Children’s Aid and Service Agencies Merge in Wisconsin
The Children's Aid society of Wisconsin and the Children's Service association of Milwaukee merge to form the Children's Service society of Wisconsin. The new entity serves about 1,700 children annually, with Milwaukee area work funded by the Milwaukee fund and 21 other cities supported by local efforts and county appropriations. The board includes leaders from both groups, and Margaret Winchell becomes executive director of the combined agency.
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Children's Aid Society of Wisconsin
Children’s Service Association of Milwaukee
Children’s Service Society of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
State Department of Public Welfare
Child Welfare League of America
Milwaukee
Children's Service Association
Milwaukee County
Milwaukee County Community Fund
Children’s Aid Society
George W. Hall
Ross D. Spangler
Widrick
Sigurd Gundersen
G. R. Reay
Otto M. Schlabach
Homer V. Yinger
Magic Carpet Of Bonds Spur War Effort Asks Readers to Buy
In an AP Features piece the war bond drive is pitched as a way for readers to share in the war effort without frontline risks. The narrative links bonds to vital supplies, medical help, air power, and frontline service, from nurses and drivers to bomb runs and battlefield rescue.
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Stilwell
Mogaung
Merrill
Burma
Joe” Stilwell
Bond
Palau
Berlin
New Guinea
Italy
Rangoon
Obituary Oscar Miller Former La Crosse resident dies at 56
Word from Milwaukee reports the death of Oscar Miller 56 formerly of La Crosse. Born February 17 1883 in La Crosse he worked for Heilemans many years. Survived by two sisters Mrs W L Warren of La Crosse Mrs Louis and Fred Miller of La Crosse and Henry of Akron Ohio Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Milwaukee
Oscar Miller
la Crosse
Heileman’s
W. L. Warren
Louis
Fred Miller
Henry
Akron, O
Local Resident Found Dead in Bed. No Relatives
May Arrend, 61, of 125 North Seventh Street, was found dead shortly after noon Monday by neighbors. City police said District Attorney Frederic Crosby and Coroner Dr. George D. Reay were called. the coroner reported the decedent had no living relatives.
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May Arrend
North Seventh Street
Frederic Crosby
George D. Reay
Beloit College Names New President Cronheies
Beloit Wisconsin trustees announced at a special meeting that Dr. Carey Cronheies of the University of Chicago will assume the Beloit College presidency on September 1. Cronheies succeeds the late Irving Maurer who died in February 1942.
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Beloit
Wis
Carey Cronheies
University of Chicago
Beloit College
Cronheies
Loneyities
Irving Maurer
Weather Record for Wisconsin Minnesota and Nation
Weather record from the U S Department of Commerce notes showers and thunderstorms in Wisconsin and Minnesota tonight through Wednesday with cooler conditions on Wednesday. Winds fresh. town forecast predicts partly cloudy warm with scattered storms tonight and cooler Wednesday. National figures show varied high and low temperatures across cities including Bismarck Denver La Crosse New Orleans and Washington.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Bismarck
Denver
Duluth
LA Crosse
New Orleans
Washington
Nazis Tortured Yank Paratroopers Report
NBC reporter Stanley Richardson said in a London broadcast that disputable evidence shows German forces tortured and murdered American paratroopers during the Normandy landings. He cited three bodies found near a former German command post, including a lieutenant with a knife wound and a major killed by multiple stab wounds.
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New York
Stanley Richardson
NBC
London
Richardson
Carentan
Prepare For Inaugural Parade Costs Set by Congress
The house adopted two senate bills authorizing 34,300 dollars for the District of Columbia to maintain order during the parade and ceremonies. One bill funds transportation and improvements on Pennsylvania Avenue ahead of the inauguration shindig. The second bill grants general authority to use various facilities.
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Washington
House
Senate
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania Avenue
Koehler Supports Bricker For Republican Nomination
Milwaukee doctor John P. Koehler, a Wisconsin delegate pledged to General Bricker, announced Tuesday he would vote for Gov. Bricker of Ohio for the Republican presidential nomination at the Chicago convention later this month.
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Milwaukee
John P. Koehler
Wisconsin
W. Bricker
Ohio
Chicago
Churchill's Son In Rome
New York dispatch reports Maj Randolph Churchill son of Prime Minister Churchill has gone to Rome as a British liaison officer with the Yugoslav Partisans, per Marshal Tito's free Yugoslav radio.
