Mind A Blank by Commons Found Alive in Hartford
John A. Commons 53, long presumed dead since 1938, identified himself to Hartford police as a former University of Wisconsin economics faculty member and World War I hero. He had been missing since 1930 and worked in Hartford as a laundry truck driver, with illness cited as a possible cause for his memory loss.
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Hartford
Conn
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Milwaukee
Chicago
John A. Commons
John Rogers Commons
Commons
Washington, D. C
Hartford Times
Fort Lauderdale
The
Times
Barnes
Illinois
Daniels
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Platform
Navy
Wilson
J. Melville Broughton
Broughton
Stevens Hotel
Monroe Rebben
Clyde Hoey
Mitscher the wartime carrier ace and quiet leader
Admiral Arlie O. Mitscher heads Task Force 58 steering vast Pacific raids. Born in Hillsboro Wisconsin he rose from naval aviator to pivotal air commander famed for Midway and the Marshalls. Known for a calm persona quick orders and unwavering loyalty to his men and allies.
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Task Force 58
Pacific Ocean
Japan
Mitscher
Hillsboro
Wis
Admiral Mitscher
Navy
Ad Task Force 58
Shi Mitscher
Plarg
Hornet
Jimmy Doolittle
Tokyo
Midway
Solomons
South Pacific
Pacific
States
Marshalls
Jan
Bradley’s Troops Open Broad Offensive Across Cherbourg Peninsula
Delay fades as Gen Omar Bradley leads a 40 mile front attack from Cherbourg toward Granville to St Lo. Germans pull back into stronger lines as terrain favors defense. Montgomery’s cautious timing cited amid contrasting battlefield notes and air-ground support debates.
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Omar N. Bradley
Cherbourg
Caen
Granville
St. Lo
Beneficiary Paid on $10,000 Life Insurance Policy
The article notes that Mrs. Commons, as beneficiary, received payout from a $10,000 life insurance policy. The details indicate a completed claim and beneficiary designation affecting the estate.
FBI Says 1138 Deliberate Destruction Cases In Year
Director J Edgar Hoover reported the FBI investigated 16 295 sabotage suspicions with 1138 deliberate destruction cases in the year ending June 30 none directed by enemies and 531 others charged. The annual report notes 16 convictions and a busy period for the bureau.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Italy Heights Fall To Yanks
Noland Norgaard reports Allied forces driving a broad advance along a 160 mile front in Italy. American troops near Livorno and Chianni push within miles of the Arno as German positions retreat from Pisa and Florence area. French forces pursue from Poggibonsi as prisoners exceed 32,000. San Gimignano shelled though not a military objective.
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Arno
Florence
Pisa
14Th Army
8Th Army
Olmo Pass
Arezzo
Across the Arno
5Th Army
Era River
Peccioli
Mark W. Clark
Belvedere
U. S. Trop
Chianni
Poggibonsi
Yester
Bastille Au
Shell
Ghizzano
U. S
Villamagna
San Gimignano
Judge Upholds Walker On Esquire Magazine
District Judge T W Davidson Saturday upheld Postmaster General Walker s decision to revoke Esquire magazine s second class mail permit The publishers estimate a $500 000 yearly loss if the ruling stands and plan to appeal The judge did not rule on the magazines editorial content but held the reclassification was not arbitrary or capricious
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Washington
T. W. Davidson
Walkers
Esquire
Davidson
Walker
Democrats Split for Vice Presidential Spots Amid Convention Talk
Delegates from Pennsylvania discuss the field as Sen Claude Pepper predicts 12 to 15 contenders. Figures like Wallace Byrnes Kerr Barkley Truman Barkley, and Broughton loom, with elder Daniel and Mrs Helen Gahagan Douglas weighing in on the contest.
