Houston Fair Dates Slated For Houston County Show
Thousands place posters for the 1944 Houston county fair in Caledonia area as House Agency of Golden West shows visit with a 100-person Gus Sun revue titled Hail to Victory. The event features varying acts and circus displays for children while judging runs over two days on Sept 2. Two weekend hit and run fatalities in Wisconsin add to region-wide fatalities with four dead and several injured including Richard Rowe and Carolyn Berg.
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Caledonia
Minn
Houston County
Minneapolis
Gus Sun Agency
Houston County Fair
Associated Press
Secare
Wisconsin
Richard Rowe
Fond du Lac
Carolyn Berg
Milwaukee
Frank Lauderbach
Portage
Lois Huebner
Patrick Kronforst
Two Rivers
Miss Berg
Dorothy
Lauderbach
Columbia Counties
Huebner
Nemahbin Lake
Oconomowoc
Kronforst
East Twin River
Rowe
Two Girl Bicyclists Injured In Accident
Lorraine Manske age 12 and La Venne Manske age 3 were injured when their bicycle was struck by a car driven by Severim Rogstad age 26 in West Salem at the West avenue and Jackson streets intersection. Both girls, daughters of Louis Manske, were treated for slight injuries at a local hospital.
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Lorraine
la Venne Manske
Mississippi Street
Severim Rogstad
West Salem
West Avenue
Jackson Streets
Louis Manske
Child Hit By Car Injures FiveYearOld in City Streets
Five year old James McMann was struck by a car driven by Albert Byers of 1609 South 10th Street. The boy, who lives at 1806 Charles Street, was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
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James McMann
Albert Byers
South 10Th Street
Charles Street
Eighth
la Crosse
Labor Temple
Fifth Avenue
Hood Street
Washburn
Main Streets
Lincoln
Ninth
Division Streets
Hogan
East Avenue
Winnebago Street
West Avenue
Logan High
South Entrance
Franklin
Kane
Gillette Streets
Pine Street
City
Third Street
Ferry
Market Streets
Washington
Sixteenth
Vine
Island
Rose Streets
Central High
15Th Street
Mississippi
Hamilton
Adams
Alley
Jefferson
St. James
Caledonia
Roosevelt
Wood
Wood and Hayes
Webster
Fourteenth
Redfield
Weather Record U. S. Department of Commerce Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa
Generally fair tonight and Tuesday with cooler conditions in northern and western portions. Southeast regions warm and fair. Minnesota sees generally fair weather today tonight and Tuesday with cooler conditions in the south and east. Iowa reports scattered thundershowers in the southeast tonight and cooler northeast and west portions, with Tuesday partly cloudy and moderate temperatures.
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U. 8
Department OF Commerce
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dowling Riser Deaths in Tri State Area
Funeral services were held for Dr John B Dowling 82 a former Waukon dentist who died at Green Bay Wisconsin and for Miss Rosie Riser 73 who died in 1915 county patient at Churchtown Englehorn Cemetery burial followed at Martins funeral home and Englehorn cemetery respectively.
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Waukon
John B. Dowling
Ferryville
Wis
Martins Funeral
Odd Fellows Home
Green Bay
Hattie Cable
Chicago
Superior
Rosie Riser
Martin
Churchtown
Englehorn
Recovering From Injury In Fall On Farm
Otto Engen a 71 year old farmer from York fell 20 feet while helping build a silo on the Albert Olson farm. He suffered a deep fracture of the left ilium near the hip and a cut on the left arm. Engen is hospitalized in Whitehall in satisfactory condition.
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Whitehall
Wis
Otto Engen
Pigeon Bachelor
Albert Olson
York
D. Rogne
Baneel
Engen
John
Hans Engen
Nazis Put Red Crosses On Weapons During Retreat
NBC report cites Canadian broadcaster Bill Herbert describing Nazis painting red crosses on armored cars track vehicles self propelled guns and other transport in France during retreat. The action is called a direct violation of international law as broadcast by CBS.
