Women Charged With Keeping House Of Ill Fame
Mrs Edith Johnson 64 of Lang Drive pleaded guilty to keeping a house of ill fame a La Crosse County charge from 1943 vagrancy. Mrs Evelyn Smith 22 also pleaded not guilty to inmate charge and Dorothy Bentz 22 pled not guilty. Judge adjourned trials to Friday with bail set at 1000 each. All three sent to county jail after failing to post bond. Floris Joaithon 31 of South 4th Street was fined 100 or 90 days in jail for inmate charge.
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Edith Johnson
Lang Drive
Mtg
la Crosse
Evelyn Smith
Dorothy Bentz
R. V. Ahlstrom
Floris Joaithon
South 4Th Street
O.well
Ward Union Seizure Leads to Montgomery Ward Committee
Fragmentary text shows a seven member committee formed to oversee seizure actions connected to Montgomery Ward. Details are limited, but the move indicates continued intervention by a union or allied body into Ward operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Ward
Mittee
Rev. Atticus Webb Drafts Anti Alcohol Program
The Rev. Atticus Webb, league state superintendent, drafted a program aimed at teaching the results of alcohol use to mold habits toward abstinence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atticus Webb
League
Rhinelander Man Heads Masonic Grand Chapter
Rhinelander resident Miller W. Leary was elected grand high priest of the grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons. Other officers named include Grand king Lawrence J. Larson Chippewa Falls grand scribe Gilbert R. Gehrke Oshkosh grand treasurer E S Owens Shorewood grand secretary William F Weiler Milwaukee and grand trustee Norbert W Dixon Menomonee Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Miller W. Leary
Rhinelander
Royal Arch Masons
Lawrence J. Larson
Chippewa Falls
Gilbert R. Gehrke
Oshkosh
E. S. Owens
Shorewood
William F. Weiler
Norbert W. Dixon
Menomonie
M. H
Republicans Set Postwar Path with Capable Candidates
Republican leaders outlined plans for the campaign and postwar era. They pledge a capable presidential candidate, a strong vice president, a cabinet of capable men, and freedom for military and naval experts to finish the war. They emphasize an American approach to international peace and urge broad public support. County chairmen rejected Gov. John Gov’s resignation and announced gubernatorial candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Congress
United States
John Gov
British-Latin American Air Lines Incorporation
The British-Latin American Air Lines Ltd has been incorporated in Britain to start an air service to South America and is backed by five British shipping lines already operating to that continent.
Hill Wins in Alabama and Pepper Builds Florida Lead
The report outlines a five way Florida renomination contest with Pepper and Hill gaining in a growing race. It notes Roosevelt opposition and New Deal alignment shaping Florida and mentions Dewey and Chicago convention dynamics. Fragmentary results show partial pledge totals and ongoing primary counts across states.
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Hill
Alabama
Pepper
Florida
Administration
Gee
Roosevelt
South Dakota
Chan Girney
Ane
Dewey
New Yorker
Chicago
Florida Senate
Pri
Virginia
Byrd
Free booklet of doctors' opinions on educating division
A notice offers a free booklet compiling doctors' opinions on an educational topic. Sent to readers of the Educations Division at 535 Avenue, New York. Limited copies available while supplies last.
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Ave
New Yorkn
Norwalk Citizens To Donate Blood
Forty two Norwalkians were set to travel by bus to Madison to donate blood at the Red Cross Mobile unit. The group marks a second trip for many donors with only four rejects after screening. Local checks ensured blood pressure was recorded before registration to avoid wasted space. Mrs Jud Allen chairs the Norwalk blood donor project and funds were raised in November via a community bake sale.
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Norwalk
Wis
Red Arenal Dat
Poe
Jud Allen
Chemical Method To Duplicate Quinine
Harvard chemist and Dr Doering announce a method to duplicate quinine, the antimalarial bark compound, after nearly a century of effort. The technique mirrors the natural product and was developed in Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
William E. Doering
Columbia University
Sparta man gets six years for improper conduct includes several prior offenses
John Luke of Sparta was bound over and sentenced to county court after testimony in which the district attorney cited multiple prior arrests in South Dakota and Wisconsin for similar offenses. Judge Sprecher ordered Luke to move from his current residence if released. Gilbert Mills, 18, had sentence deferred for three weeks after pleading guilty to stealing a radio valued at 645 which was recovered at Camp McCoy. Mills, discharged from the navy, has a wartime family background and was employed at Camp McCoy before Christmas. In other notes, Carl Hawkinson of Westby was fined 850 and costs for drunken driving, and Harry Trocinski of Bangor was fined 5 and costs for being intoxicated on the highway.
