Green Bay Road Wins First Rounds In Fight For Supplementary Service
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission reaffirmed authority for Green Bay and Western to run supplementary trucking service for less than carload shipments between stations. Truckers threaten appeal claiming potential bankruptcy for Wisconsin carriers. The commission noted possible rate reconsideration and continued jurisdiction on rates.
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Green Bay Road
Madison
Wis
Green Bay and Western Railway
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Gateway Transfer of
la Crosse
Wisconsin Motor Carriers’ Association
Glenn Stephens
Association
Dane County
Commission
Green Bay
B. H. Overton
Gateway Transfer Company, Inc
Green Bay and
Fiji base mined with myths and distant war links
National Geographic surveys Suva Fiji as a wartime hub where American troops are stationed. The account dispels cannibal myths, notes Fiji’s temperate tropics and sea routes linking Panama, Australia and New Zealand, and gives distances from major cities while describing the island group’s strategic role amid Pacific conflicts.
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National Geographic Society
Suva
Fiji
Solomons
New Jersey
Hawaii
Panama Canal
North America
Australia
New Zealand
San Francisco
Honolulu
Pago Pago
American Samoa
Sydney
Auckland
Guadalcanal
Fiji Islands Profile and demography in the South Pacific
Suva on Viti Levu hosts a cosmopolitan population with East Indians, whites, and mixed groups. Fiji’s two main islands span 4,280 square miles with 215,000 residents, majority on Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, while plantations and exports from sugar, coconuts, and banana drive the economy. British protection began after 1874, with Indian labor imported to boost production while native lands were preserved for farming.
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South Pacific Ocean
Viti Levu
Great Fiji
Vanua Levu
Great Land
Fiji
Kandava
Taveuni
Suva
Victoria Parade
United Nations
Lautoka
Rewa
Tasman
Thakombau
News Views on Polls and Public Life
A satirical column weighs presidential polls and party caution while noting 1944 nursery and child care funds for La Crosse schools. It mentions WAVES training at Smith College and ends with an ad for Seemann Lumber offering repair materials and free cost estimates.
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Washington
la Crosse
Smith College
Seemann Lumber & Coal Co
Gillette
Caledonia Sts
Local Soldier Receiving Citation Describes Rescue in Italy
Letter from T5 Harry Leske, among four La Crosse men commended for prompt action after an enemy air raid, recalls rescuing civilians trapped in a gas filled shelter in Italy. He describes moving through sewer gas, digging out victims, and waiting for rescue crews while gas burned exposed skin.
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la Crosse
Italy
Ella Leske
South 9Th Street
Harry Leske
Leske
Camp Pickett
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Florida
Heileman Brewing Company
Central High School
Leslie
Petrillo Sued In $500000 Action By Theater Manager
New York theater manager seeks 500000 damages against James C Petrillo and four co defendants claiming the AFM leader forced him to hire six union musicians under threat of strikes. The suit names Petrillo plus Ferentz Rosenberg United Booking Office and Lafayette Dramatic Productions with AFM and UBO to file denials.
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New York
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
AFL
Supreme Court
David T. Nederlander
Detroit
Lafayette Theater
Nederlander
Petrillo
John S
Jack) Ferentz
Detroit Federation of Musicians
Jacob Rosenberg
Associated Musicians of
Greater New York
United Booking Office, Inc
Lafayette Dramatic Productions, Inc
AFM
United Booking Office
Wisconsin Nurse Among First 5th Army Beachhead Landings
Katherine Baltzar of Monroe Wisconsin is among 21 American nurses who landed with the 5th Army on the beachhead south of Rome after traveling from Naples. The group was immediately dispatched to a field hospital to which they were assigned.
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5Th Army
Rome
Katherine Baltzar
Monroe
Wis
Naples
Did Diamond Jim Suffer Stomach Pains
An advertisement questions if Diamond Jim Brady endured stomach or ulcer pains after meals. It promotes Udga Tablets, claiming relief from indigestion gas heartburn and excess acidity with a 25 cent box and a money back guarantee at Hoeschler Bros. and drug stores.
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Diamond Jim
Diamond Jim Brady
Hoeschler Bros
War Front Letters From Italy By Private Wetzel
Excerpts from a letter to Mr. and Mrs. Leo Wetzel by their son Private Earl Wetzel describe frontline experience in Italy. He reflects on danger, adjustment after combat, training at Ft. Knox and Camp Campbell, and his prior life at Logan High School and La Crosse Boiler Co. plant.
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Leo Wetzel
Liberty Street
Pfc
Earl Wetzel
Italy
Pvt. Wetzel
Ft. Knox
Camp Campbell
Logan High School
la Crosse
Discovery rws Colds Relief for Modern Mothers
A vintage ad promotes cold relief with home medicated mutton suet branded as Penetro. It targets mothers and families, claims grandam wisdom and a blend of old fashioned suet with modern medicine. Availability listed as 25 double supply 35c and a demand for Peng.
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Peng
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Stephens
America
the Tribune
The
Tribune
AEA
Yasawa
Lele
Vunisea
Selo
Totoga Fy
Ringgold Isles
Lakembao
Matukupa
Hawaiian Islands
BY. L. H. Seemann
L. H. Seemann
Berlin
F. D. BR
Charlie McCarthy
Quasi
Riviera Theatre Ultimacy Vara
MLO
Wetzel
Jery
Marcella
Beauty Shop
312 State Bank
Marcella Hammel
Gertrude Schroeder
Hazel Gstalder Mae Anderson
Marieta’s
Kroehler
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