Highway Revenues For Year Slashed
Minnesota highway department reports 1943 receipts dropped to 17.58 million from 25.39 million in 1942 due to construction limits but ends with nearly 2 million more in cash and securities. At year end cash stood 8.05 million with 14 million in U.S. bonds. plan to invest 5.8 million in short term government bonds.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota Department of Highways
M. J. Hoffman
Trunk Highway Fund
Trunk Highway
U. S
State
Julius Schmahl
John Meader
Hoffman
State Investment Board
Soldiers Want To Vote, Says Paper
Stars and Stripes reports American soldiers in Europe and the Middle East want to vote in the presidential election. Capt Carl P Geis of Salem Ore says soldiers have the right to vote and oppose political manipulation. he believes citizens abroad should vote just as at home.
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London
Europe
Middle East
Stars and Stripes
U. S. Army
Carl P. Geis
Salem
Ore
Philippines
Geis
Wreck Blamed on Poor Protection by Rail Crews
The Interstate Commerce Commission said failure to provide adequate protection for derailed cars caused the December 16, 1943 Atlantic Coast Line wreck near Rennett North Carolina. Seventy two people were killed and one hundred eighty seven injured, many military personnel. If the derailed southbound train crew had provided flag protection and thoroughly inspected the train, the collision with a northbound train could have been prevented.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlantic Coast Line
Rennett
N. C
Former draft official dies after midtown plunge
John Edward Wilson aged 58 once a draft official died Monday after leaping from a 14 story midtown building. He faced indictment with brewery heir Gert Hans von Sontard on conspiring to violate the selective service act and was jailed on drugs charges. Notes to his wife left the line This is the only way out.
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Ends Life
New York
John Edward Wilson
Gert Hans von Sontard
Wilson
Bolivian Army Patrol Sets Off In Search Of Missing Missionaries
A Bolivian military patrol from Ro bor e departs to locate five missing American missionaries and to capture Indians believed to have attacked them. Missionaries Cecil A Dye Robert Dye Eldon Hunter Davis Bacon and George Hosbach are listed as missing for two months with tensions high in the Santa Corazon region.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Robore
Jose Pinto
Santa Corazon
New Tribes
Chicago
Cecil A
Robert Dye
Eldon Hunter
Davis Bacon
Saginaw
Mich
George Hosbach
West Branch
Winnebago County Schools Achieve 100 Percent Junior Red Cross
Miss Alberta Steensland executive secretary of the Red Cross reports that every school in Winnebago county enrolled 100 percent in the junior Red Cross. The 110 schools total more than 10,000 students, all members of the Junior Red Cross.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Alberta Steensland
The
Red Cross
Winnebago County
Junior Red Cross
Retired Teacher Helen Welch Dies in Janesville
Helen Maria Welch age 92 dies in Janesville after a 45 year career teaching in Rock County rural and city schools. She was the daughter of pioneer Rock County residents and retired in 1912.
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Janesville
Wis
Helen Maria Welch
Rock County
Radio Programs Schedule January 19 1944
CBS NBC and WKBH air a full day of programs from Kiddies Hour to Late Variety. Highlights include Mr. and Mrs. North, Kay Kyser shows, Beat the Band, and Raymond Gram Swing with news updates and music features across networks.
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Sammy Kaye
CBS
Mrs. North
NBC
Eddy Cantor
Lionell Barrymore
Kay Kyser
WKBH
America
Fred Waring
Miss Neubs
College of Musical Knowledge
Raymond Gram
Author’s Playhouse
Josh
Daily War Journal
Billboard
Nelson Olmsted
Humbard
Hayshakers
Texas Rangers
Carey Longmire
Gnidine Licht
Nbe
Monty Woolley
Sam Bakter Lane
Blu Fulton Oursler
Blu Jean Hersholt
Christian
Xavier Cugat Cesena
Eddie Cantor
Wudlatauthe Jos
Dunninger
Frank Sinatra
Gabriel Heatter
Bob Ripley
Mbs
Katedane
Jack Carson
Harry Wismer
Lulu
Blu
Arch Ward
Cbs Star
Cbs Blu
Radio Schedule Echoes War Time Corrections and Serial Lineup
January 1 wartime network corrections alter evening lineup. Programs include Jack Armstrong repeats, Captain Midnight serials, News Time updates, The Sea Hound, World War broadcasts, Fred Waring and Harry James concerts, and various drama and musical segments featuring Lanny and Cree, Kaltenborn comments, and Easy Aces.
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Bill
Nbe
Jack Armstrong
Blu-East
the Sea Hound
the Lands
Dbs
Chick Carter
Mbs
Farrell
Rial
Captain Midnight
Ser
Kiddies
Blu Quincy Howe
Cbs
America
Lyn Murray
Tim Healy
Blu Lanny
Cree
Jer Sullavan
Blu-West
Bill Stern
Lowell Thomason
Fred Waring
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Tractor overturns claim life of 16 year old in Wisconsin
In Platteville Wisconsin Vincent Runde aged 16 died after a tractor hauling logs overturned and crushed him. He was en route to a hospital when the fatal accident occurred.
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Platteville
Wis
Vincent Runde
Pilot A R Conant Downs Japanese Fighter Over Rabaul
Lieut A R Conant of Manitowoc Wisconsin was credited with shooting down one Japanese fighter in an attack on Rabaul in the Solomons. Dive bombers and torpedo bombers scored heavily against shipping in the harbor during the raid reported January 24.
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Downs Jap
Munda
New Georgia
Solomons
A. R. Conant
Marinette
Wis
Rabaul
Wanted Men And Women Who Are Hard Of Hearing
Advert says hearing aid hopefuls can test the Onrine Home Method and receive a money back guarantee if they do not hear better. It promotes Curine Ear Drops at Ford Hopkins and drug stores nationwide.
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Ford Hopkins
Audacious German Defense Plans Foreshadow Invasion Tactics
Washington dispatch notes German defense strategy for Western Europe. Rommel and Jodl favor audacity with motorized army flanking and quick counter attacks. Defenses are a series of zones behind fortifications, with mines and interlocking artillery as German forces anticipate Allied landings.
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Marshal Rommel
Jodl
Hitler
Rommel
Maginot Line
Westwall
Marines Emphasize Field Training For Women Recruits
A Marine Corps program at Camp LeJeune and New River urges women to see frontline work to appreciate their roles. Field trips include engineering battalions, parachute training, amphibious landings, and demonstrations at coastal bases. Sgt. Golz promotes enlistment in the women’s reserve and notes citizen support for expanded duties.
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Marine Corps
LeJeune
New River
Fleet Marine Force
Jancy
Begai m
Aneering
Byersfield Point
Higgins
Coast Guard
Court House Bay
Sgt. Golz
Arme Edge
Marine Women’s Reserve
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