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Sparta
Wie
John Luke
W. Ggeeden
Luke
Justice Court
L. J. Goodman
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Sprecher
Gilbert Mills
Mills
Ray Bertrand
Camp McCoy
Millis
Pvt
Pearl E. Mills
Wac
McCoy
Service Club 2
St. Petersburg
Fla
Viroqua
Wis
Carl Hawkinson
Westby
la Crosser
Harry Trocinski
Bangor
Burns Township
Wisconsin man charged with DUI following Sparta arrest
Sparta James Cashion of Sparta charged with driving while intoxicated after a Market Square arrest Saturday around 6 p m. James Cashion and Arthur Cashion both detained on intoxication counts and await May 8 court. In La Crosse Edith Johnson 64 of 331 Long Drive ordered to pay 650 or serve 30 days jail for beer sale without license. Beatrice McNown of 905 Main Street paid 3 dollar fine for overtime parking.
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Sparta
Wis
James Cashion
Inty
Fanning Bhoyay
Arthur Cashion
Ed Innocent
Market Square
la Crosse
Edith Johnson
Beatrice McNown
Main Street
Wis Justice Court Fines For School Absence And Assault
Whitehall and Ettrick residents faced justice court actions. Ole Asness of Strum paid 10 dollars and 64.40 in costs for failing to send two children to school. Thomas Hynes paid 40 dollars total after assault charges. Werley Bass of Sparta paid 5 dollars for operating a car without a license.
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Whitehall
Wis
Ole Asness
Strum
Justice Court
P. M. Paulson
Ee Ae
Heath
Paulson
Thomas Hynes
Ettrick
Kinley Dusso
P. M. Pauls
Dusso
C. B. Heath
Evtrick
Werley Bass
Sparta
Bass
Sheri Bert O. Johnson
La Crosse Property Transfers and Lima Congress
Multiple La Crosse area property transfers recorded. Ernest Amman to Jay G Frisbee and wife on Badger and 6th, Marcella Krueger and Edward Krueger as estate admins to James B Tooke on Market and 5th, Thomas E Woolley to Joe and William Kreibich in Woodlawn cemetery, Adolphrch to Paul Machau on John son and 6th, George Jolivette to Arthur Maxwell in Campbell town plot, No. 4 quad to 1527 Prospect Street renter case for Robert Snyder. The Fifth Pan American Highway Congress to meet in Lima Peru in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Jolivette
Arthur Maxwell
Campbell
Crusade For Christ Church Plan Adopted in Kansas City
A plan calling for 25 million dollars to fund evangelism and reconstruction was adopted by Crusade For Christ. Objectives include establishing an international peace organization, rebuilding church property in war zones, a church-wide evangelistic drive, and expanding Sunday schools and related groups. Over 14 million would go to foreign missions, about 9 million to home missions, and 1.5 million to the World Council of Churches and allied bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Ae Peter
International Organization For Permanent Peace
Ant
World Council of Churches
Bureau of Research
American Bible Society
Farewell Party for Whitehall Pastor and Wife
In Whitehall Wisconsin a farewell party was held at the home of Mrs. Anne Rasmus for Rev A F Sandell resigned pastor of the Whitehall Gospel Tabernacle and Mrs Tena Grim who is moving to Minneapolis. Both were given purses of money. Sandell resigned April 13 and preached his last service Sunday. He will lead a new congregation in South Milwaukee at 2305 Thirteenth Avenue. He has led the local church since December 1939 arriving from Kenosha. Pastor Bowman of Michigan will lead special services Friday at 8 pm and Sunday at 11 am.
