Curio World Helps Pin Down Kenosha Burglary Suspect
Eladore Edelstein, 56, 190 pounds, arraigned on breaking and entering while armed with burglar tools. Quick thinking by resident Harry Riley led police to the Western Union office, where Edelstein allegedly fled after a glass break. A chase with Jimmy Griffin’s car ended when Griffin braked, hurling Edelstein about 20 feet. Ober indictment cites a .32 pistol and a parole violator record from Folsom. Edelstein held in bond, to appear before Municipal Judge Friday.
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Kenosha
Wis
Eladore
W. W. Davis
Priaslesain
Sane
Edward J. Ruetz
Arthur J. Riley
Harry
Western Union
Albert Molinaro
Jimmy Griffin
Griffin
Molinaro
Riley
Edelstein
Folsom
Calif
Goodland Sees Lying in Campaigns and Clean Government
The speaker denounces campaign misrepresentation as unvarnished lying and questions the honesty of opponents, labeling them as aligned with corrupt interests. He portrays himself as the people’s governor seeking two more years of clean, honest government and hints at a shift from a pure front porch campaign. He targets money barrels of organized gamblers and political bosses and urges savings bonds.
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Wisconsin
Godland
People’s
People's
Sparta Pilot, Veteran of Europe, Released
Lieut. Lyle Nestingen, recently returned from the ETO, is spending his terminal leave at his parents home in Sparta Wisconsin. He piloted single engine fighters in 1944 45 and later flew transports, with time in England France and Germany. The Nestingens note other sons also serving or discharged and report on family WW II service news.
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Sparta
Wis
Lyle Nestingen
ETO
E. A. Nestingen
Nestingen
England
France
Germany
MMRA
Lyle
John Gail
Second Marine Division
Southwest Pacific
Japan
University of Wisconsin
Stanley
Bikini
Ivan
Philippines
Nestingens
Honolulu
Panama Canal
The Horn Bearing Tomato Worm Myth Debunked
A note reassures gardeners that the horn bearing tomato worm is harmless while stating that twenty five million Americans live on farms, underscoring its agricultural context and public interest.
Settlement House In Its 50th Year
Cleveland's Hiram House marks half a century as the city’s first purpose built settlement house and the long era of founder and longtime director George A. Bellamy. More than 600,000 annually used its services to learn American ways, bury the dead, aid marriages, and escape unhealthy living conditions. From 1906 to 1940 it ran a “progress city” with its own boy judges policemen and laws, shaping careers of Cleveland professionals and businessmen.
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Cleveland, O
Hiram House
George A. Bellamy
Hiramcol
Bellamy
Progress City
Cleveland
McCarthy Advocates Civilian Aide Cut Plan
Circuit Judge McCarthy urged a 50 percent cut in federal civilian employment to boost take home pay and cut taxes while maintaining services. He called many bureaus ridiculous and useless. Kenny proposed state funding shifts for schools to reduce local costs and promised inspections of penal and charitable institutions if elected governor.
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Milwaukee
McCarthy
Janesville
Kenny
Challenge to Georgia county unit primary legality
A federal suit filed in Brunswick argues Georgia’s county unit system violates the 14th Amendment and seeks to block Eugene Talmadge’s governor nomination. Talmadge won the July 17 primary by county units, though Carmichael led in the popular vote under Governor Ellis Arnall.
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Brunswick
Georgia
Eugene Talmadge
Talmadge
James V. Carmichael
Ellis Arnall
United States
Madison area church appointments announced by bishop
In Madison Catholic diocese three appointments were announced by Bishop William O Connor. The Rev Joseph Niglis former navy chaplain becomes administrator pro tem at Holy Ghost parish Dickeyville. The Rev Clement Haines formerly at Dickeyville church is named pastor of St Charles parish Cassville. The Rev Erwin Van Handel, also a navy chaplain, is appointed director of a Catholic Welfare bureau.
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Madison
Wis
William O’connor
Joseph Niglis
Holy Ghost
Dickeyville
Clement Haines
St. Charles
Cassville
Erwin van Handel
Plane flies with twice its own weight load
In Long Beach California a Douglas C 74 Globemaster took off from Muroc Army Air Field with a total load of 172000 pounds more than double the aircraft weight. Douglas Aircraft Co announced Thursday.
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Long Beach
Calif
Muroc Army Air Field
Douglas Aircraft Co
India to Decimalize Currency Into 16 Annas and 192 Pies
India adopts a decimal monetary system dividing the rupee into 16 annas and 192 pies to curb counterfeiting of war quality nickel brass coins. The move aligns India with global standards, with Britain as the remaining holdout. Until old coins retire, new ten, five, two, and one cent pieces circulate for six months. In U.S. 1945 farm income reached twenty billion dollars.
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India
Great Britain
Calcutta
U S Chaplains Do Important Work At Camp
At Camp McCoy Wisconsin chaplains play a vital role in processing overseas veterans and serving all personnel. They conduct services for Protestant Catholic and Jewish faiths and assist families with emergencies and personal problems. Chaplains meet veterans on arrival provide welcome words and chapel schedules and attend final God speed ceremonies as men return to civilian life.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Corps of Chaplains
Theodore Pfeiffer
Francis Miscovic
McCoy Officer Leaves For Southwest Pacific
Lieut. James S. Moore of Beulah North Dakota, personnel officer at Camp McCoy reception station, is reported to a west coast port for duty in the southwest Pacific. He previously served as assistant post adjutant and earned three battle stars for Papuan campaign northern Luzon and New Guinea. Enlisting in 1936, he received a battlefield commission with the 1st Corps and will continue Army duty.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
James S. Moore
Beulah
N. D
Southwest Pacific
Lieut. Moore
McCoy
Ft. Snelling
Minn
Western Pacific
First Corps
Moore
Luzon
New Guinea
Army
1St Corps
Polio Case Recovers Returns To Whitehall
Mrs Bennett Anderson of Whitehall, a polio victim, left an La Crosse hospital isolation ward where she was treated on July 16 and returned home. The light case left her with a weakness in her right arm but no paralysis.
