Chicks Hatchery Season Shortened Across States
The crop service reports a reduced hatching season with many Wisconsin hatcheries cancelling orders and expecting a month shorter season than last year. US hatcheries may close one to two months earlier than 1943, with May output down about two thirds versus the prior year. Overall US production could fall about 18 percent below the first five months of 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
United States Departments of Agriculture
United States
500 Pound Bomb Rolls Off Wing Over France
Capt Hiram F Conant of Cambridge Massachusetts piloting an A 20 Havoc over France watched a 500 pound bomb roll on his wing after being dropped on by a plane in his formation The bomb later rolled off the wing as Conant maneuvered to avoid danger reported by a Sth airforce announcement
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England
Hiram F. Conant
Cambridge
Mass
France
Conant
Sth Airforce
Fire Starts In Attic At Westby
Westby fire department responded to a home owned by Mr and Mrs Char ettestad after a morning fire of paper and rubbish in the attic. An attic blaze sparked by an unusual noise occurred with escaping gases from the chimney possibly causing the explosion. Loss covered by insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ae Anne Tieestby
Charettestad
Johnson
State Draft Directors Gather In Washington
Washington draft directors convened in the capital for a three day closed conference to report on the current drive to register men under 26 and to discuss changes in regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eee Sant Ber Peting
Weather Record Showers in South and East Central Areas
U S Department of Commerce reports showers moving through the south and east central portions with Tuesday partly cloudy conditions and warmer readings in the west and central areas.
River Forecast from Hastings to Genoa
The Mississippi River is expected to rise over the next three to four days in this district. Upper sections near Pepin rise slowly about 0.2 feet daily while Dam No 5 causes a 4 foot surge southward. Crest at Red Wing around 3.14 feet Tuesday, reads at 1.04 feet late Tuesday, Winona near 1.1 feet Wednesday, and La Crosse early Thursday. Chippewa and Black rivers fall slowly with large changes in tributaries.
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Hastings
Genoa
Mississippi
Pepin
Dam No. 5
Crest
Red Wing
Winone
la Crosse
Chippewa
Black
Shippers' Porpcast Protest Angers North West East Regions
Protest notes complain about shipment directions and temperature readings with ranges from 35 to 65 degrees. The petition cites northward routes at 35 degrees and west at 38 to 42 degrees while south and east routes reach 42 to 65 degrees above zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porpcast
Zere
Wisconsin agronomist forecasts strong MFeed crops amid dry weather
Larry Graber of the University of Wisconsin notes that dry weather legumes may yield good hay and seed crops. He warns that severe winter damage would raise the already scarce protein feeds, stressing alfalfa and clover for livestock and seed reserves for 1945 in the north central states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry” Graber
University of Wisconsin Agronomist
Graber
Wisconsin
North Central States
County 4 H Groups Plant 2300 Trees
Approximately 2 300 tree trans plants were distributed among La Crosse county 4 H members white and Norway spruce American elm and were offered free by the state extension department to 4 H members. The Mormon Coulee 4 H club took the largest number of trees receiving about 40 percent of the total. Largest single order was placed by Robert Cook Amsterdam Prairie club who ordered 500 trees. He is taking the 4 H forestry project other clubs which re Amsterdam Walker Medary Burnham Valley Union Mills and Sand Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
State Extension Department
Mormon Coulee
Robert Cook
Amsterdam Prairie Club
Amsterdam
Walker
Medary
Burnham Valley
Union Mills
Sand Lake
Wisconsin Boy Enlists at 14 Cleared for Navy Discharge
Charles Frances Acord of Eau Claire Wisconsin enlisted in the Navy in November 1942 at New Orleans while visiting a sister. He served until now when the Navy says he was discharged under honorable conditions for unsuitability due to immaturity. Acord, now 16, may obtain an official discharge form and a World War II veteran button by writing the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wiley
R-Wis
Wisconsin
Navy
Charles Frances Acord
Eau Claire
Wis
New Orleans
Acord
Found Dead In Bed At Beaches Corner
WHITEHALL Wis Special Einar Hanson 55 was found dead in bed at Beaches Corner. Hanson born in Norway came to the area with parents to settle on a farm in Garfield town Jackson county. Parents are dead he left the farm about three years ago. For the past year he has lived with Lestavenines. Only surviving relatives are in Norway funeral arrangements not yet made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Einar Hanson
