Sparta Schools Open Sept 5 With Hiring Spree
Sparta announces first day of school September 5 as Superintendent W R Bruce lists ten new teachers and multiple staff replacements across English history science music and grade levels in the district. New hires include Margaret Perrin Ashland to replace Edythe Jackson and Norma Smith Elrop for Nancy Steiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
W. R. Bruce
Margaret Perrin
Ashland
Edythe Jackson
Norma Smith
Elrop
Nancy Steiner
Dorothy Judd
Walter Pribnow
Esther Becker
Aregen
Barney Andl Tb
Marjorie By
Michigan
Charlotte Brookes
Eleanor Busness
la Crosse
Harriet Ertel
Marion Davis
Livingston
E. J. Blewnett
Jeanette Frohmacher
Eau Claire
Rudrud
EL J. Tt
Bessie Mae Carter
Letha Cota
Winnefred Foster
Esnson
Cauley
Ruth Peterson
Raymond Wiersig
Marie Kirby
Margaret Hambrecht
Thesine Abrahamson
Nadmeter
Sophie
Winona Haney
Marilyn Johnson
Germans Left Behind to Get De Gaulle Belief
Paris reports from August 27 indicate French resistance leaders think German officers left in France to kill de Gaulle were behind two assassination attempts. The first fired while he rode from the Hotel de Ville. the second as he entered Notre Dame for a prayer service. Civilian casualties and confusion occurred as police and troops exchanged fire during de Gaulle’s triumphal city tour.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Committee of National Liberation
Hotel de Ville
Notre Dame
de Gaulle
France
Arc Ville
Jacques le Clerc
Latch Strings Of Paris Out To All Allies In Khaki
Paris cheers gush from streets as American GIs flood the city after 81 days of fighting. Sun bronzed soldiers mingle with locals, jeeps weave through bicycle traffic, and crowds shower khaki-clad troops with chocolate and gum while Parisians call Paris wonderful. Pvt. Aaron Evans of Baltimore speaks for the moment.
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Paris
Pvt
Aaron Evans
Baltimore, Md
McGregor Soldier Awarded Silver Star for Gallantry
Sgt. Everett H. Weller of McGregor received the Silver Star for gallantry in action in France on June 26. He aided repairs on communications wires after his battalion stalled a dismounted attempt.
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Mcgregor
Everett H. Weller
Ames Weller
France
Fire destroys barn near Ettrick in early morning blaze
Fire of unknown origin destroyed a barn on the William Quinn farm one mile north of Ettrick around 12:30 a m Sunday. The barn value was about 2500 dollars. Fifty loads of hay owned by Lloyd and Clement Walters and a harness set belonging to Mrs Willard Mack were stored at the Quinn home at the time.
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Ettrick
Wis
William Quinn
Lloyd
Clement Walters
Willard Mack
Quinn
Clayton County Fair Opens Its 103rd Edition This Week
McGREGOR Iowa Special. The Clayton County Fair starts August 29 marking the 103rd fair held by the Clayton County Agricultural Society. Featured events include all county singing and musical groups in afternoon and evening shows, plus a new horse show with contestants from several northeast Iowa counties.
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McGregor
Clayton County
Clayton County Agricultural Society
Iowa
Lau
Storm Strikes Lake Michigan Coast Damaging Boats
A gale along Lake Michigan battered the western shore injuring a Milwaukee woman and sinking several small boats at Port Washington and Racine. The auxiliary schooner owned by Fred Chandler broke loose and wrecked against a seawall near Juneau Park.
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Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
Mayme Powell
Hewaukee
Muskegon
Midh
Manitowoc
Carol Mahnke
Betty Schier
Joe
Return To Work At Iowa Case Plant
A meeting urged workers to return to the Iowa Case Plant after pressure from Maj. William Moiselle of the Army Service Command who urged continued war production. Menke said assurances exist that there will be no discrimination and that union grievances would be taken by the army to Racine headquarters. Local management declined to comment.