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Whitehall
Wis
Bennett Anderson
la Crosse
Killed By Truck Near Rock Branch Iowa
Guthrey Barnes a 17 year old from Rockford Illinois was killed early Friday when struck by a truck driven by David Weisenberger of Sioux City on U S Highway 20 east of Rock Branch Iowa Harold E Burr also 17 of Rockford who was hitchhiking with Barnes said he slept when the accident happened Dr E J Raw of Pierson with deputies investigated and ruled the death accidental
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Sioux City
Guthrey Barnes
Rockford
David Weisenberger
Rock Branch
Harold E. Burr
Barnes
Fremont
Neb
E. J. Raw
Pierson
George Grimsey
Andrew Loras
Decrease in Camp McCoy Suggestion Submissions
Camp McCoy Wisconsin reports a sharp drop in suggestions submitted to the suggestion and awards committee. Col Newton G Bush announces the decline while Oliver Schantz notes many usable ideas remain unsubmitted. Civilians may win from 5 to 250 dollars and military personnel may earn recommendations or furloughs.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Newton G. Bush
Oliver Schantz
Schantz
July Registrations Announced by Draft Board No. 1
Draft board No. 1 released July registrations listing numerous individuals with street addresses across multiple neighborhoods. Names include Walter Mears Jr, Ralph Matuskа, Robert Hansen, Richard Bradburn, John Byrne, Edward Moulis Jr, William Scanlon, Richard Amundson, Arthur Fregin, John Weiland, Robert Hurtgen, Richard Tinker, Duane Carey, James Donndelinger, Charles Shannon, William Winter, Donald Betz, Alvin Smith, Thomas Reynolds Jr, James Keene, Kenneth Barrett, William Dittman, Richard Kobritz, Henry Fillner, James Monsoor, James Monsoor appears once, etc.
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Draft Board No. 1
Walter John Mears, Jr
Market Street
Ralph James Matuska
South 23Rd Street
Robert Frederick Hansen
Richard Ivan Bradburn
South 21St Street
John Henry Byrne
North Ninth Stre
Edward Moulis, Jr
South 10Th Street
William Michael Scanlon
Mississippi Street
Richard Darryl Amundson
Winnebago Street
Arthur John Fregin
Jackson Street
John Henry Weiland
South 13Th Street
Robert Lewis Hurtgen
Vine Street
Richard Irving Tinker
South Sixth Street
Duane Leland Carey
State Street
James Anthony Donndelinger
North 23Rd Street
Charles Lindberg Shannon
Cass Street
William Bergford Winter
Main Street
Donald Clarence Betz
Market Sweet
Alvin Lyle Smith
South
Falls Nosed Out Motor Deaths in 1945 Lead Cause
A 1945 accident death report ranks falls as the top cause, ahead of motor vehicle incidents. Separately, Tehran notes vodka at 15 cents a glass as the cheapest drink.
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Tehran
Iran
Allis Chalmers seeks NLRB action to resume talks
Milwaukee April 4 Allis Chalmers Manufacturing company formally requested the national labor relations board to order the striking West Allis local of the CIO United Auto Workers to resume collective bargaining negotiations and settle the dispute. The company named the union as bargaining agent for production employees and asked for a hearing to decide board responsibility and to compel bargaining. It also urged a secret ballot referendum among the employer if bargaining stalls.
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Milwaukee
Allis - Chalmers Manufacturing Company
National Labor Relations Board
West Allis
CIO
United Auto Workers
NLRB
J. L. Waddleton
Allis-Chalmers
National
New FM Station Authorizations In Wisconsin and Indiana
The communications commission yesterday authorized William F. Huffman of Wisconsin Rapids to operate a new FM radio station. The commission also tentatively authorized WJMC in Rice Lake and the Northern Broadcasting Co. Inc. in Wausau, Wisconsin, to operate new FM stations.
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Washington
The
Communications Commission
William F. Huffman
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
WJMC
Ind
Rice Lake
Northern Broadcasting Co., Inc
Wausau
United States surgeons study Spanish moss as absorbent
British law mandates bread sold by weight. researchers examine Spanish moss for possible use in surgical dressings as an absorbent material.
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U. S
Foreign Service Openings Through USES
The United States Employment Service in La Crosse reports openings for male and female typists and stenographers in foreign employ ment. Positions exist in Berlin Frankfort Tokyo Okinawa Hawaii Manila and Washington D C. Veterans are sought for stenographer roles and full information is available at the USES Exchange building in La Crosse.
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N. E. Schulze
la Crosse District
United States Employment Service Office
Frank K. Boobar
War Department
Schulze
Berlin
Frankfort
Tokyo
Okinawa
Hawaii
Manila
Washington
D. C
War
Annual Makeover of U S Highways Surfaces Millions of Miles
Between 1936 and 1941 approximate 30 000 miles of United States highways were surfaced each year as part of a broad federal and state effort to modernize the road network.
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U. S
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