Christmas Seals Backed By Association For Tuberculosis Fight
The Wisconsin Anti Tuberculosis Association urges use of Christmas seals on gifts to fund tuberculosis research and services. The red double barred cross symbolizes protection for families and marks progress in disease control despite wartime challenges. American engineers also report a Moselle bridge built in 16 days using hot coals to prevent freezing.
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Jerusalem
United States
Europe
Asia
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Moselle River
Burlington Railroad Finishes Major Yard Upgrades at Grand Crossing
The Chicago Burlington and Quincy yards at Grand Crossing near Chicago are nearly complete after September 1944 work. Upgrades include widened 14 foot track centers, a new yard office, locker building, rebuilt coal shed cutting engine servicing time, floodlit steel towers, and crossovers from the dispatcher's office. Harrington junction gains 150 car lengths of track to handle future traffic while about 35 Mexican workers expect to return home by Christmas.
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Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Grand Crossing
P. F. Thomas
Harrington Junction
Ferryville
la Crosse
Thomas
Peaceful Christmas Cards Return After War Normalcy
A 1945 Christmas card survey shows themes of home and family as tranquil celebrations replace wartime motifs. Cards feature redolent living rooms, holly, trees, and religious imagery with Vera Madonna and Child designs. Messages emphasize reunion, with direct dedications to relatives and a hopeful wish for peace on earth.
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Germany
Japan
Labor Meetings and Labor Union Actions Highlight CIO Convention
The Wisconsin CIO convention features strong calls for women’s organizing in unions and auxiliaries. Reports by Mel Heinritz and state officials discuss wages discrimination veterans aid and farm support. Citrus price controls dominate debate as unions urge restoring ceilings.
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CIO
Wisconsin Cio News
Mel Heinritz
Wisconsin State Industrial Union Council
Elmer Benson
National Citizens’ Political Action Committee
Testing For TB Favored In La Crosse Schools
La Crosse health officer A. M. Murphy endorses tuberculin skin testing in schools as a early warning method. The test involves injecting tuberculin under the skin and reading the result after 48 hours. A positive result indicates exposure, not active disease, and prompts X ray evaluation. Tuberculosis remains a leading killer nationwide, especially among ages 15 to 45. Army mobile bakeries produced 1,800,000 pounds of white bread monthly in Europe.
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la Crosse
A. M. Murphy
Murphy
Hearing on Fox River lock signaling by walkie talkies
U S engineer department to hold a public hearing in Appleton Wisconsin on January 8 to study using walkie talkie devices to signal opening locks and bridges on the Fox River. Petitioners propose the method to reduce horn and whistle noise at night.
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Appleton
Wis
U. S. Engineer Department
Fox River
London Hospitale Day raises funds for war hard-hit institutions
London holds Hospitale Day to fund hospitals and charitable institutions weakened by the war. Organizers urge public support as relief drives target medical care and wounded service members.
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London
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