Rail Crash Near Wausau Kills Two Crew Members
Two railroad men from Antigo died when a North Western train crashed into a Marathon County tractor at a crossing near Wausau Wisconsin. Engineer Julius Liebert and head end brakeman William J Fendon were killed. fireman R F Rammer was seriously injured. Bulldozer on a trailer was knocked loose. wreckage blocked the track and the engine and coal tender toppled into a swamp. An inquest was ordered and trains rerouted until the line was cleared.
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Wausau
Wis
North Western Road
Marathon County
Julius Liebert
Antigo
William J. Fendon
R. F. Rammer
William Harbeck
Ben Harman
Harman
Rudolph Johnson
Milwaukee
Johnson
Droft Tractor Co
L. Schroeder
Green Bay
A.W. Burek
Radio Programs Schedule and Highlights for Friday
A dense listing of radio programs across NBC CBS and Blue networks detailing shows by time slot. Includes discussions with Emanuel Celler on abolishing the Electoral College and various entertainment items with actors singers and serials across the day and into the evening.
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Emanuel Celler
America
Waterloo
Ren
Lee O'Daniel
Othir
NBC
Mercer Long Shop
Shirley Temple
Fannie Brice
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Joan Davis
Alexander
Major Bowes
CBS
Robert Young
Major Bowes Amateuus
Dinah Shore
Phil Harris
Harry Cool Song
Lumeg
Abner
Teddy Powell Band
Joe FE. Brown
MBS
Antonini
al Davis
Benny Armstrong
Bernardine Flynn
Dunn
Lyn Murray
Blu
Don Norman
Shady Valleys
Priority Manpower Referral Orders Effective on July 1
The War Manpower Commission announces July 1 1944 as the effective date for priority referral plans to channel workers to war essential jobs in order of urgency. Employers may hire only from referrals by USES or approved local arrangements, with regional consultation guiding implementation.
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Norman E. Schulze
la Crosse - Eau Claire - Wausau- Rhinelander- Wisconsin Rapids
War Manpower Commission
WMC
United States Employment Service
Area Management Labor Committee
Hero Raids Ice Box On His Return Home
Vice Admiral Raymond A. Spruance returns from the Central Pacific command to Monrovia California but finds his family away at dinner. A known husband, he raids the ice box and waits at home, then mopes until his relatives return.
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Hero
Ice Box
Monrovia
Calif
Raymond A. Spruance
Central Pacific
Chief Seeks Authority to Attend Police Chiefs Conference
Chief of police asked the non session of the common council for permission to attend the 51st annual conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police in Cleveland Ohio from August 14 to 16. The request was referred to the administration committee with many postwar topics expected at the third war conference.
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Herck
Common Council
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Cleveland
Association
Rick
Army seeks more beer from smaller breweries
At a New York conference, the army exchange service asked for cooperation from smaller breweries to meet increased demand from the armed forces. Previously larger breweries filled all needs.
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New York
United States Army
Army Exchange Service
Wisconsin Receives Plaque for National Pedestrian Protect
Madison Wisconsin governor Goodland accepted a plaque from the American Automobile Association recognizing Wisconsin as winner of the 1943 national pedestrian protective contest. The award honors safety efforts and public awareness programs aimed at reducing pedestrian accidents.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
American Automobile Association
Gov. Goodland
Sydney rationing board debates gasoline misuse during strikes
The Sydney rationing commission avoids answering a $64 question as many officials used business gasoline to reach offices during a bus and train strike. By not upholding their ruling on misuse, board members escape explaining how they traveled to work.
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Sydney
Australia
Commission
Minute of War Costs in Britain Revealed
A London statistician reported to Parliament that Britain spends about 2 million pounds per hour on the war. He cited figures showing 16 million to clothe and equip a single division and 36 thousand to maintain it for a year. Annual wheat needs reach 1 million acres to feed the army and army stores hold 750 thousand items.
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Britain
London
Arthur Evans
Woman’s intuition leads to arrests after lottery scam
In Buenos Aires Argentina Camilo Gonzalez hands $2960 to two men who claim a lottery ticket is worth 5000. A woman, sensing something amiss, alerts a policeman and the two suspects are arrested. Also noted, the teeth of the whale shark measure about one eighth of an inch.