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Pennsylvania
Claude Pepper
Florida
Harry Byrd
Virginia
Sherman Hotel
J. G. Cramer
Byrd-for-president Committee
Wallace
Harold Young
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Harry Truman
Missouri
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
James F. Byrnes
Helen Gahagan Douglas
California National Committee
Clare Boothe Luce
Connecticut
Melvin Douglas
Australian soils expert Davies aids New South Wales farming
Former U S erosion expert T/3 David E Davies from Wild Rose Wisconsin, now on loan to the New South Wales department of agriculture, works with army subsistence in Australia. He is featured by Yank Down Under for helping 1 000 acres of sweet corn from seed to ear and coordinating harvests with contract growers and canneries.
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Army Quartermaster Subsistence
Australia
David E. Davies
Wild Rose
Department of Agriculture
Coon Valley
Down Under
Davies
South
Southwest Pacific
Harold Youngberg
South 14Th Street
Land Army
Chuck Rathe
U. S
Wisconsin
New South Wales Department of Agriculture
Local servicemen listed in La Crosse column
The column highlights men from La Crosse and vicinity serving in the U S armed forces. It notes Seaman Howard V. Mitchell at Lawrence College Navy V-12, his Pearl Harbor and Midway Island service, and Logan high school roots. It reports Captain John B. McAllen of Camp Lee Virginia, a 1930 Logan graduate who studied law at Marquette before enlisting March 29 1941, son of Mr and Mrs Leo Fischer. It also mentions 2nd Lieutenant Warren G. Bovee as RAF pilot school flying instructor at Greenville Mississippi after duty at Bainbridge Georgia.
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Howard V. Mitchell
Lawrence College
Appleton
Seaman Mitchell
Pearl Harbor
Midway Islands
Logan High School
Navy
John B. McAllen
Camp Lee
Quartermaster Corps
Capt. McAllen
Marquette University
Leo Fischer
RAF
Greenville
Miss
Warren G. Bovee
Bovee
C. L. Bovee
West Avenue
Greenville Army Air
Discharged Sailor and Wife in Trouble Helped by Sinatra
In Pasadena California Frank Sinatra sent an encouraging letter and a $100 check to J T Ross a 20 year old honorably discharged sailor and his wife Rosemary 22 after a troubled week. The couple were arrested for shoplifting and Judge Harry M Hunt suspended a 301 day sentence. Mrs Ross planned to save the Sinatra money for their first baby to be named Frank Sinatra Ross if a boy is born.
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Pasadena
Calif
Frank Sinatra
J. T. Ross
Rosemary
Ross
Harry M. Hunt
Husa
Sinatra
Frank Sinatra Ross
Tropical Storm Near North Carolina Coast Warning
The Weather Bureau warned of a tropical storm in the Atlantic intensifying and passing near the North Carolina capes Sunday afternoon. Small craft along the coast were urged to stay in port and precautions advised as winds reached 50 to 60 mph near hurricane speeds.
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Miami
Fla
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
North Carolina Capes
North Carolina
Tire production totals surge in wartime year 1943
In 1943 a total of 17,200,000 tires of all kinds were distributed, including new, used, and reclaimed, compared with 4,700,000 in 1942.
GOP Opposes F. R. In Commander Role
New York reports Rep. Charles Halleck and Herbert Rowell Jr. challenge Franklin D. Roosevelt's bid for reelection as commander in chief. Halleck says Roosevelt would like the title but Republicans will not permit a commander-in-chief run, insisting free elections are needed in war as in peace.
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New York
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Charles A. Halleck
R-Ind
National Republican Congressional Committee
Herbert Rownell, Jr
Halleck
Poles Call UN Guard Against Border Changes
The Polish government-in-exile urged United Nations support to prevent any wartime territorial changes in old Polish lands. They said no changes should be recognized without the free consent of the parties involved, as reports said Russians might back a new pro Soviet Polish government.
