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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1944

Page

7

CIO Program Outlines Postwar Economic Plan

The CIO's postwar program calls for Franklin Delano Roosevelt to be drafted for another term and urges a world organization with universal membership. It supports asylum for persecuted minorities, UN relief funding, and a planning board of industry labor and agriculture. It backs guaranteed annual wages, price and rent controls, higher taxes, public works, small business credit, stronger G I bill, and state grants for free high school education. Joseph De Muth of Mississippi Street serves on the state CIO board.

CIO Franklin Delano i United States United Nations

Men Arrive at Mitchell Field Wounded Servicemen and Reporters

Fourteen wounded service men and two war correspondents from overseas arrived at Mitchell field yesterday. The wounded include Pfc. Christian J. Mohr of Kenosha Wisconsin, infantry.

Mitchell Field N. Y Christian J. Mohr Kenosha Wis

Price Wage Act Extended Adds One Year of Controls

President Roosevelt signed the Price and Wage Stabilization Act extending controls to June 30, 1945 after final passage by Senate and House. The act changes procedures for pricing and enforcement while maintaining safeguards. It directs OPA to adjust ceilings on major textile items to parity with raw cotton, affecting about 80 percent of textiles and pleasing cotton state legislators.

Washington Roosevelt Senate House OPA

Two UW history professors named to fill teaching posts

In Madison Wisconsin two associate professors join the University of Wisconsin history department. Merrill Jensen of the University of Washington will fill the vacated post of C P Nettels teaching early American economic history and seminars. Fred H Harrington now at Cornell will instruct American history and American foreign relations.

Madison, Wis University of Wisconsin Merrill Jensen University of Washington C. P. Nettels Cornell University Fred H. Harrington

Wisconsin Upper Michigan Fuel Dealers elect officers

George W. Anderson of Kenosha was reelected president at the two day Wisconsin Upper Michigan Fuel Dealers convention. Other officers named include J. E. Carey of Manitowoc as vice president and A. J. Flore of Madison as treasurer.

Milwaukee George W. Anderson Kenosha Wisconsin-Upper Michigan Fuel Dealers Association J. E. Carey Manitowoc A. J. Flore Madison

Post Office Plans No Window and Carrier Service July 4

The post office will close windows and suspend carrier deliveries on July 4. Box service, handling of specials and perishables, and dispatch of mail from boxes and city mail drops will continue. Regular Monday service resumes. federal building offices will stay open Monday and Tuesday.

Post Office W. M. Dvorak Dvorak Federal Draft Boards Social Security Farm Security Administration Soil Conservation and

Wisconsin Journalism Dept Second Oldest In Country

Madison Wisconsin reports the University of Wisconsin journalism department is the second oldest in the nation, trailing only Columbia. The 39th year will begin next fall, tracing origins to an English class, with Willard G. Bleyer and Grant M. Hyde shaping its growth and national ties.

Madison Wis University of Wisconsin Columbia University Badger School Wisconsin Department Willard G. Bleyer Grant M. Hyde Hyde Bleyer American Association of Teachers of Journalism American Association of Schools and Departments of Journalism Bleuver

Cliff Thompson To Be Tallest Attorney

Milwaukee reports the 8 feet 7 inch lawyer Cliff M Thompson of Waupaca earns a law degree becoming the tallest attorney in the United States. The 40 year old ex basketball star and circus figure graduated from Marquette University Law School after Studying at Stevens Point State Teachers College. He stands half an inch taller than rival Jack Earl of El Paso Texas and weighs 460 pounds with a 19 inch collar. Dean Francis Swietlik arranged special chairs for his classes this year among the three graduates, including Thompson’s best friend James D Amato of Waukesha.

Milwaukee United States Clifford M. Thompson Waupaca Thompson Stevens Point State Teachers College Marquette University Law School Jack Earl el Paso Texas Francis Swietlik Law School James D’amato Waukesha

Ice company ordered to halt truck deliveries

A. M. Spink, who recently took over the Dirks ice business, is ordered to stop making truck deliveries. The U. S. employment service deems the ice trade non essential, leaving customers with only the ice house on the city’s northwest edge or spoiled food. Spink owns a trucking service but cannot deliver his own ice.

Decorah A. M. Spink Dirks Ice Company U. S. Employment Service Spink

Mayor Riser Becomes Lansing Postmaster in July

Frank A. Riser age 38 resigns as mayor of Lansing Iowa to accept the postmaster appointment to fill the vacancy created by the death of R. A. Dunlevy in 1942. He earned the civil service exam in January 1943 and will start the new duties the first week of July.

Lansing Frank A. Riser R. A. Dunlevy Riser Mary Thomas Gilbertson Coolidge

Sparta Captain Transferred to Camp McCoy for Supply Signal Chief

Sparta Captain Orville Schneider is assigned to Camp McCoy as supply signal chief after transferring from Fort Wayne Indiana. He served 19 years in the National Guard before joining the 32nd Division in fall 1940 and will reside in Sparta with his wife and two children Judy and Donald. His brother Frederick, stationed in Australia, is with the 9026 Training Center after overseas service.

Tribune Sparta Bureau Sparta Wis Orville Schneider Fred Schneider Camp McCoy Schneider Fort. Wayne Mich National Guard 32Nd Division Judy Donald Frederick Australia 9026 Fred

Hear Of Nephew Believed Alive After Bataan Report

McGregor Iowa relatives learn Maj. McClenahan of Belle Plaine, missing since Bataan, has been heard from. A letter to Lieut. Lloyd Hakeman’s parents says the nephew is alive in an Australian hospital, though details are scarce.

McGregor L. N. Hakeman Lieut Lloyd Hakeman Maj. McClenahan Belle Plaine Bataan Australia

Military chiefs blast war slackers and home optimism

In a report to President Roosevelt Gen George C. Marshall Admiral Ernest J. King and Gen H H Arnold condemn home front overconfidence and warn that any production slack will delay victory. They urge civilians and front line personnel to stay at their posts despite wartime temptations.

Washington Roosevelt Navy George C. Marshall Ernest J. King H. H. Arnold London French English Channel

Columbia Boots Industry Plans Steady Postwar Output

Columbia does not expect a decline in its war expanded boot and shoe industry. Officials say manufacturing costs have been cut to a minimum and product quality is being steadily preserved as the war ends.

Columbia

Lists Of Men Accepted For Service In Two County Draft Boards

Lists of men accepted for the services from draft boards Nos. 1 and 2 in the June quota have been returned to the boards from induction centers. The group left June 23 with navy recruits reporting to Milwaukee and army draftees going to Fort Sheridan. Leaders, volunteers, and numerous named individuals across boards describe the army navy and marine groups with transfers noted to other boards.

LA Crosse Tribune Navy Navy Recruiting Office Milwaukee Army Ft. Sheridan Samuel Kenneth Slogly Adams Street William James Jacques Mississippi Street Donald Albert Aiken Kane Street Harold Benjamin Ravenscroft Park Avenue Wesley Damon Harwick Barlow Street William James Pitt Farwell Street Sidney Burr Wisconsin Rapids

Demand Court Martial In Pearl Harbor Action

Wisconsin department of veterans of foreign wars adopts a resolution calling for immediate court martial proceedings to fix responsibility for the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. The meeting also urges a presidential proclamation designating a day to honor war nurses. The Superior post earns a membership citation of 915 with other posts in Waukesha Kaukauna Racine Kenosha Madison and La Crosse noted. Milwaukee wins the 1945 state VFW bowling tournament.

Kenosha Wis Wisconsin Department Veterans of Foreign Wars Department Waukesha Kaukauna Racine Madison la Cross

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