Kirch to Speak at Meeting Here
Pp J Kirch executive secretary of the Wisconsin Association for the Disabled will address La Crosse county unit at 7 30 p m Thursday at the Vocational school The gathering launches the Easter seal drive seeking 2100 to fund work for the year Funds support 30 to 50 crippled county children for two weeks at Camp Waubeek provide transportation to the orthopedic school crutches and appliances for indigent individuals and aid home rehabilitation programs
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Pp. J. Kirch
Madison
Wisconsin Association For the Disabled
la Crosse County
Camp Waubeek
State Association
Wisconsin Dells
Soldier’s Grove family notes son in India with signals unit
Former Grove residents Mr and Mrs Claude Aight report their son Pvt Robert Aright is stationed in India with a radio signal unit. He sent his parents a copy of the GI Roundup and the Calcutta Hindustan Standard plus a red cloth embroidered with the Taj Mahal. He notes hot weather, nighttime work, tents and mosquitoes, and his sighting of headhunters described as old men with hair tied in knots and ragged clothing. The Airights now live in Sheboygan Falls.
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Wis
Claude Oe
Pvt
Robert Akright
India
China
Burma
Calcutta Hindustan Standard
Sixteen Vernon County Men Enter Service
ViROQUA Wisconsin sixteen Vernon county men left Viroqua Wednesday morning to enter service. Names listed include Loren L Lenox Lawrence E Pierce Leland Solberg Leo V Fanta Buford T Hatfield Vir H Major William Kar Dean A vidson Conrad H Hass Howard Miller Michael Conway Roger Peterson Leon Fanta R T Leverne E Engh Blaine Welch and Orvin La Vold.
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Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County
Loren L. Lenox
Lawrence E. Pierce
Leland Solberg
Leo V. Fanta
Yubia Buford T. Hatfield
la Farge
Vir H. Major
Cashton
William Kar
Soldiers Grove
Dean Avidson
Genoa
Conrad H. Hass
Dall
Howard Miller
Elroy
Michael Conway
Readstown
Roger Peterson
Westby
Leon Fanta
de Soto
R. T. Leverne E. Engh
Chaseburg
Blaine Welch
Orvin la Vold
Girl Scouts Report 1.5 Million Workdays Aboard War Front
Since Pearl Harbor the Girl Scouts have contributed about 1 500 000 eight hour days of work to the home front.
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Pearl Harbor
Workers Save for Fun Across Eire Hearts 130 Clubs
More than 130 holiday saving clubs representing nearly 20 000 workers have begun in Eire. Dublin firm employees save 400 dollars weekly into a common fund. The Holiday Joint Savings committee of the Irish Tourist association unites employers unions and railways to plan stag vacations andTravel facilities. In South Africa a war on rats has begun to keep a plague at bay.
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Eire
Dublin
Irish Tourist Association
South Africa
Circus Heads North From Sarasota For New York Start
The 1944 edition of the Greatest Show on Earth leaves its Sarasota winter quarters in a brilliant finish of Ringling red Barnum blue and Bailey yellow. The circus moves en route to New York as nearly all local business and traffic stop to watch the entrainment.
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Sarasota
Fla
New York
3000 Americans Parade In London For War Day
Three thousand American soldiers and WACs staged a major parade in London as part of U S forces day during Soldier Week and the national war savings drive Britain hosts the event amid the wartime campaign.
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London
Wacs
U. S
Britain
Housing For Transient Sailors Families In Port Sought
Congress acts on a naval shore works bill authorizing 1.644 billion dollars for temporary housing for sailors and dependents. Occupancy on rentals would be limited to 60 days during port stopovers between battles.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Voter Registration Slows as Celebrities Named in LA
Los Angeles registrar Michael Donoghue announced deputies including Eddie Cantor Claudette Colbert and other film stars to help stimulate interest in balloting after slack registration last year.
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Los Angeles
Michael Donoghue
Eddie Cantor Cantor
Claudette Colbert
Congressman Quits Post To Enter Army
37 year old Rep. Domengeaux of Louisiana resigns from the House to enlist as a private. He urged rollback of executive overreach and warned Congress must reclaim authority or risk becoming a totalitarian state. The Democratic tally drops to 216 with Republicans at 210 and four minor party seats plus five vacancies.
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Washington
Domenteaux
D-La
House of Representatives
Domengeaux
Louisiana
Congress
Walcup Divorce Denied by Sparta Court After Term Ends
In Sparta Wisconsin Judge R S Cowie denied the divorce sought by Petty Officer Cecil Walcup from Hazel Walcup of Camp Douglas concluding the April term of circuit court. Walcup admitted associations with other women and aimed to remarry in New Orleans. Letters from the other woman and unopened Christmas gifts to their two children were admitted as evidence. Walcup had enlisted July 28 1941. testimony showed time apart and falsified statements about separate living. Mrs Walcup opposed the action with attorney T P Donovan. Clarence Simon represented the plaintiff.
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Tribune
Sparta Bureau
Sparta
Wis
Cecil Walcup
Hazel Walcup
Camp Douglas
R. S. Cowie
Circuit
Walcup
New Orleans
Navy
Louisiana
Wisconsin Townships to Meet at Stevens Point
Trempealeau county will be represented at the fourth annual meeting of Wisconsin Townships Inc at Stevens Point Sunday. A broadcast on important subjects such as legislation and tax matters will be stressed over station WEAU Eau Claire from 5 30 to 6 p m Sunday.
Holmen officials attend Wisconsin dairy conference in Madison
Edward Anderson of Western Wisconsin Dairy Herd Improvement and T C Main Holmen high school vocational agriculture teacher travel to Madison to join the Wisconsin Dairy Manufacturers Conference set for Thursday and Friday.
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Holmen
Wis
Edward Anderson
Western Wisconsin Dairy Herd Improvement
T. C. Main
Holmen High School
Madison
Wisconsin Dairy Manufacturers Conference
Nazi manpower crisis spurs women and youths in war work
Nazi appeals target women over 45 and young girls to fill factory jobs lost to bombing. Reports describe 9 to 12 year olds in bombed almond paste plants and widespread home work as garment production shifts to households. Officials push evacuation of machinery and workers to safer areas and even beyond borders to sustain war production.
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Wade Werner Lisbon
Germany
Hamburger Fremdenblatt
Wom
Reich
Protectorate
Bohemia
Coal and Mineral Resources Highlighted in Bulgaria Poland Talks
The report notes coal as Bulgaria's most important mineral product in the context of government general relations between Bulgaria and Poland.
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Moravia
Poland
Bulgaria
Court House Open On Day Of Voting
R W Davis chairman of the county board announced the court house will be open for regular business hours on April 4 election day. The county clerk's office is an official polling place.
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R. W. Davis
Increased peat production boosts Swiss output
Switzerland mechanizes peat production raising output as coal supplies dwindle. Mexico launches campaign against silicosis, aiming to protect miners from respiratory disease.
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Switzerland
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