Three American Editors End Tour Seeking Free News Flows
Free World Press reports three editors Wilbur Forest Ralph McGill and Dean Carl Ackerman returned from a 40000 mile tour. They urged peace treaty pledges to keep news uncensored at its source and to protect a free flow of information in signatory nations. They met Soviet Russian and other officials noting mixed press freedom and government controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Wilbur Forest
New York Herald-Tribune
Ralph McGill
Atlanta Constitution
Carl Ackerman
Graduate School of Journalism
Columbia University
Moscow
Harriman
L. A. Lazovsky
United States
Russia
Pravda
Izvestia
Talensky
America
U. S
Galaktionov
Hanson Baldwin
New York Times
Mark Sullivan
Romania
Davadas Gandhi
Mahatra
India
France
Ike's Congress Receptions Mark General as Allied Leader
General Eisenhower impressed Congress with a clear speech and modest bearing. The piece notes potential reshuffles, with General Marshall shaping plans and Eisenhower possibly joining the Joint Chiefs or aiding in Far East strategy as Europe nears victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Europe
Armed Services
Allied Control Commission
General Marshall
General Eisenhower
Marshall
Stimson
General Pershing
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Japan
Far East
Berlin
United States
What Others Think LOOKING TO PEACE
A Stevens Point Journal piece notes Americans favor resumed civilian production even while pledging to wartime effort. Early motor car output and tires top interest, with plans for steamship and air travel, large laundry machines, refrigerators and deep-freeze units as easing restrictions advance toward peace with postwar growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens Point
Japan
Europe
Earth
Outrage Over Refugees and Inflation Threats Voices Across Aisles
A compilation of wartime quotes from Rep Har ld Knutson and Chester Bowles critiquing refugees profits and inflation. Other remarks praise McKellar politeness in Washington while field marshal Kesselring is described as a genius whose ideas are sometimes misunderstood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Knutson
Minnesota
Fuehrer
Field Marshal
Albert Kesselring
Torch of press freedom lights a wider world
The speaker argues ASNE seeds may grow into reforms in government and society. They warn of blackout in fascist countries and say editors cannot reform all institutions but will hold the torch for greater press freedom globally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASNE
Housing jam in Washington as war workers swell ranks
Washington officials report severe housing strain as about 275 living quarters requests arrive daily with 190 located. The war housing center asks homeowners who never housed before to take in tenants while agencies recruit staff for postwar needs. Numbers show growing federal hires, with the FBI and OPA expanding, and veterans plus families seeking nearby homes intensifying the shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
War Housing Center
Ashington
OPA
Census Bureau
FBI
Navy
War Department
Geleeaeaetenaatiinae
Veterans of Foreign Wars planes visit La Crosse amid rain
Three goodwill airplanes from Black River Falls, piloted by Bill Gettelman Ed Berg and Peter Milton, landed at Pfafflin airport on French Island. Bernard Mader La Crosse cyclist is named La Crosse representative of the Amateur Bicycle League of America. Bertha Buelow of the La Crosse Public Library staff leaves for the American Library Association convention in Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans of Foreign Wars
la Crosse
Black River Falls
Pfafflin Airport
French Island
Bill Gettelman
Ed Berg
Peter Milton
Bernard
Ben) Mader
Amateur Bicycle League of America
Bertha Buelow
la Crosse Public
MR IN BETWEEN Banned as Antwerp Rebuilds Diamond Trade
The middle man is eliminated as Antwerp reestablishes the diamond cutting industry. Of the prewar 15 000 workers only about 1200 now live in Antwerp while the government offers active support. Uncut diamonds will be released and turned into cut stones for auction sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
Belgium
Badger GOP Split Deepens Between Administration and Party
Wisconsin politics sees a formal split as Gov. Goodland’s administration and the Republican state organization part ways, with Tom Coleman signaling independent action to build a harmonized state ticket next year while maintaining uneasy relations with the governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Badger Gop
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Republican State Organization
Republican State Administration
Goodland
Tom Coleman
Republican Organization
Coleman
GOP
Republican Legislative Caucus
Questions and Answers From The Tribune Information Bureau
A reader service provides fact answers on widows and widowers in 1940, colored eye lenses history, origin of weather reports in newspapers, ranks of U S Marine Corps leaders, Omaha and Utah beaches naming, wartime pension eligibility for a veteran’s divorced wife, and a children’s book offer. The item promotes the 32 page Children’s Book with a 10 cent postpaid coupon.
