Murphy Entitled To Heating Service From Northern States Power
Wisconsin Supreme Court holds Eugene W. Murphy of La Crosse may receive heating service from Northern States Power. The decision reverses prior rulings and affirms the utility’s obligation to furnish heating to Murphy’s home under the state’s regulated service framework.
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Madison
Wis
Eugene W. Murphy
la Crosse
Northern States Power Company
State Supreme Tuesday Court
Assamete
High
Murphy
Alvin C. Reis
Tri State Deaths in Wisconsin Woodland Home
Martin Glomstad aged 73 was found dead in his brother Joseph’s home in Whitehall Wis Initial family notice says he had been in Holmen to visit his brother Funeral services set for Holmen Lutherans Church Rev H C Smeby to officiate Glomstad born Sept 15 1871 in Holmen son of John and Martha He spent life in Holmen and Whitehall area
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Whitehall
Wis
Martin Glomstad
Joseph
Morris Evenson
Glomstad
Holmen
Holmen Lutherans Church
H. C. Smeby
A Glomstad
John
Martha Glomstad
Funeral services for Julius Hansen 86 retired farmer
Decorah Iowa special notice states Julius Hansen 86 a retired farmer died at home Funeral services will be conducted in Decorah with burial in Decorah Lutheran cemetery Survivors include Anton Ellingson Waukon William Hansen Mrs Helmer Thompson Decorah and brothers John Liedahl Decorah Jacob Liedahl San
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Decorah
Julius Hansen
Decorah Lutheran Cemetery
Anton Ellingson
Waukon
William Hansen
Helmer Thompson Decorah
John Liedahl
Jacob Liedahl San
Seo
Safe Unearthed Near Black River Identifies Old Firm Records
Workers from Hoffman Construction unearthed a safe along the Black River southeast of the Free man hotel during bank reconstruction. County Treasurer Carl G. Monsos identified the contents as belonging to the Monsos brothers firm from a flood period October 6, 1911.
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Hoffman Construction Company
Black River
Freeman Hotel
Carl G. Monsos
Monsos Brothers
Monsos
Antone
Carl Monsos
Modern Woodmen of America
Wisconsin Weather Forecast Outlook
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with warmer temperatures. Towns west remain fair tonight and Wednesday while eastern and central portions turn warmer, especially late Wednesday.
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Wisconsin
Town
Did You Ever Eat Chittlins A lighthearted debate on chitterlings
A Rome Georgia debate on chittlins features Hal Dumas of Southern Bell and editors pondering nutrition and digestion. Doctors and academics give mixed views while public figures joke about misidentifications and regional tastes.
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Hal Dumas
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Ben Cooper
Rome
News-Tribune
American businessmen conclude Swiss trade talks
A group of 50 American businessmen ended a Swiss visit after arranging purchases of Swiss products. Swiss officials urged them to supply raw materials and seek Allied military permission to truck supplies across France.
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Bern
Switzerland
France
War era ration guide lists stamps and prices
The notice outlines validity for various ration stamps across categories P r u i t s sugar and processed foods with indefinite validity dates. It lists gasoline coupon values and expiration dates along with midwest heating season allowances and regional price ceilings for fruits and vegetables for specific cities and dates.
Nubbins Walks Out Of Mercy Hospital Denver
Forest Hoffman three years old known as Nubbins walked out of Mercy hospital in Denver with his father after recovering from a bladder neck growth and kidney damage. A Christmas party was held on November 19 and an operation performed on December 7.
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Denver
Forest
Nubbins
Hoffman
Mercy Hospital
Cheyenne
Wyo
Marshall
Santa Claus
Skeeter
Convictions listed on drivers licenses proposed at Wisconsin conference
At the Wisconsin traffic courts conference in Madison nearly 200 judges, officers and officials backed a plan to record motorist traffic convictions on the back of licenses. District Judge Harvey Neelen urged study to close loopholes while Norris Maloney noted the state records all convictions for display on a renewed license.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Traffic Courts
Harvey Neelen
Milwaukee
Norris Maloney
Dane County
State
Howard W. Oxley
Chicago
National Safety Council
Wolf Badges Presented at Holy Cross Cub Pack Meeting
The Holy Cross school's Cub pack installed four new members and awarded Wolf badges. Cubmaster F B Lewinski led the event with den chiefs Walter Mears and Dean Murphy assisting. Rev Stanley Andreze and Art Rogge were invited guests.
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Cub
Holy Cross School
Elby Fairchild
F. B. Lewinski
Walter Mears
Dean Murphy
Stanley Andreze
Art Rogge
Birthday greetings for Mrs George Wannecke in wood street
The notice wishes Mrs George Wannecke a happy birthday at 2422 Wood Street twice and notes a biographical dictionary project about Irish writers in Eire.
