Monroe County Fair to Close Tuesday with Combat Show
The 1944 Monroe county fair wraps Tuesday as the 280th Engineers stage a realistic combat demonstration before the grandstand. Engineers fight with infantry, using bangalow torpedoes, flame throwers, and smoke, while 4 H club members perform in evening shows and county harness races finalize results. health, demonstration, and style contests highlight 4 H Day.
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Tomah
Wis
Monroe County
Warrent
W. Barber
Wages Rise for Wisconsin Farm Laborers
Wisconsin crop reports show average monthly wage with board at 73.75 dollars, up from 64 dollars year ago, with day laborers at 3.85 with board and 4.75 without. Despite higher wages, total farm labor employment and family workers remain about the same as last July as weather delays farm work.
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Wisconsin
United States Departments of Agriculture
Farmers Told During National Safety Week Check Hazards
County Agricultural Agent W E urges farmers to conduct an accident and fire prevention survey on their farms during National Safety Week. Readily accessible items include porch boards stairs medicine cabinets rugs wells doors fences barns and tools. Emphasizes daily safety across home yard yard and farm buildings and equipment.
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W. E
Weather Record Utah Wisconsin and Iowa Forecast Update
Weather bulletin from Commerce Wisconsin and Iowa outlines clear and cool conditions tonight with scattered thunder showers in western areas. Tuesday expects partly cloudy warmth with additional thundershowers, especially west and southwest portions, and cooler conditions in extreme northwest tonight.
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Wisconsin
Iowa
Algae Treatments Continue At Three Wisconsin Lakes
Sparta Wis algae growth is being controlled by chemistry under the State Board of Health supervision. Spring Bank Floradel and Lake Tomah receive treatment, with careful steps at Tomah to protect fish. Perch Lake has no swimming due to facilities and a memorial park plan seeks a swimming pool and dredging to create sanitary beaches.
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Sparta
Wis
Spring Bank
Floradel
Lake Tomah
State Board of Health
Eugene Hensel
Hensel
Perch Lake
Memorial
Chamber of Commerce
State Planning Commission
Memorial Park
Ford Damaged In Accident On State Highway 27
A Model A Ford driven by Truman Chapiewsky 40 was northbound on Highway 27 two miles north of Leon when sideswiped by a southbound car driven by Ernest Heim of Leon Saturday night at 11 30. Heim fled the scene and was arrested and charged with failing to stop. Bond set at 500. The Chapiewsky party sustained head cuts and were treated.
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Tribune
Sparta
Truman Chapiew 40
Leon
Ernest Heim
Chapiewsky
Verna
Mabel Chapiewsky
Carl
Irene Bucknell
Heim
Willis Young
Ervin Edwards
Justice Court
H. L. Beckman
Truman
Obituary for Mrs Carrie Hall 75 of Jackson Street
Mrs. Carrie Hall 75 of 812 Jackson street died at a local hospital Sunday evening. Born in Watertown Wisconsin December 9 1 she is survived by son Chester La Crosse three sisters Hattie Denniston Mrs Frank Foster Tacoma Washington and Mrs Anna Rybold Bedford Ohio and two grandchildren Preceded in death by husband and one sister Funeral services Wednesday at 2:00 p m Madden funeral home Rev C Boland officiating Burial Oak Grove Cemetery Friends may call Madden funeral home Tuesday evening
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Carrie Hall
Jackson Street
Watertown
Wis
Chester
la Crosse
Hattie Denniston
Frank Foster
Tacoma
Wash
Anna Rybold
Bedford
Ohio
Madden Funeral Home
Madden Funeral Home, Rev. C. Boland
Oak Grove
North Bend Clover Workers 4-H Members Attend Wisconsin State Fair
Janis and Janet Ristow of the North Bend Clover Workers 4-H club have been selected to sing at the Wisconsin State Fair. The next club meeting will be August 7 at Raymond Ryder’s home. Members are collecting milkweed pods to aid the war effort.
