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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1944
Page
16
In La Crosse, employers report rising absenteeism among women workers. E Wallace Evans of the U S employment service notes no clear reasons yet, with illness or family sickness blamed. A firm’s personnel manager says women are absent about three times more than men, prompting calls for surveys to identify causes.
Whitehall club members concluded their year with an annual breakfast hosted by Mrs. Burr Tarrant and Mrs. C B Melby. They voted to sponsor a library tea on Homemakers' Achievement day in June, with Mrs. Hartvig Iverson, Roy Matson and Philip Thorte chosen to organize. Mrs. George Briggs as new president announced Roy will be assisted by Mrs. Matson and Mrs. M H Ford next year.
Idaho delegates gather at Moscow for a state convention to select a candidate slate. When asked who is not a governor hopeful to stand, none complied as nine persons pursue the governorship.
Canberra backs Pharmaceutical Benefits Bill making doctors prescriptions free for citizens. The government will pay costs for insulin anti toxins and penicillin when available plus medical devices. Druggists receive dispensing fees and profits averaging about 40 cents. Also notes five acres needed to feed a horse for a year.
Kenneth M. Springer, 33, convicted of failure to report for military induction, faced sentencing before Judge Pierson M. Hall in Los Angeles. He received a three year term conditioned on donating blood within a month, plus a $1000 fine and a requirement to obtain employment at a veterans hospital.
London reports Capt Don S Gentile United States top ace in the European theater has left his British base for home on leave with flying mate Lieut John T Godfrey. Gentile, a Piqua Ohio native, leads American flyers with 23 enemy planes downed in combat and seven destroyed on the ground.
A smokehouse at Farley’s Sausage, 709 Rose Street, burned Thursday morning destroying about 200 pounds of ham valued at 70 dollars. An earlier fire broke out in the same area. Dublin records a new visitor high with over 270000 people last year.
The Rev. Ken Anderson, Christian author, will speak at anniversary services in La Crosse at Evangelical Free Church on Winnebago and 15th Streets. Miss Alice Nelson of Minneapolis will assist. Services Friday night and Sunday at 11 am and 8 pm culminate with the 8 pm anniversary service Sunday.
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