Riding Star Ernestine Clarke Beckons Glamor Era
Ernestine Clarke a 22 year old bareback riding and aerial star with Ringling Bros Circus, works hard in Sarasota winter quarters and travels with the four-train circus to La Crosse on August 20, enjoying limited leisure. The show features European acts as the Greatest Show on Earth travels with 1400 performers and 280000 dollars in cost in a family oriented spectacle.
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Ernestine Clark
Ernestine Clarke
Ringling Bros. and
Barnum and Bailey Circus
la Crosse
Sarasota
Florida
Europe
Ernestine
Nails For Peanuts Is One Big Worry Of U S Economic Chiefs
Civilian Production Administrator John Small fears nail shortages as nails are redirected to veterans housing. Secretary Clinton Anderson and Rep Stephen Pace weigh in on peanuts and harvests across Georgia Alabama South Carolina and Mississippi. Pace asks for nails while farmers face possible ruin if supplies fail.
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U.S
Washington
John Small
Clinton Anderson
Stephen Pace
D-Ga
Small
Anderson
Civilian Production Administration
Veterans
Pace
Georgia
Peanut League
Alabama
South Carolina
Florida
Mississippi
Virginia
North Carolina
Texas
Oklahoma
Agriculture Department
CPA
Americus
Outbreak Closes Poultry Shows Across Wisconsin
Whitehall Wisconsin Trempealeau County agent says a sudden Newcastle disease outbreak forces cancelation of all poultry shows including the state fair exhibit. No poultry entries will appear at state, county, or Osseo 4-H club fairs this year. Similar bans are in effect in neighboring states.
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Whitehall
Wis
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Trempealeau County
Wild Gangs Terrorizing Polish Area
Polish villages along the San river face ongoing terror from bands described as Ukrainian nationalists and former Nazi affiliates. Attacks burn homes, abduct villagers, and kill soldiers as Polish troops and police pursue the outlaw groups in Rzeszow province.
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Rzeszow
Poland
San River
Volksdeutsch
Soviet Russia
Stankowa
Chietain
Terka
Wolkowyje
Flash of Life Contagious? Amid AWOL in Illinois
Geneva Illinois Kane County Sheriff Powell waited a week for a military policeman to return a private first class from Aurora to Fort Sheridan for trial on AWOL charges. The MP was AWOL as well, prompting the sheriff to contact Fort Sheridan authorities for an explanation.
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Geneva
Inl
Kane County
George E. Powell
Aurora
Fort Sheridan
Engagement ring withstood attempted robbery in Chicago
Miss Lucille McGuire and her fiancé Philip Quinn were held up in Chicago. The bandit took $115 from them and, after McGuire tossed her $1,100 diamond engagement ring into the rear seat, the assailant ordered them out and drove away with the ring.
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Chicago
Lucille McGuire
Philip Quinn
Army Commendation Ribbon Awarded at Camp McCoy
M. Sgt. Charles A. Caron of Fall River Massachusetts received the Army Commendation Ribbon at Camp McCoy Wisconsin. Lieut. Col. Harry Lutz presented the award. Caron has 27 years in the finance department including seven years abroad. He served 26 months with the Sixth Air Force in Guatemala and Ecuador and five years in the Philippines. The couple plans to reside in Sparta.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Charles A. Caron
Fall River
Mass
Harry Lutz
Caron
Finance Department
Sixth Air Force
Guatemala
Ecuador
Panama Canal Zone
Philippines
Sparta
Air Planting of Game Fish Moves Wisconsin Streams
Wisconsin officials report air drops of fry and fingerlings are faster and cheaper than truck transport. Tests show fish survive drops and losses are lower with aerial planting, enabling access to remote waters and reducing need for personnel and equipment. If cost comparisons prove favorable, Wisconsin may shift most hatchery production to airplane delivery.
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Madison
Wis
State Conservation Department
George Sprecher
Wisconsin
Middlewest
Dance Will Highlight McCoy Entertainment
CAMP MCCOY Wisconsin dances are the week’s highlight at Service Club 1 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 30 to 11 pm for military personnel and guests. Women guests include WACs and local young ladies from La Crosse Sparta and Tomah transported by government vehicles under chaperons, returned home after the event. GI guests may bring a civilian with prior host approval and a signed guest card from hostess Mrs Margaret Soule.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Service Club 1
Wacs
la Crosse
Sparta
Tomah
Service Club
Margaret Soule
Monroe County Farms Grow Larger On Fewer Farms
Monroe county farms increased in size from 141 to 145 acres between 1939 and 1944 as the number of farms dropped from 3,340 to 3,095. Cropland used rose by 3,835 acres to 167,625, and livestock value nearly doubled from 4.7 million to 8,823,340 dollars amid wartime food demands.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
A. D. Begley
Bureau of Census of the Department of Commerce
Monroe
Moorland City Halts New Homes Amid Vacant Lot Concerns
Moorland officials announce no new houses will be built as three or four plots remain empty in the town. The pause aims to reassess housing needs and redevelop vacant sites.
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Moorland
England
4-H Garden Exhibit Shines At Inster State Fair
4-H families showcase a large garden exhibit with 18 collections plus many individual entries in fresh vegetables and potatoes. Paul Kish wins best collection, with Dolores Plenge and Elinor Thompson taking second and third. Individual entries crown winners in red tomatoes yellow beets wax beans green beans and other categories. Beef and honey projects also stand out with Allegra Jostad and Jerry Jewett earning top honey honors.
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Inster
Paul Kish
Dolores Plenge
Elinor Thompson
Dorothy Schaller
Mary Ann Hansen
Robert Gilster
Allen Walters
Robert Price
Joyce Hemma
Gladys
Allegra Jostad
Jerry Jewett
Cattle Slaughtered at Reyes Bolivian Lowlands
Cattle are slaughtered at Reyes in the Bolivia lowlands and the meat is flown to La Paz high in the mountains for distribution.
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Reyes
Bolivia
la Paz
Wisconsin approves nine day deer season start date
Madison Wisconsin The fall deer shooting season is set for November 23 to December 1 nine days Gov Goodland signed the conservation commission order with no comment The measure followed a lengthy debate and a split vote on the commission The law also sets a 10 day pheasant season and a six week bow season plus rabbit seasons in northern and southern zones Migratory waterfowl rules will align with future federal guidelines No grouse season is planned.
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Madison
Wis
Goodland
Conservation Commission
Wisconsin
Fish and Wildlife
Insects and Disease Drove War Casulaties Before World War I
In every war prior to World War I insects and disease killed more soldiers than enemy weapons. The statement highlights epidemiological impact on armies before modern warfare era.
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Ringling Circus
Arthur Edson
John
Iemaz
South
DRY Cleaners
Fifth Ave. North
Gardner R Withrow
St. la Crosse
Vic Flint
Mistral Melcroft
Red Ryder
Marcia Melcroft
Still
Mistral
MR. Flint
Ana
Fred Harman
Little Beaver
Alice
Ol’ Cuii
Ac Ia
Hoople
Withrow
Congress
Tion
Farmer and the
Worker
McCoy Entertainment
Gerald G Baumgardt
16Th St
Gerald G
Gare
D! Scholls
Assemblyman
Krause
Veterans’ Organization
Wisconsin State Federation OF Labor
Railroad Brotherhoods
Donald C. McDowell
Assembly
Edward C. Krause
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