State Pays Fifth Of Blind Pensions In Wisconsin
Wisconsin property owners paid about 20.6 percent of the 1942 blind pension costs, with counties contributing 114 508, the state 165 533 and the federal government 275 888 of a total 555 929. The Wisconsin Taxpayers alliance notes 1943 legislation raised the maximum pension to 40 a month and outlines income limits and reimbursement steps among county state and federal funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance
Alliacne
Can't Keep Grandma in Her Chair
An old woman regains her liveliness as backache improves after discovering kidneys may be the cause. The ad promotes Doan's Pills, claimed to help kidneys flush out waste and relieve rheumatic pains and related symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Dean
Finney
Doan
Methodist Bishops Lead Crusade Event In La Crosse
Bishop Ivan Lee Holt of Dallas and Bishop William C. Martin of Omaha will headline a Methodist Bishops Crusade event at First Methodist church and the Vocational school auditorium in La Crosse. They will speak on The Coming Peace and The Prince of Peace during the all day meeting part of a nationwide series. Other bishops include Ralph S. Cushman of St Paul and Raymond J. Wade of Detroit. The crusade aims to promote a postwar international order for greater justice and enduring peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Ivan Lee Holt
Dallas
Tex
William C. Martin
Omaha
Neb
la Crosse
First Methodist Church
Wisconsin
Holt
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Martin
Texas
United States
Ralph S. Cushman
St. Paul
Minnesota
North Dakota
Raymond J. Wade
Detroit
Methodist Council of Bishops
Coyote Captured After Bull Charge Near Hazell Ranch
Kas. Penalosa. Stockman A. B. Hazell rode to rope an excited bull that charged his horse Old Snake. The horse bolted, the bull close behind, and Old Snake ran fast enough to flush a coyote. Hazell snagged the coyote with a lariat and dragged it to the ranch house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penalosa
Kas
A. B. Hazell
Old Snake
Hazell
Blackout Celebrations Keep East London Awake All Night
After a successful blazeout in East London, South Africa residents could not sleep as street lights stayed on all night. Locals replaced blackout curtains to shut out the glow and found the streets unfamiliar in continuous brightness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
South Africa
Government Takes Ownership of All Vehicles in Arabia
Government announces all motor vehicles in Arabia are now owned by the state, its officials, and pilgrim transport firms, marking a sweeping shift in property control and transportation management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabia
Local service men listed from La Crosse area
The column profiles numerous local men in the U S Army Navy Marines and Coast Guard detailing graduations commissions furloughs transfers and current assignments. Entries include Gerald Moriarity a former Tribune reporter now second lieutenant after bombing mission training in Deming New Mexico and many others with addresses and unit designations across Fort Benning Curtis Field Great Lakes and San Francisco fleet post offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
la Crosse