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Whitehall
Wis
Anne Rasmus
A. F. Sandell
Whitehall Gospel Tabernacle
Tena Grim
Minneapolis
Sandell
Milwaukee
Thirteenth Avenue
Kenosha
A. D. Bowman
Mich
The
Gospel Tabernacle
Guardian Named So Youth Can Be Marine
Madison Wis. ap The county judge named a wounded marine veteran as temporary guardian to allow Marion Doxtater a 17 year old Chippewa Indian to meet Marine enlistment requirements. The parents were divorced in 1931 and the father Fred Doxtater could not be found. Pfc Marvin C Olson 22 Pacific war veteran was appointed guardian and signed consent papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Fred M. Evans
Marion Doxtater
Marine Corps
Richland Center
Marine
Doxtater
Fred
Appeal Rejected for Probe of Sedition Trial
A Senate judiciary subcommittee voted unanimously to deny Attorney Albert W. Dilling’s request for a congressional investigation into Washington sedition cases. Led by Senator Hatch, the panel said appealing to the executive branch to intervene would intimidate or influence the court. Dilling is the former husband of one of 30 defendants charged with conspiracy to disaffect the U.S. armed forces.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary
Albert W. Dilling
Hatch
D-Nm
Executive Branch
Dilling
U. S
Crisis in German war industry forces production rethink
Washington experts warn Germany must cut back alloy steel production as Allied pressure on wolfram and chrome tightens supplies. A year of strained resources could curb engines armor and shells, with Portugal and Spain key to halting German wolfram shipments and delaying domestic reaction.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Germany
Britain
United States
Rmany
Portugal
Siegfried Horn
DNB
Spain
Horn
Berlin
Rahad
Seek Volunteers For Decoration Of Graves
Discharged World War II veterans are asked to volunteer to decorate graves on Memorial Day. Rolf Rynning, chairman of the committee, said lists are being made up and veterans of the present war are also urged to assist. Volunteers may report to Rynning or to the American Legion club rooms and should give their names at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolf Rynning
Rynning
American Legion Club Rooms
Readstown Seniors Present Class Play Aunt Tillie Goes to Town
Readstown seniors will present Aunt Tillie Goes to Town as their class play Wednesday evening May 10 in the school hall. Cast includes Avis Mellen Betty Crook Myrtle Hereld Velma Nelson Alberta Buroker Donald Aberg Keith Larson Kenneth Larson Arland Adkins Gladys Glass and Madelyn Glass. Lets Go USA Keep Em Piying.
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Readstown
Tillie
Avis Mellen
Betty Crook
Myrtle Hereld
Velma Nelson
Alberta Buroker
Donald Aberg
Keith Larson
Kenneth Larson
Arland Adkins
Gladys Glass
Madelyn Glass
Vernon County Field Training Center Established
Vernon county designated as a field training center for the state public health program. Miss Gladys Molberg, University of Minnesota graduate nurse, will spend six weeks in the area observing home visits and cases in maternal and child health crippled children and communicable diseases with four weeks in Vernon and two weeks in Westby under county nurse Miss Margaret McGrath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County
Gladys Molberg
University of Minnesota
Westby
Margaret McGrath
Maoris Gather 50,000 Mutton Birds on Whale Island
About 250 Maori participants followed a long standing custom to gather 50 000 mutton birds this weekend on Whale Island near Whakatane New Zealand authorities noted the event reflected traditional practice and community involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whale Island
Whakatane
New Zealand
Britain cuts Northern Rhodesia copper purchases
Britain announces a reduction in the annual copper purchases from Northern Rhodesia to between twenty and twenty five percent of last year's production, signaling a scaling back of official demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Northern Rhodesia
Heroism Medal Won By Colleran
Allied Headquarters announced that 23 airmen received Air Medals for 100 hours of operations in the Southwest Pacific. Major Robert J. Colleran of La Crosse and Captain John M. Griffith of Beloit were among the recipients for more than 50 bombing missions and attacks on enemy targets. Colleran, a West Point graduate, previously earned the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1943 for a bombing run under heavy anti aircraft fire.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
George C. Kenney
Wisconsin
Robert J. Colleran
la Crosse
John M. Griffith
Beloit
Kenney
Colleran
J. L. Colleran
South 9Th Street
West Point
Air Corps
Lincoln Mixed Chorus and Band Plan Joint Concert
The Lincoln Junior High mixed chorus of 50 voices under Harold Edwards joins the band and orchestra for a May 9 8 pm concert in the school auditorium. They will wear new maroon choir robes funded by proceeds from a paper drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Junior High School
Harold Edwards
Appointment of Earl Vandrell as Milwaukee Road agricultural agent
Earl F. Vandrell of Stoughton Wisconsin, a Green Bay native, is named agricultural agent for the Milwaukee Road with Chicago headquarters. He will handle general agricultural work in communities served by the railroad across Illinois Indiana Wisconsin and upper Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Earl F. Vandrell
Stoughton
Wis
Green Bay
Milwaukee Road
R. W. Reynolds
Agricultural and Mineral
Railroad
Vandrell
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
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Liassen
Mnen
Quad
Prospect Street
Robert Snyder
Lima
Peru
Arthur G. Benson
M. D
Rivoli
Ste
Scotts Seed
Scotts Garden
Victory Fertilizer
Pearl ST
Crusade For Christ’ Church
Guardian
Alec Ne
Dunninger
Blue Network
Glen
Grish
Casy
Jausches
Raed
Serre
Gen. Davis
George M. MacMullin
Percy Piddington, Ee
Readstown High School
Lincoln
Frank Schmikin
Denton Street
Milan
Tostrud
King Street
Mimard Tostrud
Overseas
Betty Jane Paar
Green Island
Mullins
S. C
Nature
Science
Liccart & Mrans Tosca Sn
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