Coast Guard Day Observed With City Park Demonstrations
La Crosse marks the Coast Guard 154th year with a city park program and river maneuvers. A 6:30 p m program features surfboard riding, a marine parade, airplane maneuvers, shore landing, and a simulated landing operation. The event showcases Coast Guard and Civil Air Patrol units while the river patrols continue from La Crosse Yacht Club with flotilla No 1 and USCGR Militia.
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U. S. Coast Guard
la Crosse
Coast Guard
Riverside Park
A Guard
Civil
Coast
State Guard
Oe Sen Wee
Civil Air Patrol
Reserves
la Crome
Norman Ino Tilla
U. S
Revenue Volunteer Brigades
The
Lighthouse Service
Bureau of Marine Inspection
Chinese Mining Tungsten Near Nogales for U.S. Shipment
Report says Chinese firms are mining tungsten in the Nogales area of Mexico to supply the United States. Authorities have not announced any formal action and details remain sparse.
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Nogales
Mexico
United States
Dewey Plans "Speechless" West Invasion Schedule
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey prepares a wartime campaign plan covering about 2300 miles through New York Pennsylvania Illinois and Missouri with no public speeches. He will meet with GOP governors in St Louis and with Brownell Sprague and Jaeckie in New York before a closed 15 point strategy session.
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Pawling
N. Y
West
New York
Board of Strategy
Thomas E. Dewey
Iceantinies Teaders
GOP
St. Louis
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Missouri
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Dewey
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Brownell
J. Russel Sprague
Edwin T. Jaeckie
United Mine Workers At
John L. Lewis
Springfield
Dwight H. Green
Verne H. Schroeder
Bertha Baur
John F. Tyrrell
Helen Griffen
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Political rhetoric and party unity amid primary battles
The article notes tensions over race and democracy with quotes on anti semitism risks from nationalism. Vice President Wallace urges a liberal constructive Democratic platform to unite the West and South for November wins. Kansas primaries Tuesday focus on Andrew Reed and six House seats.
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Wallace
Iowa
South
Chicago
Andrew
Kansas
Reed
Funeral services for Bernard J Volz
Bernard J Volz age 51 of 132 South 23rd street dies. Funeral 8:30 a m Monday at Blaschke funeral home and 9 a m at Blessed Sacrament church with Rev V Plecity officiating. Burial in Catholic cemetery. Catholic Order of Foresters will say rosary 8 p m Sunday at Blaschke home. Friends may call Sunday afternoon and evening.
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Bernard J. Volz
South 23Rd Street
Blaschke
Blessed Sacrament Church
Rev. V. Plecity
Catholic Order of Foresters
Foresters Protest Chilean Fire Clearing Critics Cite Primitive Custom
Timber owners in Argentina hold protests alleging that numerous forest fires originate in Chile as a result of a primitive custom of clearing small woodland patches. The dispute centers on cross border environmental practices and accountability.
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Argentina
Chile
Soviet Offense Pushes Toward German Front
Russian forces drive west toward Germany with the 1st Ukraine Army crossing the San River and advancing toward Silesia. Zakharov’s 2nd White Russian Army moves near Grodno toward East Prussia as Rokossovsky’s forces near Warsaw after a long advance from White Russia. Stalin awarded the Order of Victory for leadership in the Red Army’s offensives as Poles flee toward home towns and Warsaw.
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Germany
Poland
Ivan S. Konev
Ukraine
San River
Vistula
Strik
German Silesia
Lwow
Stanoped
Carpathian
Grodno
Georgi Fedorovich Zakharov
German East Prussia
Nowokamienna
Rokossovsky
Warsaw
Zhiobin
White Russia
Moscow
Presidium of
the Supreme Council of the
Joseph Stalin
Red Army
London
Peat Fuels Added to Denmark War Vehicle List
Peat tar or peat oil has been added to the war expanded list of motor fuels used in Denmark. The bog product is used in producer gas engines and in diesel engines of fishing vessels after pre heating peat tar becomes fluid like crude oil. Trucks taxicabs and passenger cars are now denied gasoline allocations.
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Denmark
Leaders Survive Mine Blast During King George Visit
In Italy near Clark headquarters a German anti personnel mine exploded under an area marked as safe during a luncheon with King George VI and other senior officers. The soldier who triggered the mine was killed. the king and guests were uninjured. Clark sent an aide to identify the source. The king later presented honorary knight medals and toured the display. He arrived by C-47 transport.
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Fifth Army
Italy
George VI
England
Mark W. Clark
U. S. Sth
Francis J. Spellman
New York
Harold R. L. G. Alexander
Clark
5Th Army
Bat
Tree
King George
Gen
Opinmon
Bath
Alfred M. Gruenther
Geoffrey Keyes
Gen. Clark
Archbishop Spellman
Alexander
Gruenther
Keyes
Gen. Alexander
Guard Against Road Fund Diversion Plea at Wisconsin Highway Meet
A J Thelen executive secretary of the Wisconsin County Boards Association urged conference delegates to stop diverting highway funds and to consider postwar road needs. The session focused on apportionment and disbursement of funds, potential formula changes for highway aid, and whether the 23 million state construction fund should be allocated county by county or by state highway committee priorities.
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Green Bay
Wis
J. Thelen
Wisconsin County Boards Association
Thelen
Legislative
Postwar Planning Exhibition in Dublin Highlights Rebuilding Efforts
In Dublin Ireland a National Planning Exhibition focused on postwar problems and solutions. Sponsored by the National Planning Conference the event showcased a educational farm unit road development plans and charts on agriculture afforestation education transportation fisheries public services and industry.
