War Department politicizes soldier reading amid consolidation talk
The War Department bans magazines in camps citing the soldier voting law, sparking charges of bias toward Roosevelt. Critics say the move discriminates against publications with pro Roosevelt or anti party lines and echoes Nazi propaganda control.
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Taft
Roosevelt
Dewey
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Nazi Germany
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Navy Department
Benefits for Workers in Old Age and Unemployment Pay
An editor’s note explains differences between federal old age assistance under social security and state unemployment compensation. It outlines eligibility rules since 1937, including covered jobs, employer and employee contributions, wife benefits, and the $85 monthly cap. It notes state variability in unemployment payments and the impact of firm size on eligibility.
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Germany
Washington
Social Security Board
Congress
Mississippi
United States
Midwest Poll Boosts Dewey Lead Across Five States
A Midwest opinion poll shows Governor Thomas E. Dewey leading by more than 50 percent in Wisconsin Ohio Indiana Michigan and Illinois, reflecting a decline in Roosevelt sentiment and suggesting the need for a strong organized opposition campaign to translate opinion into policy before the election.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Wisconsin
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Dewey
Roosevelt
Midwest
Nazi robot tanks on Caen front mocked as junk by allies
Allied reports describe seven German robot tanks tried near Caen with remote control mast and four foot height. Canadian gunners destroy them without casualties, a brigadier calling the device a terror weapon useless against fortified positions.
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Caen
Normandy
Models For New Cars In Postwar Era
War Production Board orders permit experimental models by lifting the 1942 model requirement. Auto executives expect first postwar cars to resemble late wartime models due to scarce draftsmen designers engineers and tool makers. Material supplies may exist but skilled help is scarce until after the war.
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War Production Board
Canadian Scientist Warns of Global Madness in 25 Years
A Canadian scientist predicts widespread insanity by mid century while noting a growing share already shows suspicious behavior. The remark frames a warning about future mental health trends and societal stability.
Hollywood bans banquet scenes in future films
The film industry has ruled against including banquet scenes in upcoming productions. Executives say these scenes are costly and time consuming, and the decision reflects broader cost cutting and scheduling priorities for studios.
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Hollywood
Postwar guidance for returning servicemen by Roger W Babson
Babson urges returning soldiers to seek opportunities through personal integrity and initiative rather than waiting for big business. He notes industries already hire veterans, recommends reading directed local directories for job leads, and warns against relying on politics or unions for postwar security. He stresses faith and self-reliance.
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George
Treasury reports circulation enough for all
On the eve of war chatter the treasury notes there is enough in circulation for every man woman and child at 16454 dollars. The piece adds a jab about the German army and a bomb incident, noting a Hitler case and a bomb mishap. The piece ends with a moral about the will and finding a way.
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Treasury
Hitler
Educational opportunity pledge highlighted in Tribune
Tribune notes ten years ago the paper pressed a strong resolution on educational opportunity for every American child. It recalls local events including a Hamilton school Homemakers picnic at Myrick park and Westfield Golf club members hosting golf and bridge at Maple Grove Country club.
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Westfield Golf Club
Winona
Maple Grove
Temporary injunction in rent case issued in Tomah
A temporary injunction restraining Mike J. Donovan of Tomah from rent violations was granted by Judge Robert S. Cowie. The order bars further breaches of federal rent regulations tied to Donovan properties at 1110 and 1110 1/4 Superior Avenue. OPA officials Blake S. and Frank H. Grover alleged failure to register and over-ceiling rents.
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Mike J. Donovan
Tomah
Office of Price Administration
Robert S. Cowie
Donovan
Superior Avenue
OPA
Blake S
Frank H. Grover
No Place Like It War Bond Appeal By Everyday Reader
A reader reflects on wartime travel hardships and urges personal sacrifice for World War I. He cites rail travel for soldiers and convalescents and urges buying War Bonds, reading about the war, and arguing for understanding, emphasizing the personal impact of the war.
You Are Your No. 1 In This War
A wartime message urges individuals to value personal effort over large figures. It concludes that the German destruction is beyond calculation, but each citizen must assess the impact of one death or one sacrifice.
