Fraternity Honors Dittman With Testimonial Banquet
Wisconsin Eagles members and La Crosse aerie No 1254 paid tribute to Charles A Dittman a longtime state organizer and La Crosse secretary at a testimonial banquet and initiation ceremony. Delegations from many aeries attended as 110 candidates were initiated. Dittman urged continued pension support and a strong military posture for national safety.
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Wisconsin
Order of Eagles
la Crosse Aerie No
Charles A. Dittman
Dittman
la Crosse
Charlie
Eagles’ Club
5Th Avenue
King Street
Fred Helm
Racine
Frank E. Herring
Eagles’ Magazine
J. Norman Basten
Green Bay
Charles Dittman
J. J. Verdota
Fredric Crosby
J. E. Heraty
Henry Muth
Paul Hartwig
Aerie
Frank Fuchs
Alvin A. Watson
Gilbert Alexander
Watson
Milwaukee
Fond du Lac
Manitowoc
Marshfield
Kenosha
Madison
Wausau
Beloit
Neenah
Superior
Beaver Dam
America
Mothers Welcome 32nd Division Return News in La Crosse
In La Crosse households mothers and wives of 32nd Division soldiers celebrate news the Red Arrow unit will return to the United States. Telephones rang all day as families learn of sons in Saidor New Guinea and other Pacific theaters coming home after long overseas service.
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South Pacific
U. S
la Crosse
Red Arrow
Ray Gronbeck
George Street
National Guard
Gronbeck
Sgt
Snorre Gronbeck
Corp
Marius Gronbeck
New Guinea
Pvt
Romer Gronbeck
Jefferson Barracks
Missionary Society
Bethel Lutheran Church
Oscar Paulson
Paulson
Luther Paulson
Gretchen Kinder
Julia Outcelt
Charles Street
32Nd
Aleutians
Corp Otto
Conrad Inderburg
Paulsons
Robert Krett
Signal Corps
Peter
Arthur Amunson
Badger Street
William Amunson
Tribune Telegraph
Amunson
Robert Amunson
Coast Artillery
Pacific
Henry Mehren
South 11Th Street
Tribune
Pfc
Arnold J. Mehren
Cora Oldenberg
5Th Avenue South
Africa
William Henry Oldenburg
Peterson Field
Colorado Springs
Gregory Oldenburg
Royal Canadian Air Forces
Manitoba
Norman Oldenburg
Savannah
Proving Grounds
Sweden Sees Nearly 2400 Woodcutter Camps Set Up Last Year
The report shows about 2,400 woodcutter camps established across Sweden in the prior year. It details regional distribution and notes impacts on local economies and forestry activity.
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Sweden
Plan Courses In Home Nursing For Senior Girls At Two High Schools
Senior girls at Central and Logan high schools will study home nursing in a two day per week course offered for credit. Led by Mrs. Arthur Rogge, R N, the program covers bedside care, improvised equipment, patient diets, and home care skills for sick and aged, babies, and children.
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Central
Logan
la Crosse Chapter
American Red Cross
The
la Crosse of Education
Wisconsin
Cation
Red Cross
Bond Drive Roll Call by Ward Listings
The document lists ward by ward residents and addresses including Mrs. John Michalski Ward 8 1628 Johnson ing 399 and Mrs. Roy Wittenberg 1329 Avon 1806 J Ward 9 Mrs Gage Staats 1301 Avon and others through Ward 21 Mrs Oscar Preidel 1925 South 16th 3968 W.
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Winnebago
Ward
John Michalski
Johnson
M. Ward
Gage Staats
Avon
Roy Wittenberg
Earl Miller
Wood
Donald Anderson
North 24Th
William Oliver
la Crosse
George Schneeberger
State
Lucy Bauman
South 5Th
E. H. Saenger
Main
Alois Swinzrod
Carr
William Guggenbuehl
West Avenue South
Ivan Wright
South
George Hayek
L. Katchel
L. H. Seeman
Prospect
Oscar Preidel
South 16Th
Russian War Developments on Front Near Leningrad
Russian forces continued pursuit of retreating garrison remnants through forests and marshes while counting booty. Soviet troops seized Viritsa railway station 33 miles south of Leningrad on the Vitebsk railway. Along the Novo Sokolniki rail junction 200 miles south, Gen. Markian Popov’s second Baltic front army conducted a surprise attack forcing German lines to falter and yielding prisoners and matériel.
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Viritsa
Leningrad
Vitebsk
Second Baltic Front
Markian M. Popov
Novosokolniki
Bicycle Spare Parts Scarce in Ireland Urges Care
Bicycle spare parts have become so scarce in Ireland that dealers urge cycle owners to take the greatest care of their machines.
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Eire
Luftwaffe faces heavy raid as Allied air assault hits Berlin and Frankfurt
Allied forces shifted to a two city strike with Berlin and Frankfurt under heavy bomber and fighter action. Reports describe a new escort corridor protecting bombers and light opposition on return, while German defenses, including 1500 fighters, struggled to stem the assault. Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle arrives to command the 8th Air Force amid the operation.
