O Konski Seeks Defeat of La Follette in 1946 Senate Race
Rep Alvin O Konski of Wisconsin plans to unseat Sen Robert La Follette in 1946 citing a long grudging feud. He claims a very good chance, noting his 28 thousand vote district win while Wisconsin backed Roosevelt by 18 thousand that year.
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Washington
Alvin O'Konski
Mercer
Wis
la Follettes
Young Bob
Senate
O’konski
la Follette
O'Konski
Okonski
Wisconsin
la Follette Re
Publican Committee
Phil la Follette
Erudac
Roosevelt
Two Thirds of Imports From Pesce Vakie Year
Two thirds of the imported turc oe in Pesce vakie . me year were from likely unfinished text noting origins. The fragment indicates a trade share by origin but lacks clear entities or dates to identify a definite country or period.
Doan's Pills Promote Kidney Health and Back Pain Relief
A battered notice extols Doan's Pills as a remedy for nagging backache and tired kidneys. It claims kidneys remove waste from blood and promises renewed energy by flushing out harmful substances.
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Nature
Ona
Poronous
Doan
Leaves from a War Correspondent Notebook Inside the Siegfried Line
A war column recalls Pic James Sligar who tracked two Germans by scent and saved his squad from ambush. Lieut William Maxwell and Tech. Sgt Edward Perry are named amid frontline duties and pillbox bunk life in Germany.
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Siegfried Line
Pic James Sligar
Sion
Arragut
Lawa
William T. Maxwell
Vivian
Maxwell
Germany
Lion’s tail moment in war tale ends in blast
In a wartime anecdote Lieut. Robert M. Green recalls an enlisted man’s panic with a grenade. Green guides the soldier to toss it away safely, then the ensuing explosion is both physical and verbal as the lieutenant rebukes the mishap.
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Robert M. Green
Little Rock
Ark
Green
Wisconsin Soldiers Return to U S at Hot Springs
Six Wisconsin men from La Crosse area have returned after 30 months in the Southwest Pacific and are at the Army ground and service forces redistribution station in Hot Springs Arkansas. The group lives in a War Department held hotel and will undergo physical exams and interviews before reassignment in about two weeks.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse
United States
Army Ground and Service Forces
Hot Springs
Ark
War Department
John W. Hengel
South 20Th Street
Edwin J. Heigerson
Badger Street
Douglas R. Byers
South Fourth Street
Robert L. Armstrong
South 21St Street
Waldo A. Larson
Coon Valley
Ph. G. H. Lee
Stoddard
Burglars Lift 1500-Pound Safe From South Side Tavern
In Chicago the burglars who broke into a south side tavern hauled away a 1500 pound safe but owner Elmer Borsmore says there is no money inside. The safe reportedly contains only six bottles of wine.
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Chicago
South Side
Elmer Borsmore
Englewood
Radio Programs Talk Tonight on MBS and NBC Schedule
A listing of radio programs across networks CBS NBC and MBS for Wednesday December 15 1944 includes talks by Rep Estes Kesauver on Congress and Treaty Ratifications NBC shows with Dick Haymes Betty Grable Ginny Simms Burns and Allen and Bob Hope plus musical segments Roy Rogers Show and Paul Schubert Comments. Afternoon schedule features Today’s Children Jane Cowl Johnson Family and Fibber McGee and Molly with Jerome and Hildegarde performances.
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MBS
American Forum
CBS
Estes Kesauver
Tenn
NBC
Dick Haymes
Betty Grabic
Ginny Simms
Piober McGee
Bob Hope
Hildegerde
Bill Slater
Martin Brock
Johnnie Johnston
Ruth Chatterton
Burns and Allen
Alan Young
Gracie Fields
Bob Strong
Milton Berie
Roy Rogers
Paul Schubert
Prom Page Farrell
Jos. C
m—Parm
Felix Kownetener
Sons of Heaven
Army Service Forces
Jane Cowl
Johnson
America’s Music
Sport Flash
Chesterfield
Judy
Fibber McGee
Molly
Bob Hopr
Raleigh
Hildegarde
Raymond Gram Ewing
News
Roy Shields
Josh
Poultry Journal
Network Programs for December 11 War Time Corrections
The listing outlines December 11 radio network programs with corrections too late for inclusion. Highlights include Pront Page Parrell Series NBC Wilderness Road CBS Cam Midnight. Hop Harrigan. Tom Mix. News Reports with Quincy Howe CBS and NBC. Dick Tracy and Secret serials. singing acts from Ginny Simms and Sunny Skylar. The Big Town newspaper drama on CBS. Burns and Allen. Fibers of comedy and music programs across NBC CBS and Mutual networks with time slots from 4:30 PM to 12:15 AM.
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Tersday
Parrell
Nbc
Wilderness Road
Cbs
Diu Eat Hop Harrigan
Nbe
Quincy Howe
News Time
Terry
Bdiu-West
Nbec
Edwin C. Hill
Cbds
Dick Tracy
Chick Carter
Ted Husing
Jack Armstrong
Mbs-West
Lowell Thomas
Nbe World News
Henry J. Taylor
Biu-West
Tom Mix
Mbs
West
Mercer
Ve Eiman
Biu Pulteon Lewis
Johnnie Johnston
Martin Block
Dick Haynes
Shaw
Nbc-Basic the Irresistibles
Arthur Hale
Nbc-East
Kaltenborn
Nbc-West Music & Lyrics
Princes Greer
Ginny Simms
Sam and
Abner
Sunny Skylar
Judy
Nbec Theater of Romance
Alan Young
Bdin
Roy Rogers
Nbe Burns and Allen
Gracie Pields
Gabriel Heatter
Pibber McGee and
Cbs Spo
Milon Berle
Bia Dance Orchestra
Cbs & Biu
Former Store Employee Wounded In France
S. Sgt. Bernie Heilman son of Mr. and Mrs. Casper Heilman of Norwalk Wis and former employee of the S and H cigar store in La Crosse was reported wounded in France in a letter to Edward H. Lanhofer 804 South 19th street Heilman who joined the army in 1942 trained at Fort Lewis Wash before being sent overseas sustained shrapnel wounds to the jaw and hand and said everything is fine and he is in a nice warm hospital sleeping between sheets again
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Bernie Heilman
Casper Heilman
Norwalk
Wis
S. and H. Cigar
la Crosse
France
Edward H. Lanhofer
South 19Th Street
Heilman
Fort Lewis
Wash
Medal of Honor Pinned on Maj Richard Bong by Gen MacArthur
At an American airbase on Leyte in a driving rain Gen Douglas MacArthur pinned the Medal of Honor on Maj Richard I. Bong of Poplar Wisconsin. Bong, 24, has 38 enemy planes destroyed and is hailed for extraordinary courage in combat.
