LA War Discharges To Take A Year Under Point System
Washington reports the War Department told Congress many servicemen with high point scores will not be discharged before June with monthly targets rising through 1946. Maj. Gen. Stephen G. Henry outlined discharge goals and said a new critical score will be announced next month. Army and Air Force officers have distinct point criteria for eligibility.
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Washington
War Department
Congress
House Military Committee
Stephen G. Henry
Henry
Pepe
Holmen Church Elects Officers in Three Congregations
The Holmen Church announces officers across the three Lutheran congregations. A special meeting is called to finalize leadership with members from each congregation in attendance.
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Holmen
Mindoro FFA to Elect Officers Friday at High School
Mindoro Wisconsin special report says the Mindoro Future Farmers of America will elect officers at a meeting Friday at 8 p.m. at Mindoro high school. President Robert Moore will preside.
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Mindoro
Wis
Mindoro Future Farmers of America
Mindoro High School
Robert Moore
Soldier crawls two hours under fire on Luzon
John W. Schmidt of La Crosse Wisconsin crawled through high grass for over two hours to escape four enemy machine guns during a 33rd Division operation on Luzon. Two fellow soldiers were killed and two wounded as the group retreated to safety and received first aid. Schmidt, 30 months with the 130th Infantry, has served in the Central Pacific New Guinea the Netherlands East Indies including the Second Battle of Morotai and Luzon.
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Luzon
John W. Schmidt
la Crosse
Wis
Pfc. Schmidt
33Rd
Pfc
Schmidt
Florence Schmidt
North Sixth Street
130Th Infantry
Pacific
Central Pacific
New Guinea
Netherland East Indies
Morotai
Prairie Man At Oahu Base Receives Hospital Honors
Navy hospital corpsman from Prairie du Chien Wisconsin and stationed at U S Naval Hospital Base 8 Oahu-T H has served 17 months and aided doctors and nurses in saving thousands of lives. His parents Mr and Mrs Lester R Daugherty live at 701 East Cass. He trained at a navy hospital corps school and attends weekly staff lectures.
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Oahu
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Heroic Hospital
Navy
Pabeen
Naval Hospital
Naval Train
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Heen
Naval Service
Lester R. Daugherty
East
Cass Street
Prairie du Daugherty
Navy Hospital Corps
Eisenhower Parade Through New York Draws Massive Crowds
Eisenhower’s Fifth Avenue motorcade paused for a ceremonial key handover in Brooklyn as 30,000 students waved from parkways. The procession, cheered by onlookers from St. Patrick’s to City Hall, triggered ticker tape and sent crowds surging past police lines in a landmark welcome.
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Central Park
Fifth Avenue
Aggi B. Robbins
American Legion
Brooklyn
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Union Square
Manhattan
City Hall
Canyoon
Broadway
Financial District
Jon
Buckner Dies on Okinawa in Firepower Hour of Victory
Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. was killed by Japanese artillery on Okinawa while leading American forces. Funeral held at Hagushi cemetery with taps, flag, and three-star banner. widow Adele Blanc Buckner notified in Louisville.
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Hagushi Beach
Buckner
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Fort Donelson
U. S. Grant
Dutch Harbor
Attu
Kiska
Aleutians
Louisville
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
Kentucky
War Department
Okinawa
War I
I's
Adele Blanc
San Francisco
Buckners
William Claiborne
West Point
N. Y
Buckner Recen
Anchorage
Alaska
Polish Underground Fight Goes On In Moscow Trial
Reports from Moscow describe the ongoing trial of 16 Poles charged with diversionist activities linked to the underground that opposed Germany and later aimed to curb Soviet power. Witnesses claim Russians were seen as worse foes than Germans. defendants deny killings of 594 Russians and deny links to Britain. The Polish government in exile denounces the trial as a partisan act against the entire underground movement.
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Kuyavinski
Warsaw
Afanasev
Europe
Soviet Union
London
Poland
Germany
Britain
Jan Senhewell
Red Army
Moscow
Polish Republic
Knudson Graduates From Louisville Medical School
Holmen Wis Special Richard Knudson son of Mr and Mrs M C Knudson was graduated Friday from the University of Louisville School of Medicine Louisville Ky after three years study He is a Holmen High School 1937 graduate attended La Crosse State Teachers College two years earned a Ph D from the University of Wisconsin in 1941 He will intern at Cook County Hospital Chicago starting July 1 He is married with a nine month old daughter Martha and will visit Holmen with his family before beginning internship.
