Reservations for Tax Clinic In La Crosse Fri
Organizations planning to be represented at the tax clinic in La Crosse must file reservations with the Chamber of Commerce by Thursday noon. The event runs 9 am to 5 pm at the La Crosse Vocational and Adult School with private counsel available by reservation. Luncheon will be at the Toddard Hotel. U S Department of Taxation and state affairs staff will answer questions on income returns and other federal tax matters.
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la Crosse Chamber of Commerce
Hugh G. Corbett
Chamber
Lacrosse Vocational and Adultchool
Toddard Hotel
U. S
Three Area Youths Enlist In Marines
Darwin Earl Kroeger Russell Leander and Wade Emmett Gilbert returned home after being sworn into the United States Marine Corps on January 14 in Milwaukee. They will report for boot camp in San Diego and begin several weeks of active duty before specialized training in paratroop music field telephon e and radio. Boot camp is seven weeks followed by 12 to 18 weeks of specialized courses. Sgt. William C. Goez reports five openings left before January quota is met. Applicants under 18 may inquire at the federal building in La Crosse.
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Darwin Earl Kroeger
Campuglas
Russell Leander
Severn
Wade Emmett Gilbert
Omah
United Sates Marine Corps
Milwaukee
San Diego
Calif
William C. Goez
Federal
la Crosse
Wisconsin Senate considers lowering voting age to 18
Madison reports a state senate move to amend the constitution to set the minimum voting age at 18, offered by Senator Leverich of Sparta. The measure aims to replace the current 21 year requirement.
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Madison
Wis
State Senate
Leverich
Sparta
Tunnel Under City Becomes Air Raid Shelter
A southeast England port city hides from last wars by a carved chalk tunnel beneath the town. Two thousand residents sleep in double deck bunks along a twisting subterranean corridor built 75 to 100 feet underground, extending miles and connecting to an old railroad tunnel.
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England
Tobacco sales supervisor’s notes reveal daily shipments
Knoxville reports Ed Johnson Jr of Rocky Mount North Carolina scribbles notes on burley sales tickets. The tobacco reaches his home office daily and his father reviews the notes while inspecting bundles. Southern Rhodesia is investigating wages and living conditions of natives.
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Leaf Tobacco
Knoxville
Tenn
Ed Johnson, Jr
Rocky Mount
N. C
Southern Rhodesia
U S Ace In RAF Killed In Accident
Wing Commander Lance C. Wade American ace of the RAF of Reklaw Texas, living in Tucson Arizona, died January 12 in Italy when a small communications plane crashed behind the front. Wade had 25 enemy planes destroyed the Mediterranean theater and was regarded as the war's greatest fighter pilot. Oliver Ballio Ironwood Michigan called him a big brother and noted Wade's courage in battles with Luftwaffe aircraft.
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Algiers
Lance C. Wade
RAF
Mediterranean
Italy
Reklaw
Texas
Tucson
Ariz
Wade
Middle East
Foe
8Th Army
Oliver Ballio
Ironwood
Mich
Broadhurst
Russians Mull Peace Talk Rumors In London and Moscow
Pravda and the Sunday Times report peace proposals circulated to Turkey and other capitals. Russians debate American, British, and German aims, while U. S. officials and diplomats in Washington and Moscow monitor reactions and potential shifts in policy.
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Sunday Times
Times of London
Turkey
Lisbon
Stockholm
London
Halifax
Hull Center
Washington
Lord Halifax
Hull Today
Pravda
von Ribbentrop
Roosevelt
Cairo
Durban street brawl involving hundreds erupts at meeting
Between 200 and 300 youths including Americans, British, and Free French clash in Durban South Africa for four hours. Casualties were minor with only black eyes and bruises reported as the fight extended from a meeting to midnight.
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Durban
South Africa
Navy yard worker admits stealing government tools
A New York navy yard employee pleaded guilty in U S district court to stealing about four thousand dollars worth of government tools and materials. The FBI said he kept extra items at home and even had items the yard could not replace due to shortages. He testified his motive was simply to take things home. Cyprus has added a silk reeling plant to its expanding silk industry under government buying guarantees.
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Communist Party
U. S. State Department
Foreign Ministry
Russia
Poland
Hull
Halifax
Moscow
New York
Navy Yard
U. S
FBI
Cyprus
Marine Officer Dies Trying to Destroy Tarawa Pillbox
Navy records reveal Marine 2nd Lt Willis A Carpenter died singlehanded while attempting to blow a Japanese pillbox on Tarawa Beach. He refused aid from his unit, blew up the emplacement, and was gunned down. Carpenter previously helped several marines reach shore after D-Day and repeatedly braved enemy fire to protect his men.