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Ers
London
Frankfurt
Berlin
Germany
RAF
James H. Doolittle
8Th Air Force
Opel
I. G. Farbenindustrie Chemical Trust
Low Priced Goods and Garments Move to Retail Shelves
Washington reports that low priced textile yard goods and garments are reaching retail shelves in quantity after a price and production policy dispute. Officials from the War Production Board and the Office of Price Administration say progress toward adequate production of infants and children's clothing, work clothing, bedsheets and other scarce textiles has been made in the last two weeks. The dispute followed Stabilization Director Fred M Vinson's Nov 16 price adjustment directive and WPB notification to the CPA when civilian goods production lagged.
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Washington
War Production Board
Office of Price Administration
U.S
Fred M. Vinson
WPB
CPA
Doughton to Seek Re election for 18th Term in Congress
Rep. Robert L. Doughton aged 80 and longtime chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee announced Saturday his plan to run for re election this year. He is beginning his 17th consecutive term in Congress.
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Doughton
Washington
Robert L. Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Callaghan Pleads Guilty in 1939 Michigan Bribery Case
Lansing. State Rep. Miles M. Callaghan, 77, Reed City Republican, pleaded guilty to a grand jury charge that he participated in an alleged bribery conspiracy tied to loan company measures in the 1939 Michigan legislature.
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Lansing
Mich
Miles M. Callaghan
Reed City
Republican
Michigan
Shortage of college teachers blamed on low pay
Robert P. Ludlam told a senate subcommittee that American colleges face a teacher shortage blamed on inadequate salaries. He noted shortages in medicine engineering economics chemistry physics and mathematics and said many educators have left for war related jobs or the armed forces. Arthur Stein echoed that low pay hampers government recruiting of critical wartime workers.
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Washington
Robert P. Ludlam
The
Association of University Professors
Senate
Ludlam
Arthur Stein
United Federal Workers of America
CIO
Cantor Sets Record War Bond Pace on KPO
Comedian Eddie Cantor led a marathon war bond drive on radio KPO in San Francisco, raising 6 270 380 dollars between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. He planned to broadcast solo until 6 a.m. Sunday, with all other programs canceled for Saturday night. Cantor read newscasts, discussed Japanese atrocities, interviewed celebrities, auctioned bands and sang.
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San Francisco
Eddie Cantor
KPO
Labor Living Cost Figures Questioned by Industry
Labor members of a presidential committee on the cost of living report a 43.5 percent rise since January 1941, while industry figures challenge the data and say no final, reviewed report has been approved. The CIO and AFL dispute the BLS index as the basis, noting gaps in committee funding and oversight.
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Washington
H. B. Horton
Chicago Bridge and Iron Company
George K. Batt
Dugan Brothers
Newark
N. J
Horton and Batt
William H. Davis
CIO
AFL
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Fireman
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers
George Meany
Labor Department
Bureau of Statistics
Italians Press Demand for King Victoria Emmanuele Abdication
A Bari session of Italy’s all party congress heard Rome delegates support creating a Democratic government to oppose King Victor Emmanuel III. A resolution calling for the king’s immediate abdication was reportedly drafted and adopted, with the Bari radio broadcasting the plan.
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Bari
Italy
Vittorio Emanuele
Rome
U. S
Brewery Suits Perplies in Jefferson for Overpricing
The OPA filed suit in federal district court seeking 30256 dollars against the Perplies Brewing Company of Jefferson alleging sales above price ceilings. The action was brought in Madison Wisconsin.
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SUE Brewery
Madison
Wis
OPA
Perplies Brewing Company
Jefferson Sunday
Waukon Man Has Gas Book Taken
Waukon Iowa special report on Fred Mererkord called before the local rationing board after investigation into gas misuse. Mererkord admitted obtaining large gasoline quantities for two farms near North Dakota for harvest then using the Canada trip and Winnipeg visit to justify the fuel. Board revoked his gasoline ration for six months and ordered surrender of the ration book by January 31.
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Waukon
Pricetion
la Crosse
Fred Mererkorg
Mererkord
Waukon Board
Educsla
Sherman Hart
Dougherty
Lgg
M. M. Cooney
G. W. Eaton
H. G. Ludeman
Northeast Iowa National Farm Loan Association
N. D
Draft Board
Toe
Canada
Winnipeg
Imperial Gas
Hog Brings $21 Million Into War Bond Total
A 300 pound Hampshire hog named Fruehauf's Iowa Queen sold for 21 016 509 in war bonds at a Cedar Rapids farm auction. The hog’s value rose at 1 400 100 per minute and was bid up and sold nine times in a 15 minute event. Highest bid came from an insurance company at 15 million with Milwaukee Railroad second at 3 230 000. Several Midwest hog buyers attended the sale.
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Cedar Rapids
Hampshire
Fruehauf
Iowa
Miwaukee Railroad
PP 2
Ineat Midwest
Chile housing program funds 28 houses and store project
Chile will finance the construction of 28 houses and a store along the Pedro Aguirre highway from the commercial airport into Santiago, part of a housing program.
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Chile
Pedro Aguirre
Santiago
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