Watch Speed Loads Plea Exceeding tires to be eliminated
Edwin L. West district manager of La Crosse office of defense transportation warned truck and bus operators to curb excessive speed and overloads and to replace recaps with new tires where possible to avoid curtailment of essential motor transport services. He noted tire shortages in 10 ply and larger sizes, with monthly replacement needs in the third quarter exceeding available production by about 25,000 tires per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin L. West
la Crosse
Office of Defense Transportation
West
ODT
Office of Price Admin
Geoduck Emerges as West Coast’s Largest Ed Dam?
A claim identifies the geoduck as the largest edible dam on the west coast of the United States.
Oakland artist sketches wounded sailors at naval hospital
Ian S. Marks of Oakland works two days a week as a shipfitter at a Richmond yard and uses free time to sketch portraits of recovering veterans at the naval hospital. He presents mounted drawings to the patients as gifts, having completed several hundred sketches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Richmond
Ian S. Marks
Naval Hospital
Marks
Mickey Rooney Enlists in Army Service at 22
Hollywood star Mickey Rooney reported for induction at Fort MacArthur after a prior deferment and medical clearance. The 22 year old actor, once rejected in 1943 for a heart flutter and high blood pressure, joins the military with a new salary and duty as his biggest life step.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Mickey Rooney
Army
Fort MacArthur
Rooney
Rounds Out 25 Years As Short Story Writer
SEATTLE Washington Frank Richardson Pierce longtime Seattle short story writer marks 25 years as a professional storyteller with story number 1400 Pierce began by writing stories for 40 dollars and quit law school to pursue fiction full time Pierce's career underscores his claim he can earn more in fiction than law studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Frank Richardson Pierce
Pierce
Sweden Pursues New Uses for shale by products
Sweden continues to seek new applications for by products from its shale oil industry and to expand commercial use of established outputs such as titanium vanadium potash ammonia siliceous iron and molybdenum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Turkey Proposes Rail Link Connecting Five Southern Cities
Ankara unveils plans to build a railway corridor spanning five southern cities to boost regional connectivity. The project aims to enhance trade and travel, with construction scheduled to start in the coming years under government funding and regional development programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Badger Pilot Leads Dive Bombs in Pacific Skirmishes
Lieut. Glenn L. Reider Jr. of Madison Wisconsin, a fourth Marine Air Wing pilot praised for skill, has 15 strikes over Mille Wotje Maloelap and Jaluit. His plane survived a tail hit as he scored a hangar hit on Wotje and hit a coastal gun on Maloelap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Islands
Fourth Marine Air Wing
Glenn L. Reider, Jr
Madison
Wis
Lieut. Reider
Mille
Wotje
Maloelap
Jaluit
Lieut
Reider
Lieut. Rieder
Army Lieutenant Reports Alaska Prices High
Lieut Wilbur D Gould returns from Alaska and recalls paying 25 cents for coffee 50 cents for a hamburger and 1 50 for a highball noting the high cost of living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. K
Braintree
Mass
Army
Wilbur D. Gould
Alaska
Sock Savings Bank Fails as Robber Takes $840
Salem Ore. Robert Justus a Vancouver shipyard worker kept his cash in a sock but a thief stole 840 dollars from the sock while he slept in an automobile camp cabin north of Salem. Justus reported the loss to the Marion county sheriff and says he has lost faith in socks as a bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Ore
Robert Justus
Vancouver
Here
Justus
Marion County
Blue blood warning from factory chemicals
A London floor polish worker noticed lips turning blue and a specialist linked it to a chemical used in her job. Treatment cured her and precautions prevented further cases among workers. The article notes strange symptoms from new industrial products and doctors seek answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Educational theory in model classrooms at La Crosse State Teachers College
The La Crosse State Teachers College training school showcases the latest educational theory through model classrooms used by student observers in an eight to eleven morning schedule. Enrollment reaches 155 with participants from La Crosse public and parochial schools, Elm Grove, and a rural one room school example, led by five faculty divisions and a rural department head. Also noted is a note on wheat cultivation in Carabobo and Yaracuy, Venezuela.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Crosse
George Clark
Pauline Abel
Eleanor Robinson
Alice Drake
FASTEETH powder for denture comfort and odor control
An alkaline powder called FASTEETH holds false teeth more firmly and improves eating and speaking comfort. It leaves no gummy taste and helps prevent denture odor when sprinkled on plates. available at drug stores.
Also Mentioned on This Page
PRETTY WYSELF_ HWA
Fifth Ave
Lesh Cord
Crear
Nyta
UI An Nye
Ine
Weiccie, Ward
Ceder
Bissels
Griffith
Flashligh
Montgomery Ward
Carley Croneis
University of Chicago
Beloit College
Beloit, Wis
Sock
Bank
Edith
Jessie Caldwell
Helen Sloupin
Clarice Grundy
Marie Baertsch
Everett Walters
Venezuela
Carabobo
Yaracuy
Caracas
C. L. Peterson
Elmer J. Berg
Milton L. Stoen
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!