Foreign Service
U. S
Gerald Gregory Moriarity
Daniel J. Moriarity
la Crosse Street
Tribune
Army Air Forces Bombadier School
Deming
N. Mex
Aquinas High School
la Crosse State Teachers College
Vernon H. Achterkirch
Fort D. A. Russell
Marfa
Tex
Henry Achterkirch
Bangor
124Th Cavalry
Robert A. Schoen
Aviation Ordnanceman School
Memphis
Tenn
Roy S. Coster
Elizabeth Coster
Woodstreet
Seattle
Wash
Transportation Corps
New Orleans
Metropolitan Insurance Co
John V. Lamp
Vernon H. Lamp
Vinestreet
Fort Benning
Parachute
Thomas F. Coughlin
Evely M. Coughlin
Moore Street
Naval Electrical School
St. Louis
William R. Wais
Aafafs
Fort Sumner
William E. Wais
St. Paul
Robert Brush
Metropolitan
van Nuys
Calif
Homer Rice
Sic
Brooklyn
N. Y
Garland P. Rice
West la Crosse
Royal E. McGinnis
South 15Th Place
Selfridge Field
Mich
AC Donald, E. Hefti
Bruce Field
Ballinger
Army Air Force Center
Matt J. Hefti
South 6Th Street
Curtis Field
Brady
John Zaiger
Camp Stewart
Thomas Goyke
North 23Rd Street
Goyke
Zaiger
Coast Artillery
Camp Wallace
Puerto Rico
Corp
George Zaiger
North Africa
Roger A. Marshall
War Department
Washington
William E. Bonadurer
San Francisco
Harold Hults
AAA
Fort Bliss
Pvt
O. L. Hanson
West Avenue South
Camp Sutton
N. C
Pfc
Donald
Nior
Fleet
William A. Schroeder
AAFPS
SAACC
San Antonio
Floyd Blackdeer
Sheppard Field
Ervin Proksch
AGF
Fort George Meade
Rector E. Wall
Shoemaker
Arnold H. Kriemelmeyer
Dearborn
Norris Albrechtson
Jack Grosskopf
Clr. Co
Camp Bowie
Pfe
John R. Lanny
Camp McCain
Miss
Ralph Bendel
USNTS
Newport
R. I
Raymond L. Copper
AWATC
Drew Field
Fla
Richard Tausche
Madison
Wis
Donald E. Hefti
Gerald A. Peterson
76Th College Training Detachment
Air Crew
Carroll College
Waukesha
A. Knudtson
Fred Muller
IAAS
Independence
Orville L. Maxwell
Rodney Stensgard
Miami Beach
John R. Simones
Victory Field
Vernon
John E. Hartung
Miss. Set
Sydney B. Matthes
D. J. Wiederhoeff
Usmcas
Edenton
William Blank
Lasap Army Air Field
Las Vegas
Arthur W. Hanson
Great Lakes
R. O. Buschmann
AC Glen N. Lunde
Norman Knutson
Co. A
51St Inf
Camp Wolters
Gordon E. Theil
Flight 303
Seaspeee Field
Robert Wilhelm
17Th
AAF
TTD
Northrup Aircraft, Inc
Hawthorne
Clarence J. Childers
New York
APC
Fred N. Rice
71St Light Division
Camp Carson
John E. Knutsen
Flight 557
RAAF
Amarillo
Orvis Gilbertson
APO
Everett Bey
University, Miss
Robert Thompson
College of St. Thomas
Minn
Robert Lyons
Coddington Point
James Haggerty
Fort George E. Meade
Francis A. Elsen
D. E. Field
USNR
Gustavus Adolphus College
St. Peter
Minn. S
Claus B. Nelson
Four Thousand Dollar Homes Sold In Sutton At Auction
Prices averaging 1600 pounds were paid for small modern homes in Sutton England that were in good repair and sold at auction. The homes cost more than 2000 pounds to build before the war and would fetch at least 4000 pounds at current prices. The low price reflected Rent Restriction Act limits on possession and rent.
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Sutton
England
Winter of no snow looms for La Crosse region
The La Crosse weather bureau notes a historically light first half of winter with only 4.2 inches of snow to date. January brings higher totals on record but this year has already reached 18 inches, while all winter totals approach the driest seasons.
