States oppose ruling to bring insurance firms under trust act
Thirty four states plus Virginia urge the Supreme Court to keep fire insurance as a local matter. They argue federal regulation would end state sovereignty and disrupt existing state oversight. The brief cites Indiana Iowa Kentucky Minnesota Ohio and Wisconsin among others in opposition to a Justice Department anti trust suit against stock fire insurers in the southeast.
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Washington
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Virginia
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Minnesota
Ohio
Wisconsin
Communists To Drop Word Party From Name
The Communist party's national committee proposes removing the word party from its title. After a three day session, it urged the May national convention to adopt a name like American Communist Political Association or American Communist Association for Political Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Communist Party
National Committee
America
American Communist Political Association
Earl Browder
Communist Association For Political Education
Seec
Farm bloc myth fades as Senate voting shows no bloc
A 1920s idea of a farm bloc is challenged by critics and a publisher who finds no evidence of organized bloc voting. He notes farm state representatives vote on both sides of issues and that the term bloc eases writing over accurate labeling of representatives acting for their districts.
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Ellsworth
Roseburg
Congressional Dilemmas Press Social Security and Veterans Pay
Congress faces decisions on extending CCC life stopgap measures, setting social security payroll tax rates, and absentee voting for servicemen. Mustering-out pay for discharged veterans and lump sum grants for lower ranks are under Senate action. The president's message could shape anti strike legislation tied to rail crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CCC
Senate
Congress
Birthday Notices Honor Gladys Haas in Chicago
Gladys Haas celebrated in Chicago on her birthday. Also listed are Charles H. Francisco of Norwalk Wisconsin aged 86 and Mrs. Willis Rhyme of Black River Falls Wisconsin.
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Gladys Haas
Chicago
Charles H. Francisco
Norwalk
Wis
Willis Rhyme
Black River Falls
Captain of Marines Inspects La Crosse Recruitment Office
Captain Robert H Rankin of the U S Marine Corps inspected the La Crosse marine recruiting office last week. He noted the office had reopened after four months and highlighted strong potential for enrollments in the Women’s Reserve and for 17 year old applicants. Sgt Golz was praised for solid leadership and Rankin urged locals to use the La Crosse office instead of traveling to Milwaukee.
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Robert H. Rankin
U. S. Marine Corps
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Rankin
Golz
Marine Corps
la Crosse
Milwaukee
Rule On Photos Of New Ratio Tokens
Washington announces colored illustrations of the new ration tokens may be used in advertising to inform the public about rationing with Feb 27 as the in-use date. Tokens must be reduced to three fourths size or enlarged at least one and a half times if reproduced in color.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Russian War Pushes on Front Amid Retreat and Rail Delays
Soviet reports say Vatutin and Konev’s forces advanced across the front, taking 110 towns and hamlets, killing 2,300 German troops in two actions, and seizing large stacks of war matériel as German retreat faltered. German spokesmen acknowledge rapid, disorganized withdrawal.
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Wilno-Rovno
Brest-Litovsk
Odessa- Warsaw
Zhornishche
Russia
Stockholm
Berlin
Red Army
Vatutin
Konev
Stolen 1936 Gray Chevrolet License Reported Near City Cab Stand
A 1936 gray Chevrolet with license 726-040 was reported stolen from Sth Avenue near the City Cab stand at 7:05 p.m. Sunday. The car owned by Dan Lard of 937 Jackson Street has a cracked windshield and a broken right window. it carries a Minnesota plate under a Wisconsin designation.
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Sth Avenue
Dan Lard
Jackson Street
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Five Indicted For Draft Law Conspiracy
Federal grand jury indicted Gert Hans von Gontard and four others on charges of conspiring to evade the selective service law. The group allegedly aided von Gontard to falsely claim unfitness and nonliability and to unlawfully counsel and assist his evasion. Also named are John Edward Wilson Arnold Hutschnecker Francis Grottano and Michael Mangano.
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New York
Gert Hans von Gontard
Adolphus Busch
St. Louis
von Gontard
George Grant
John Edward Wilson
Draft Board 20
Arnold Aaron Hutschnecker
Army
Francis X. Grottano
New York City
Michael Mangano
G. M. Uniform Company of
Brooklyn
Public Debate Editor's Note on Letters Policy
Editor notes that no letter to the Public Debate column will be considered unless signed by the author. Personal policy attacks use the name, withholding requests ignored. Names and addresses must accompany letters. without them, letters receive no consideration.
Greater Danger, Editor Advocates Pure Milk
In a Tribune Sanitary dairies and tested herds ensure uncontaminated milk. Whole milk preserves food value, and agitators offer no better alternative. Charles Butler argues theorists threaten safety more than unpasteurized products.
