Weather delays seasonal hiring at La Crosse area plants
The Wisconsin State Employment Service in La Crosse reports unfavourable weather delaying workers for canning and resort hotels. Seasonal hiring hinges on vacation and part time labor with 1,650 peak jobs projected across six plants. remaining workers include students and housewives.
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N. E. Schulze
la Crosse
Wisconsin State Employment Service
Schulze
WSES
Fifth Avenue
Marines Plan History for First Marine Division Veterans
Brig Gen Oliver P Smith urges former First Marine Division members to send name rank service dates and unit within division to the Division History Board Washington DC for free distribution. Local veteran service officers Sieg er and Carr coordinate outreach to La Crosse area veterans to aid completeness.
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Oliver P. Smith
U. S. Marine Corps
First Marine Corps
Marine Corps
Marine Division
First Marine Division History Board
U.S. Marine Corps
Washington
D.C
la Crosse
Russell J. Sieger
Clyde Co. Carr
First Marine Division
Swiss Motorists Carry Insurance Requirement
Effective July 1, foreigners entering Switzerland or Liechtenstein must carry liability insurance. At the frontier a three franc charge funds collective liability coverage for damages caused by foreign cars, with payments handled by a Swiss government insurer. The policy may be from a company already operating in Switzerland and does not cover the foreign driver’s own claims.
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Bern
Switzerland
Liechtenstein
Switzer
Navy claims bulk of wartime surplus disposed in Pacific
Navy reports that over 90 percent of 2.5 million tons of surplus material stockpiled across Pacific at war end has been disposed of. The remaining bulk will be sold to China and the Philippines.
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Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Navy
China
Philippines
Bond a Month Plan Expands for Local Bank Depositors
Banks in La Crosse county offer a bond a month plan for checking account holders. Depositors authorize monthly debits to buy bonds, which are delivered free each month. Treasury and American Bankers Association back the program to aid saving and national debt management.
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la Crosse County
H. K. Holley
la Crosse
Holley
Walter Kasten
First Wisconsin National Bank of Milwaukee
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury Department
American Bankers’ Association
Buttercookies Open Pastry Shop in Long Beach
LONG BEACH New York Paul and Jeanette Buttercookies open a pastry shop in the Long Island seaside town continuing four generations of baking. Paul traces his name to Warsaw while their ancestors were famed for cookies and pastries made with dairy rich butter.
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Long Beach
N. Y
Paul
Jeanette
Long Island
Warsaw
Poland
School Lunch Packing Ends After 32 Years
Lawton Oklahoma report: Mrs A F Pittman of Comanche County completes 32-year run packing lunches for her nine children for school. The first lunch was for son John in 1914 and the last for son Alfred who graduated high school last May.
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Lawton
Okla
Comanche, Okla
A. F. Pittman
John
Alfred
Salt Of The Earth Falls From The Sky
Helena notes Montana fish and game dept uses salt blocks dropped from planes to lure elk herds to higher summer ranges. The program aims to preserve lower ranges for winter feeding when heavy snows drive animals down.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Nes
Northwest Airlines Sets July 15 For Orient Service Fares
Northwest Airlines will inaugurate a North Pacific route to the Orient on July 15 with a Seattle origin fare as low as 650 dollars. From La Crosse and other cities, Tokyo Seoul Shanghai and Manila are priced with round trips around 1300 to 1480 dollars. Flights depart from Anchorage and proceed across the Pacific via the Aleutian chain, with connections to Seattle and Minneapolis and direct or near direct links to Orient departures.
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Orient
Northwest Airlines
North Pacific
Seattle
R. O. Bullwinkel
la Crosse
Tokyo
Seoul
Shanghai
Manila
Northwest
United States
Twin Cities
Seattle- Tacoma
Anchorage
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Pacific
Bullwinkel
Tacoma
Asia
Here Comes Pilsener From Bohemian Brewery Town
The first shipment of Pilsener beer since the war leaves the famous Bohemian brewery town for delivery to the United States.
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United States
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Cancanal Lake
Major Hoople
First Marines
Firestone Factory
Main Street
Buttercookies
Iinvest
Lincoln
GEO. J. Devine, Inc
South Third ST
Tan ‘ .S
Peerless
la Crosse Breweries, Inc
la Crosse, Wisconsin
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