Labor Supply and Demand Discussed by Local Plant Officials
La Crosse area officials, with 16 essential industries represented, examined labor supply and demand. The discussion covered shifting group classifications, recruitment, seniority rights, part time workers, and the impact on war industries and military discharges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sult
John Huecker
WMC
Maj
Stanley Kaufman
Camp McCoy
B. F. Boisen
E. F. Duffy
la Crosse Trailer and Equipment Co
E. A. Warninger
Coal Dealers’ Association
W. Baeder
la Crosse Garment Factory
Noel A. Thomson
Bump Pump Co
H. R. Mueller
la Crosse Rubber Mills
F. J. Papenfuss
Gateway City Transfer Co., Inc
R. L. Bangsberg
la Crosse Tribune
Capt
George D. Goetzke
C. J. Stefferud
Ordnance Service Command
John Padesky
Motor Meter Gauge and Equipment Corp
Paratroop Captain Delivers Baby in Aid Mission
Captain Jacob F. Wagner of Fort Atkinson Wisconsin heard a woman scream from an upstairs window. He investigated and delivered an eight pound baby, then attended mother and child before calling a doctor. He was a farmer in peacetime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Jacob F. Wagner
Ft. Atkinson
Wis
Capt. Wagner
Heroic pilots sacrifice lives to save crew in flaming bomber
At an English coast base on May 11 a Liberator bomber named Cee Gee Second exploded after combat. Pilot Lieut. James S. Munsey of Norman Oklahoma and Co Pilot Lieut. Robert O Crall of Mansfield Ohio died saving companions as five crew escaped by parachute. Five men survived. nine men died in the mission that mirrors 8th Air Force epic deeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin F. Banker
U. S
England
James S. Munsey
Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
U. S. Airforce
Cee Gee
Ralph McClure
Washington, D. C
John McKinney
Dickinson
Tex
Grover G. Conway
Nitro
W. Va
Norman W. Brown
Gainesville
McKinney
Brown
McClure
McKiney
Leon Helfand
Brooklyn
N. Y
Helfand
Conway
Arthur Orlowski
Chicago
K. G. Laux
Redding
Mich
William C. Grady
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Veteran Fighter Plane Winds Up Her Career
An article recalls Old Sixty Six a P-400 fighter from Guadalcanal to 1944 with 200 missions and 600 combat hours. It notes design work by Sgt. Leo A. Hoff of Sturgeon Bay Wis who helped with equipment for rescues aboard a special liferaft. The plane helped sink a Japanese destroyer and destroy four enemy transports while strafing troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Leo A. Hoff
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Guadalcanal
Rabaul
Spartans in Fort Sill Share Barracks in May Draft
Four Sparta men who entered service in the May quota are stationed at Fort Sill Oklahoma and are living in the same barracks. Pvt. Larry Hanson Pvt. George Owens Pvt. Barney Shafman and Pvt. Gale Vonder Ohe share quarters there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Fort Sill
Okla
Larry Hanson
George Owens
Barney Shafman
Gale Vonder Ohe
Uniformed Japanese Women Among Dead With 24th Division
At least two Japanese women in uniform armed with forty four caliber pistols were killed in action in the Hollandia area of Dutch New Guinea. Infantry patrols said they were among Japanese slain during brief clashes at Dazai on the road from Depapre to the Hollandia airdrome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Dazai
Depapre
FFA to Meet in Galesville Father-Sons Program
Local FFA members with their fathers and guests plan a Friday evening gathering at the school for the annual father-sons program. A program at 8 p m will include music awards and honorary degrees, with several guests expected to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FFA
Galesville
Wis
Asa Peee
Wanted Men And Women Who Are Hard Of Hearing
An advertisement targets men and women with hearing loss offering a simple risk free test. It promises improved hearing or money back and promotes Curine Ear Drops sold at Ford Hopkins and drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Hopkins
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Angle C Ranch
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Milwaukee Road
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UBTEN
Alles and
America
Lacros&law Tribune
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Munsey
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Fifth Ave. SO
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