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Pacific
Willis A. Carpenter
Milwaukee
Wis
Tarawa
Ernest D. Eldridge
Beverly
Mass
Carpenter
Eldridge
Eldridge Declared. “Lieut. Carpenter
Bello
Lieut
Badger Seeing Share Of Pacific Air War
Marine Pfc. Calvin E. Cornish of Milwaukee an aerial gunner with 130 flying hours has fought in the Solomons. In ten raids as radio gunner he attacked Vila Kara Kahili and Ballale airfields. He describes ground strafing and heavy antiaircraft fire while diving on Ballale and Kahili, and notes his prewar work as a Great Lakes seaman after Lincoln high school graduation in 1942.
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Manda Field
New Georgia Island
Calvin E. Cornish
Milwaukee
Solomons
Frank J. Cornish
Vila
Kara
Kahili
Ballale
Lincoln High School
Great Lakes
Wisconsin Prison Crisis Hearing Timed for Fall Action
Senators debate timing of a probe into prison trouble and reforms while state officials advance a weapons search and inmate interviews. Waupun prison moves aging inmates to dormitories as guards push to install galleries and tighten control amid ongoing disturbances and staffing strain.
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Uude
Gov. Goodland
Waapun
Wis
Bennett Odegard
Public Welfare
Drunk, dis orderly and license violations litter La Crosse district
In La Crosse county Harris Foss and Raby Stuck were fined for drunk and disturb conduct. Several others, including Gerald Johnston, Tilford Iverson and Kingsley Dyer, paid fines for unregistered or unpaid vehicle registrations. Sparta residents Lillian Base and Clem Henick faced lewd conduct charges with bonds. Geraldine Snyder paid a 25 dollar fine for fornication. Keith Ames paid 5 dollars for reckless driving with license revoked. Property transfers filed include Elia Colby and the Dettingers, and the Ericksons to Clifton Davis.
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Minn
Wisconsin
Sparta
Wis
Lillian Base
H. L. Beckman
Clem Henick
St. Mary's Ridge
Miss Bass
Geraldine Snyder
Maryland
Keith Ames
Justice Beckman
Ames
Trio Of Veteran State Employees Retiring
Three long serving state employees in the Wisconsin secretary of state office retire. George Brown chief of the elections division for 31 years J Mildred A Castle in accounting for 37 years and Albert J Nelson in corporations for 24 years leave at age 65 under the 1943 retirement act. They will receive a maximum pension of 75 dollars a month for life after a testimonial luncheon attended by about 40 coworkers. Secretary Fred R Zimmerman presided.
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Madison
Wis
Secretary of State
George Brown
Mildred A. Castle
Albert J. Nelson
Brown
Fred R. Zimmerman
Presid
Auto Engine Collision Injures Driver on West Avenue
Clarence A. Peterson of 1707 Jackson Street suffered possible skull fracture and head lacerations after his car, traveling south on West Avenue, failed to stop at a railroad crossing on 1st Avenue and Barlow Street. The vehicle was pushed 50 to 55 feet by a southbound engine driven by Otto Strauman who said he did not see the car before impact.
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Clarence A. Peterson
Jackson Street
1St Avenue
Barlow Street
Peterson
West Avenue
Otto Strauman
Priorities Expert Will Visit Chamber Friday
Will Ben Lund, a priorities expert, will be at the Chamber of Commerce on Friday January 21 from 9 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. for consultations on priority problems.
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Ben Lund
Chamber of Commerce
Badger on Liberator hits Japanese vessel in New Guinea raid
Delayed news from New Guinea reports Hoyt E. Parent of Somerset Wis as assistant radioman on the Liberator bomber Jolly Roger. The crew attacked a Japanese merchantman yesterday, continuing the air offensive against enemy shipping.
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New Guinea
Hoyt E. Parent
Somerset, Wis
U S Plane Output To Be Boosted In 1944 Production
Washington reports the 1944 aircraft program calls for a 50 percent rise in combat plane production over 1943, with total airframes up 26 percent and more than 100000 planes planned. Wilson notes heavy bombers Liberators and P presses lead a shift from training and non combat models.
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Washington
Ae E
Aircraft Production Board
Wilson
Igg
Policy On Employment Of Prisoners Sought
The AFL executive council proposes a plan to use prisoners of war for war work only if it avoids sabotaged risk and does not compete with free American workers. The council warns the policy is dangerous and could provoke deep resentment among American workers. Roosevelt era wage dispute settlement praised as ending suspense and satisfying non operating employees.
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Miami
Fla
AFL Executive Council
Prn
Green
Woman Fined For Disturbing School
Margaret Pettigrove of French Island was charged with wilfully and wantonly disturbing Lower Island School in District No. 6 while in session. In county court Wednesday morning she was fined $10 with six months' suspended sentence on condition of no further trouble at the school.
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Margaret Pettigrove
French Island
Lower Land
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