Hanson
Norway
Garfield
Jackson County
Car Plunges Into Slough In Prairie Du Chien
Robert Mayne of Prairie du Chien rode through a slough Sunday afternoon when the car owned and operated by Walter Scherz veered off a filling station approach on Blackhawk avenue. The driver jumped as the wheels locked and the car settled five feet deep. neither youth was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Robert Mayne
Walter Scherz
Prairie
Blackhawk Avenue
Haas to discuss Stalin May Day address at forum
Madison resident Grant C. Haas will speak at the Vocational school forum Monday at 7:30 p m. He will cover Stalin May Day address the British American pact with Spain and the British empire conference. He will also address late war news developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant C. Haas
Madison
Stalin
Spain
Supreme Court to Review AP Government Case
The Supreme Court announced it would review the government versus the Associated Press in a joint appeal. No hearing date was set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Associated Press
Ordination Service Held for Rev Earl J Riek
The Rev Earl J Riek of La Crosse was ordained as a minister of the United Church of the Living Christ at a Mother church ceremony in St. Paul. The 2 hour service included hands on prayer and a certificate presentation. Present were members from Minneapolis La Crosse Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls. Rev Walter C Rathke served as ordainer with S J Carson presenting the certificate. Riek, born in La Crosse to Mrs Martha Riek, will lead the La Crosse Church of the Living Christ with his first service planned for Mother's Day May 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl J. Riek
Poe Jackson Street
United Churches of the Living Christ
Riek
Mother Church
Minneapolis
la Crosse
Eau Claire
Chippewa Falls
Walter C. Rathke
S. J. Carson
Martha Riek
Jackson Street
Florence
la Crosse Church of
Obituary Miss Louise Lange of La Crosse
Miss Louise Lange of 911 South 2nd street died in a local hospital Sunday afternoon after a brief illness. She is survived by three sisters Mrs. W J Weigand of Winona Minnesota Mrs Louis Cullman of West Salem and Doris of home and three brothers Arthur Herman and Elmer of La Crosse. Services will be held Wednesday at 2 pm at Sletten McKee funeral home with Rev A B Drummond officiating. Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday evening from seven to nine.
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Louise Lange
South 2Nd Street
W. J
Minnie) Weigand
Winona
Minn
Louis
Meta) Cullman
West Salem
Doris
Arthur
Herman
Elmer
la Crosse
Sletten- McKee Funeral Home
7Th
King Streets
A. B. Drummond
Oak Grove
Alfred J. Cagney Dies in La Crosse Hospital
Alfred J. Cagney 38 of La Porte Indiana died Friday in a La Crosse hospital. Services were held Monday at St Gertrude's Church Chicago with burial at Calvary Cemetery. He was survived by his wife Dorothea Graham and three children Jack Tom and Joan, five brothers and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred J. Cagney
la Porte
Ind
la Crosse
St. Gertrude’s Catholic Church
Chicago
Calvary Cemetery
Dorothea Graham
Graham
Jack
Tom
Joan
Funeral services for Elena Wolden announced
Services for the late Elena Wolden 79 address 420 Winnebago street will be held Wednesday at 2 p m at Madden funeral home with Rev O Paulson officiating Burial will be in Oak Grove cemetery Friends may call at Madden funeral home Tuesday evening
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Elena Wolden
Winnebago Street
Madden Funeral Home
Rev
O. Paulson
Oak Grove Cemetery
Obituary: Emma A. Taylor 79 Milwaukee Area Resident
Emma A. Taylor 79 of Milwaukee died Sunday at home on February 19. Survived by two daughters Mrs S A Stavrum Oshkosh and Mrs Paul Lyga La Crosse. two sons James S and Stanton E Jr La Crosse. one sister Mrs Harry Buik Minot ND. 11 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 2 p m at Sletten McKee south chapel Reverend Homer W Yinger officiating. Burial Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Emma A. Taylor
South 17Th Street
Milwaukee
Wis
S. A. Stavrum
Oshkosh
Paul Lyga
la Crosse
James S
Stanton E., Jr
Harry Buik
Minot
N. D
Sletten-McKee Company
Homer W. Yinger
Oak Grove Cemetery
Property transfers and local notices in La Crosse area
Property deeds list transfers in La Crosse and nearby towns including Jackson Avon Gohres Burns Powell St Andrew and West Salem. Fire calls report May 6 2 22 pm skiff incident and May 6 8 38 pm fire at Harold Weise residence and May 7 2 33 pm garage fire Elton Strand. Also motor vehicle violations in Shelby township with fines for Karl Jahnke R J Stoddard and Louis Schams.
