OPA Sues Creameries Over Price Violations in Wisconsin
The U S district court action seeks 113 80 15 in treble damages from Sheldon Creamery Dunn county Downsville Cooperative Richland Center for over ceiling prices on roller processed dried milk. The suit names Sheldon Creamery Charles Sanford Downsville Dairy and Richland Cooperative as defendants with total claimed damages 68 718 87, 25 899 10, and 19 18 respectively.
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U. S. District Court
OPA
Dunn County
Rusk County
Richland Center
Phil H. Grifirector
Charles M. Sanford
Sheldon Creamery Company
Wis
San
Downsville
Cooperative Creamery Company
Richland Cooperative Creamery Company
42 Vets With Legs Off Flown Back To U S Army Hospital
Forty seven battle scarred veterans arrived by plane at McCloskey General Hospital Temple Texas. Most lost one or both legs from German mine explosions during the Rome campaign. The evacuees came from Charleston and Starke hospitals and joined others wounded less than seven weeks ago. Pvt Dean J. Rynhard of Lansing Michigan and Pfc oo L Kingston of rain are named among the injured.
Cadett Woman among 39 new WAC officers in Army Medical
Ruth Danielson of Cadett Wisconsin is among 39 former WAC enlisted members commissioned as second lieutenants in the Army Medical Department. She trained as a physical therapy aide at William Beaumont General Hospital in Fort Bliss Texas.
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Washington
Ruth Danielson
Cadett
Wis
Wac
Army
Miss Danielson
William Beaumont General Hospital
FE Paso
Texas
Nazi Railway Lines Take a Beating in German Reports
Madrid reports German papers reveal wartime railway chaos as transport debacles threaten front logistics. Articles praise rail workers under danger and urge greater effort while noting bombed routes, crew losses, and arrests of trainmen refusing munitions assignments.
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Madrid
Icomandy
Russia
Italy
Europe
Spain
Germany
Second Scout Group Leaves For Decorah
Sparta Wis Second Scout Group departs for Decorah as the State School troop leaves Camp Decorah after a weeklong encampment. Scoutmaster A W Mitchell and assistant Ted Doherty travel with 15 boys including Bargo Bachim Olds Rue dinger Reynolds Matalik Schoonover Burton Turner Campbell Block Boettcher Spencer Salisbury Campbell.
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Sparta
Wis
Camp Decorah
A. W. Mitchell
Ted Doherty
Joe Bargo
Harold Bachim
Richard Olds
Jerry Ruedinger
Robert Reynolds
Emil Matalik
Albert Schoonover
James Burton
Roscoe Turner
James Campbell
Clifford Block
Richard Boettcher
le Roy Spencer
Douglas Salisbury
Dick Campbell
Records Complete in Sparta June Births Deaths Marriages
City registrar W. P. Bamber reports 27 births 11 deaths and 24 marriages in June. Births match May totals while deaths rise by six and marriages increase by nine from the previous month.
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Sparta
Wis
W. P. Bamber
Union Officers Elected At Hod Carriers Meeting June 30
The Hod Carriers and Building Laborers Local No. 140 report strong attendance at the June 30 meeting. Officers elected include Emert Johnson as president Harold Fitzgerald vice president Ford S. Ryan recording and secretary Emmett J. McCabe financial secretary and business agent William Lampbert treasurer and two executive board members C W Buchholtz Herb Lind sergeant at arms Chris Mitley and Edward Abraham guard. Local No. 40 chose Ford S. Ryan to represent at the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor convention in Oshkosh.
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Hod Carriers and Building Laborers Union
Emert Johnson
Harold Fitzgerald
Ford S. Ryan
Emmett J. McCabe
William Lampbert
F. L
Herb) Lind
C. W. Buchholtz
Chris Mitley
Edward Abraham
USO Scrapbook Project Names La Crosse Chairwoman
Neenah selects Mrs. Mabel Spafford as USO scrapbook service chairman for La Crosse. She will address women groups and churches, promoting scrapbooks as morale boosters for armed forces aboard ships and at outposts, hospitals, and sick bays.
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James Bergstrom
Neenah
USO
Mabel Spafford
la Crosse
Spafford
Wisconsin Traffic Toll Rises in June Fatalities
Madison report shows 47 traffic deaths in June raising 1943 first-half fatalities to 251. June 1942 marked 49 deaths, last June 32, with annual totals reflecting higher wartime mobility and risk.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Motor Vehicle Department
Chicago Blaze Destroys Boynton Plant and Lumber Yard
A massive Chicago fire last night wiped out Boynton and Co. plastic products plant and an adjoining Ashland Lumber yard. Damage was estimated at 150000 by Fire Commissioner Michael J. Corrigan.
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Chicago
Boynton & Co
Ashland Lumber Company
Michael J. Corrigan
Barrel of Industrial Alcohol Fuels Smokeless Powder
A barrel produced from 12 percent corn bushels yields smokeless powder suitable to propel a 12 inch shell.
Angels Buy Bonds in Harlem for Pennsylvania War Drive
Father Divine's Angels raised 94000 for the fifth war loan drive during Harlem rallies. Pennsylvania officials Brown and Amarando sold bonds to labeled angels and left with 350 of 1300 bonds, escorted by treasury armored car to Philadelphia.
