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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1944
Page
20
Five inches of snow fell Wednesday with an additional half inch overnight and another inch by noon Thursday in the local region. Meteorologist A. D. Sanial predicted continued snow showers with wind easing at night. Highs reached 29 and temps fell to 20 as highways remained open but slippery with some drifting on ridges.
At Madison the annual dairy manufacturers conference gathered over 300 milk production authorities to assess new processing techniques and their value to postwar dairy output. Speakers from condensaries, powdered milk plants, creameries, ice cream plants and cheese factories discussed the role of Wisconsin’s 3,000,000 dairy cows in the war food program and how science can better resist shipment abuses from arctic to tropics. Kenneth G. Weckel underscored tools to boost milk product supply for military and civilian needs.
Elizabeth New Jersey man Harry Eustis 2 jumped from a passenger train near Burlington depot at 6 10 a m. he walked along the tracks until picked up by Detective Roy Sampson four miles outside Stoddard Wisconsin. He was hospitalized then jailed on order of Judge R V Ahlstrom. Eustis was en route from Elizabeth to Washington state.
Herbert Rhodes and Norman Rowe, both 17, seniors at West Salem High School, passed their examinations as radio technicians. They travelled to Milwaukee for their first class, then will complete two weeks of boat training at Great Lakes before moving to Chicago for a ten month course.
Welcome Irvine sixty seven age? No, 57 dies suddenly at Oswald Johnson farm Burr Oak. Services Saturday 2 p m at Jostad funeral home West Salem with Dr Carl O Pederson La Crosse officiating. Interment Neshonoc cemetery. Friends may call Friday evening at Jostad home.
Institutes in radio and visual education will be held at the University of Wisconsin from July 17 to 22. The programs join the regular eight week and 15 week summer sessions and include a laboratory workshop in radio production and radio education as part of the long-running series of institutes and workshops.
Wisconsin mixed partly cloudy skies with continued cold tonight and Friday. Friday warms slowly with winds diminishing through tonight and Friday. Minnesota partly cloudy tonight and Friday with continued cold tonight and a warmer Friday as winds ease. Iowa partly cloudy tonight and Friday with continued cold tonight and a warmer Friday and winds diminishing tonight.
German high command acknowledged the loss of Col. Wilke in an air battle over western Europe. Wilke reportedly claimed 151 aerial victories.
New York prosecutors pressed for the death penalty for Wayne Lonergan, an assistant district attorney charging the Canadian craftsman killed his heiress wife in cold blood after being cut off from her money. The defense contends Lonergan was coerced, intoxicated, and tricked, and accuses officials of misconduct and coercion to obtain a confession.
A. E. Heins director of the war production board district office in Eau Claire will be at the Chamber of Commerce Friday from 9 a m to 4 p m to interview people interested in obtaining priorities.
The notice outlines rationing for meats fats and processed foods with stamps A8 through F8 and new stamps after May 1, 1945. Sugar stamps 30 and 40, gas and fuel oil ration details, and price ceilings for fruits and vegetables in La Crosse Wisconsin and Winona Minnesota, listing specific item limits and prices for a March 30 to April 4 week.
William Van Riper of Onalaska fined 100 dollars plus costs for drunken driving on March 25 along highway 53 with a one year license revocation. Elder H. Hoppmann paid 25 dollars. Ingwald Moen 1 dollar for parking. Clarence Harris pleads guilty to vagrancy with a six month jail term suspended if he leaves La Crosse within 24 hours. Police court fines issued to Lawrence Pillner and Charles Ristey for speeding and reckless driving. Real estate transfer records show John P and Gladys Bjerke selling Holmen property to Julius O and Anna Peterson.
In Jerusalem the Palestine situation grows tense as the 1939 white paper nears expiration. Curfew and death-penalty laws remain in force after bomb incidents that killed nine, including six Britons. Jewish and Arab leaders show little consensus on postwar plans or immigration limits.
The Kansas City Socony and four oil barges for Wadhams Oil Co arrive on the upper Mississippi as far as La Crosse opening the 1944 navigation season. They unloaded 1,750,000 gallons of gasoline and fuel oil at the local plant. A second shipment is expected in a few days.
Washington reports total war casualties at 173 239 for army navy and coast guard up 4 947 from the prior week. Army totals through March 15 show 130 619 casualties with 53 124 wounded 27 183 missing and 27 742 prisoners. Navy marines and coast guard total 42 620 with 18 087 killed 10 974 wounded 9 138 missing and 4 421 prisoners. Of the wounded 53 124, 27 296 have returned to duty.
Secretary of War Stimson reports 1943 results show 9,463 enemy planes destroyed in air, 1,579 on ground, with American losses of 2,809 in air and 76 on ground. World totals, regions, and balance of victories and losses detailed.
Workers favor a 48 hour week and prefer overtime opportunities. IN Wisconsin plants women are limited to 48 hours, while men seek extra and part time work. In one local war plant hours reach 60 to 66 weekly as applicants flock to longer schedules. Mrs Roosevelt discusses the president's requests and travel remarks.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt told reporters after a 14,000 mile Latin America bases tour that American servicemen have made very good names for themselves in those areas. She said the troops are well received by local people and emphasize good relations.
Scouters will plan the Camp Decorah summer program at a Thursday roundtable in the Vocational school. W Ingli notes outdoor advancement will be the major work. The senior camp staff is chosen and definite activity plans will be set at the roundtable. The roundtable includes Scouters from all city units.
Ole Johnson 85 of Black River Falls Wis died suddenly at home after building a morning fire. He came from Norway born July 27, 1858 and is survived by his wife and three sons August Johnson Racine Melvin Johnson and Pvt. Oswald Johnson Longview Texas. John Evenson 80 of Whitehall died in Cloquet Minn funeral set Friday. Dr Marshall J Surenson 72 of Viroqua died Monday night in La Crosse and funeral is Friday. he practiced medicine over 30 years and is survived by his wife two sisters and two brothers.
Los Angeles jury hears testimony from Lionel Bonini and other witnesses about Joan Berry and Chaplin and the allegedDecember 1942 romance. Giesler signals more defense witnesses as jurors mobile and Chaplin dozes at times amid courtroom flashbulbs.
Caledonia Minnesota Special A B Rosanen seeks reelection to the fifth district commissioner post. Rosanen currently heads the Houston county board while recovering from a serious illness in a La Crosse hospital.
Earl Klug five year old son of Mr and Mrs Virgil Klug four miles west of Caledonia sustained a fracture of his right arm above the wrist Saturday.
Chicago hogs and cattle mixed as buyers showed modest interest in heavy offerings. Wheat corn oats and barley futures drifted with slight gains and steady cash grain values. Milwaukee hogs strong gains led by higher butcher weights, while cattle remained steady to firm amid solid demand.
The War Department reports the army sends nearly seven million pounds of tin scrap to refining companies each month to conserve critical war materials. In May civilian collections totaled 74,040 pounds, while civilians accumulate about 30 million pounds monthly, with the army’s larger per capita share tied to more tin can use and better organized salvage operations.
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