Hamilton Flays Willkie Leaders in GOP Rifts
Former Republican committee chairman John D M Hamilton accuses Willkie backers of pressuring party leaders nationwide to pledge loyalty before hearing other options He cites projections of 300 to 500 delegates and calls the effort a Willkie blitz aimed at foreclosing the nominating process He toured 20 states at his own expense to gauge support and says surveys show no clear Willkie lead among leaders or rank and file.
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Philadelphia
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Hamilton
William H. Wills
Vermont
Wills
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Gov. Wills
Will- Alf Don
Joseph N. Pew
Senator Nye
R-N. D
Gerald Smith
Gov
Landon
Mr. Pew
Nye
Wisconsin meat supply to rise in early 1944
William QO Tulloch, area supervisor of the food distribution administration, says Wisconsin will have more meat in the first quarter of 1944 despite a 5 percent drop in cattle fed for market last year. Wisconsin again tops the 11 Midwestern states with 46 percent of cattle fed for market to be butchered before April 1, up from 35 percent last year.
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Milwaukee
William QO
Tulloch
The
Food Distribution Administration
Wisconsin
Marines dies in Norfolk crash of Navy land plane
Second Lieut. Arnold E. Gilley USMCR of Ashland Wisconsin and Sgt. John W. Brooks USMCR of Chamberlin South Carolina were killed when the navy land plane piloted by Gilley crashed Thursday night, the 5th naval district public relations office reported Saturday.
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Norfolk Va
Arnold E. Gilley
USMCR
Ashland
Wis
John W. Brooks
Chamberlin
S. C
Navy Land
Gilley
5Th Naval District
Mexican studios face South American film world war threat
Mexican motion picture producers warn that Argentine studios are offering record salaries to lure Mexican stars to Argentina. The move could spark a regional film war as studios vie to dominate South American screens.
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Argentina
Night shift appeal grows as La Crosse women fill war plants
United States employment service data show about 900 more women working in La Crosse war industries than last year with 10 percent on night shifts. Interviews note many favor nocturnal hours for family reasons and arrange care to accommodate shifts.
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la Crosse
United States Employment Service
Employment Service Office
Air Cadet Death Toll Shows Drop
The OWI reports wartime air training fatalities lower relative to prewar. Eighty fatal accidents cause 194 deaths per 1,000,000 flying hours, with fighters most dangerous and the primary trainer safest. Human error leads 48 percent of fatal accidents. 980 of 1,000 cadets graduate without a fatal crash, down from 987 prewar.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Army Air Forces
OWI
Thorugh
Army Plans Debite of War Dogs Before Home Return
The Army announces a reprocessing routine to de bite K-9 corps wardogs before discharge. Dogs will be petted on posts to reset them for civilian life and kept in good condition with a thorough medical exam prior to home release.
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Washington
K-9 Corp
Mary Pickford Leads Women in Poliomyelitis Drive
Mary Pickford appeared at the White House as lead of the women division of the national foundation for infantile paralysis with Mrs. Roosevelt as key supporter. She urged thousands of women to be march-a-dime collectors and volunteer reserves, speaking in 10 cities over two weeks before the January 30 fund campaign climax on President Roosevelt's birthday.
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Washington
Mary Pickford
White House
National Foundation For
Mrs. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
City Resident Is Lieutenant Charles Guenther
Charles Wendelin Guenther, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Guenther of 1608 Cass Street, graduated from reserve officers school at Quantico Virginia on December 29 and was commissioned ten weeks ago. He enlisted June 17 1942, trained in San Diego and Camp Elliott California, became corporal January 11 1943, attended Quantico Officers Candidate School August 26 1943, and now is assigned to active duty. He attended Aquinas High School and Marquette University where he played basketball and football, majoring in biology and physical education. He was an Eagle Scout and two years before enlistment served as assistant executive for the Gateway Area Council of Boy Scouts, training at Schiff Reservation Mendham New Jersey.
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Charles Wendelin Guenther
Quantico
Charles
Frank ‘Joseph Guenther
Cass
Marine Corps
San Diego
Calif
Camp Elliott
Guenther
Aquinas High School
Marquette University
Gateway Area Council of
Boy Scouts
Schiff
Mendham
N. J
News butcher clings to speeding train then rescued near Newton
Raphael Kasdin of Kansas City, a Santa Fe news butcher, rode out a dash as the train sped away. After leaping back aboard failed, he clung to the exterior until freight crews flagged the train down at Ellinor Junction. He was treated for bruises and exposure.
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Newton
Kans
Raphael Kasdin
Kansas City
Neva Junction
Ellinor Junction
Kasdin
Neenah Superintendent Named to UW Board of Visitors
C F Hedges superintendent of Neenah schools was appointed to the University of Wisconsin board of visitors by the board of regents on Saturday. He succeeds the late George P Hambrecht director of the state board of vocational and adult education.
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Madison
Wis
C. F. Hedges
Neenah
University of Wisconsin Board of Visitors
Board of Regents
George P. Hambrecht
State Board of Vocational and Adult Education
Senate amends tax bill to cap hobby loss deductions
The Senate adopted the Marshall Field amendment 37 to 26 to cap yearly losses from hobby enterprises at 20 000 when no profit has been earned for five years. The move aims at horse racing stables but would apply to similar ventures, prompting critique that it taxes beginners.
