Roosevelt fourth term may push radical reforms in U S policy
Washington observers foresee a potential shift under a Roosevelt presidency toward government managed cartels in foreign trade and increased government use of subsidies to shape competition. The plan includes dismantling large industrial units and boosting wartime surplus plant use to prevent unemployment after the war.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stern
United States
America
Socialist Party
National
Senate
House
New Deal
Europe
Drive For Industry 7 to La Crosse Appeal for New Industry
A La Crosse Chamber of Commerce appeal urges members to spread the message about locating new industry in the community. It highlights rail, truck, water transport and a developing Midwest airport as strong appeals to attract firms postwar and asks members to pass the word to seize opportunities.
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CleeSee
Mail Daily
la Crosse
Midwest
Com . la Crosse
Moves Mapped Long Ago Show How Patton Sweeps Were Planned
A World War II analysis reveals Gen Eisenhower and Gen Patton mapped long range armored sweeps in England before D day. Officers planned steps months ahead, using knowledge of German responses and available forces. The report notes Eisenhower never expected the Seventh Army trap to fully destroy its foe and that a second patton sweep was decided in advance.
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Supreme Headquarters
Eisenhower
Seventh Army
Patton
Women at Work Surge in War Effort and 18 Million Employed
Census figures show a rising number of women in U S war work reaching a record 18 18 million. Women from teens to grandmothers perform skilled tasks from welding to shipboard duties in the Merchant Marine as male employment also grows.
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Bureau of Census
United States
Bobby Sex Brigade
J. C. Capt
Redirected Focus Shifts to Tokyo Island in Pacific Drive
Strategic goal narrows from capturing all Pacific islands to securing the island hosting Tokyo. Officials assess remaining operations and concentrate resources on the central stake, the Tokyo location, amid ongoing regional pressure.
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Pacific
Tokyo
Where To Locate A Five Acre Sustenance Farm
Roger W Babson outlines four conclusions to help readers pick a U S state for a five acre sustenance farm. Focus on suitable soil pockets near agricultural experimental stations and near a state capital agricultural department for guidance and local support. He notes proximity to stations aids learning and potential resale value.
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Ile Aes
Fragmented Era Snippet Reflects War Bond Payoff Blues
Odd collage notes buy war bonds and donate blood with wordplay about a single day late. Mentions Russia breaking speed limits and slipping away. Mentions a scenic sky and a warm night. Ends with a surreal image of a glacier as a pet.
Dependents Of Soldiers To Gain Clear Death Pension Rules
A new bill pending in Congress would align veterans death pension dates with official war or navy department death findings. It forbids dual payments where VA previously could set earlier dates, preventing double collections by survivors. The VA will still handle life insurance dates separately.
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Washington
Congress
Veterans Administration
War
Navy Departments
Jones
War Department
Navy Department
Then and Now Notes From Local Almanac Highlights
A collage of past times notes from La Crosse area archives recalls ten, twenty, and forty years ago. Mentions include A R Tetragraf and family visiting, a farewell supper for Josephine Smith, park events, fishing trips, Camp Greenleaf at Lake Washington, and local school activities.
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A. R. Tetragraf
William
la Crosse Rubber Mills
Josephine Mith
Milwaukee
Guy Gardiner
Raymond Rice
Wisconsin
C. E. Larson
Havre
Mont
Mary Losey
J. W. Losey
Camp Greenleaf
Lake Washington
Cassel
Minn
Washington School
Alex Hyslop
Freemont
Neb
C. A. Olberg
Marshall
Archie Olberg
William Grover
John Flynn Post
GAR
Ena
Esther Marcou
Wausau
la Crosse County
Edward Boyle
E. W. Gautsch
Louisa O'Connor
Lida Watterson
Eliza Cronk
Onalaska
Peter Schertz
St. Louis
Stanford
Tiay
la Crosse
Arcadia Fair
la Follette
Milwaukee Hotel Clerk Charged in Club Operator Slaying
A Milwaukee district attorney issued a first degree murder warrant for Richard Rutledge a hotel clerk charged with killing Dorris Tex McGee 30 operator of a cab driver's club. Rutledge and McGee were playing cards at the club when the shooting occurred. police say Rutledge did the shooting and he remained at large.
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Milwaukee
Richard Rutledge
Dorris
Tex) McGee
Dist. Atty
James J. Kerwin
McGee
Rutledge
Joseph T. Kluchesky
John A Dugan
Fire Destroys Barn Struck By Lightning
Lightning struck a barn on the Schwertel farm six miles southwest of Galesville shortly before noon Wednesday. The barn burned with 30 tons of hay four harnesses and at least one calf, while other buildings were saved by Galesville firefighters.
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Galesville
Wis
Joseph Schwertel
Lincoln assessor confusion over half horse on rolls clarified
State Tax Commissioner Frank Armstrong explained that one assessor listed a co-owner of a horse while another left out the second co-owner on the 1943 county assessor rolls, clearing up the mystery.
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Lincoln, Neb
Frank Armstrong
Nelson Wilson Feud Signals Washington Crisis in WPB
The Nelson Wilson clash at the War Production Board escalates as vice chairman C E Wilson resigns and Donald Nelson returns from China amid White House pressure. President Truman’s comments deepen confusion while Krug, a career public servant, takes interim control as Byrnes’ office is bypassed. The pattern repeats: firing, power stripping, and a New Deal fix.