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Meetingly
Dead Soldier's Funds Pay For A Luncheon
Syracuse reports that fifty former friends of Pfc. Lansing J. Fonda and a Syracuse Army detail joined a luncheon funded by a memorial fund Fonda left behind. He died of wounds in Normandy and had arranged the fund to treat "the boys" if he received a military funeral. The meal followed services at an East Syracuse church.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Pfc
Lansing J. Fonda
Fonda
Normandy
Post Treatment Extends Fence Posts Life In Wisconsin
Wisconsin farms may gain longer lasting fence posts through a cold soaking method using pentachlorphenol. University of Wisconsin extension forester F B Trenk notes U S Forest Products Laboratory research shows this treatment preserves wood against pests. Posts soaked 48 hours or more in oil soluble preservative penetrate pine birch and other woods.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
United States Forest Products Laboratory
F. B. Trenk
University of Wisconsin
Trenk
Three New Polio Cases Raise Milwaukee Total to Forty Three
Milwaukee area records 43 poliomyelitis cases in the last two weeks with three new infections. An 11 year old girl in Shorewood lifts the suburb to 17 cases while two seven year old boys in Milwaukee increase city total to 25. Wauwatosa reports one case. County medical society executive secretary James O Kelly notes ongoing physician efforts against the disease.
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Milwaukee
Greater Milwaukee
Shorewood
Wauwatosa
James O. Kelly
County Medical Son
Obituary Notices From Across the Nation
Deaths reported include James Albert Wurzbach 67 editor in chief of the Erie Dispatch Herald with 50 years in journalism. Maj Gen L F Page 60 commander in Canadian Atlantic command in Halifax. Frank P Holland Jr 64 publisher of Farm and Ranch in Dallas. Herbert Spencer 66 composer and former arranger for Lillian Russell in St Louis. Joseph R Drake 70 organizer and former vice president of Hupp Motor Car Co in Santa Barbara. first to circle world by car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie, Pa
James Albert Wurzbach
The
Erie Dispatch-Herald
Halifax
L. F. Page
Canadian Atlantic Command
Dallas
Tex
Frank P. Holland, Jr
Farm and Ranch
Holland
Texas
Canta Barbara
Calif
Joseph R. Drake
Hupp Motor Car Co
Drake
Fines Handled For Traffic Violations In Shelby Campbell Areas
Daily court records show George Riniker paid 4.74 for failing to dim headlights on Highway 33 Aug 26 in Shelby. Robert Miller fined 4.74 for failing to stop before entering an arterial highway Aug 28 in Shelby township. Mary Hetenecker ordered to pay 2 for riding a bike after sunset without lights Aug 26 in Campbell. John Miller paid 2 for riding without lights after sunset Aug 26 on Highway FF in Shelby. Roy Passineau fined 100 and costs for drunken driving Aug 27 on Highway 16 in Campbell. license suspended one year for allowing a non licensed driver on a public highway Aug 26. J B Mulder fined 5 and costs.
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George 8. Riniker
North 10Th Street
Shelby
Shelby Township
Robert W. Miller
la Crosse
Mary Hetenecker
North Ninth Street
Campbell
John C. Miller
Roy Passineau
Caps Street
Sparta
Wis
Wisconsin
J. B. Mulder
Fifth Avenue South
Real Estate Transfers and Fire Incident Reported in La Crosse
Mariana Thomas transfers property on Loomis Street between Rubilee and Gohres streets to Irene and Perry Free men. Herman Mienert and wife transfer Hyde Avenue property between 16th and East avenues to Alia Garske. A car fire near State Street between Fifth and Sixth streets damaged a seat cushion in Cari Hauge vehicle in Onalaske, Aug 27 at 12:10 am.