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Associated Press
Canadian Broadcasting Corp
Oa Mans
Red Cross
France
NBC
Bill Herbert
CBS
Injured Man Removed From Railroad Yards
Local police were called to the Burlington railroad yards at 8 44 a m Monday to remove George McLeod 42 to a local hospital after he attempted self harm by slashing his left wrist with a razor blade. McLeod of 1918 Loomis street was treated at the hospital where the wound was found not serious.
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Burlington
George McLeod
McLeod
Loomis Street
Sparta Brothers In Florida After Aerial Duty Overseas
First Lieut Donald Slayton and Staff Sgt Ellwood Slayton, sons of Charles and Mrs Slayton, are stationed at Miami reassignment after months of aerial bombardment overseas. Donald, a Sparta High School graduate, completed 56 bombing missions in Italy and describes homecomings and near mishaps during daylight raids.
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Sparta
Wis
Donald Slayton
Ellwood Slayton
Charles Slayton
Miami
Fla
Donald
Sparta High School
Heart Attack Fatal To D. J. Hammergren, Wisconsin Assemblyman
Cochrane Wisconsin Assemblyman David I Hammergren 69 died yesterday morning days after a heart attack He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly Buffalo and Pepin counties district and was a former Buffalo county board member and chairman He also served in the Minnesota legislature and spent 30 years in publishing Funeral services are planned for Wednesday
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Hammergren
St. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
Chicago
Cochrane
Obituary notices for S Sgt Arthur Olson and others
Military funeral services are set for S Sgt Arthur E Olson 26 son of Mr and Mrs Edward Olson 226 Market St fatally injured in a motorcycle crash at Camp Mackall NC with burial at Oak Grove. Rose Bertha Haerter and Edith Hoeft Schork noted plus Bernard Buckiewicz in Fresno funeral at St Pauls Lutheran with Woodlawn burial. calls and services listed for area Dahk funeral home and First Lutheran church with dates in coming week.
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Arthur E. Olson
Edward Olson
Market Street
Camp MacKall
N. C
First Lutheran Church
W. A. Schumann
Oak Grove Cemetery
Alletta B. Rose
South 13Th Street
George B. Rose, Inc
Louis Kuehn
Milwaukee
Walter B. Rose
la Crosse
Edith Hoeft Schork
Dahk
George H. Marshall
Sparta
Bernard Buckiewicz
Barbara Bjergum
Fresno
Calif
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Mars A. Dale
15-Year-Old Youth Held After Auto Theft Spree
A 15 year old youth from St Paul stole a 1942 Chevrolet town sedan belonging to Clinton J Williamson of St Paul. The car, found abandoned near Four Corners, was later traced to Morris Stensgard of La Crosse. The youth was taken into custody by La Crosse police.
Maquis Fight Nazis IRMN Shifts North in Guerrilla War
Advices from France say the great majority of French Maquis forces in the central plateau region Pyrenees foothills and Savoy have moved northward to engage in guerrilla warfare at the rear of German armies along the Loire.
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IRMN
France
Pyrenees
Savoy
Loire
Advices
GOP claims edge with strong state orgs for electoral win
Herbert Brownell Jr national chairman said the GOP has ample state organizations to secure the electoral votes for the Dewey Bricker ticket. He noted the backbone of the campaign rests on 26 states with Republican governors.
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Boston
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Brownell
7th Army To Be Smashed In France Campaign
General Eisenhower predicts a pivotal coming week as Allied forces tighten a naval air and ground cordon around the residual German 7th army in northwest France. He warns three German armies remain elsewhere and insists on unconditional surrender with Paris as the objective.
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Merrill Mueller
Eisenhower
France
Seine
Germany
Hitler
Berlin
Rommel
Paris
Europe
Daily Records Estate Transfers and County Court Fines
Estate transfers include Oscar Jensen and wife to Robert Jensen and wife in Campbell. Mack Hewett to Roy Morehouse in Shelby. Frank D Tellin to Irving L Caulkins in Campbell. Fires on Green Bay Street and at Ted Blask residence. details and times given. County court notes list multiple defendants with fines, penalties, and bonds for drunk driving and related offenses. sentences include jail time for assault and lewd conduct charges.