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Washington
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
China
WPB
C. E. Wilson
General Electric
Nelson
Wilson
J. A. Krug
Wisconsin
State Public Service Commission
Kentucky
Federal Communications Commission
New York
Tennessee Valley Authority
Office of Production Management
Krug
White House
Nelson-Wilson
James F. Byrnes
Office of War Mobilization
Political Friendship Broken Dickenson Named State Official
Gov Goodland appoints John E Dickenson to a minor state post amid a broken Wisconsin Republican alliance with Delbert Kenny. Dickenson had been Kenny’s ally and GOP county chair, while Kenny’s backers question the delegation badge and succession plans for the Wisconsin Public Service Commission seat as lawmakers push fiscal reforms.
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Dickenson
Madison
Wis
Goodland
John E. Dickenson
Wisconsin
Delbert J. Kenny
Kenny Dickenson
Washington County
Kenny
Prairie du Chien Schools Open Soon
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin district plans the 1944 45 school year with Campion registering 500 students and opening August 31 St Marys Academy also set for August 31 Prairie du Chien High School starts Labor Day adding three teachers Doris McCaffrey fills the music chair left by Edward Kavanaugh who moves to Pewaukee schools A manual arts teacher has not yet been hired Colette Wiffler to teach third grade Enid Darnell of McGregor to handle kindergarten
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Campion
St. Mary’s Academy
Doris McCaffrey
Edward Kavanaugh
Kavanaugh
Teichert enters race on Independent Socialist Labor ticket
Edward A. Teichert of Greensburg Pennsylvania filed presidential papers in Wisconsin as an Independent Socialist Labor candidate. Arla A Albranch Massillon Ohio seeks vice president on the same ticket. Milwaukee residents Georgia Cozzini and Adolf Wiggert file for governor and Senate respectively with the ticket aiding presidential electors from Milwaukee Waterford Gleason Merrill.
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Madison
Wis
Edward A. Teichert
Greensburg
Independent
Socialist Labor Party
Arla A. Albranch
Massillon
Georgia Cozzini
Milwaukee
Adolf Wiggert
U. S. Senate
Sebastian Rack
Frank Brlas
Arnold Fortman
Marko Golubich
Robert Hofem
Jerry R. Kenyon
Anthony Kolosso
Louis Myler
Arthur E. Wepfer
Stephen Paschke
Waterford
Alex Schaufelberger, Jr
Gleason
Walter E. Semran
Merrill
La Crosse Tribune Record Notices and Staff
The La Crosse Tribune and Leader-Press, published daily and Sundays, operates from 4th and Cass Streets La Crosse Wisconsin. The paper lists W T Burgess as publisher R L Bangsberg managing editor A W Rice city editor and notes the 1904 postmark and Associated Press affiliation.
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la Crosse Tribune Co
4Th and
Cass Streets
la Crosse
Wis
the Beautiful
W. T. Burgess
R. L. Bangsberg
A. W. Rice
Tribune and Leader Press
Lee Newspaper Syndicate
Associated Press
Allies Rapid Advance Presses German Lines in France
DeWitt Mackenzie reports Allied HQ in France announcing rapid advances by Patton’s armored columns north of Laon near the Somme. British thrusts across the lower Seine toward Amiens combine with an American eastward drive, aiming to force German withdrawals from the coast. Eisenhower calls the northern France campaign five days ahead of schedule, a potentially decisive time gain before winter weather slows operations.
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
France
Patton
Laon
Somme
Seine
Amiens
Forth
English Channel
Eisenhower
Hitler
Questions and Answers From The La Crosse Tribune Bureau
The reading service provides diverse factual answers from 1940s trivia, including 1943 US per capita income, World War I generals, locust appearances, Shinto basics, Irish wolfhound notes, escort carriers, ice cream flavors, heart sounds, navy church pennants, and state boundary shifts from census data.
When are harvest and hunter moons
The harvest moon is the full moon nearest the autumnal equinox on September 23. The hunter's moon is the full moon in October.
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N.A
Q and A snippets from a historical Census and trivia page
A collection of brief Q A items covering population figures from the Bureau of the Census noting 2042 urban places over 5000 and 1077 over 10000, language on loan as noun and verb, Wilson campaign remark, Chinese population abroad about 8 546 374, women's suffrage proclaimed August 26 1920, wood carving wood suggestions, and Kerry Blue Terrier origin in Ireland about a century ago.
The Children's Book Offer In The La Crosse Tribune
For Mothers and children this offering brings back memories of childhood with stories and verses. The little publication features animal outlines riddles papering and scrambled names and costs ten cents postpaid via coupon to The Tribune Bureau Washington DC.
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la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
Eye St
N. E
Washington
D. C
la Crosse Tribunetion Bureau
Eve St
Washington, D. C
Pictured Army Man and Valued Symbols Featured
A fragmented list shows an Army figure Maj Gen Richard K Pome amid a series of clues for a crossword style puzzle. Across the page, symbols and terms include chemical and heraldic references forming a themed wordplay.
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Richard K
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Grant County
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