Lumber Industry Seeks Farmers In War Time Drive
In Eau Claire Wisconsin emergency drive to enlist farmers in pulps wood and lumber production will start soon. State and county war boards direct the campaign with cooperation from WPB and agencies including the War Manpower Commission War Food Administration and Selective Service boards. Farmers aid will ease shortages and support farm packaging needs for the 1944 crop.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Heins
War Production Board
War Manpower Commission
War Food Administration
U. S. Employment Offices
Selective Service Boards
Office of Price Administration
Army and Navy
Good Samaritan To Receive Large Sum
Cleveland reports Mrs. Stella Kilmer, a widow who cared for a recluse, as sole beneficiary of Miss Fannie Reengonna's estate totaling 47000 in war bonds and cash. Kilmer once nursed Miss Kingwall during illness and was named her only friend by the lawyer handling the will. The beneficiary plans to buy a home with thewindfall.
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Cleveland
Stella
Recreation Program May Reduce Crimes
In Danville Virginia city officials plan a large scale recreation program to curb youth crime. Social welfare leaders say lack of leisure time leads youths astray while others blame parental absence due to work trends. Police Chief Ural Watson notes over half of detective duties involve juvenile cases.
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Danville
Ural Watson
Watson
Orders For Chicken Flood Wife's Cellar
NORFOLK Neb Twelve years ago Mrs Alma Peters canned fried chicken and sent it to a Chicago cousin This gift led to a profitable chicken canning business in the basement of her farm home seven miles southeast of Norfolk The Chicago area first ordered cans Then Detroit and later California customers began ordering by the case The venture grew from a single dinner invite to a wide mail order operation with demand from across the Midwest and West Coast
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Norfolk
Neb
Alma Peters
Chicago
Detroit
Los Angeles
Discovery in Granite Rocks Shifts Geological View
A California scientist found granite rocks altered by nature from standstones limestone and slate. Geologists before this believed granite to be an igneous rock formed deep underground.
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California
Doolittle Reassigned to Lead Big Luftwaffe Campaign
Hal Boyle portrays Jimmy Doolittle as he moves from wing commander to head of the 8th Air Force in Britain. The piece highlights his daily routine, focus on pilots and maintenance, and commitment to direct involvement with crews while balancing leadership and personal discipline.
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Mediterranean
Jimmy Doolittle
Rome
Tokyo
8Th Airforce
Britain
Germany
Doolittle
15Th Airforce
Eight Children In Family In Pictures
HOLLYWOOD The Severn family of eight children all act in films. Dr and Mrs Clifford Severn describe their offspring as talented performers who have appeared in 83 movies to date. Bill Severns five stars with Margaret OBrien in Journey for Margaret and has a leading role in The Story of Dr Wassell by DeMille.
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Hollywood
Clifford Severn
Severns
Lucky Severns
Bill Five
Margaret O’brien
Margaret
DeMille
Dr. Wassell
Rationing Board Assigns Plant Area Status
The La Crosse and Eau Claire ration boards are designated plant area boards with exclusive jurisdiction to issue gasoline and tires to workers in designated plants. Boards will refer defense plant applicants to plant transportation committees, which send applications to the Eau Claire or La Crosse boards.
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la Crosse
Eau Claire
Phil H. Griffin
OPA
Defese
Prisoners Of War Clear 15000 Acres Near Jonesboro
About 200 German prisoners of war in Jonesboro Arkansas clear 15000 acres of cut over land in Hood Lake district. Enlisted 20 to 21 year olds agreed to work before coming to the United States. They are housed in an abandoned CCC camp guarded by military police with barbed wire. Each day they travel 18 miles to the clearing site and return at night.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Hitler
Hood Lake District
CCC
Here
Bracelet Records Barbara Weeks Life Milestones
Barbara Weeks, star of a radio soap opera, wears a charm bracelet recalling key moments of the last five years. The charms include a studio telephone booth symbolizing meeting her husband Carl Frank, a wedding ring, a model of their first car, a baby carriage, and a replica gate sign from Sun Up in Connecticut.
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Philadelphia
Barbara Weeks
Carl Frank
Connecticut
Elephants Haul Show From Melbourne To Sydney
Wartime rail curbs force Wirth's Circus to move by elephants from Melbourne to Sydney. The elephants started stiff but reached up to 50 miles daily. Alice, age 97, completed the journey by truck in luxury while three other animals were shipped ahead by train. Three elephants endured a tough three week trek and finished in good condition.
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Wirth
Melbourne
Sydney
Australia
Alice
Army and Navy E Awardees Grow Wartime Output
The Army and Navy E awards honored 2 415 plants for excellence in war production from Pearl Harbor to December 1943. Total workers reached 5 664 000 across these facilities, reflecting broad national effort.
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Army
Pearl Harbor
WAC Enrollment Falls Short of 1943 Goal
WAC enrollment totaled just over 60 000 in 1943, far below the 150 000 target. The shortfall highlights ongoing recruitment challenges faced by the Women’s Army Corps during the war year.
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WAC
Supervisors Discuss Pension Plan For County Employees
County board members have informally discussed a pension system for most county employees. The plan calls for a five percent employee contribution and a matching five percent from the county, with elective officers excluded. The Wisconsin County Boards association will also discuss a uniform plan at its Milwaukee meeting January 25–27.
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County Board of Supervisors
R. W. Davis
Wisconsin County Boards’ Association
Milwaukee
Santa Claus Stolen From Display In Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES. A Santa Claus figure used in a holiday display has been reported stolen. Film worker Fred Starnes told police that someone took the red flannel suit figure with ex celsior inside, and the motive remains unknown.
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Los Angeles
Fred Starnes
Santa Claus
Cattle Gift From Hess Kin Aids British Red Cross
One hundred head of cattle travel from Buenos Aires to the British Red Cross as a gift from a Hess cousin who has become an Argentine ranch owner. The donor acted at the request of M. H. Edwards who bought 250000 Argentine pigs for Britain and then sailed to England to join the Royal Air Force.
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British Red Cross
Buenos Aires
Rudolph Hess
Hess
M. H. Edwards
Edwards
England
Royal Air Force
New Crop Of War Millionaires From Tax Bill Critique
Senate Finance Committee minority report blasts amendments to the $2.275 billion added revenues measure. Senators Walsh Connally Lucas and La Follette warn that renegotiation liberalization would create war millionaires and divert public funds to wartime profiteers, citing exorbitant profits by certain firms and price agencies.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Walsh
D-Mass
Connally
Lucas
D-Ill
la Follette
Congress
Rep
RSD
Dividend Payments By Farm Co-Ops Okay Under Certain Conditions
Milwaukee report: OPA director Bruno Bitker says patronage dividends may be paid by Farmers' Cooperative associations if they are chartered and meet Capper-Volstead criteria. must not exceed 8 percent stock return, not controlled by non-cooperative firms, and dividend timing can be before year end or at six month intervals.
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Milwaukee
Bruno
V. Bitker
OPA
Bitker
Dutch bells replaced by railroad bells in German-occupied towns
Germans confiscate church bells and substitute two railroad pieces that when struck can be heard for a mile. The measure aims to disrupt church life and maintain control over occupied areas. The new sound marks a shift in local ritual and public space during occupation.
PMMA Nose Penetro Device Instructions
Caution note directs correct use of Penetro Nose device with air exposure warnings. Instruction emphasizes following directed use and safety protocol for handling PMMA nose equipment.
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Cece
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