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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1944
Page
29
Washington officials study how to aid Soviet reconstruction while sustaining U S employment as the nation shifts from war to peace. A plan under consideration seeks to transition from wartime production to civilian needs and bolster Russia’s rebuilding and expansion with lend lease support.
The coroner's office sought permission from the state department to autopsy Andvred Dedekam 64 and his wife Louise 69 who were found dead in their apartment with a gas stove setting open and pill boxes on the floor. Dedekam a 25 year veteran of Norway’s diplomatic service had been posted in Washington three years.
Forty searchers from Sparta to Melrose comb the Black River shoreline and river for T 4 Nicholas Hricak of Pennsylvania a member of the 250th Engineers who drowned near Melrose Monday noon.
The Wisconsin national committee fight emerged from hotel rooms as Tom Coleman relied on rule 25 to name delegates where state law is silent. Appleton backed Phillipp and Mrs Mesrioun, while Oshkosh leader W J Campbell questioned legality and urged a rule change to empower seating when multiple ticket candidates exist. Senator Gitelman led the breaker-Hogue faction with 17 Wisconsin delegates claimed.
Two Aviators Opitz and Haberman are noted with service histories. Opitz, a Pare 1 Aquinas high school alumnus, worked at Motor Gauge before entering the service and is survived by parents, two air corps brothers in Enid Oklahoma and Scott Field, plus a brother and sister at home. Haberman enlisted March 1942 with Elks cadets and trained at Santa Barbara, King City, and Chico California, earned bombardier wings at Albuquerque New Mexico, studied at Hondo Texas, taught at Rapid City, went overseas on April, and is survived by two sisters and one brother in La Crosse.
In the morning report, machineguns from pillboxes still fired as Americans advanced with few mines left to hinder them. German opposition came mainly from nests and forest guns with few civilians observed. Civilians on the streets welcomed the Yanks as 3,340 prisoners were taken in the last 24 hours and hundreds more headed into captivity.
Green Bay Wisconsin today received a call from J Laluzerne Belgian consul for Wisconsin asking all Belgians who left Belgium during or after the invasion to reach him. He indicated the Belgian government may cover repatriation costs after the war.
Eau Claire county clerk John H. Nygaard died Saturday at age 81. Nygaard served as county clerk for many years in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, with his passing reported by local officials.
Ensign A. Dunphy from Minneapolis Naval Air Station landed a $200000 Hell Diver dive bomber in a corn and hayfield near La Crescent after oil pressure trouble. He executed an emergency landing with minimal space, then the craft was moved to a road and later dismantled for transport to Brice Prairie field for reassembly and takeoff.
The Gate Area council announces a 1944 War Food Production program for Scouts. Executive Ingli says Scouts should raise a garden help with family gardens work on a farm or sign for farm work to be sent to the county agent. Area Scouts expect over two thousand Victory gardens with at least five hundred doing farm work last year.
The report notes a record air and naval engagement in the Pacific with 402 planes destroyed, six enemy carriers sunk or damaged, and MacArthur’s troops at Biak adding 345 Japanese dead to a May 27 total of 2,333. In Burma, Allied forces press toward Myitkyina and Mogaung while Japanese retreats continue in Assam and Bengal supply routes.
Omaha dispatch reports about 100 German prisoners of war employed in beet fields switching from day to piece work pay. Headquarters did not confirm any disciplinary action. Last week camp commander Lieut. Col. Clyde B. Dempster said administrative action was being taken to restore work.
Delegates at the 39th triennial convention count first ballots after a day of voting with three title options: The Lutheran church Missouri synod The Evangelical Lutheran church Missouri synod and The International Lutheran church. The outcome will define the denomination's new name.
Ronald Smith, nine, Morrisonville route 1, died after a bonfire with gasoline. Homer Bjelde, 13, Madison, said Ronald believed he was pouring oil on dying embers.
A committee of United States newspaper executives recommends dropping the new lightweight 30-pound newsprint after talks with Canadian manufacturers. The move aims to cut production costs and align with industry standards amid evolving market conditions.
Stockholm newspaper Aftonbladet cites Berlin correspondent describing yesterday as black Sunday for Germans after loss at Cherbourg and a Russian breakthrough.
County Agent W. E. Spreiter urged men and boys to register at his office to help raise the 1944 Victory crop. Heavy rains damaged hay and crops across La Crosse county making farm labor urgently needed to save harvests.
The Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance reported taxes collected through June 30 1943 totaled 708 million, more than half from federal income taxes. The federal government received 460 million while state and local governments claimed 248 million.
Russian forces pushed a broad belt around the fortress city of Vitebsk and threatened Orsha Mogilev and Bobruisk. Moscow said over 16,000 Germans were killed with 8,000 in the Vitebsk area. Large guns trucks and equipment were seized as Germans abandoned working machines. A Nazi infantry company defected to the Red Army amid a three day drive of more than 25 miles freeing 1,650 towns and villages. The objective appears a break to the Baltic Sea and East Prussia.
James G Wagoner and wife transfer La Crosse Street property between 22nd and 2nd streets to Elmer Tr and wife. Van Steenwyk transfers Cass Street property between 15th and 16th to Herbert Prolsch and wife. June 26 4 12 am inspection notes sprinkler alarm plant 2 Trane Co no fire June 24 7 40 pm soot plugged fireplace at Edward Wightman residence. Frank H Marquardt 72 pleads not guilty to driving while intoxicated. trial set for 10 am Thursday.