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la Crosse
Mariana Thomas
Irene
Perry Freemen
Loomis Street
Rubilee
Gohres Streets
Herman Mienert
Alia Garske
Hyde Avenue
16Th
East Avenue
State Street
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Cari Hauge
R. 1
Onalaske
Memorial Services Held For Simonson
Memorial services were held for Simon Simonson at the Lutheran church in Folsom. He was killed in action in France July 23, 1944. Survivors include his parents, one sister Tillie Marie, and five brothers Bernard Arizona Carol Everett Emil and Arthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Readstown
Wis
Simon Simonson
Emil Simonson
France
Simonsons
Folsom
D. T. Bergen
Simonson
Tillie Marie
Bernard
Arizona
Carol
Italy
Everett
Pacific
Emil
Arthur
Wisconsin Primary Returns Show Party Leaders by Wide Margins
The tally lists key figures across parties with U S Senator hopefuls and governors leading. Notable names include Democratic candidate Daniel W Hoan and Republican Alexander Wiley. overall primary turnout tallies at 451 801 with strong showings for various state and local offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Martin
Daniel W. Hoan
Milwaukee
John N. Zimmermann
Howard J. McMurray
Trempealeau County Legion To Meet
Trempealeau county American Legion meeting set for Ar cadia Legion clubrooms Thursday evening. County Commander H F Theurer says officers will be elected andPost officers installed with George Sipple of Menomonie invited to conduct the ceremony. Speakers include Rev O G Birkeland Whitehall and Harvey Abend Independ ence. Plans will cover the county Child lib son drive in September. Australia campaign against shoddy shoe sales noted.
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Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County
American Legion
Legion
Arcadia
H. F. Theurer
George Sipple
Menomonie
O. G. Birkeland
Harvey Abend
Independence
Mercury Nation Endures Unseasonably Cold Weather Across Regions
The Associated Press reports widespread cold from Wichita to Boston with record low maxs in Kansas City and a 66 year old Charlotte low broken. Fires lit in North Georgia and Indianapolis as fall wardrobes reappear in New York. Boston, Des Moines, Detroit clock in around the low fifties while Kansas faces wet cold and unusual hail. Denver totals hailstones eight inches deep causing about 1 million dollars in damage across Denver Pueblo and surrounding areas.
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Associated Press
Wichita
Boston
Kansas City
Charlotte
N. C
North Georgia
Indianapolis
New York
5Th Avenue
Philadelphia
Des Moines
Detoit
Kansas
Kansas Plains
Denver
Colorado
Pueblo
A Springs
Railroads Call for Immediate Hire to Fill Wartime Labor Gaps
Railroad manpower mobilization committee cites three needs: recruit for vacancies and for those drafted or leaving, and slow turnover by stressing job indispensability. Local exchanges list Brakemen Machinists Boiler-makers Bridgemen Carpenter helpers Clerks Telegraph operators Freight handlers Roundhouse and extra gang labor. Call the U S Employment Service office for railroad representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Manpower Mobilization Committee
Railroad Retirement Board
Exchange
la Crosse
U. S. Employment Service
Officials Attend Session On War Cancellations Clinic
A list of attendees for the contract cancellation clinic includes Capt F M Pickens assistant chief re adjustment training sector army air corps Lieut W D Flynn inspector navy materials office Minneapolis and Don W Walters Chicago district Smaller War Plants corporation The three hour session at the Pilot room Hotel Stoddard offers area manufacturers advice on war cancellations and cut backs The Chamber of Commerce urges all local war workers to attend
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F. M. Pickens
Army Air Corps
W. D. Flynn
Navy Materials Office
Minneapolis
Don W. Walters
Chicago
War Plants Corporation
Stoddard
Chamber of Commerce
Gunner Bernard Misna Receives Good Conduct Medal
Sgt. Bernard Misna of Stoddard Wisconsin, radio gunner with a Twelfth Air Force B 25 unit, is awarded the good conduct medal for exemplary behavior and efficiency overseas. He has served four months with the force, earning the European Middle East African ribbon with one battle star for participation in the Italian campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Misna
Stoddard
Wis
Twelfth Air Force
Sat. Misna
Salem Asylum Inmate Burns Missing From West Salem
La Crosse police seek Carroll Burns an escaped inmate from West Salem asylum. Burns 40 is five feet nine inches tall 145 pounds wearing blue overalls a dark shirt and a slouch hat. He was last seen at 4 p m Saturday.
