Pastors Hear Chaplain Wein Report in Wisconsin Meeting
Chaplain H J Wein of the Lutheran Welfare Society of Wisconsin reported 357 visits to La Crosse area hospitals and care facilities, 805 miles traveled, and 2 278 new patients contacted during 1943. He served 59 communicants, baptized three, confirmed one, and officiated at four funerals at the La Crosse NLCA conference gathering in Holmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmen
Wis
H. J. Wein
Lutheran Welfare Society of
Wein
Carl O. Pederson
la Crosse
C. O. Pederson
Mars Dale
George Alvilden
Oscar Rem
Galesville
R. P. Huss
Black River Falls
T. E. Sweger
Blair
John Meideking
Arcadia
Cheatman
Olmin
Pigeon Falls
B. J. Harlem
Taylor
Robert Hoesley
Jackson
Minn
Border reshaping under Moscow aims and gains after war
The article outlines a Soviet plan shifting borders westward through Lithuania Latvia Estonia and Bessarabia while tracing the Molotov Ribbetrop frontier and the Carpathians to the Dniester. It notes Romania retook Bessarabia and received Trans-Dniestria with the port of Odessa under German rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucovina
Moscow
Rumania
Prut
Bessarabia
Vitebsk
Nevel
Latvia
Poland
Lithuania
Estonia
Baltic
Finland
Russia
Karelian
Viipuri
Karelia
East Prussia
Bug
Brest-Litovsk
Sokol
San
Jaroslaw
Capathian
Vyacheslav Molotov
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Carpathians
Cernauti
Dniester
Trans- Dniestria
Bug River
Trans-Dniestria
Black Sea
Odessa
Coast Guard Seeks AWOL La Crosse Sailor
La Crosse police join Coast Guard search for Donald MacHarris a 32 year old fireman second class AWOL from the Miami unit since December 2. He has blue eyes brown hair ruddy complexion weighs 145 pounds and stands five eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Donald Mac Harris
United States Coast Guard
Miami
Deny Bulgar Government Overthrown Rumors Persist in Balkans
London reports dismiss Bulgaria overthrow claims as inventions while Turkish dispatches say Dobri Bosilov’s cabinet may have fallen or collapsed. Istanbul notes obscured Bulgarian events as Sofia’s links to Ankara broken by outages. Officers warn of possible revolts in Bulgaria and Romania if Soviet advances continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Bulgaria
Turkey
Dobri Bosilov
Istanbul
Sofia
Rumania
Briggs To Correlate Statistical Data
Madison statistician H. R. Briggs has approval to correlate data for the legislative interim committee on highways with a 1500 dollar fee. Support comes from assembly members McDowell Spearbraker and Peabody and ex officio members Law and Roettiger, with telegrams sent to Senate reps Fellenz Miller and Get.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Commission
E. L. Roettiger
Senate
Louis Fellenz, Jr
Fond du Lac
Jess Miller
Richland Center
Bernhard Get
Milwaukee
Repubicans
Driver Dies As Truck Plunges Into Ditch
MADISON Wisconsin Edward Orr 24 of Stevens Point died from skull fractures and internal injuries after a Moland Transfer Co truck and semi trailer veered into a ditch on highway 51 at the north edge of Truaxfield. Fog limited visibility to about five feet. Coroner says no inquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Edward Orr
Stevens Point
Highway 51
Truaxfield
O. F. Larson
Dane County
Moland Transfer Co
Orr
Truck Catches Fire In Crash in Waterloo
Roy Bleszyk a 29 year old West Allis resident and Yellow Truck Co employee died in the cab of a truck that left Highway 18 and crashed into Bertha Hawke’s porch. Coroner August Kieck said carbon monoxide or heart attack may have felled him. The gas tank ignited the vehicle but firefighters kept the blaze from reaching the merchandise inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Wis
Roy Bleszyk
West Allis
Yellow Truck Co
Highway 18
Bertha Hawke
August Kieck
Watertown
Sai
Bleszyk
Soldier Deserts Car Catches Ride To Camp
A morning highway collision near Nigger Nathan hill led to a soldier fleeing the scene and catching a ride to Camp McCoy after sidewiping another vehicle. Maynard Olson of Mindoro Wis reported the incident saying the driver showed insurance papers and appeared to have dozed. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Hill
Camp McCoy
Maynard Olson
Mindoro
Wis
Four City Skating Rinks Shut After Flooding Freeze Fail
Four La Crosse rinks were flooded Monday to improve skating but were closed Tuesday after failing to freeze, says Parks Superintendent George Ritter. Rinks affected include West avenue Emerson Lang drive and Hogan. Open Tuesday to skaters were Copeland Goose Green Roosevelt Hood Street 21st Ward and Lagoon rinks.
