Pastor's Secretary Slain in Detroit Church
DETROIT. The secretary to Rev. Newell C. Liesemer at the Twelfth Street Evangelical Church was found slain inside the church nave at about 9 am. Police report six stab wounds to chest and head, clothing torn, wristwatch stopped at 8 35. Liesemer, who lived nearby, found the body after a neighbor warned him. No robbery indicated, though the secretary had recently separated from her husband.
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Detroit
Beta
Seba
Ieee
Twelfth Street
Biddle Defends Wartime Power and Plant Seizure
Avery Custer explains the forcible removal of Sewell Avery, Ward's chairman, from the Chicago plant. Biddle argues the government authority to take over essential war industries rests on wartime necessity and requires fair compensation, dismissing claims of narrow interpretation.
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Congress
Biddle
Montgomery Ses Bas de Ciege
Avery Custer
Sewell Avery
Ward
Chicago
Open Season Ideas Tabled by County Wildlife Group
A county wildlife panel debated hunting rules proposing a grouse in county protection, a cotton tail and jackrabbit season from Oct 30 to Jan 31, and a 45 day oy r fox squirrel season starting Oct 1. Raccoon season from Nov 1 to Dec 15 was favored while red fox could be moved to the ed list. dens may be dug during peak red fox cycles. Muskrat trapping would close in La Crosse county next fall due to low numbers. skunks to be unprotected. a beaver season possible if approved by the Upper.
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la Crosse County
Avery Refused to Leave Plant Despite Conciliatory Efforts
The attorney general described Avery as determined to stay in the plant, refusing to be removed and disobeying access requests from Wayne Taylor, assistant secretary of commerce. He framed the issue as choosing between fighting enemies abroad or managing the domestic situation.
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Avery
Biddle
Biddie
Wayne Taylor
Taylor
County conservation meeting selects leaders and sets pike rule
Frank Branson was named temporary chairman at the meeting. John Kahle of La Crosse Arnold Meyer of Bangor and John Nicholson of Onalaska were elected county conservation congress committeemen with alternates Oscar Gautsch Shelby and Chester Olson Mincoro. The mink season proposal to cut trout limit from 15 to 10 per day failed while a rule linked to wall eyed pike size was adjusted to be one inch less than Y.
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Ng River
Frank Branson
John Kahle
la Crosse
Arnold Meyer
Bangor
John Nicholson
Onalaska
County Conservation Congress
Oscar Gautsch
Shelby
Chester Olson
Mincoro
Sparta officials seek removal of top coping after explosion
City Engineer O. O. Bergman asks Dr. F. C. Thome and Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Kowitz to remove top coping from North Water street buildings to relieve weight after Monday explosion. An Industrial Commission representative is to decide if buildings can be saved. Charles Van Antwerp, 76, a Sparta barber injured in the blast, is receiving care.
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Sparta
Wis
O. O. Bergman
F. C. Thome
E. G. Kowitz
North Water Street
Industrial Commission
Eee
Charles van Antwerp
Justice Court Affidavits Minor Loitering Case
James Vital tavern operator in Shenmington pled not guilty to permitting minors to loiter in his establishment. Bond set at $500, case adjourned to May 26 at 2 pm. Tomah Rex Gonder tick gave six day jail term for vagrancy. Willard Johnson and Anise Rick fined for drunkenness on the highway. Real estate transfers listed in La Crosse. Adolph West pleads not guilty to assault with intent. trial adjourned to Thursday 3 pm with no bail.
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James Vital
Shenmington
Viteli
Tomah
Wis
Art R. Bik
Rex Gondertick
la Crosse
Burton Mach
Carl Lukwite
Wile
Pinestree
4Th
Oscar Jacobsen
Mary Ehrens
Matt Ehrenz
19Th Street
Barlow
Travis Streets
Adolph W. West
Mississippi Street
Robert Mulder
Italy pushes Nazi forces from Lencia in southern Pontine area
Allied forces report Italy drove enemy from Lencia near Terracina securing the southern Pontine marshes. German retreat routes narrowed to a single road via Priverno toward Valmontone as Americans near Monte Alto. Mediterranean air force flew over 2,000 sorties aiding ground troops and targeted gun positions and troops around the beach head and Liri valley.
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Lencia
Terracina
Pontine Marshes
Priverno
Valmontone
Monte Alto
Sth
Curent
Mediterranean Air Force
Liri Valley
Shelby fire protection program cited for low insurance rates
McGlachlin discusses protection for Shelby adjoining Losey boulevard under township contract. Transition from horse to motor fire equipment and ongoing training and installation of protection devices by industry have led to lower fire insurance rates in the city and neighboring townships.
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Shelby
Losey Boulevard
Debtless Era Under Jackson Administration
During a portion of Andrew Jackson's second term the United States government carried no national debt.
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Andrew Jackson
United States
Boy Scouts Aid Prairie Event At Villa Louis
About 32 Scouts and Scouters from Prairie du Chien troops 69 and 74 contributed between 500 and 600 hours of service over a two day opening weekend at Villa Louis. Leaders and volunteers organized camp operations and activities including traffic control, pageant roles, and museum guard duties. The group earned first in the marching unit, with District officials and local citizens inspecting the site.