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Holmen, Wis
Richard Knudson
M. C. Knudson
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville
Holmen High School
La Crosse _ State Teachers college
University of Wisconsin
Cook County Hospital
Chicago
Knudson
Martha
Holmen
Paid Double Brokerages On Produce To Get Business
Louis R. Vetter of Louisville testified in the A and P anti trust trial that he paid double brokerages on some produce to attract business from the chain. He said ACCO knew he had contacted a Chicago pilot distributor for a car and that ACCO was not told the distributor was receiving a buyers brokerage. Vetter paid brokerage to Joseph Macaluso and to ACCO on some cars to funnel purchases to A and P stores.
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Danville
Ill
Louis R. Vetter
Louisville
A and P
Vetter
A and P Uying
ACCO
Chicago
Joseph Macaluso
Macaluso
New York
Youth Sentenced For Chicken Theft
Robert Bosch, 19, Milwaukee, was sentenced to a year in the Green Bay reform school by Municipal Judge Elmer D. Goodland on stealing chickens. Bosch’s mother-in-law, Vila Luell, 46, of Milwaukee, was fined 500 dollars on a similar charge. The pair and others were arrested in Racine County on June 3. Two boys were sent to Milwaukee juvenile authorities. Judge Goodland stayed Bosch’s sentence 30 days to discuss draft board induction.
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Racine
Wis
Robert Bosch
Milwaukee
Green Bay
Elmer D. Goodland
Bosch
Vila Luell
Racine County
Goodland
House approves drilling expense tax exemption bill
The House passed a resolution by voice vote allowing oil and gas interests to exempt drilling expenses from income taxes. Offered by Rep. Coughton of North Carolina, it moves to the Senate, and if approved by the Senate and President Truman, reverses a Fifth Circuit ruling from New Orleans denying any tax exemption for drilling costs.
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Washington
House
Treasury
Rep
Coughton
DNC
Senate
Truman
Fifth Circuit
New Orleans
Newsboys To Sell 2 Billion War Stamps
The nation’s newsboys have sold about 1.66 billion ten cent defense stamps since Pearl Harbor. Howard W. Stodghill said at the International Circulation Managers' association meeting that the group aims to reach 2 billion stamps to fund water weasels and army amphibian jeeps.
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ST. Louis
Pearl Harbor
Howard W. Stodghill
Philadelphia
Treasury Department
Boys For Victory Program
International Circulation Managers’ Association
Stodghill
Russia to Begin Production of New-Type Passenger Car
Russia announces imminent start of production for a new type of passenger automobile. Officials say the project aims to showcase domestic engineering and expand local vehicle options with staged rollouts planned in coming weeks.
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Russia
Pig Club Meeting Set For Wednesday At Myrick Park
La Crosse county Chamber of Commerce sponsors the annual pig club gathering at Myrick Park on Wednesday at 12:30 p m George E Krause chairs the event W D Orton is vice chair Carlton Prinz treasurer and Hugh G Corbett secretary Ice cream cookies and soft drinks will be served. no dinner provided Read list of club members including National Bank William Doerflinger P Newburg Clothing E R Barron State Bank V Tausche Tillman Bros Batavian Bank La Crosse Tribune Bodega Lunch Pure Food M Erickson Bakery G Heileman Pepsi-Cola and others.
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Pig Club
la Crosse County
George E. Krause
National Bank
William Doerflinger Company
P. Newburg Clothing Company
E. R. Barron Company
State Bank
V. Tausche, Hardware
Tillman Bros
Batavian Bank
la Crosse Tribune
Bodega Lunch Club
Pure Food Products
M. Erickson Bakery
G. Heileman Brewing Company
Northern States Power Company
la Crosse Theaters
Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Fantle Company
R. Grams & Sons
Padesky Fruit House
Art Sheldon
Pepsi-Cola
Senate Votes Tariff Power Restored in Trade Bill
The Senate approved giving the president authority to cut tariff rates up to 50 percent as part of a trade bill. The 47 to 33 vote followed House passage of extended reciprocal trade program powers for three years. President Truman praised the renewal as vital to his administration.
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Washington
Senate
House
Truman
Wisconsin Professor to Speak at Holmen Meeting
Thomas Kelley of the University of Wisconsin will address a Holmen meeting for area men and 4-H club members. The session opens at 8:30 p.m. with Robert Price presiding.
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Thomas Kelley
Wisconsin University
Holmen
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Robert Price
Neruda Elected Chilean Senator By Democratic Nationalists
The Chilean poet Pablo Neruda has become a senator elected by the Democratic Nationalist Party, a Communist-aligned group, after the Election Registry Board rejected entries in the Communist name. Neruda is known as a defender of the workingman and serves in a political role aligned with leftist ideals.
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Santiago
Chile
Pablo Neruda
Neruda
Democratic Nationalist Party
Communist Party
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