Vacations At Auto-Lite Suspend Plant Work in La Crosse
The Electric Auto-Lite Co will suspend all plant operations at its Caledonia and Gillette streets site for one week, starting Friday night, to permit employees to take synchronized vacations. The shutdown affects all workers and no department will produce during the week, marking the first year this plan is used.
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Electric Auto-Lite Company
Caledonia
Gillette Streets
John
Padesky
Smith Spectacles Recovered In Lake Dragging Operation
In Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin a lake search for three missing people from a Green Bay sailboat wreck intensified. Elton Washburn 45 was found in 85 feet of water five miles from the harbor. Howard Hunt 29 and Mary Loomis 19 Winnetka remain missing as searchers hauled gear and recovered spectacles identified as belonging to Smith.
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Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Green Bay
Elton Washburn
Sturgeon Bay Harbor
Smith
Howard Hunt
Mary Loomis
Winnetka
TVA Builds Refrigerated Barges For Frozen Food Transport
The Tennessee Valley Authority has developed refrigerated barges that are now successfully used to move frozen foods. The new vessels enhance shipping efficiency and preserve product quality during transit.
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TVA
Veterans face last two days to re-enlist at release time
Only two days remain for qualified veterans to re-enlist in the game grade held at discharge. The deadline is June 30. See Army Recruiting Office at Exchange Building in La Crosse Wisconsin for advancement information.
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Army Recruiting Office of Exchange
la Crosse
Wis
Johnny Davids Learns Helmet Use After Horseshoe Injury
Police and ambulance rushed 10 year old Johnny Davids to a local hospital Thursday after a pitched horseshoe hit his head causing a gash. A prior similar injury near the same spot occurred weeks earlier. Two elderly La Crosse women were hospitalized after hip fractures from falls, Minnie Wingers 75 of Farnam street and Ellen Masterson 92 of State street. A H Fessler 74 on Cass street suffered facial bruises from a sidewalk fall following a reported weak spell.
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John Davids
George Street
Young Davids
la Crosse
Minnie Wingers
Farnam Street
Ellen Masterson
State Street
A. H. Fessler
Cass Street
Canned Salmon Price Raised by 10 Percent
The OPA boosted price ceilings on canned salmon by ten percent for consumers, canners, and wholesalers. Retail prices rise two to three cents for a one pound can of pink salmon and four to five cents for Sockeye. The increase follows higher canners costs and new Alaska taxes.
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Washington
OPA
Alaska
Jobless Veteran Plans Eye Sale for Business Start
Alfred I. Wilson, a 24 year old former soldier from Seattle, proposes selling one of his light blue eyes to fund a new business. He argues he can see with one eye as well as with two and cites a 1943 motorcycle automobile collision and a damages ruling as part of his financial woes. He is married and currently jobless after medical discharge.
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Seattle
Alfred I. Wilson
Wilson
Truman backs expanded tax inquiry power for defense panel
Senators said President Truman agreed to empower the chamber’s defense investigating committee to probe individual and corporate income tax returns as part of the inquiry. An unnamed member noted the authority could probe a 14 company interlocked group that earned nearly a million dollars in profits and borrowed funds to finance war contracts. The group reportedly bid against itself in subcontracts, yet operates legally. the drive is to close loopholes allowing excessive profits under tax law.
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Truman
Chamber
Defense
Army Sets Size Goal for Interim 1,550,000 Force Goal
The army aims to trim strength to about 1,550,000 by July 1 with demobilization continuing possibly faster under an 18 month service limit. Officials weigh effects of a draft extension to March 31 with 18 year olds exempt, pending President Truman's signature and weekend spot-credits from June 14. Since V E Day peak, 56,300,000 served have been released.
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Washington
Congress
Floyd L. Parks
Aar Department
Truman
Senate ends marathon talk on OPA extension to 1947
The senate agreed to extend the Office of Price Administration powers until June 30 1947 with strict curtailment of its scope. The plan places the agriculture secretary as final arbiter of farm product controls and creates an independent decontrol board to override cabinet decisions on non farm products. Special price profit formulas would be established for manufacturers wholesalers and many retailers.