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Tribune, Information Bureau
Eye Street
N. E
Washington, D. C
la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
Eye St
China Coast Reports Map War Moves From Chungking
J M Roberts Jr notes Japan withdrawing northward along the coast with Wenchow evacuation amid fear of Soviet entry. Amoy Swatow left exposed while Hangchow Shanghai northward thrusts press, Bias Bay reinforcements near Hong Kong. Chinese papers foresee American coastal invasion as a sidelight to main campaign against Japan.
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Chungking
China
Wenchow
Russia
Amoy
Swatow
Hangchow
Shanghai
Indo-China
Malay Peninsula
Bias Bay
Hong Kong
Kowloon
Japan
Hong Kong Canton
Formosa
Foochow
Okinawa
Siangshan
Sapmen
Taichow
To Ee
Kungning
Nanning
Europe
Just Call Me Mac Aboard Coast Guard Vessel Okinawa
Douglas N. MacArthur is a Coast Guard storekeeper second class aboard a manned assault transport near Okinawa. The 2 year old child Janice and wife Barbara live at 117 South Street, Waltham, Massachusetts. He is nicknamed Mac and sometimes General though not related to the Philippine liberator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Okinawa
Coast
Okinawa Forces See Horse Charge Beach During Invasion
A frightened horse ran along the invasion beach at Okinawa as bombardment battered the island 360 miles from Japan. Marines watched the animal race the shore, then vanish, with one saying the horse, though it didn’t win, ranks with Seabiscuit in their minds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okinawa
Coast Guard
Considerate Thief Leaves Ration Books Intact
Mrs. Dorothy Jean Young found patriotism among thieves after her pocketbook vanished from a G. C. Murphy Co. counter while ration books remained in the restroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Dorothy Jean Young
G. C. Murphy Co
La Crosse Tribune and Leader-Press Reference Notes
Publication details for the La Crosse Tribune and Leader-Press include daily and Sunday editions. It lists address at 4th and Cass Streets La Crosse Wisconsin editor UTiful A W Rice and notes AP news rights and syndicate membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Crosse Tribune and Leader-Press
la Crosse Tribune Co
4Th and
Cass Sts
la Crosse
Wis
Utiful
A. W. Rice
Tribune and Leader-Press
Lee Syndicate
TED Press
Associated Press
Italian Front Proves Brazilians Fight Well
Brig. Gen. John N. Greely, of the Inter American Affairs office, says Brazilian expeditionary troops in Italy have shown equal courage to any Allied force. He notes Brazil’s army is proven a reliable power in war and in peacetime as he returns from a tour of the front.
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Chicago
Ill
Italy
John N. Greely
Coordinator of
Inter American Affairs
Euope
Brazil
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LA Crosse Tribune
Free World Press
Ike
Chester Bowles
CPA
Sen
Kenneth D. McKellar
Tennessee
E. H. Crump
Memphis
Doris Odlum
Prosenenen National Council For Mental Health
Lon
James Marlow
Tribune
la Crosse State Normal School
Ernest A. Smith
Mary Farnam
Columbus
la Crosse Normal School
Amelia Ziegweid
Carl Ahrens
North 10Th Street
Concordia Society
August Houthmaker
Frank Gautsch
Emil Guenther
Henry Kinder
16Th and Farnam Streets
Interstate Oil Company
la Crosse Motor Truck Company
Stephen Martindale
University of Michigan
Main Street
Pacific Electric Company
R. J. May
Russell James
Portland
Ore
Peterman
Peterman’s
J. R. Williams
John Wyngaard
Coleman-Goodland
Gov. Goodland
Leason
The
Haskin Service
England
Smithsonian Institution
Washington Star
U. S. Marine
Alexander A. Vandergrift
Omaha Beach
Normandy
Omaha
Utah
State
Dean
Rock of Ages
J. M. Roberts, Jr
China Coast
NaHeas Roof Service
Sears
F.H.A
la Crosse, Wis
Cudahy
Johnny
Roy
Johnny Joneses
Tang
Ole Dutch Clean
Puritan
Pigh
Loni
Cudahy Packing
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