Postwar Highway Bill Allocates Federal Aid by State
Minnesota to receive about 6.05 million dollars in federal aid for 7500 miles of trunk highways and 4.17 million for secondary and feeder roads over three years. Nationwide funds total 500 million, with urban and rural apportionments and required cost matching.
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T. Paul
Minn
Can
M. J. Hoffmann
Commission of Highways
Minnesota
Innesota
Hoffman
Pet Skunk Joins Submarine Crew Mascot Arrival
PORTSMOUTH N H a pet skunk will board the submarine USS Quillback when the vessel is placed in commission tomorrow at the navy yard. The animal, adopted as a mascot by the Quillback’s crew, will serve as a recruit from the Wisconsin state game commission in November. A Bluff New Zealand factory plans to can 3 000 000 pounds of army rations including beef potatoes carrots peas and onions within six months.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Quillback
Afetenenth Navy Yard
Wisconsin State Game Commission
Bluff
New Zealand
Black River Man Completes Two Years With Aviation Battalion
Leonard N. Daud of Black River Falls Wisconsin has completed two years overseas with a veteran aviation engineer battalion of the Army Air Forces in the Mediterranean theater. The unit built airfields across North Africa and Tunisia then jumped 1000 miles in six days to support Sicily invasion efforts. They received a dramatic welcome in an Italian harbor as Allied planes flew overhead.
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Army Air Force Engineer Command
Italy
Leonard N. Daud
Black River Falls
Wis
North Africa
60Th
North
Africa
Morocco
Atlas Mountains
Algeria
Tunisia
Sicily
Ngs
Hitler
Reich
Burglar Drops Into Cafe Kitchen For Pie Loot
A burglar breached the second floor of a vacant building next to a downtown cafe in Portland. He forced a door and dropped into the cafe kitchen through a trap door, stealing a single 40 cent sweet potato pie.
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Portland
Ore
Dowtown
Hive Yields 5000 Bees and 50 Pounds Honey Yearly
A hive containing about 5,000 bees is reported to produce roughly 50 pounds of honey each year.
Flag Flies Night and Day Over Three U.S. Buildings
Fragments indicate a report about official flag display at night on three American buildings, including the Capitol and the adjacent House of Representatives site, with emphasis on ceremonial display practices.
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Capitol
House of Repre
Cotton linters as source of chemical cellulose highlighted
The article notes cotton linters as an important source of chemical cellulose and mentions representatives and senate office buildings, signaling discussions about material use and related facilities.
Army and Navy Urge V Mail to Save Transport Space
Washington reports the army and navy call for greater use of V mail by service members overseas to conserve transportation space. They warn of drops in microfilm service use by both troops and civilians and urge civilians to compose four of five letters as V mail while reserving air mail for longer notes or enclosures.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Draft Board Reveals Names Of Men Accepted For Service
La Crosse selective service board No 1 lists men accepted for duty after final exams. Army draftees include Berger Ehrsam Beranek Strittmaier Betsinger Guenther Hecht Brose Temp Gildermeister Peters Vlasak Light Altee Schmaltz. Navy picks Butterfield Grosskopf Spangler. Cullmann transferred to army. Lenz and Anwash moved to other boards. Lets Go U S A Keep Em Flying.
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la Crosse
George Raymond Edwin Hecht
Mississippi Street
Charles Stanley Brose
King Street
William Raymond Temp
West Avenue
Edgar Gildermeister
South 19Th Street
Nyle Davis
Ers
South 21St Street
Carl Joseph Vlasak
Redfield Street
Henry Light Altee
Travis Street
Dwayne James Schmaltz
Fifth Avenue
Navy
Robert William Butterfield
Donald Edward Grosskopf
Richard Paul Spangler
State Street
Fay Louis Cullmann
South 15Th Street
Edward Louis Lenz
South 10Th Street
Donald John Anwash
North Seventh Street
Tax-time dollars from timely newspaper ads
An ad sale notes rates for 15 word items over 4 days at $1.65 and 7 days at $2.25 with contact number 3680 for placing ads.
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