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Camilo Gonzalez
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Gonzalez
Gonzales
Clark Gable Returns to Civilian Clothes After Army Service
Hollywood star Clark Gable has returned to civilian clothes after 22 months with the army air forces. An official says he will work on an air training film through mid-summer and has no immediate plans to return to the screen. He left a 250000 dollar salary to enlist and served as combat photographer and gunner during five raids in England, now listed as inactive. Eire reports rising criminal trials.
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Hollywood
Clark Gable
Army Air Forces
Army
Gable
England
Rivoli Premieres Bond Show For War Loan Drive
Rivoli to present Shine on Harvest Moon on Thursday June 22 at 8 30 p m. Admission by bond purchase only. Stars Ann Sheridan Dennis Morgan Jack Carson Irene Manning and Marie Wilson portray Nora Bayes in a musical tale of vaudeville glory and romance with songs and a supporting cast.
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Just Plain Bill
Nbc Buri Ives
Four Clubmen
Cbs
Jack Armstrong
Diu
Biu-West
Tom Mix
Farrell
Nbc American Women
Bdiu-Ceast
Mbs
Basic
Nbe
Harrigan
America
Ted Husing
Tim Healy
Bdiu Dancing Music Orches
Palton Lewis, Jr
Nbec
John Nesbitt
Johnson Family
Bob Burns
Mr. Keen
Basic Dancing Music Orchestra
Cbs Dixie Summer Swing
Mel Henke
Arthur Hale
Mbs-East
Kaltenborn
Nbe-West Dance Orchestra
Fanny Brice
F. Morgan
Cbs Broadcastt of News
Blu Frank
Sam and Abner
Bdiu
Nick Carter
Henry Aldrich
Nbc Death Valley Cars
Cbs Basic
Dixie
Cbs Dixie America Town Meeting
Bing Cosby
Music Hall
Bowes
Dbs
Gabriel Heatter
Joan Davis
Nbc Basic
Nbc
Dbbs
Raymond Gram Swing
Henry Gladstone
Dale Carnegie
March of Time
Joe E. Brown
Biu
Ann Sheridan
Dennis Morgan
Jack Carson
Irene Manning
Nora Bayes
Marie Wilson
George M. Cohan
Jack Norworth
Norworth
Crystal Theater
Blanche Mallory
Nora
Dan Costello
Robert Shayne
Jack
If Your Bonds Buy A Lot More Today Than Urge Farmers
Washington reports the fifth war loan drive reached eight percent of its individual sales goal on day two with purchases totaling 484 million toward a 6 billion target. The Treasury notes war bonds now buy more and better equipment, with prices for a bomber and fighter down from last year, and urges farmers to invest as farm prices remain high and wartime needs persist.
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THE
Lacrosse Tribune
Washington
Treasury
El Salvador Finishes Section of Inter-American Highway
Chicago Motor Club reports El Salvador completes the segment of the inter-American highway within its borders, the smallest mainland republic achieving this milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
el Salvador
Chicago Motor Club
Foreclosure Suit Over Bees Draws Harsh Courtroom Language
Denver attorney Harry S. Class criticized the defendant's pleadings in a foreclosure of a chattel mortgage involving twelve swarms of bees. He described the filing as a hodgepodge of statements, opaque and tangled in a labyrinth of nullity and darkness.
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Denver
Colo
Harry S
Shocks and Brain Surgery Claim Mood Cure
Prof D K Henderson of Royal Edinburgh Hospital reports electric shock treatment and brain operation can lift melancholia within weeks. He says mood and conduct can be drastically changed by targeting the brain's "worry center."
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D. K. Henderson
Royal Edinburgh
Scotland
Ground staffing urged to sustain air force mission
A wartime briefing emphasizes that keeping one army air forces soldier airborne requires ten personnel on the ground to support operations, maintenance, and communications, highlighting the critical balance between air crews and ground support.
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Army Air Forces
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