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London
United Nation
Soviet Union
United Nations
Poland
Europe
Obituary James Anthony Morman Drowns in Minn Visit
James Anthony Morman seven son of Mr and Mrs Levens Morman Onalaska drowned at Wabasha Minnesota Thursday four p m while visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs Charles Moore He is survived by his parents his sister Delores Ann and grandparents Mr and Mrs Herman Morman Hokah Funeral at St James Church Onalaska Monday ten a m Rev Father L Keegan officiating Burial in Catholic cemetery Rosary Sunday eight p m at home Onalaska Charles S McKown 51 died late afternoon at local hospital Survived by wife Lillian Torrance McKown and daughter Patricia La Crosse Funeral arrangements to be announced later.
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James Anthony Morman
Levens Morman
Onalaska
Wabasha Minn
Charles Moore
Wabasha
Delores Ann
Herman Morman
Hokah
St. James Church
Father L. Keegan
Charles S. McKown
Market Street
Lillian Torrance McKown
Patricia
la Crosse
Gov. Ellis Arnall Says Roosevelt Favored Wallace Bid
Atlanta report quotes Gov. Ellis Arnall stating that President Roosevelt expressed a wish for Henry A. Wallace to be nominated as vice president. Arnall had earlier predicted Roosevelt would seek a fourth term before the Chicago Democratic convention.
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F. R
Wallace
Atlanta
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Washington
Roosevelt
Chicago
Henry A. Wallace
Protests over Italian POWs outfitting as U S troops
Sandusky Republican Congressman Alvin W. Weichel urged the war department to stop parading and entertaining Italian prisoners of war as U S soldiers. He cited trips from Erie proving grounds to Cleveland and Toledo and questioned the designation as orientation for Italians. The protest drew from his view that Italians who fought against Allied forces should not be flaunted as heroes.
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Sandusky
Alvin W. Weichel
Ohio
War Department
U. S. Army
Erie Proving Grounds
Cleveland
Toledo
Weichel
Congress
Camp Perry
U. S
Africa
Sicily
Italy
Allow Applications For Rent Increases In Defense Areas
The Office of Price Administration announces that tenants who paid below the prevailing ceilings may apply for rent increases in defense rental areas. Additional adjustments may be granted for peculiar circumstances and substantial hardship from tax or operating cost increases since the maximum rent date, effective July 17.
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Washington
OPA
Office of Price Administration
Actress Irene Manning and husband return from honeymoon to ransacked home
Hollywood actress Irene Manning and her husband Keith Kolhoff, four weeks married, found their Colorado honeymoon home looted of wedding presents worth several hundred dollars. Kolhoff works as an investigator in the Los Angeles police traffic division and reported the theft.
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Hollywood
Irene Manning
Keith Kolhoff
Colorado
Kolhoff
Los Angeles
Burma's Status Shifts Under British Rule
Until 1937 Burma was a province of India and administered as part of the British empire, but it becomes a separate political unit within the empire.
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Burma
India
British Empire
Briggs Flying Cross Award Won by Airman in England
T. Sgt. Blaine Briggs, 20, serving with a reconnaissance group in England, receives the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement on heavy bombardment missions over occupied Europe. He has been overseas eight months, assisted by his brother Corporal Richard M. Briggs in the air corps, and is a Logan High School graduate from La Crosse Wisconsin.
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Eighth Air Force
Connaissance
England
Blaine Briggs
Briggs
Europe
United States
Corp
Richard M. Briggs
Air Corps
Altus
Oklo
Army Air Forces
J. B. M Grocery
Fifth Avenue South
la Crosse
Wis
Logan High School
Harvey B. Briggs
Kane Street
Enriched Flour Ad Misstated Baking Need
A Washington milling company acknowledged an error in a Friday News advertisement about self rising flour. The ad implied that no baking powder was required, when it should have stated no baking was needed.
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Washington
Washington Milling Company
Puerto Rican Horticulturists Cross Vanilla with Cashew Tree
Puerto Rican horticulturists report crossbreeding the vanilla vine with the cashew nut tree creating a novel hybrid. Researchers aim to combine vanilla flavor with nut tree resilience for new crops and potential commercial applications.
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