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Washington
Senate
Marshall Field
Clark
D-Me
Finance Committee
House
Barkley
Field
Chicagoan
New York
Chicago Sun
Danaher
R-Conn
Connecticut
Treasury
Chain Gang Fugitive Faces State Charges
Milwaukee police arraigned Charles Freeman 22 a Georg ia chain gang fugitive bound over to municipal court on burglary second offense with 2000 bond. Freeman escaped in 1940 after 22 months of a 3 to 5 year sentence then Georgia authorities sought extradition but Governor Heil refused offering another chance.
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Milwaukee
Charles Freeman
Georgia
Julius Heil
Freeman
State Reformatory
Congress urged to act on veterans problems at Legion meet
Delegates at the American Legion mid winter conference in Madison urged immediate federal legislation to aid discharged veterans. The committee proposed unifying veterans care and maintenance under one agency to cut red tape and speed services. William R. Kenney of Marshfield stressed better housing and ending slum conditions to boost Americanism. Three policemen arrested three young people in a London street.
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Congress
Madison
Wis
American Legion
William R. Kenney
Marshfield
U S Torpedo Boats Drive Off Bombers
U S torpedo boats in New Guinea engage dive bombers from January 10 night patrol. Despite reports from Tokyo of heavy losses, PT boats return fire at close range, shoot down four planes, and force attackers to retreat after a 40 minute battle along the south coast of New Britain between Arawe and Gasmata.
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Marlin Spencer
New Guinea
Tokyo
New Britain
Arawe
Gasmata
Robert Voelker
Los Angeles
Robert Schaben
Chicago
Ill
5Th Airforce
P-T’s
French Force Advances Near Cassino In Italy
Allied says French units push into German fortifications near Cassino advancing two to five miles in three days. Acquafondata and three high points captured. 250 prisoners taken as American forces draw nearer Cassino from the southwest under Clark’s plan.
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Wes Gallagher
Algiers
Europe
Italy
Cassino
Acquafondata
Bank Directors Elected at La Crescent State Bank
Stockholders of the La Crescent State bank elect five directors at the annual meeting held Wednesday afternoon. New directors named are J. W. McCaffrey J. A. Lilly Henry Seidel Frank Ormsby and L. L. Atkinson.
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LA Crescent
Minn
la Crescent State Bank
J. W. McCaffrey
J. A. Lilly
Henry Seidel
Frank Ormsby
L. L. Atkinson
Mascot for Paratroop Unit Sought by La Crosse Soldier
Pvt. William Bruring of La Crosse asks readers if they can donate an unusual animal to be mascot for his Camp Mackall paratroop battalion. He hopes a bear or mountain lion—or any rare animal—can be found and trained to jump with the unit.
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la Crosse
Camp Mackall
N. C
William Bruring
Marcella Bruring
Park Avenue
Pvt. Bruring
the Tribune
Pvt
FA Bn
Bruring
Bronx
Wisconsin
Christmas on a South Pacific Isle Ensign Reports
Ensign Fred E. Brunner, stationed in the South Pacific, describes Christmas there as unseasonal yet festive. He notes long hot days, humidity, and gifts, with locals and Kanaka natives welcoming Americans, decorating trees, singing carols, and learning to salute officers.
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Ensign
South Pacific
Fred E. Brunner
la Crosse
State Teachers College
Leon Miller
Employment At Peak as Perkins Sees Manufacturing Decline
Secretary of Labor Perkins warned months ahead may bring a drop in manufacturing employment while construction and nonmanufacturing jobs keep overall work levels high. She noted manpower pressures due to armed forces needs and worker shifting. The Senate military committee will hear on national service act with War Secretary Stimson as first witness.
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Washington
Perkins
Miss Perkins
Roosevelt
Senate Military Committee
Strike Cancelled By Rail Union After Wage Agreement
The railroad brotherhoods announced the war dispute is settled and the strike ends. General Somervell received authorization to approve agreements not in the signed contract, while wage increases and vacations remain capped by signed terms. Three unions identified were Locomotive Engineers, Conductors and Switchmen Union North America, with a nine cent wage rise and weekly vacation eyed.
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Washington
Unio
War Department
White House
Brehon B. Somervell
Stmean Retary
Somervell
Agres
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Order Railway Conductors and Switchmens Union
North Ameica
Houston Bank Reaches Million Dollar Milestone
The Security State Bank Houston in Houston Wisconsin announces its establishment as a million dollar bank with L. H. as president, C. S. Johnson as cashier, Clarence Wahl as assistant cashier, and Lyle Briggs as second vice president.
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Houston Bank
Houston
Wis. Minn
Security State Bank
Trucks Haul Stock Across Nation to Slaughterhouses
Two thirds of all livestock received at major national stockyards are transported by truck from farm to slaughterhouse, reflecting a heavy reliance on road haulage in the meat industry.
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Princip
Could Henry VIII Have Had Stomach Ulcer Pain
History notes Henry VIII allegedly gorged on food and later suffered stomach pains. The ad promotes Udga tablets for relief of indigestion heartburn and other acid related discomfort with a money back offer from Hoeschler drug stores.
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Henry VIII
Hoeschler
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