McCarthy challenges La Follette to public debate with eight points
Circuit Judge Joseph R. McCarthy of Appleton a Republican senatorial candidate issues a formal challenge to U S Sen Robert M La Follette to debate on fundamental campaign issues Details include eight outlined charges covering New Deal tax and spend policies federal employment dairy farming and international policy The time and place would be set by La Follette
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Associated Presse
Joseph R. McCarthy
Appleton
U. S
Robert M. la Follette
Wis
McCarthy
la Folette
New Deal
Wisconsin
Truman
Pep up older years with tonic from La Crosse stores
Advertisement touts Pep for men and women over 40 50 60 promising renewed vim and younger feeling. Claims include vitamins calcium and phosphorus with a tonic sold at drug stores in La Crosse and Ford Hopkins with a $38 introductory offer.
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Tor
Caesen Ton
Olsen
Om la Crosse
Ford Hopkins
La Follette Declines Debate Challenge Before Wisconsin Primary
U S Senator Robert M La Follette said he had not received a telegram from opponent Circuit Judge Joseph R McCarthy who challenged him to a debate. He added he would not feel obliged to help McCarthy draw a crowd as the race for the upcoming primary closes.
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U. S
Robert M. la Follette
Racine
Joseph R. McCarthy
McCarthy
LaFollette
Child Fatally Burned When Gown Ignites at Stove
Mary Louise Sager two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs John Sager Monroe died from burns suffered after her clothing caught fire on a kitchen stove yesterday.
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Monroe, Wis
Mary Louise Sager
John Sager
Monroe
Agricultural exhibits spotlight fair stalls and health aids
At the La Crosse county fair agricultural booths showcase a wide range of crops and fish species. First aid providers treated five cases including a scalp cut and sprained ankle while polio records are cited from 1931 to last year. Major vendors John Manville Montgomery Ward Maytag General Mills Peerless beer and Old Style Lager display products.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
U. S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Sudan
Johns Manville
Montgomery Ward
Maytag Home and Appliance, Inc
General Mills
Peerless Beer
175 Attend TC Breakfast at State Teachers College
Donuts and coffee served to 175 breakfasters Wednesday in the social room. Miss Virginia Congreve organized the meal with Miss Ann Thomas and student committee. Teachers Emerson G. Walling and J. F. Rolfe brought their classes to breakfast, as Miss Margaret Chew sponsors a Latin-American tea next week. An all-school noon picnic is planned for the second summer session in August.
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Virginia Congreve
State Teachers College
Ann Thomas
Emerson G. Walling
J. F. Rolfe
Margaret Chew
College Town
Milwaukee Gas Hearing On Walkout
A three man fact finding board appointed by Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach convened in Milwaukee to hear remaining issues in the dispute between Milwaukee Gas Light Co and the CIO Gas Coke and Chemical Workers. The board includes Nath an P. Feinsinger Clark Kerr and John E. Roe to resolve wage, holiday, vacation and Sunday overtime demands after a two day strike that idled 15 000 workers.
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Milwaukee
Secrrtary of Labor
Schwellenbach
Milwaukee Gas Light Co
Cio-Gas, Coke and Chemical
Nathan P. Feinsinger
University of Wisconsin
Clark Kerr
University of Califonia
John E. Roe
Madison
Industrial Congress
Conciliation Service
Medical Mission To Examine Aleuts
The U S Fish and Wildlife Service dispatches a medical mission led by Dr Russell C Payne to St Paul and St George islands in the Bering Sea to study teeth and tuberculosis among over 450 Aleuts.
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Washington
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Pribilof Island
Russell C. Payne
St. Paul
St. George Islands
Bering Sea
Probe reveals alleged favoritism in wartime contracts
The account discusses official favoritism toward certain contractors and alleged unwarranted allowances as the Senate committee investigates wartime operations. Senator Taylor calls for a general inquiry into war profits by corporate giants, amid claims of monopolies and involvement of major associations.
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Taylor
Idaho
National Association of Manufacturers
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Henry J. Kaiser
George Meader
Combine
Fishermen Return with Buried Bourbon Cache
Casper Wyoming reports Ralph Schnauss and Dave Davidson recovered 24 bottles of bourbon labeled Bottled in the Spring of 1915 buried in sand along the North Platte River after a fishing expedition.
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Casper
Wyo
Ralph Schnauss
Dave Davidson
North Platte River
Wisconsin State Fair Swine Dairy Judging and Night Shows Highlight Week
Morning judging of swine and dairy cattle continues with 4-H calves starting Friday morning. Thursday features a new Thursday program with a horse show and the 1946 State Fair Revue on the grandstand, plus a grand finale fireworks display. Friday includes a 1 PM 4-H barrow auction with Red English auctioneer and Community Sales Service clerk, followed by 2 PM horse races, a 2:17 trot and 2:24 pace for $500 purses, circus acts, and a 4-H dress revue.
