Vanderbilt Dies in New York at 65 a leading yachtsman
William Kissam Vanderbilt former president of the New York Central Railroad and noted yachtsman died in New York from a heart ailment. He left a vast estate with Harold Vanderbilt as heir and was survived by Rosamond Warburton Muriel Consuelo and sister Mrs Jacques Balsan. He helped found the Vanderbilt maritime museum and built the Long Island motor parkway donating it as a public road. His latest yacht Alva cost about 2.5 million dollars and he flew planes on early long trips.
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New York
William Kissam Vanderbilt
New York Central Railroad
Florida
United States
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
Railroad
Vanderbilt
Harold
Line
Harvard University
Western Union Telegraph Company
Rosamond Lancaster Warburton
Muriel
Consuelo
Jacques Balsan
Duchess of Marlborough
Vanderbilt Marine Museum
Northport
Long Island
Long Island Motor Parkway
South America
Virginia Fair
U. S
Fair
Nevada
Warburton
Our Men in Service from La Crosse Area World War II Update
Local column lists service members and family details from La Crosse area. It notes graduations at Gulfport Field and Yale University, commendations at Algiers, good conduct medals in the Aleutians, and various postings with army air forces navy and marine corps. It includes names, addresses, and training or stationing locations across the country.
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U. S
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
la Crosse
Foreign Service
Robert John Wilhelm
Earl H. Wilhelm
South 8Th Street
Gulfport Field
Miss
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command School
Robert D. Austin
W. G. Austin
Kane Street
Army Air Forces
Yale University
Robert Neil Johnson
Algiers Naval Station
New Orleans
Mediterranean
Don Uhler
Euclid Avenue
Senn College
Cleveland
O. Corp
Earl M. Foster
Lyndon Foster
Pearl Street
Patterson Field
Fairfield
R. E. Howard
William H. Howard
Denton Street
Lincoln
Neb
Army Air Base
Corp
Ralph W. Dettinger
Alliance
Christ Dettinger
Howard A. Larson
Arthur Larson
Mindoro
T. Steffen C. Masewicz
Clementine Masewicz
Ferry Street
Army
Aleutians
AC Richard R. Haefner
Frank Haefner
Caledonia Street
Seymour Johnson Field
N. C
Harvey A. Mahlman
University of Illinois
Champaign
Ill
Arthur M. Knudson
North 23Rd Street
Kirtland Field
N. Mex
Warren Carl Wiedman
Brownsville
Minn
Oklahoma City
Okla
University
Arthur J. Nimmo
Charles Street
Great Lakes
Thomas Johnson
George Johnson
Onalaska
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Eugene J. Zielke
New York
Ralph O. Zielke
San Francisco
Philip Strand
U. S. Marine Corps
UMSB
Cherry Point
Albert Lesky
Francis A. Elsen
John Elsen
Liberty Street
Gunner’s Mate School
Service School
Viroqua Area Roads Slippery After Recent Storm
La Crosse division highways mostly fair while south of Viroqua remain slick after Tuesday’s storm. County crews work to clear and treat roads, with heavier rain east and south of Sparta noted. Surfaces elsewhere in the division are improving.
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la Crosse Division
Viroqua
Commission
Sparta
la Crosse
Sled theft warning ends with found sleds
In Decatur Illinois Clarence Seip warned Ronalds playmates that he knew who took the sled and warned of grim results if it did not appear. The next morning Ronalds sled was back on the Seips porch with another sled beside it.
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Decatur
Ill
Clarence Seip
Ronald
Seip
Seips
Woman earns belated praise for rescuing four children
Mrs. Stanley Kubisiak received belated recognition for rescuing four Nachowiak children from a burning dwelling in Stevens Point. Fire Chief Carl Maslowski said she broke in, carried the four children to neighbors, and helped them to safety as the house sustained heavy damage.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Stanley Kubisiak
Weather Record Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota Outlook
For Wisconsin fair tonight warmer in west and north portions. Sunday partly cloudy and warmer. For Iowa mostly fair with slowly rising temperatures tonight, Sunday partly cloudy. For Minnesota partly cloudy to cloudy north and mostly fair south tonight. Sunday partly cloudy and warmer.
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Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
River Forecast for Hastings to Genoa Measurements
The river will continue falling across the district for several days with daily declines of 0.1 to 0.2 feet. Flow volume will decrease gradually. Ice thickness at Pool No. 7 is 13 inches. Readings are yesterday's for most sites except La Crosse Dakota Dam No. 7 Davenport Dubuque and St Louis which are today's.
