Christmas Day Services In Area Churches
Area churches schedule Christmas day services across multiple parishes. First Lutheran Blair hosts an 11 a.m. festival service. North Beaver Creek also offers English and Norwegian services. Ettrick Lutheran will meet in the hall due to furnace issues with a 9 a.m. festival. Ettrick Lutheran, North Beaver Creek, South Beaver Creek, Tamarack, French Creek, and St. Bridget’s Catholic and Ettrick Presbyterian list Christmas programs and carols through Dec 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Lutheran
Blair
North Beaver Creek
Arberg
Pine Creek
Ettrick Lutheran
Ettrick Lutheran Church
George Muedeking
Arcadia
Sige Neon
the Missions
Russell Crabtree
Amarillo
Tex
South Beaver Creek
Lutheran Church
Tamarack Lutheran Church
French Creek Lutheran Church
St. Bridget’s Catholic Church
John Dockter
Co. M.A
Marynook
Galesville
Ettrick Presbyterian Church
J. Milton Strong
Andrew Hodgen to Celebrate 90th Birthday on Christmas Eve
The French Creek resident Andrew Hodgen turns ninety on Christmas Eve. He has served on the Way Side School and Ettrick township boards and is married to the late Gudbjor Smedhaugen. He has 18 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. four grandsons are serving in the military in France, at Keesler Field, the Pacific, and Corsica. He and his unmarried son Cornel still reside on the family farm, now owned by Lawrence Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Corsica
Hodgen
Hale
Lawrence Thompson
Cornel
Two Area Men Earn War Medal Clusters
Two Wisconsin airmen in the 8th Air Force were awarded clusters for their roles in the England Africa shuttle bombing campaign. S. Sgt. Darrell E. Nae of Soldiers Grove received his third cluster, and Schaitel, a student from Bangor Maine, earned a fourth award. The unit, part of the Third Bombardment Division, contributed to missions against Messerschmitt plants in Regensburg, Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8Th Air Force
England
Wisconsin
S. Set
Darrell E.nae
Nap
Soldiers Grove
RAF
Schaitel
Frank B. Bostrom
Bangor
England- Africa
Messerschmitt
Regensburg
Germany
Eight Monroe County Men Are Inducted
Sparta Wisconsin special report states eight Monroe county men left for the induction station in Milwaukee Tuesday afternoon led by Robert Earl Another Nichols of Sparta. The group included Clement Neuheisel of Sparta William Schroeder of Cashton Donald Puls of Sparta R Anderson of Sparta and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Milwaukee
Robert Earl
Nichols
Clement Neuheisel
William Schroeder
Cashton
Donald Puls
R. Anderson
Ration guide details stamps and price ceilings
The notice lists wartime ration stamps by category with validity dates and ranges. It specifies blue and airplane stamp books, 13 A and 14 A coupon periods, and heating year provisions. It reports midwest and south price ceilings for fruits and vegetables in several cities and provides per pound prices for apples bananas lemons lettuce and potatoes.
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Associated Press
Midwest
South
la Crosse
Sparta
Wis
Winona
Minn
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Washington
Michigan
Florida
Idaho
Colorado
Don’t Judge Quickly Says Sparta Woman
Mrs Anna Shultz of 423 South Water Street received a $200 check this week for a loan repaid after more than 40 years. The gift arrived as a welcome surprise during Christmas. The White River area in Colorado has been developed into a ranch with several hundred acres of mountain land added for sheep grazing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Anna Shultz
South Water Street
White River
Colorado
Child Burns In Kitchen Accident At Gamble Store Area
An 18 month old boy named Stanley, son of Mr and Mrs Rolland year manager of the Gamble store, is recovering from severe burns on arms hands legs and feet after climbing into a kitchen sink and turning on scalding water during his mother’s absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Stanley
Rolland
Gamble
Ettrick Fire Crews Respond to Two Blazes
The Ettrick Wisconsin fire department was called at 6 30 a m Tuesday to the Martin Wall farm southeast of Ettrick where a ceiling fire in the dining room was caused by an overheated stove pipe little damage resulted. On Sunday evening the department answered a chimney fire at the Silas Tranberg home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettrick
Wis
Martin Wall Farm
Silas Tranberg
Weather Record U. S. Department of Commerce Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa
Snow flurries tonight and much colder Thursday with fresh strong winds. Minnesota sees near cold wave with temperatures to 5 below and 7 above in the east by Thursday morning. Iowa and Wisconsin forecast continued cold and diminishing winds into Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Shippers Forecast Maps Regional Protection Rules
A forecast outlines geographic protection parameters for shipments within a 150 mile radius. North routes require zero protection, west routes receive 8 to 8 degrees above zero, while south and east directions are set at 8 to 10 degrees above zero.