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la Crosse
George Ritter
West Avenue
Emerson
Lang Drive
Hogan
Copeland
Goose Green
Roosevelt
Hood Street
21St Ward
Lagoon
Co-Op Creamery Reports Strong 1943 Year in Westby Wis
Westby Wisconsin cooperative creamery reports a 1943 total gross of 335756.18 dollars with 64719.44 dollars available for patron overrun. Milk and butterfat totals rise to 14695103 pounds of milk and 675917 pounds of butterfat. New equipment includes a 100 inch milk dryer and 40000 pound holding tank. whole milk powder planned for 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westby
Wis
Westby’s Cooperative Creamery Company
E. J. Saugstad
M. Running
Earl Evenstad
Julian Jefson
Martin Schye
Melvin Rudrud
Hijalmen Paulson
de Laval
Formalities of Military Life Vanish in Jungle Combat
In Bougainville reports from the 37th division soldiers describe a breakdown of rank formalities as jungle warfare takes hold. Privates address officers by first names and even call signs replace insignia, with a brigadier general passing unrecognized on a swamp road. Snipers monitor field calls and respond to nicknames like Hipp, while troops reinforce positions by digging their own foxholes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Southwest Pacific Islands
War Department
Department
37Th
Buckeye
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Charlie
Bob
Army
Hipp
6 Ton Elephant’s Fat To Go For Explosives
Detroit a 12000 pound elephant Anita, a zoo favorite, was destroyed after a fall. Wayne county war salvage committee arranged for fat rendering to supply explosives for the Axis effort, with two other firms declining use of the carcass due to facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Anita
Elephant House
Wayne County War Salvage Committee
Far Rendering
Edison pushes state run absentee service voting plan
Gov Charles Edison argued federal authority should not supersede states on absentee military voting proposing a simple practical method. He urged New Jersey to send identical post cards to service members to register in their home states and vote for federal state and local offices with secret ballots and expedited mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Charles Edison
Edison
Fog Over State Slows Traffic and Causes Mishaps
A dense fog across more than half of Wisconsin disrupted transit and triggered several accidents on state highways. In Milwaukee county fog led to crashes on highway 100 at Bluemound road injuring five vehicles occupants including Mrs. Fred Winkleman and her daughter Joanne. Weather data from historian H. J. Thompson notes heavy fog in Green Bay Madison Escanaba with mild temperatures and scattered snow in the northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
H. J. Thompson
Green Bay
Madison
Escanaba
Mich
Thompson
la Crosse
Superior Duluth
Wausau
Milwaukee County
Highway 100
Bluemound Road
Fred Winkleman
Joanne
Whitewater
Wis
Claire Hulse
Baraboo
Weather Bureau
Grass fires and vagrancy sentences in Sparta and La Crosse
Fire alarm reports a large grass fire in Angelo area near Sparta brought under control with no police response. A chimney fire at Mrs Will Frazer’s 114 South L street caused roof damage and other chimney fires noted at Heinecks cafe. Real estate transfers show National Refining to Shell Oil on George street La Crosse. County Court sentences three residents from Westby, Mayflower hotel and Sparta to three months for vagrancy common drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Angelo
Will Frazer
South L Street
Heineck
la Crosse
National Refining Company
Shell Oil Company, Inc
George Street
Moore
Livingston
Carl Magnus Peterson
Westby
George Mullen
Mayflower Hotel
Leuretta Tuthill
Fire Destroys Elk Creek Buttermaker Home
A 6:30 am blaze at Elk Creek Creamery buttermaker Melvin Blom’s home in Whitehall Wisconsin destroyed the frame house across from the former residence site. Firefighters arrived too late. loss estimated at 3500 to 4000 dollars, fully insured. He had started the fire at his residence before going to the creamery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Elk Creek
Melvin Blom
Independence Fire Department
Independence
Highway
New Decree Mobilizes Nazi Youth For Work
