Ettrick votes to raise taxes for coming year
In Ettrick Wisconsin the school meeting voted to raise 5000 dollars in taxes for the coming year an increase of 1000 from last year F M Pederson was re elected treasurer salaries for officers set 18750 90 6750 and 30 dollars per year for the clerks An auditing committee was named and a 625 dollar furnace stoker approved Other district updates include new teachers and an added school band director tax increase totals 3000 dollars for Washington area with 1800 more than prior year
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Ettrick
Wis
F. M. Pederson
John Trpening
J. A. Kamprud
Oscar Hoff
Gunnar Christianson
Jennie Swenson
R. G. Slavens
la Crosse
Arthur Hogden
French Creek
Esther Hanson
Onalaska
Kathryn Benrud
Frenchville
Robert Nelson
Trempealeau
William Henderson
Hegg-Washington
Henry Vehrenkamp
Francis Pederson
Orin Bue
Ernest Twelme
Ardell Matson
Ernest Knutson
Washington
Richard Matson
Viroqua School Board Elects Fortney Three-Year Term
Viroqua Wisconsin special meeting elects Dr. Rufus L. Fortney to a three year board term. Olaf Walby and Mrs. Lars Gulbrandsen are reelected. The board sets salaries at 2.50 per monthly meeting for members and keeps clerk and treasurer pay at 150 and 100 dollars respectively.
Sparta Buildings Resting On Temporary Beams
Sparta Wisconsin Otis George building now rests on five large steel beams while Dr. F C Thome building sits on temporary shoring Drums hover above as basement walls near removal Two beams on the north end will be removed overall demolition proceeds with concrete breaking and removal work to rebuild a catwalk and new walls in the George building Plumbers and steamfitters update plumbing and heating facilities McCloskey of La Crosse holds the contract
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Tribune Sparta
Sparta
Wis
Otis George
Dr. F. C. Thome
George Building
McCloskey
la Crosse
Son of Franklin Township Couple Killed in New Guinea
WAUKON Iowa Special Mr and Mrs Clarence of Franklin township learned from the war department that their son Charles was killed in action June 23 in New Guinea He entered service in 1941 Surviving are his wife one child his parents four brothers and two with him in the Southwest Pacific The list of surviving brothers includes Kieth
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Waukon
Clarence
Franklin Township
War Department
Charles
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Kieth
Andrew Jackson Receives Law Practice License in Rockford
In Rockford North Carolina an impressive building hosts the ceremony marking Andrew Jackson's license to practice law. The event highlights the local legal profession and the establishment of a new attorney publicly certified to practice.
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Rockford, N. C
Andrew Jackson
Weather Record for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa
Weather forecast notes near cooler tonight and warmer Thursday for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa. Fair conditions in Minnesota and mild changes across the region. Nationwide records accompany the regional forecast with temperature trends and brief summaries.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
River Porpcast From Hastings To Genoa
Forecast notes limited rainfall. River stages remain mostly stationary for 36 hours before a slow fall resumes. All tributaries decline gradually as tailwater levels ease.
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Hastings
Genoa
Arrival in Rome described by American troops
First Sgt. Oscar Aum and his infantry unit in Italy write from Ettrick Wisconsin about reaching Rome. They note their unit is the first to reach a decent place in the city after villages in mountains used caves and huts as Germans occupied homes. Locals wave white flags and offer bread cheese and water, lifting spirits as they pass through a frenzied Rome.
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Ettrick
Wis
Ial
Oscar Aum
Italy
Ae W. Biahtum
Alfred
Ane
Rome
Bangor School Meeting Sets Nine Month Year and $10000 Levy
Bangor Wisconsin held its annual school district meeting on July 10. Adolph Toepel did not seek re election as clerk after 35 years of service. Julia Hatz was elected chairman. An auditing committee reported. Voted a nine month school year and a $10000 levy for district expenses including teachers salaries. Board borrowing authority granted in emergencies. A new three year school board member was elected after four ballots. Firemen received gymnasium dance permit. Auditing committee named.
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Bangor
Wis
Adolph Toepel
Julia Hatz
Jack Gilsdorf
George Foster
Neeeey Ss
A. J. Bowen
W. L. Christopherson
George Kapanke
Trempealeau School Board Reelects Clerk at Meeting
Trempealeau Wisconsin special meeting at Trempealeau high school re elected Mrs Vera Elkens as clerk for a three year term. The board voted to raise eight thousand dollars for the next school year and re elected the auditing committee Howard Poss James Keeffe and Mrs R J Pilley. The clerk's salary was increased while the director and treasurer salaries remained the same. Charlie Grant chaired the gathering with 25 attendees.
