Orders Against Firms Six Stores Directed To Follow Regulations
Judge Clarence Rinehard in Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls ordered six firms to comply with price regulation record keeping. The orders require pricing records and sale slips with purchaser, item description, and clerk details, with a 30 day record-keeping period after OPA approval. Some firms must retain slips for sales over specified amounts. others must prepare records forthwith and submit to the district OPA office. Gerald G. Baumgardt led the enforcement for the OPA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Rinehard
Aircourt
Eau Claire
Chippewa Falls
Eau Claire and
OPA
Phil H. Griffin
Max Abramson
Joe Abramson
the Hollow Clothing Company
Edward Segel
A. C. Mason Company
H. O
J. H. Elliott
National Furniture of
Chippewa
National Furniture Company
Watermany
Gerald G. Baumgardt
Potatoes Worldwide Value Surpasses Gold Production
A global comparison shows annual potato harvest value exceeding the world output of gold. Experts note potato markets provide durable food security while gold production reflects mining scope and market volatility.
Praises Work Of Knoblauch In Distinguished Unit Citation
Lieutenant Colonel Holt lauds Sgt. Charles E. Knoblauch for exemplary service as a radio mechanic in the 1940s war effort. The letter to Mrs. Genevieve Knoblauch traces his training in Mississippi Sioux Falls D C Richmond and Wilmington and notes his 1943 overseas deployment and England to France service. Knoblauch, 22, is a Aquinas High School graduate who worked at Northern Engraving Co prior to induction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Knoblauch
Harold N. Holt
Italy
Genevieve Knoblauch
North 8Th Street
Knoblauch
Mississippi
Sioux Falls
D. C
Richmond
Wilmington
N. C
England
France
Aquinas High School
Northern Engraving Co
Railroad guards at two La Crosse crossings approved
The Milwaukee Road proposes two La Crosse city police guards at Avon and Liberty crossings at company expense. The plan aims to speed trains during busy hours and protect schoolchildren. Guards would work 7 am to 6 pm six days a week, with the city paying officers and the railroad reimbursing the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Benson
Milwaukee Railroad
Chicago
la Crosse City
Avon
Liberty
Common Council
W. J. Whelan
la Crosse
Benson
Avon Street
Liberty Crossing
W. P. Roellig
Warren Smith
A. R. Kempter
Robert M. Gleason
Caledonia Street
Rubber Mills
Electric Auto-Lite Company
Roellig
Public Utilities Committee
Nineteen Boys Register With Draft Board in Trempealeau County
Nineteen youths reached their 19th birthdays in November and registered with Trempealeau county selective service. Names listed include Walter Glenn Hunter Galesville Thomas Norman Toraason Blair James Sanford Torpen Robert Clifford Goplin Kenneth Benjamin Olson Jerome Emmett Thomley Norman Rustad Bernard Selmer Hanson Osseo Cecil James Maliszewski Trempealeau George Albert Thalacker Eleva Jerome Rudolph Kreibick John Jerry Kampa Edmund Edward Filla Independence Donald Wilbur Stuhr Ettrick Gaylord Liepard Hanson Francis Anthony Pellowski John Clarence Sobotta Arcadia Irvin James Hanson Strum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Selective Service Board of
Trempealeau County
Clarence H. Johnson
Walter Glenn Hunter
Leo Arthur Wier
Galesville
Thomas Norman Toraason
Blair
James Sanford Torpen
Robert Clifford Goplin
Kenneth Benjamin Olson
Jerome Emmett Thomley
Norman Rustad
Bernard Selmer Hanson
Osseo
Cecil James Maliszewski
Trempealeau
George Albert Thalacker
Eleva
Jerome Rudolph Kreibick
John Jerry Kampa
Edmund Edward Filla
Independence
Donald Wilbur Stuhr
Ettrick
Gaylord Liepard Hanson
Francis Anthony Pellowski
John Clarence Sobotta
Arcadia
Irvin James Hanson
Strum
Sailor repairs jet by breakfast leftovers in flight
Donor Los Angeles reports Lieut Marion A. Mason said a Japanese fighter's shell cut a hydraulic line on a navy plane over the Kuriles last July. With insufficient fluid to lower landing flaps the crew fed the system coffee and orange juice in a transfusion suggested by Aviation Machinist's Mate Charles W. Scott of Optima Oklahoma. It worked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
Marion A. Mason
Kuriles
Charles W. Scott
Optima
Okla
Explosive Cat Gift Warning Strikes Shipping Crews
The United Seamen's Service plans to give 125 mousers to crews aboard tankers and ammunition ships but warns that static electricity from cat fur could trigger explosions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Seamen's Service
USS
Public Debate Column Requires Names and Addresses
The editor states letters to the Public Debate column must include names and addresses to be considered. Without attached identifying details, letters receive no consideration.
Wisconsin Lawmaking Invitation from Representative Krause
On January 10 1945 Wisconsin legislature opens in La Crosse representative Edward C Krause urges citizens to write with ideas on laws to pass repeal or improve and promises serious consideration and public credit if enacted
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Wiscosin
Wisconsin
Edward C. Krause
South 10Th Street
la Crosse
Reopen Cotton Mills Plan Affects 180 UK Mills
A committee coordinates the reopening of about 180 British cotton mills shuttered in 1941 with an estimated 40 000 workers to be employed as operations resume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Numerous Mumps Cases Raise School Attendance Concerns
Over two months mumps have closed many school days, especially in lower grades, per A. M. Murphy of the La Crosse health department. With no preventive method, nurses restrict cases from school a week after glands normalize and urge protection from cold and exposure to prevent complications. Incubation runs 14 to 25 days and control is limited. More than 300 cases reported, not counting secondary home cases. several workers, mothers, and one teacher contracted the illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Murphy
la Crosse
Murphy
Higher Output Of Cigarettes Being Studied
Senators probing the cigarette shortage plan a public hearing to assess feasibility of boosting production and rationing stocks. Preliminary findings show overseas troops are served, with domestics expected to continue shortfalls due to doubled military demand. The inquiry will also consider manpower and plant limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Star
Senate War Investigating Committee
Mead
D-Ny
War Department
Durham
D-Nc
Mexico Hails Indiscipline Punishment for Absentees
Mexico enacts harsh measures for civilian workers who skip work on Saturdays and other days. Officials warn repeated absences will be treated as indiscipline and punished severely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Oil plants built in western China for tung oil fuel substitute
Over 60 plants have been built in western China to extract tung oil for use as a gasoline substitute. The program aims to expand domestic oil supply and reduce reliance on imported fuels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
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