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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1945
Page
1
County urged to meet Seventh War Loan targets as only 69 percent of E bonds filled locally. State and national totals lag, with period ending May 14 showing sales advancing toward record levels. Corporate and individual quotas cited, aiming to surpass earlier drive figures.
Forecast calls for scattered thundershowers this evening with partial clearing late tonight and into Thursday. Temperatures reach a high near 78 with tonight’s lows around 62 as the city cools slightly.
Washington reports a fiscal year ending with near 100 billion dollars in outlays and about 46 billion in receipts, setting two world records. Officials anticipate lower spending and revenues in fiscal year 1946 starting July 1, barring wartime catastrophes.
Secretary of State Stettinius and other members of the U S delegation to the San Francisco conference were warmly welcomed back to Washington by the senate foreign relations committee. Senator Connally led the returning delegates as the panel met them at the airport after their west coast flight.
Beirut headquarters reported two British soldiers wounded when French forces in Aleppo opened fire on the home of the Arab district commissioner. The same night six Syrians allegedly fired on a French supply depot in Jamiliye district. French and British patrols dispersed the crowd.
Civic leaders and residents pressed the mayoral committee for urgent development of low-cost housing near the old airport site in La Crosse. They cited 300 unsuitable dwellings in surrounding areas, urged a master street plan and building code, and sought city engagement with state planners for a demonstration housing district with playgrounds and a shopping center.
The federal communications commission decided that frequency modulation radio should be broadcast in the 92 106 megacycles band. Present FM sets are not built for this band but a converter is demonstrated to adapt them. Future FM sets must conform to the new allocation.
Washington D C The House Judiciary Committee approved by one vote a plan to make the Speaker of the House next in line for the presidency after the vice president The measure 10 to 9 would substitute the speaker for the secretary of state and provide for a special election in case of a vacancy The bill follows President Truman s succession views and now goes to Rep Sam Rayburn the current speaker for consideration
William A Platz assistant attorney general leading an illegal lobbying probe into a gambling bill said he will summon all 133 legislators to testify. Subpenas were mailed to 33 state senators with assemblymen to be called later. Questioning of senators begins Monday before Circuit Judge Herman W Sachtjen.
Washington reports Capitol Hill expects the army to reduce the discharge score from 85 points to 80 or 78. Final decision will follow reports from field commanders to the War Department.
San Francisco reports outline of the United Nations charter as signing closes. Key points include headquarters locations to be decided with candidates like Geneva The Hague London Vienna and bids from Philadelphia San Francisco and the Black Hills. An interim commission will meet in London. Ratification by 28 of 50 nations is needed for start, with cabinet rank possible for security council representative. The Big Five plus six elected members form the security council, the general assembly will elect its non‑Big Five, and regional arrangements and trusteeships are outlined for disputes and colonial governance.
The Associated Press reports more than 90 000 workers idle nationwide due to strikes with Detroit leading a high of over 50 000 idle. Government labor officials warn of mounting disputes while Chicago drivers end an 11 day walkout. Ford, Packard, Budd, Hudson plants add to the totals as 15 000 glass workers remain on strike in 11 cities.
The La Crosse Concert Band will perform its third concert of the season tonight at 8 oclock in Copeland Park. The program details appear on page 3.
A 25 pound spoonbill fish died after three weeks in Riverside pond near Lake Pepin. River side park fisheries superintendent Harry Canfield reports youths climbed into the pond for sport, causing the death and urging better cooperation to protect the park fish.
Tokyo radio relayed unconfirmed reports of a fresh Allied landing on Kume in the Central Ryukyus, about 50 miles west of Okinawa, with heavy fighting described as ongoing. A second Tokyo broadcast floated the possibility of a China coast assault as preparation for invading Japan.
President Truman lands in Kansas City for his first trip back to his native Missouri since taking office. The trip underscores his prominence as he prepares to address local audiences and discuss national issues while in state capital and nearby stops.
President Truman plans a 4 p.m. press conference in Memorial Hall Independence to reveal an important announcement after arriving from San Francisco and Kansas City. Charles G. Ross withheld details. Mrs Truman and Margaret to join the homecoming with a city dinner honoring World War I veterans from Battery D.
In a heated House debate Rep. Keefe Wisconsin demanded a vote on continuing the Fair Employment Practices Committee FEPC. Chairman Cannon Missouri accused Keefe of misleading the country. The clash ended when Cannon withdrew the accusation.
British Indian troops of the 14th Corps pursue Japanese forces fleeing from Burma toward Thailand. They attacked and occupied most of a village 24 miles east-northeast of Pegu, inflicting unknown casualties, according to Southeast Asia Command headquarters on Wednesday.
In Berkeley California at 6 13 3 a m a University of California instrument record noted a large quake. Professor Perry Byerly estimated the epicentral distance at about 1000 miles, likely in Mexico.
President Truman wraps up the San Francisco conference urging immediate ratification of the United Nations charter. He travels via Independence to Washington to push Senate action by Monday, pledging broad domestic support and stressing Allied unity as key to a lasting peace.
A three cent stamp bearing Franklin D. Roosevelt’s portrait went on sale in Washington on Wednesday as the first of four memorial issues. It will be available at post offices nationwide starting Thursday.
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