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George Wannecke
Wood Street
Cold snap ends as milder air moves in Midwest
Weather officials said a temporary relief from the cold is on the way with warmer air reaching the Midwest by Wednesday night. Another Arctic mass is expected to arrive later, with forecast uncertainty about its severity. Temperatures across the Great Lakes region rose from five to 15 degrees above zero, while record lows and fresh snow covered parts of Ohio Valley and upper Midwest.
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Chicago
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Plains
Great Lakes
Great Plains
Nebraska
Dakotas
Minnesota
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Lone Rock
Wis
Ohio River Valley
Bureau
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New York
la Crosse
McCoy Show Surpasses Five Million in Bonds Sales
Camp McCoy soldiers and musicians headline a 12 city Sixth War Loan drive stopping at Racine Wisconsin. The McCoy troupe has already surpassed five million dollars in bond sales reaching 5,024,300 with acclaim from audiences and critics.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Racine
State War Finance Committee
Wisconsin
Pleads Innocent To Shooting Charge In Rice Lake
Mrs. James Staudinger 50 of Rice Lake pleaded innocent to an assault with intent to commit murder charge in the shooting of her husband. Bond set at 20000. remanded to jail for Jan 5 preliminary hearing. The victim, 54, remained in critical condition with bullets to head and chest.
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Spooner
Wis
James Staudinger
Rice Lake
Edward Omernik
Cee
Washburn County
Ward Winton
Staudinger
Teachers Back In Boiler Room Smoke Session
In Auburn Maine Edward Little High School teachers who were barred from smoking in the boiler room during class time signed a petition after a hearing. The school committee rescinded the ban allowing the group to resume their informal discussions in the boiler room.
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Auburn
Edward Little High School
A-13 Coupons Expire Thursday as A-14s Rise
Washington reports the last day to use A-13 gasoline coupons is Thursday. On Friday six A-14 coupons in each basic A book become valid, each good for four gallons, and they remain valid through March 21, 1945.
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Midwest
Soutn
la Crosse
Sparta
Wis
Winona
Minn
Ington
Michigan
Central America
Texas
California
Florida
Washington
Funeral services for Mrs John Schriver scheduled
Funeral services for Mrs John Schriver will be held Wednesday at 2 p m at the Nelson funeral home with the Rev A J Niebruegge officiating Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery Friends may call at the Nelson home Tuesday evening She was a member of the First Presbyterian church and Gateway temple No 19 Pythian Sisters
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John Schriver
Nelson Funeral Home
A. J. Niebruegge
Oak Grove Cemetery
Nelson Home
First Presbyterian Church
Gateway Temple No. 19
Pythian
Funeral services for Mrs Ma thilda A Harter
Funeral services are set for Mrs Ma thilda A Harter fatally burned at her Galesville farm home. Service 9 a m Thursday at St John s Church corner St James and Avon Streets with Rev J F Kundinger officiating. Burial in Catholic cemetery. Rosary 7 30 p m Wednesday at Sletten McKee north chapel. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs Charles Hendrick Fort Monroe Virginia and Margaret Harter Galesville five sons Emmett Joseph at home Earl and Lloyd in service Francis of La Crosse her father Fred Hazelbusch of Galesville two sisters Mrs L Stroeh and Mrs J Beranek La Crosse one brother Edward Hazelbusch La Crescent and one grandchild.
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Mathilda A. Harter
Galesville
St. John’s Church
St. James and
Avon Streets
J. F. Kundinger
Sletten-McKee Company
Milwaukee Post Office Sets New Christmas Mail Record
Milwaukee post office processed 2,229,654 letters and cards on Monday, breaking the old Christmas season record of 2,132,680 set December 20, 1941.
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Milwaukee
Students Heckling Santa Spoils Christmas For Children
A group of junior high students disrupted a Doerflinger store Santa visit by pulling whiskers throwing objects and shouting. The planned incident forced Santa from his chair in the basement prompting crying from many children. Santa resumed his duties later that day handling holiday gift orders.
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Santa Claus
Doerflinger
Santa
Free Movie Day At Rivoli To Aid Local Food Drive
The La Crosse Theaters Co sponsors a charity event at the Rivoli theater this Saturday at 10 a m. admission is free with canned goods or food donations. See The Canterville Ghost starring Margaret O Brien and Charles Laughton as Sir Simon de Canterville in a tale of bravery and a centuries old curse.
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Rivoli
Canterville
la Crosse Theaters Co
la Crosse
Central Council of Social Agencies
Oscar Wilde
Margaret O’brien
Charles Laughton
Robert Young
Simon de Canterville
Bong Tops 40 Japanese Planes in Mindoro Sweep
Maj. Richard I. Bong of Poplar Wisconsin, America’s leading ace, added a 40th kill by downing a Japanese fighter over Mindoro during a weather brief air raid. The incident came on a second victory in a week for the Medal of Honor recipient at Leyte airbase.