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Powell and
St. Andrew Streets
la Crosse
Wiskerden Lané
Liberty Street
Gould Street
Harold Weise
South 6Th Street
Elton Strand
Ration Guide Update on Stamp Validity and Food Prices
The Associated Press notes stamp validity for meat, fats, processed foods, sugar and shoes with outlines of renewed eligibility dates. It lists price ceilings for fruits and vegetables in La Crosse Wisconsin and Winona Minnesota for May 3 to 9, including specific item prices like bananas at 12 cents per pound and potatoes around 28 to 80 cents per five or ten pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
la Crosse
Wis
Winona
Minn
California
Florida
U. S
Idaho
Ten men help at milk plant in Whitehall during peak season
Whitehall Wisconsin special report shows ten barrel factory workers from the Illinois Cooperative Manufacturing company taking a half day off to assist at Land O Lakes milk drying plant as 467000 pounds of skim milk arrive daily. Manager Roy Huitfeldt says ten more workers are needed and the plant runs 50 percent over capacity with plans to add two new dryers to reach 600000 pounds daily.
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Whitehall
Wis
Illinois Cooperative Manufacturing Company
Land O'Lakes
Roy Huitfeldt
Huitfeldt
Gilmanton Creamery
Government seeks technical trainees
The government seeks technical trainees with no experience required said by Secretary F N Clark of the local civil service board. Trainees will learn in testing war devices for the National Bureau of Standards with salaries from 1970 to 2190 dollars yearly. High school or vocational course in mechanics or electricity preferred. details from Clark at the post office.
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F. N. Clark
Civil Service Board
National Bureau of Standards
Clark
Son Receives Purple Heart Posthumously for Salerno Death
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin reports Mr and Mrs Thomas McGrath have received the Purple Heart and citation awarded posthumously to their son Pfc James E McGrath for military merit. He died from wounds received at Salerno Italy on September 15 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Thomas McGrath
Pfc
James E. McGrath
Salerno
Italy
Merrill, Leader of Marauders Taken Ill
Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill, 40, head of Merrill's American Marauders, fell ill during last week's harassment operations northeast of Kamaung in northern Burma and briefly relinquished command to Col. Charles Hunter. He was eventually flown to an American hospital in India by a plane that landed close to Japanese forces.
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Merrill
IL New Delhi
Frank Merrill
Kamaung
Burma
Col
Charles Hunter
Ian
The
Landers
India
Marquette Youth Center Dedicated by Lions Club
The Marquette Lions club sponsored a Friday dedication of a new youth recreation center, claimed to be the first in the area. Speakers included L Perry S Hartley and B Ruegnitz of the Dubuque Lions, with local officials and pastors offering talks. High school students elected officers Mil bert Krohn Beverly Barr Marjorie Fields and others as directors. Music by local residents and an archery exhibition by El edins and Mr Eddins.
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Iowa
Marquette Lions Club
Marquette
L. Perry
S. Hartley
B. Ruegnitz
Dubuque, Iowa
Lions’ Club
William Davidson
E. W. Carlson
Elkader
Edward Shuey
McGregor
Milbert Krohn
Beverly Barr
Marjorie Fields
Marjorie Langlie
Jamies Cook
George Krohn
Ray Goltz
Lloyd Eddins
Eddins
Elmer Langlie
Japan to Send Ship for Relief Supplies to Prisoners
Tokyo radio reported Japan will dispatch a vessel to Vladivostok to collect U S relief supplies for American prisoners and civilian internees. The plan, conveyed through the Swiss minister, accompanies Japan’s reply to U S charges on prisoner treatment.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Vladivostok
United States
Japan
Tokyo
Roundy Coughlin to Attend Boxing Show at Vocational School
Madison sports columnist Roundy Coughlin is added to the list of notable attendees for the Lou Nova Cohen Chaney boxing show at the Vocational school. Also expected are Fred Saddy of Milwaukee state athletic commission Harvey Buchanan of Superior Tony Stecher of Minneapolis Billy Mitchell of Milwaukee and George Barton of the Twin Cities.
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Round Coughlin
Madison
Lou Nova- Cohen Chaney
Coughlin
Fred Saddy
Milwaukee
State Athletic Commission
Harvey Buchanan
Superior
Tony Stecher
Minneapolis
Billy Mitchell
George Barton
Twin Cities
Rains Delay Seeding Schedule For Farmers In Wisconsin
County Agent W. E. Spreiter says continued rains halt seeding in La Crosse county. Early planting aimed for completion by April 20 remains only half done as ground stays too wet to plant or plow and brief dry spells are soaked again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
W. E. Spreiter
Spreiter
Cowie Orders Briefs In Suit Against City
Following a writ of mandamus on May 5 mandating La Crosse to sign a contract with Glenn E Streblow or show cause why it should sign, the city and Streblow attorneys appeared before Judge Robert S Cowie. He ordered briefs be filed within 10 days.
