National Speaker To Address Townsend Club Meeting
L Henry Eakins of Chicago a World War I veteran will address Townsend club No 2 at 8 p m Thursday in Logan high old gymnasium. He is one of 30 speakers sent by Townsend national headquarters to stir voters to action. They promote a 1 percent tax on gross income and a monthly pro rata distribution for 16 million unemployed with $91 60 monthly for unemployables. A lunch will follow the meeting per Secretary Jewett Chalsma.
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L. Henry Eakins
Chicago
Townsend Club No. 2
Logan High
Eakins
Townsend National
Ameri
Townsend
America
Jewett Chalsma
Synod Plans Shorter Theological Training at Augustana
The synod proposes to open junior classes at Augustana seminary Rock Island this summer for college students who have completed three years of study. Students lacking full credits may take special summer courses at Augustana College integrated with regular seminary work. An extraordinary session approved the plan after consultation with seminary faculty and education commissions and earned unanimous conference endorsement.
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The
Theological Seminary
Commission On Higher Christian Education
Augustana College
Bethany College
Lindsborg
Kans
Gustavus Adolphus College
St. Peter, Minn
Upsala College
East Orange
N. J
Luther College
Wahoo
Ettrick Red Cross Completes Worker Drive
Articles for the Ettrick Red Cross are completed by Wide-awake cub members including Mmes. Erickson Pederson Folke-dahl Anderson Erickson Johnson Sol Erickson and J J with Mrs. T P Nelsestuen making a girl's dress and three aprons. Mrs. Hougstad and Miss Olsen finish four knitting pairs for army use while Presbyter Ladies Aid members prepare civilian crib coverlets.
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Mmes
Peter Erickson
F. M. Pederson
Ernest Folkedahl
Lioyd Anderson
Ben Erickson
Julius Johnson
Henry Sol
Christopher Erickson
T. P. Nelsestuen
Charles Hougstad
Erna Olsen
Army
Presbyter Ladies Aid Society
Designate Lutheran World Action Sunday in Wisconsin
Local Lutheran pastors designate May 7 as Lutheran World Action Sunday. Eighteen cooperating bodies including the Lutheran Church of America will collect offerings likely exceeding 1 315.88 with 600 000 to the service commission and the rest for orphaned mission European relief American missions war prisoners aid radio and more. The Norwegian Lutheran church with 407 628 members raised 206 552.82 last year.
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Wis
Eiey
Lutheran Church of America
Service Commission
Commission On American Missions
Norwegian Lutheran Church
Dane County Board Elects Paul A. Robinson Chairman
Paul A. Robinson of Sun Prairie was elected chairman of the Dane county board on Tuesday. He succeeds Frank Stewart of Verona, a longtime member and former chairman who was defeated for re election as supervisor in the April 4 balloting.
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Madison
Wis
Paul A. Robinson
Sun Prairie
Dane County Board
Frank Stewart
Verona
War correspondent recalls Naples police chief Mike Mikulak
In Naples on April 29 a veteran war correspondent portrays Maj. Michael Mikulak the longtime Chicago and Minneapolis football connection who heads a 2 500 man Naples police force He notes Mikulak credited Joe Savoldi with breaking a major black market ring and cites 10 715 civilians picked up since January 15 for curfew violations amid disorderly house and black market crackdowns.
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Naples
Italy
Michael Mikulak
Green Bay Packers
Mike Mikulak
Minneapolis
Chicago
Cardinals
Army
Chicago Con Ponta Della Maddelene
Mike
Joe Savoldi
Notre Dame
Joe
Provost Marshall
Casablanca
Rabat
Tolvstad Promoted to Staff Sergeant in New Mexico Training
Holmen Wisconsin resident Sherman Tolvstad son of Mr and Mrs Nels Tolvstad military aviation air crew member on a Flying Fortress has been promoted to staff sergeant at Alamogordo New Mexico where he is in training.
I Was Eighteen Before I Learned to Ask Help
A reflective line recalls youth and pride as the speaker admits early ignorance. The speaker describes learning to seek assistance for a personal burden, revealing growth through a candid confession.
One Man War Plant In Lima Makes Regulator Shafts
Lester B. Pratt runs a jewelry shop at 67 in Lima Ohio equipped with a lathe turning shafts for voltage regulators used to keep bomber instruments accurate during raids.
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Lima
Ohio
Lester B. Pratt
Robins Gang Up On Nest Robber Squirrel
Mrs. Ida Zirbes of McGregor watched seven robins mob a tree in her yard on Monday as they pecked and screeched at a squirrel accused of raiding a nest. The startled birds scattered and the injured mammal crawled away up the trunk.
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Damanelle
Ida Zirbes
McGregor
Women Make Up Quarter Of Workers In Australian War Factories
A report notes that twenty five percent of workers in Australia's war factories are women. The figure highlights women's significant contributions to wartime production and industry.
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Australia
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Lutheran World Action Sunday
Tae Ley
Carter
Carver
Sid Feder
Hal Boyle
Fifth Ave. SO
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Mexiana
Fifth Avenue
Sears, Roebuck and CO
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Honor Bilt
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Gibralter
Cera Roebuck and CO
Fifth Avenue South
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