Mrs Walter Hermann of Silver Creek Valley died at home at 9 p m Saturday after a year illness. Funeral at Smith funeral home Wednesday at 1 30 pm and 2 pm at Presbyterian church with Rev J M Strong. Burial in Oak Grove cemetery. Survivors include husband daughter eight sisters two brothers. Fred Hershfield 74 Readstown found dead Friday night. death due to heart attack. Burial in Readstown cemetery. Wife cared for by niece Hattie Glass. five sons one daughter and one sister.
Funeral services for Mrs. Roy Converse 76 were held Saturday at Lanham's mortuary with Rev. E E Clarke officiating. Burial followed at Woodlawn cemetery. A Congregational church member for 47 years she is survived by her husband.
Esedore Jappa a 67 year old farmer died Saturday at St Marys Hospital in Sparta Funeral services were held Monday at Plummers funeral home and St Patricks church Burial followed in the church cemetery Survivors include his wife and daughter Mrs Patricia Sullivan La Crosse and a son Frank stationed at Camp Rockbourne Ohio
A group of piano students presented a recital at the Whitehall high school led by Mrs John A Jacobsen. Performances included solos duets and two piano numbers featuring works by Herold MacDowell Chopin Massenet Nevin Beethoven Bach Gounod and Sousa with students Aai Fy Tangen Marjorie Marie Rice Irene MacCornack Marjorie Erickson Schaefer and L L Leslie. The program ended with Stars and Stripes Forever performed on two pianos by Marjorie Erickson and Verly Schaefer.
James Benjamin Malay aged 75 of 1916 Liberty Street died Saturday night after a truck accident earlier that day. Survived by wife four sons John and Henry of La Crosse Joseph B of Bagley Wis and Robert of Ottumwa Minn 11 grandchildren one great grandchild one sister Mrs Arthur Erickson Minneapolis and one brother Robert Malay Caledonia Minn Funeral services at Dover Funeral Home Tuesday at 8 am and St James Church at 8:30 am Reverend L B Keegan officiating Burial in Catholic Cemetery Rosary at Dwyer Funeral Home 7:30 pm Monday Friends may call after 5 pm Monday.
Arthur Johnson 55 of 517 Avon street, truck driver for La Crosse Rubber Mills, died Sunday in a local hospital. Funeral services Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Nelson Funeral Home with Rev. L. C. Smith officiating. Burial in Oak Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the Nelson home this evening.
Guatemala City unrest over the weekend saw student parades and bystander violence with troops and police using rifles and tear gas to restore order. Casualty figures were not released as authorities suppressed the protests ahead of a planned June 30 passive resistance.
Two German prisoners of war escaped from a Columbus Wisconsin camp and were captured near Rio about 18 hours later. Rio village marshal Thomas Smith detained Otto Gorseluter and Wilhelm Ermeling after they approached residents and were identified from FBI broadcasts.
The AP reports several prominent deaths including Carmen Romero Rubio Diaz widow of Porfirio Diaz in Mexico City, Lord James Richard Atkin in Aberdovey England a jurist and former chair of legal education, Dr Edward Huntington Williams in Santa Monica author and physician, Lieut Col William H Combe a Merrill’s Marauders officer in New York confirms his death, and William Alexander Lambeth a longtime University of Virginia faculty member and intercollegiate athletics official in Charlottesville Virginia.
Herman Anderson aged 49 of Blooming Grove was found dead on highway 51 near Madison. Coroner E A Fischer suggested a hit and run may have caused the fatality and ordered an inquest into the death.
The southern Trempealeau county 4-H clubs hold their district picnic at Trempealeau Bay Perrot park Sunday. Activities begin at 11 a m with a religious service, followed by a noon picnic dinner and a program of musical numbers with prizes. County Agent Charles A Mittlstadt Home Agent Edna M Langseth and assistant Miss Ariene Hoeth will direct.
In Forest Hill cemetery Madison Wisconsin the 19th memorial service for U S Senator Robert M La Follette Sr founder of the Progressive party was held The attendance included his son Senator Robert M La Follette Jr who did not speak and Rep Harry Sauthoff who addressed about 450 attendees on a hot sunny day The younger Progressives were largely absent as many are in the armed forces and wives sisters and elder supporters filled the gathering
The notice lists ration stamp changes for foods and goods. It covers meats fats blue and red stamps, processed foods, sugar stamps 30 31 32, canning stamps, shoes airplane stamps, gasoline coupons 12 A B 3 4 C 3 4, fuel oil periods, and fruits vegetables with listed prices and quantities for California and Florida items. It directs stamps becoming valid indefinitely and dates for renewals through 1945.
London AP photographer Mike Nash waited three days in southern England for action shots of the German V-1 flying bomb. He finally produced dramatic images showing the early weapon in a vertical dive and close-range fire. The two photos, displayed in London papers and seen in New York by air, honor Nash as a British AP reporter on assignment.
Mrs L J Wood learned her sister's husband Wilfrey Davis a petty officer second class in the U S navy is missing in action in the British Isles. Davis 30 from Fennimore Wisconsin was a ship's cook and had served in the European sector about two years. His wife Helen had not received a letter after May 18. They had no children.
La Crosse B'nai B'rith lodge No. 1093 held its annual officer inauguration and initiated a summer class of new members from La Crosse and vicinity at Hotel Stoddard on Sunday June 25. Refreshments followed the business session.
Fire crews were called at 10 a m Saturday to extinguish a blaze in front of the Remus service station in Ettrick Wisconsin. The gasoline line from James Stellflue's tank had been plugged and a two gallon cane beneath the hood supplied fuel, triggering the fire. Minor damage result.
The United States Rubber company reports expanding facilities in four of its 38 plants to meet rising war needs. President Bert E. Smith says seven cities now host new manufacturing sites. At Eau Claire Wisconsin the tire plant is enlarged and converted from small arms ammunition production.
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