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Eire
Dublin
National Planning Conference
Australia to boost clothespin output to 100 million yearly
Melbourne reports Australia will raise clothespin production to 100 million annually. One plant gains extra workers while two others switch from woodenware. Imports halted at war start. Normal annual need is about 200 million.
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Australia
Melbourne
Waves Congratulated By F R Navy Chiefs On 2nd Anniversary
President Roosevelt and naval leaders praised the Waves 72 350 women who mark their second anniversary. The White House statement said the Waves fulfilled a great purpose and freed 60 000 men for sea duty. Adm King and Sec Forrestal called them a vital part of the navy as recruitment continues toward 100 000 by year end 1944.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
White House
Normandy
Saipan
Adm
Ernest J. King
Forrestal
United States
Dies Group To Probe CIO Political Action
Chairman Dies of the House Un American Affairs Committee said a subcommittee will investigate the CIO political action committee described as the political arm of the New Deal. The panel will prepare a report for the full committee, with personnel not yet announced. Republican members urged a thorough Hatch Act violation review following that report listing 72 telephone calls between PAC officials and the White House.
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Washington
Dies
D-Tex
House Committee On
unAmerican Affairs
CIO
Dies Committee
PAC
Hece
White House
Young Magician Hurt In Needle Swallowing Trick
Richard Yeager, 19, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, is hospitalized after attempting a sleight of hand illusion before a Sunday school class. He became confused during the act and doctors removed a steel needle sliver from his throat.
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Tulsa
Okla
Richard Yeager
Bartlesville
Yeager
Professor David E. Smith Dies at 84 in New York
Dr. David Eugene Smith, 84, mathematician and professor emeritus at Teachers College Columbia University, died at his home on Saturday. He authored more than 70 books including a translation of the Rubaiyat and over 40 mathematical texts.
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New York
David Eugene Smith
Teachers College
Columbia University
Omar Khayyam
Oldest Mason Joseph D Howe Dies at 102 in Lancaster
Joseph D Howe aged 102 and famed as the world's oldest Mason died Saturday at Lancaster Hospital after a brief illness. He belonged to the New Hampshire consistory 32nd degree and the North Star commandery A F and A M. He received the grand lodge of New Hampshire 75 year medal. An iron blade about five thousand years old was found in an Egyptian pyramid.
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Lancaster
N. H
Joseph D. Howe
Lancaster Hospital
New Hampshire
North Star Commandery
A. F
A. M
Grand Masonic Lodge of
New Zealand Troops Battle German Tigers Near Florence
Allied forces push toward Florence as New Zealanders of the 8th Army advance to within five miles of the city amid German Tiger opposition. Austrian reports describe stiff counterattacks and dug-in positions while Americans prepare to decide whether Pisa and its leaning tower will be spared from artilley. Two top American divisional commanders in Italy, Maj. Gen. Charles Ryder and Maj. Gen. Ernest Harmon, are reassigned to duties in the United States.
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Rome
Florence
8Th Army
Tiger
Arno
Eighth Army
Cerbaia
Elsa River
Montelupo
Empoli
Greve River
Impruneta
Associated Press
Lynn Heinzerling
St. Michele
la Romola
Heinzerling
Pisa
5Th
Lower
Satur
United States
Charles Ryder
34Th Infantry
Ernest N. Harmon
Fist Fights Mark County Democratic Meetings In Texas
In Texas 114 counties reported bitter county Democratic conventions with clashes between pro Roosevelt and anti Roosevelt factions. Delegations were split with 62 seeking Roosevelt Truman electors 16 backing current electors and 28 undeclared while eight counties held no convention.
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Mark County
Texas
Austin
Tex
Dallas
el Paso
Tarrant County
Fort Worth
Harrison County
Harris County
Houston
Roosevelt
Gregg County
Pearls Bring Trouble as Edward Merry Faces Fine
In Edmonton England Edward Merry’s mother laments the loss of a $60 pearl necklace said to bring bad luck. The pearls appeared in a film and were offered for sale after Edward’s gift to a girl was refused. Burglars ignored the necklace and later the pearls were returned. Edward was fined eight dollars for not reporting the find. The article also notes the origin of the phrase dog days linking to ancient Egypt.
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Edward Merry
Edmonton
England
Edward
Merry
Ancient
Egypt
Historic Meet Of Congress May Be Ahead
Congress returns to Washington for a potentially historic postwar session amid debates on war contract termination and postwar duties. Speaker Rayburn says all House postwar committees are recalled as unemployment and government equipment disposal loom. Senate debates authority for postwar agencies and unemployment pay slow plan progress with no quorum likely until postwar measures are ready for floor action.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
Tex
House
Germany
Rayburn
Senate
Congress
Reynolds
D-Nc
Capitol Hill
Mongol rulers appoint official for healing lemonade drink
A note highlights how Mongol emperors favored lemonade and created a special high rank position to prepare the beverage, believed to have curative powers.
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SSE Tribune
Paul E. Lockwood
New York City
Hugh Drum
New York Guard
State Veterans’ Commission
Red Star
Moen
Desposure
Main ST
Wallpaper Company
Fifth Avenue South
F. R
Navy Chiefs
Dies Group
CIO Political Action
New Zealand
Arthur G. Benson
M. D
Riveli Bidg
Leona’s
Stephan
Leona Tomsha
Your Cleaners
Main Street
Ory
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