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Prescott
C.P
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Reads
Winona
Dakota
Lansing
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Davenport
St. Louis
Streame
Ewa
Durand
Genoa
Pool No. 7
la Crosse
Dam No
Shippers' Forecast Warns of Cold Snap Across Regions
A 36 hour forecast covers a 100 mile radius with protection plans for shipments moving north at zero to minus five degrees and those to the south east and west at zero to plus five degrees.
Soviet Drive Encircles Vinnitsa as Offensives Advance
Soviet forces under Gen Konev report rapid advances in western Ukraine from Berdichev toward Vinnitsa along the Shepetovka railway. The offensives widen the gap between German defenses near Smela and Kirovograd, with 120 localities fallen since Jan 5 and encirclement risks increasing as supplies tighten on the Dniester frontier.
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Kirovograd
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Berdichev
Shepetovka
Vinnitsa
Bug River
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Zhmerinka
Dniester River
Dniester
Konev
Hitler
Kharkov
Vatutin
Ukraine
Tanushpol
Komsomolskaya
Lipovets
Cratovo
Red Army
Surviving a German Surrounding as Allies Reach
In a harrowing World War II account a unit trapped in a ruined area uses improvised cover and a cellar to endure bombardment. They crouch in a tiny room until dawn, scavenge eight cans of rations, and rely on a radio to locate friendly forces nearby, finally reuniting with their company.
Unwelcome Guest Is Escorted To Door
A Columbia party ends abruptly as a gate-crasher is asked to leave. Guests note the incident around a fire while the hostess feigns ignorance of the intruder, and at last the uninvited visitor is shown to the door.
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Columbia, S. C
Rhodesia Reports Growth in Turkish Tobacco Output
Southern Rhodesia harvested about 2,500,000 pounds of Turkish tobacco last season, signaling a strong agricultural yield for the colony. The statistic underscores continued cultivation expansion and export potential in the region's tobacco sector.
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Southern Rhodesia
Truth-Telling War Advice From General March
General Peyton C. March, 79, heir to World War I leadership, defends telling the truth about war costs and casualty shocks. He notes readers and critics alike press him with letters and calls, urges reading communiques fully, and urges avoiding propaganda while judging news by its substance.
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Washington
Peyton C. March
Exchief
March
Island Hopping
Europe
van Dyke
Germany
Japan
U. S. Army
Obituary for Gloria Jane Cronk of West La Crosse
One year old Gloria Jane Cronk daughter of Mr and Mrs Warren Cronk West La Crosse died Friday night in a local hospital. Survived by parents eight sisters and three brothers and grandparents. Funeral services Monday at 2 pm at Nelson funeral home with interment in Woodlawn cemetery.
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Gloria Jane Cronk
Warren Cronk
West la Crosse
Calvin
Navy
James
Walter
Silas Semlar
Marjorie
Beth
Virginia
Esther
Carol
Mary
Shirley
F. M. Chase
la Crosse
Mrs Tressa Mach 60 Dies in West Salem
Mrs. Tressa Mach 60 died Friday afternoon in West Salem. Survived by daughter Helen Radcliffe of Blair Wis two sons Burton of La Crescent and Harold of Holmen four sisters Al Wensole La Crosse Mrs William Mach Mrs Harry Thompson of Savanna Ill and Mrs Pauline Bushing New York City and brother Frank Wagner Wheeling W Va. Funeral 2 30 p m Monday at the Dwyer funeral home Rev A J Niebruegge officiating Interment Oak Grove cemetery Friends may call at the Dwyer home Monday morning.
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Tressa Mach
West Salem
Helen Radcliffe
Blair
Wis
Burton
la Crescent
Harold
Holmen
al Wensole
la Crosse
William Mach
Harry Thompson
Savanna, Ill
Pauline Bushing
New York City
Frank Wagner
Wheeling
W. Va
Dwyer Funeral Home
A. J. Niebruegge
Oak Grove Cemetery
Dwyer
Two State Hospital Inmates Are Sought
Authorities across Wisconsin join Dr. A K Remley to locate two inmates missing about a week from the central state hospital in Waupun Elliott Ritchie who escaped the boiler room January 2 and Harold des Jarrais formerly of Oconto who was paroled to a farmer near Abrams and left January 1 with April 29, 1944 in view for his reformatory term.