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New York
Father Divine
Harlem
Philadelphia
Father
Henry Brown
Louis J. Amarando
Pennsylvania War Finance Committee
Pennsylvania
Brown
Amarando
Miss Wonderful Sincere
Miss Faithful Child
Eve Love
Mr. Seven Stars
Treasury Deaege
Bus Driver Halts Bus To Save Sleeping Boy
Denver driver R A Christy saw Bobby Cripps 16 asleep on a highway near Burlington Colorado. He straddled the boy and braked to a stop when a car and ditch blocked options. Cripps suffered a bruised knee but survived, telling of the near miss after waking to the noise of the passing wheels.
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Denver
Colo
Burlington
Bobby Allen Cripps
Poplar Bluff
R. A. Christy
D. Morrison
Young Cripps
Crawford County Men Are Inducted
Nine Crawford county men left for induction into the army including Paul Lomas Lester Puckett John H Tower James W Finley Donald L Norivel Leslie L Strahl Myron C Ofstan Arnold E Bolstad and James L Mille Names from Prairie du Chien Soldiers Grove and Gays Mills joined the group Going into the marines were Wilfred T Johnson and William B McCormick Navy entrants include Clarence Raisler Virgil Ostrander Paul Finley Andrew Egge James Garvey Donald Reschke Raymond Chellevold Gerald King Calvin Dobson and Lyle Cayn Others from Prairie du Chien Soldiers Grove Gays Mills Lynxville Steuben and Wauzeka are listed with ranks.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Crawford County
Paul Lomas
Lester Puckett
Barnum
John H. Tower
James W. Finley
Ferryville
Donald L. Norivel
Gays Mills
Leslie L. Strah
Myron C. Ofstan
Soldiers Grove
Arnold E. Bolstad
Viroqua
James L. Mille
Lynxville
Robert W. Hammel
Sterlie E. Rybarczyk
Harry S. Ooesterick
Clair E. Wiltgen
Edward R. Carl
Alvin W. Steinberg
Philip F. Weighner
Niles D. Day
Kenneth J. Schmitz
Fay B. Thompson
George R. Smith
Steuben
Roland F. Shaw
Francis W. Costerisan
Wauzeka
Sailor Hurries Home For Strawberry Shortcake
East Hartland Connecticut resident Gordon C. Wright rushed home on liberty after two years at sea fearing he would miss the strawberry season. He later savored his first meal at home describing strawberry shortcake as worth the voyage from the South Pacific.
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East Hartland
Conn
Gordon C. Wright
South Pacific
Home On Furlough
Kenneth McLeod boatswain's mate 2 is on a 24 day leave at the B M Smith home in Blair after 17 months of service in the South Pacific. He has seen and taken part in many major engagements. He previously resided with his uncle Carl Jahr and wife in Whitehall and has since made Blair his home.
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Whitehall
Wis
Kenneth McLeod
B. M. Smith
Blair
South Pacific
McLeod
Carl Jahr
Former Camp McCoy Wac Receives Soldier's Medal
Pfc Mary Jane Ford formerly of Camp McCoy earned the Soldier's Medal for diving to rescue Pvt Falvius Hopkins at Tomah Lake on May 31. Ford swam to Hopkins, towed him to shore, and provided artificial respiration until a respirator arrived. Hopkins died. Ford is stationed in Washington with the Signal Corps.
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Mary Jane Ford
Wac
Camp McCoy
Tomah Lake
McCoy
Associated Press
Pfc
Ford
Falvius M. Hopkins
Hopkins
Miss Ford
San Francisco
University of Oregon
Business
Beverly Hills
Calif
Wacs
Fort Des Moines
Red Cross Motor Corps
Army
Signal Corps
Washington, D. C
Maj
Byington Ford
Dayton Army Air Field
Marian D. Ernst
Los Angeles
Missing Man Found Near Sparta After June Disappearance
Wendell Leonhardt 26 a Sand Creek farmer who had been missing since June 21 in Sparta was located Saturday. His wife notified officer Johnson that he had been found but offered no details on his return. He reportedly carried a large amount of money when last seen.
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Sparta
Wis
Bert O. Johnson
Wendell Leonhardt
Sand Creek
Leonhardt
Johnson
Soap Demand Driving Synthetic Rubber Production
The remark notes that producing synthetic rubber requires more than 100 million pounds of soap annually, highlighting the scale of materials needed in rubber manufacturing.
Less Evaporated Milk And Cheddar Cheese For Public
The war food administration cut civilian allotments for the July to September quarter with cheddar cheese at 103 million pounds from 120 million previously and evaporated milk at 383 million pounds from 435 million. Other cheeses rose to 50 million pounds, condensed milk to 52 million, while fats and oils totaled 1.041 billion pounds.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Law Allows Treasury to Accept Gifts for War Purpose
A 1942 law authorized the secretary of the treasury to accept any money or property gifts designated for a specific war purpose.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Sub Losses Top Shipping in June 1944 War Report
Washington and London issued a joint monthly update noting high merchant ship losses to German U boats in June 1944. The reports say Hitler’s submarine fleet failed to hinder Allied invasion efforts and that maritime losses were among the war’s lowest figures.
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Washington
United Nations
Roosevelt
Churchill
Hitler
Old Illusions About Electric Power and War Rationing
The piece argues war has exposed myths about electric companies being elite owned. It notes Northern States Power Company as a representative, with vast ownership by individuals and institutions. It emphasizes low cost, reliable electricity under professional management as vital to American life and victory.
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America
Dorothy Lamour
Northern States Power Company
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