Canned Meat Prices to Be Cut on Aug. 4
The Office of Price Administration announced wholesale price reductions for canned meat, aligning with previous 10 percent cuts in other meats. New flat wholesale prices include various pork products with zone delivery allowances from Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Illinois
Iowa
Kentucky
Michigan
Ohio
Woe
Lenore Wilson Resigns to Join Mills College Staff
Lenore Wilson resigns from La Crosse State Teachers College training school where she taught kindergarten and art. She will join Mills College in Oakland California as an assistant professor in the education department starting the fifteenth of the month to organize and develop the kindergarten and elementary departments. She was a Mills College student last summer, living at Casa Pan-Americana and studying Spanish and Latin American culture, and she took a course in child development.
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Lenore Wilson
la Crosse
Miss Wilson Advances In Education Career
The narrative follows Miss Wilson from Omaha to Winona State Teachers College and the University of Minnesota, detailing her MA degree, teaching posts at Eau Claire, Winona, La Crosse training school, Frank Allis, and summer work at Northwestern and University of Florida. It highlights cycling trips, teaching advisor roles, and memberships in Child Development and Delta Kappa Gamma.
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California
Wilson
Emma Lou Wilder
Minnesota
Miss Wilson
Omaha
Neb
Winona State Teachers College
Winona
Minn
Eau Claire
University of Minnesota
Frank Allis
la Crosse
University of Florida
South
Cuba
Northwestern University
The
Childhood Education Association
Delta Kappa Gamma
Controversy over prewar army discipline and Lear career arc
General Lear sparked a prewar dispute by ordering a forced march between Little Rock Arkansas and Memphis after soldiers yelled Yoo hoo at girls on a Memphis golf course. The piece traces his rise from major general to lieutenant general and reviews McNair born in Verndale Minnesota who joined West Point in 1900 and served in Mexico and World War One with the first division and at general headquarters.
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Tenn
Lear
Little Rock
Ark
Memphis
Senator Clark
D-Mo
Minnesota
McNair
Verndale
Minn
West Point
Mexico
Funston
Vera Cruz
France
United States
American Expeditionary Forces
General Headquarters
Auxiliary to Meet in Holmen Legion Hall
American Legion Auxiliary will meet in Holmen Wisconsin at the Legion hall on Tuesday evening hosted by Mmes Ellen and Olut L Skoy with entertainment planned for attendees.
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Holmen
Wis
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Mmes
Ellen
Olut. L. Skoy
Britons and Canadians to Meet in Madison on Wood Aircraft Research
Ten British and two Canadian scientists connected with Britain’s Mosquito aircraft program are due Friday at the Forest Products laboratory in Madison Wisconsin for conferences on wood aircraft research and development.
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Madison
Wis
Britain
Forest Products Laboratory
Col Otjen Leaves Army to Campaign for Wisconsin Governor
Col Christian J. Otjen was granted terminal leave from the 6th Service Command to campaign for the Republican nomination for governor of Wisconsin. A Milwaukee native, he planned retirement Oct 20, having led district 3 covering Illinois and parts of Indiana, after previously commanding district 2 in Wisconsin and upper Michigan.
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Chicago
Christian J. Otjen
District 3
6Th Service Command
Wisconsin
Otjen
Milwaukee
Illinois
Indiana
Otjeh
Upper
Michigan
Camp Grant
Williwaw Bends Rails Into Pretzels At Aleutian Camp
At Attu and Adak Seabees faced a brutal williwaw windstorm that bent 136 pound rails like copper wire and ripped apart huts and docks. The wind, described as coming from all directions, toppled canvas, rammed ships, and destroyed an unfinished seaplane ramp while Seabees secured lumber and equipment to hold the camp together.
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Camp Parks
Shoemaker
Calif
Aleutians
Harry G. Kraft
Brewster, Minn
Attu
Seabees
Harold W. Beckman
Chicago
Adak
32Nd
Seabee Battalion
Willman
Nazi Prisoners Work At Naval Academy
Fort Meade officials disclosed that about 70 German prisoner of war laborers have been employed at the Naval Academy in Annapolis for building and grounds work and some in laundries. The prisoners, in Annapolis for roughly a week, are guarded under standard procedures.