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Tribune
Charles Butler
Housewife Plea for Sand Over Cinders in Streets
A Tribune reader urges replacing street cinders with sand due to black dirty residue harming stores homes churches buildings and children's clothing. She notes wear on tires and asks officials to adopt sand for street cleanliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Robbery Reported At North 6th Street Residence
La Crosse police investigated a Sunday robbery at 214 North 6th street a rooming house. Items stolen included a man tel radio a wrist watch a yellow gold wrist watch an alarm clock and a black overnight bag. The front door was open and robbers used matches for light.
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la Crosse
North 6Th Street
Newark Evening News Resumes After Suspension
The Newark Evening News resumes publication Monday after a two day halt, the first in 60 years. The Newark Newspaper Publishers association and Local 103 International Typographical Union agreed to resolve differences over a complete contract peacefully and orderly.
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Newark
N. J
Newark Evening News
Newark Newspaper Publishers Association
Local 103
International Typographical Union
London Daily Mail U S Edition Arrives in New York
The first Transatlantic edition of the London Daily Mail, prepared in England and flown to New York on microfilm, is mailed to influential American desks. It is not for sale to the public and includes a digest of English news plus messages from U S service members in Britain.
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New . York
London Daily Mail
England
Mail
America
Britain
Train Naval Airmen To Survive Hardships
In Athens Georgia a new course at the navy preflight school teaches future aviators how to endure extreme environments. The program draws on first hand experiences and features six hikes and five lectures including a hike where cadets must obtain food and cook it with improvised tools.
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Athens
Navy
OPA Releases Shoes for Dealers in January Period
The War Price and Ration Board allows two weeks from January twenty one to twenty nine for dealers to sell ration free shoes at three dollars or less per pair. About fifteen percent of dealer stock in women footwear categorized shoes will be released to help move wearable novelty shoes.
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Lyle S. Gilbert
War Price and Ration Board
OPA
Italian Front Bombing Drills Reported with Allied Losses
The dispatches show Italian Istrian peninsula support to Yugoslav patriots and fortresses reportedly flying from Italy. Medium bombers hit Ancona while fighters bombed trains and vehicles behind the Aquila line. The daily air battle ended even with one German plane down and one Allied aircraft missing.
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Istrian
Italy
Ancona
Aquilla
Waukon Sailor Missing In Action
Mrs. William Howas of Waukon reports her son James R. Howas a 21 year old radio technician in a Navy plane in the South Pacific is missing in action after two years in service. He has many relatives in the Waukon area including grandmother Mrs. Charles Regan Sr.
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Waukon
William Howas
Navy Department
James R. Howas
South Pacific
Howas
Charles Regan
Wac Takes Legal Steps To Halt Intimidation
A 24 year old first lieutenant of the Women's Army Corps seeks legal relief against what her attorney calls intimidation at Fort Myer. Virginia Wight faces an army reclassification board on charges described as general and persecuting. Her attorney James J Laughlin seeks a continuance to study the case and press for a court martial.
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Washington
Women’s Army Corps
Wac
Fort Myer
James J. Laughlin
Virginia Wight
Army
Laughlin
Lieut
Wight
Ridge Resident William Zanter Found After Wandering
William Zanter, 90, wandered from his St Josephs Ridge home Sunday afternoon and was found by neighbors and county deputies in a ditch about half a mile away. He was treated at a local hospital in La Crosse after an emergency vehicle transported him.
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William Zanter
St. Joseph's Ridge
Sheriff's Office
la Crosse
Highway Department
Missing Teen Vivian Cheever Reported From Hylandale School
Vivian Cheever a 14 year old girl from Rockland is reported missing from Hylandale school. She is 5 feet 5 or 6 inches tall weighs 130 pounds has dark brown hair and a medium dark complexion. She was last seen wearing a brown fur coat. Anyone with information should contact the sheriff's office.
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Vivian Cheever
Hylandale School
Rockland
Sheriff's Office
Invasion Dates Set for Allied Offensive Coastal Landings
Navy Under Secretary James Forrestal announced that invasion dates have been fixed for European and Pacific operations. He stressed the need to complete a vast 65,000 vessel and 80,000 craft program, warning heavy casualties but promising greater punch with more landing craft on invasion day.
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Washington
Navy Department
Europe
Pacific
Allied High Command
James Forrestal
Forrestal
Navy
Guadalcanal
Africa
Attu
Kiska
Sicily
Salerno
Tarawa
Tax Hike To Bring Liquor Ceiling Change
Washington reports proposed increases in federal excise taxes on distilled spirits and wines prompt the Office of Price Administration to review current retail ceilings on alcohol. A retail liquor industry advisory committee will meet January 12 to assess price effects, with a joint group of distillers rectifiers importers and state liquor store executives meeting January 13.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Congress
Bright Red Pinwheel Tragedy On Bronx Roof
Two and a half year old Joseph Moran died after a 12 hour search in freezing conditions. Found on a Bronx building roof clutching a red pinwheel, he died an hour after reaching Lincoln Hospital. Relatives said he wandered outside to watch the spinning toy and was locked out.
