Chattersons Return to Mission HQ in Cameroun West Africa
Mrs Leonard Chatterson and husband arrive in Elat Ebala wa Cameroun to lead Presbyterian American mission work. Chatterson serves as business manager for the Cameroun territory with 15,000 mission school children and workers, reflecting wartime travel and hardships on the long voyage from Philadelphia via Lisbon and Leopoldville to Douala.
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Leonard Chatterson
la Crosse
Galessille
Elat
Ebolowa
Cameroun
West Africa
Chattersons
Chatterson J
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Change
Philadelphia
State Agency Has Hearings
Eight hearings on petitions for accident compensation will be heard by examiners of the Wisconsin Industrial Commission at the courthouse. The sessions, announced by Harry A. Nelson, cover two days with five cases on January 9 and three on January 10. Names include Wilcox, Rudie, Amsrud, Christianson, Gerdl, Stupka, Klimek, Konzem, and associated firms and districts.
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Wisconsin Industrial Commission
Harry A. Nelson
Workmen's Compensation
Elizabeth A. Wilcox
Board of Education
Walter O. Rudie
Heilemann Brewing Company
Alvin R. Amsrud
Heilemen Company
Joseph Christianson
Herman Crume
Fred E. Gerdl
Alfred Allness
Stupka
la Crosse , Inc
August J. Klimek
Nicholas Konzem VE
Gateway Grocery Company
Reminder To Mom Sparks Streetcar Scene In Indy
In Indianapolis a streetcar jam continues despite rationed free gasoline. A four or five year old child was separated from his mother and yelled to her as she rose to leave, asking not to be forgotten.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Nose for Music Seeks to Enter Mayor’s Desk
Newburyport Massachusetts Monica candidates hope to replace knickknacks on the mayor’s desk with harmonicas. Harry J Merrill can play two at once one in his mouth and the other with his nose if he wins the race.
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Newburyport
Mass
Harry J. Merrill
Army Engineers Plan Winter Lowering Of Mississippi Pools
Washington based Army Engineers outline a plan to lower nine foot channel pools in the upper Mississippi during winter to preserve navigation. They note no extra water releases for power and emphasize conservation agencies will be informed in advance to protect fish and wildlife while maintaining a continuous through navigation route from Grafton to Cairo.
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Army
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Crosse Tribune
Washington
U. S. Corps of Army Engineers
Mississippi River
Congress
Grafton
Cairo
Great Lakes
Gulf Waterway
Mississippi
Middle Mississippi
Fish and Wildlife
Department
Chain of Rocks
Missouri River
Upper Mississippi
Poisonous snakes in the West Indies confined to Martinique and St Lucia
The article states that venomous serpents are found only on Martinique and St Lucia within the West Indies, implying the other islands are free of poisonous snakes. This regional note highlights limited geographic danger and affects local safety considerations.
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West Indies
Martinique
St. Lucia
Oldest person earns doctorate in political science
Madelein[e] Doty, age 65, has just earned a doctorate in political science at Geneva Switzerland becoming the oldest person to receive such a degree.
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Madeleine Doty
Geneva
Switzerland
Elevator operator held after burning in three false alarms
A Bronx elevator operator, who served as an auxiliary fireman during the war, was held for observation after he burned in three false fire alarms. Separately, a plant claims millions of pounds of poultry feathers can be saved for industrial processing by washing in a simple solution.
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New York
Bronx
Men Inducted From La Crosse Boards for Army and Navy
La Crosse selective service boards No 1 and 2 reported inductees at the Chicago Illinois induction station on December 14. Army selections from board No 1 include Louis James Mattie and Richard Duane Lee joining the army and navy respectively. From board No 2 five La Crosse men were inducted for army duty: Leonard George Marnish Paul Brinkman Klein Robert Paul Sokolik James Henry Francis Snyder Jerome Harold Johnson and Donald Herbert Oldenburg. Area draftees include Joan Joseph Humfeld Onalaska Walter Andrew Boberk Bangor Irwin Kenneth Brown Onalaska Gerald LeRoy Hansen and Delbert Arnold Nelson, Onalaska.
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James Henry Francis Snyder
Avon Street
Jerome Harold Johnson
Charles Street
Donald Herbert Oldenburg
la Crosse
Joan Joseph Humfeld
Onalaska
Walter Andrew Boberk
Bangor
Irwin Kenneth Brown
Gerald LeRoy Hansen
Delbert Arnold Nelson
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Lisbon
Portugal
Congo River
Leonard
Congo
Bomo
Matadi
Leopoldville
South Africa
Douala
Ameroun
Paramount
Ravelle
Michaels
Nose For Music
New Zealand
Wellington
United States
Australia
Ameica
Middle
Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company
Hartford
Urthermore
Hartford Automobile
Pearl Street
Christopherson
W. Flatow
Richland Center
B. H. Meyer
West Salem
Oscar Haug
Galesville
G. ©. Loefpflad
Enea, Wisconsin
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