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la Crosse
Carroll Burns
West Salem Asylum
Burns
Longfellow Junior High Sets Sept 2 Enrollment for New Pupils
Acting Principal C. Co. Thomas announced that all pupils who plan to attend Longfellow Junior High this fall and did not enroll last spring must report to the school Saturday September 2 at 9 a.m. for sign up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longfellow Junior High School
C. Co. Thomas
Repair Crew Fixes Leak at Whitehall Mill Dam
Repairing Dam S N Hegge president of the Whitehall Mill and Power company has a crew fixing a leak in the first dam. Highway department employees and trucks haul shale to fill the gap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
S. N. Hegge
Whitehall Mill and Power Company
Highway Department
Obituary Mrs Ethel Moe 42 Found Dead From Carbon Monoxide
Mrs Ethel Moe 42 was found dead in her home at 420 South 22nd street at 1130 p m Sunday by her husband Earl A Moe on his return from work Coroner Dr George Reay ruled death a self inflicted carbon monoxide gas incident Jets of a gas stove were turned on She had been in poor health Survived by husband father A D Tabbert La Crosse sister Ruth Rhodes La Crosse brother Jennings W Tabbert La Crosse Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Moe
South 22Nd Street
Earl A. Moe
George Reay
Moe
A. D. Tabbert
la Crosse
Ruth
Benjamin C Nicholson 72 Dies. Rites Planned in Benton
Benjamin C Nicholson aged 72 of 1536 Charles Street died Sunday morning at his daughter's home Mrs. Bert Oliver. He was born February 25, 1872 and survived by three daughters Mrs. Bert liver of Cross, Mrs. J A Roberts of East St Louis Illinois and Mrs. Les Mundall of Benton Illinois, and two sons John and Ben of Ferryville Wisconsin. His wife died twenty years ago. Funeral services are set for Wednesday in Benton with burial there. Friends may call at Dahl Funeral Home Monday evening.
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Benjamin C. Nicholson
Charles ‘Street
Bert Oliver
Bert Liver
Crosse
J. A. Roberts
East St. Louis
Les Mundall
Benton, Il
John
Ben
Ferryville
Wis
Benton, Ill
Dahl Funeral
Death of Mrs Bertha Cassel at 79 in West Salem
Mrs Bertha Cassel 79 of West Salem died Sunday at her home. Survived by daughter Winnie Cassel, son Victor Cassel, sister Lydia Plenge, brother George Rhodes, five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Services Wednesday at 1:30 pm at home and 1:45 pm at Christ Lutheran Church with Rev Walter Paustian. burial Hamilton Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday evening.
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Bertha Cassel
West Salem
Winnie Cassel
Victor Cassel
Lydia Plenge
Nekoosa
Wis
George Rhodes
la Crosse
Christ Lutheran Church
Walter Paustian
Hamilton Cemetery
Cassel
Walter R Woods 68 dies at home on Wood Street
Walter R Woods 68 of 1549 Wood street died suddenly at his home Friday morning. A retired Burlington railroad conductor he is survived by his son John of Flint Michigan a sister Mrs Margaret Raly Canyon City Colorado and a brother Frank Chicago Sr. He belonged to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Burlington Veterans. Services set for Tuesday 8 am at Dwyer funeral home and 8 30 am at St James church with Rev Le Roy Keegan. Burial in Catholic cemetery Rosary at 7 30 pm Monday at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter R. Woods
Wood Street
Burlington Railroad
John
Flint
Mich
Margaret Raly
Canyon City
Colo
Frank
Chicago
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Burlington Veterans
Dwyer Funeral Home
St. James Church
LeRoy Keegan
Dwyer
Easy Prey Without Dog Stuns Watertown Bank Robbery
George Ross left Lassie at home in Watertown Massachusetts and was robbed of 4552 dollars when he visited the bank alone. Lassie the Great Dane had appeared in prior headlines as his guard or companion. The incident marks the first theft after two years with the dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Mass
George Ross
Lassie
Labor Day Dance Sponsored by La Crosse Trades Council
