County Group Sends 1798 Drive Cash to DC
La Crosse county’s Friendship Train drive raised 1798.06 dollars in a three day campaign November 20 to 22. G D Quiselle and a local committee oversaw collections with helpers including Harry Green and Reverends Lambright Finucan. Donations came from street tag sales theater collections and school contributions to fund dehydrated foodstuffs for shipment to Washington DC.
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la Crosse County
Drew Pearson
Washington
D. C
Vna
G. D. Quiselle
la Crosse
Harry Green
A. L. Christensen
Stephen Lambright
J. P. Finucan
Gertrude Thurow
Muriel Fuller
Alice May
West Salem
Julius Severson
Bangor
Maurice Enge
Onalaska
Warren Selbo
Holmen
L. T. Coulthard
Mindoro
Chamber of Commerce
Wisconsin Bears Increase In State Population Says Survey
Wisconsin conservation officials report a 20 percent rise in black bears since 1940, with an estimated 2659 bears. Four counties have over 200 bears each Bayfield Sawyer Marinette and Forest, and the primary range is the northern counties with settlements reaching Clark Chippewa and Shawano.
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Tribune Madison Bureau
Madison
Wis
State Conservation Department
Wisconsin
Walter E. Scott
Game Management Division
Scott
Bayfield
Sawyer
Mari
Conservation Commission
Professional Queuers Dominate London Ration Scene
In England, professional queuers earn by standing in for others to obtain ration books, with workers taking cents per book and some women earning about 16 dollars a day.
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England
Short Life Of French Cabinets Shows High Turnover
The piece explains France’s brief postwar governments, noting six to seven administrations in 30 months and a May to June turnover cycle. It details leaders Gen. Charles de Gaulle Felix Gouin George Bidault Leon Blum and Paul Ramadier, whose regimes faced votes of confidence and crises, including strikes and Communist opposition.
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Belman Morin
Washington
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
National Assembly
DeGaulle
Felix Gouin
George Bidault
Leon Blum
Paul Ramadier
Ramadier
Indo-China
Renault Automobile
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Nobby
Hilton
Laney
Combined
American Relief Council
Jessica
E & Nygoy
Feaulifi A “Oh Vatinas - Measte
Duke Eide
Penney’s
Terry’s
Jennie Ford
RADIO
Columbia
Dahl Motors
Eory
Hongs Om Hoot Wende- Hood
Mariels
Northside
Sulette
Santa Claus
Uncle Wiggly
Webster’s
Revlon Polish
Cologne
Ays
Soell
Chantilly
Bayer Aspirin
Carter
Halo
LE Long Tailspin
Faberge Tigress
Cologne Jj
Alka Seltie
Value Beverage
Sweater Girl
Vowper
LOW Motor Co., Inc
Calif
Iuscatel
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