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Nanapolis
Naval Academy
Fort Meade
Annapolis
Milwaukee driver given suspended sentence over wrong-way gamble
A Milwaukee judge suspended sentence for a driver headed the wrong way on a one way street after the offender said he was cutting mileage by 25 percent to save rubber.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Death of Prominent Wisconson Construction Superintendent
Frank J. Giardimnees, 53, a widely known construction superintendent, died Friday in Oshkosh. He supervised ore docks at Ashland a bridge at Appleton and the water plant at Janesville.
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Hkosh
Wis
Frank J. Giardimnees
Ashland
Appleton
Janesville
Oft Married Woman Sentenced For Fraud in Detroit
Korine Buckner, 35, dress designer, jailed for two years and fined 2000 for fraudulently obtaining servicemember allotment checks from two of her many remembered husbands. Judge Frank A. Picard ordered reformatory term at Alderson West Virginia. The defendant listed multiple names as potential marriages to avoid naming a single legal identity.
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Detroit
Korine Buckner
FBI
Frank A. Picard
National Reformatory For Women
Alderson
W. Va
Galvin Stankowich
Appoint Administrator For Estate Of 15 Cents
Sacramento Superior Court grants letters of administration for the 15 cent estate of John Edwin Mooney who died about sixty years ago. Emerson W. Read the local attorney was named administrator after stating legal action was needed to quit title to Mooney’s swamp lands at his death. The land value cited is about 15 cents.
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Sacramento
Calif
Malcolm C. Glenn
John Edwin Mooney
Emerson W. Read
Glenn
Mooney
Read
Retailers to Meet OPA on July 27 Price Discussions
Washington retailers and officials from the Office of Price Administration announced a joint meeting set for July 27 to discuss pricing problems across furniture and bedding floor coverings china glassware and lamps. The event aims to address cost concerns and stabilize markets.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Red Cross Aid From Irish Jam Makers and Fruit Dealers
Jam manufacturers and fruit dealers in Ireland will donate empty fruit cases to the Red Cross. The cases will be repurposed as containers for potatoes sent to the continent, helping relief efforts.
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RED Cross
Eire
What Money Conference Is Trying To Do
A Q and A explains the Bretton Woods conference aims to create two plans to promote world trade after WWII. The two plans are an international monetary fund and a world bank, not binding until each government approves. The fund would stabilize exchange rates and pool foreign exchange to aid balance of payments adjustments.
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Bretton Woods
N. H
United Nations
United and Associated Nations
International Monetary Fund
World Bank
France
International Guarantee and Investment Association
Roosevelt dies after heart attack at front in Europe
Gen Theodore Roosevelt Jr dies after a heart attack in his hotel room while serving as deputy commander of the 4th Division during the European invasion. Survivors include wife Eleanor, three sons Theodore III Cornelius and Quentin and daughter Mrs. William McMillan. Other relatives listed.
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France
Algeria
Sicily
Sardinia
Corsica
Italy
Britain
Europe
Roosevelt
Marcus O
Nicholas Longworth
Washington
Archibald Roosevelt
Conference stalls on postwar fund quotas at Bretton Woods
At Bretton Woods New Hampshire the stalled talks focused on quotas and representation for the postwar monetary fund. The Soviet delegation cited Kremlin orders while the United States pressed for a final stand on gold contributions, leaving Moscow and Washington still awaiting agreement.
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Bretton Woods
N. H
United Nations Monetary Conference
Russia
Moscow
Monetary Fund
Kremlin
United States
Roosevelt Jr burial with full military honors in Normandy
Brig. Gen Theodore Roosevelt Jr known as Teddy to his troops will be buried with full military honors in Normandy. High ranking officers including Omar Bradley and Joseph Collins will attend with scores of doughboys. His son Quentin a captain in the 1st Infantry Division will also attend as the 4th Division band provides a musical salute. Acting War Secretary Patterson calls Roosevelt a first rate fighting man and a true combat soldier.