The German radio announced a decree summoning all German youth for war tasks to be done alongside school duties. A six month compulsory labor service on farms or in industry is said to be ordered for all 16 year old girls in Romania by the Nazi controlled Slovak radio, reported to OWL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rumania
The
OWL
Airliner Fails Landing In Lisbon Fog For Now
An American Export airliner bound for Lisbon unable to land due to heavy fog flew on for about four hours over Lisbon in hope the weather would improve. The airline in New York said regular Lisbon service was not being invited at this time and declined further comment. The flight's principal route runs from New York to southern Ireland then to North Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
North Africa
New York
Ireland
Woman in Marines Home For Holidays
Woman on a 15 day leave to visit her parents Mr and Mrs August Kuzborsky at 2137 Cass Street. Sgt Kuzborsky joined the Marine Corps August 15 1943 and trained at Camp Lejeune. She was previously a receptionist at the Gunderson clinic and has left La Crosse for Columbia South Carolina to resume her duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Kutzborsky
Cass Street
Sgt. Kutzborsky
Marine Corps
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Gunderson Clinic
la Crosse
Columbia
S. C
Special Grand Jury Panel Set in Lonergan Murder Case
A special jury panel was granted to try Wayne Thomas Lonergan 26 on first degree murder charges in the death of Patricia Burton Lonergan 22. Judge George L Donnellan approved the panel as the trial slated to begin late this month or early February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonergan
New York
Wayne Thomas Lonergan
General Sessions
George L. Donnellan
Patricia Burton Lonergan
Nelson aide named to WPB leadership post
George Krieger of Birmingham Michigan chief of the farm machinery branch of the war production board is appointed special assistant to WPB Chairman Donald Nelson. Dr Ray W Miller director of the national council of farmer cooperatives announced the decision today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Chicago
George Kreiger
Birmingham
Mich
Farm Machinery
War Production Board
WPB
Donald Nelson
Ray W. Miller
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Lansing Man Injured Repairing Roof After Chimney Fire
George Cavers of Lansing Iowa was injured when he fell from his roof while repairing damage from a chimney fire at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
George Cavers
Iowa Indian Dies After Fall On Ice
William Henry Holt known as Big Bear Holt died at his cabin near Waukon Junction following a fall on ice that fractured ribs and led to pneumonia. He was born on the Winnebago reservation in Nebraska and served as a government Indian interpreter. Survived by wife Emma Big Bear and daughter Emeline married to a service member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
William Henry (Big Bear) Holt
Iowa
Waukon Junction
Holt
Winnebago
Nebraska
Emma Big Bear
Emeline
Pacific Coast Plane Output Surges in 1943 War Build
The seven major Pacific coast aircraft plants produced 72.31 percent more war planes by weight last year than in 1942, with 26,636 planes built, a 50.54 percent rise. The shift toward heavier planes reduced labor per plane from 1940 levels, to nine for an attack bomber, five for an interceptor, and ten for a medium bomber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
War Production Council
Buy Eggs Only When Price Is Cut LaGuardia Urges Restraint
New York housewives were urged in a public appeal to avoid buying eggs if prices are not lowered. La Guardia declared that an oversupply of eggs justified price reductions and urged buyers to wait for cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaGuardia
New York
la Guardia
Wisconsin State Journal editor takes leave for Willkie campaign
Wil lard R. Smith associate editor of the Wisconsin State Journal Madison has been granted a few months leave to assist in the Willkie for president campaign in Wisconsin. He will run Milwaukee and Madison campaign headquarters under State Senator Louis J. Fellenz Jr. A slate of 24 delegates pledged to Willkie at the 1944 Republican national convention will be sponsored in the April 4 primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Willard R. Smith
Wisconsin State Journal
Wisconsin
Smith
Milwaukee and
