Draft Board Aide Urges Cooperation in War Jobs
WMC officials in La Crosse call for full cooperation with local selective service boards to reclassify deferments for men 26 to 37 not in essential war work. They note rules require reassignment if a deferment job ends and stress priority referrals from the local exchange to war job openings nationwide.
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Selective Service
WMC
U. S
National Headquarters
Evans
la Crosse
Draft Board
Gletcher
Exchange
Fifth Avenue South
Editors Of Newspapers Can Investigate This
In San Francisco a plan proposes a news system of credit for farmers with low interest. The measure aims to support agricultural communities and expand accessible credit through a new distribution channel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chile
Byers Firm Manager Appointed In Standard Oil Changes
In a promotion linked to Amos Ball's retirement Standard Oil of Indiana names R T Kinneman from Des Moines to Des Moines manager and promotes D J Byers from St Louis to La Crosse manager. Kinneman joined in 1919 and Byers began in 1921 rising to Sioux City assistant manager before St Louis posting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Amos Ball
R. T. Kinneman
la Crosse
Des Moines
D. J. Byers
St. Louis
Kinneman
Marion
Ind
Evansville
Mason City
Quincy, Ill
Byers
Standard
Sioux City
University of Wisconsin
Stolen Car Recovered After Abandonment in Readstown
Henry Fredrickson reported his car stolen from his garage last Friday night. It was found abandoned in Readstown after two men were seen in the front seat and a station attendant saw one of them take a bus there. The vehicle remained on the street overnight before authorities were notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
Henry Fredrickson
Readstown
Vernon county highway plans advance in Madison
A Vernon county committee led by Clar ence H. Carter met state highway officials in Madison. The highway commission approved graveling and leveling of the Viroqua Readstown road on state highway 131 and shale filling for a half mile east of La Farge on state highway 82.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viroqua
Wis
Clarence H. Carter
Vernon County Board of Supervisors
Madison
State Highway Commission
Vernon County
Viola-Readstown
la Farge
Carter
Neil Nelson
Viroqua Chamber of Commerce
Moses Marshall
Ole Skaar
Thomas Latimer
Vernon County Highway Committee
AFL Labor News Garment Workers Plan Christmas Party
Local No. 379 of the Garment Workers union to hold its annual Christmas party at the Labor Temple on Wednesday night. Officers for Bakers union Local 386 elected to take office January 13 include Everett Lueck president and George Nimmo vice president. The NWLB issued a directive granting extra vacation and a night shift bonus. A Machinists union dance public open to all at the Labor Temple on Saturday December 23. Meetings this week include Bartenders Local 479 and Retail Clerks Local 640 on Tuesday and Foundry Employes Local 93 Wednesday, plus Building Service Employes Local 21 and Trades & Labor Council Local 139 later that week.
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Garment Workers’ Union
Labor Temple
Bakers’ Union
Everett Lueck
George Nimmo
Frank Theisen
Clifford Roys
Charles Eckert
Wilbur Stings
Wesley Cole
Astor Amundson
National War Labor Board
The
Machinists’ Union No
Foundry
Building Service
Trades & Labor Council
Carpenters & Joiners
Fuel Oil Consumption Set At 27 Percent
The office of price administration estimates that not more than 27 percent of each household’s fuel oil ration should have been used by this date. The estimate relies on official U S weather bureau figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
U. S. Weather Bureau
Nazis Increase Military Might
A dispatch from the war front reports German forces on the Ist army front in Germany growing stronger in both artillery and fighter air power. It notes intensified German fire, improved artillery concentration, and a fighter force still capable despite Allied bombing. An American battalion commander describes German artillery as unusually effective and hellish in intensity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Smith White
New York
Ist
Germany
Jerry
Air Command
Aachen
Hamich
Africa
Germans Describe Indescribable Suffering From War
The text notes that to the Germans the experience is indescribable, a sentiment echoed by many German prisoners who indicate extreme hardship and shock from their confinement.
Peterson elected president of Wisconsin Finance Association
Clinton L. Peterson, president of Citizens' Loan and Finance Co. of La Crosse, was elected president of the Wisconsin Association of Finance Companies at the Milwaukee convention on December 15. He previously served as vice-president in 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton L. Peterson
Citizens’ Loan and Finance Company of
la Crosse
Wisconsin Association of Finance Companies
Milwaukee
Peterson
Dresbach Man Slightly Injured in Germany
Pvt. Aaron J. Husmann, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jonah Husmann, was slightly wounded in action in Germany on November 29. He entered service in May 1944, trained at Camp Hood Texas, and arrived overseas in November after leaving Meade Maryland. His wife Olive Hogard of La Crosse is mentioned.
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Dresbach, Minn
Aaron J. Husmann
Germany
Jonah Husmann
Husmann
Camp Hood
Tex
Meade, Md
Usmann
Aquinas High School
Anse
Olive Hogard
la Crosse
Vocal Groups Of Viroqua Schools To Give Concert
VIROQUA Wis Special Feature of the annual Christmas concert by Viroqua schools is a 225 voice choir and multiple choirs with Miss Lorraine Purdy directing. Senior glee club ninth grade glee club and grade choruses perform carols plus a boys quartet and girls trio. Featured soloists include Bonnie Hendon Jo Ann Johnson and Mary Lou Schelling Pinland’s new fertilizer factory lias 1a 060 tons annual production capacity.
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Viroqua
Wis
Lorraine Purdy
Bonnie Hendon
Jo Ann Johnson
Mary Lou Schelling
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San Francisco
Mutzig
France
Signal Corps
Wallies
Avon
Jas. J. Squier
Wallie
AFL Labor News
Associated Press
New Guinea
Detroit
Mich
Wesley DeQuin
DeQuin
Weeman
Walle
Bob
Caledonia Street
G. Heileman Brewing CO
Wisconsin
Choice Box
Inland Printing Company
Main Street
Bob Allen
Wallie Gudie
JOS. Miller CO
C. M. Hammersberg
State Association
Dresbach
Pinland
Ha, ED
Gantert
South Third Street
Clark - Bracken, Inc
Wallie's
Phillips & Sons
Bottling Works
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