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Prairie du Chien
Villa Louis
Forrest J. Sadier
Gateway Area Council
Blackhawk District Committee
Boy Scouts of America
al Winters
A. M. Ivey
Philip Pejza
E. J. Powell
Roy West
Sadler
H. H. Kleinpell
Blackhawk
Dessloch
Nab SKF Workers For Giving Out Information
Three SKF ballbearing workers at Goteborg were arrested on charges of supplying information about order sizes and destinations to a foreign power. Two Swedes and one foreigner worked in the order department. The arrests come amid Allied pressure to curb Sweden's exports to Germany, with SKF not on the American blacklist.
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Stockholm
SKF Ballbearing
Goteborg
Aftonbladet
Sweden
Germany
Discharged War Vet Killed in Manitowoc Shipyards
Harold Wood, 32, a former Army sergeant discharged last July, died Tuesday night at the Manitowoc shipbuilding yards when a steel plate toppled onto him. Survivors include his widow and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Wood.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Harold Wood
Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company
Herbert Wood
River Project For Cochrane Approved
Washington senate commerce committee approved Wednesday legislation authorizing postwar construction of rivers and harbors works costing nearly 500 million dollars. Wisconsin project listed is seepage and drainage at Cochrane amounting to 33 thousand dollars.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Wisconsin
Cochrane
Wis
Churchill outlines postwar terms and Yugoslav unity plan
Churchill detailed lenient terms for Romania and Finland, urged unconditional German surrender for Axis satellites, and warned Spain and Turkey in the Balkans. He noted Yugoslav leadership changes, aiming for Tito to unite forces against the invader, with weapons sent to Tito and a British liaison in London. He also discussed the French situation and De Gaulle’s potential visit, with Stettinius affirming U.S. alignment on policy.
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Romania
Russia
Finland
Churchill
Spain
Turkey
Mediterranean
Balkans
Commons
Peter
Yugoslavia
Draja Mahailovic
Tito
Mihailovic
London
United States
Britain
National Liberation Committee
Great Britain
Vichy
French Committee
France
Roosevelt
Charles de Gaulle
Washington
Edward R. Stettinius
Blind Guests Of Honor At Lions Banquet In La Crosse
About 60 people attended the Lions club banquet at the Linker hotel in La Crosse honoring blind residents. Harvey Wright chaired, introduced first time attendees, and paid tribute to those who died. Music by Frank Lodahl and Johannes Fossum, with a program by blind artists Miss Mary Ellen Brooks and Miss Dorothea Runge.
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Linker Hotel
Lions Club For
la Crosse
Lions
Harvey Wright
L. G. Schaefer
Wright
Frank “Lodahl
Johannes Fossum
Mary Ellen Brooks
Sheboygan
Dorothea Runge
Antigo
Wisconsin
Pumpkin Eater
Lion's den
Lions Club
Obituary notices for Roden Murphy and Larson compiled
Obituaries list Thomas Roden 55 formerly of La Crosse died in Fort Pierce Florida. Survived by wife three children brothers William Hugh and David and sister Mrs Joseph Neubauer of Donna Texas. Also note Mrs D A Murphy 70 died in Chicago with services in La Crosse Saturday at St Marys church officiated by Msgr Con don. Lena Larson 68 of La Crosse died in hospital with funeral Saturday at Fanger ness church Ettrick Wis burial in local cemetery. Residents include daughters George Kallenbach Stanley Alexander and Mrs William Solberg, son Clifford Larson, sister Ben Larson, brother Martin Benson and 17 grandchildren. Funeral details given for those named.
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Thomas Roden
la Crosse
Fort Pierce
Fla
Florida City
J. I. Lamb Fruit Company
William
Hugh
Oxnard
Calif
David
Brookings
S. D
Joseph Neubauer
Donna
Tex
D. A. Murphy
Madison Street
Chicago
J. W. Daley
St. Mary’s Church
Robert B. Condon
Murphy
Kathryn Kearney
Dubuque
Mary Catherine
BVM
Des Moines
Daley
Joseph W
Donald F. Murphy
Ao Annabolis
Davenport
Lena Larson
South 15Th Place
Ig Valley
Minn
George Kallenbach
Stanley Alexander
William Solberg
Clifford Larson
Ben Larson
Martin Benson
Cando
N. D
Helmer
Fangerness Church
Ettrick
Wis
Hugo Aasen
Sletten-McKee Company
Infante?ry Chef Reaches 1000th Meal Milestone Overseas
Sgt. Harley L. Gates of Melrose Wisconsin marks his 1000th meal prepared for frontline riflemen of the 3rd Marne Division with the 5th Army on the Anzio beachhead in Italy. He has cooked under African Tunisian Sicilian and Italian campaigns amid mud shrapnel and artillery. Fresh meat butter and eggs have lately reached the beachhead kitchens.
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5Th Army
Italy
Harley L. Gates
Roy Gates
Melrose
Wis
Anzio
Gates
Tunisia
Salerno
Apennine
Divorce Decree Granted in Circuit Court
Judge Robert S. Cowie approved a divorce in circuit court Wednesday morning for Joseph J. Borrell of 110642 South 11th Street and Con stance Anne Borrell of New York City on desertion grounds. The couple had no children. Mrs. Borrell’s maiden name Bealler was restored.
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Robert S. Cowie
Circuit Court
Joseph J. Borrell
South 11Th Street
Constance Anne Borrell
New York City
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