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New York
Joseph Moran
Bronx
Lincoln Hospital
Edward Ruane
Joseph
Postpone Hearing On Rail Wage Problems
A special presidential board delaying its hearing on the railroad wage dispute with 15 unions until Thursday due to the absence of unions chief counsel Donald Richberg from the city.
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Washington
Donald Richberg
Daily Records Fire Log Dresser Plymouth and Nearby
Fire department log details a sequence of chimney fires and malfunctions from January 6 to January 10. Incidents include Plymouth chimney fire at Paul Christian home and multiple fires or near misses at properties on Prospect, 121 North 1st, 123 South 5th, Badger Street cleaners, South 3rd, and Yerly Coal Company locations.
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Dresser
Plyrmouth
North 11Th Street
Paul Christian
Prospect Street
Lloyd Mahium
Garder Printing Company
South 5Th Street
Robert Westness
Badger New Process Dry Cleaners
Badger Street
South 3Rd Street
Leonard Matlak
4Th
Adame Street
Harry Mulder
South 2Nd Street
Yerly Coal Company
Real Estate Transfers In La Crosse Area
Grandad Realty transfers property on 26th place between Vine and Schubert places to Arnold J Thode. La Crosse Trust transfers property on Rose street between Logan and Silver streets to Builders Lumber Company.
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Grandad Realty Company
Arnold J. Thode
26Th Place
Vine Street
Schubert Place
la Crosse Trust Company
Builders Lumber Company
Rose Street
Logan
Silver Streets
La Crosse Drunkenness and Vagrancy Adjudications
In La Crosse John Edward Holmes of 170% Liberty Street had case adjourned for three months for vagrancy and common drunkenness. Walter Dahlquist of 1411 Jackson Street was fined 5 dollars plus costs for drunkenness on a public highway. Laverne Rodenberg, R. 2, was fined 5 dollars and costs for drunkenness on a public highway. Henry Rhodes of Barre Mills Wisconsin was fined 100 dollars and costs for driving while intoxicated with a one year license suspension. Carl Renard Sechrest of Madison forfeited a 15 dollar bond for reckless driving.
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la Crosse
John Edward Holmes
Liberty Street
Beime
Walter Dahlquist
Jackson Street
Laverne Rodenberg
Henry Rhodes
Barre Mills
Wis
Wisconsin
Carl Renard Sechrest
Madison
La Cresse Woman Fined for Disorderly Conduct
Mrs. Mary M. Lodeen of 427 Charles Street, La Cresse, was fined 50 dollars for disorderly conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Cresse
Mary M. Lodeen
Charles Street
Silver Lake property owners receive $19 661 award
In Tomah Wisconsin Silver Lake property owners gain a total of 19 661 in settlements after challenging the government’s 14 550 award for Camp McCoy land. The 16 cottage owners headed by Dr A R Bell Edith Christensen and others plus several lakefront lot owners receive payments. Separate Madison court actions also awarded 6 750 to Henry Mosley for 133 acres and 12 500 to the Stahnke farm to settle Camp McCoy acquisitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomah
Wis
Silver Lake
Camp McCoy
Couny
John Town
Wells
Henry Boomer
City of
Tom White
Kendall
A. R. Bell
Edith Christensen
Louis Hoag
Arthur Johnson
C. H. Maxwell
Freg Beibel
Frank Champlin
Milwaukee
Arthur Daniels
Rosebud Indian Reservation
South Dakota
C. W. Mead
E.R Meloy
E. R. Wells
R. A. Wells
A. E. Winter
Clyde Cerbel
Claude Sowle
August Schaemans
Siver Lake
Hal Stevens
Chicago
Thomas MacCaul
L. W. Earle
R. A. Gapman
Charles Hamilton
Harold Neitzel
A. B. Daniels
E. L. Meloy
Madison
Harry Mosley
Sparta
U. S. Highway 16
Mosley
Emma
Ernest
Louis Stahnke
Stahnkes
Donovan, Gleiss
Goodman
William Gleiss
Henry Schroeder
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U. S
Antanas Smetona
Cleveland
Julius
Antanas
Rie
Ridge
Western Electric
Great Western Electric
Pray Laldabda
Audiphone
State Bank
Kadress
National
South Third St
Dayton
Army-Navy
the National Cash Register Company
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