Disabled Veterans To Convene Here
Disabled Veterans from the La Crosse area will hold a 1 30 p m session Sunday in La Crosse chapter No 12 of the veterans organization to elect officers. Richard L Kavanaugh serves as district commander and national committeeman and department officers are expected. An afternoon program includes entertainment and a lunch after the session.
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Semble Crosse
The
la Crosse
Veterans’ Organization
Richard L
Kavanaugh
Packard Foremen Leave Their Jobs
A rapid foremen strike spreads through Detroit area war plants with 200 to 300 Packard foremen quitting last night. Officials say up to 2,750 supervisory workers may be idle across Packard Briggs Hudson Murray plants as the Foreman's Association seeks recognition amid stalled grievance procedures.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Windsor
Detroit River
Packard Motor Car Co
Packard
Foreman’s Association of American
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Hudson Motor Car Co
Murray Corp
America
Ford
Wallace R. Campbell
Uaw-Cio
Surrender Pensions Cuts Government Security Pensions
After Argentina urged comfortable citizens to forgo government security pensions, many complied and annual payments totaling 120000 dollars were eliminated.
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Argentina
National Chamber Officer to Speak at Local Dinner May 12
Ben B. Lawshe of Washington DC will address a Hotel Stoddard dinner meeting of the local Chamber board and committees at 6 p.m. May 12. He will discuss postwar readjustment and the role of community chambers as he outlines plans to widen the program for 1944.
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Ben B. Lawshe
Washington, D C
United States Chamber of Commerce
Hugh G. Corbett
Lawshe
Electric trouser-making machine to found new Nicaragua plant
A United States built electric trouser-making machine will produce 240 trousers daily at a planned plant in Nicaragua, creating a new local industry. The initiative signals investment in textile manufacturing and job creation in the region.
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United States
Nicaragua
No He Doesn’t Have A Job In Any Library
Chicago testimony in a gambling conspiracy trial features Donald Happel arguing a book is not a library. The defense questions the term library while Happel insists a book is a book, defining a book as an establishment that accepts race bets.
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Chicago
Donald Happel
Happel
Emmet Byrne
Whitehall High School Vesper Concert at Our Saviors
Whitehall Wisconsin high school vocal groups present a spring vesper concert at Our Saviors Lutheran church Sunday at 3 p m directed by Miss Mary Reiter. Participants include the Girls Glee club mixed chorus a girls trio and the FFA quartet with soloists Adeline Schaefer Louise Thomley and Beatrice Goplin.
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Whitehall
Wis
Whitehall High School
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
Mary Reiter
FFA
Adeline Schaefer
Louise Thomley
Beatrice Goplin
Air Medal Awarded To 5 Wisconsin Men
Allied headquarters in the Southwest Pacific reports Lieut. Gen. George C. Kenney announced five Wisconsin men awarded the Air Medal for missions against enemy air dromes, installations, and shipping. The honorees are Lieut. William A. Brendel of Phillips, Lieut. Archibald E. Handorf of Rt. 2 Dallas, Lieut. Robert D. Mackey of Milwaukee, Lieut. Edwin C. Zastrow of Genoa City, and Lieut. Richard F. Ziarnik of Manitowoc.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
George C. Kenney
Wisconsin
William A. Brendel
Phillips
Archibald E. Handorf
Rt. 2
Dallas
Robert D. Mackey
Milwaukee
Edwin C. Zastrow
Genoa City
Richard F. Ziarnik
Manitowoc
Fire at Winona Woolworths Causes $70,000 In Damage
A blaze of undetermined origin at the F. W. Woolworth store in Winona caused about $70,000 damage Tuesday evening. Four fire companies fought the flames after a 9:55 p.m. explosion, with two firefighters overcome by smoke. The main floor stock, valued around $60,000, was a total loss. basement stock suffered up to 35 percent damage. The nearby Aven theater and W. T. Grant store also suffered smoke damage as 75 people evacuated the theater.
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F. W. Woolworth
Winona
Aven
W. T. Grant Company
Woolworth’s
Rewritten G I Bill of Rights Faces Stormy Action
The American Legion’s veterans benefits measure faces a congressional storm as the Senate approved bill moves to the House for possible amendments next week. Expected changes include a federal bonus and a restored unemployment cap, with the House committee reducing the maximum unemployment benefit from 1300 to 520.
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G. I
Washington
American Legion
Senate
House
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Guernsey
Alderney
By William Ferguson
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John M. Hoch
NEW World Life Insurance CO
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