Red Cross Assists WWII Veterans With Terminal Leave Pay Aid
La Crosse county Red Cross chapter will help World War II veterans apply for terminal leave pay under new congressional legislation. Applicants must present discharge papers, and forms can be notarized by chapter workers. Payments may be cash or bonds, depending on the amount and veteran status, with bond maturity five years after separation.
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Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
la Crosse County
Red Cross
Emma L. Siede
Home Service
Siede
Treasury
British Troops Move In On Empty U S Army Encampments
London reports a beachhead established by British troops in an empty army hut occupied by squatters mainly war veterans seeking housing. Soldiers at a camp near Iver Heath Buckinghamshire entered through the back door while Mrs. T J Robson was momentarily away and took over the rear half of her hut. Government ministries offered no clear solution to the housing shortage and called the issue dangerous.
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London
Iver Heath
Buckinghamshire
T. J. Robson
German Wine Exports Planned From U S Zone
About 2,000,000 bottles of first grade German wine are set for export from the U S zone in Germany under wartime arrangements.
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U. S
Germany
U S and Britain Move to Defend Dardanelles Jointly
The United States and Great Britain plan a united stand against Soviet demands over the Dardanelles. Washington opposes Soviet joint defense of the straits and both powers hint at revising the Montreux treaty to allow freer passage for Russian ships. Britain backs Turkey’s control due to Mediterranean interests and longstanding ties.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Dardanelles
Moscow
Mediterranean
Black Sea
Turkey
Fedor Orekov
State Department
Byrnes
Orekhov
Two Waupun Escapees Nabbed by Grandmother Hero
Ralph Flick age 27 of Madison and William Foster age 32 of Milwaukee, inmates from Wisconsin’s Waupun Prison, were held by Catherine Prendergast a park district guard until park police arrival. Both fugitives waived extradition and were sent back to the institution.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Waupun
Ralph Flick
Madison Wis
William Foster
Milwaukee
Catherine Prendergast
Park District Service
Park
New Records Set at Milwaukee Harbor
Milwaukee port director Harry C. Brockel announced new records for net tonnage and gross operating income. Waterborne cargo reached 680 137 net tons, up 1.92 percent from 1944, marking seven straight years of record highs. Ferry dockings, totaling 947, were excluded from net tonnage. Gross operating income totaled 155 271.60 dollars.
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Milwaukee
Harry C. Brockel
Teachers urged to back federal education program
Dr Floyd M Jeeves urged 400 delegates at the American Federation of Teachers convention in St Paul to back a ten year federal education plan. Professor Reeves of the University of Chicago calls it the best bill for national education, proposing 1948 costs of 805 million and rising to 1.9 billion by 1958 with starting teacher salaries set at 1500 after three years and 2000 after eight.
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ST. Paul
Floyd M. Jeeves
American Federation of Teachers Convention
Congress
Reeves
Former Italian King Pressed For Housing
Vittorio Emanuele former king of Italy faced eviction amid a housing shortage. He and his wife left the Cairo Villa they had rented since last May as a guest of King Farouk of Egypt and now reside on the ground floor of another Italian family’s Cairo home according to the Daily American Rome edition.
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Rome
Vittorio Emanuele
Italy
Daily American
Cairo
Farouk
Egypt
Site sale at Western Electric Plant offers surplus goods
War Assets administration announces a Wednesday site sale at the Western Electric plant in Eau Claire offering thousands of dollars in surplus property to schools and colleges at a 40 percent discount. Eligible institutions must provide FSA symbol numbers. items include laboratory equipment, radio sets, machine tools, furnaces, and glass working lathes.
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Western Electric
Eau Claire
FSA
War Assets Administration
Army recruiting station joins Viroqua centennial parade display
La Crosse U S Army recruiting station participated in Viroqua centennial parade with weapons and vehicles. Task Force Frost at Camp McCoy supplied the display, arranged by Col. R W Breedlow, with 1st Lieut. C T Harris and M Sgt L L Heidorn coordinating the effort.
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la Crosse
Viroqua
Frost
Camp McCoy
Col
R. W. Breedlow
C. T. Harris
L. L. Heidorn
Bananas From Guadeloupe Shipments Reach U.S. Trade Route
A group of businessmen in Guadeloupe bought a vessel and began shipping bananas to the United States, establishing a direct link in the fruit trade from the French West Indies.
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United States
Guadeloupe
French West Indies
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Norwich
FORD
Dick Turne
U.S
Folger’s
Tropical
Americas
Folger
Mountain Grown
Milwaukee Harbor
Dr. Reeves
The
University of Chicago
C. H. van DE Steeg
Optometry
Main Street
M. R. Kemski
la Crosse, Wis
Men’s Dept
Penneys
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