U S Warships To Visit Greek Ports In Courtesy Call
The 45,000 ton aircraft carrier Franklin D Roosevelt and 10,000 ton cruiser Little Rock with three destroyers will visit Piraeus Athens from Sept 5 to 9, with two destroyers visiting Salonika. Other Mediterranean port calls possible before the ship returns home.
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Washington
U.S
Roosevelt
Frank D. Roosevelt
Mediterranean
Little Rock
Piraeus
Athens
Salonika
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Moscow
Lichfield aide fined for cruel punishment of soldiers
Major F Richard E Lobuono of East Pittsburgh was convicted by a court martial of permitting cruel punishments at the Lichfield England guard house and fined 200 dollars. Col James A Kilian defended himself against cruelty charges in a concurrent trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bad Nauheim
Germany
F. Richard E. Lobuono
East Pittsburgh
U.S. Army
Lichfield
England
Lobuono
James A. Kilian
Highland Park
Kilian
Missionary Expulsion Alleged by Catholic Leader in China
Father Frederick A. McGuire of the Franciscan mission in Shanghai says Chinese Communists expelled all Catholic missionaries from Shansi areas and seized mission property. He reports the last group arrived at Peiping after a dangerous trek and says mission property valued at $125,000 was taken, with personal belongings left behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Frederick A. McGuire
Shansi
Peiping
Shaohsien
Ted Williams Escapes Injury In Crash
Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox escaped injury when his car collided with another on a rain wet highway in Holliston Mass. A fellow Red Sox player suffered a head cut and Williams’ car was badly damaged in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holliston
Mass
Ted Williams
Boston Red Sox
Red Sox
Williams
What Is Wrong When Prayer Fails
Thirty years ago Edwin J. Dingle found transformative power in Knowledge after a Tibet encounter. He credits health, wealth, and fame to a mysterious institute and offers a free 9,000 word treatise to readers via The Institute of Mentalphysics Los Angeles California Dept 553A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbidden
Tibet
Edwin J. Dingle
England
Dingle
Institute of Mentalphysics
South Hobart Blvd
Dept
Los Angeles
Calif
Isle Royale Becomes U S National Park in Dedication
Isle Royale Michigan known as the Jewel of Lake Superior was dedicated as a national park. About 400 people attended the ceremony held on a barge at the island dock with Gov. Harry F. Kelly and Rep. Frank E. Hook presenting for Michigan and Oscar L. Chapman accepting for the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isle Royale
Mich
Lake Superior
Harry F. Kelly
Frank E. Hook
Ironwood
Barge of Coal Arrives at Black River Dock
A 778 ton coal barge tied up at the municipal dock in Black River Tuesday afternoon, bought by the Yerry Coal company. The barge arrived as part of a tow up the Mississippi by the Seneca, with other barges at Riverside park levee. This is the Yerly company's second coal delivery this season. the first arrived Oct. 5, 1945, and two more barges are expected.
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Municipal Dock
Black River
Yerry Coal Company
Mississippi River
Seneca
Riverside Park Levee
Yerly
Yerly Company
Picketer Debuts Over Lost Pants At Medford Cleaner
A well dressed man picketed a Medford cleaning establishment for three hours carrying a sign that said This store lost my best pants This can happen to you. He urged others to beware and keep a close eye on their garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medford
Mass
Sugar Versus Vinegar
A man asks a cab to Penn Station in New York. The driver refuses the 80 cent fare, praising twenty eight years of service and noting the polite greeting was the first of its kind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Penn Station
Pennsylvania Station
Bob
Lost handcuffs after Sunday punch on used car lot
Los Angeles officer G. L. Wean seeks the return of his handcuffs after arresting a suspect on a used car lot. The officer was knocked unconscious by a Sunday punch to the chin and, when he recovered, the cuffs and the attacker had vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
G. L. Wean
Pie thrown from car hits Navy chief in San Diego
Navy Chief Warrant Officer Harold K. Clapsaddle was struck in the face by a cherry pie tossed from a passing automobile at a San Diego street corner. Policeman E L Bailey said investigators seek the offender and Clapsaddle also desires to learn who threw the pie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Navy
Harold K. Clapsaddle
E. L. Bailey
Clapsaddle
Dutch Dilemma Confusion Over Nebraska Location
A Dutch resident thanked Mrs. Ira Blakeman for Salvation Army clothing but asked where Nebraska is. She wondered if Nebraska lies in England Canada or America and requested clarification in a follow up letter.