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Ettrick
Wis
Janis
Janet Ristow
North Bend Clover Workers
Raymond Ryder
Warden's Son Drowns at Big Birch Lake
James Plante, age 4, son of state conservation warden Leon Plante, drowned Saturday night at Big Birch Lake. He attended a birthday party and after failing to return home a search began. the body was located just off the pier in front of the Plante residence.
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Birchwood
Wis
James Plante
Leon Plante
Big Birch Lake
Plante
Poultry Advice For August From County Agriculture Official
Hints to flock owners from Oren G. Johnson warn of slower growing pullets, urge culling and replacement with good hens, advise moist cool mash, noon feeding, proper ventilation, breaking up broody hens, and fresh green feed. Access to shade and corn fields suggested for heat relief and production maintenance.
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Oren G. Johnson
Nation's 1944 tax take hits record $40 billion mark
Federal taxes for the 1944 fiscal year reached a record 40,118,819,808 dollars, nearly double 1943. Individual income tax receipts surged to 18,257,180,877 dollars, while corporation income taxes, excess profits taxes, and employment taxes all rose sharply amid wartime finance.
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Washington
Treasury
Court affirms death for Robinson in Stoll kidnapping
The U S circuit court of appeals upheld the conviction and death sentence for Thomas H. Robinson Jr of Nashville Tennessee under the Lindbergh act. The case concerns the October 10 1934 abduction of Alice Speed Stoll of Louisville Kentucky.
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Cincinnati
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Nashville, Tenn
Alice Speed Stoll
Louisville
Senator Bilbo to Undergo Gall Bladder Surgery
Senator Bilbo of Mississippi will be operated on Tuesday at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester Minnesota for a gall bladder ailment, his office announced Monday.
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Washington
Bilbo
D-Miss
St. Mary's Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Real estate transfers and county court notes in Wisconsin
Real estate transfers include Fred Wedeking to Thomas G Madigan and wife in Onalaska, and Clarence L Pax to Morris A Lillethan and wife on East Avenue between Adams and Farnam. Fire alarms at Fred Bahnub farm. multiple county court actions include fornication case against Jessie Minshall with First Lieut. Otey Miller Jr., fines for driving without license or operator’s license, and other traffic fines. Justice court at Tomah reports Doris McConockie’s arrest for lewd conduct and plea.
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Fred Wedeking
Thomas G. Madigan
Onalaska
Clarence L. Pax
Morris A Lillethan
East Avenue
Adams and
Farnam
la Crosse
Jessie Minshall
Wall’s Place Third
Mississippi Streets
Otey N. Miller, Jr
301St Engineers
Camp McCoy
Stoddard
Otey
Rohde
Travis Street
Shelby
Dunnum
Westby
Wis
Tomah
Doris McConockie
Baraboo
Rex Gondrezich
Sparta
Barkley and Reynolds Push Reconversion Bill Action
Senate leaders Barkley of Kentucky and Reynolds of North Carolina call the military committee back to Washington to expedite reconversion legislation. Republicans press early action on postwar business and employment programs as lawmakers reconvene after summer recess.
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Washington
Barkley
Kentucky
Reynolds
D-Nc
Senate Military Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Congress
Military Committee
Committee
Wisconsin Senator asks dismissal of OPA creamery suits
Chippewa Falls Wisconsin Senator Alexander Wiley proposes dropping more than 65 OPA price ceiling lawsuits against Wisconsin creameries involving over 2 million dollars in penalties. He blames indefinite directives and mis administration, urging focus on wartime needs and avoiding bankrupting farmers and producers.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Wisconsin
Alexander Wiley
Chester Bowles
OPA
Wiley
Bowles
Congress
Churchill to warn of new German weapons
London reports Prime Minister Churchill will address the Commons on Wednesday with a sober frank warning that Germany may deploy new terror weapons. He is expected to outline secret weapons threats, including large flying bombs, and offer indications of planned Allied responses while detailing what is known about conditions inside Germany.
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London
Churchill
Commons
Germany
Ration Guide Lists Meat, Sugar, Shoes and Gasoline Stamps
The guide details stamp validity for meats fats and processed foods with four red stamps and blue stamps, sugar stamps for five pounds, shoes stamps, and gasoline coupons. It lists price ceilings on fresh produce in La Crosse Wisconsin and Winona Minnesota for the week of January 20 to 26, with specific fruit and vegetable prices.
