Subsidy Debate Opens Tomorrow
Washington reports a Senate debate on Roosevelt’s 1.5 billion subsidy program to curb retail food prices will begin tomorrow amid expected amendments. A House-Senate compromise on musterout pay for service members shows a multi billion gap, with the Senate and House to iron out differences. The OWI warns wartime industrial accidents killed thousands more than battlefield wounds and calls for stronger safety measures.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Bankhead
D-Ala
Banking Committee
Barkley
Kentucky
House
Office of War Information
OWI
Two Wisconsin Women Die. Longtime Chimney Rock Resident Obituary
Mrs. Ole Johnson of Chimney Rock dies at 86 after 10 months in Whitehall hospital from paralysis stroke. Funeral in Independence and Chimney Rock Lutheran church with Rev. H A Wichmann. Survived by 3 sons and 6 daughters, 12 grandchildren, 1 great grandchild. Mrs. Robert Fink dies at Krohn Clinic after heart attack. born 1880 in Germany. Burials in Alma Center and Hixton area. husband, daughter, granddaughter, sisters, brothers survive.
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Whitehall
Wis
Ole Johnson
Chimney Rock
Whitehall Community Hospital
Wiemer
Independence
Chimney Rock Lutheran Church
H. A. Wichmann
Caroline Olson
Melvin Johnson
Visalia
Calif
Emma
P. H. Paquette
Grand Canyon
Ariz
Clara
R. E. Francy
Phoenix
Helmer Johnson
Fargo
N. C
Mildred Abbott
Arthur Johnson
Helen Lee
Beloit
Judith Johnson
Selma
Lyle Kolve
Mevin Johnson, Jr
Wallace Johnson
U. S. Airforce
Black River Falls
Robert Fink
Krohn
Germany
Jackson County
William Gutknecht
Alma Center
Larry Gilbertson
Mmes
A. C. Nelson
Edith Gray
Oregon
Lena Pfeffercorn
Robert Gutkneckt
la Crosse
Albert Gutneckt
Hixton
Herman Gutknecht
Minneapolis
Alma Center Lutheran Church
E. A. Klemp
Jensen Funeral Home
Fink
Bartenders Offer Patrons New War Bond Chaser
About 7,500 Manhattan bartenders will offer a new chaser with orders in the Fourth War Loan drive. Patrons are asked what they want with it including soda or ginger ale as bartenders act as bond salesmen.
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New York
Manhattan
Minn. Tavern Plan Would Issue IDs to Warn Underage Drinkers
Minneapolis tavern owners propose a citywide ID card system for ages 21 to 26 to curb juvenile delinquency. The Minneapolis Service Bureau will run identification and on the spot checks with trained police, financed by tavern funds.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minneapolis Service Bureau, Inc
C. M. Lindholm
Probation Office
Arthur Murray
Case
Minneapolis Service Bureau
Bible shortage in South Africa leads to rationing
In Pretoria reports show growing Bible demand. Pre war distribution ran 75,000 yearly. 1940 sales reached 85,000, 1941 178,000, 1931 118,000, and the first eight months of 1943 totaled 136,000.
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South Africa
Pretoria
Wisconsin Soldier Wounded in Italy During World War II
Pfc. Heimer C. Hendrickson was wounded in action in Italy on December 9, as reported by telegram to his Cashton Wisconsin parents Mr. and Mrs. Ole Hendrickson. He is in a hospital, enlisted November 11 1941, joined a field artillery unit, went overseas May 1942, and prior to service was a farmer. Closest relatives include four brothers Palmer Chester Kenneth and Roger and two sisters Mrs Keith Rick and Mrs Lester Peterson. Also noted is a statistic that one in thousand U.S. children die from accidents in their first year.
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Pfc
Heimer C. Hendrickson
Italy
War Department
Ole Hendrickson
Cashton
Wis
Hendrickson
Army
Palmer
Chester
Kenneth
Roger
Keith Rick
Lester Peterson
Davis Leads In Louisiana Governor Race As May Election Looms
In early unofficial returns from 1008 of 1867 precincts, James H. Davis leads Lewis L. Morgan by 7633 votes for governor while Earl K. Long holds a large lead of 35726 over Emile Verret for lieutenant governor. Long mocks Davis as a Hollywood actor fit for the governor’s post as the reform administration faces a split ticket prospect.
