Kenosha Wisconsin Tom Tutlewski six died after falling from a breakwater into Lake Michigan while minnows were being seined. His eight year old brother was present but unharmed.
The 10th Army crushed southern Okinawa defenses advancing toward final victory. Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was mortally wounded by shell fire, and Adm. Nimitz noted Buckner’s death coincided with the campaign’s near end. Japanese garrison of at least 85,000 fought back as U.S. troops moved from Nagasuku inland toward Mabuni.
United States submarines sunk 11 more enemy ships in far eastern waters, including two light combatant vessels. Noncombatant losses listed include a medium cargo vessel two medium tankers a medium merchant vessel two small cargo vessels and three small merchant vessels. The toll now reads 1153 Japanese losses by submarines with 138 combatant ships and 1015 noncombatant.
Thousands of soldiers and seized trucks move vital cargo as government takes control of two unions in Chicago. Officials report reduced violence and widespread compliance while 12 000 trucks remain unmanned and an embargo on inbound freight is in place. The operation aims to force drivers back to work amid war labor disputes.
Lieut. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was killed by a Japanese shell while observing the Marine 8th Regimental Combat Team s assault on Okinawa Easter morning. He died after being carried to shelter, the highest ranking American casualty to fall in the Pacific.
Paris reports Marcel Deat former minister of labor and internal solidarity under the Vichy regime was condemned to death by a court of justice in absentia. The sentence marks a postwar effort to address collaboration. Deat faces execution in absentia.
The Wisconsin assembly adjourned after debating a sick care benefit plan for state and county medical associations. It refused to concur in raising salaries for the attorney general secretary of state and state treasurer and superintendent of schools. A $600,000 diagnostic center was approved for the public welfare division as part of the postwar building program.
In London the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. G F Fisher urged English and Russian Orthodox churches to lead in restoring faith and order in Europe. Welcoming a Russian delegation at Westminster, he said victory imposes responsibility on both peoples and that peace depends on continuing wartime comradeship.
Gov. Goodland signed legislation Tuesday to extend privilege tax cigarette tax dividend tax and inheritance tax beyond June 30. The package preserves about 15 million dollars in annual revenue for the state.
U S Army Air Forces says 450 B 29 Superfortresses bombed Shizuoka Toyohashi and Fukuoka on Honshu and Kyushu. The raids began about 3 a m with incendiaries from low altitude. Fukuoka Toyohashi and Shizuoka host ordnance and aircraft factories and military facilities.
Washington committee wraps public hearings on compulsory peacetime military training and begins drafting a formal report to Congress. Final witnesses include Reps Dirksen Bolton Celler and Lewis voicing varied views on universal vs voluntary training and the role of colleges.
Gov. Goodland signed 18 bills including a veterans reemployment extension to 90 days after service and six month employer rehiring window. The measures also grant municipalities authority to operate parking lots and install meters to fund street and lot maintenance.
President Truman urged Congress to place the Speaker of the House next in line for the presidency should he be unable to serve. He argued the speaker should resign from Congress and serve only until a new president and vice president are elected, with the line then passing to the president pro tempore if no qualified speaker exists.
Washington report shows corporations have invested over 3 billion dollars in the seventh war loan drive. Total sales reach 8.903 billion, 63.6 percent of the 14 billion quota, with corporations accounting for 3.049 billion and individuals for 2.638 billion in E bond sales.
Gov. Andrew Schoeppel declared Friday June 22 Eisenhower Day in Kansas in honor of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower of Abilene. He urged citizens to observe the day fittingly to honor his service to human freedom.
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