Bishop Appeals for Christmas Collection for Orphanage
Most Rev A J McGavick urges Catholics to give on Christmas Day to St Michael's Orphanage and Catholic Welfare, noting about 133 children on average reside there with 210 in homes under welfare, over 800 referrals for help statewide in 22 counties, and the aim to move children to real homes.
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St. Michael's Orphanage
A. J. McGavick
Reminster
St. Michael's
McGavick
Catholic Welfare Areau
Wausau
Eau Claire
Ex-GI Nearly Dies In Swim To Reach British Wife
Herbert John Lamoureux, 22, a Fitchburg Mass. former GI, jumped from the Rushville Victory and swam five miles to reach his wife Veronica Lamoureux aboard a ship. Rescued by a naval launch, he was taken to the Argentina for return to the United States. Their baby Elaine Marie was born five weeks ago.
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Liverpool
Veronica Lamoureux
Herbert John Lamoureux
Fitchburg
Mass
Lamoureux
Argentina
United States
England
Elaine Marie
J. J. Henry Retires After 35 Years As Grocer In Viroqua
J J Henry retires after nearly 35 years as a grocer in Viroqua Wisconsin He began in 1911 as junior partner in Fortney and Henry and later ran an independent store in the Clark building The couple plans a Florida trip before spring and Mrs Henry helped in the store for 11 years with their sons assisting during school years.
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J. J. Henry
Viroqua
Wis
J.J
Fortney and
Henry
Nels Fortney
Ernest
Dyson
Clark
Kermit
Maj
Howard Henry
Arthur Train Dies Creator of Ephraim Tutt 70
New York lawyer novelist Arthur C Train age 70 died Saturday at Memorial Hospital after a year of illness. He created Mr Ephraim Tutt a widely read fictional lawyer.
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Arthur Train
Ephraim Tutt
New York
Arthur C. Train
Apie Tutt
Memorial Hospital
Dewey Frees Slayer Who Served 25 Years
Albany reports Gov. Dewey commuted the life sentence of Paul Loguidice, once convicted of first degree murder in Monroe County and saved from execution by temporary insanity. Loguidice, now at Attica, had his sentence reduced after 25 years as part of a Christmas clemency list alongside others aiding parole for the plot.
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Albany
N. Y
Paul Loguidice
Monroe County
Dewey
Loguidice
Army Deserter Sought as Suspect in Michigan Slaying
In Holland Michigan a 19 year old army deserter is sought as a suspect in the killing of Roy Gordon Belt a 34 year old salesman from Grosse Pointe Farms. A Holland man identified a police photo as resembling the man who kidnapped him and a teenage girl and forced them at gunpoint to drive to Gary Indiana where police believe robberies kidnapping and car thefts occurred.
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Holland
Mich
Gary
Ind
Roy Gordon Belt
Michigan
Verne Dagen
Milewski
Army Air Forces
Woman Plunges To Death From Plane Over Joliet
Mrs. Harold Scott 33 of Joliet rented a plane for a 10 minute ride with pilot Charles Mittler of La Grange. After reaching above 1000 feet she fell from the open door as Mittler attempted to save her, grabbing only her shoe.
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Joliet, Lll
Harold Scott
Joliet
John H. Horstman
du Page County
Charles W. Mittler
la Grange
Horstman
Mittler
One Year Ago Russ Began Budapest Siege
In Budapest the famine stricken capital faces a sad Christmas as a relief mission erects eight Christmas trees and distributes candy to children. Four trees stand on main squares and four in slum areas for Christmas Day.
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Budapest
Dutch Pledge To UN Principles On Indonesian Problem
The Netherlands government issued a statement promising full effort to solve the Indonesian issue in line with United Nations charter principles. It urged rapid disarmament of Ja forces in the Netherlands Indies and protection for Allied POWs and internees. Aneta reported the note followed a U S State Department memorandum calling for renewed Dutch Indonesian talks.
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Hague
Netherlands
Aneta
Netherlands Indies
U. S. State Department
Nimitz to Address Editors at AP Meeting in Miami
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz will speak at the Associated Press Managing Editors meeting dinner in Miami on January 10. C. Rith, chairman of American Airlines, will address the luncheon on January 11.
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New Orleans
George W. Healy, Jr
Associated Press Managing Editors’ Association
Chester W. Nimitz
Naval Operations
Miami
Healy
New Orleans Times-Pine
C. R.ith
American Airlines
Tallulah Bankhead Heads Toward St Paul on Milwaukee Rail
Actress Tallulah Bankhead, formerly a motion picture star and now active in theater, will pass through La Crosse Monday at 3:40 PM on Milwaukee train No 5, en route to the Twin Cities. She will be accompanied by her company, presenting several productions in Minneapolis and St Paul.