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North Platte, Nebr
Holland
Ira Blakeman
Salvation Army
Nebraska
England
Canada
America
Pigeon Trouble Across City Buildings In La Crosse
A Milwaukee reader asks if pigeons roost on public buildings. Officials in La Crosse describe roosts at the court house jail and city hall, with police noting city ordinances require shooting pigeons on certain premises.
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Milwaukee
Esther M. Domke
Court House
Miss Domke
Stanley Mat
Reece Urges Negroes To Dump Democrats
Buffalo address by Republican national chairman Carroll Reece to the Elks of the World frame Democrats as harming Black interests. He argues the nation cannot be half free and half unfree and says parts of the country still tolerate outrageous discrimination. He claims the Democratic party will not abolish racial abuses in the southern states.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Carroll Reece
Republican National Committee
Improved
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World
Reece
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Wood Pulp Subsidy Restored to Encourage Production
John R. Steelman as economic stabiliza tion director ordered resumption of wood pulp subsidy payments to support marginal high cost pulp. Payments run July 1 to December 31, 1946 on the June basis, with reductions if pulp prices rise. The program has boosted marginal pulp output and must continue amid a wood pulp shortage. Approximately one third of US water power potential lies in the Columbia river basin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John R. Steelman
Steelman
United States
Columbia River
Whitehall Justice Court Notices and Local Property Transfers
Whitehall figures in two justice court pleas. Hartwig Engen pleads guilty to reckless driving, fined 10 dollars plus 4.40 costs. arrested Aug 17 by H. F. Theurer. Adolph Hallingstad pleads guilty to intoxication on the highway, fined 10 dollars plus 7.40 costs. arrested Aug 25 in Arcadia by H. F. Theurer. Public notices list numerous property transfers in La Crosse area including Park Avenue blocks and Onalaska listings. Fires report shed fire at 1311 North Street and a mattress blaze at Gannett hotel on Pearl Street with engines responding.
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Hartwig Engen
Whitehall
Justice Court
P. M. Paulson
Engen
Lincoln
H. F. Theurer
Adolph Hallingstad
Hallingstad
City of
Arcadia
Elizabeth Tume
Aloysius
Leone Bautch
Park Avenue
21St
22Nd
Nellie Irvine
Elmer
June Peterson
Onalaska
Clara Marquardt
Irving
Esther Krenz
Sumner Street
Car
Bantam
John Seiler
Sidney
Blanche Seiler
Shelby
W. W
Sarah Bauman
E. J
Hazie la Fleur
Wood Street
North
Livingston
North Street
Clarence A. Potter
Gannett
Second
Pearl Streets
Mattress
La Crosse Proclaims Labor Day Observance 1946
The mayor I. J. Verdota proclaims Monday September 2 1946 as Labor Day in La Crosse urging full observance and display of the American flag. The proclamation dated August 29 1946 cites labor progress and holiday significance for workers across factories fields mines shops and transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Wis
I. J. J. Verdota
City of
City Hall
Five Fined On Gambling Charges In Sheboygan Area
Five men were fined by Justice of the Peace Lester Clude after raids Aug 8 on two Elkhart Lake establishments. Harry Galean paid 50 dollars plus costs for permitting gambling equipment. others faced varying charges and pleas. A note adds that gin now costs 1.25 dollars in Tehran.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Justice of the Peace
Lester Clude
Elkhart Lake
State Beverage Tax Division
Harry Galean
Liberty Lodge
E. R. Getzloff
Green Bay
Sigmund Starke
Hollywood
Fla
Justice Grube
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U. S
London
Mowerbeck
Horechier Pharmacy
China
Rugged Isle Royale
U. S. Park
Isle la Plume
The
Daily Records
Sparta
Elmer Paulson
Harvey Peterson
Wilbur Laib
Black River Falls
William Stelter, Jr
Buz
Marge
Vince
LA Crosse Street Market
la Crosse Street
Sheboygan Area
Charles Seidman
Chicago
Michael Dubin
Martin Wolf
Mt. Vernon
Robert G. Pick
Reno
Nev
Tehran
Iran
Conn
Terry
Jane Ellis
Salada Tea Co
Berkeley Street
Boston
Montgomery “Ward
Dad
Rayon
Ments
Montgomery Way
Ier
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