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Waupun
Wis
A. K. Remley
Central State Hospital
Remley
Elliott Ritchie
State Reformatory
Green Bay
Juneau
Harold Des Jarrais
Oconto
Abrams
Draft Office Worker Captures Two Nazis
In San Bernardino California Mrs Mercedes Clark a draft board worker restrained two youths dressed in Nazi uniforms after spotting them at a draft office. They claimed an assignment from their commanding officer but refused to disclose its purpose or identity.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Draft Board
Mercedes Clark
One Accident Victim Remains In Hospital
Mrs. Minnie Schultz of 1541 Weston Street is still under treatment after a passenger car collided with a city bus at 16th and Denton streets Friday morning. Ten people were injured. the others have been released from the hospital.
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Minnie Schultz
Weston Street
16Th
Denton Streets
Plastic surgery reshapes Corporal Allan Smith of Goulburn
Australian corporal Allan Smith from Goulburn underwent facial reconstruction after injuries. Surgeons used a nose bone from his hip, eyelid skin from his chest, and an eyebrow hair from his scalp in the procedure.
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Allan Smith
Goulburn
Australia
Hog and cattle market report with price ranges and hours
Market activity outlines buying hours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and notes hogs steady with top at 15.50. Lists truck hog prices by weight, steer and heifer ranges, cows, bulls, calves, and ewes with multiple grade levels, plus prices for potatoes in Chicago and guidance to obtain hogs permits.
Chicago Produce Receipts Trim Butter and Egg Totals
Chicago market notes show butter receipts at 318,372 pounds and eggs at 5,944 cases as part of daily commodity tally.
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Chicago
WFA
Radio Programs Packed Schedule for Saturday January 8 1944
Saturday schedule lists ABC NBC CBS and MBS shows from 1 p m to 11:05 p m including Abie's Irish Rose Truth or Consequences Inner Sanctum Foreigh Assignment Hit Parade Barn Dance Can You Top This Spotlight Bands Grand Ole Opry and other drama variety and news segments with corrections noted for wartime changes.
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CBS
Abie
NBC
WKBH
Curt Massey
State Dept
Chester Bowles
Olmsted
Thomas Peluso
Nbe
Korn Kobblers
Blu
Quincy Howe
Andy Russell
Oreh
Hawaii
Nbe World News
Leon Lee
Bliu
of State
Nick Carter
Trish Rose
Nbe News Broadcasting Time
Daily
Cbs Boston Symphony Orchestra
Mbs
Cbs 800
Cbs Chicago
Harry Wismer
Barry Wood
John Gunthermn
Royal Arch
Army Service Forces
Betty Rann
Leo Cherne
Chicago Livestock Market Report
Salable hogs total 12 000 with steady to slow demand across weights. Top hogs 310 40 at 12 75 to 13 10, 170 90 pounds 12 50 to 13 25, sows 11 90 to 12 25. Cattle and calves: 400 cattle none calves. good and choice fed steers and yearlings steady to strong, heifers 16 00 to 16 40, best light yearlings 16 35, stock cattle dull, cows 6 25 to 12 50, bulls steady. vealers firm.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
WFA
Ration Book Stamp Validity Across Items
The notice lists ration stamps and expiry dates for several items including meat pork and sausage five points through January 10, green stamps through February 20, sugar five pounds through January 15, airplane stamps indefinite, gasoline three gallons through January 31, two gallons nationwide, furrow relief period schedules through March 13, and unit values 10 gallons per coupon with some coupons worth multiple units. The prompt indicates the broader rationing system and varying area restrictions.
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Midwest
Chicago grain prices steady with corn gains and barley bids
Chicago cash grain reports show no wheat traded and corn bids active while oats were absent. Barley prices range 1.15 to 1.22 percent with No 1 quality around 1.44 percent. field seed values list Timothy and red top mixes, red clover, sweet clover and per hundredweight quotes.
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Chicago
Market quotes show mixed grain and barley futures
The record lists multiple open high low and close figures for May July September and December contracts across commodities including oats and barley. Prices hover around 1.70 to 1.71 for various opens with occasional gaps and rounding inconsistencies.
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Wien
Oamas
New Zealand Plans Schools After Hospital Program
New Zealand authorities say schools will be built once the national hospital program is completed. The plan links education expansion to health infrastructure milestones and outlines phased construction pending medical capacity goals.
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New Zealand
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