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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1944
Page
5
District Scouts will travel to a center for a weekend camporee with H. L. Snyder and R. J. Kraft in charge. The event centers on the theme Food for Victory with activities including a personal garden project and food production duties. County representatives will discuss food production and guide camp activities.
Berkeley engineer Dr John E Dorn says wartime magnesium alloys will enter civilian use after the war. He cites potential in trucks trailers and streamlined trains though notes some alloys may be too exotic for small private autos.
La Crosse county reports May pension outlays of 42 007 75 with a 1 020 rise from the prior year. Pensions for the blind stood at 592 versus 540 last year with 17 recipients this year down from 19. Mothers and old age pensions show shifts in beneficiaries and totals across 1943 and 1944.
Labor advisory committee organized by CIO AFL and Farmers Union will host a one night conference at the Vocational school on Tuesday June 13. Delegates from AFL CIO Farmers Union and Railway Brotherhoods will discuss present and future economic problems and invite cooperatives and unions from Eau Claire Winona Houston and nearby counties. Leaders Glenn Atkinson and Kenneth Hones will address the gathering.
At Salt Lake army air base Sgt Sidney Loeb creates sculptures portraying air corps training. In his workshop at the base theater he completed a three foot eight inch model for a nine foot commemorative shaft symbolizing the air corps effort.
Tired kidneys cause night discomfort and daytime tiredness. The ad promotes Dean's Pills as a decades long remedy, claiming they cleanse kidney waste and reduce swelling and discomfort, promising relief after use.
In New York at Haloran hospital wounded American soldiers repatriated on the liner Gripsheim used their back pay to buy war bonds, with fifteen of forty-nine men purchasing over $4,000 in bonds within four hours as they waited. The report also notes Chile plans to build more air boxes.
A woman rushed into the Fort Riley post service club library asking if The Old Battle Ax by Sanxay-Holding had arrived. Pvt. Dorothy Cutting, the WAC librarian, recalls matching the description to a reader and confirms the book’s arrival after the visitor clarifies it is a library title.
In May La Crosse county issued 39 marriage licenses at the county clerk's office. This is the heaviest month so far this year but trails May of last year when 89 licenses were issued.
Russia exploits vast quartz crystal deposits in the Baskir Republic, aiming to boost mining output and industrial supply. Analysts note the operation's scale and potential impact on regional employment and export potential.
In Viroqua Wisconsin special meeting of AAA community committeemen set for Friday to outline procedures for checking performance of the 1944 farm program. Louis P. Ternes county farm staff conducts instruction with Tilman Ramsett as local chairman. Lets Go U S A Keep Em Plying
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