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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1944
Page
12
Former German ambassador to Turkey Baron von Papen was arrested on entering Germany. A bank official who spoke to him declined to provide details of the arrest or its immediate circumstances.
Dr. Edward Schneberger, head of the biology division since 1937, was appointed superintendent of the fisheries division by the state conservation commission. He will replace the retired B. O. Webster and had placed first in a civil service examination. The commission also approved land purchases totaling 48765 for state hunting and fishing grounds and hatchery and ranger station additions.
Britain could purchase a fleet totaling 15 battleships 50 cruisers 130 destroyers and eight aircraft carriers with money saved from clothes rationing over two years.
Soviet news service Polpress reports Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk and Polish government in exile representatives failed to reach agreement with the Soviet backed Polish Liberation Committee on reviving the 1921 Polish constitution. Negotiations may resume later, Stalin told Mikolajczyk that Poland should decide its own conditions.
Marine Sgt. George Michael Reedy of Manitowoc Wisconsin described how Jap shrapnel pierced his throat clipping off a tonsil during near Garapan combat. He recuperates at a navy hospital and recalls his spirit of defense amid tank duels and trumpet past before service. The Kurile islands are largely volcanic.
Rear Admiral Don Pardee Moon aged 50 who led a Normandy invasion task force died Saturday in a possible suicide linked to combat fatigue. Navy says Moon commanded the Cherbourg assault through mined waters and rapid, low cost operations. A Kokomo Indiana native, he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1916.
The practice of fumigation began in 473 BC when the Greek physician Acron burned aromatics in large fires to purify air and spaces. This early method linked aromatic combustion to medicinal and cleansing aims in ancient Greek medicine.
A snowslide in Sewell, the Andean copper mining town, buried about 100 people. Four bodies were recovered and eight injured were rescued, authorities said.
Absent minded burglar steals $1,000 from a Cairo safe and leaves behind a tool chest bearing his name and address, exposing himself to police when he realizes the mistake.
Four major work stoppages accounted for most of the roughly 28 000 idle in the United States and Canada. The Detroit Gear and Axle Division plants and midwest over the road truck drivers were among the largest groups idled, with other stoppages including Wright Aeronautical Paterson plants and a Montreal tramway strike. A Dodge Chicago plant walkout protested suspension of a worker, while Ball Bros glass workers in Muncie had just settled a jurisdictional dispute.
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