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Barkley
O'Daniel
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Porter
Specia
Shortages and rationing mark wartime consumer reports
The survey notes nylon supplies uneven with steady mail orders and scarce women s wear in many cities. Columbus reports abundant women s apparel but limited butter and bread rations. Des Moines and Kansas City see meat shortages despite packing houses while Detroit faces better meat supply but still inadequate. Auto availability remains tight with some relief on surplus war trucks.
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Columbus
Ohio City
Des Moines
Kansas City
Detroit
Wisconsin eyes state lands for university, housing and camps
Goodland would obtain the property at no cost for a university expansion and 2000 acres for experimental farming and student housing. The public welfare department notes housing for the mentally ill and disabled, with space for food production. The state health board seeks expanded tuberculosis care facilities. Badger Ordnance Works could host education and science camps and support rural agricultural courses and handicapped child care programs.
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University
Wisconsin
Public Welfare Department
State Board of Health
Badger Ordnance Works
Ith
Rieeeleates of Public Instruction
Coke price increase approved to offset costs
The Friday decision authorizes a $1.35 per ton rise in coke price to cover higher production costs. The hike reflects an average 40 percent cent per ton rise in coal, the raw material for coke, and includes wage increases cited by OPA as a contributing factor.
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Washington
OPA
Bus Helicopter Service Demonstration At Detroit
Three Greyhound bus passengers swapped seats with three helicopter riders at Willow Run to showcase the nations first combined air-bus service. A four place rotor plane landed at the Cloverleaf intersection and guided passengers to buses nearby. Greyhound officials predicted public service within two years as the plan moves people from remote areas to city landing sites for onward bus travel.
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Detroit
Greyhound Bus
Willow Run
Greyhound Bus Co
Manfred Burleigh
Great Lakes Greyhound
Man Claims Kidnapping and Slaying of Six Year Old Degnan
Tuohy testified that Degnan’s six year old daughter was kidnapped and killed in Chicago on January 7. Parts of the body were found in sewers near her home that night while Thomas’s account varied on ransom note paper color, dismemberment details, and the dissecting room.
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Tuohy
Degnan
Chicago
Thomas
Shriners Parade and Concert Set for Sheboygan Armory
About 1500 eastern Wisconsin Shriners will attend a full form ceremonial by Tripoli Shrine temple of Milwaukee at the Sheboygan armory this Saturday. The program includes a parade and a concert by the Tripoli Shrine band and chanters.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Wisconsin
Tripoli Shrine Temple of
Milwaukee
Sheboygan Armory
Tripoli Shrine
Navy Seeks Telephone Repair Men For Foreign Service
N. E. Schulze district manager of the U S employment service at La Crosse said his office has received a telegram from the Navy Department calling for intensive recruitment of telephone repair men for foreign employ ment Please exert every effort to secure qualified applicants Applicants may call at the USES office in the Exchange Building for further information.
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N. E. Schulze
U. S. Employment Service
la Crosse
Navy Department
Exchange
Notify O'Konski of Extra Tax Pay Due
Eau Claire Wisconsin reports Laurence T. Hotvedt district assessor of incomes says he notified Rep Alvin E O Konski of Mercer of an additional income tax assessment amounting to 1732 24 for 1942 1943 and 1944 The assessment follows an audit by R D Lundberg of the state department of taxation which found unreported income totaling 28285 O Konski has 30 days to pay or seek abatement.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Laurence T. Hotvedt
Alvin E. O’konski
R-Wis
Mercer
Hotvedt
R. D. Lundberg
State Department of Taxation
O’konski
Egyptian Hospitality Signaled By Small Cup Of Coffee
A formal gesture of Egyptian hospitality is shown through the serving of a small cup of coffee, reflecting cultural etiquette. This act embodies courtesy and welcome in social and ceremonial settings.
Army Explains Lab Atom Flash Fatalities At Los Alamos
A May 21 atomic chain reaction at Los Alamos caused a blue glow with no explosion and fatally burned scientist Louis Slotin. Daglain, 24, later died after radiation effects emerged. seven coworkers were burned but survived. The report details immediate hospital care and blood transfusions as radiation injuries progressed.
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Los Alamos
N. M
Army Today
Los Alamos Atomic Laboratory
Harry K. Daglain
New London
Louis B. Slotin
Winnipeg
Canada
Slotin
Daglain
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