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Associated Press
la Crosse
Wis
Winona
Minn
Jr'y
California
Bermuda
Winona Livestock Prices and Hogs Ceiling in Winona County
SWIFT & COMPANY reports Winona Minnesota livestock trading 9 am to 4 pm. Hogs up to 14.30 top, hogs 240 270 lbs at 13.55 ceiling. Cattle calves and lambs listed with various weight and grade ranges. condition slashes prices for heavy fill. Chicago dairy and poultry markets noted with prices and receipts.
Hartwig Elected Secretary Treasurer Of Highway Group
Paul Hartwig of La Crosse County was elected secretary and treasurer of the Wisconsin County Highway Commissioners Association at its Green Bay convention. The unanimous vote followed his participation in a discussion on proposed changes in machinery rental practices. Hartwig called the gathering valuable to highway officials and attended by county highway committee members.
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Paul Hartwig
la Crosse
Wisconsin County Highway Commissioner’s Association
Green Bay
Hartwig
General Fund Shows 42 Million Balance In Wisconsin
State Treasurer John M. Smith, seeking renomination, said the Wisconsin general fund is over 42 million dollars with 25 million invested in short term U S bonds awaiting postwar use. He noted the highway commission holds 10 million in similar bonds and praised office economies and experience in state land management.
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Madison
Wis
John M. Smith
United States
Smith
WHA
State Highway Commission
State Land Commission
Big Gain 24% Concentrate Promises Fast Pig Growth
Rapid gains are the most satisfying gains and generally the most profitable. Big Gain 24% Concentrate combines top quality proteins, vitamins and minerals. It is the ideal step up from pig meal to a self feeder supplement. The pigs like it. It keeps them coming. Save mixing, save time. Just put it in self feeders and watch your pigs grow. Get maximum gains and maximum profits. Ask your dealer for Big Gain 24% Concentrate.
Chicago Grain and Livestock Markets Report
Chicago grain prices show Sept and Dec futures near 1.55 to 1.56 with rye and barley variations. Cash wheat and oats prices listed by quality with multiple red and white oat categories. Livestock listings report 14 000 salable hogs and 13 000 cattle with prices ranging up to 17 75 for top yearlings and steer prices around 17 dollars, sows higher.
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Chicago
Barney
Milwaukee Livestock Report Prices Mixed Across Hogs Cattle and Calves
Hogs traded unevenly with weights 240 to 290 pounds steady to 50 cents higher and lighter weights up to 25 cents. Heavier hogs 241 pounds and up climbed to 13.50 to 13.90 per hundredweight. Cattle saw steady to firm prices with steers and yearlings commanding 12.00 to 16.75, cows 6.50 to 11.00, and veal 12.50 to 15.00. Calves remained steady with fancy veal at 14.75 to 15.00 and dealer lots 12.50 to 14.00.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Chicago Potatoes Markets Show Firm Prices Amid OPA Ruling Confusion
U S shipments over the weekend total 672 Saturday and 150 Sunday with supplies light but demand strong. Idaho Bliss leads U S No 1 at 2 76 to 4 04, Long Whites 3 88 to 4 64, Nebraska Red at 3 68 as cobblers remain good quality.
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Chicago
U. S
OPA
Idaho Bliss
Nebraska
Notice of Hearing for Admin in Wisconsin Estate
Court in La Crosse County Wisconsin will hear Helene J. Albrecht s application to appoint administrator of the estate of Robert A. Albrecht deceased on August 29 1944 at 10 am at the La Crosse County Court House. Creditors must file claims by December 26 1944 or be barred. Claims will be examined January 2 1945 at 10 am. By order of Judge Ahlstrom. Attorney C L Baldwin.
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State of
Wisconsin
la Crosse County
Robert A. Albrecht
R. A. Albrecht
la Crosse
Helene J. Albrecht
City of
Said
Court House
Said County
A. Jote R. V. Ahlstrom
Co. L. Baldwin
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