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Leyte
Richard I. Bong
Poplar
Wis
Douglas MacArthur
Gen. MacArthur
Bong
Congress of the United States
6th Service Command Faces Worker Shortage in Midwest
Milwaukee report notes the 6th service command covering Wisconsin Illinois and upper Michigan is the most important industrial area yet still needs 4 853 workers. Reynolds calls for more hires to sustain ammunition production and retain current staff during the December 12 1944 testimonial dinner for Col William H McCarthy and welcome to Gen Reynolds and Col Krigbaum.
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6Th Service Command
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Illinois
Upper Michigan
Russel B. Reynolds
United States
Reynolds
Baraboo
William H. McCarthy
Wisconsin-Upper Michigan
Detroit
McCarty
W. Lutz Krigbaum
Fox River Valley
U. S
F. Ryan Duffy
John L. Bohn
C. J. Otten
Second District
Civil service recruits for Langley Moffett and Cleveland labs
The United States Civil Service Commission seeks aircraft and engine mechanics carpenters electricians and many other lab and maintenance workers for the research laboratories at Langley Field Virginia Moffett Field California and the Cleveland Airport Ohio Jobs pay from 1752 to 3828 a year No written test and no age limit Applications accepted until further notice and sent to the commission in Washington DC
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United States Civil Service Commission
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Langley Field
Moffett Field
Calif
Cleveland
Commission
F. N. Clark
la Crosse
Washington
United States Civil Service Commsson
D. C
Women Bound Over On Kidnap Charge In Milwaukee
Two Milwaukee women Marian Fliegel and Eleanor Hansen were bound over to municipal court for trial on a kidnapping charge after a preliminary hearing. They had returned 3 year old Billy Clark to his mother Florence Debelak after reporting they were bringing him to her home. A search spanned two states following his 26 hour disappearance.
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Milwaukee
Billy Clark
Harvey Neelen
Marian Fliegel
Eleanor Hansen
Florence Debelak
Joseph Elman
Lorraine Fritz
Elman
In Hospital Because of Shoulder Wounds
ETTRICK Wis Special Set Roland Johnson 24 infantry hospitalized in Rome since September for wounds to his right shoulder. He wrote his parents Mr and Mrs Jennings Johnson noting illness with jaundice. Johnson joined the army in October 1942 trained at Camp White and Camp Adair Ore sent to North Africa April later with Allied forces into Italy. His brother Marine Pvt Donald E Johnson 18 graduated mortar gunnery school Camp Pendleton Oceanside Calif has been sent overseas with an OPA number from San Francisco.
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Ettrick
Wis
Roland Johnson
Rome
Jennings Johnson
Johnson
Camp White
Camp Adair
Ore
North Africa
Italy
Pvt
Donald E. Johnson
Camp Pendleton
Oceanside
Calif
San Francisco
Where Were They Tested Washington ARKON Goodyear Rubber Invents
Synthetic rubber now used fully in Goodyear printing plates and stamps at Arkon Ohio. Company claims synthetic rubber outwear crude rubber by 200 to 300 percent due to greater solvent and cleaner fluid resistance.
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Arkon
Ohio
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Ike Heimlich Accused of Hidden Cigarettes in Coat
In Springfield a cafe crowd laughed at Ike Heimlich who claimed selling cigarettes was easy. He pulled from a coat rack pocket an unopened pack, later revealed to be his own coat’s contents.
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Springfield
Ill
Ike Heimlich
Ike
Lustig freed after 15 months for confidence game
JOLIET Ill April Lustig 52 who once said he preferred Stateville’s “friendly hospitality” was released after completing a 15 month sentence for a confidence game. He had asked to stay longer but Warden Joseph E Ragen ruled it could not be legal to keep him.
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Joliet
Ill
Emil Lustig
Stateville Penitentiary
Joseph E. Ragen
Ragen
Lustig
Bananas Reveal Spiders Not Tarantulas
Bananas harbor spiders that are mostly crab spiders rather than tarantulas. Their bite is painful but not dangerous, debunking a common myth about banana bunch arachnids.
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EASY
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Ol’ Hirohito
Red Ryder
Fred Harman
Ryder
Hal Boyle
Sligar
Edward F. Perry
Munsing
Mich
Bub
Perry
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Wile
Stella Dallas
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Young Widder Brown
Sacred Heart
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America
the House OF Blends
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V.C
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MacArthu
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Dover
Flicka
Roddy McDowall
Preston Foster
Rita Johnson
Thur
Poremownt
Gary Cooper
Cecil B. Demille
Dr. Wassell
Gary Teresa Cooper Wright
Carmen Miranda
Michael O'Shea
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Saas
Anthon Socha
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Rosalind Russell
Claudette Colbert
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