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la Crosse
Oscar Jensen
Robert Jensen
Campbell
Mack Hewett
Roy Morehouse
Shelby
Frank D. Tellin
Irving L. Caulkins
Green Bay Street
Genoa
Ted Blask
Corporal Punishment Upheld at Wisconsin Industrial School
The Wisconsin attorney general ruled the state board of public welfare acted within its rights to permit corporal punishment in extreme cases at the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys in Waukesha. The board had adopted a rule opposing corporal punishment but allowed it under superintendent and classification committee direction with a physician present.
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Madison
Wis
State Board of Public Welfare
Wisconsin Industrial School For Boys
Waukesha
Death of CG A Comstock Era Leader at 74 in Oshkosh
Neenah Wis CG A Comstock 74 vice-president of the Equitable Reserve Association died yesterday at Mercy hospital in Oshkosh after a two month illness He was supreme secretary of the ERA from 1930 to 1943.
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Neenah, Wis
A. Comstock
Equitable Reserve Association
Mercy Hospital
Oshkosh
Big Gain Mineral Stock Food Aids County Fair Champions
County fairs approach and livestock exhibitors seek quality feed to win championships. Big Gain Mineral Stock Food is advertised as an old standby trusted by prominent 4 H Club exhibitors to build show stock and market toppers. Dealers are urged to request the Big Gain catalogue.
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BIG Gain
AFL labor news notes meetings and delegates in Wisconsin
AFL Labor News records union meetings in Stoddard Wisconsin and nearby cities. It lists Bartenders union No 479 Aug 15 at 10 pm, delegate gathering Aug 16 7:30 pm, and various lodge and council meetings through Aug 18 with dates, times, and local lodge numbers.
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Bartenders’ Union No. 479
Charles Schmikla
Stoddard
Wis
Labor Temple
Building Service
Trades and Labor Council
New York
Gen. Motors
Pure Oil
Goodrich
Sears Am. Loco
Shell Oil Am
Gt. Nor. Ore
Simmons
Gt. Nor. Ry. Pf
Sinclair Oil Am
Pac Am. Smelt
Greyhound
St Brands Am. Tobb's
St. Oil Cal
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S. Cc
St. Oil Iid Armour Ins
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Studebaker Bendix A
Nick Can
Steel
Swift Borden Int
Tel
Texas Co
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Air Lines
Case
Aire
Marsh Field
U. S
Mont. Ward
Steel Chrysler
Nash Kelv
N.Y. C
Woolworth Cons
Avia
Curt-Wright
Am. Co
Owens Glass
Curb du Pont Douglas
Penney
Ark
Nat Gas A. Eastman Rod
Penn. RR
Phelps D
Wounded Man Is Back In Action In France
Sgt. Edwin Fuenger 23 son of Mr and Mrs Frank Fuenger 1021 South Water Street is back in action in France after recovering from wounds received in the invasion on June 20 His letter to his parents received Saturday says he is again in the big push Fuenger a four year veteran served in North Africa and Sicily before moving to France He trained infantrymen in England after leaving Sicily His injury came from a piece of metal near his ear
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Tribune
Sparta Bureau
Sparta
Wis
Edwin Fuenger
Frank Fuenger
South Water Street
France
Fuenger
Sicily
England
Four House Committees Push Reconversion Plan
In Washington four congressional committees pressed a three point reconversion program aimed to clear bills on surplus property unemployment and demobilization within two weeks. If disposed of promptly leaders say Congress could begin a pre election recess around September 1 and take a second vacation after a five week break ending August 1.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Wartime Ration Guide Details Stamps and Prices
The guide lists ration stamps for meats fats processed foods sugar and other categories with validity dates and amounts. It also sets price ceilings for fruits and vegetables in La Crosse Wisconsin and Ona Minnesota for August 10 to 16 and enumerates specific per pound or per dozen prices for produce like bananas grapefruits lemons oranges plums peaches cucumbers lettuce onions tomatoes and potatoes.
