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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1944
Page
14
Crop statisticians forecast fewer than 4000 acres planted due to labor shortages and war driven changes. Wisconsin history shows 5000 acres in 1941, 6000 in 1942, and 7000 in 1943 as growers shift toward grain. Potato and bean crops reflect broader adjustments amid war needs.
Mrs L H Larson of Vib is the misfortune while visiting sister Mrs Lydia Olson of Reads town on Sunday evening. She fell from the porch onto the cement walk and fractured the left hip bone. She was taken to the Lutheran hospital at La Crosse by the Anderson ambulance.
In 1918 there were 85 000 farm tractors on U S farms and by 1919 the total had grown to 158 000 reflecting rapid agricultural mechanization during the postwar period.
Washington reports indicate further easing of civilian food supplies as pork veal lamb and mutton become ration free except beef. Dairy products margarine and certain fats may also loosen restrictions in coming weeks. A War Food Administration spokesman cautioned against excessive optimism about prices.
S Doell of Shoreham England grew a beet root from a local seed pack that measured 26 inches in circumference and weighed 10 pounds 10 ounces.
Nineteen more eighteen year old youths in Allamakee county have registered for service during the past two months. Listed names include Gregory Thornton Unterberger Ferring Feuerhelm O'Brien Carrigan Haar Kolsrud Henry Barthell King Campbell Sorum Snitker Roderick Fiet Jonsberg Gruhn Topel with towns Lansing Harpers Ferry Dorchester Waterville Waukon Postville Monona.
Secretary Kenneth P. Clarke of the Family Society of Boston cites loneliness and a wish for security as the main reasons widows and divorcees remarry. He notes these motives shape choices in second marriages and affect family life.
The Danish underground marked the birth of Crown Princess Ingrid’s second daughter with 21 sabotage acts instead of a gun salute. A British radio broadcast said explosions were carried out in Copenhagen as part of the protest.
A. E. Heins head of Eau Claire war production board office will visit the Chamber of Commerce office in La Crosse Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for consultations on priorities. Heins will discuss wartime production priorities with local business leaders and manufacturers.
Federal Judge William H. Holly heard study briefs and government evidence in the Montgomery Ward seizure fight. Government argues Roosevelt acted within authority. Ward counsel contends seizure unconstitutional. Senate approves inquiry into seizure and wartime labor policy. CIO union vote at Ward plants slated. AFL executive council backs WLB as wartime substitute, with dissent from Hutcheson and Bug.
The article centers on the National War Labor Board's power and its impact on the Montgomery Ward case. It notes Shakespeare as the father of twins Hamnet and Judith, framing the issue within a broader historical or cultural context.
A change of date for the Verng circus meeting in the Vang church has been announced by Rev. J. O. Holum. The event will now take place May 13 and 14 in Westby Wisconsin.
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