River Forecast From Hastings to Guttenberg
A slight decrease in stream flow will lower stages at all tailwater gages over the next 48 hours. Ice action will cause irregular fluctuations in all tributary streams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Guttenberg
Neutral diplomat reports German morale rise over V weapons
A London source cites high level German officials and civilians saying morale improved as confidence grew that V weapons could alter the war. Hitler reportedly told generals mass production would be ready by spring if they held on. Rundstedt, once certain the war was lost, became encouraged after discussions on the V weapons and a potential negotiated peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Hitler
Karl Gerd von Rundstedt
von Rundstedt
Reactionary Circles In U S Assailed By Red Army Newspaper
Moscow based Red Star accuses American reactionaries of aiding German plans to curb world security and provoke a new world war. It cites isolationist sentiment and Hearst press as spreading Bolshevik fear and chaos to derail postwar international security efforts. It notes Dumbarton Oaks plan as elastic and open to strengthening as an instrument of international security.
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Moscow
Red Star
United States
World Organization of International Security
Red Army
Hearst
Dumbarton Oaks
Soviet Union
Elmer Evenson of Ettrick Is In Italy
ETTRICK Wis Special S Sgt Elmer A Evenson has arrived in Italy per word to his parents Mr and Mrs Emil Evenson He entered the army in 1942 training at Lowry Field He is a mechanic with the air force His overseas trip included a Bermuda layover His prewar employer was C A Brye store A brother Sgt Pyrl Evenson also serves as an air force mechanic at Altus Oklahoma
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Ettrick
Wis
Elmer A. Evenson
Italy
Emil Evenson
Evenson
Army
Lowry Field
Denver
Col
Air Force
Bermuda
C. A. Brye
Sgt
Pyrl Evenson
Altus
Okla
Harland Hanson Arrives In France
SPARTA Wis T4 Harland Hanson 22 son of Clerk of Court and Mrs Oliver Hanson has arrived in France. Hanson arrived in England Nov 18 and soon after was sent to France. Inducted March 1942 he trained as a medic in the 106th Infantry Division with Camp Atterbury Ind. Before service he worked for the Railroad Retirement Board in Chicago. His brother Howard served with the 32nd Infantry division in the South Pacific and has a medical discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Harland Hanson
Oliver Hanson
France
Hanson
England
106Th
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Railroad Retirement Board
Chicago
Washington, D. C
Howard
32Nd
South Pacific
Army
Pvt. Leo Gleason Dies Of Wounds In Germany
Caledonia Minnesota reports Pvt. Leo Gleason died of wounds received in action in Germany. He was wounded November 27 and died November 28 after serving in England and Belgium prior to Germany. He operated the Jack Spratt food store on Kingston street before enlisting.
