8000 Guardsmen Heading for Home at Fort Lewis
Nearly 8,000 members of Wisconsin's 32nd Division at Fort Lewis Washington prepared to depart for Christmas. Nine chartered planes and special trains carried soldiers home while 2,400 more traveled by private car and bus. Affected by snow in Snoqualmie Pass two Wisconsin men were only slightly injured. The 32nd Transportation Battalion ran a large taxi service to move troops to trains planes and buses. For 5,000 remaining troops a revised holiday schedule and camp renovations were planned.
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FT. Lewis
Wash
Wiscon
Sin
Red Arrow
Wisconsin
Snoqualamie Pass
Washington
Seattle
Raymond A. Gensch Jr
Beaver Dam
Wis
Russell H. Baewolf
Randolph
32Nd
Puget Sound
Excess to be plowed report shows wheat acreage overplanted
Farmers planted 38.983 million acres of winter wheat for next year, down 4.355 million from last year. Many signed up to retire 11 million acres under a federal program and may plow up excess acres or harvest them for payments. Meanwhile popcorn production will reach 485 million pounds valued at about 13.93 million dollars, up 50 percent from last year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Midwest
Town of Campbell Taverner Acquitted Over Lottery Charge
La Crosse Tribune reports the Campbell tavern operator was acquitted after a lottery case. A witness name was misidentified. the correct name is John Russell, not Russell Johnson.
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la Crosse Tribune
Campbell
Russell Johnson
John Russell
First Ink Origins in Ancient Civilizations
The earliest inks date from around 2500 B.C. in Egypt and China, made by grinding lamp black and mixing with glue or gums, then molding the paste into sticks and letting it dry.
Honeywell Awarded Space Vehicle Stabilization Contract
Honeywell Regulator Co of Minneapolis won the contract to build stabilization and control systems for the Apollo three man lunar space vehicle. North American Aviation pegs the work at about 30 million dollars and up to 400 Honeywell aeronautical division employees will be engaged, with some subcontracting to other Minneapolis firms.
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Honeywell
Space Vehicle Job
Minneapolis
Minneapolis - Honeywell Regulator Co
North American Aviation
Aeronautical
Crosby Hospitalized After Abdominal Pain In San Francisco
Bing Crosby, 57, was admitted to St. Joseph's Hospital in San Francisco at 12:15 a.m. with abdominal pain after a dinner party. Doctors had not diagnosed the ailment and no release plans were announced. Crosby was accompanied by his wife Kathy.
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Er Bing Crosby
Crosby
Kathy
St. Joseph’s Hospital
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Stephan
Maple Grove
Bay and
Rita Stephan
la Crosse, Wis
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Watts
Mississippi
Gateway Inn
10Th and
Jackson
FISH
la Crosse
U.S. Highway 16
Kitty Korner Bar and Restaurant
West Ave
Walt
the Inn OF Distinction
5Th Ave
By Ovid A. Martin
Cavalier
NEW Troc
Fred
Costello
Fritz Joseph
RFD
Johnnie’s Bar and Restaurant
State Sts
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Burlington Overpass
Bing
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Rymis
Dial
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la Crescent
Holiday
Heitleman
Noel
Grandad Bluff
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