Local youths enlist in Navy from La Crosse area
Three La Crosse area youths join the Navy and Army with relatives in the region. Recruiter R W Shuey notes radar training offers postwar careers in television and electronics. Enlistees include Ervin Mick, Robert Kitson, Arthur Armstrong and others from La Crosse and Rockland.
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S Area
Navy
la Crosse
la Crosse Gree
R. W. Shuey
Chippens Fells
Ervin Mick
Robert Kitson
South 20Th Geet
Arthur Armstrong
South 21St Street
Ernell S. Hesselberg
Rockland
Edward S. Richmond
God M. A. Krugel
la Farge
South Pacific
Arthur
Shuey
Winnevg
Federal
Chippewa Falls
Tax Exemption Certificates Deadline Emphasized
The U S internal revenue office urged all workers in La Crosse area to file withholding exemption certificates with their employers by Friday. Do not mail to the IRS the certificates. employees must hand them to employers or they will face tax withholding without exemptions.
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U. S. Internal Revenue Office
la Crosse
Internal Revenue Office
States May Be Given Until 1947 To Take Over Wabasha Bridge
Washington introduces legislation to aid veterans settling in Alaska after the war. The bill would authorize the smaller war plants corporation to spend up to 100000 to study peean business prospects in nearby states. The plan requires a deal by January 1 1945 with Minnesota and Wisconsin involvement and a 1947 takeover target for the Wabasha bridge context.
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Wabasha Bridge
Washington
Alaska
di- Alaska
War Plants Corporation
Near
Wisconsin
Seameh Leen Stonioes
R-Minn
Biinnesota Legis
Catholic Paper Clashes With Council Over Vatican ties
The Pilot the official weekly of the Boston archdiocese rebuts the Federal Council of Churches stance on establishing U S Vatican diplomacy. It says Catholics pose no threat and already enjoy ample access and role in Rome while opposing a separate envoy.
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Boston
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In
Roosevelt
Rome
Vatican
Lady Astor Won’t Seek Re-Election After 25 Years
Virginia born Lady Astor first woman member of Parliament will not run again. Announcement made in London states she will retire after 25 years in the Commons.
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Lady Astor
London
Intene
Chicago region quotas set for new autos by Walters
Chicago area OPA regional administrator Walters announced 198 new autos fixed as December quotas. Regions listed include Duluth Superior 6, Moorhead Fargo 10, Green Bay 10, Milwaukee 35, St Paul Minneapolis 35. National MW car stockpile down to less than a two day prewar supply.
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OPA
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Moorhead-Fargo
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Green Bay
Wis
la Leens
Milwaukee
Staal- Minneapolis
War correspondent hails American infantry courage and flaws
Harold Austin of the Sydney Morning News recounts his wartime observations of American troops. He praises their effectiveness, discipline under fire, and steadfastness from D-day through France Belgium and Germany, while noting occasional untidiness and civilian outlook affecting courtesy.
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1St Army
Harold Austin
Sydney, Morning News
Austin
The
Middle East
New Guinea
France
Belgium
Germany
League of Nations Founded in Geneva in 1920
Representatives from 13 nations met in Geneva on January 10 1920 to establish the League of Nations creating an international body aimed at preserving peace and preventing future wars. The historic assembly formalized a new global cooperative framework and set the stage for collective security efforts.
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League of Nations
Geneva
Lieut Olson Returns Home from Pacific Service
Lieut Comdr Axel K Olsen M D of the naval reserve has been sent back to the United States due to asthma after serving on Saipan and other southwest Pacific islands. He is hospitalized at Great Lakes Illinois. Olsen trained at Northwestern and the Lahey clinic and previously worked as a brain surgeon with Guthrie clinic Sayre. His father is Mrs A K Olsen and his brother Sgt Borge Olsen has been serving in England.
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Guthrie Clinic
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Borge Olsen
England
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Napier Field
Ala
Chanute Field
Ill
School of Engineering
New York University
New York City
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Theater Showing Red Film Ordered Closed
In Buenos Aires a theater showing a Russian film titled Len ingrad Music Hall was raided and closed by police. Receipts from the performance were seized for the Argentine League for the Rights of Man, an organization dissolved a year earlier as Communist. Eighty spectators were arrested.
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Buenos Aires
Leningrad Music Hall
League For the Rights of Man
Wisconsin War Death Toll Reaches 4068
Madison reports Wisconsin's World War II death toll at 4 068 with 576 losses from Aug 16 to Nov 30. Of these 498 were killed in action or died of wounds. In France and Italy the tolls rose by 175 and 67 respectively, with Germany and Holland also listed. In the Pacific, Leyte and Peleliu add three and eleven deaths.
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Wis
Wisconsin
Byron Beveridge
Wisconsin National Guard Review
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Italy
Germany
Holland
Pacific
Leyte
Peleui
Beveridge
Littell Oyster May Yet Bring Investigation
Rep. Voorhis introduces a House Judiciary resolution calling for a probe into the feud between Attorney General Biddle and Norman Littell after the Senate War Investigating Committee dropped further action. Littell was discharged by President Roosevelt for insubordination following a dispute over resignation.
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Justice Department
Senate
Rep. Voorhis
Calif
Biddle
Norman Littell
House Judiciary Committee
Senate War Investigating Committee
Mead
Littell
Roosevelt
Two Die Fron Crash Near Waunakee Wisconsin
Madison report states M Kessenich aged 20 of Middle-ton Rt 1 was killed and Leonard Lauf enberg 22 of Martinsville seriously injured when their car left the road and overturned near Waunakee.
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Wis
M. Kessenich
Rt. 1
Middleton
Leonard Laufenberg
Martinsville
Waunakee
Russia Increases Petroleum Production By Over Thirty Percent
Report states Russia is producing more petroleum than a year ago, with output rising by over 30 percent. Analysts attribute the increase to expanded drilling and higher refinery activity.
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Russia
Moscow Snow Follows Mild November Across Region
Moscow reports a heavy snowstorm after a milder November described as the calmest in 35 years. The article notes green grass near the capital and mentions Norway’s forests covering 30,000 square miles.
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Moscow
Norway
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