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The
Fair Association
Red English
Wisconsin
Middle West
Death notices reveal physician's career and family ties
Death records from Trinity College Toronto indicate a physician who studied at Johns Hopkins, practiced in Canada until 1908, then moved to Hillsboro. He married Elizabeth Butler Ketchum in 1909. she died seven to eight years earlier. Surviving children include Margaret Kelly Hillsboro Ellen Judson in Columbia and Mary Showman in Madison.
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Trinity College
Toronto
Canada
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Hillsboro
Elizabeth Butler Ketchum
Brighton
Ontario
J. H
Margaret) Kelly
Lyman
Ellen) Judson
Columbia
South America
Richard
Mary) Showman
Madison
Ekern Endorses La Follette in Madison Address
Former lieutenant governor Herman Ekern urged voters to back Senator La Follette in Madison last night. He said the new congress will face major problems and must have leadership of knowledge ability and integrity, urging a vote for La Follette.
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Sen
la Follete
Herman Ekern
Madison
Congress
la Follette
Diamonds Return Saga Ties Racine to Veteran Trinke
The article chronicles Julius Trinke's claims and troubles over a set of jewels amid his storied past. It notes his roles as a civil engineer from New York, World War I service, a 22-year Racine fireman, a controversial one man parade in 1941, and later ventures including a Burlington ice business and a Montana ranch. His family offers little recent contact.
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Racine
New York City
Wis
Trinke
Laura
Helen
Dorothy
James
Jefferson Barracks
Milwaukee
Burington Ice Company
Burlington, Wis
Montana
Discharges at Fort Sheridan August 5 6 7 list names
Army personnel discharged at Fort Sheridan include Bradford E Phillips Caledonia Forrest S Riggs Sparta Robert W Byers 1317 South Fourth Street Joseph B Blankenship 809 Avon Street Earl W Grim Viola Paul W Rice Boscobel Robert S Jensen 2314 Kane Street Donald H Hortum Black River Falls Milward A Starch 2552 East Avenue South Ruel F Fleming Viroqua Myron V Haugen 1549 Loomis Street.
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Fort Sheridan
Bradford E
Phillips
Caledonia
Forrest S. Riggs
Sparta
Robert W. Byers
South Fourth Street
Joseph B. Blankenship
Avon Street
Earl W. Grim
Viola
Paul W. Rice
East Avenue South
Ruel F. Fleming
Viroqua
Myron V. Haugen
Loomis Street
Fixer with liquor amid Finland fuel shortage open to use
In Finland a temporary measure mixes gasoline with alcohol to prop up fuel supplies during a gasoline shortage. The plan aims to keep vehicles running while official supplies lag behind demand.
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Finland
Rupture Shields Demonstration by Hoffmann in La Crosse
Minneapolis expert H L Hoffmann will demonstrate his Rupture Shields in La Crosse at the Hotel La Crosse Friday August 16 from 10 am to 3 pm with no charge. Appointments the prior evening. Hoffmann has fitted thousands of U S cases since 1928 and invites those with large ruptures or failed prior treatments. If you want it done right see Hoffmann.
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Shipstead
Wheeler
Connally
Poland
Europe
H. L. Hoffmann
Minneapolis
Minnesota
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Hotel la Crosse
United States
Hoffmann
Sears
Federal hunting regulations list seasons and dates by state
The regulations approved by President Truman and Secretary Krug detail open seasons for ducks geese brant rail and gallinules woodcock and doves across multiple states including Michigan Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin Colorado Illinois Iowa Kansas Missouri Nebraska Ohio and Wyoming with specific start and end dates such as Sept to Dec ranges and October windows for various species and areas. The document outlines state by state provisions and exceptions like coot restrictions in Illinois and no season in several states for certain species.
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Fish and Wildlife Service
Truman
Krug
Michigan
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Colorado
Illinois
Coot
Lake and McHenry
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Ohio
Wyoming
Tinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Ill
Maine
West Virginia
Upper Peninsula
Pennsylvania
Plan To Detect And Fight Cancer In Wisconsin
Wisconsin plans a state cancer division under the state board of health with federal funding about 57 000 dollars annually for education and prevention. Dr Carl Neupert says the program will educate physicians technicians and the public including a high school propaganda effort. The division will cooperate with the Wisconsin State Medical Society and groups such as the Women’s Field Army to combat cancer as a major public health effort.
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Madison
Wis
State Board of Health
Carl Neupert
Wisconsin
Neupert
la Crosse County
Wisconsin State Medical Society
Women’s Field Army
Death of Edith Zaring in ambulance en route to hospital
Edith Margaretta Zaring a 15 year old from Kankakee Illinois died Wednesday while being transported by ambulance from the Zaring summer home at Crooked Lake to University hospital in Minneapolis. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Glen E Zaring.
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Brainerd, Minn
Edith Margaretta Zaring
Kankakee
Ill
Zaring
Crooked Lake
University Hospital
Minneapolis
Glen E. Zaring
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