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New Orleans
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
James H
Jimmie” Davis
Shreveport
Lewis L. Morgan
Penetro salve promoted for seasonal cold relief
An old time advertising note touts Penetro salve with warming vapors to ease nasal and throat congestion and claims it stimulates circulation when rubbed on. It markets a two way use with a double supply option, priced at 25 cents or 35 cents.
Theater program opens band drive kickoff in La Crosse
Logan high school band concert opened a bond drive kickoff at Hollywood theater with talks by Lieut D Grimm Sgt J Fitzgerald and County Judge R Ahlstrom. Louis Nelson led stages remarks urging holding what we have and backing the war loan as What a Woman played after.
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Logan
D. Laurie Grimm
John Fitzgerald
Camp McCoy
R. V. Ahlstrom
Hollywood Theater
la Crosse County
Louis G. Nelson
Ahlstrom
United States
la Crosse
Lieut. Grimm
Wac
Fitzgerald
Egypt
Palestine
Russia
8Th Army
Amundson Leads Band With Classical and Popular Selections
H C Amundson presented a program blending familiar band pieces with classics and popular numbers. Notable were Amundson’s arrangements of Begin the Beguine and People Will Say We’re in Love from Oklahoma. The Three Dots Lorraine Pohlman Joyce Anderson and Avis Peterson featured in Oklahoma and Blue Rain with other pieces including The Ninth Street March, Serenade from The Student Prince with Joyce Anderson, and Stars and Stripes Forever by Sousa.
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H. C. Amundson
Amundson
Cole Porter
Oklahoma
Lorraine Pohlman
Joyce Anderson
Avis Peterson
Prince
Romberg
Sousa
Four men drown in Corral Bay bootleg incident
In Valdivia Chile four men drown in Corral Bay while attempting to reach Mancera island to buy liquor. The tragedy raises the total to twenty bootleggers drowned recently while smuggling liquor into the dry zone of Corral.
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Mancera Island
Corral Bay
Valdivia
Chile
Corral
Derailed Car Delays Milwaukee Rail Line
A single derailed car in a time freight near Wiscona Milwaukee county delayed traffic on the Lake Shore division about four hours. Officials cited a broken journal as the cause but had not determined why it broke. No injuries reported and trains were held until track clearance.
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Milwaukee
Wiscona
Milwaukee County
Lake Shore
Northwestern Road
Northwestern
Mexico opens civil aviation school in Puebla City
The Mexican government announces the establishment of a new civil aviation school in Puebla City to train pilots and aviation personnel, signaling a push to expand domestic aviation expertise and safety oversight.
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Mexico
Puebla City
Scouts and leaders to be honored at Gateway Area council dinner
The Gateway Area council Boy Scouts hold their annual meeting with a 6 30 p m pot luck at Logan school. Eighteen scouts will receive Eagle badges the highest Boy Scout honor. Silver Beaver awards for service will be presented by C A Minshall. Dr R W Bardwell and other officials will speak and present keys and reports. Lambert Hansen will be guest speaker. The article also notes federal support for land grant colleges since 1890.
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Gateway Area Council
Boy Scouts
Logan School
R. L. MacCornack
Whitehall
Joseph J. Liskovec
la Cross
C. A. Minshall
Viroqua
M. T. Bolloyt
J. J. Verdota
L. R. Smith
B. W. Ingli
F. J. Sadler
W. E. Bannen
la Crosse
R. W. Bardwell
Lambert Hansen
Sparta
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Nature
Tribune
North Fourth Street
Oxydol
Blue Jay
Prince Albert Tobacco
Doan
Putnam Dye
Vick’s
Gerber
Blake’s
Crystal
Australia
Logan Concert Band
Adolf
Trelamgers
Sulyllizs
Wallpaper Company
Fifth Avenue South
Penney’s
Penney
Cetaain
Carpenters
Rockford
Chambray
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