Surplus Sales Help Ease Shortages Across Nation
American buyers convert surplus wartime goods into usable items while RFC and the Department of Commerce manage consumer goods. Planes remain in high demand with fixed prices, and buyers must prove eligibility, pay, and pick up items after bidding. Goods stay at depots until sold to avoid transportation strain.
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Department of Commerce
Eae
G. E. In
RFC
New York
Aoe
Thornton & Minor Rectal Ointment for Piles Relief
Quick soothing palliative relief offered for piles and rectal ailments not needing surgery. Thornton & Minor Rectal Ointment is a doctor's formula used for men and women at their secretaries. Softens and shrinks acinemen? Known price is $1.10 with money-back guarantee if unsatisfied.
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Thornton & Minor
Summer Playground Leaders Plan Opening Centers Wednesday
SE TRIBUNE reports two days of staff conferences at Washburn school for finishing touches on a 10 week program. Twenty playground leaders including Harold Wheelock, Lois Sheldon, J R Arnison, John Fies, Kathryn Capellen, Charles Horton, Joyce Cornell, Herb Fregin, and Mary Roellig will oversee activities at Wheelock Center Central Copeland park Roosevelt West avenues with other leaders to be announced.
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Washburn School
Harold R. Wheelock
Lois Sheldon
Wheelock Centor
Central
Miss Sheldon
Teachers College
Viroqua
Copeland Park
J. R. Ster- Arnison
Holmen
John Fieis
Black River Falls
South Avenue
Kathryn Capellen
Roosevelt School
Charles Horton
Joyce Cornell
Horton
Logan
Miss Cornell
West Avenue
Herb Fregin
Mary J. Roellig
Carol Austin
William Baker
Donald Cooks
Martin Raebel
Local Sudanese Team Opens Film Studio in Khar Toum North
A Sudanese crew launches a new motion picture studio in Khar Toum North, part of Anglo Egyptian Sudan, signaling growth in regional cinema. The project aims to train local operators and produce regional works showcasing cultural stories and talent.
Nob Hill Bond Premiere to Open in San Francisco
The Technicolor film Nob Hill debuts with its world premiere in San Francisco on June 27, with La Crosse showing a July 20 screening at 8 30 p m. It follows class clashes featuring Joan Bennett and Peggy Ann Garner in a story about power and heart set against a vaudeville style urban spectacle. Admission is via a war bond.
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Hollywood
la Crosse
San Francisco
Joan Bennett
Ge Raft
Georgie
Nob Hill
Peggy Ann Garner
Raft
Vivian Blaine
Marriott, Fair Manager, Dies in Harrisburg Train Incident
W T Marriott 58 Milwaukee state fair manager and former Wisconsin Fairs Association president died after a train ride ending in Harrisburg hospital. He fell ill on arrival and never regained consciousness. He had returned from Washington after talks with the Office of Defense Transportation on Wisconsin State fair plans. Mrs Marriott and their daughter and son-in-law accompanied him.
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Milwaukee
W. T. Marriott
Wisconsin Association of Fairs
State Department
Agriculture
Harrisburg
Marriott
J. Arthur Ge
Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
Madisonee
Insure Crops On 178 000 Farms In Nation
Washington reports federal crop insurance covers about 178000 farms this spring with 15000 for spring wheat on 26000 farms 98000 for cotton on 116000 farms and 30000 for flax on 36000 farms. Winter wheat plans under study tobacco and corn procedures underway in select counties. About 12000 tobacco county applications and 10000 corn county applications received. Farmers may insure 75 or 50 percent of average winter wheat yield. Deadline begins seeding or dates earlier: September 15 in Wisconsin.
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Washington
War Westion
WFA
Wisconsin
Three Boys Escape From Chippewa Falls School
Three boys aged 16 to 18 fled from the northern colony and training school at Chippewa Falls last week in a stolen car later abandoned near Shawano. Superintendent Dr. H. R. Hunter said they had been housed in a general ward due to lack of a locked cottage for difficult disciplinary cases.
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Madison
Wis
Chippewa Falls
Shawano
H. R. Hunter
Salt Lake Woman Finds Courage to Wear Hats
After two years internment in the Philippines, a Salt Lake City woman gains confidence to wear women's hats publicly. The report notes a wartime rest and mentions weather reports resuming in South Africa.
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Salt Lage City
Philippines
Salt Lake City
South Africa
Col La Follette Seeks Inactive Army Status
Col. Phillip F. La Follette former Wisconsin governor and MacArthur aide says he seeks inactive status to return to his law practice. He cites feeling unnecessary to the Pacific war effort and awaits War Department action after MacArthur approval. He plans to stay in Madison until July 18 then report to Fort Sheridan.
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Madison
Phillip F. la Follette
Wisconsin
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
MacArthur
War Department
la Follette
Fort Sheridan
United States
Philippines
William Howard Taft
U. S
Minor skin irritation relief with affordable care
A brief notice touts Mexsana as a low cost treatment for chafing and itching. Specialists suggest it effectively relieves minor skin troubles with minimal expense.
Canada Votes in Three-Way General Election
OTTAWA Canada votes today to decide a new parliament in a three way race. Prime Minister W L Mackenzie King and the Liberal party face strong challenge from the rebranded Progressive Conservative party led by John Bracken and the Socialist CCF led by M J Coldwell.
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Ottawa
Canada
Europe
W. L. MacKenzie King
Liberal Party
Tory Party
John Bracken
Manitoba
CCF
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
M. J. Coldwell
Fort Hall Worker’s Photo Mixup Solved by Sticky Label
Mexican farm worker from Fort Hall Idaho left his name and address with his photo Photographer James Watson could not read the writing so he printed a second image and pasted it on the wrapping with Fort Hall Idaho written beneath it ensuring the photo reached the right owner.
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Idaho Falls
Fort Hall
Idaho
James Watson
Watson
Fort Hall, Idaho
Canadian model plane sets world speed record
A gas model airplane designed by H. V. Faulkner of Vancouver reached 122 miles per hour, setting a new world record yesterday. The prior mark of 112 mph was held by Williams and Clark of Los Angeles.
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Vancouver
B. C
H. V. Faulkner
Williams and Clark
Los Angeles
3rd 7th Armies to Occupy Germany as 15th Army Shifted
Stars and Stripes reports U S 3rd and 7th armies will occupy American zones in Germany. Lieut Gen Leonard Gerow’s 15th Army may shift to the Pacific. current 3rd and 7th armies will not necessarily go to occupation duties. Operations in Germany to halt next Friday as reorganization continues.
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Pacific
Paris
Stars and Stripes
U. S
Germany
Leonard Gerow
15Th
Wiesbaden
Eccent
Almog
George Palmer Putnam Weds USO Executive in California
Maj. George Palmer Putnam, 57, and Margaret Haviland, 36, USO mobile unit executive, married in a garden ceremony in San Bernardino area with Capt. Willard Learned officiating. Putnam, once married to Amelia Earhart, is an army intelligence officer. bride’s first marriage. Honeymooning in Southern California.
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San Marino
Calif
California
George Palmer Putnam
Margaret Haviland
USO Mobile Unit
Michigan City
Ind
Putnam
Amelia Earhart
Miss Haviland
Alice McConaughy
Willard Learned
Army Air Forces
San Bernardino
Army
Marine back to camp after tractor ride home
Mechanized CAPITOL Montana muddy roads left Edwin Locken AWOL as a Marine. He returned to camp by driving his father’s tractor fifty miles to the nearest railroad station to catch up on time.
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Capitol
Mont
Marine Corp
Edwin Locken
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