War veterans returning home and family guidance
A August 8 1944 La Crosse Tribune column advises families on handling returning veterans. It stresses labeling, living with them without pity, inviting participation in hobbies and work, and avoiding overprotective welcome. Families may need more adjustment than the veteran and should seek medical advice only if the veteran shows clear mental dysfunction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.P
Coleman R. Griffth
Bureau of Institutional Research
University of Illinois
Forecast for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa Tonight through Wednesday
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers in Wisconsin north tonight. Wednesday expect more cloudiness with scattered storms in the north and northwest and cooler conditions in the northwest. Minnesota trends mostly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms in north and west areas tonight and east and south Wednesday. Iowa shows partly cloudy skies with scattered showers in northwest tonight and north and west Wednesday. warmer in the east and northwest Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Portowa
River Forecast Outlook for Hastings to Genoa
A river forecast shows slight declines after gage readings with little overall change across the Hastings to Genoa district. The report notes minor falling tendencies but no major shifts in water levels expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Genoa
Year After War Two Million To Leave Federal Payroll
The piece reports predicted civilian job cuts postwar with Ramspeck foreseeing about 2 million to depart the federal payroll within a year of war end. It lists current totals of 2,908,912 federal workers and outlines layoff orders prioritizing retirees, temporary staff, wartime appointees, then career employees, with veterans protected over non veterans. It cites medical experts on postwar mental health and urges families to adjust carefully to returning servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ramspeck
D-Ga
House Civil Service Committee
Civil Service Commission
War
Navy Departments
Post Office Department
War Department
Navy Department
Pfc Robert Poehling Killed in France
Pfc. Robert Poehling, a News-Sun employee since 1936 and World War II Army enlistee since June 26, 1941, was killed in France. He trained at Fort Meade and Camp Maxey before overseas service and is believed to have taken part in D-Day actions. A cousin, Pvt. Clifford E. Poehling, 30, is listed as missing in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poehling
Army
Fort Meade
Seene Calif
Camp Maxey
Pfc
The
News-Sun
England
Pvt
Clifford E. Poehling
Mrs
A. Poehling
Green Bay
Marriage Licenses across Wisconsin and Iowa Names
La Crosse couples Maurice Kocinski and Joyce Alien plan marriage on August 12. Henry McDonald and Hazel Harris tie details for August 11 at Camp McCoy. Richard Williams 24 and Gert rude Harpers Ferry plan August 5 ceremony. Leonard Wiegrefe 23 and Lucille Reinke 23 of New Albin to wed August 7. Frances Flory and James Useller Augusta August 5. Gladys West and Homer H Taylor August 5. Marie Hall and Walter M Bloyd August 5. Lloyd Nelson and Ardis Northfield plan August 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry T. McDonald
Hendeville
W. Vo
Hazel Harris
Pettibone Park
Camp McCoy
Gladys West
Whitsett
Tex
Homer H. Taylor
Beeville
Winsta M. Miller
Jae Mu
Joseph C. Nohave
Congress
Marie Hall
Minneapolis
Ration guide outlines stamps and price ceilings for fruits
The notice lists indefinite validity for various Book three and four stamps across food and gas items, with specific expiration dates and five pound limits. It covers gasoline coupons, period validity, and weekly price ceilings for fresh fruits and vegetables in La Crosse Wisconsin and Winona Minnesota, plus detailed unit prices for bananas, cantaloupe, citrus, grapes, plums, peaches, and vegetables including cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, lettuce, onions, tomatoes, and potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wis
Winona
Minn
California
Ohio
Triumph
Doctors' Formula for Quick Relief Piles Advertised
An old advertisement promotes a doctors' formula for piles claiming fast relief with an easy rectal ointment. It stresses affordability and availability in La Crosse and nearby stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton
la Crosse
Pord Hopkins
Lansing Council Elects Orlanda White As Mayor
Lansing city council elected Orlanda White, a 130 pound figure, to succeed Frank Riser who weighed 325 pounds as mayor. Riser resigned last week. appointments run until March 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Orlanda White
Frank Riser
Riser
Girl Parachute Champ Joins U S Riggers at Fort Benning