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Leo Gleason
Germany
Caledonia
Minn
Waseca
Gleason
Jack Spratt
Kingston Street
England
Belgium
Congressmen Leave Europe on Frontline Tour
Members of the U S house military affairs committee fly home after a 25 day tour of battlefronts. Rep Clare Boothe Luce remained behind due to car trouble and may spend Christmas with frontline troops. Rep J Parnell Thomas proposed U S newspapers print editions in Paris and Rome to better inform doughboys and present the United States to liberated nations, pending paper availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bari
Italy
U. S. House Military Affairs Committee
Clare Boothe Luce
Rconn
J. Parnell Thomas
R-Nj
Paris
Rome
United States
Charles S. Elston
Ohio
United Mine Workers Consider AFL Reaffiliation Request
Washington reports AFL President William Green sent a letter to UMW President John L. Lewis after an AFL convention urged renewal of UMW affiliation. Officials say the communication will be given careful consideration. The UMW left the federation in 1937 with AFL charter revoked in 1940 and a 1943 reaffiliation attempt failing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Mine Workers
AFL
William Green
UMW
New Orleans
Green
John L. Lewis
Bonus Cut Triggers 800-Worker Walkout at Globe Steel Tubes
Milwaukee dispute over a reduced Christmas bonus leads to a walkout by about 800 production employees at Globe Steel Tubes Co. AFL Local President Korta calls it unauthorized protest. Company says bonuses paid since 1937 rose with earnings. 1944 bonus seen at up to 72 dollars amid ordnance work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Globe Steel Tubes Co
AFL
Leon Korta
Sgt Earl Burnham Killed in Action in Germany
Sparta Wisconsin telegrams confirm Sgt Earl Burnham reported missing in Germany have now been listed as killed in action on November 27. Burnham who had just turned 20 entered service in 1944 as a welder in Everett Washington and served in the infantry. He is survived by his parents two sisters and three brothers with at least one brother serving in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Floyd Burnham
East Main Street
War Department
Earl Burnham
Germany
Burnham
Everett
Wash
Verna Howe
Waukon
Grace Brenebaum
Newton
Pvt
Charles
France
Ray
Freetline Cab Co
Here
Curtis
How To Cut Costs
Rep. Cocran of Missouri proposes a method to shrink federal spending. He suggests congressmen educate constituents at home to demand economy and curb handouts, hoping public pressure will force reduced government costs. The piece also notes Babylon as an ancient market for metals stains and wool in 3000 B C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rep. Cocran
D-Mo
Congress
Spring Grove Soldier Killed in Philippines
Pvt. Milford Orlando Myhre of Spring Grove was killed in action in the Philippines on October 25 while serving in the South Pacific. He enlisted October 2, 1942, trained at Camp White and Ojai, and served in the Aleutians Hawaii Marshall Islands and Leyte before his death. Survived by his parents and six brothers and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledonia
Minn
Pvt
Milford Orlando Myhre
Olaf Myhre
Spring Grove
Philippines
Myhre
Camp White
Ore
Ojai
Calif
Aleutians
Hawaii
Albert Myhre
Pacifc
Marshall Islands
Leyte
Albert
Clarence Camp Crowder
Carlton
Kenneth
Odell and
Wayne
Shirley Mae
LSU dispute puts governor aside on campus leaflet row
Governor James H. Davis said he will not intervene in LSU student administration dispute over the dismissal of Gloria Jeanne Heller, who circulated a campus leaflet advocating kissing and free love. LSU President Hatcher refused to reinstate the 18 year old Havana Cuba sophomore who resigned at his request.
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Baton Rouge
James H. Davis
Louisiana State University
Capitol
Gloria Jeanne Heller
Loyd (Buck) Wheat
W. B. Hatcher
LSU
Havana
Cuba
Lupe Velez to Be Buried in Ermine Cape
The Mexican actress Lupe Velez will lie in state three hours in Beverly Hills Forest Lawn before funeral rites in Los Angeles and burial in Mexico City. Her mother Senora Josefina Velez Villalobos announced plans for a shrine at the Panteon de Dolores and burial in her favorite ermine cape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Lupe Velez
Mexico City
Lupe
Forest Lawn Mortuary
Charles Trezona
Senora Josefina Velez
Villalobos
Los Angeles
Trezona
Panteon de Dolores
Half Million Men Plan Return To Schools
The army service forces say about 500000 enlisted men plan to resume schooling after the war. An additional 300000 want to continue education but face undecided plans or conflicting jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Service Forces
Former Bad Boy Helps In Saving 4 Men By Vern Haugland
Lieutenant Edward W. Cutler recounts how his B-29 crew averted disaster during a Nagoya weather strike. Gunner Robert Wyman, previously criticized for laziness, saved crew by rescuing Hendershot and Rabinowitz as oxygen failed at 50 below zero. Wyman repeatedly sacrificed his own equipment to keep others alive. The plane fought extreme suction and explosive speeds, finally descending safely as the crew regained oxygen and stability.