Louis J. Fellenz, Jr
Willkie
British explorer Eric Loch dies in Ecuador
Captain Eric Erskine Loch aged 53, famed for South Central American expeditions, died Monday in Huigra, an Andean town near Guayaquil, Ecuador. The Elland native conducted notable explorations years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eplorer
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Eric Erskine Loch
Central America
Huigra
Manston Water Utility Gets PSC OK for New Well and Pumphouse
The Public Service Commission approved Manston municipal water utility to build a new well and pumphouse at a cost of 6500 dollars. The decision was announced Tuesday in Madison Wisconsin, with City officials citing improved supply and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Public Service Commission
Manston
State TreasurerDismisses Assistant in Wisconsin
Madison Wisconsin State Treasurer John M Smith dismissed his assistant Hugo H Hering effective December 31 but kept it secret until recently when he filed the case with Secretary of State Zimmermann Hering who had served since March 1937 says the issue stemmed from disagreements over policies and his refusal to cash post dated checks of 50 to 150 dollars drawn by a political friend of Smith all drawn on banks lacking accounts and the treasurer has yet to name a successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
John M. Smith
Hugo H. Heri
Smith
Zimmerman
Hering
CIO Union Negotiates Contract With AFL
Pow ers Hapgood said a majority of 12 editorial employees of the Inter nation Teamster official magazine in Indianapolis joined the Indianapolis Newspaper Guild. Daniel Tobin will be asked to recognize the guild as bargaining agent, a first for CIO union negotiating with an AFL union for a contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Powers Hapgood
CIO
Internation Teamster
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
AFL
Daniel J. Tobin
Teamsters’ Union
Hapgold
Flu Claims Five Lives At Southern Colony
UNION GROVE Wis Dr C C Atherton superintendent at the southern colony and training school reported five influenza deaths at the institution in two weeks and that the school is under a 30 day quarantine There are 138 influenza cases and ten diphtheria cases at the colony Diphtheria cases are confined to one ward and 93 persons have been immunized to check its spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Grove
Wis
C. C. Atherton
Southern Colony and Training School
Atherton
Excess Profits Tax Refund Bonds Planned
Treasury outlines plan to issue about 1.7 billion dollars in excess profits tax refund bonds. These non-interest bearing, non transferrable securities become negotiable after hostilities end and may be pledged for loans. Bonds issued to corporations certified by the Internal Revenue Bureau for excess profits tax payments under the 1942 act, providing a postwar 10 percent refund of payments after 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Internal Revenue Bureau
Woman Attacked by Dogs Escapes Injury
Mabel Mulrine of 2249 South Avenue escaped injury when two dogs attacked her near her home while she waited for a bus early Tuesday morning. A small black dog bit her ankles and a large brown dog tore her coat at the waist. Benny, a Tribune linotype operator, chased the dogs away and police are investigating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Mulrine
South Avenue
Thomas
Benny
Tribune Linotype
Reservations for Talk Cancelled by Rationing Constraints
Seventy five reservations have already been made for the talk. Rationing prevents any further bookings after today. Senator Alexander Wiley cannot attend the meeting as announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Wiley
Madison Appoints Two Doctors to Chairs
Madison names Dr. Elmer L. Severinghaus and Dr. Eugenia S. Cameron to new chair positions while addressing a national effort to curb hoarding of essential drugs and medicines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wis
Elmer L. Sevringhaus
Eugenia S. Cameron
Madison
India
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Briggs
Vicks VapoRub
Vicks
State Project
Charles Street
Marines
St. Joseph Aspirin
ATIO
Gustave EF. Sexauer
Badger
Corrugating Company
Badger Corrugating Company
Qusts
Stevenson
Barron
Coats
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