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la Crosse
Glenn E. Streblow
City
Streblow
Robert S. Cowie
Circuit
Cowie
Publisher Goldthorpe Seeks Eighth Assembly Term in Grant Co
W H Goldthorpe weekly newspaper publisher announces candidacy for re election as assemblyman from Grants first district on the Republican ticket He has served five terms and chairs the education committee in the legislature.
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Assembly
Cubacity
Wis
W. H. Goldthorpe
Grant County
Goldthorpe
Winona Livestock Reported By Swift and Company
Swift and Company reports Winona Minnesota livestock sales with buying hours from 9 a m to 4 p m. Animals arriving after closing will be cared for weighed and priced the next morning. Hoc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift and Company
Winona
Minn
Hoc
Milwaukee Livestock Market Report Readout
Milwaukee stockyards show hogs 170 to 325 pounds mostly steady with some declines. prices for various weight divisions listed. Cattle 1000 head steady with ranges for steers, yearlings, dairy and beef cattle. calves 2200 head steady with veal prices and cull ranges noted.
Livestock Prices Drift in Chicago Market Report
Hogs total 32,000, sales slow to steady with 270 lb hogs mostly 25 cents lower on heavier weights. Sows down 25 cents, top hogs at 13.75 for 200-270 lb. Cattle and calves: 18,000 salable, steers steady to up, top 16.80, heifers 16.65 to 16.50, cows scarce and steady, vealers unchanged at 16. Bulls active at 11.85 to 13.50. Potatoes mixed, demand fair for best, market steady to weak for fair stock. Bliss Triumphs and Long Whites noted with prices ranges.
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Bologna
Milwaukee Livestock
Milwaukee
Chicago
U. S
Minnesota
North Dakota
Bliss
Alabama Bliss
Louisiana
California
Rehearing Denied on Negro Vote in Texas Primary
The Supreme Court refused two requests for rehearing of its ruling that Negroes may vote in Texas Democratic primaries. Texas Attorney General Grover Sellers and two Houston election judges filed no rehearing petitions, and the court offered no comment. The judges argue the decision reverses a nine year old unanimous ruling upholding Negro exclusion from primaries.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Grover Sellers
Houson
Chicago grain table shows mixed wheat and rye futures and cash prices
Wheat futures May July and Sept rise within narrow ranges with near term closes around 1.65 to 1.70 per bushel. Rye and barley futures show small gains and cash grain markets list malting and seed prices, and Chicago produce reports show firm poultry prices and steady eggs and butter with WPA quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rye Yee
Wa High
Phish
Chicago Cash Grain
Chicago
WPA
U. S
Empire Leaders Support Strategy Postwar Problems Are Taken Up
London reports a week of empire talks focusing on postwar strategy. Prime Minister Curtin of Australia says the conference endorsed a beat a first policy in the Pacific and kept pressure on Germany. Canada and Australia may clash over tariff policy while supporting empire coordination. Sir Walter Raleigh was beheaded as a spy.
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London
Allied Global
Germany
John Curtin
Australia
Pacific
Churchill
Canada
W. L. MacKenzie King
United States
Curtin
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Haas
la Crosse Church
Ration Guide
Axel K. Olson
U. S. Naval Hospital
Philadelphia
Galesville High School
Luther College
Decorah
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Lahey Clinic
Boston
Olson
Guthrie Clinic
Sayre
Penn
A. K. Olson
Ettrick
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Calif
KruGon
Hoeschler Bros. Drugs
Marquette Youth Center
Lions Club
Roundy Coughlin
Sphere
Sth
Main
Harvester R
Nick Dan Allis
Can
Loco
Kennecott C
Smelt
Am. T
Liggett and
My. B
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Montgom
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Nash Kelvinator
Beth. Steel
Nat Bisc
Calumet and Hec
N. Y. Central R.R
No. Am. Aviation
Caterpil. Tractor
North Amer
Corwealth. Ed
Northern Pacific
Cons. Edison
Douglas Aircraft
R.R
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Phelps Dodge
Phillips Pet
Gen. Foods
Repub. Steel
Sears Roe
Gen. Motors
Sinclair Oil
Goodrich
Socony-Vacuum
Goodyear Ore
Southern Pacific
Texas Co
Union Carbide
United Air
United Aircraft
U. S. Rubber
U. S. Steel
UN. Tel
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Mfg
Woolworth Youngst
Curb Ark. Nat. Gas A
Cities Soc. Pf
el. Bond and
Pitts. Pl
Amer. Ins
Gisholt Ma. Co
N.S
North
Banc
P. S
Trane Co
Winona Livestock
Chicago Livestock
BIG Gain
West Union
Mankato
Chicago Grain Table
Oaats
Sir Walter Raleigh
a.App
Master Chicks For Profit
Ame
Ante
National Poultry Improvement Plan
David Bradley
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Fifth Avenue
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