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Tallulah Bankhead
la Crosse
Milwaukee Railroad
Twin Cities
Min- Bankhead Neapolis
St. Paul
Milwaukee airport moves toward stock issue and mail routes
The airport outlines mail delivery advances with daily Milwaukee and Chicago base operations. It plans 200 shares at 100 dollars each with employee buys and year end stock bonuses. Incorporators include L H Goan and John P Forst of Warner Forst Goan, Chicago. Others cited are C J Lawrence Crawford and Donald Evans.
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Mattison
L. H. Goan
John P. Forst
Chicago
Warner
Air Transport Command
C. J. Anderson
Donald Evans
Local Court Dockets Include Fines and Pleas
Dorothy Johnson pled guilty to minor in barroom loitering and was fined 20 dollars plus 10 dollars costs. Gordon W. Schevers bound over to circuit court on breaking and entering with 1500 dollar bail. John F. Hoffman pled guilty to damaging a police car and must pay 50 dollar fine plus costs or serve 60 days. he paid. Walter Zielke not guilty on selling GMC truck. trial set for December 26 at 2 p.m. Kenneth Geulthier case adjourned one year with 10 dollar weekly payments. bond 500 kept. Robin Foss ordered to pay 20 dollars monthly. case adjourned one year with 500 bond.
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Walter Zielke
R. J. Onalaska
Motor Vehicle Department of Wisconsin
Kenneth Jay Geulthier
Copeland Avenue
Robin Foss
Rose Street
Property Transfers Listed for La Crosse Area
Marko and Mery Chapko transfer property on Wood Street between Hayes and Moore to John Shif tar. Julian Morris transfers property on State Street between 11th and 14th to Leavitt and Leta Bur Goin. Rose Clifford transfers to Merry B. Lockett. Leo J. Shaper and Art B. Schuidberg with Louis Lockett transfer property on State Street between Second and Third. Wendell and Irene Burge transfer property in Onalaska to Edna Hebron and Margaret H. Zeock. W. W. and Kittie Colburn transfer property in Onalaska to Vernon and Virgil Thompson.
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W. W. and
Kittie Colburn
Vernon
Virgil Thompson
Onelaska
Population Surge At Sparta School For Neglected Children
Madison Wis. A sharp rise in commitments to the state public school at Sparta has more than doubled its population for neglected and dependent children in eight months. Supt. Franklin R. King cites war aftermath family disruptions and rapid changes in fortune as key factors.
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Madison
Wis
Sparta
State Department of Public Welfare
Franklin R. King
Ocal
Tri-State Deaths Mrs Lew Silbaugh
Readstown Wisconsin Mrs Lew Silbaugh 56 died Thursday after a brief illness. Survivors include husband three children Harland and Raymond Cedar Rapids Iowa Mrs Gladys Berrickson Readstown two brothers Gilbert Viroqua and George Stoughton five sisters Lislu Hudson Vila Henry Sordahl Duren Cox Racine and two grandchildren. Funeral Monday at 2 pm at the Christian church Rev Roy Williams of Viroqua to officiate burial in Readstown Cemetery.
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Lew Silbaugh
Readstown
Wis
Harland
Raymond
Cedar Rapids
Gladys Berrickson
Gilbert
Viroqua
George Stoughton
Lislu Hudson
Gene
Vila
Henry
Joseph
Vina) Sordahl
Marie Hogden dies after influenza in Wisconsin
Mrs. Marie Hogden, 82, of Trempealeau county Wisconsin, died Thursday after two days of illness. Born June 18 1863 in French Creek Valley, she lived as Mary Madson in Lakes Coulee near Blair with husband John Hogden since 1882. Survived by one son Helmer. Service Monday at Hamre funeral home and Zion Lutheran church with burial in Fagerness cemetery.
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Marie Hogden
Galesville
Wis
French Creek Valley
Mary Madson
Trempealeau County
John Hogden
Lakes Coulee
Blair
Helmer
Hamre
Zion Lutheran Church
Helmer Verang
Fagerness Cemetery
Lansing Woman Anga Riek Dies After Visit
Mrs Anga Riek of Lansing Iowa died Saturday night at a La Crosse hospital while visiting her daughter Mrs Arnold Trimble. Born April 8 1886 she was a Lansing High School graduate and former bookkeeper. Services planned at a Lutheran church with Rev Russell Helgerson officiating.
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Lansing
Anga Riek
la Crosse
Arnold Trimble
Losey Boulevard
Clemens Rick
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Ladies Aid
Trimble
George
Clemens
Center Township
Helmer
Walter
Leonard Marquette
Alvina Harm
Milwaukee
Clara Lageson
Canora
Sask
Canada
Lulu Olson
Madison
Russell Helgerson
Hokah Man Fritz Zaiger Dies After Short Illness
Fritz Zaiger aged 73 died in a La Crosse hospital after a brief illness. Born March 26 1872 in Wittenberg Germany, he came to the United States at age eight. He lived in Hokah 15 years and earlier on a farm west of town. Survived by four sisters Mrs Anna Blessing Hokah Mrs George Wohlers Brownsville Mrs Lizzie Herman Potaske Mich Mrs Fred Blessing Long Beach Calif and one brother Gotlob Hokah. Funeral services were held at the Blessing home and Evangelical Reformed Church with Rev Christopher Boland officiating. Interment at Mount Hope Cemetery.
