GOP Leaders Preview Platform Stances and Willkie Invitation
Three leading GOP hopefuls Dewey Bricker and Stassen expect their positions to shape the party platform. Dewey’s backers push for a strong foreign policy plank while Bricker’s approach gains a Taft-backed presence on the resolutions committee. Stassen’s supporters seek an international postwar peace stance echoed by Wendell Willkie who will be invited to speak at the convention.
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Associated Press
Tial
E. Dewey
New York
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Dewey
Resolutions Committee
Bricker
Robert Taft
Stassen
Ball
Harrison E. Spangler
Chicago
Willkie
Albany
Youth Drowns in Pine Creek Near Merrill Wisconsin
George Stoedmann aged 18 drowned yesterday while swimming in Pine Creek about a half mile east of Tomahawk. Authorities report the incident occurred in the vicinity of Merrill Wisconsin during the newscast.
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Merrill, Wis
George Stoedmann
Pine Creek
Tomawk
What War Bonds Mean Who Can Describe The Sacrifice
AP war correspondence describes a brutal Italian front scene with the U S Fourth Division marching through mud and minefields near Rome. Medics treat grievous leg wounds as Captain Leon Fill reflects on the unspoken sacrifice and asks how to describe such suffering.
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United States
Rome
Doc
Leon Fill
Detroit
Mar
Seemann Elected Unanimously To Head Local Business Club
L H Seemann was elected president of the La Crosse Business Men's club for six months by unanimous vote at the Knights of Pythias Lodge. James Howard became vice president. Harry Spence and Ben Stone were re elected secretary and treasurer respectively. A club picnic was approved with Palmer Hanson named picnic chair. A police protection report noted insufficient midnight coverage. Chief Rick said 80 officers needed for city size, vs 49 now, and the matter was tabled. Charlie Bonneville won the attendance prize. Entertainment duties for next meeting were given to Carl Moen Art Swan and Robert Hirscheimer for July 6.
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L. H. Seemann
la Crosse Business Men's Club
Knights of Pythias Lodge
James Howard
Harry Spence
Secre
Tary
Ben Stone
Palmer Hanson
Rick
la Crosse
Mr. Smith
USO
the Tribune
Charlie Bonneville
Carl Moen
Art Swan
Robert Hirscheimer
May Extend Orders On Freeze Of Corn Sales
The War Food Administration may extend the corn sales freeze to July 1 in 126 midwestern counties. It would allow only government, industrial processors, or livestock feeders to buy while canvassing farmers for grain. Corn stocks are at drought-era lows, and progress on the farm-to-farm campaign has been slow.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Sors
WFA
Trademark use requirement for registration
Before a trade mark can be registered with the Patent Office the symbol or emblem or device must have been used in interstate or foreign commerce, or in commerce with the Indian tribes.
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Patent Office
Tarawa Shrine Of The Future May Become A Memorial Site
British commissioner Major F G L Holland says Tarawa may become a shrine after the war as natives refuse to return to Betio island. He notes the landowners must be paid for destroyed coconuts and tarp roots, while Americans face rumors Britain would pay for war damage.
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Elmont Waite Abemama
Gilbert Islands
Barren Betio Island
Tarawa Atoll
Marine Corps
Gilberts
F. G. L. Holland
Abemama
Tarawa
Britain
America
Holland
Scout Troop News and Upcoming Camp Activities
Troop 13 and 13A report marching drills at the Armory with the State Guard. They invite all Scouts to a Men s club picnic at Myrick park and plan a kittenball game at 7:30 pm. Also notes Flag Day parade praise and Camp Ammon applications for the State Fair Camp Aug 19 27 with limited slots. Camp Decorah opens June 18 with a large upcoming camping season.
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Frontier
State Guard
Our Savior’s Lutheran
Myrick Park
Don Peterson
Ammon
Camp Decorah
Council
Whitehall sportsmen aid pheasant pen netting effort
Whitehall Wisconsin volunteers are asked to bring hammers to the west end pheasant pens Sunday at 8 30 am to help place wire netting. Posts are erected per Rod and Gun club president Jack Dundas and 400 pheasant chicks are expected from the conservation commission, making urgent the need for helper labor.
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Whitehall
Wis
Jack Dundas
Rod and Gun Club
The
Conservation Commission
Milwaukee men named to state building and loan panel
Gov Goodland reappoints A. Helmuth Koepke and William L. Pieplow of Milwaukee to the state building and loan advisory committee. Both will serve terms ending in July 1948. Koepke has two previous terms and Pieplow one.
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Madison
Wis
Goodland Thursday
A. Helmuth Koepke
William L. Pieplow
Milwaukee
Koepke
Pieplow
Government agencies aid CIO in Chicago labor dispute
The text accuses the Post Office, the Department of Justice, the National Labor Relations Board and the War Labor Board, with presidential approval, of providing illegal support to the CIO in Chicago. It argues these actions corrupt collective bargaining and fuel labor strife, citing William M. Leiserson of the National Mediation Board.
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National Labor Relations Board
Chicago
The
War Labor Board
Ward
Post Office
Department of Justice
CIO
William M. Leiserson
National Mediation Board
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Wallace
Taylor
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Boise
Glen Taylor
D. Worth Clark
Cutting
Clark
Cotten
Free
China
Badger Lumber
Italy
Daniel DE Luce
Algiers
DE Luce
Salerno
Seemann
Business Men's Club
Ostrich
Mee Feathe
Three Feathers Distributors, Inc
N. Y
Boy Scout News
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Armory
Wisconsin State Guard
Myrick Par
Harry Bangsberg
Our Savior’s Church
Jim Bates
Montgomery Wards
Special Investigating Committee of the
House OF Representatives
Wards
the Union
Attorney General
S. the War Labor Board
Congress
Montgomery Ward & CO
Sewell Avery
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