Rules On Punishment At State School
MADISON Wis The state board of public welfare sets rules for corporal punishment at the industrial school for boys in Waukesha To enforce discipline only with superintendent authorization and classifica tion committee approval While the rule forbids staff use of punishment it requires the institution physician to be present and keep records The rule passed with one dissent and awaits discussion with the attorney general John McHale voiced opposition The board also reviewed the budget actions and an unrelated board vote occurred
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Madison
Wis
State Board of Public Welfare
Industrial School For Boys
Waukesha
Industrial School
John McHale
Green Bay
Aeion Board
Sheriff Salary Plan Adopted in Grant County
Lancaster Wis. Grant county yesterday approved a sheriff salary plan replacing the per diem system. The sheriff will earn 5500 dollars annually plus traveling car and mileage expenses and may keep all fees in civil cases, ending years of controversy over services.
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Lancaster
Wis
Grant County
Aartt
Dew
Air Service Command Keeps Airpower Forded Abroad
Pvt. B. W. Hall of Cashton is an air service command flight mechanic overseas, aiding America’s aerial might. He has served two tours abroad and is credited with keeping planes in the air from Camp McCoy to distant fronts.
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AIR Service Command
England
B. W. Hall
Edward Hall
Cashton
Ince
America
Pvt. Hall
Camp
McCo
Dawn Raid Pushes Into Normandy After RAF Blow
U S raiders and fighter bombers again struck German lines in Normandy, aimed south of the Periers St Lo road to pave a dawn advance. RAF bombers hit Stuttgart and Berlin area targets while British forces also struck Bremen Mannheim and Wanne Eickel. Medium bombers shuttle over Normandy attacking troops tanks and artillery as German fighters kept away. Up to 500 escorted American heavies bombed Vienna oil refineries in Albania and Yugoslav Brod sector from Italy.
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Austin Bealmear
London
U. S
First Army
Periers-St. Lo
Normandy
Germany
Stuttgart
Berlin
Bremen
Mannheim
Oldest Viola Citizen Dies at 91 in Wisconsin
John H. Schroeder aged 91 and longtime Viola resident died Monday at his home. Born in Germany he immigrated at 14 with his parents who settled near Viola. He served as Village president and Vernon county supervisor. Survived by two daughters Mrs Dora Downer and Mrs William Groves. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm at Viola Methodist Church with burial in Viola cemetery.
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Viola
Wis
E- John H. Schroeder
Germany
Schroeder
Ida Stoll
Vernon County
Sseee Ies
Edward
George
Thomas
Amos
Charles
la Farge
William
Spearhead Division Paper Reports War News and Baseball Races
CAMP McCOY Wisconsin Special edition of The Spearhead notes its post invasion appearance. It carries U S and war news and highlights division baseball races, home front updates, and battlefront reports from the division special services office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Mccoy
Wis
U. S
Division
Special Services Office
Minnow Merchant Has 3 State Men Arrested
In Murphysboro Illinois Fred Cheathant a Carbondale minnow merchant had District Conservation Chief Leonard Brantley of Murphysboro and two conservation agents arrested on a charge of seining without a license.
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Murphysboro
Ill
Fred Cheathant
Carbondale
Leonard Brantley
Capt P McDonough Named Commander of 656th Battalion
Camp McCoy Wis announces the appointment of Capt P McDonough as Company B commander in the 656th Engineer Topographical battalion. Lieut Col Frede Pay Diercks announced the assignment this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Mccoy
Wis
P. McDonough
656Th Engineer
Fredepay Diercks
Barbers Emphasize Wrist Power in Trade
A 1910s observation claims strong wrists key to barbering and suggests men are more successful hairdressers than women. It notes 142 unmarried men for every 100 women in America.
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America
Miss Mary Ann Derheim Begins Work in Parish
Sparta Wis Miss Mary Ann Derheim of Delaware Ohio has begun work as parish worker at First Methodist Church She will focus on personal contacts with the congregation and coordinate activities with USO and the Army Navy Service Center to bring servicemen and families closer to church functions Derheim trained at the Chicago Evangelistic Institute.
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Sparta
Wis
Mary Ann Derheim
Delaware
USO
Army - Navy
Derheim
Miss Derheim
Chicago Evangelistic Institute
Electrician Dies After 20-Foot Fall Near McGregor
William Baade, 55, of Monona Iowa an electrician, was killed Monday afternoon while installing power on the Fred Siegele Jr farm near McGregor He fell twenty feet from the top of a pole and suffered chest injuries died at McGregor hospital one hour later
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Mcgregor
William Baade
Monona
Iowa
Fred Siegele, Jr
McGregor Hospital
Executive dies in Indianapolis at 60
Richard Fairbanks president of the Indianapolis News Publishing company and WIBC radio died at his home after an eight month illness.
