Capacity Audience Hears Msgr. Sheen
Msgr Fulton J Sheen spoke at Vocational auditorium about postwar world risks and the rise of a new tyranny in Russia He warned that if Russia seizes Poland it may claim Alaska later and urged clear thinking to counter such moves The talk titled The Problems of the Postwar World drew an overflow crowd and stressed the past as guide to future history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton J. Sheen
Vocational Auditorium
Rus
Msgr
Sheen
Russia
Knights of Columbus Committee
Henry J. Marcotte
Stanley Andrzejewski
Ipswich Vicar Confirms Vision Of Christ In Sky
The Rev. Harold Godfrey Green, vicar at St Nicholas, said hundreds of Ipswich residents saw a white cross then Jesus in the sky during the April 27 air raid alert. He noted the vision lasted about 15 minutes and vanished instantly.
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Ipswich
England
Harold Godfrey Green
St. Nicholas Church
Jesus
Msgr Sheen Warns Democracy May Not Outvote Tyranny
Msgr. Sheen warned that democracy can vote itself out of democracy as world despotism grows. He cited hatred of religion and fearsome war mood, but offered hope in God and devotion to Mary. He also suggested China could become a Christian stronghold as the western world grows unworthy. The talk at La Crosse drew 1,500 people aided by the Aquinas orchestra. he spoke during a 40 day leave from Catholic University amid bereavement.
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Msgr
Sheen
Pilate
Germany
United States
Msgr Sheen
Hitler
China
Msgr. Sheen
la Crosse
Knights of Columbus
Catholic University of America
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kenosha
Illinois
Aquinas Orchestra
Black River Advancement Group Incorporation Forms
Madison Wisconsin reports the Black River Advancement Association Inc filing with the secretary of state as a non stock nonprofit. Incorporators listed are George Call Edgar Burhop Mrs Frances Kletzien and Fred Nitsche of Wilson town Sheboygan County with aims to preserve wildlife and natural beauty and to educate and entertain members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Black River Advancement Association, Inc
Black River
Wilson
Sheboygan County
George Call
Edgar Burhop
Frances Kletzien
Fred Nitsche
Victory garden plots available at former Salzer airfield
The city has 163 lots prepared on Losey boulevard and Green Bay street for Victory gardens. Forty plots remain available free of charge to La Crosse residents and may be reserved by contacting the city engineer's office.
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Victory Gardens
Losey Boulevard
Green Bay Street
Salzer Airport
John Barth
la Crosse
Birthrate On Skids Until Postwar Period
Washington reports the U S birthrate is dipping after wartime peaks. Census official Wilson H Grabill says annual births may fall from about 3 million in wartime to roughly 2.1 million after the war. He notes January 1943 saw 103 births per 1000 women of childbearing age, this ratio declining to 85.6 in March 1944 and projected to 75 by next November. A postwar rise is expected.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Wilson H. Grabill
George Washington University
Grabill
Bably
Draft Violator Deserter From Canada
Clarence Kasner of Arpin, 23, faced possible punishment for violating the selective service act when his sentencing was deferred after he testified he deserted from the Canadian army. An OPA attorney reported a civil settlement in a suit against James Gavin of Reedsburg for overpricing a tractor, with Gavin paying 672 and the suit dismissed. A Chicago appeals court affirmed an earlier ruling related to Marmola label labeling by Radam company of Michigan.
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Madison
Wis
Clarence Kasner
Arpin
Patrick T. Stone
Kasner
John Burke
Milwaukee
OPA
Stone
James W. Gavin
Reedsburg
Gavin
Burke
Judgestone
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Oldest US Greek Letter Fraternity Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest Greek letter fraternity in the United States, is described as an honor society founded in December 1776.
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United States
Phi Beta Kappa, Honora Ye Society
Navy cites missing aviator Lieut Cox in action over submarine
The Navy reports Lieut Clifford C. Cox 28 missing in action after a night patrol attack on an enemy submarine. His wife Marietta Woods died in 1942, leaving daughter Carolyn Lee Cox who resides with her grandmother in La Crosse Wisconsin. Cox served on the USS Gannet and was promoted in 1942 before disappearing last August.
