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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1948

Page

3

Unfilled Jobs Highlight Wisconsin Employment Service

The Wisconsin state employment service reports many openings at the Milwaukee office. Positions include boilermakers starting 1.30 to 1.40 per hour with overtime, stenographers, dictation typed clerks, manifest clerks, billing clerks, and an industrial nurse. The local office lists almost 200 opportunities across trades and clerical work.

Wisconsin State Employment Service Office N. E Schulze Schulze Milwaukee WSES

Army recalls Onalaska man Foley in World War II service

Corp James F Foley of Onalaska Wisconsin served in the 76th Signal Company overseas from fall 1944 to September 1945 with the Second Military Government Regiment before his honorable discharge January 1 1946 He married Mildred Cox and remains a Wisconsin resident with four children Carol Jean Janice Janet and Ralph Now residents to stay in Onalaska The article notes his recall and postwar life

James F. Foley Onalaska Wisconsin-Michigan la Crosse Corp Foley Mildred Cox Wisconsin Carol Jean Janice Janet Ralph

Hold Elections On Union Membership At Four Breweries

Minneapol is voters will decide Aug. 5 whether union membership will be a condition of employment in production and delivery departments at four Delete and Superior breweries. The election is conducted under supervision of the labor relations board.

Sion Fitgers Brewing Company Peoples Ing Company Duluth Brewing and Malting Ern Brew Duluth North‘ighte Company of Superior Minneapolis Delete

Bid Approved to Build Alaska Pulp Industry

The forest service accepted Ketchikan Pulp and Timber Co. bid to establish an Alaska pulp mill at Ward's Grove near Ketchikan with a $20 to $30 million cost. The project plans include a 150 ton daily output within three years rising to 525 tons daily later, with eventual 500 tons per day production. The company will also buy 1.5 billion cubic feet of pulp timber near Ketchikan.

Washington Forest Service Ketchikan The Star

Army Tops Area Quota For Recruits

U S army and air force recruiting in La Crosse area exceeded the monthly quota by enlisting 155 new volunteers. The group included five with three year terms and assignments to the First Cavalry Division and mechanized cavalry. Fort Knox, Kentucky served as the initial training site for all. Notables include Raleigh Decorah who enlisted for six years with the infantry and the 25th Infantry Division. Decorah is a descendant of Chief Decorah and the ceremony highlighted local Trempealeau county heritage.

U. S. Army Air Force la Crosse Mechanized Cavalry First Cavalry Division Far East Fort Knox Cilleré W. Morgan Cazenovia Wallace E. Barr Boscobel Robert L. Brandes Alsha Havens Blue River Francis J. Gilligan Rockford Si Spiro Psarroa North 11Th Street Coast Artillery Raymond O. Garbers Alma Center Raymond A. Marden Black River Falls The Airborne 82Nd Garbers Navy W . P. Holler Tomah Corps of Engineers Sills Raleigh Dick Decorah R. J. Camp Douglas Chief Decorah Trempealeau County Decorah Infantry 25Th Infantry Division Far East Command

Missing Heir Sought in Irish Estate Case

A tale from Dublin about a 250000 dollar Carden family fortune prompts a search for James Hamilton Carden or his male descendants. Gerald Murtagh, Dublin court examiner, says claim must be filed by Nov 2 in the Irish high court or the estate reverts to the exchequer.

Dublin la Crosse Tribune Charles Wachs Deeds Frank Blumentritt Dakota Minn Hamilton Carden James Wilkinson Della Wilkinson Blumentritt James Hamilton Carden Gerald M. Murtagh Chicago Tribune Carden Irish High Court Exchequer Murtagh County Tipperary John Rutter Carden Barnane Tipperary

Diorama Of Wild Life At Wisconsin Centennial Fair

Madison Wis Special Conservation undertakes an elaborate display at the state fair park West Allis showing a water fall stream ponds and natural settings with waterfowl muskrats beaver and fish. Huge dioramas line the grounds with pine fore ground and an elaborate lighting system for the centennial celebration and future fairs.

Madison Wis State Fair Park West Allison Oak Conservation Department Awkle

Milwaukee DA Appeals for Help in Gambling Inquiry

Milwaukee District Attorney William McCauley leading a John Doe probe into county gambling solicits public aid. He offers to send a special investigator to meet informants who cannot visit the safety building.

Milwaukee — i William McCauley John Doe Milwaukee County McCauley

Eyewitness Describes County's First Tornado Event

Mrs. C. W. Hofer and her son witnessed La Crosse county's first tornado near Goose Island and Maple Grove cabins. They watched a funnel form from a west cloud, moved north, leaving debris on a rural road as they sheltered and then detoured home.

C. W. Hofer South 13Th Place la Crosse County Knight In Shining Armor

Employment Office Appointments and Transfers Announced

The trial commission announced Monday the appointment and transfer of six managers to Wisconsin state unemployment service offices. Carl Wallace named veterans employment representative. Fond du Lac promoted to manager of Stevens Point office. Wilbert Rauchian promoted to manager of Oshkosh and then to Wisconsin Rapids. A A Haug of Stevens Point to Beloit. R E Larson of Wausau to Green Bay. A E Nelson of Wisconsin Rapids to Oshkosh. C B Larson of Beloit to Wausau. Transfers due to resignations and retirements in Green Bay and Oshkosh. Appointments aligned with bureau of personnel certifications.

Beloit Wausau Green Bay Oshkosh Bureau of Personnel

Iceland Covered by Glaciers Despite Misconceptions

About one eighth of Iceland is covered by glaciers. The statement clarifies the country’s icy extent despite common misunderstandings about its geography.

Iceland

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