Out Of The Darkness by Faith Baldwin
Faith Baldwin urges continued aid to Europe after the war stressing feeding starving children as essential for future world stability. She warns hunger threatens mental and physical development and could sow seeds for future wars if unchecked.
Goodland Joins Wisconsin Conservation Parade Amid Campaigns
Madison Wis Gov Walter Goodland aligns with the conservation vote in the Wis politics scene a shift from earlier criticism to enthusiastic backing He stresses conservation as a campaign platform while critics warn such rhetoric risks reducing a substantive policy to a political refrain.
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Madison
Wis
Walter Goodland
Wisconsin
Goodland
Commonwealth
Chase
Bus sabotage charge raised at Greenock hearing
Bus conductoresses who shout bus full when seats are available are charged with sabotage. The accusation follows protests at Greenock Scotland where demands for better transport were voiced during a hearing conducted by officials serving the Greenock Corporation.
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Greenock
Scotland
First bread line in Great Waltham fades as loaf bequest wanes
In Great Waltham England the first bread line for the poor from a centuries old bequest gathered only a handful today. Rev. P H Crozier publicly appealed to find anyone to claim the free loaves as the village of about 2000 now has fewer than a dozen claimants.
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Great Waltham
England
P. H. Crozier
Restoration Planned For Kuban Rice Fields After War
Lands regained from routed German armies will provide food for Soviet Russia. The entire pre war rice area will be planted next year with restoration involving repair of main locks and irrigation system in the Kuban fields, Moscow reports.
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Russia
Kuban
Moscow
La Crosse Tribune and Leader-Press Masthead and Details
The La Crosse Tribune and Leader-Press published each afternoon and Sunday morning by La Crosse Tribune Co. with offices at Fourth and Cass Streets La Crosse Wis. It carries the masthead The Beautiful and cites R L Bangsberg as publisher and A W Rice as managing editor. The paper entered as second class matter June 23 164 at La Crosse post office under 1879 act. The paper is a member of the Associated Press.
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la Crosse Tribune Co
4Th and
Cass Streets
la Crosse
Wis
LA Crosse the Beautiful & T Burgess
R L. Bangsberg
A W. Rice
Tribune and Leader-Press
Associated Press
Period of Nazi Punishment Warned as War Trials Loom
DeWitt Mackenzie argues Germany faces severe postwar penalties for aggression. He notes Hitler's retreat and mounting German casualties as moral strains intensify for civilians and soldiers. The column contends heavy fines imprisonments and possible executions may follow, with total extermination dismissed as rhetoric.
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Germany
Hitler
Q and A on geography patents and history from The Haskin Service
The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau provides brief Q A explanations on Acireale its pronunciation postal relations with Germany post World War I and other factual topics. It covers television receiver sizes porcupine quills airplane world trip 1911 Grant nickname mottos postal and highway codes F A P letters and wartime election timing.
Governor Horizons on the Edge of a Parsing Puzzle
The text presents a jumble of scattered clues and fragments mixing a governor reference with numbered entries and abbreviations. It reads like a word puzzle or cryptic crossword snapshot rather than a coherent news item, with partial phrases, letters, and archaic abbreviations interwoven.
Who Said None Knew Thee But To Love Thee Fame
The line None knew thee but to love thee was popularized in a tribute by Fritz-Greene Halleck for his friend Joseph Rodman Dana.
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Fritz-Greene Halleck
Joseph Rodman
Nations owing U S a postwar war debt count
After the first World War seven governments owed the United States a war debt. Additionally thirteen belligerents and neutrals borrowed immediately after the armistice to buy surplus munitions and supplies or to purchase food and relief items.
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United States
K.M. A
True wild horses in the world today
The tarpan or Przewalski's horse of Central Asia is the only wild species of true horse now living. The term provisional company is used to designate two or more companies combined for a temporary mission.
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Przewalski
Central Asia
Common Household Pests booklet offer
The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau advertises a ten cent booklet titled Common Household Pests. It promises guidance on eliminating moths ants mosquitoes flies fleas silverfish rats and mice and invites readers to mail ten cents with name address and location to Washington DC.
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Eye St
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Washington, D. C
N E
Washington, D.C
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