Army Engineers Seek Flood Control Data July Hearing in La Crosse
The War Department will hold a public hearing in La Crosse on July 11 to assess flood protection on the Mississippi River. Maj. H J Manger outlines factors including flood frequence and magnitude, life and property losses, existing works, local protective efforts, and anticipated benefits versus costs. A committee chaired by A C Tabbert represents the Chamber of Commerce with members Sisson Roellig Rice Woods Wilkinson and Torkelson.
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War Department
la Crosse
Mississippi
Chambermente’ Secon Board of Directors
H. J. Manger
A. C. Tabbert
Chai
Frank Sisson
William P. Roellig
Alfred W. Rice
Walter Woods
Frank Wilkinson
M. W. Torkelson
Switches Murder Plea To Guilty gets Life
Donald Merrill of Wisconsin pled guilty in a special circuit court session and was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Gerald Boileau. The case proceeded in a special session on Thursday.
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Merrill
Wisco Donald
Gerald Boileau
Fascist Salutes Highlight Wartime Propaganda Imagery
A fragmentary description shows Hitler and Mussolini giving fascist salutes with references to the SS, illustrating the alliance and ritualized power displays within the Axis leadership.
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Hitler
Mussolini
Wazoo
Forces push in Pacific theater moppers and Borneo advances
The eighth army makes mopping progress against a disorganized foe in Luzon while 20 000 Japanese retreat from Cagayan valley into forested mountains. Australian forces enter Beaufort on Brunei bay and occupy Kuala Belait near Seria oil fields as operations near Borneo continue. A division of the former Illinois National Guard is reportedly moving near Baguio on a mountain trail known as highway 11.
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Cagayan Valley
Borneo
Beaufort
Brunei Bay
Kuala Belait
Seria
Melbourne
Miri
Illinois National Guard
Baguio City
Luzon
England town to requisition empty houses for rent
Ashby de la Zouch authorities announce a mandate to requisition vacant houses that are not rented promptly. The move targets housing availability and may involve compulsory lease actions to ensure homes are occupied.
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Ashly-de-la-Zouch
England
Immediate WFA Check-Up Promised by Anderson
Washington representative Anderson says he will conduct an immediate WFA check-up and cleanup if needed after a report by a House subcommittee accused the War Food Administration of mismanagement. He plans to tell agencies of the findings and ensure corrective action.
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Washington
WFA
Anderson
D-Nm
House Appropriations
War Food Administration
Mrs Mayranda Evjen Hartman Obituary Notice
Mrs Ma Evjen Hartman 59 of La Crosse died Tuesday in Milwaukee Wisconsin her husband Ray Hartman preceded her in death two years ago She is survived by son Clifton in the U S Army and Henry Evjen of Memphis Services set for 430 p m Thursday at Oak Grove Cemetery Mrs Peter Pierce 86 of West La Crosse died at home Thursday after a short illness She is survived by husband two sons John and Oscar a daughter Mrs John Richmond three sisters eighteen grandchildren and thirty one great grandchildren Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Ma Evjen Hartman
A la Crosse
Milwaukee
Wis
Ray Hartman
Clifford
U. S. Army
Henry Evjen
Memphis
Oak Grove Cemetery
Peter Pierce
West la Crosse
John
Oscar
Scranton
N. D
John Richmond
Gertie Davidson
Onalaska
Louis James
Denver
Mary Arnott
Chicago
Truman Circulates Change to Line of Succession
Contax report notes President Truman proposing a change to the succession statute making the house speaker next in line after the vice president. Stettinius resignations shift Morgenthau Jr. to third in line with talk of a Morgenthau replacement, possibly Senator George of Georgia.
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Congress
Truman
House
Stettinius
Morgenthau, Jr
Morgenthau
George
Dga
Discovery of prehistoric monster remains in Alaska river
Katalla residents near Cordova report a trapper found well preserved remains of a prehistoric monster on a Tsivat River sandbar. Local informant Tom White cites Paul Schneurn's account of a six to twelve foot car carcass fragment uncovered on the glacier-fed waterway.
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Cordova
Alaska
Katalla
Here
Tsivat
Tom White
Paul Schneurn
Section Hands Seek Wage Concessions Across Rail System
Washington section hands demand higher pay travel time and standardized rates on U S railroads with a 75 cent minimum wage. The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes presented notices to managements for concessions covering about 300000 workers who maintain tracks roadbeds bridges and buildings under the Railway Labor Act.
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Washington
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
E. E. Milliman
Locker Ordered To Permit Inspection
A federal court order required a frozen food locker in Poplar Bluff Missouri to allow OPA inspectors to examine meat stored there. City Health Engineer Jude E Murray refused entry citing a city ordinance and had previously removed two OPA inspectors from the plant for lacking health certificates.
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Poplar Bluff
OPA
Jude E. Murray
Murray
Storm Toll and Damage Report Across Wisconsin and Illinois
A Wisconsin storm roundup covers Viroqua Sparta and Stoddard with tornados and power losses. Farms suffer leveled buildings broken trees tobacco damage. Illinois includes a Bureau county tornado near Princeton with extensive crop and property losses likely exceeding a million dollars.