Marie McMillin, 1930 parachute jumper turned WAC, trained as a parachute rigger for paratroopers. By 1941 she logged 690 jumps, including a 24,800 foot record. She leads maintenance at Lawson Field after joining the Fort Benning class for women parachute riggers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Benning
Marie McMillin
Uncle Sam
Marie
Pvt
McMillin
Wacs
Lawson Field
Horseless Carriage One of Sunapee’s Early Motorized Showing
Sunapee New Hampshire claims one of the first horseless carriages built in 1869 by Enos M. Clough after 14 years of work. The two cylinder machine with 5463 pieces and six speeds was driven to Newport Vermont and St Johnsbury Vermont before town authorities banned it for scaring horses. Clough sold it to Richard Gove of Lakeport who dismantled the motorized carriage after it rode into a fence. The engine was later placed in a boat and the carriage destroyed by fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunapee
N. H
Enos M. Clough
Clough
Newport
St. Johnsbury
Richard Gove
Lakeport
GI First Aiders Help Mocking Bird’s Broken Leg
Six soldiers from the 255th Infantry communications section at Camp Van Dorn treated a baby mocking bird during a field problem. They applied wire and twig splints to a broken leg, then removed the bandages to find the leg healed when the bird hopped around later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp van Dorn
Miss
255Th Infantry Communications Section
Nonagenarian Paints Home Blue Then White
Philadelphia report notes 94 year old Rudolph Weeber painted his house blue and then repainted it white after disliking the color. The brief focuses on the elderly painter and the color change sequence observed at his residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Rudolph Weeber
Monkey named Jackson leads suburban chase through Wilmette
A pet monkey named Jackson broke his chain at his owner's home in Wilmette Illinois. He swung from tree to tree drawing two police teams several suburban residents and an inquisitive dog into a lively chase. A banana lured him briefly before he hurled it back and the chase ended in an open field near a florist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmette
Ill
Jackson
Goatskin Rafts to Automotive Displays In Chungking
In Chungking China the Ministry of Communications opened highway exhibits showing municipal and provincial transport. The display featured transport types from goatskin rafts to mu carts and automotive parts, plus tires fuels and highway materials and models illustrating China's difficult terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
China
Ministry of Communications
Brave horse saves owner from bull in Donegal
A horse owned by J. Doherty of Donegal Eire earned a special medal for valor after charging a savage attacking bull and saving his master from goring. The Dumb Friends League and Blue Cross struck the medal to honor the steed’s act of courage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Doherty
Donegal
Eire
Doherty
Dumb Friends’ League
Blue Cross
Waiting list for Bel fast housing swells as 30 requests daily
Six thousand applicants are on the Bel fast waiting list for homes as the city’s housing organization receives 30 new requests daily. A 57 acre survey for the municipal home building program was completed in record time with help from Northern Ireland’s Ordnance Department aiding planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ordnance Department
Regular monthly meeting of city committees announced
Fred Kramer city clerk announced a regular monthly meeting of the mayor's special committee and all other common council committees at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the council chambers city hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Kramer
Manitowoc Herald Times Names New Managing Editor
George J. MacFarlane, veteran newspaperman, is named managing editor of the Manitowoc Herald Times, succeeding Bernard W. Peyser who has taken a post with the War Information in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitowoc, Wis
George J. MacFarlane
The
Manitowoc
Two-pound Oxheart Tomato Found in Victory Garden
Syl Bates of 751 North 23rd street reported Tuesday he harvested a two-pound Ox heart tomato from his Victory garden. The item was grown in his personal plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syl Bates
North 23Rd Street
Victory Garden
Veteran Fortress Bombardier To Address La Crosse Youths
Lieut James V Fagan bomber on Flying Fortress Pistol Packin Papa will speak at La Crosse Vocational School all day Wednesday. He has flown 30 bombing missions over Berlin Kiel Munich Frankfurt Bremen and more and earned the Purple Heart Air Medal three oak leaf clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross. Local Civil Air Patrol and Lieut J E Sage will help arrange mental screening and preliminary physical exams for those seeking Army Air Forces wings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Air Corps
James V. Fagan
Fagan
Berlin
Kiel
Munich
Frankfort
Bremen
War Department
