Hospital Chief Admits Charge Amid War Time Strain
Milwaukee County General Hospital has been ordered by the Board of Public Welfare to stop using internes as stretcher bearers on ambulances. Dr W Sargeant the hospital superintendent cites wartime shortages and 26 staff doctors in military service while 50 percent of interne residents have been cut by the war manpower commission. He denies a penicillin shortage at the hospital.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee County General Hospital
Board of Public Welfare
John S. Barry
Board of Welfare
W. Sargeant
Sargeant
War Manpower Commission
Spinning Jenny Developed by James Hargreaves in 1967
James Hargreaves developed the Spinning Jenny described as a spinning wheel with many upright spindles, marking a notable advance in textile machinery.
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James Hargresves
Flaxseed Production Jump Reported for 1945
Washington reports flaxseed output in 18 growing states rose to 36,688,000 bushels in 1945 from 23,135,000 in 1944. The 10 year average is 21,684,000 bushels. Wisconsin added 84,000 bushels Michigan 42,000 and Minnesota 11,913,000.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Twin Omaha Barbers Offer Firm Tactics For Men
The Stirns sisters Louise and Kathryn ran a 30 year barbering business using direct methods to deter flirtatious men and drunken patrons. A firm chin with a razor wave and a flat announcement, they claimed, kept behavior in check and work focused.
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Omaha
Neb
Stirns
Louise
Kathryn
Notable Obituaries From Recent News
Paul Frederick Kershbaum Payton a renowned chemical engineer and former U S government consultant on the German economy dies. Arthur D Howden Smith journalist author and biographer of Col Bernard M House native of New York. Chenning Moore Ward 68 former Union Pacific railroad superintendent and retired civil engineer dies in Richmond Virginia.
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New Y York
Arthur D. Howden Smith
Col Bdnard M. House
New York
Richmond, Va
Chenning Moore Ward
Union Pacific Railroad
Leyte Campaign Shifts in Favor of MacArthur Forces
In April 1944 Japanese command under Terauchi faced a two pronged American advance as MacArthur and Nimitz targeted Luzon and the northern Philippines. After heavy fighting and typhoons, U S forces secured high ground near Leyte Gulf and began pushing inland with XXIV and X Corps. Carrier and air attacks halted Japanese reinforcements as multiple convoy losses crippled their supply lines. NEXT: Landing on Luzon.
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Philippines
Netherlands, Indies
Malaya
Thailand
Borneo
Singapore
Manila
14Th
Shiegenori Kuroda
MacArthur
Nimitz
Terauchi
Luzon
Philippine
Pacific Ocean
Taiwan
Far East Army
Kenney
China
North China Sea
Kuroda
14Th Area Army
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Masaharu Homma
Bataan
Yamashita
Japan
Manchuria
Kwantung Army
Makina
U. S. Sixth Army
Krueger
Leyte Gulf
J. R. Hodge
Xxiv Corps
Dagami
Burauen
X Corps
F. C. Sibert
San Juanico Strait
Samar
Limon
Ormoc
Halsey
United States
Ormoc Bay
San Isidro Bay
Palompam
One Night's Lodging No A Full Month's
Milwaukee man George M. Lisatz told a district judge that after saying he had no place to sleep at 1 a m in a tavern some men urged him to pull a fire alarm for a night's lodging. He was given jail time and sentenced to 30 days for turning in a false alarm.
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Milwaukee
George M. Lisatz
Harvey L. Neelen
Neelen
Brown County Placed Under Rent Control
GREEN BAY Wisconsin district OPA director F L Earp announced Brown County will be under rent control starting January 1. Rents will be rolled back to March 1 of this year. Jacob Machin rent attorney at Manitowoc has been appointed district rent executive at Green Bay to supervise property registration and manage the new rent area.
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Green Bay
Wis
OPA
F. L. Earp
Brown County
Earp
Jacob Machin
Manitowoc
Plane theft charges in NZ police arrest
Frederick Demchy an 18 year old was charged with stealing a Lockheed Lodestar monoplane valued at 160000 dollars. He allegedly wanted to fly from New Zealand to Australia. The aircraft was destroyed by fire before his arrest and he pleaded not guilty and was held for trial.
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Frederick Demchy
New Zealand
Australia
Auckland
Demchy
OPA Increases Cordwood Prices in Lake States
The Office of Price Administration raises maximum prices for lake states cordwood in Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota from December 24 to 11 cents per unit depending on species. The hike applies to excelsior wood chemical cordwood insulation and felt cordwood and related products. Mills absorb the rise with no consumer price change.
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Washington
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Lake States
OPA
Smith warns on cautious approach to Great Britain loan
Rep Lawrence H Smith of Wisconsin urges careful consideration of a proposed loan to Great Britain. He notes that the total principal and interest borrowed by nations after World War I amounts to over 14 billion dollars, a sum he says American taxpayers will not recover. He argues defaulters are poor credit risks and criticizes repeating such loans liberally.
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Washington
Lawrence H. Smith
Wis
House
Great Britain
Smith
Congressornal Record
United States
Victor Herbert an Irishman Born Abroad
Victor Herbert is described as an Irish birth, German educated, Bohemian by temperament and American by adoption, highlighting a cosmopolitan career and heritage.
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Victor Herbert
Fish shortage drives high prices in India at Badapur
A fish shortage in India has pushed prices up with 30 pound fish, usually worth three dollars, selling for twenty four dollars at Badapur. The tale highlights rising costs and market strain in the local fishing economy.
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India
Badapur
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