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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1944
Page
8
CCC offers to buy the full co operative wool clip, with notes on farmer margins and cooperative vs private handlers. It describes flat advance payments on delivery to receivers and full graded advances for wool sent to the Milwaukee warehouse, with higher returns for cooperative sales on average.
Charles Muender from Viroqua advises Vilas county farmers to test soils before lime and fertilizer applications this year. He urges sampling across whole farms to gauge future fertilizer needs and plan long range soil management.
Orin G. Johnson county agent outlines feed program priorities urging renovation of non plowable land and establishing a good grass legume mix to ensure adequate feed supply and shared responsibility among farmers.
The Wisconsin Communist Party endorsed re electing Franklin D Roosevelt at its state convention in Milwaukee. The group argued the primary showed no isolationist strength and urged unity with labor progressives independent voters to support continued Roosevelt leadership for victory, postwar problems, and alliance cooperation. Five delegates to the national convention were chosen: Fred Bassett Blair, Ned Sparks, Mrs Elizabeth Blair, Emil Lucht erhand, and Michael Wastila.
Wisconsin farmers baled about 160000 acres of hay in 1943, under four percent total hay output. University agronomist F W Barcalow notes baling should use drier hay than mow or stack methods. Trials by Barcalow and H D Bruhns warn against baling with high moisture due to small scale study and timing considerations.
MADISON Wisconsin October dates set for two state stock events. The Northwestern Wisconsin Junior Livestock Exposition will be held at the Eau Claire 4-H grounds in October and the 21st annual Livestock Exposition in Madison will run October 23 to 26. Counties allowed for Eau Claire entries cover numerous districts including Douglas Bayfield Ashland Burnett Washburn Sawyer Polk Barron Rusk St Dunn Chippewa Taylor Pierce Pepin Eau Claire Clark Marathon Wood Buffalo Trempealeau Jackson and La Crosse. Entries from anywhere in the state will be accepted at the Mad-
Wisconsin potato warehouse managers push action against refuse piles to curb ring rot and blight. Cooperative findings show spores spread from farm discard piles and city dumps by wind and insects to fields. Vaughan urges spraying with weed killer or covering piles with straw then burning with kerosene or gasoline.
Ronald Turnbull, 44, of Rockdale, died in Madison after injuries from being caught in the water wheel at the Rockdale feed mill he and his father operated. He was injured Monday and died a few hours later.
The Lions of France consist mainly of small islands in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans with continental territories in Africa and South America. The snippet notes a global spread across oceans and continents as part of France's territorial reach.
Bricker accuses Interior Secretary Ickes of shifting focus from wartime Japan policy. He says Ickes uses New Deal rhetoric to override local and state opinions on Japanese-American resettlement. Governor Edge of New Jersey is mentioned as part of the political context.
Warren Smith Jr is expected home soon according to his parents Warren Smith Sr. and Mrs. Smith of 818 Rose Street He was seriously injured when his ship exploded in November 1942 and spent 357 days in the San Francisco Marine Hospital before returning to Alameda base where he served as assistant instructor of admiralty law He recently received a medical discharge from the U S Coast Guard and is living with his sister Mrs Edmond Harger in Manhattan Beach California
Ole Tolbertson of Austin Minnesota died after a short illness at 75. He retired as a Milwaukee railroad conductor and is survived by his wife and siblings. Services set for Tuesday at John Meyer mortuary in Austin with burial at 3 p.m. Rev. Colman to officiate. Mildred Zemlicka of Milwaukee died at home. she is survived by her husband Edward formerly of La Crosse. Funeral and burial planned in Milwaukee Wednesday.
The notice outlines indefinite validity for several red, blue, and airplane stamps including RS, 68, TS, ABS through Qs, and stamps 1 and 3 airplane shoes, with next stamp series delayed. It also details fruit and vegetable price ceilings for La Crosse Wisconsin and Winona Minnesota for the week of April 26 to May 2, listing specific per pound and per five pound amounts.
Moscow war correspondent Eddy Gilmore staged a lone May Day parade in Red Square. A crowd of curious boys formed, swelling to several hundred before Kremlin guards intervened and told them to go home.