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Trempealeau
Wis
Vera Elkens
Trempealeau High School
Howard Poss
James Keeffe
R. J. Pilley
Charlie Grant
Viola school board reelection names given
Dr George Parke, Viola physician, was reelected clerk of the Viola school board at the annual meeting held Monday evening. Remaining officers include Mrs D E Tilley as president and Walter B Van Winter, Viola News editor, as treasurer.
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Viola, Wis
George Parke
Viola
D. E. Tilley
Walter B. van Winter
Viola News
Letter From New Guinea Describes Rice Paper Note
Lieutenant Richard G. Korthals writes from New Guinea describing a note on rice paper found in an army camp. He recalls Japanese troops leaving gear behind, bunking with loaded anti aircraft guns, and enjoying navy chow and a PT ride amid a lull in B 17 missions. He hopes to stay a few weeks to unpack and settle.
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New Guinea
Richard G. Korthals
New Eaen
Tieseee Korthals
Chaseburg
Korthals
John Korthals
Ministers Close Programs Of Year At Viroqua Park
Pastors of the Kickapoo Valley Ministerial association and their wives ended the year with a picnic dinner and social hour at Viroqua Eckhart park. Rev. Sverre Hammer led devotionals as forty attended. Annual plans include monthly meetings with topics and book reviews.
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Viroqua
Wis
Kickapoo Valley Ministerial Association
Viroqua Eckhart Park
Sverre Hammer
Glass panes used to repair Madrid windows in war
More than a million panes of glass were needed to repair windows damaged during the defense of Madrid in the Spanish Civil War.
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Madrid
Ration Guide Announces Stamp Validities and Price Ceilings
Ube Associated lists stamps A8 to 78 valid indefinitely and sugar stamps 30 31 32 for five pounds each. Five pounds gasoline caps apply with various coupons through Sept 2 1945. Price ceilings set for La Crosse Wisconsin and Winona Minnesota fruits and vegetables with specific per pound costs. Includes multiple vegetables and fruit items with stated prices.
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Ube
Raulioning Boards
SHOLS
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Winona
Minn
California
Arizona
Bermuda
Discharged Veteran Seeks Reemployment in Newark Suit
Joseph Grasso, 26, testifies in federal court that flat feet, present since birth, did not reduce his work ability at A. J. Crowhurst and Sons leather tannery. He seeks his old reemployment with back pay starting Oct 25, 1943, plus wages for loss of seniority.
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Newark
N. J
Joseph Grasso
Grasso
A. J. Crowhurst and Sons
Belleville
Negro Issues With President Discussed By Fauset
Mrs Crystal Byrd Fauset a Black member of the Democratic national committee staff met with President Roosevelt in Washington on Wednesday during the current presidential campaign. She spoke of general discussions and said she would attend the Democratic national convention in Chicago next week with Rep William L Dawson from Illinois.
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Washington
Crystal Byrd Fauset
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Mrs A W Wellers, Platteville's oldest resident, dies at 95
Funeral services are set for Thursday for Mrs. A W Wellers 95 longtime Platteville resident who died Monday. Her death leaves the city grand old figure among its senior citizens.
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Platteville, Wis
A. W. Wellers
Veteran of seven naval battles visits father near Arcadia
Leonard Larson Yeoman 1/c nephew of Mrs. Melvin Severson Whitehall is on leave with his father Selmer Larson near Arcadia. A veteran of seven naval engagements, he joined the Navy in 1942 and served in the South Pacific. He earned seven engagement stars and two bronze stars, later transferring to a LCT flotilla.
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Tribune
Whitehall
Wis
Leonard Larson
Melvin Severson
Selmer Larson
Arcadia
San Diego
Calif
Larson
Navy
States
Lee
Tulagi
Navy Department
Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Alvi
Yeoman
Naval Reserve
Camp Quonset, R. I
Vernon
Army
Prairie Man Wounded in France During Battle
Mrs Earl Macal of Prairie du Chien Wis received a telegram from the war department confirming her husband T Sgt Earl H Macal was wounded in France on June 14 He is with an infantry division and has been overseas two years His wife and son Earl Jr reside in Prairie du Chien with her mother Mrs Kozelou
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Earl Macal
War Department
Earl H. Macal
France
Bones Found In Fire Point To Human Remains
Dr. E T Bell a University of Minnesota pathologist announced charred bones found in a fire ruins near Chippewa Falls Wisconsin on July 3 were human. District attorney Ronald North suggested the bones may belong to Lawrence Michalak aged 86 who vanished at the time of the blaze.
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Minneapolis
Minn
E. T. Bell
University of Minnesota
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Ronald North
Lawrence Michalak
Viroqua Hospital Board Set Meeting Time at Vernon Theater
The Rev J Haagenson chair man of the Viroqua community hospital corporation says the board meets Thursday at 8 20 p m at the Vernon theater The public is invited Six of the nine board seats will be filled and many important issues will be discussed
War Cost at 192 Billion Across 1940 to 1944
The war effort is calculated to have cost 192 billion dollars covering the period from July 1, 1940, to June 1, 1944. The figure reflects overall expenditures and lends context to wartime budgeting and resource allocation.
