Insurance Firm Founded Here In La Crosse
A local group secured funds to acquire the St. Paul based company known as Security Casualty and Commercial Underwriters. The new La Crosse office at 324 Exchange Building marks the citys first executive insurance office in its history.
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la Crone
St. Paul
Minn
la Crosse
Fred H. J. Baume
Exchange Building
Security Casualty Company and Commercial Underwriters, Inc
Joyce Insurance
Fire and Casualty
Nes
Yule Tree Brings Cheer To Dying Patricia Attaway
In Aurora Illinois a hospital room lights up with a Christmas tree as Patricia Attaway, a dying patient with a rare blood disease, smiles despite a grave condition. Her father Chief Petty Officer M F Attaway rushed from the South Pacific to be by her side and arranged the tree with blessings from the physician. The scene marks a brief joyful moment before Patricia’s likely death.
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Aurora
Ill
Jin
Patricia Attaway
Joy
Patricia
M. F. Attaway
Attaway
South Pacific
Women Take Mail Route In Chicago For First Time
Chicago post office hires its first woman mail truck driver in a historic move. 22 year old widow Mrs Jeannette Lee crews the route while Postmaster Ernest Kruetgen praises the program as it expands to Christmas time amid broader wartime staffing.
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Chicago
Ernest J. Kruetgen
Jeannette Lee
College to Close at Noon Wednesday for Christmas Vacation
Christmas vacation at La Crosse State Teachers College begins Wednesday at noon. Classes resume at 6 a m January 3. Students return home for the holidays. The school will close on Wednesdays to help travelers avoid weekend holiday rushes. Palestine’s textile industry now employs 1810 and clothing businesses 3020.
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la Crosse State Teachers College
Palestine
Louis and Ruth Seek Magic Music Box From Witches
Louis, a gardener's helper, and Princess Ruth travel to Santa Land to seek the Magic Music Box of the Witches of Poldrex to cure Ruth's illness. Louis pleads to save a dying girl, offering to do anything, as the witches debate how to punish the intruder.
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Louis
Gardener
Ruth
Santa Land
Santa
Poldrex
Louis in The Pit Ends Witches Quest For Magic Box
Louis discovers the Witches of Poldrex lack hearts and will not feel kindness. They offer the magic box as a bargain to jump into a bottomless pit. Using Mimi’s rope, Louis descends after the box, grabbing a witch as he slides into the darkness.
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Louis
Mimi
Fairy
Santa
Troop Carrier Group Cited for Asia Operations
The 12th Air Force cited a veteran troop carrier group for outstanding achievement in the China Burma India theater. Lieut. Robert W. Moers of La Crosse Wisconsin is entitled to wear the distinguished unit badge. The unit, nicknamed Cerny’s Circus, flew C 47 transports to support Allied forces in India and Burma delivering troops, supplies, and evacuating casualties under harsh conditions.
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12Th Air Force
China-Burma- India
Robert W. Moers
Cass Street
la Crosse
Wis
Moers
Mediterranean
Imphal
India
Myitkyina
Burma
Cerny
CIO Labor News Highlights Local Meetings and 1945 Delegates
Local 14 UAWA and Local 555 UAWA met this week with committees on legislation and education, while Local 448 UCAPAWA held an executive board session and Local 395 DAWA and Local 121 UFEWA scheduled gatherings. At Dec 15 Local 396 UAW elected delegates Peter Pendelton Otto Brigs Art Witt George Fuller Palmer Stone to the La Crosse Industrial Union Council for 1945. Dec 7 Local 448 UCAPAWA named Floyd Likins and a Washington representative to the council for 1945. The Chicago CIO convention drew Mrs. Roosevelt Secretary Ickes and Vice-President Wallace with Veterans for Foreign Wars, as Philip Murray framed a broader labor movement triumph and a bold political slogan for jobs and voters. The religious labor conference linked to the CIO convention gathered 115 seminarians and Willard Uphus praised CIO leaders for uniting clergy with the labor movement to advance justice and peace for the American people.
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UAW
la Crosse
CIO
Labor Movement
Ciopac
Philip Murray
Allace
The
Religious and Labor Foundations
Willard Uphaus
Murray
Extend Time For Court Martial Action
President Roosevelt signed a bill extending the deadline six months beyond December 7, 1944, for starting court martial or other proceedings related to the Pearl Harbor disaster. War and Navy secretaries reported separate investigations found no evidence justifying court martial actions against army and navy personnel, though inquiries continue.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Secretaries of War and Navy
Army
Navy
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CIO Labor News
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
la Crosse County Industrial Union Council
Ucapawa
Executive Board
DAWA
UFEWA
United States
Uphous
America
Pitzner
Bilton Prescription Pharmacy
Jay
Erbe
Ise
U.S
Les
Peterson Coal Co
George Street
Royal Aires
Regal Homespuns
Loafer
Munsingwear
Wilson Brothers
Nelson Clothing CO
Ralph H. Young
Stan Aed
Dusherme
Marinello Beauty Parlor
State Bank Building
the Marinello
AC. Johnson CO
L Crosses Pioneer Pants
Will Paper Store
Sth Ave
Erickson Bakery
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