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Washington
Clifford C. Cox
Carolyn Lee Cox
la Crosse
Wis
Lieut. Cox
Cox
Rman
Gerald Cox
Navy
Central High School
USS Gannett
Pensacola
Fla
Gannett
Pearl Harbor
Heirst
Navy Department
Marietta Woods
Madaline Woods
North 9Th Street
Deaths in Tri-State: Mrs Gilbert Gjere
Mrs Gilbert Gjere 67 native of Riceford Minn died Saturday at her home near Highlandville south of Spring Grove. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev Hexom at the Big Canoe Sai church. She leaves a husband Gilbert Gjere and ten children with 25 grandchildren and two sisters.
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Spring Grove
Minn
Gilbert Gjere
Riceford
Highlandville
Fjelstul
Decorah
Hexom
Big Canoe Sai
Joran Tranen
Winneshiek County
Iowa
Mora Tranen
Henry Jarland
Wheelock
N. D
Caledonia
Alta Deters
Miss Deters
Caledonia Public
St. Luke's Evangelical Church
Eitzen
Arlene
St. Luke’ Evangelical Church
H. W. Radloff
Christian Harkenson
Haakon and
Agnetha Larson
Brottum
Norway
America
Westby
West
Caledonia Native Franklin Webster Dies in Beloit
Frank B. Webster, longtime Caledonia resident and husband of Teresa of Hokah, died at his daughter Mrs. William Rattleberger’s Beloit home. Born March 16, 1873 in Caledonia, he leaves three brothers and a daughter among survivors. Funeral held in Beloit Sunday.
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Caledonia
Minn
Frank B. Webster
William Rattleberger
Beloit
Webster
Teresa
Hokah
Robert
Nashville
Tenn
Carl
Warroad
DeForrest
State Draft Chiefs Meet to Harmonize Deferment Directives
Washington reports Maj. Gen. Hershey chairs sessions with draft directors from 48 states and territories to standardize interpretation of selective service provisions. The talks will not set new policies but may discuss resumption of drafting men over 26 for essential work, though the nationwide ban remains in place.
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Washington
National Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hawaii
Alaska
James T. Coatsworth
Hershey
Selective Service
Johnson Relentless Pacific Ace Tightens Rickenbacker Record
Johnson at 24 adds to his list with 25 confirmed kills including six over Berlin. Bong breaks the 26 mark as Maj. Gregory Boyington and Marine Maj. Joe Foss also reach that tally in the Pacific. Johnson, famed for precision and calm, recalls needing good eyes and a strong neck to survive and has survived three battle injuries.
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Toring Rickenbacker
Bong
Gregory Boyington
Okanogan
Wash
Joe Foss
Sioux Falls
S. D
Rickenbacker
Pacific
Johnson
Midaa
Berlin
Ellender Seeks Light on Reverse Lend-Lease Program
Senator Ellender of Louisiana urged the Senate Appropriations Committee to disclose what the United States is receiving through reverse lend-lease. He described the program as shrouded in darkness and called for clearer accounting of its benefits to the nation.
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Washington
Ellender
D-La
Senate Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt set to clinch fourth term via delegates this week
The Associated Press reports Democrats in six states will name delegates likely giving Franklin D. Roosevelt 531 pledged or claimed votes after Missouri Wyoming Ohio West Virginia North Dakota and Washington roles. Republicans led by Gov. John Bricker of Ohio expect strong gains as Ohio closes with Taft renomination assured in his primary.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Ohio
Missouri
Wyoming
West Virginia
North Dakota
Washington State
Bricker
Gov
John W. Bricker
Mississippi
Thomas Dewey
New York
Tennessee
Taft
Henry McLemore Arrives as War Combat Correspondent
Pvt Henry McLemore former newspaper columnist lands on Bougainville with the first army combat correspondent team attached to the 37th Ohio division. He joins the push on the island as World War II coverage begins for the unit.
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Henry McLemore
Bougain Bougainville
Solomon Islands
Bougainville
First Army
37Th
Ohio
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