Man whose car damaged mocks sticker crackdown in Madison
In Madison Wisconsin deputy collector R W Roloff cites excuses from 800 car owners tagged for lacking $5 federal use stamps. A man whose car was wrecked three weeks earlier complains of garage manpower, prompting Roloff to note the oddity amid manpower shortages.
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Madison
Wis
R. W. Roloff
Internal Revenue
Roloff
Harper's Ferry Gunner Killed in Italy
Mrs. Ida Kelly of Harper's Ferry learns her son S. Sat. Maurice Kelly 23 waist gunner on a bomber was killed in Italy on May 5 after earlier reports of being missing then found safe. He enlisted January 1943 and went overseas April. a Harper's Ferry High School graduate. Surviving are two brothers in service Clem at Camp Roberts Calif and Joseph in North Africa a brother Laurence in Campion College Wisconsin a sister Sister Mary Pascal in Dubuque and another brother Leon in Dubuque.
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McGregor
Ida Kelly
Harper's Ferry
Maurice Kelly
Italy
Sgt
Kelly
Clem
Camp Roberts
Calif
Joseph
North Africa
Laurence Kelly
S.J
Campion College
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Mary Pascal
Dubuque
Leon
Postwar Military Air Force Plan With Widely Scattered Plants
Washington outlines a postwar air force with ready production plants, arguing against long grace periods before full military effort. Patterson urges civilian flying expansion and asserts the need for dispersed aircraft industries to deter anti air threats and enable rapid mobilization.
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Military Air Force
Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Senate
Patterson
War Department
France
England
Russia
Generals and Admirals Seek Official Car Privilege
Washington reports that senior military and naval leaders want permission to use official cars. A new line in the independent offices appropriation bill bans such use except in specified cases, with summary removal as penalty. War and Navy departments may seek relaxation to meet schedules, though the ban excludes the president and top diplomats.
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Washington
Congress
War and
Navy Departments
Two Vehicles Wrecked In Crash During Storm
At 6 p m Tuesday a collision at Main and Ninth streets caused 350 in damage to two autos. Clarence Seitz 30 and Albert Funk 68 gave statements. Seitz’s car sustained 200 in damage and Funk’s 150. A passenger, Mrs Seitz, reported a leg injury and was sent home.
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Main
Ninth Streets
Clarence Seitz
Division Street
Ninth Street
Albert P. Funk
King Street
Main Street
Seitz
Funk
Canned mist used to shield ships in invasion landings
A new canned mist device has been employed in recent landings to protect vessels and troops. Containers dropped from sterns generate a fog blanket allowing assault operations to proceed with reduced exposure to enemy fire.
Winona Livestock Report From SWIFT & COMPANY
Winona Minnesota livestock sales show hogs steady with top around 13.45 while cattle, calves, and lambs vary by weight and grade. Chicago comparisons note hogs 13.75 to 13.80 for certain weights and mixed grain and feed prices in futures markets.
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Swift & Company
Winona
Minn
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Milwaukee Livestock
Milwaukee
Chicago Produce Market Report Unchanged Prices
Live poultry receipts number seven trucks and three cars with prices stable. Butter shows firm receipts of 638 792 pounds with market unchanged. Eggs receipts total 10 397 cases with irregular pricing and activity.
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Chicago
Potatoes market report notes mixed demand and prices
Chicago reports strong demand with U S shipments totaling 172 while supplies stay light. California Long Whites fetch 3.90 to 4.40 dollars per U S No 1 unit, Texas Bliss sells at 5.25, Arizona and Arkansas Bliss at 5.25 to 5.50, Cobblers around 3.00 amid overall firmer prices and notable activity.
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Chicago
U. S
California
U.S
Texas
Bliss
Arizona
Arkansas
Atlantic Canyon Charted Near New York Floor
An underwater canyon from 500 to 8400 feet deep was mapped on the Atlantic seabed a short distance southeast of New York City. The feature extends across the ocean floor and adds detail to offshore bathymetry.
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Atlantic
New York
Two Airmen Jump From Burning Bomber in England
Two Liberator crewmen Lieut Robert Callahan and Lieut Robert Sanders used a single parachute to escape a burning bomber at 1800 feet over an English wheat field. Sanders and Callahan landed with minor injuries. both ankles were injured and Sanders also sprained knees and wrists.
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U. S
Britain
Robert Callahan
Navigator
Milwaukee
Wis
Robert L. Sanders
Bombardier
Chicago
Sanders
Callahan
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