Red Cross Mail and Supplies Sent to Prisoner Camps
Mail and relief parcels for prisoners of war move from Philadelphia to Marseille on neutral Red Cross ships. From Marseille, mail and cargo go by sealed trains through Basel to Stuttgart with international oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Marseille
Emma Siede
la Crosse Red Cross
Red Cross
Switzerland
Basil
Stuttgart
International Red Cross Committee
International Red Cross
Leap Year and Love in Wartime Remarks
A reader notes 1944 is Leap Year and playfully links it to eligible bachelors and service members. The piece promotes Fourth War Loan drive in La Crosse County running to February 15 and urges buying extra bonds to aid victory and veterans. It includes light items about a bomb egg-laying chicken and a new bride's kitchen mishap, then ends with an ad for Seemann Lumber promoting home repair materials and easy budgeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendelssohn
la Crosse County
The
Nation
Seemann Lumber & Coal Co
Gillette
Caledonia
Soldier writes from Italy after shrapnel wound and Purple Heart
Private Jimmy Yamane, overseas from Camp McCoy and home in Hawaii, recalls hospital care after a left calf shrapnel wound. He credits doctors and nurses for comfort, notes Thanksgiving under enemy fire, and thanks Mrs. Hazel Lawrynk of Stoddard for hospitality, recalling a home away from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Yamane
Hazel Lawrynk
Stoddard
Yamane
Camp McCoy
Hawaii
Mrs. Lawrynk
Hazel
Lawrynk
Italy
Battalion Aid
Reg
Draftees From La Crosse County to Report Feb 2 for Service
La Crosse county announces the names of men accepted for military service under the selective service act. Army reservists report at 2 15 p m Feb 2 and depart La Crosse at 3 12 p m arrive Milwaukee 6 10 p m and reach Fort Sheridan 8 36 p m. Navy coast guard and aviation cadets face active duty on dates set by their branch. Leaders for boards 1 and 2 are Donald LeRoy Pokarth and Harold Francis Bates respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
Army
la Crosse
Milwaukee Road
Milwau
Milwaukee
Fort Sheridan
Navy
Coast Guard
Aviation
Donald LeRoy Pokarth
Harold Francis Bates
North 14Th Street
George Raymond Gondrezick
Cameron Avenue
Carrol Edward Nolan
Farwell Street
Sylvester Fred Servais
Losey Boulevard
Gilman Alten Aspenson
North 13Th Street
Erwin Bernstein
South 3Rd Street
Robert John Weiland
South 13Th Street
David Benjamin Opfer
St. Paul
Minn
Romuald Joseph Bronk
Racine
Wis
Board No. 2
R. 2
Evening English classes planned at State Teachers College
The English department at La Crosse State Teachers College announces evening courses for the second semester. Offerings include modern and classical English, Browning and Victorian poets, basic literature, and a freshman English composition class for high school graduates returning to college. Registration closes Jan 20 with a minimum eight students per class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse State Teachers College
Milford A. Cowley
Emerson G. Walling
Tennyson
O. O. White
Spencer
Milton
Edgar C. Knowlton
Helen C. Dyson
Cowley
Senator Gillette Denies Hull Candidacy Talk
Senator Gillette of Iowa told the Senate on Saturday he had not discussed with Secretary of State Hull the latter's possible candidacy for the nomination for president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gillette
Iowa
Senate
Hull
Presient
Friendship Means Nothing In Court
In Chicago Eric Carlson a trolley motorman and Leo Batyst a delivery man befriended on a street car then faced off in traffic court. Batyst was accused of blocking three street cars by driving his horse and wagon on the car tracks. He was fined $25 and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Eric Carlson
Leo Batyst
Carlson
Batyst
Bolivian Envoy Threatens Resignation Over Nazi Elements
Dr. Enrique de Lozada, Bolivian revolutionary government representative in Washington, says he will resign unless Nazi militaristic elements are removed from his government. He vows to resign if guarantees are not given and warns against actions betraying United States and United Nations ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Enrique de Lozada
Washington
United States
United Nations
Western Hemisphere
Two escapees Recaptured at Cabin Near Fairchild
Two inmates from the central state hospital for the criminal insane, who fled two weeks ago, were returned to the institution Friday after authorities captured them Thursday in a cabin deep in the woods near Fairchild Wisconsin. Dr A K Remley superintendent confirmed the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waupun
Wis
Central State Hospital For
Fairchild
A. K. Remley
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France
L. H. Seemann
Los Angeles
Matilda
Tribune
Nancy Ann Gardner
Clifford E. Gardner
Seabeas
Aleutian Islands
Nancy
Alice McMann
1817 Market
William Leonard Becker
Charles Street
Thomas Lee Ruud
Walton Elmer Minor
North 22Nd Street
Gerald Joseph Devine
Loomis Street
John William Traister
San Diego
Calif
Prescription Pharmacy
Jay Streets
State Teachers College
Stein
Your Cleaners
SEC. Hull
Evork
OPA
Oxford
Goodaus A. A
Fifth Ave. South
SMU
America
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