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Bad Boy
Vern Haugland
21St Bomber Command
Saipan
Navy
Edward W. Cutler
Nagoya
Lieut. Cutler
Alexandria
Robert W. Wyman
el Cajon
Calif
Honshu
Elmer Hendershot
Fairmont
W. Va
Hendershot
Wyman
Lieut
Paul Rabinowitz
Yonkers
N. Y
Rabinowitz
State Laws Align With GI Measure On Veterans Rights
Washington officials said states have amended conflicting laws to fit theGI bill of rights but harmonizing provisions remains unsettled. Kentucky faces loan law changes as under 21 lending restrictions clash with veterans benefits and guardianship costs. Some states permit loans to under 21 but practice and guardian liability hinder. civilian age limits may shift with veterans. appraisal valuation for property varies between federal and state bank standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Veterans Administration
Kentucky
Eldon Dummitt
Winona Livestock and Grain Market Report Chicago Chains
No cash wheat offered with no. 8 yellow grain traded at 1.03 to 1.04 dollars per unit. Oats and malting barley featured limited quotes while field seed prices ranged from 28.50 to 46.50 per hundredweight. Barley and oats futures showed varied open, high and close values across July September and December contracts.
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Chicago
Cleo
Live stock market mixed as cattle and sheep steady to active
Chicago market reports show cattle salable 10 000 head with feeder steers and yearlings steady to strong. medium weight bulls and heifers firm. cows mostly steady while stock cattle slow. Fat cattle on bar rows and gifts ranged 14.15 to 14.30 for 190+ pounds, fewer 150-180 pound cattle at 13.50 to 14.00. sows weak. Sheep and lambs active with western lambs 92-105 pounds at 14.35. native lambs 11.75 to 15. 106 pound clipped lambs 14.25. ewes 5.25 to 6.50.
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Swift & Company
Winona
Mina
Bologna
Chicago
Milwaukee auction markets mixed gains amid heavy cattle and hog listings
Hog prices range 11 to 14 dollars per hundredweight with 170 pound hogs at 14.15 and sows steady. cattle with 900 head showing a weak undertone and steers at 16 dollars. calves strong for fancy veal at 14.75 to 15. sheep offerings 300 head with spring lambs 13.75 to 14.25 and ewes 3 to 6.
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Milwaukee
Potatoes Market Report From Chicago Trade
Chicago market notes show total potato shipments at 690 with arrivals 72 and supplies light at 156. Idaho Russet Burbanks fetch $3.42 to $3.52 per unit US No 1, Colorado red McClures $3.37, Nebraska Bliss Triumphs $3.27 to $3.39, and Minnesota North Dakota Bliss Triumphs washed at $3.08 or $2.60 for commercial wash.
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Chicago
WPFA
Idaho
Minnesota
North Dakota
Bliss
U. S
Chicago Produce Market Reports Steady Butter Eggs Poultry
Butter receipts total 317 152 pounds with market unchanged. Eggs receipts 9 754 cases and market steady. Live poultry receipts 22 trucks with prices firm and market unchanged.
