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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1944
Page
10
Letters from Maurice Allen and James cessful outline plans for the Men's Sketch club. Members of the Men's, Women's and Junior Sketch clubs will meet Sunday August 13 at the east end where a project can be completed. The Junior Sketch lab will meet Tuesday evenings until further notice.
WPB official says paper salvage needs have jumped about 1000 percent and notes current shipments every two weeks equal all wartime overseas deliveries in 1918. He stresses an unprecedented urgency for salvage amid wartime material shortages.
At Camp McCoy Wisconsin the Folding and Checking De af posted an all time efficiency record for laundry output. On Monday 4 325 bundles were completed surpassing the previous mark under 4 000 with consideration of the new nine hour work day and the extra hour. Captain Day announced the figures and credited the team for the improvement.
Denver report states the treason case against three Japanese American sisters nears trial as testimony concludes and final arguments loom.
The page lists radio programs and times from NBC, CBS, and MBS for Thursday and Friday, featuring talks by Chester Bowles, farm land debate, dramas, music, and variety shows. Notable items include Bowles OPA talk, Death Valley Days, Lum and Abner, Kraft Music Hall, and Major Bowes Amateurs.
H C Tracy of Mindoro Wisconsin was chosen by the local Future Farmers of America chapter as an outstanding area farmer earning a certificate of recognition to be presented at the Wisconsin State Fair in Milwaukee. Tracy farms 400 acres with 100 Guernsey cattle and two barns. He and his three sons run the operation with help from neighbors and he remains active in Farm Bureau and Dairy Herd Improvement. He will travel to Milwaukee with Harold Tabbert and Prof T C Main for instructional duties this year.
Sacred Heart sanitarium school of nursing in Milwaukee says this fall it will accept non Catholic sisters for training. The state board of health announced the change and urged interested qualified women to apply to the director of the Milwaukee school.
The flag of Denmark is the oldest national banner still in use, dating back to 1219. It has flown for centuries as a symbol of Danish identity and history.
The Vatican plans to transport flour and other necessities to the archbishop of Florence Elia Della Costa for distribution amid food and water shortages. Canadian troops aided by Italian patriots contest Fascist remnants in Florence while Polish and Italian forces push across the Misa line toward Rimini and Cesano river areas.
Spartan, Wis. special report tells of Pvt. David Turner 22 son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Turner 426 Walrathi street home on furlough six weeks after D day. A July 31 hospital letter from England notes he is receiving good care after being wounded in France on July 22. Turner enlisted December 1943 trained at Camp Wolters Texas served at Fort Meade Maryland before going overseas July 1. He is married to Audrey Streeck and has a 14 month old son Jackie. Mrs Turner hosts servicemen with children and four other servicemen with children live with them.
Turkish reports claim Bulgaria and Romania consider leaving the war but no Allied confirmation exists. The material remains unverified rumor, with no official word to corroborate prior claims.
The U S Civil Service Commission announced an exam around Sept 1 to fill the Strum postmaster vacancy in Trempealeau County. Applicants must file by Aug 17 to take the examination in Whitehall.
Whitehall Wisconsin special report states E A Sorenson has sold his tobacco warehouse to Pigeon Falls Co operative Creamery. The firm plans to use the building for storage in its dairy operations.
An air drop delivered three packets of yeast to Wairoa, New Zealand, one hour after an appeal reached authorities. The isolated community lacks road and rail access and has no suitable landing field, requiring special containers for the shipment.
Camp McCoy Wisconsin announces that only CDD discharges will be processed at the post with the separation center at Fort Sheridan Illinois handling other discharges in the Middle West. Lieut Michael Latersa, chief of military personnel, said discharges will be finished within three days after action by the discharge board and that Fort Sheridan action is planned for 48 hours. Lieut Lester Baron, registrar at the station hospital, attended the conference along with officer representatives from general hospitals and posts across the service command.
Allied reports say more than 500 German submarines have been sunk or damaged since the war began while noting the U-boat fleet remains large. Early figures show 706 merchant ship sinkings in the western Atlantic since December 7, based on U.S. patrols, not counting British eastern Atlantic casualties.
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