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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1944
Page
2
The Tribune coordinated a circus ticket sale with Hoffman the clown as sales leader. In 15 minutes after 11 am the 20 cent discount led to 342 children buying tickets. the rush continued through closing. Hoffman, 16 years in the business with a medical discharge, explains his blue police costume is due to laundry issues.
The Republicans mobilize for a massive effort to save the war and win the election. Dewey, addressing the national committee, pledges unity and rapid propaganda, praising Harrison E. Spangler and outlining plans for coordinated support, including possible cross‑country travel and foreign trip options with Roosevelt.
Madison court delays judgment on Attorney General John E. Martin motion and Gentile League Inc of Watertown. Judge Alvin C. Reis grants time until July 8 to file briefs and a supplemental affidavit for the case.
La Crosse county war price and rationing board beer June 29 heard three cases on direct and indirect gasoline rule violations. R E Anderson 1452 Wood St faced advisement for using unissued coupons. Roy W Gantenbein 215 South Eighth St did not appear and case was rescheduled to July 10. A minor charged with stealing gasoline coupons from a filling station had case adjourned.
Incumbent Gerald P. Nye held a slim 893 vote edge over Lynn J. Au over in the North Dakota U.S. Senate contest as state canvassing board figures showed Nye with 37,838 votes while 2,251 remained uncounted. The race also involves Stambaugh Townley and the Nonpartisan League.
Federal Judge Michael L. Igoe approved a modified Milwaukee Road reorganization plan aligning with a recent court decision and December commission action. The ruling overruled objections and ends long running equity litigation from 1928 while authorizing reorganization fees totaling 509000 through August 1943.
Wisconsin public welfare officials report 53 584 families received 1 898 677 dollars in May. This marks a 12 percent drop from April and a 12 5 percent decline from May 1943. Most general relief cases are unemployable due to age, disability, or alien status.
Postmaster Dvorak reports 7000 auto use stamps sold in La Crosse and nearby offices through June 29. Compared with about 12000 sold in 1943, roughly 5000 stamps remain to meet June 29 and 30 targets before a July 1 wind shift penalty. J Chester Iserman notes most buyers used their post offices. June 29 tax office sales reach 35, total about 350.
Reports circulated in Madrid claim Gen. Maxime Weygand, former French army chief, escaped German captivity and is aiding the resistance in France. No independent confirmation available.
A compact note describes structural engineering work in New York City during 1859. It highlights construction activity and urban development efforts illuminating the era’s architectural and civic changes.
Madison Wis Gov Goodland calls Fourth of July special this year urging citizens to rededicate to democratic ideals. He contrasts free ballots with fascist rule and cites soldiers fighting in 1944 to defend human liberty, urging voting as duty and sacrifice for freedom.
Alvin Krause, 29, already under life sentence for one murder, is sentenced to death in the electric chair for a second currency exchange holdup killing. Judge Harold G. Ward imposed the sentence after Krause was convicted June 16 of killing Walter Bush, 50, currency exchange manager, on June 19, 1943. Damiani and Krause were convicted February 10 of murdering Agnes Olsen, a currency exchange cashier, by poison gas during a holdup.
Stars and Stripes covered the Republican national convention for American troops in Italy. Gov Dewey’s nomination led Friday’s front page with a prominent three column headline beneath a map of the Russian front. no editorial comment appeared.
City taxes must be paid in full by July 31 as announced by city treasurer John Roop. A penalty will be charged for late payment. The balance is due at the county treasurer's office in the county building.
Clif ford Thompson, a Marquette University Law School graduate, obtained a writ of attachment against Cole Brothers circus alleging they owe him 276 dollars for appearing in a giant role. Judge Roy H. Proctor set a hearing for July 20 as Thompson prepares for admission to the state supreme court.
Louisa M Niebuhr aged 80 of Kansas City Mo formerly of La Crosse died Wednesday after months of illness. Born 1865 in Bush Valley Minn she trained as a nurse in Chicago then ran a hotel in St Louis before opening a Delicatessen in Kansas City for 40 years. Sister of the late Henry and William Niebuhr of La Crosse burial in Oak Grove La Crosse with arrangements incomplete.
Mrs Harold Smevog of 643 North 22nd Street died Friday morning at a local hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Mrs. George A. Graf 72 of 1700 Winnebago Street died in a local hospital Thursday. Survived by husband three daughters and four sons including Mrs. H. W. Albert and Mrs. J. J. Thyne. Funeral Monday 8:30 a.m. Blaschke Funeral Home and 9 a.m. at St Mary’s Catholic Church. Burial Catholic Cemetery. Rosary Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
Palmer H Haberkorn aged 56 of 130 South 21st street died Friday morning at his sister Mrs J J Higgins home in New Albin Iowa. He leaves a wife and one sister. Arrangements are in progress.
Mrs. J Russell of Onalaska received word that her brother Rollin Hubbard died in Bellingham Washington on June 28 He had spent 40 years in the West and visited Onalaska last winter He is survived by a daughter Mrs Thomas White of Minneapolis and two sisters Mrs Russell of Onalaska and Mrs Cora Mills of Wauzeka Wisconsin
Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard traveling to Mexico sent a telegram from Austin asking for 12 sandwiches six pints of milk and six bottles of soda for the party. Mrs Wickard says the group has gone 24 hours without a meal and cannot reach the dining car.
A group of American women purchased Belleau Wood in France, the 1918 battlefield where U S Marines halted Germany’s 1916 Paris drive, converting it into a memorial shrine in 1924.
A three day public exhibit opens Sunday through Tuesday afternoons at the fair grounds with displays of individual soldier equipment and large division weapons. The Combat Show nightly at 8 p m demonstrates warfare methods and culminates with the storming of Nazi pillboxes. Admission to the exhibit and bivouac is free, while show tickets require war bonds. Tickets for Sunday and Monday are distributed by bond committees. Tuesday is named B Day with unreserved seats for $25 bonds and reserved seats for $100 bonds. County officials report rapid bond sales and La Crosse county has surpassed 200 000 in total war bonds. Tickets remain at issuing agencies and grounds open daily at 1 p m.
The war production board on Friday removed restrictions on wooden containers for packing and shipping cantaloupe melons carrots cauliflower celery cucumbers lettuce radishes and grapes. Use of as many second hand containers as possible was urged.
City police search for a thief stealing cakes pies and rolls from Sather's Grocery at 500 Avon Street. The culprit takes items delivered at 5 30 each morning before the 7 15 a m opening.
Mrs James Brevik reports to city police that a blue 1941 Buick four door sedan was stolen from Brevik’s General Service garage at 504 State Street around 7 p m The left front hub cap is missing and the car bears dealer license number 201 E for 1944.
Three Army airmen trapped on Tonto plateau since June 21 reached the Grand Canyon north rim with the help of ranger Ed Laws and mountaineer A. Zex, as two volunteer rescuers and Army parties aided the effort. The airmen identified are 2nd Lieut. Charles Goldblum Flight Officer Maurice J Cruickshank Jr and Corp Roy W Embanks. Radios and supplies were dropped during the long wait.
The city announces that all bicycles must display 1944 license plates or risk offense. Friday is the last riding day with 1943 plates and police will issue tickets to unlicensed riders. Officers are to summon violators to police headquarters for court appearances.
Milwaukee attorney and former city official Max Ras Raskin announced his resignation from the Progressive party on Friday. A Socialist until 1935, he cited his support for President Roosevelt and his foreign policy as clashes with the party’s current pronouncements.
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