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la Crosse
United States Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Bureau
Blind Deaf Man Runs Small Cleveland Brush Factory
Charles A. Spilker, blind and deaf since childhood, operates Buds Better Bristle Brushes in a garage behind his home. The Ohio agency aided setup before the war and the WPB contracts after Pearl Harbor funded his tools. He works 40 hours weekly, handles buying and bookkeeping on a Braille typewriter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Charles A. Spilker
Bud
Cleveland Society For the Blind
Pearl Harbor
WPB
Spilker
Indiana Man Admits Staying Cab Driver
Murphysboro Illinois Jackson County Sheriff Tanner E Hanson said William Harold Jameson 22 of Evansville Indiana confessed to shooting and fatally wounding Cab driver Harry Bidwell 25 of Du Quoin. Bidwell was missing Thursday night found unconscious Friday on a De Soto street with three gunshot wounds to the head. He died in a Carbon Dale hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Ill
Jackson County
Tanner E. Hanson
William Harold Jameson
Evansville
Ind
Harry Bidwell
du Quoin
Bidwell
de Soto
Carbondale
Kreger Joins Vernon Conservation Office
Keith S. Kreger has taken a position with the Vernon county soil conservation district office to succeed Roy Babb who moved to Madison Indiana as district conservationist. Kreger, previously with Grant county soil conservation district, will work in the eastern section as farm planner and be aided by Louis Trudeau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vnroqua
Wis
Keith S. Kreger
Vernon County Soil Conservation District
Roy Babb
Madison
Ind
Kreger
Grant County
Soil Conservation District
Louis Trudeau
Twins to Separate Barbara and Olive Jones
Two eighteen year old affinity twins from Kent England Barbara and Olive Jones choose separate careers and paths Barbara moves to Cambridge to study English Olive to Oxford to specialize in modern languages Their decision ends their shared life and costs a scholarship to keep them apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara
Olive Jones
Kenton
England
Oxford
Cambridge
Olive
Fire crews respond to two simultaneous Knoxville blazes
Fire department answered a call at a residence in Knoxville and continued fighting that blaze while crews also rushed to a second fire two doors away when bystanders said the first fire was elsewhere. The two incidents occurred at the same time, drawing multiple units.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Soviet Italy Based Planes To Bomb Nazis
General Henry H. Arnold told the Poor Richard club in Philadelphia that Allied bombers could fly from Italy to strike German targets en route to bases in the Soviet Union as Soviet advances and standardized aircraft parts improve reach. He received the 1943 gold medal of achievement for his work in organizing the air forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Germany
Russia
Italy
Henry H. Arnold
United States Army Air Forces
Poor Richard
Arnold
Poor Richard Club
Three Dead and 57 Hurt in Dearborn Bus Crash
A Ford road suburban Dearborn bus crash killed three high school students, injured 57 others, six critically, as the Dearborn coach company bus collided with a car and hit a tree. Names of the dead include Robert Drake, 17, Betty Krause, 17, and Wilmer Ford, 146. Driver Alvin Roy Sweet, 31, and car driver Silas T. Maxey were among the injured. Traffic Judge Maher ordered Walter C. Lackey, 41, held for trial on manslaughter charges from a prior Woodward avenue collision.
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Detroit
Ford Road
Dearborn
Robert Drake
Betty Krause
Wilmer Ford
Dearborn Coach Company
Ford Motor Co
Alvin Roy Sweet
Silas T. Maxey
Walter C. Lackey
Thomas F. Maher
Lackey
Woodward Avenue
Advisory panel formed to aid coal distribution in Great Lakes
The Solid Fuels Administration announced an advisory committee for the Great Lakes region to assist Harold L. Ickes with equitable coal distribution at regional docks. Members include W. A. Reiss of Sheboygan, R. P. Botsch, and Andrew Boyd of Milwaukee.
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Washington
Solid Fuels Administration
Great Lakes
Harold L. Ickes
Tee
W. A. Reiss
Sheboygan
R. P. Botsch
Andrew Boyd
Milwaukee
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Electrial Machinery
Iron and Steel
City Transfer Co., Inc
South Ave
Coyote
Seat
Scaralin
Sears
Fifth Ave
Kenneth R. Gautsch
A. Gautsch
Onalaska Avenue
RAF_ bombardier school
Carlsbad
Alan Max Anderson
A. T. Anderson
State Street
Pecos
Donald N. Radtke
FA Bn
Nashville
Jack P. Ellis
G. C. Ellis
South 20Th Street
Infantry
Robert L. Hass
H. L. Rutledge
Indiana Man
Vernon Conservation Office
Calvert Distillers Corp., N. ¥.C
Spurgeong
Dionne
Quints
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