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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1944
Page
8
Washington urges early Christmas parcel mailing to overseas service members. The period runs Sept 15 to Oct 15, with one parcel per week per recipient, to ensure delivery before December 25. Relatives should begin on opening day and cooperate due to limited mail resources.
A new enlm requirement mandates that notices of price ceilings for annual crops be provided at least 15 days before planting. The rule aims to give farmers early guidance on cabbage pricing and crop planning.
Whitehall Wis Special report shows Trempealeau treasury balance of 114945 40 as of July 31 with July receipts totaling 80351 70 and August expected as the second largest month for receipts. Treasurer John Rae lists county highway allotment at 59 71 and notes March as the largest receipts month due to real estate activity.
Albany reports Gov Walter Kee of New Jersey asserts his view of international policy includes every element from editorial stance to a 16 inch gun. Edge says Dewey supports the use of peace forces to deter aggression, a claim he says is broader than Dewey’s statements. The exchange follows a lengthy discussion between Kee and Dewey.
Federal court issued warrants charging Charles Cline Byron Stafford Jack Arnold Ross and Marion Bolder with illegal sale or transfer of gasoline coupons worth more than ten million gallons. Cline admitted burning and salvaging coupons at a laundry and selling them to Ross and Stafford at fractions of a cent per gallon. The probe followed widespread circulation and burning of illegal coupons in the Midwest.
Remy distributes a new immersion-water heater capable of boiling a 24 gallon water can in 30 minutes. The product targets rapid heating for on site use and may appeal to industries needing quick hot water access.
GALESVILLE Wis Special First Galesville soldier killed in action is Pfc Alvin Beandesth 33. His wife learned by telegram of his death July 15. He served in infantry over a month and last wrote July 14. Married Feb 22 1944 to Verna Daffinson. Son of Joseph Baardseth. Graduated Gale college Jan 14 1911. Enlisted Oct 1942 after farm work. Trained at Camps White and Adair Oregon and went overseas April 1944. Survived by wife father and half brother Marvin Baardseth. More details to follow.
Two Milwaukee filling station operators were arrested and warrants issued for ten others after an Office of Price Administration investigation into a counterfeit gasoline inventory coupon ring. W. L. Dolphin and Clarence Casanova faced arraignment before U.S. Court Commissioner E. Jenkins on open regulations charges. Dolphin posted a $1,000 bond and Casanova $500.
London reports Captain Norman S. Ives and other U. S. officers were killed in an ambush near Granville while en route to St Malo on port duties at Cherbourg. The incident raises concerns for maritime operations and Allied command in the region.
Tokyo radio said a small Japanese unit remained active on Guadalcanal and had been left there. A few members reached a central Pacific base recently and reported others hiding in the jungle waging guerrilla warfare.
Salem Oregon report quotes Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey national selective service director that the war in Europe ending will not end the draft. He notes the navy will still need many men for the Pacific war and the army must replace long serving personnel.
At Camp McCoy Wisconsin the Second Infantry division band serenaded Maj. Gen. Walter M. Robertson on the fourth anniversary of his command. The band led by T. Sgt. John Sullivan played Stars and Stripes as the division prepares for overseas duty amid war overhead. The unit is noted for its role in the invasion of France.
British radio quoted a German language broadcast saying Stockholm saw 35 empty German vessels in the Baltic moving toward Estonia and Latvia. The report suggested Germany may try to evacuate troops and materiel by sea.
The county park committee considers adding several hundred acres to the forest preserve begun years ago under Judge John Doherty. The project includes expanding Norway pine plantings with help from the Izaak Walton League and Boy Scouts. Six 40 acre tracts, currently delinquent for taxes, may be converted to forestry once trees are secured.
Beloit Wisconsin merger Curti Madison Pulitzer winner joins Wisconsin Historical Society board alongside publisher George Banta Menasha and E M Hale Eau Claire elected at annual meeting Reelected members include Edward A Birge George C Sellery Harry Southiff all of Madison and others from Waupaca Baraboo Antigo Beloit Fond du Lac and Milwaukee.
The Erickson hotel in Whitehall changes hands from Mrs. Tillie Everson to Arthur Fredrickson, a local shoemaker and harness shop proprietor. The Ericksons will vacate in September, Fredrickson plans to move in next month or October, using part of the first floor for a shop and shoe sales, while rooms will be rented as before without meals. The Fredricksons and daughter Marjorie will return to their Fuller Coulee farm. Denzine was discovered by Faraday in
The young of the black bear are not larger than a cantaloupe at this stage.
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