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Leyte
Philippines
Richard I. Bong
Poplar
Wis
America
Mindoro
Bong
Servicemen To Help Transport Christmas Traffic
The Office of Defense Transportation announced expanded authority allowing soldiers and sailors to be employed by railroads trucking and tracking concerns to handle holiday mail express and freight. The program runs immediately through January 15 1945 and requires civilian unavailability first. Arrangements are to be made through the respective army or navy installation commanders.
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Office of Defense Transportation
Army and Navy
Army
Navy
ODT
E. L. West
West
Conspiracy Charge In Norden Bomb Sight Case
A federal grand jury charged Carl L. Norden, Inc. and Corrigan Osborne and Wells Inc. with conspiring to slow Norden bombsight production and to force war goods makers to hire the survey firm. Named individuals include Norden presidents Theodore Barth and War E. Marvelle, Navy Cmdr. John D. Corrigan, and Robert H. Wells.
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New York
Carl L. Norden, Inc
Norden
Corrigan, Osborne and Wells, Inc
Theodore H. Barth
War E. Marvelle
Norden Company
Navy
John D. Corrigan
Robert H. Wells
Corp Gordon Copas Arrives Safely in England
In a letter to his parents Mr and Mrs Pearl Copas of Soldiers Grove Corp Gordon Copas reports his arrival in England and his condition is well He was stationed at Camp Grant Fort Knox Ky and Camp Hope La before deployment He has a brother Lester in the army and a brother Clinton in the Navy.
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Soldiers Grove
Wis
Pearl Copas
Corp
Gordon Copas
England
Copas
Camp Grant
Tito’s Forces Win Town In Podgorica Capture
Marshal Tito announced that Yugoslav partisan forces captured Podgorica, a key southern Montenegro center near the Albanian border, from opposing units in a broadcast communique.
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New York
Tito
Podgorica
Montenegro
Pope Pius XII to Deliver Christmas Broadcast Sunday
Pope Pius XII will give his annual Christmas address from Vatican City on Sunday December 24 at 1 15 p m Vatican time. The speech will air on Vatican radio in Italian and be rebroadcast later in other languages.
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Pope
Vatican City
Pope Pius XII
Vatican Radio
Chinese advance nears Chin-Cheng-Kiang near Kwangsi
The Chinese high command said forces driving southeastward into Kwangsi were within six miles of the golden city Chin-Cheng-Kiang, 81 miles west of Liuchow, the former U S airbase now under Japanese control.
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Chungking
High Command
Kwangsi Province
Chin-Cheng-Kiang
Liuchow
U. S
Japa
Visit to World War I Cemetery Unearths Uncle’s Grave in England
ETTRICK Wis Special correspondent reports Donald H Stenberg with a tank destroyer battalion in France writes home. He visits the American World War I cemetery in England and finds his uncle Carl Halverson buried there, a PRC infantryman. Stenberg, inducted Nov 1942, trained at Camp Claiborne. His wife Carol Gunderson and son Duane Claire stay with his in cover.
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Ettrick
Wis
Donald H. Stenberg
France
Einar Stenberg
French Creek
Carl Halverson
Prc
T5 Stenberg
Camp Claiborne
Carol Gunderson
Duane Claire
Philip Reichenbach in Pacific Hospital with leg wound
Pvt. Philip Reichenbach 20, son of Clyde and Mrs. Reichenbach of Alma, is hospitalized in the Pacific area after being wounded by shrapnel in the leg during fighting in the Philippines. A 1941 Alma High School graduate, he trained at North Carolina and Madison before serving as a photographer and sending home many island pictures.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Philip Reichenbach
Clyde Reichenbach
Alma
Pacific
Philippines
New Guinea
Reichenbach
Jackson County Association
North Carolina
Madison
Islands
Increased Production Of Lead Being Sought
The War Production Board moved to boost lead production for vital war programs. Producers were asked to file requisitions for extra labor with local U.S. Employment Service offices, while regional directors and production urgency chairs were to assign urgency ratings to help mines mills refineries and smelters obtain more workers. Labor shortages affected both domestic and foreign supply, with Mexico a major foreign source briefly curtailed in 1944.
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Washington
War Production Board
U. S. Employment Service
WPB
Mexico
Firemen Sponsor Hokah Cub Pack No 10 Installation
Hokah saw the installation of Cub Pack No 10 led by John Gstalder after 22 boys became Cubs at a Monday service. Leonard Ender was named pack committee chairman with Paul Guenther W. W. Becker Charles Sauer and P. R. Reilly as assistants. The Hokah Firemen's Association also sponsors Scout Troop No 100 led by Glen Sennes and plans to grow its nine members.
