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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1944
Page
14
In Madison Wisconsin the State Medical Society issues safety guidelines for swimmers. Do not swim two hours after eating or while overheated or exhausted. Avoid heart trouble risks, improper entry, and leaning back. Learn life saving methods to protect loved ones.
DU QUOIN Illinois Marion W Cox 85 is described as the oldest active coal miner in the United States and perhaps the world with a 74 year career. He began underground at age four and has worked in most Du Quoin mines despite fatigue and dangerous gassy conditions choosing to keep mining rather than retire.
The navy V mail system grew 560 percent in the past nine months and now handles over 7 million pieces monthly. Since June 1942, the combined services have delivered 514 million letters without a single irretrievable loss, thanks to hold at embarkation and rephotographing lost planes. V mail saves cargo space, weighing 1-140 of a standard letter, letting two planes replace 100 planes carrying standard mail.
E A Schi treasurer reports total receipts of 125876 58 for the Viroqua public schools nine month term. expenditures total 114021 83 leaving a June 30 1944 balance of 11857 75. budget hearing set at the high school auditorium to discuss costs and a proposed 1944 45 budget with expected instruction costs rising about ten thousand.
A visiting candidate spoke to farm workers but learned the harvesters were convict laborers without voting rights. He claimed most would support him, yet the setting exposed legal limits on enfranchisement.
Mariette at the University of Kansas strolls past a chemistry building with her violin when an Army STP member at a laboratory window sighs and notes the fiddle. The item ends with a mention of Uruguay's 1919 constitution separating church and state.
Two years after ordering and delayed by war 7 500 feet of special hose piping from the United States has arrived in Chile and is being allocated to fire departments in various cities for emergency use.
A Washington war bonds display on the monument grounds faces theft attempts by boys. MPs and WACs report youngsters grabbing a Messerschmitt wing, a 20 millimeter cannon, and a JU-88 wing, prompting tighter security and locked weapons. Despite this, visitors have purchased over 3.4 million dollars in war bonds, surpassing the quota by 1.5 million.
Congressional tax experts welcomed the new tax act provisions allowing a husband to claim a $500 exemption for a wife any time in the year and a $500 exemption for a child born in the year. The change, effective since May 29, replaces wartime rules that restricted exemptions based on July 1 dates and partial-year credits.
Mexico's rayon industry consisted of 355 factories at the start of 1944 and produced fabrics across 210 plants using 5,387 looms, reflecting broad production scale in the sector.
Large American motor vehicles converted to producer gas in Spain succeed, but owners show reluctance to fit producer gas equipment to streamlined passenger cars.
Camp McCoy soldiers and their relatives bolster the Women’s Army Corps recruitment drive in Wisconsin. Col. George M. MacMullin notes 100 soldiers have wives and kin serving globally. Capt. John L. McCully credits McCoy participation including Wausau rally and radio appearances for driving June recruit numbers higher.
A 400 pound bear repeatedly raided a Faragut Idaho pig sty five nights running. The bear carried off a squealing prize each visit until Bill Ehlert set an armed watch and stopped the raids on the sixth night. The bear’s hide now hangs on Ehlert's barn door.
The La Crosse county Chamber of Commerce rural affairs committee outlined a July 26 picnic at Waterloo county park for 1 700 farmers and families. Invitations will be sent, letters drafted by Walter Ahlstrom W E Spreiter and Hugh G Corbett, and a 10 30 a m start with entertainment arranged by William Freise and Alfred W Rice.
A Sydney girl has created a new fashion by attaching long ribbons to her hat and decorating them with servicemen's medals. This bold trend blends personal style with a tribute to military service, reflecting wartime spirit and crowd drawing display.
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