Navy Mothers Hold Auction for Hospital Fund
Navy Mothers of La Crosse held an auction at the USO during a regular meeting to raise funds for the Navy hospital. Items auctioned included clothing and household goods, with proceeds around $1,100 for the year.
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Mothers of
Carrie Schaefer
Tremic
Regina Petrick
Laura Veum
Alma
Abel Spafford
Sesson
Louis Nelson
Veterans’ Memorial
Nelson
Navy Hospital
Neurotic Doctor Assigned To Vet Hospital
Testimony in a House committee hearing on Col. Louis Verdel, manager of the hospital, alleges 15 soldiers and 300 workers are undertrained and unfit. Verdel says five army doctors examined one physician who was reported sick and did not return to duty after taking leave.
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Washington
Army
House
Louis Verdel
Verdel
Metice Court Charges and Fines Report
Sean Zimbeck was fined 15 dollars and costs by Judge Beckman on reckless driving charges. Phyllis Hargee also fined 15 dollars and costs for reckless behavior. Verdell Hellingstad faced a breach of peace charge with a 1 dollar fine and costs. Le Crosse’s Kobitz pled guilty to drunken driving, with a 75 dollar fine and license restriction. Estate transfers note Ame Jolivette and spouse transferring property to Howes and wife in Le Crosse.
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Sean Zimbeck
Siir H. L. Beckman
Phyllis B. Hargee
Verdell Hellingstad
Sal
le Crosse
Ame
P. Jolivette
Howes End
State College Registrar Details 25 000 Diploma Engrossments
Registrar William Hoffman at Pennsylvania State College says he has engrossed about 25 000 diplomas over 22 years. He notes his pride in the ability to write in native script when required, underscoring his steady, unglamorous work on degree certificates.
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State College
Pennsylvania State College
William Hoffman
Foreign Students Request Action
A fragment notes that an action was requested by foreign students. Details are scarce, but the item indicates students sought some form of involvement or decision. No names, dates, or places are readable in the text.
World War II Vet Voted Legion Commander in Wis.
ELKHORN Wisconsin officials of Kelly-Gardner post announced Philip Morrissy an honorably discharged army flyer and attorney was chosen commander. They said he may be the first World War II veteran to hold the post commander position.
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Elkhorn
Wis
Philip Morrissy
Kelly-Gardner Post
Morrissy
American Legion
War Production Board eyes extended whiskey output after July
The War Production Board proposed indefinite authorization of limited whiskey and beverage alcohol production beyond July noting about 60 million gallons stockpile and potential release of 40 million more if needs stay constant. Lend-lease alcohol, corn use for alcohol, and wartime food shortages loom as questions. Mrs. D Leigh Colvin of the WCTU urged congressional inquiry into grain and sugar waste during the July liquor holiday, citing 300 000 tons of grain and 14 million pounds molasses plus prior totals.
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Washington
War Production Board
War Food Administration
Russia
Germany
Evanston
Ill
D. Leigh Colvin
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
WCTU
House
Clifford R. Hope
R-Kan
Npe
Colvin
Repair of St Paul’s organ to cost 67500 dollars
The great organ at St Paul’s Cathedral, destroyed by bombing in 1940, will require 67500 dollars for repair. Work has begun on the project as part of restoration efforts.
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London
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Anglican Mobile Sunday School Gears Up For 25th Year
Miss Eva Hasell, who started the mobile Sunday school in 1920, leads the Anglican program now in its 25th year. In 1944 the service reached 11 314 western Canadian members and enrolled 4 724 new members by mail. The fleet grew from one light truck to 24 vans used in summer for rural communities not regularly served by clergymen, with plans to add two more vans this year.
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Regina
Eva Hasell
Chinese Forces Reach Suburbs of Liuchow Ishan
Chinese command said forces reached the Liuchow suburb in Kwangsi and fought heavy battles with Japanese troops. Fierce combat persisted in Ishan, the railway town 43 miles west, which China evacuated Monday under Japanese pressure.
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Chungking
Liuchow
U.S
Kwangsi Province
Ishan
Truck Driver Injured in Dragging Incident at Valentines Night
Whitehall Wisconsin reports a truck driver Valentine Glowcheski aged 23 suffered a punctured skull and body bruises after being dragged 42 feet by a Model A Ford driven by 21 year old Norbert Fernholz in Glencoe township around 11 p m Tuesday. The incident involved Alex Walski of the Fountain City creamery.
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Whitehall
Wis
Valentine Glowcheski
Alex Walski
Fountain City
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