Lead Silver New Yukon Lure As U S Seeks Metal Jackpot
Mayo Landing Yukon report notes a revival of interest in base metals led by copper silver and lead. Officials estimate a possible 900 million dollar US government stake in Yukon resources while miners race toward Keno Mayo and Stewart River areas. John O Neill Silver Basin Yukon Mines warns about transport links and potential wartime disruption, urging domestic metal sources to strengthen northern production and new communities.
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Yukon
U.S
Mayo Landing
Yukon Territory
NEA
Chilcoot Fass
Chorge Carmack
Oly Twe Tnecainm
Shookum Jira
Tagish Charlie
George Ciimuck
Boruugh
Gale
Soureloughs
Tses
United States
Glendo
Keno Allis
Stewart River
Mayo
Junto
Guggenhems
Tou
Keno Eiu
Teac
Frige I
Uronic Mayo Linddog
Reine Sues
Kuippis
Meenelinge
Kono
Chie Tena Hills
Dndusty
Roc
Fthocesia
Belgian Congo
Vikanix Gomp
John O'Neill
Silver Basin
Yukon Mines
Keno Flail
Alaskan
High River i
Ageer
Ys O'Noal
Aland
Canadian Dominion
Memorial rites mark burial with vast VFW turnout
The burial of Pfe. Lyle Be mis of Sparta drew 18 Thom as Rooney post and auxiliary members from La Crosse. Sparta VEW and American Legion showed strong representation as flags flew at half mast. Picnic at Myrick Park featured ample food, welcomes for Louis Hanson, and plans for the 1949 encampment. Next post meeting Aug. 25 with important business on the agenda.
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Pfe
Lyle Bemis
Sparta
Thomas Rooney
la Crosse
Sparta Vew
American Legion
Apes Rooney Anna
Myrick Park
Honekiah
Post
Louis Hanson
North Side
Joan Coleman
Ralph Steele
Milo Welsh
Richard Dix
Robert Jonis
Robert Burgess
Gerald J. Bollen
Wausau
Frank C. Loeffler
Dudge
Thoms Rooney
Explosion Wrecks Coal Company Office in Ducktown
An explosion wrecked the Presswood Coal Company office in Ducktown, Tennessee, no injuries reported. Sheriff said cause unknown, noting the blast occurred early yesterday and tied to prior election violence in nearby Folk County. Ducktown lies about 30 miles from Benton in Polk County.
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Ducktown
Tenn
Coal Compil
Sherritt Burch
Folk County
Wiel
Presswoor Coal Company
Benton
Tennessee
Wun County
Low Bid Won For Cochrane Drainage Ditch Project
Loyd W Miathis of Brownin TL submitted the lowest bid of 23 dollars for a drainage ditch near Cochrane Wisconsin. Bids opened Tuesday in the St Paul district office of the Corps of Engineers. The ditch runs southeast from about half a mile northwest of Cochrane. About 1 3 4 miles of the ditch have a 5 foot bottom width and one mile a 10 foot bottom width within a total stretch of 4 3 4 miles.
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Loyd W. Miathis
Brownin TL
Cochrane
Wis
St. Paul District
Corps of Engineers
Married 50 Years Maintains Suit in Ky
Covington Ky Mrs Sarah Kruse 67 filed alimony and maintenance suit not for divorce. She and husband William 69 live in separate apartments on a son in law's farm. She says he won t provide for her and won t permit her in his apartment. She is in poor health needing a physician. He earns 60 dollars a month from chicken raising.
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Covington
Sarah Kruse
William
Jaycees Plan Drive Against All Jaywalking
La Crosse Jaycees, city officials, and the safety committee backed a comprehensive anti jaywalking drive. The plan includes painted slogans on crosswalks, luminous street markings, shop window displays, two hidden patrols at key intersections, and a media education campaign to curb pedestrian and driver risk. Mayor Beranek and Officer Bennett praised the effort to focus on street level signs and pedestrian safety.
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la Crosse
Charles A. Beranek
Leonard Bennett
City Traffic Department
Jaycees
Bennett
Alon
Don Pose
Charman
Beranek
Stata Street
Weil Uy
Boy Scouts
Jaycee
Post
Dick Perry
Robert Mehra
Robert Jenkins
Greg Hanson
Merle Hill
Robert Gaumer
Norman Biebel
Thomas Sletten
Elmer May
Canadian Archbishop Attacks Beauty Contests
Archbishop William Duke of Vancouver condemned semi nude beauty contests as morally dangerous at the sixth annual Canadian Federation of Conveni Alumnae convention. He said such events are barred to Catholic women who sense the sin risk and warned that being in the same room with a semi nude woman could incite immoral impulse.
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Vancouver
William Duke of
Vancover
Canadian Federation of Conveni Alumnae
Red Cross Rejects U S Medical Proposal
Stockholm conference votes 31 to eight against granting captured army doctors and sanitary personnel prisoner of war status under the 1929 Geneva Convention. Medical personnel would instead be immune and repatriation is expected for captives. The item notes a broader line about average land use per person.
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Stockholm
Sweden
United States
Internatonal
Red Cross
Hot Dry Winds Hurt Wisconsin Crops And Harvest Underway
Federal meteorologist reports hot dry winds stress crops across Wisconsin. Early corn improves in damp areas but falters on light soils. oats in north yield fair to light. flax harvested in south and center. alfalfa and clover cutting nearly done with light yields. Sweet corn OK. tomatoes and melons ripening. early tobacco good though late crop suffers. apple yields fair to light. cranberries look strong with harvest late August. Grasshoppers and fruitworms cause damage. water supply concerns southern region. In Holmen, Elvah Bratburg visits two weeks at her mother’s home.
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Milwaukee
Nature
Wisconsin
H. J. Thompson
Holmen Holmen
Wis
Elvah Bratburg
St. Paul
Minn
Holmen
A. H. Bratbura
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