Wide-Open COP Primary Ahead in Wisconsin Convention Fallout
Wisconsin Republican convention fails to endorse candidates for state offices amid party rift on endorsement. Lieutenant governor race draws attention as candidates like Alexander Wiley and Joseph McCarthy gain momentum while the floor votes to table the issue and the party backs platform endorsements urging a strong war effort and selective service reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Bystrom
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
United States
Alexander Wiley
Joseph McCarthy
Marine Corps
Leather D. Smith
Sturgeon Bay
Frank P. Cornelison
Green Bay
Ee Ee Smgeed Suten
Ley
James J. Carroll
Glidden
Heil
Cornelisen
Platform Committee
George A. Hartman
Resolutions Committee
Gil Vandercook
Dotan
Cos
St. Lawrence Waterway
Reid Murray
Lauvie Disney
McMurray
Frank Keefe
Jack Kyle
Whitewater
Rep
Hull
John Eber
State Assembly
Sauthoff
Senate
John Thiel
Mayville
Harold Groves
University of Wisconsin
O. S. Paulson
la Crosse
Lincoln Neprud
Viroqua
G. Arthur Johnson
Ashland
William Foley
Foley
Public Health Service Reports 3.8 Percent Rise in Mortality
The U S Public Health Service notes a 3.8 percent increase in mortality during the first six months of 1943 compared with the same period in 1942. The finding highlights growing deaths in the war year.
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U. S. Public Health Service
Notable Nonfiction Works on Law, Politics, and War
The list surveys biographies and histories including Catherine Bowen's Yankee from Olympus on Oliver Wendell Holmes and three generations of his family, Carlos Bulosan's Laughter of My Father about the Philippines, a George Milton history of U.S. presidents, Endure No Longer about Germany between the wars, and Vicki Baum's Hotel Berlin '43 set during a bombing night in Berlin.
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Catherine Bowen
Olympus
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Carlos Bulosan
Philippines
George Milton
United States
Martha Oe
Germany
Berlin
Vicki Baum
Mom Counted Six by Mac Gardner and The Night Ending by James Ronald
Book notes describe Mom Counted Six as a humorous family portrait set in the Pacific Northwest with the Holly clan and Larry Darnell pursuing knowledge and faith beyond mortality. The Night Ending centers on a selfless woman helping neighbors while a Vienna era tale follows Peter Domanng through war and postwar life.
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Mom
Mac Gardner
Pacific Northwest
Holly
Pop
Gramp
Gram
Brooke
Larry Darnell
James Ronald
Victor White
Peter Domanng
Vienna
Hitler
Lions Open Youth Center At McGregor
MARQUETTE I a Special Friday evening May 5 the new Youths Recreation Center led by the local Lions club will be opened and dedicated with a short program. The Center in a vacant Main street store will be known as the Lion s Den.
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Marquette
Lions Club
Main Street
Lion
Deaths Last Night by the Associated Press
In New York Dave Hennen Morris 72 former ambassador to Belgium and minister to Luxembourg from 1933 to 1937, a lawyer and violinist born in New Orleans. In Santa Monica James Spenser-Kelly 75 opera singer and former leading man for Lillian Russell, Kansas City native. In New York Fitzhugh w Haensel 65 founder and former VP of Columbia Concerts and a notable music figure.
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Associated Press
New York
Dave Hennen Morris
Belgium
Luxembourg
New Orleans
Santa Monica
Calif
James Spenser-Kelly
Lillian Russell
Kansas City
Fitzhugh W
W. Haensel
Columbia Concerts, Inc
Weather bettor in Decatur bets on rain May 10
Cal Waggoner, 83, a retired bank employee in Decatur Illinois, has wagered rain on May 10 for 38 years and claims to have won 30 times. He expects little interest this year with fewer than five takers.
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Decatur
Ill
Cal Waggoner
Waggoner
Local Police Chief’s Hawk Shooting Yard Tale
Alven Ruesch, a local police chief, fired at a chickenhawk in a tree near his home with a revolver. The first shot missed, the second startled the hawk. Neighbor boy Robert Wilson, age 14, asked to try and downed the hawk on his first attempt.
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Il Ie
Alven Ruesch
Robert Wilson
Chief Ruesch
Bobby
Progressives and Democrats Stage Weekend Conventions
Progressive and Democratic groups gather in Wisconsin as the GOP opens its 1944 campaign with a Milwaukee parade. La Follette speaks at the Progressive convention amid platform talks on foreign policy and state issues. Democrats plan labor-focused addresses and nominate delegates in a Rooseveltwave effort.
