Truck Purchasers Must Get Receipts
Henry J. Coerper of the La Crosse district office announces new mileage rationing rules effective Jan 1. Commercial vehicle buyers must present two seller issued receipts and a tire inspection record to obtain gasoline rationing from the war price and rationing board. Dealers and scrap dealers must obtain and retain receipts for vehicles held or purchased after Jan 1 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Coerper
la Crosse
Defense Transportation
Office of Price Administration
ODT
War Price and Rationing Board
Coerper
Eight Scouts From Other Counties To Receive Eagle Awards
Eight Boy Scouts from counties outside La Crosse join 11 locals in receiving Eagle awards at the Gateway Area council pot luck supper Thursday at 6 30 p m at Logan high. Names include Harry Miller Alma and others from Mon dovi Sparta Cochrane Whitehall Taylor and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gateway Area Council
la Crosse
Council
Logan High School
City of
Harry Miller
Alma
Robert Skare
Donald Hanson
Mondovi
Robert Hilliker
Sparta
Gary Schlosstein
Harold Hettrick
Cochrane
Richard Holton
Whitehall
Roger Smith
Taylor
Alan Thomas
Fred Thomas
David Keller
First Presbyterian Church
Arlan Johns
Hogan School
Harry Bangsberg
Bernhard Parnow
Robert Evenson
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
George Field
Kenneth Britt
Bethel Lutheran Church
Billy Luedtke
Teachers
Eagles
R. L. MacCornack
Joseph J. Liskovec
C. A. Minshall
Viroqua
R. W. Bardwell
Scouters
Scoutmasters
Keys
Lambert A. Hansen
Check Fuel Oil Coupons Plea From War Board
Consumers urged to curb oil use as half the heating season ends. Lyle S. Gilbert, chairman of the war price and ration board, warns many burn oil faster than allowed and advises lowering thermostats insulating rooms and closing unused spaces. Additional rations will only come in emergencies like illness or new dependents or expanded living space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle S. Gilbert
War Price and Ration Board
Gilbert
Buffalo Slaughter Saves Meat Points
In Edmonton Alberta the Elk Island park buffalo herd provided 600 of 1500 animals for slaughter. Federally inspected meat from the hunt went to Edmonton retailers while hides will be made into winter coats for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alta
Elk Island Park
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Soldiers Eat More Huge Food Supply Needed
Chicago army officials say for each overseas soldier 272 days of food must be kept on hand and 90 days for those at camps in the U S. Brig Gen J E Barzynski notes large cold storage stocks and breaks down overseas needs into 15 days in transit 65 days at ports 30 days afloat 92 days overseas supply 45 days operating stocks and 25 days extra to cover losses.
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Chicago
J. E. Barzynski
America
Barzynski
Gen
Barzywski
Learn How To Live In Peace, His Plea
Dr. R. G. Gustavson acting president of Colorado University warns world leaders to seek peace to survive. He cites scientists developing weapons so powerful that three bombs could erase a city the size of London, calling it a blueprint of hell for the next war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder
Cole
Colorado University
R. G. Gustavson
Gustavson
London
Hell
Judge Upholds Labor Verdict in Wisconsin Gas Case
Circuit Judge Arthur W. Kopp at Racine sustained the Wisconsin Employment Relations Board ruling suspending Theodore C. Rietz as president of the Public Service Employees union at Wisconsin Gas & Electric in Racine for one year and curbing the union’s right to collective bargaining until a new president is elected. The walkout in May 1943 was cited as a high handed contract violation.
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Racine
Wis
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
Theodore C. Rietz
Public Service Employee
Wisconsin Gas & Electric Company
Arthur W. Kopp
Platteville
Kopp
Labor Board
Rietz
State Board
Wisconsin Electric Power Company
National Labor Relations Board
State Labor Board
Air Service Command Employs 300000 Civilians
The Air Service Command of the Army Air Forces houses about 300,000 civilian workers. This workforce supports logistics, maintenance, and support services across multiple bases and operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Service Command
Army Air Forces
Deaths Last Night AP: Harold Clark Kennedy
Harold Clark Kennedy, 48, advertising director of Redbook magazine, died last night in New York. Kennedy, born in Hudson, New York, worked in magazine advertising. The item notes Europe’s largest artificial ice skating rink is in Vienna, Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Harold Clark Kennedy
Redbook Magazine
Hudson, N. Y
Europe
Vienna
Austria
Senior Students Accept Positions At Three Colleges
Three senior students from La Crosse State Teachers College will begin teaching immediately after the semester. Gertrude Anderson of La Crosse will teach fifth grade at an elementary school, Miriam Moser of Appleton will join the physical education department at Whitewater Teachers College, and Mary Lee Brost of Medford will teach high school physical education at Gilespie Michigan. They plan to finish their bachelor of science degrees in the 1944 summer program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stu
la Crosse
Whitewater Teachers College
Kappa Delta Pi
Delta Psje
Dent Cooperative Eating Plam
Mary Lee Brost
Medford
I High School
Gilespie
Delta By Kappa
Sigma Lambda Sigms
Indians Boiled Mix of Weed Flowers as Greens
A historical note describes American Indians boiling a mixture of weed flowers to create a greens dish. The account highlights traditional food practices and plant use in their diet.
Shower Curtains Preserve Identity in War Sailor Papers
Akron report details Norwegians sealing ship papers in shower curtain envelopes coated with Koroseal. The impermeable packs, strapped to the body, keep documents legible after immersion and help sailors avoid delays returning to duty in United Nations fleets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
United Nations
Rubber Company
L. H. Chenoweth
B. F. Goodrich Company
Koroseal
Chenoweth
Sage of Jellico Clar ence Templeton is in town
Clarence Templeton known as The Sage of Jellico answered a health inquiry with humor saying he is “Purty po'rty” despite several ailments. He listed fleabills in his right leg arthritis in his knee neuritis in his shoulders and chronic bronchitis while explaining fleabitis as a touch of the milk leg.
Fire's army touts efficiency and heavy funding
Minister of Defense Traynor told the Dail in Dublin that the Fire's army today is the most efficient in the world. He moved an estimate of 11,360,000 dollars, bringing the year total to 34,000,000. He said the army has every form of military equipment.
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Traynor
Dail
Dublin
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Richard Holtan
Bigelon
Jergen
San Remo
Colgate
Palmolive
Re Ib
Lanchere Bath Oil, Pt
Hind
Wampole’s
Drug Department
Doerflinger
Mount Trocchio
Vallerotonda
Cardito
Italy
Cassino
Rome
Fitzgerald
Bond
Stitzel-Weller Distillery, Inc
Madison, Wis
Kroehler and
Eam Alesse
Eire
Sima
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