la Crosse Civil Air Patrol
Army Air Forces
Army
Air Corps
Civil Air Patrol
J. E. Sage
Milwaukee Army Air Forces
Ining Board
Lieut
Peter Rabbit Buys 4000 Acre Lakeland Farm For Nation
The Lakeland district of England receives a 4000 acre tract held in trust for the British people. Beatrix Potter, known as Peter Rabbit, accumulated the land with royalties from 20 adopted Peter Rabbit books. The property was willed to the public in a London document filed after her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Rabbit
Lakeland
England
William Heelis
Beatrix Peter
London
Curfew Urged for Boys in Dublin to Curb Vandalism
A Dublin conference of clergy, school officials and social workers urged a curfew for boys, with parents prosecuted for roaming after curfew. They cited damage to public and private property as rampaging youth cause. T. S. O'Mahony, assistant manager of Dun Langshire County, noted losses in the Dublin area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Eire
T. S. O'Mahony
Dun Langshire
Mrs. Chris Buol 73 West Salem obituary
Mrs. Chris Buol of West Salem died Monday evening at a La Crosse hospital at age 73. She is survived by her husband, son Floyd Buol, two grandchildren, sister Mrs. Kate Emmerick of Springfield Oregon, brothers John Elsen Glenwood Minnesota and Nic Elsen La Crosse. Funeral services Thursday at 130 pm at the Chris Buol farm home and 2 pm at the Presbyterian church West Salem with Rev F F Parsons officiating. Burial will be at Fairview cemetery Bangor. Friends may call at the Buol home Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Buol
West Salem
la Crosse
Floyd Buol
Kate Emmerick
Springfield
Ore
John Elsen
Glenwood
Minn
Nic. Elsen
Presbyterian
Greenland's Sparse Population Stuns World Census
Greenland remains the planet's most sparsely inhabited area with just 0.04 people per square mile, highlighting extreme population dispersion across its vast landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenland
Stock Market and Livestock Prices From Winona Report
SWIFT & COMPANY in Winona Minnesota shows steady markets with livestock arriving after closing being weighed and priced next day. Hog top 14.30, cattle steers yearlings good to choice 14.00-16.00, lambs 12.75-13.75, calves 11.50-14.00, and Chicago butter and eggs markets listed with firm or unsettled status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift & Company
Winona
Minn
Birth Announcements From Lutheran and St Marys Hospitals
A son was born Aug 7 at Lutheran Hospital to Mr and Mrs Kermit Rud of 710 South 13th Street. At St Marys Hospital Sparta Wisconsin a son arrived Aug 4 to Mr and Mrs George June of Sparta and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Henry Smith of Sparta on Aug 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Hospital
Kermit Rudrud
South 13Th Street
St. Mary's Hospital
Sparta
Wis
George June
Henry Smith
Birthday Greetings for Amelia Mikkelson in Mindoro
Local note wishes Amelia Mikkelson a happy birthday from Christina Seversen of Loomis Street 1501, Albert N. Larson of Cunningham Street 1219, and Olive LaFore of Onalaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Mikkelson
Mindoro
Christina Seversen
Loomis Street
Albert N. Larson
Cunningham Street
Olive LaFore
Onalaska
Salable Livestock Prices Report From Chicago Market
Chicago livestock market reports large salable hogs calves and cattle with prices ranged by size and grade. Hog totals about 24 000 with weights 160 240 at 14 75 and sows over 559 pounds at 13 75. Cattle and calves show steady to weak trends with steers and heifers uneven and cows down to 8 50 to 11. Sheep open steady with Washington lambs around 15 and natives about 13 to 14 with light culls to 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Washington Spring
County Court notes fines for driving without regis tering in La Crosse area
Henry Lawrence faced a 10.74 dollar fine and costs for driving without vehicle registration or annual fee payment on La Crosse street and similarly on highway 331 in Washington. Kenneth Larson, Aldace Ash, and Marvin Severson were fined 10.74 or 10 dollars with costs for various driving offenses. Raymond Stark had 10 dollars and costs plus a one year license revocation for reckless driving on highway B. Real estate transfers list several property deeds in La Crosse, Burns, Shelby, Onalaska, and Denton Street. Fire report notes August 8 furnace issue at 322 South Street Selma Lillethan residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Henry Lawrence
la Crosse Street
of Washington
Kenneth Larson
Bangor
Aldace Etna Ash
Park Avenue
Shelby
Raymond Stark
West la Cross
French Island
Marvin Severson
Onalaska Avenue
Odelia Witt
Theodore E. Pfaffen
Burns
Arthur Tyson
Roy J. Milley
Clyde V. Parley
Jennie Johson
Onalaska
Elizabeth Niggli
Cora M. Chase
Denton Street
23Rd Streets
Souths Street
Selma Lillethan
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