The La Crosse Trades and Labor council hosts a Labor Day dance at the Labor temple on Sept. 4 with Joe Mader's orchestra performing from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets sold by union secretaries or the council office, single or books of ten. public admission. Carpenters Local 1143 members out of work urged to call 1674. AFL regional office moved to 546 West Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, with staff including Heymanns, Rabe, Becker, and Holz ready to assist Affiliates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Carpenters’ Union
David Sigman
American Federation of Labor
Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee
Wis
Charles Heymanns
Arthur A. Rabe
Edwin F. Becker
Alice Holz
Cashton Schools Set to Open with New Teachers
Cashton Wisconsin, Sept 4, opening of Cashton schools with a full staff. New high school instructors include Anna Mae Kiיערchler of Bangor and Mary Jane Baldwin of La Crosse. Other hires include Mat ion Fremlin and principals Curran and Hart. Mrs Ruth Calhoun heads grades three and four, Zella Persell returns to seventh and eighth, Florence Walsh covers fifth and sixth, Opal Churchill teaches the lower grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cashton
Wis
Anna Mae Kiechler
Bangor
Mary Jane Baldwin
la Crosse
Mation Fremlin
Prin. K. A. Curran
Donald Hart
Orville Harris
Ruth Calhoun
Zella Percell
Sparta
Florence Walsh
New Richmond
Opal Churchill
Westby
Wage Control Study Push Seen as War Ends Near
Washington officials foresee a new phase in wage stabilization if Germany falls and wartime controls relax. The War Labor Board may delay key decisions until October and considers reconvening the industry labor conference after Germany's collapse to set a basis for peace and reconversion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
War Labor Board
WLB
Wounded In France Lieut. Bemis Receives Purple Heart
Mrs. George Anderson learned from her son Lieut. Charles Bemis that he was wounded in France, injured in the left leg, evacuated to an English hospital, and says the wound is not serious and he can walk. He anticipated receiving the Purple Heart on August 21, in his first news in weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Sparta Bureau
Sparta
Wis
George Anderson
Charles Bemis
Bemis
England
Iverson Receives Army Navy E Award in San Diego Plant
Miss Evelyn Iverson daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Iverson Dorchester has been awarded the Army Navy E production award pin at San Diego California where she works in an aircraft factory in the electrical department The award honors skill and industry on the production front and the certificate bears the names of the president and the under secretaries of the army and navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Evelyn Iverson
Edward Iverson
Dorchester
San Diego
Calif
United States
Army and Navy
Iverson
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Tribune Sparta
Xise Tribune
Neuville Nordness
Edward D. Ball
Silver
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N.Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Amy
Leo G. Martin
Norwalk
Yvonne Evenson
Progressives
U. S
Alexander Wiley
Chippewa Falls
Joseph R. McCarthy
Appleton
Leather D. Smith
Sturgeon Bay
Perry J. Stearns
Walter S. Goodland
Roland E. Kannenberg
Wausau
Delbert J. Kenny
West Bend
Milton T. Murray
Col
Oe J. Otsen
Oscar Rennebohm
Taylor Brown
Oshkosh
Charles A. Dawson
River Falls
James E. Fin
Willis E Boss
Leon Nowak
Arnold Friedrich
Otto Werkmeister
Fred Roe
John M. Smith
Martin M. Higgins
Gerald A. Renquist
Racine
John E. Martin
Harry Southoff
Alexander O. Benz
Leo Vaudreuil
Kenosha
Ralph F. Amoth
John H. Kaiser
Port Washington
Clough Gates
Superior
Adelaide Woelfel
Chilton
Albert C. Johnson
Windsor
William H. Dieterich
Hartford
L. Chambers
Mauston
Marshal Whaling
Jack E. Joyce
Thomas R King
Oconomonoc
Gusta
J. Keller
Walter H. Uphoff
Reece
A. Nelson
Casitron
George E. Helberg
William J. Kirstof Aa
Walter G. Benson
Anna Mae Davis
Congress
William H. Stevenson
Joseph F. Walsh
Potosi
Olaf H. Johnson
Merlin Hull
Black River Falls
William D. Carroll
Prairie du Chien
Cecilia M. Garvin
Elroy
A A. Dahir
Prairie du Sac
Adolph Maassen
Alma
Trempealeau County Legion
Australia
Arthur G. Benson
Rocumaticm
Salem Asylum
Longfellow
Norwich
K. P
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Sisters
Toay
AFL Labor News
Purple
Arate Wit
Fifth Avenue
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