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Madison
Wis
Milwaukee
Fondau
Wausau
Prince
Senator la Follette
la Follette
Harry Sauthoff
U. S. Senate
Merlin Hull
Glenn Roberts
State Central Committee
Southoff
Alexander O. Benz
Appleton
Ralph Amoth
Eau Claire
Anthony P. Gawronski
Howard McMurray
Peter T. Shoemann
AFL
Mel Heinritz
CIO
R. H. Johnson
Kenneth Hones
Wisconsin Farmers Union
W. B. Carroll
Resolution Committee
Roosevelt
Methodists End Antiwar Stance At Conference
Dr. Lynn Harold Hough of Drew University calls the Methodist decision to abandon pacifist opposition a major shift. The 66 year old educator says it may alter pacifist history and church youth attitudes, as the general conference adopts a resolution backing active support for the Allied war effort.
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Kansas City
Methodist Church
Lynn Harold Hough
Drew University
Madison
N. Y
Dr. Hough
God
Georgen Studio Reopens in McGregor After Fire
The Margery Goergen portrait studio in McGregor has reopened in the former Frese building after a fire last summer damaged the prior premises. The remodeled studio will show scenic views and offer portrait work.
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Mcgregor
Margery Goergen Phopbic
Frese
Goergen
Scout Troop News Recaps Merit Badges And Hikes
Reports from Troops 5 9 13 24 and 8 note boards of review merit badges life pins and advancements. Dwaine Ramlo led band practice with Troop 5 and Doane named Scoutmaster. Hikes are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday with several scouts earning firemanship bird study pioneering life saving and first aid honors.
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Congregational Church
Board of Review
Dwaine Ramlo
Doane
Frederick Liscribe
Hogan School
James Cotterwick
Milton Wisland
Edward Dotterwick
David Johnson
James Dotterwick
Don Chapman
John Ramlet
Jim Cotterwick
Troop 13
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Parnow
Garner
Steinmetz
Harry Bangsberg
St. James Catholic Church
Francis Devine
Eugene Schmitt
Patrick Baker
Eugene Lucy
Dave Marcou
Robert Sullivan
Ray Wakeen
David Heinke
Tom Rusche
John Elsen, Jr
William Colgan
Leo Latshaw
Bob Fitzsimmons
Scribe
Barrow Alaska Claims Northernmost American Point
Barrow Alaska is described as the northernmost point on the American continent, highlighting its extreme geographic position and prominence in Arctic geography.
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Barrow
Alaska
Forty eight Houston county registrants report for pre induction exams
Forty eight Houston county registrants reported today for pre induction physical examinations at Fort Snelling Minnesota. Names listed include Caledonia Norbert John Mack Alvin Herman Borck Erling Rudolph Laumb Alfred Mike Schieber Alexander Ambrose St Mary Paul Henry Klankowski and others with several transfers noted from Worthington and multiple out of state placements.
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Caledonia
Minn
Houston County
Fort Snelling
Norbert John Mack
Alvin Herman Borck
Erling Rudolph Laumb
Alfred Mike Schieber
Alexander Ambrose St. Mary
Paul Henry Klankowski
Thomas Edward Boone
Aloysius Theodore Kunst
Wilfred John Hurley
Bernard Joseph Longueville
Earl Joseph Mack
Neal Chester Hall, Jr
Emil Joseph Traff
Wilburt Otto Wieland
Houston
Richard Warren Mickelson
Rolland Irving Winton
Forest Stanley Moen
Paris F. Burfield
Spring Grove
Carlton Jerome Westerse
Donald Gene Remlo
Arthur Julian Larson
George Raphael Kallis
Owen Burnell Bergsrud
Clifford Morris Guttormson
Raymond Arthur Caswell
William Krause
Ralph Louis Lietzau
Roy Bernard Schaffer
Adam Howard Fairbanks
Lloyd John Schaffer
la Crescent
Harold Frederick Holthaus
Dallas E. Ames
Melvin Doyle Hickenbothem
Worthington
Delmar Dan Cordhran
Eitzen
Benjamin Ferdinand Pottratt
St. James
Harold Lee Crosgrove
Minneapolis
la Verne
Frank Knappe
Detroit
George Henry Hawkins
Brownsville
John Clare Forschler
Dale LeRoy Hanke
Chicago Natural History Museum Emerges From Field Museum Rename
Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History has changed its name to the Chicago Natural History Museum, reflecting a new branding for the institution. The historic museum will continue its scientific work and public exhibitions under the updated title.
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Chicago
Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago Natural History Museum
New Rocket Gun In Great Demand
The Navy reports a new rocket gun is in great demand prompting a $65 million ordnance appropriation with $15 million for new propellant tech and about $20 million for facilities in Navy use. House Naval Affairs Committee chair Vinson predicts quick action despite secrecy around the weapons.
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Washington
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Navy
War Department
Vinson
D-Ga
Navy Department
George F. Hussey
Naval Bureau of Ordnance
Army Reveals New Furlough System for Key War Zone Personnel
The war department announces a new furlough plan allowing indispensable army personnel to return home briefly from war zones and then be reassigned to overseas posts. Individuals include officers and enlisted men distinct from the standard rotation, and they must fit within theater quotas of not more than one percent of strength per month, applying to all theaters except Europe and the Central Pacific.
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Washington
War Departments
European
Central Pacific
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