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Associated Press
la Crosse
Wis
Ona
Minn
California
Ohio
Washington
Winona SWIFT & COMPANY Livestock Report
Winona Minnesota markets report buying hours 9 to 4. Cattle and hogs show strong dry fed cattle while other classes weaken. Top hogs 14.30. steer 14.00 to 16.00. cows 9.00 to 10.50. calves steady with top 14.50. ewes 5.00 down. overall discounts for overfilled stock and poor condition noted.
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Swift & Company
Winona
Minn
Auniea
Cattle and Hog Prices Steady in Milwaukee Market Report
In Milwaukee hog and cattle quotes center on steady to improved values. Hogs show ranges from 10 to 14 dollars for sows and heavier weight cuts, while cattle and calves list steers and yearlings at 12 to 16.75 dollars, dairy breds 7 to 12, and vealers 12.5 to 15.5 with culls down to 6. Cattle weights and grade notes emphasize good to prime ranges across categories.
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Milwaukee
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
WFA
Chicago Market Summary and Livestock Report
Potatoes show varied demand with stable to firm pricing on several varieties while Cobblers see slower demand. Hog and cattle markets remain active with steady to higher quotes for select weights and grades. overall demand limited by dry weather and bears in Yellowstone.
Chicago Grain Market Update with Mixed Sept and Dec Quotes
The Chicago grain table shows wheat with Sept and Dec futures opening around 1.53 percent changes, plus July activity and other notes. Barley futures for Sept and Dec move within narrow bands, while cash grain prices list No 1 red and No 2 white wheat, malting barley, and yellow soybeans with broad ranges and moisture notes.
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Chicago
Ory
Toy
Chicago Live Poultry and Butter Prices Report
Live poultry markets show fowl steady and young stock easy with varied receipts and carloads in Chicago. Butter supplies are strong with high scores and steady pricing while egg receipts fall amid weak market for U S standards. The note adds an odd fact about discarded iron from a hair dryer usable for six hand grenades.
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Chicago
WFA
U. S
Notice of Call for Redemption 4 Percent Bonds 1944-54
Public notice declares all outstanding 4 percent Treasury Bonds of 1944-54 dated December 15, 1924 are called for redemption on December 15 1944. Bondholders may exchange all or part of called bonds for other U S government obligations before redemption date. Full surrender details appear in Department No 666 dated July 21 1941. Henry Morgenthau Jr Secretary of the Treasury Treasury Department Washington August 14 1944.
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Treasury
United States
Henry Morgenthau, JR
the Treasury
Treasury Department
Washington
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Porpcast
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Opticians
America
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Main ST
Hoople
Goss
Jason
Sparta Brothers
Florida
Tribune Sparta
Edward
D. J. Hammergren
Haerter
Chicago, Il
Harry Hoeft
Columbus, Ga
Bertha Haerter
Gop
Earl Wilsey
Rose Street
Marcus Leo Alt
R. J. la Crosse
William A. Abraham
South 22Nd Street
Milton A. Stoltz
Hugo Stark
Clara Layland
Onalaska
Henry Johnson
R. J. Bangor
James A. Ehrsum
Raymond Shaw
Sumner Street
Mildred Shaw
Margaret Sebastian
R. 1
Prairie du Chien
Cecil G. Stuart
Harriet Messling
Lynxville
CBM
Frank Batha
West Union
Iowa
AFL Labor News
Allis- Chalmers’ Employes
Walter Hough
Silas Cooper
Wisconsin State Federation of Labor
James P. Holmes
U. S. Conciliation Service
Allis-Chalmers
Ration Guide
R. A. Ausman
Mar
Winona Livestock
Milwaukee Livestock
Nebraska
Texas
Cobblers
Yellowstone National Park
A. D
F. L. Kramer
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