Pvt. Rufus Schmaltz serves in New Guinea with an infantry unit and trained at Texas City Camp Shelby Camp Hood and Fort Ord. His wife Margery De Boer lives with his parents in Coon Valley. Pvt. Otis Johnson from Coon Valley is in England after enlisting September 26 1943 and train at Camp Grant. He is the brother of Mrs. Joseph Koula of Jackson Street. Sgt. Frederick John Sherman son of John F Sherman of South 8th Street is overseas with a New York APO and trained at Camp Claiborne and Granite City. His wife Aileen Adams lives at Prospect Street. Pvt. Ervin Proksch of South 6th Street is stationed in Italy after training at Fort Riley and a 1936 Central high school graduate and Wisconsin Business University attendee. He was Farm Manager for 18 months before induction.
Efficiency production awards to five state DHIA fieldmen for maintaining outstanding records on Wisconsin herds were announced by Glen Vergeront. Winners include Cyril Westerman Cedarburg John Reis Nishiot Joseph Senneff Burling ton Anthony Sausch Sparta Theodore Betz Black River Falls. The note also mentions the historical claim about King Canute prohibiting the sale of children.
Weather record from the U S department of commerce notes Wisconsin partly cloudy with scattered showers in the north tonight and cooler Tuesday, Iowa partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Tuesday, Minnesota partly cloudy though northeast showers tonight with cooler Tuesday and southeast part cooler. Winds are fresh to occasionally strong.
Advertisements tout KroGon as a widely used remedy with over 45 million capsules sold. They urge customers to consult their druggist for a refill and warn to use only as directed to avoid constipation and related discomforts.
River forecast from Hastings to Genoa indicates slight rises from Hastings to Dam No 3 and at Dam No 9. Expected peak and recession follow, with minimal changes elsewhere.
Forecast shows shipments to the north increasing as temperatures rise from 42 to 46 degrees while western routes see 50 degree highs. Southern and eastern corridors expect up to 54 degrees above zero impacting freight planning.
SWIFT AND COMPANY in Winona Minnesota notes market, cattle, hogs, calves, and chucks with weights and price ranges. Cattle steer and yearling values soften up to 25 cents, hogs discounted for underweights, and calf and grain quotes mixed. Chicago grain and produce prices included with notable figures on wheat barley rye and poultry prices.
Chicago hog prices steady for 200 to 270 lb hogs at 13.75 with 280 to 300 lb pigs 12.35 to 12.65 and 300 to 330 lb at 12.15 to 12.40. Cattle and calves show strength with yearlings and light steers up 10 to 15 cents, top at 16.85, but many lots 12 to 15.75. Slaughter lambs 15 to 25 cents lower, Colorado fed lambs 16.25 to 16.50, sheep scarce.
Milwaukee reports steady hog and cattle runs with varied prices across weights and classes. Meat buyers see 270 lb hogs at 13.65 and heavier consignments down to 11.60, while cattle markets show steers and yearlings from 9 to 16 with dairy bred heifers at 8 to 9 and cutters at 7.75 to 8.50. Calves steady with vealers 15 to 15.50, veal ers 11.50 to 14.75, and lambs 12 to 16.50 for good to choice western stock and spring clipped lines. Chicago potatoes market notes arrivals and light supplies with U S No 1 Idaho Russet Burbacks at 3.94 and Michigan Russet Rurals at 2.10 to 2.75.
Dairy men endorse year round feeding for higher milk and calf quality. The ad touts Big Gain Spring Pasture 32% Dairy Concentrate for proteins vitamins and minerals and cites Harold Faroe mom Cedar Falls as a user. Produced by Big Gain Products with locations in West Union Iowa and Mankato Minnesota.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that in the reorganization of the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific, dividends of 5 percent must be paid or set aside on the preferred stock before common stock actions. Dividends on preferred stock are assumed paid for the three years prior to the plan’s effective date.
H A Powell secretary of the St Louis livestock exchange cites a terrific run of more than 30 000 hogs at the National Stockyards in Illinois on Monday. He attributes the flood flooding smaller markets by the Mississippi and Missouri rivers and the government freeze on corn stocks leaving hog raisers dependent on their own feed.
A resolution passed by the individual members group of the British Federation of Business and Professional Women calls for more women magistrates to sit in juvenile courts.
An audience of army personnel and civilians heard Ben Goldman, Ohio attorney and WWII veteran, speak on "Mental Bombings on the Home Front" at a La Crosse B'nai B'rith lodge meeting at the YMCA. Chaplain Schwartz and Camp McCoy officers attended. entertainment featured Pvt Sam former stage comic with notable actors, and a lunch followed.
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