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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1944
Page
5
A memoical critique of President Roosevelt downplaying the Montgomery Ward seizure. The author accuses the administration of minimizing legality and using bedtime story rhetoric while suggesting the New Deal is under public scrutiny. The piece argues the action lacked clear legality and framed the issue as normal.
URON PRICE director of censorship receives a Pulitzer special citation for creating and running wartime newspaper and radio censorship. His balanced stance contrasts with army and navy censorship while he faced scrutiny over a leak involving Vivien Kellems and Baron von Zedlitz. He acted before Congress weighed in and continued quiet, efficient work.
The quoted passage expresses a crude racial stereotype about Japanese and Chinese people, reflecting hostile attitudes from the wartime era. It uses sweeping generalizations and demeaning language, illustrating period prejudice.
An official states pleasure driving should not be banned, quipping that even drivers with an A book could not derive pleasure from operating a car. The remark reflects policy nuance amid debates on driving freedoms.
A reflection on how the urge to act conflicts with work, and how gas rationing during this time of year complicates plans for a future vacation drive. The piece contrasts motivation with practicality and hints at restraint as a common theme.
President Roosevelt faced his first press conference after a month away and treated the Montgomery Ward seizure as routine. He declined to admit error, urged forgetting the episode, and defended the use of civilian agencies and troops, framing coverage to emphasize the administration’s side.
Major Alexander P. de Seversky argues in a Bond Club talk that iron and oil underpin modern war while air power will dominate the future. He urges buildup of aluminum and magnesium, synthetic fuels, and new refining to meet a jet and gas-turbine era, with a stronger home front for industrial nations. A Texas man is later noted in a separate item on a pickpocket case.
War food and labor reports discuss unrationed meat effects on households and the May civilian meat supply. The piece also clarifies wage standards below 50 cents, noting 40 cents needs no board approval and 40 to 50 cents requires regional review.
The article profiles the Office of the Inspector General OTIG in Washington its leaders Maj Gen Virgil L Peterson and Brig Gen Philip E Brown its two main duties inspections and investigations and its confidential role reporting directly to the secretary of war and chief of staff It notes OTIGs independence from command constraints and highlights key aides Maj Gen Howard Mac Snyder Brig Gen Benjamin C Davis and Col John O Lawrence The piece promises a future look at operational function and comparisons to the German general staff
In Madison Wisconsin the Progressive party declares it will run independently of the Roosevelt Democratic organization severing ties with the Wisconsin New Deal. The move aims to preserve a distinct Progressive faction for future elections while facing possible losses among supporters and rivals.
Tribune notes ten years ago Principal H G Hayden of Roosevelt and Franklin schools will speak at a Friday evening Trinity Lutheran Men's League gathering. Also reports on local visits and obituaries reflecting our community.
Henry Regner 55 former Wisconsin commander of the American Legion and mayor of West Bend from 1926 to 1930 died in a hospital after a heart attack. He had been ill since April 6 and had worked in the insurance business. Survivors include his widow a sister Mrs William H Snyder and two brothers County Judge Frank P Reener of Wausau and Matt Regner of Milwaukee. Funeral services planned at Os Angels church Friday morning.
Ford Motor Company announced it reached a labor contract with the Foreman’s Association of America, becoming the first major Detroit area firm to bargain with supervisory workers. The deal followed a threatened walkout by about 9,000 foremen at three plants. Terms were not disclosed. bargaining recognition was the central issue amid prior strikes involving 3,200 foremen in 11 Detroit factories. The National Labor Relations Board ruled foremen could not be discriminated against.
Readers are advised in brief gardening notes to prune tomato plants to a single stem and stake them for support. The guidance appears in a compact space column focusing on practical cultivation tips for home growers.
The La Crosse Tribune and Leader-Press, published afternoons and Sunday mornings, is produced by the La Crosse Tribune Co. at 4th and Cass Streets, La Crosse Wisconsin. It lists W. T. Burgess as publisher and R. L. Bangsberg as managing editor with A W. Rice as city editor and notes its 1904 post office entry and Associated Press affiliation.
The piece warns that China under Chiang Kai shek risks collapse if Japan breaks through Henan. It notes China's long struggle with limited equipment and space for time, risking loss of Chungking and vital Peiping Canton rail access, with wider impact on Allied war effort.
A reader asks common facts via the La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau. Topics cover Japanese POWs in U S camps, Mt Lassen eruptions, Whistler paintings, postwar city planning, tidal waters, discharge buttons, Melungeons origins, Great Britain debt, Cardston Mormon Temple, and French towns with short names.
A compilation of quiz style questions and answers covering topics such as substitute usage in Civil War conscription ending April 14 1865 rat damage and population estimates political parties in Liberia author of a famous Lincoln quote Seabees strength and the fate of Confederate general Earl Van Dorn.
The page fragment lists a word puzzle with numbered clues across topics from existence to language and objects. Names, roles, and generic terms appear in partial form, indicating a crossword or fill-in puzzle section featuring a chain of standard definitions and cross-check hints.
The 36 page handbook Parliamentary Law explains organizing new associations presiding conducting elections and reorganizations for clubs schools and hospital groups. Send fifteen cents postpaid with coupon to Washington DC via La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau.
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