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Chicago
Sgt Albert Tranberg In Italy Rest Camp
Sgt Albert Tranberg 21 is at a rest camp in Italy with the remainder of his company after malaria and shell shock. Inducted October 1942, he trained at Camp Adair and Camp White, Ore, and shipped overseas last April arriving in Africa then Italy. A. G. Sorenson reports his son Pfc John A. Sorenson in France hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettrick
Wis
Albert Tranberg
Italy
Tranberg
Camp Adair
Camp White
Ore
Africa
A. G. Sorenson
Pfc
John A. Sorenson
Infantry
France
Tomah Gunner Awarded Air Medal
Station England Sgt. George Steinmetz of Tomah receives the Air Medal for courage and skill as a ball turret gunner on 8th Air Force B 17 missions over Germany. He is the son of Mr and Mrs George Steinmetz of 314 Superior Avenue Tomah and a Tomah High School graduate who joined the AAF in January 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8Th Air Force
England
Germany
George Steinmetz
Superior Avenue
Tomah
AAF
Three-Vehicle Collision in Sparta On Oak Street
A three vehicle crash on East Oak Street at 1 a.m. Tuesday involved Fred Scafe driving south and Mike Bollers milk truck traveling east. The Bollers truck struck Nestingen's delivery truck, which was parked on Oak Street. Local police investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Oak Street
Fred Scafe
Mike Boller
Milk Truc
Boller
Nestingen
James Edward Murphy 9percent dies in Dresbach Minn
James Edward Murphy age 9 percent death Tuesday afternoon in Dresbach Minnesota. He was born August 2 1887 in Pine Creek Minnesota. Survived by wife Anna Helm five sons Edward Patrick Donald Wayne Jamie and one more son with variations. daughters Mary and Jane of Derbach. Mrs Harold Johnson and Mrs William Rankin of La Crosse. sister Mrs Jonah Hussman of Dresbach and two grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 9 30 am at Church of the Crucifixion La Crescent Rev Paul Britto officiating. Burial Hoy Cross cemetery Dakota Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Edward Murphy
Dresbach
Minn
Pine Creek
Anna Helm
Edward
Patrick
Donald
Wayne
Jamies
Mary
Jane
Derbach
Harold
Lucille) Johnson
William
Eileen) Rankin
la Crosse
Jonah Hussman
Dreebach
la Crescent Minn
Paul L. Britt
Hoy
Cross Cemetery
Dakota
Harold Joheson
South 10Th Street
Fire and court notes from La Crosse District
Daily records report two fires at 909 South 10th and 937 Jackson Street with damage to woodwork and injuries. Real estate transfers list parcels in Bell Township Shelby and nearby towns. A La Crosse man pled guilty to drunken driving, faces a $100 fine, 60 days in jail, license suspension for one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
South 10Th Art Coat
Robert Hele
Jackson Street
Herman
Tillman Realty Company
Darrell Rosalie Danielson
Darrell
Rosalie Danielson
Margaret Campbell
Bell Township
Donald H
Francis M. Siewert
Ralph G
Hazel J. Slavens
Shelby
Ralph Evans
Sparta
Lawrence Fladhammer
la Cross
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Andrew Hodgen
Ration Guide
U. 8
Department OF Commerce
Fporpcast
Nationwide
Lasterday
Bismarck
Duluth
New York
T.W
C.P
Lansing
Prairie du Chien
Bi. Louis Davenport
Tribune
Phete B. E. la Bansky
Service Club
Camp McCoy
Marian Davis
David Ross
U. S. Field Artillery
Basil la Bansky
Harvey Heintz
Harry Hemstock
Harvey Jewell
la Bansky
Robert Krause
Donald Hemstock
Duane Zimmerman
Edward Wendorf
Richard Barker
David Hering
Reich
John A. Parris, JR
U.S
Elmer Evenson of
Europe
Clare
Babylon
Pitzner
7Th St
Main
Electric Specialist Corp
Harold W. LaPlante
Bronx
Ralph L. Grote
Aberdeen
S. D
Stanchfield
Ramona Carr
Cok
Seventh Street
Swift
Swift and Company
South Ave
Kennecott
Rubber Am
Kimberly-C
Steel Am
Tebe
W. UN
Merenall Pd
Woolworth W. el
Mfg
Aviation & Sie Montgom-Ward
Nash-Kelv
Youngst
Oaelieeommeeeel Beth Steel
Nat. Bisc
Borg-W. As
N.Y. Cen
Am. Avia
Ark Nat. Gas
Caterpil T
North
Amer
Ches
Northern Pac
Owens-Ill. Gl. el
Bond and
Comwith
Edis
Penney
Pitts
Gil
Penn. RR
Phelps Dodge
Phillips Pet
Stoeley Curtiss-W
Scott Paper
Gisholt Ma. Co
Douglas Aire
Sears Roebuck
G. Heileman
du Pont
Shell Union Oil
Eastman
Elec
Socony-V
Gen. Motors
Southern Pac
Bane
Goodrich
Goodyear St. Brands Trane Co
St. Oil Cal
Winona Livestock
Chicago Livestock
Milwaukee Livestock
Hoeschler Bros
Buckley's
Clinton L. Peterson
Pres
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