Seek Men For Delivering Ice In La Crosse
E Wallace Evans of the U S employment service calls for men to deliver ice as demand grows. Ice and fuel dealers rely on part time help. many customers are mothers and elderly people unable to fetch ice themselves due to wartime service. Evans asks eligible men to report to the employment office promptly.
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la Crosse
E. Wallace Evans
U. S. Employment Service
Elmer Warninger
Ice and Fuel Co
Wray
Ace
Evans
Soldiers Demonstration At Fair Grounds Impress Visitors
Thousands moved across the field in a combat show at the fair grounds as enemy positions fell to assault teams. Mrs. Tom Larson of Los Soteles was treated for a leg wound after a exploding shell fragment. Maj. Gen. W. R. Schmidt and other division officers attended and praised the assault team for a very fine job. After the demonstration, troops left for Camp McCoy at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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Tom Larson
Los Soteles
Floyd Johnson
Loomis Street
Larson
Fair Grounds
Camp McCoy
W. R. Schmidt
76Th Division
Forts Complete Shuttle Mission Over Europe
Allied air forces complete a 7000 mile shuttle bombing tour over German held Europe. US Fortresses and Liberators bomb rail yards and oil plants in Beziers Ruhmland Drohobycz and Toulon while RAF heavy and light bombers strike Ruhr Paris and Orleans targets. Losses include 14 US heavy bombers and 23 German planes with 17 American Thunderbolts among the downed.
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London
Europe
Britain
France
Beziers
Montpelier
Don Blakeslee
Fairport Harbor
Berlin
Ruhmland
Russia
Italy
Drohobycz
Galicia
Toulon
U. S
Ruhr
Villeneuve St Georges
Paris
Orleans
England
Normandy
Brasov
Romania
Jones backs Roosevelt and urges Texas unity in electors vote
Secretary Jesse Jones will support Roosevelt for reelection but stops short of endorsing a binding Texas delegation. An aide notes his editorial criticism of Texas Democrats and says seating the uninstructed 48 vote Texas delegation at Chicago would ease intra party rifts. National Chairman E Hannegan praises the statement as American and democratic.
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Crats
Jones
Texas
Lone Star
Dixie
Enti Roosevelt
Balters
Chicago
Democratic
E. Hannegan
Hannegan
Hands Off Sign Aids Australian War Work Women
Australian car conductoresses wear a hands off sign to deter admirers while displaying smart uniforms and the slogan A son with the Fighting Forces. The method aims to prove they are serving in the war effort and not courting attention.
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Australia
Vehicle forces car off road. one injured
A vehicle from the opposite direction forced the car driven by Andrew Weidl of Norwalk Wisconsin off the road on county highway east of the Dunlay farm. The car rolled onto its side. the other vehicle fled. No injuries. A highway police ambulance removed Harold Hanson from Mindoro at 12:30 am Tuesday to a La Crosse hospital after a heart attack.
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Dunlay Farm
Andrew Weidl
Norwalk
Wis
Weidl
Harold Hanson
Mindoro
la Crosse
British Education Costs Rise in 1944 War Budget
London reports the board of education expects total expenditures of 259.58 million dollars for 1944, up by 19.29 million due to war bonuses for teachers, school milk and meals, and more pensioners. Elementary and higher education grants rise by 11 million and 4 million respectively. Broadcasting appropriation falls by 4 million to 36 million with no explanation.
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British Board of Education
London
British Broadcasting
Governor Goodland Woos GOP Ticket Support
Madison Wisconsin Gov Goodland said Republicans at their national convention picked a pretty fair ticket Dewey and Bricker have a good record and he expects them to carry Wisconsin He would back the ticket He may seek no active campaign this summer and will stay home to aid the war effort He praised Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen and noted he is willing to serve again if Wisconsin voters choose him He delayed northern Wisconsin rehabilitation plans until the legislature convenes in January
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Madison
Wis
Goodland
Dewey
Bricker
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Harold Stassen
Executive Mansion
Lake Mendota
Council Committees Plan Evening Meetings on Road Proposals
Mayor J J Verdota announced that the special and the highway committees will meet at 7 p m to view a Moto Meter Gauge proposal and the French Island road to the new airport. They will inspect Caledonia street and then travel to French Island to study the road site with County Engineer Paul Hartwig at 8 30 p m in the courthouse. Mexico's tourist trade set records in the last year.
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A. Poarm
French Island
J. J. Verdota
Caledonia Street
Paul Hartwig
Court House
Pilot Gabreski Wins 28th Plane. Plans Return for Wedding
Grand Rapids story reports Lieut. Col. Francis Gabreski, top U S fighter ace, shot down his 28th German plane in Europe. He will take a 30 day leave to return to the United States to marry Miss Kay Cochran, with possible ceremonies in Oil City or Prairie du Chien. He spoke of family ties and served after leaving Notre Dame to enlist in 1940.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Kay Cochran
Francis Gabreski
Air Force
Britain
Gabreski
Associated Press
United States
Miss Cochran
Oil City
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Newton D. Bush
Hawaii
Bush
Notre Dame
Europe
Wisconsin
U. S. 8Th Air Force
U. S. Air Force
Evreux
France
Robert S. Johnson
Lawton
Okla
Richard I Bong
Poplar
Hawaiian Islands
Notre Dame University
Thaddeus
India
Bernice
Erie
Max
Nazi pledge of retaliation tests German morale in SS report
The latest issue of Das Schwarze Korps says Hitler’s promised reprisal against Allied bombings is a prestige test for the regime. It notes mixed German reactions during months of warnings and delay, and warns against excessive hopes. The piece contrasts this with a 1943 lumber production shortfall of four million feet for military use.
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Germany
Das Schwarze Korps
Adolf Hitler
Das’ Schwarze Korps
Jap Prisoner Gives Self Up at Camp McCoy Wisconsin
Terumasa Kibata, 23, a Japanese POW missing from a work detail at Camp McCoy since 11:30 a.m. Monday surrendered 12 hours later. He walked into the orderly room about 11:45 p.m. with raised hands and whispered for help. He is confined to POW camp duties and kept under watch as investigators review the escape attempt. Two German POWs reportedly dug under fences at Algoma and may have headed toward Wisconsin. no capture news yet.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Terumasa Kibata
Kibata
304Th Infantry Regiment
Edwin A. Goeringer
Horace S. Rogers
McCoy
Nation
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Algoma
Japanese Language Instruction By Mail At OU
The University of Oklahoma offers the nations only Japanese by correspondence program. Lucy Tandy, director, announces 12 students are enrolled taught by Howard Van Zandt. A recent enrollment includes Suey Jong Lee, a U S Army private stationed at Truaxfield Wisconsin, home Corona New York.
Bell Ejected as Region Officer of Vehicle Administrators
Homer G. Bell director of enforcement for the state motor vehicle department was removed as secretary treasurer of the third region of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators. The region covers 12 north central states and Ontario, Canada.
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Madison
Wis
Homer G. Bell
State Motor Vehicle Department
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
Ontario
Canada
Queen Anne’s Legacy: Nine Teen Children Died Young
Queen Anne of England reportedly bore nineteen children, but none survived to adulthood. Historians note high infant and child mortality in the royal lineage during her era.
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Queen Anne of England
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