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Viroqua
Kermit Henry
Jess Sands
Illinois
Princeton
Ill
Bureau County
Adja
Salle County
War casualties rise as totals pass new marks
Washington reports combat casualties since the end of the war up 7 226 in a week. Army losses to June 21 total 908 025 with 338 646 of the wounded back on duty. Navy casualties reach 122 654 with 4 225 prisoners and related counts.
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America
Okinawa
Washington
Patterson
Navy
Nets Seized in Green Bay Case to Seek Forfeiture
Menominee Michigan prosecutors move to confiscate ten miles of fishing nets seized in Green Bay waters. The action in circuit court seeks condemnation for nets alleged to be illegally sized and illegally set.
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Menominee
Mich
Michigan
Ceen
Serasea Oerhurs
Green Bay
Michael J. Anita
Anita
Whitehall Men Form Whitehall Enterprises Inc
Whitehall Wis Special Letters of incorporation issued to a group of businessmen forming Whitehall Enterprises Inc The initial incorporators are P M Paulson Dr R L Mac Cornack and S N Hegge Others interested include Dr N S Simons R A Fortun H N Larson John O Gilbertson H D Briggs T O Rice and Burr Tarrant a captain in the air forces The firm plans to enter the hotel business purchasing the Americal Hotel from Mrs Henry Hundt with possession by Aug 20 and may operate the building locally through the war period.
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Whitehall
Wis
Wisconsin
Whitehall Enterprises
P. M. Paulson
R. L. MacCornack
S. N. Hegge
N. S. Simons
R. A. Fortun
H. N. Larson
John O. Gilbertson
H. D. Briggs
T. O. Rice
Burr Tarrant
Whitehall Enterprises, Inc
Americal
Henry Hundt
Charges Filed Against 89 Cement Companies
The Justice Department charged the Cement Institute Chicago and 89 manufacturing companies with violating the anti trust act. Attorney General Francis Biddle announced a Denver complaint alleging conspiracy to fix and maintain unreasonable identical prices in Portland cement. The department says price quoting eliminated natural competition and the industry operates as a single concern, causing costly cross shipping.
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Washington
Justice Department
Cement Institute
Chicago
Francis Biddle
Denver
Colo
Trim Estimates On Unemployment Figure
Washington officials revised downward jobless projections as reconversion began. The War Manpower Commission had earlier forecast 2,000,000 unemployed by August 1, but now expect a substantially lower total, with other officials estimating it will not exceed 1,500,000.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
Vast Coal Reserves Promise Long Welsh Employment
South Wales coal reserves are estimated to be ample enough to employ 150000 men for 600 years while living costs in large Mexican cities have risen by 240 percent since 1934.
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South Wales
Woman Testifies by Television in Novel Court Trial
In Los Angeles a bed ridden widow, Mrs. Mathe J. Anderson, will testify via two way television from her home on August 8 in superior court. Judge Samuel R Blake ordered the procedure after Anderson’s illness kept her from appearing for three months. She is sued by William Willheim who claims she breached an agreement to sell him her home after he paid two thirds of the 31500 price. Voices and action will be visible from screens in court and at the bedroom.
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Los Angeles
Superior
Samuel R. Blake
Mathe J. Anderson
Oklahoma
William Willheim
Anderson
No Time To Pause Buy More War Bonds
Secretary Morgenthau urged continued support for the seventh war loan drive during a radio broadcast. Bond sales reached 3.017 billion dollars, about 75 percent of the four billion dollar goal. Wisconsin reported 69.8 million in E bonds and 86 percent of its individual quota as the drive neared its end.
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American
U. S
Red Cross
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
War Finance
Milwaukee
Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
Walter Kasten
War Finance Committee
Wisconsin
Kasten
Connally Addresses UN Security Council Veto Debate
Connally argues for unanimity and U S veto power in the Security Council. He recalls the United States will be a permanent member and can veto when wise and just. He questions critics who claim the veto is solely for allies and urges candor in evaluating the charter.
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United States
Security Council
Senate
Sturgeon Eggs Drive Caviar Value from Large Female
A single large female sturgeon provides caviar valued at about 100 dollars. The eggs are processed into high end caviar products. The note highlights the market value of one fish’s roe.
Notorious Nazi Reveals Leaders In Hitler Circle In Interrogation
Dietrich, a onetime SS general and ally of Boehm, provides US interrogators with blunt assessments of Himmler Goering Hitler Heydrich and von Schirach. He cites monthly dues to Lebensborn and accuses Himmler of hoarding funds while calling Heydrich a great pig and Goering a lazy clown.
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Hitler
Frankfurt ON the Main
Germany
Sepp Dietrich
Weimar Republic
United States Army
Dietrich
Ernst Boehm
Ardennes Bulge
Himmler
Fuehrer
Lebensborn
Goering
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