Hoffman Ice Skates At Lagoon To Observe His 80th Birthday
Hoffman of 520 South Fourth Street celebrated his 80th birthday with a brisk spin at the Lagoon rink and a new pair of Serwecton skates. He recalls years on local rinks and long runs to Brownsville and Dresbach, and plans more skating ahead while working at the La Crosse USO. He notes Lagoon rink is very good this year and hopes to skate on his 90th birthday.
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Eney
Hoffman
South Fourth Street
Witsissippi
Lagoon
Serwecton
Ece
Brownsville
Dresbach
la Crosse
USO
Dave
Area Brewmasters Hold Meeting Here
Carlos Walter of Winona Minnesota was reelected president of the Master Brewers association La Crosse district at the annual meeting Saturday in Hotel Stoddard. Walter begins a second term as president and Walter Peikert of Winona was named to his sixth term as vice president. Paul Gramp of La Crosse was secretary treasurer for the fourth term. Dr Ernst of Milwaukee spoke for Froedtert Grain and Malting about barley and seed for malting. William O Shea of the Small Brewers association spoke on industry performances and future prospects. Mayor J J Verdota welcomed attendees.
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Carlos Walter
Winona
Minn
Master Brewers Association
la Crosse
William O'Shea
Small Brewers Association
J. J. Verdota
Milwaukee Manufacturer Pleads Guilty in WPB Remodeling Case
Ellsworth H. Jim Clark, a Milwaukee manufacturer, pleaded guilty in federal court to exceeding WPB restrictions by remodeling a summer home for 36806 dollars when the limit was 200. Judge F Ryan Duffy ordered a pre sentence investigation by the federal court probation office.
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Milwaukee
Ellsworth H
Jim) Clark
F. Ryan Duffy
Uranium Abundance In Earth’s Crust Estimated
Scientists estimate uranium occurs throughout the earth’s crust at about one part in 250000 by weight based on geochemical analyses.
American Legion History and Upcoming Events
The article outlines the founding of the American Legion in Paris in 1919 and explains postwar eligibility. It also reports on recent meetings, the county banquet set for Jan 10 with limited 300 attendance, and a children's Christmas party on Dec 21 with registration details for joining families.
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Goodfellowship
American Legion
American Expeditionary Forces
Paris
France
U. S. Base Hospital No. 2
Sgt William Patterson
Maj
Theodore Roosevelt
Set. Patterson
Corsevelt
Bennett Champ Clark
United States
Franklin D'Olier
U. S
Carl Scheel
Carl Betz
H. J. Troger
William Schmoockx Dies at 77 After Heart Attack in Two Rivers
William Schmoockx, 77, long-time county board member and former Manitonoc county highway commissioner from Two Rivers, died at home of a heart attack. The report notes his 20 years on the board and service to the county.
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Two Rivers
Wis
William Schmoockx
Manitonoc
Electric Bed Aims to Save Nurses' Time at Elis Hospital
In Elis hospital Schenectady New York an experimental electric bed replaces the hand crank to raise or lower a patient bed. A simple push button control allows even seriously ill patients to operate it without nurse aid. The device was developed by W R Kearsley a General Electric gadget man after a sick friend highlighted time savings from nurses not running room to room.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Elis Hospital
W. R. Kearsley
General Electric Co
Mrs Price Receives Wisconsin 4 H Music Award Honor
Mrs Carl Price of Midway Brice Prairie 4 H club is named a Geneva Amundson Erickson award recipient for 1945. The honor recognizes her leadership in the clubs music projects and singing guidance, with a letter from T I Bewick noting the song collection Songs of Yesterday as a gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Price
Midway-Brice Prairie
Geneva Amundson Erickson
Anita Gundlach
T. I. Bewick
Students Air World Trials at Inter-School Forum
The Inter-School Forum at Central High School held its second meeting on December 12 to debate Trial of War Criminals Right or Wrong. Stanley Niebruegge chaired the forum with students from city high schools. Eleanore Rossiter argued for trying Axis leaders while Bill Whalen spoke against a legal basis for war crime trials. The next meeting on January 16 at Logan High will discuss universal military training with an affirmative Central speaker and a negative Aquinas student. The article notes German land mines near Cherbourg as a separate detail.
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Central High School
Stanley Niebruegge
Eleanore Rossiter
Aquinas High School
Germany
Japan
Bill Whalen
Aquinas
Logan High School
Trains Rock Island Wreck Injures Several
Clarence De Pras of Marquette Michigan was in serious condition after yesterday morning's Rock Island Rocky Mountain Rocket derailed twelve miles west of Iowa City. A marine corporal also serious, nine others hospitalized and about twenty with bruises or minor injuries. De Pras has internal injuries. physician says condition not critical.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Clarence de Pras
Marquette
Mich
Rock Island
Rocky Mountain
de Pras
Lived Long Enough To Collect Insurance
CHICAGO Ill Capt. Thomas Ambrose a 96 year old Civil war veteran lived long enough to collect his own life insurance but chose to let the company keep the money for his old age. Insurance men paid Ambrose a check for 2012.36 on his 44 year old policy noting only three in ten thousand live to collect their own policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Thomas Ambrose
Ambrose
Churchill son granted divorce nisi over bachelor life
London report states Mrs. Randolph Churchill obtained a decree nisi against the son of former prime minister Winston Churchill charging that he preferred a bachelor life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Randolph Churchill
Britain
Before Pearl Harbor refineries boost 100 octane gas output
Before Pearl Harbor American refineries produced about 40 000 barrels of 100 octane gasoline daily. During the war output rose sharply, exceeding half a million barrels daily.
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Pearl Harbor
Retired Episcopal Rector Walter Boag Dies in Chicago
Walter Rainsford Boag aged 58 former Oshkosh Wisconsin Episcopal rector died Monday while walking to work in Chicago. Death attributed to heart disease. Boag, an accountant at Pullman and Oxford graduate with MA and PhD, retired from ministry four years ago. Widow Elizabeth survives.
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Chicago
Walter Rainsford Boag
Oshkosh, Wis
Pullman Company
Oxford University
Boag
Oshkosh
Elizabeth
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le Cresce
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Legion Listening
R.C.A. Victor
Fidelity
Till Eulenspiegel
Richard Strauss
Merry Pranks
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Serge Koussevitsky
Victrolas
Victor Records
Mexico
THE
Cherbourg
Automobile
Weisensel & Weisensel
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Nears Schenley
Main St
NTP
Tom É Jerpy
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