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B. W. Ingli
Hokah
Cancellations Rush At La Crosse Post Office
Post office crowds line up as 138 800 cancellations are reported with 15 delivery trucks 12 extras and three regulars handling the workload. Postmaster W M Dvorak notes business is brisk and about 123 800 cancellations were recorded on Monday.
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la Crosse
W. M. Dvorak
Times
Dvorak
Winona Livestock and Chicago Grain Market Summary
Winona, Minnesota reports SWIFT & COMPANY data with total potato shipments at 588 and arrivals 71. Western stock trading firm at ceilings and northern stock firm for Idaho Russets, Colorado Reds, Nebraska Bliss Triumphs, and Michigan/North Dakota blends. Chicago grain markets show rain table figures for wheat and rye, with cash grain notes and prices for corn Oats Barley and forage values, plus timothy and clover seed bids.
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Chicago
Idaho
U. S
Colorado
Chicago Livestock Market Report Highlights Slower Trade
Salable hogs 16 000 demand slow with 10 15 cent lower start and dull trade. good and choice 190 lb plus mainly 14.25 to 14.55, top 14.60, late sales 14.25 to 14.40. Cattle and calves show gains for fed steers and yearlings, with yearlings up to 17.75 and buyers broad. Sheep bids weak to 25 cents lower on slaughter lambs, good fed wooled westerns around 14.75, and mixed ewe and ram prices across classes.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
WFA
Milwaukee Livestock Prices Steady to Mixed Across Hogs Cattle Calves
Milwaukee market report shows hogs mostly lower by 10 to 40 cents with sows steady. good to prime cattle 16.00 to 16.75 per cwt, mids 12.00 to 14.00, canners 5.50 to 6.25. calves steady with veal 12.00 to 15.00, lambs 13.75 to 14.25, ewes and bucks down to 3.00. Volume: hogs 2 000, cattle 1 000, calves 2 800, sheep 300.
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Milwaukee Livestock
Milwaukee
Ftney
Chicago live poultry and dairy prices update
A WPA report from Chicago shows a live poultry firm with 17 truck receipts and leg horn fryers priced 28 to 29 percent higher while other prices hold. Butter firm receipts total 203.177 with market unchanged. Eggs receipts at 5.275 with market unchanged.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Adultery Guilty Plea Led To Parole In Wisconsin Court
In Sparta Mrs. Alva Sanders pleaded guilty to adultery and received a one to two year sentence with suspension and parole to a welfare field worker. Arthur Permush received a similar sentence at Waupun. Sanders has five children, oldest 11. August Iverson paid a $25 fine for hunting without a license and had a gun confiscated. Alvin Bartz of La Crosse faced a six month jail term for malicious destruction of property, suspended and placed on parole. Fire reports list chimney and smoke investigations at residences.
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Sparta
Wis
Alva Sanders
Justice Court
August Iverson
Warrens
John Adamski
B. J. Beckman
Iverson
la Crosse
Alvin Bartz
North 13Th Street
Bartz
Aaron Sanford
Pedestrian Hit by Hit-Run Driver Near La Crosse
Harry Schultz proprietor of the Hot Fish shop on highway 14 was struck by a hit and run driver at 2 a m while walking on the road shoulder. He suffered leg bruises but was not seriously hurt. Police noted skid marks and a car seen backing away before fleeing toward La Crosse.
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Harry Schultz
Highway 14
la Crosse
Schultz
Heil Enters U S Senate Race Against La Follette
Former Wisconsin Governor Julius P Heil of Milwaukee announces his candidacy for the U S Senate seat held by Progressive Robert M La Follette. Heil confirms the bid and notes prior considerations against Alexander Wiley, with Rep Alvin O Kenski already in the GOP field.
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Madison
Wis
Julius P. Heil
Milwaukee
U. S. Senate
Robert M. Lafollette
U.S Senate
Heil
Alexander Wiley
Rep
Alvin O’kenski
Mercer
GOP Legislators Set January 8 Caucus in Madison
Ora R. Rice of Delavan announced plans for eight joint caucuses of assemblymen and senators in Madison to select a joint legislative committee and organize the legislature convening January 10.
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Madison
Wis
Ora R. Rice
Delavan
Rice
Roosevelt Reviews News Copy On Return From Vacation
President Roosevelt returned to Washington from a southern vacation and read over stories prepared by representatives of three national news organizations. He suggested a few minor changes as has been his custom on off the record trips after Camp LeJeune, North Carolina.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National News
Camp LeJeune
N. C
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