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Indianapolis
Richard Fairbanks
Indianapolis News Publishing Company
WIBC
Allies in Italy Under Fire From Italian Press
Rome reports Italia Libera accuses Allied forces of a bureaucratic overload and moral laxity while condemning Italian pride and corruption. The piece praises Allied trust and portrayal of the occupation as ultimately beneficial, despite present missteps and misaligned policies.
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Rome
Action Party
Italia Libera
Italy
Churchill
Seven Second Division Men Awarded Silver Stars in France
Seven members of the Second Infantry division including McCoy trained troops were awarded silver star medals for actions in Normandy France. Col Walter Elliott commander of the 38th Infantry was decorated by Maj. Gen. Walter Robertson on the battlefield. Two other officers and four enlisted men received honors.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
McCoy
France
Walter Elliott
38Th
Walter M. Robertson
Normandy
Officers Added to 656th Engineer Topographical Battalion
The 656th Engineer Topographical battalion announces the addition of four officers to its headquarters. Rick Diercks is named battalion commander, and Maj. Charles M. Duke, 1st Lieuts. James E. Driscoll and Lyle C. Walker, and 2nd Lieut. Charles A. Sipe Jr. join the headquarters details.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
656Th Engineer Topographical
Frederick Diercks
Charles M. Duke
James E. Driscoll
Lyle C. Walker
Charles A. Sipe
Soldier Maurice Spangenberg Returns Home on Furlough
Sgt. Maurice Spangenberg arrived in Tomah after two years overseas in the Pacific. He joined the Tomah National Guard in October 1940 and visits his parents Mr. and Mrs. Louis Spangenberg before leaving Wednesday for Camp Lee Virginia to attend school. Meals for two dozen soldiers are provided by a Buick of compressed potatoes weighing one pound when water is added.
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Tomah
Wis
Maurice Spangenberg
Pacific
Spangenberg
Louis Spangenberg
Camp Lee
Ration Guide 1945: stamp validity and price ceilings listed
The guide notes indefinite validity for four red meat and fat stamps AS to Zs, blue stamps AS to Zs and A5, four sugar stamps 30 31 32 at five pounds each, stamp 40 for five pounds for canning through Feb 28 1945, and shoes airplane stamps 1 2 indefinitely. Gasoline 12-A coupons three gallons to Sept 21 with B 3 B 4 C 3 C 4 at five gallons, fuel oil periods four and five through Sept 30, and new period one usable upon receipt. Price ceilings for fresh fruit and vegetables in La Crosse Wisconsin and Winona Minnesota cover July 20–26 with listed per pound and per dozen prices for items such as apricots bananas cantaloupe cherries grapefruit oranges plums peaches raspberries cabbage carrots cucumbers lettuce onions and tomatoes.
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California
Bermuda
Photographer Killed by American Bomb in Normandy
War correspondent George Bede Irvin of the Associated Press died during the Normandy campaign after a U S bombardment aircraft dropped a bomb short of its target. Maj. Gen. Lewis H Brereton called Irvin a brave unarmed observer who captured the truths of war.
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U. S
St. Lo
Irvin
Normandy
McCardell
Sparta Man Interned in Romania
Second Lieutenant William H. Jefferson, from Sparta Wisconsin, is reported interned in Romania after being missing in action since June 10 during his 34th mission. He served with Allied air forces after joining the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941 and later the Royal Air Force in England. His brother, Lieutenant John R. Jefferson, recently joined the ferrying command after 30 missions and earning a second Oak Leaf cluster to the Air Medal.
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Sparta
Wis
William H. Jefferson
Romania
War Department
Hallie Jefferson
Jefferson
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canada
England
Royal Air Forces
8Th Army Air Force
United States
Lieut
John R. Jefferson
Ferrying Command
Soldier Apprehended After Car Ransack and Theft
City police took Pfc. Robert Kotzelnick of the 304th Infantry at Camp McCoy into custody at 2 15 a m Wednesday for ransacking a La Crosse car with Minnesota license 63 622 and stealing a raincoat. After the raincoat was found the soldier was turned over to post military police.