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New York
Marshal Tito
Free
Randolph Churchill
Rome
Nazis Claim Destroyers Off Normandy Beachhead
Berlin radio said German light naval forces torpedoed two destroyers in the Seine bay near the Normandy beachhead early today, but no Allied confirmation was reported. The item also notes wrens building an auxiliary nest during incubation.
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London
Berlin
Seine Bay
Normandy
Ration Guide Updates for Meats Fats Shoes and Gasoline
The guide notes four red stamps A8 to W8 now valid indefinitely for meats and fats, processed foods stamps 30 31 for five pounds, stamp 32 for five pounds from June 16, and stamp 40 for five pounds home canning through Feb 28 1945. It lists fuel and gas coupons, fruit and vegetable prices, and packaging details with per item costs and allowances.
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California
Florida
Our Men on Service in La Crosse Area Update
Local column lists La Crosse area servicemen and affiliates with new postings and promotions. Several men receive training at Childress Texas air field, Camp Crowder Missouri, Camp Maxey Texas, and other bases. Notables include oak leaf clusters for air medals, wings and commissions, and upcoming duties at England heavy bomber units and Atlantic theaters.
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Reno E. Ekern
New York
APO
Donald Shiftar
John Shiftar
Grand Crossing
the Childress
Tex
Army Air Field
Spencer L. Connell
Mattie Connell
Logan Street
Ninth Air Force Service Command
England
Flor—_ Connell
Centerline
Joseph Warrais
RTC
Camp Crowder
Larry Latner
William Chester
French Island
Bernard J. Ness
Albert Ness
Johnson Street
Fern Ness
South Third Street
AAF
Flying Fortress
Aquilla
Russell H. Pertzsch
Carl Scheel
Co. A
Eng
Camp Maxey
Eugene J. Leis
Seattle
Maj
J. A. Gautsch
Med
260Th Inf
Camp Shelby
Miss
Ralph E. Lee
Powell Street
15Th Air Force
Y. Artis Wege
N. Y
Robert E. Lachman
126Th QM Bakery Co
Fort Lenard Wood
Richard R. Lachman
T.S
Sioux Falls
Simones
AC Lorn W. Matelski
AAF Training Command
Altus Army Air Field
Altus
Okla
Peter Matelski
Redfield Street
Matejski
Fleming Lyle Robinson
Mark Robinson
Pine Street
Naval Training School
Navy Pier
Chicago
Ill
Robinson
Tri-State Deaths in Minnesota Obituaries
James Mackey 76 died at his home after months of illness. Born October 3, 1868, on the Mound Prairie farm he married Eulalah Hyatt in 1902 and leaves eight children, 15 grandchildren, a brother Samuel of Hokah, and a sister Mrs. Charles Quirk of Pipestone. Funeral pending arrival of sons. Forrest Palmer Paulson 27 of Rushford died at home of his parents after two years illness. Born January 25, 1917, he married Sylvia Olness Peterson in 1940 and leaves wife, parents, two brothers, three sisters. Funeral services Tuesday at Arthur Paulson home and Our Saviour's Lutheran church Peterson. Burial in Peterson Lutheran Cemetery.
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Horah
Minn
James Mackey
Mound Prairie
Eulalah Hyatt
Onalaska
Florence Hineman
Robert
Fairmont
Rushford
Forrest Palmer Paulson
Paulson
Choice
Sylvia Olness Peterson
North Prairie
Rushford High School
Glen
Whalen
Allen
Austin
Arnold
Viola) Mindrum
Sydney
Phyllis) Johnson
Peterson
Alfred
Hildegarde) Hauser
Brownsville
Arthur Paulson
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
N. L. Otterstad
Melvina Woman Dies. Rites Planned in Courtland Area
Mrs. Norman Pangen of Melvina Wisconsin died Friday afternoon in a local hospital. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 1 30 p m from the Flesing home in West Courtland and 2 p m at Courtland Church with Rev J Gjermstad officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
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Melvina
Wis
Norman Pangen
Flesing
West Courtland
Courtland Church
J. Gjermstad
Samuel M Anderson 59 Rushford native dies after long illness
Samuel M Anderson of Rushford died Sunday at a Rochester hospital after a six year illness. Born April 9 1885 at the family homestead near Rushford he lived there all his life. He married Julia Lauro March 26 1913 and was active in the Woodman Lodge school board Rushford creamery board and Triple A. Survived by wife four children Archie Mildred Janet Kinneberg Gunther plus three grandchildren and four brothers. Funeral plans are incomplete.