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Hokah
Minn
Fritz Zaiger
la Crosse
Wittenberg
Germany
United States
Here
Anna Blessing
George Wohlers
Brownsville
Lizzie Herman
Potask
Patton's Body Lies In State In Heidelberg
Gen. George S. Patton Jr lies in state at Villa Reiner Heidelberg and will be buried Christmas Eve in Hamm Luxembourg. Third and Seventh Armies share funeral duties with Allied dignitaries attending. Patton expressed determination to live in a White House message to President Truman.
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Heidelberg
Germany
George Smith Patton
Villa Reiner
Patton
U. S
Hamm
Luxembourg
Christchurch
U. S. 7Th Army
Paris
United States
Washington
George S. Patton
Truman
3Rd Army
White House
Strikes Dominate November Idle Time Across Regions
More than half of November idleness stemmed from four strikes. AFL machinists in the San Francisco bay area, Libbey Owens Ford and Pittsburgh Plate Glass glass workers in 10 plants, and AFL lumber workers in the Pacific Northwest contributed. The November total of new strikes and lockouts reached 335, affecting 405,000 workers, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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AFL
San Francisco Bay Area
Libbey-Owens-Ford
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Companies
AFL Lumber
Pacific Northwest
Bureau of Labor Statistics
UNRRA Poised to Ship Near Million Tons to Needy Nations
UNRRA will ship nearly a million tons of relief supplies in December as US contributions push the agency into the full stride of action. Director General Herbert Lehman warned that demand exceeds resources and noted Congress recently appropriated 550 million and 750 million dollars to complete the first US contribution of 1.35 billion and begin a second payment.
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Washington
UNRRA
Herbert H. Lehman
Lehman
United Nations
U. S
Mitscher to Speak at Legion Midwinter Meeting
Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher deputy chief of naval operations for air will address the Wisconsin American Legion midwinter conference in Milwaukee on January 19. The Hillsboro native commanded carrier task force 58 in the Pacific and will attend a dinner after speaking. Department meetings run January 17-18 with officer conferences January 19-20.
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Milwaukee
Marc A. Mitscher
Naval Operations
Wisconsin Department of the American Legion
William F. Trinke
Mitscher
Hillsboro
Wis
Pacific
Washington
Trinke
Recommend $1 Billion Gift In Food For Europe
The National Planning Association urged a $1 billion food and feed aid package for Western Europe including former enemy countries. The plan would supplement UNRRA funds, which do not operate in former enemy territory, to prevent hunger this winter in Western Europe, the UK, and non UNRRA nations.
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Washington
National Planning Association
Europe
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRRA
Western Europe
United Kingdom
Five RAF Men Killed By Indonesians
In Batavia Java clashes in the Kramat area left five RAF men killed in ambushes Saturday night. Earlier an RAF truck attack in Krama killed four and wounded two. a flight lieutenant died and a jeep driver was wounded in the same zone. The British also reported one British officer and one ghurka killed during mop up operations. New Zealand's army casualties reached 33,015 by end May 1945.
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Batavia
Java
Kramat
Krama
Aneta
Bandoeng
Ava
New Zealand
U S Transports Move Chinese to Manchurian Port
Washington reports say the United States paused aiding the move of Nationalist troops from south to north China after talks in Moscow. U S ships docked troops at Hulutao, Manchuria, with Marshall meeting Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang as talks continued.
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U.S
Manchurian
Washington
Army and Navy Journal
United States
South
China
Moscow
State Department
George C. Marshall
Hulutao
Peiping
Marshall
Chiang Kai-shek
U. S
Nanking
Chiang
Madame Chiang
Chungking
Yenan
North China
Hoel Appointed To City Industrial Lands Committee
Mayor J Verdhota named George Hoel to the industrial lands investigation committee replacing H J Hershheimer who is away from the city. Current members include Ben E Steen John Barth George Fuller Ed Beissel and the Chamber of Commerce representative.
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J. Verdhota
George Hoel
Industrial Lands’ Investigation Committee
Hoel
H. J. Hershheimer
Ben E. Steen
John Barth
Planning Board
George Fuller
CIO
Ed Beissel
AFL
Chamber of Commerce
Seize Ex President for Panama Trouble
Former Panamanian president Arnulfo Arias was arrested on charges tied to a brief revolutionary attempt in Colon Friday night that left seven dead and seven wounded as government forces moved to quell the unrest.
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Panama City
Arnulfo Arias
Colon
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