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Normandy
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Teddy
Omar N. Bradley
1St Army
Joseph Lawton Collins
Cherbourg
U. S. 7Th Corps
Quentin
1St Infantry Division
4Th Division
Gen. Roosevelt
Washington
Patterson
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Occupations of 381st Inf volunteers revealed
A CAMP VAN DORN Missouri survey shows prior jobs of cooks in the 381st Infantry. An actor a railroad man and a grave digger are listed among the respondents with others indicated in the study.
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Camp van Dorn
Miss
European Corn Borer Infests La Crosse Area Field
County Agent W. E. Spreiter and Ernest Hoff man found an European corn borer infestation on Hoff man farm near La Crosse. They warn the moth-like pest threatens the crop and advise clean farming practices including close stalk cutting and field cleanup to prevent recurrence next year. Later planting of quick maturing corn varieties may help in spring.
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la Crosse
W. E. Spreiter
Ernest Hoffman
Hoffman
Spreiter
Strange death of neighborhood pet crow Pete prompts questions
Residents wonder what caused two month old pet crow Pete to fall from a tree and break his neck. The bird, fed by many neighbors, belonged to Ronald Bockenhauer of 1432 Kane Street and was part of a family of four crows from Ervin Meyer’s farm near West Salem.
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Pete
Ronald Bockenhauer
Kane Street
Bockenhauer
Ronald
Ervin Meyer
West Salem
Meyer
James Durland
Wood Street
Durland
Sand Lake Coulee
Ond
Alaska
Boat Owners Prepare for Sunday Derby at Two Parks
More than 150 soldiers will join fishing derby participants from Camp McCoy. Edward Campfield and Harry Packman co chair the event with loading from Pettibone and Copeland parks at 12 30 p m. Boats depart at 1 p m with weigh in and dinner to follow at Pettibone park.
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Camp McCoy
Pettibone Park
Copeland Park
Edward Campfield
USO
Harry Packman
Badger State Sportsmen's Club, Inc
French Lake
Lake Onalaska
R. W. Bardwell
Walter Bigelow
Leonard Kilson
Board of Education
Hugh G. Corbett
Chamber of Commerce
John Barth
Red Cross Canteen Corps
Retail Sales Show AGain Across Regions
Retail sales rose about 12 percent from a year earlier as holiday demand cooled and summer items sold well. Dun and Bradstreet notes gains in bathing suits cotton dresses and vacation wear with fall goods showing early demand. Meats up modestly and regional figures range from New England to Pacific coast with the West and South posting notable increases.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
Office of Price Administration
New England
East
Middle West
Northwest
South
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Invasion Updates Shift Allied Front Line Outlook
The report notes Granville 25 miles from current positions shortening the front by 30 miles, easing German defense. Montgomery regroups in Caen sector to keep Rommel from stabilizing lines. Yesterday saw heavy air activity with 500 sorties, though overall campaign air operations were limited.
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Granville
Caen
Bernard L. Montgomery
Erwin Rommel
Battlefront
Jack Benny Arrives in New Guinea for Camp Tour
Comedian Jack Benny and a troupe including Carole Landis Martha Tilton Larry Adler and Peggy Bruner landed in Port Moresby New Guinea to begin a tour of camps. They were greeted by soldiers Wacs and native crowds with 1st Lieut Lanny Ross welcoming them.
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Port Moresby
New Guinea
Jack Benny
Fuzzy Wuzzies
Carole Landis
Martha Tilton
Larry Adler
Peggy Bruner
Lanny Ross
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H. F. Wennerstrom
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Baltic Sea
Red Army
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Dukhnovo
Idritsa
Klyastitsy
Latvia
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Trakai
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Zelna
Derby
Guinea
Eas
Eanneis Spearno
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