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Robert Kotzelnick
304Th Infantry
Camp McCoy
Minnesota
la Crosse
Weather Record for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa Forecast
Weather record from the U S Department of Commerce notes partly cloudy and cool conditions for Wisconsin tonight and Thursday, fair cool for Minnesota, and cooler partly cloudy for Iowa. River forecasts show continued falling level Hastings to Trempealeau with rapid Root River rise due to heavy rains. small changes in other tributaries. Rain totals recent include Viroqua 0 78 inches and Sparta 0 62 inches.
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U. S. Department OF Commerce
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Hastings
Genoa
Trempealeau
Pool No
Pool No. 8
Sparta
Winona livestock prices and hours from SWIFT & COMPANY report
Winona Minnesota bid hours 9 a m to 4 p m with after hours care and next day weighing. Hog market steady to 25 cents higher with top 14 30 and various weights listed for good to choice truck, stags, and calves. Cattle steady with ranges for steers yearlings heifers cows and bulls. lambs at top 13 75 and multiple weight bands. notes on condition discounts and ceiling hog price for 240 to 270 pounds in Winona county. Chicago and Milwaukee markets show hogs and cattle with mixed gains and top prices for select lots.
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Swift & Company Winona
Minn
Winona
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
WPA
Milwaukee Livestock
Milwaukee
Kenning Death Reported From Eagle Butte
Caledonia Minn special bulletin announces Harry Kenning died Sunday at his home in Eagle Butte South Dakota. He was the husband of Lucy Till a former Caledonia resident and sister of Nellie Till who received the message.
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Caledonia
Minn
Nellie Till
Harry Kenning
Eagle Butte
S. D
Kenning
Lucy Till
Dr. Frank J. Tone Dies at 75 in Niagara Falls Home
Frank J. Tone chairman of Carborundum and father of actor Franchot Tone died Wednesday at his Niagara Falls home after a long illness. The Eng lish coat-of arms three animals were originally leopards, not lions.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Frank J. Tone
The
Carborundum Company
Franchot Tone
Chicago Grain Table Reflects Mixed Cash Prices and Open Rates
Grain futures show Sept wheat options opening around 1.55 to 1.57 with modest gains and declines across Dec and May. Oats, rye and barley futures post uneven moves, while cash grain in Chicago lists No. 2 red wheat around 1.58, oats mixed grades near 77 percent, and barley around 1.12 to 1.44 in various classes. Idaho Bliss tops the U S No 1 at 3.00, with other state prices noted for Washington and Missouri supplies.
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Chicago
U. S
Idaho
Bliss
Washington Bliss
Nebraska
Missouri
Live firmer receipts and prices in Chicago market report
Receipts show 19 trucks and 3 cars for leghorn fowl with firm prices. Butter firm with receipts 464,957 and unchanged market. Exes receipts 13,924 unsettled with marks noted.
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Chicago
Real Estate Transfers and Fire Notes in Campbell and City
George W Jolivette and wife transfer property in Campbell to Earnest P Baker and wife. Fire calls report multiple incidents: Evans Cartage Co warehouse at 1906 West Avenue South. No 3 hose and truck and No 5 hose respond at 12 35 p m. further hose deployment at 12 40 p m and 2 11 storm. age at 1533 Kane Street and 2008 Prospect Avenue fire responses. attic fire at Ernest W Anderson residence.
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George W. Jolivette
Earnest P. Baker
Campbell
Evans Cartage Co
West Avenue South
Storm
Kane Street
Rudolph Hoesly
Prospect Avenue
Ernest W. Anderson
Chinese Scholar To Talk At Luther College
Dr. O W Qualley announces Philip Lin, renowned Chinese scholar and lecturer, will speak at Luther college August 1 at 11 a m under East and West Association auspices. Lin will discuss The Impact of the War on Chinese Life and will appear as lecturer musician actor and youth leader. The talk will be broadcast on KWLC radio and the public is invited to attend in the C K Preus auditorium.
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Decorah
O. W. Qualley
Luther College
Philip Lin
East and West Association of New York
Lin
Luther Radio
KWLC
C. K. Preus
Staff Sergeant Stanek Promoted At Local Air Base
Staff Sergeant Wesley G. Stanek of Hillsboro Wisconsin has been promoted while assigned to a trial squadron of the First Troop Carrier Command at the installation. He is the son of Mr and Mrs William Stanek of Hillsboro Wisconsin.
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Pope Field
Wesley G. Stanek
First Troop Carrier Command
S. Sgt. Stanek
William Stanek
Hillsboro
Wis
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