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Rushford
Minn
Samuel M. Anderson
Rochester
Anderson
Julia Lauro
Woodman Lodge
Norman
Janet) Kinneberg
Gunther
Glendale
Calif
Halvor
Houston
Ole
Charles
Henry
Canada
All City Boy Scouts Parade Participation Planned
All City Boy Scouts will assemble at Court House Square at 6 15 Wednesday evening to line up for the Flag Day exercises and parade. B W Inglis Scout executive said uniforms are not an excuse for absence. Scouts will march in a special position led by the drum and bugle corps of troop 22.
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Sce Ae
Court House
B. W. Ingli
Winona Livestock Prices From Swift and Company Report
Swift and Company reports hogs priced 9.20 to 13.30 per hundredweight across weight classes, cattle markets mixed from good to poor with steers 11.00 to 17.00, heifers 11.00 to 16.50, cows 5.50 to 11.75, calves 12.50 to 15.50, and lambs around 13.50 to 16.00. Chicago market notes show slow hog sale, steers up to 17.50, cows at 8.75 to 14.00, lambs strong but limited buyers.
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Salvage Ue
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Milwaukee
Good To
Wisconsin live stock and court briefs from Sparta
Hog prices and cattle quotes lead the Sparta Livestock Market report with hogs at various weights and cattle values. Separate items include embezzlement arraignment for Harold Ebert and multiple local court actions in Sparta and Willow Creek, including vagrancy and sexual misconduct cases.
Chicago Grain Prices and Poultry Market Report
Chicago cash grain shows wheat and barley bids with July to December openness and closes and oats and barley figures. Poultry butter eggs and potato market notes reflect steady poultry prices, firm butter and eggs, and steady to firm potato supplies and shipping trends in California and Louisiana markets.
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Chicago
U. 8 S
California
U. S
Louisiana Bliss
House Approves Court Review of OPA Code
The House tentatively approved 127 to 115 an amendment to the price control extension bill allowing federal district courts to review the validity of Office of Price Administration orders.
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House
Washington, D. C
Office of Price Administration
Property Transfers and a Night Club Fire Report
In La Crosse Jerome Fogel and wife transfer to La Verne H Meyers and wife a property on 20th street between Barlow and Weston. Roy A Amborn transfers to Mrs Emma Munson a Bangor property. Albert C Miller and wife transfer to Emil O Pritz a property at West avenue and Weston street. A late June fire at the Arches night club rear area involved a trailer house burned by an overturned kerosene lamp. A false alarm followed at Box 423.
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Jerome Fogel
la Verne H. Meyers
20Th Street
Barlow
Weston Streets
Roy A. Amborn
Emma Munson
Bangor
Albert C. Miller
Emil O. Pritz
West Avenue
Weston Street
Arches Night Club
Bill Eckart
Birthday greeting for Colleen Patricia Golding
A birthday notice wishes Colleen Patricia Golding a happy day while naming Adolph Schmidt and a street address at 423 Adams Street in the same message.
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Colleen Patricia Golding
Arcri Adolph Schmidt
Adams Street
City Plans Summer Dances At Four Youth Centers
La Crosse recreation officials outline weekly dances at four youth centers on both city sides. First events launch midweek with Lincoln Junior high for south side seventh to ninth graders and Logan High for north side youths. Senior teens up to 20 will dance Fridays and Saturdays at Elks club and Knights of Pythias hall beginning in late June.
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la Crosse
la Crosse City
E. P. Hartl
Lincoln Junior High School
South Side
Logan North Side
Logan High School
William Spears
Hart
North Side Youth Center
Mark Sutton
Elks’ Club
Knights of Pythias Hall
North Side
War manpower review opens for doctors in average class
The war manpower commission begins evaluating physicians once rated average by the army and navy. Doctors deemed spare may apply for officers commissions with assignments to the veterans administration. The army has raised its age limit to 63 and the navy to 63.
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Washington, D. C
War Manpower Commission
Army
Navy
Veterans Administration
Television's new Orthicon uses 400000 silver eye pieces
The postwar television camera Orthicon features an eye made of 400000 light sensing silver elements that respond to light with proportional voltage.
Seabees Build Sprinkler To Settle Dust On Island
Seabees craft a road sprinkler cart to settle coral dust on a coral isle after heavy bombardment. A barge pontoon mounted on a truck body filled with seawater eased stifling conditions for marines while frontline vehicles worsened dust. Some men depart Eire for Belfast to join the Royal Air Force.
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Seabees
Marshall Islands
Eire
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Royal Air Force
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