Boys Gangs Aid Milwaukee Rail Line Work
La Crosse River division superintendent W J Whalen leverages a 50 strong schoolboy gang to ballast track north of La Crescent for the Milwaukee road. The teens perform rail dressing, tamping, and tie placement while traveling by bus from La Crosse, Winona, and nearby high schools earning about 31 dollars weekly. They receive supervision from veteran maintenance staff and Aquinas athletic coach J F Michuta ensuring safety and proper care. More gangs may form in Sparta and River Junction as need arises.
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la Crosse River
Milwaukee Railroad
Chicago
Seattle
Tacoma
Canada
Northwest
la Crescent
Wabasha
Minn
la Crosse
North Side
South Side
Greyhound
Crosse
Aquinas
Central
Logan
Winona
Milwaukee Road
al Neuman
J. F. Michuta
Whalen
Sparta
la Crosse-Winona
River Junction
CIO Labor News and War Bond Drive Update
Meetings this week include Local 14 URWA on Monday Tuesday CIO political action in La Crosse County and Wednesday La Crosse County Industrial Union Council. The 396 band will suspend rehearsals for two months and resume in August. Auto Lite plant workers near the Fifth War Loan quota of 160000 with a push to finish the over the top total by next Sunday's column. CIO Women’s initiative seeks renewal of emergency maternity and infant care with $42000 appropriated enabling service wives to receive free care for pregnancy and infant care for the first year, via local health board applications.
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URWA
la Crosse County Cio Political Action Committee
la Crosse County Industrial Union Council
Auto Lite
CIO
Congress
Board of Health
UAW CIO War Veterans Conference Policy Approved
The international executive board approved actions from the national UAW CIO war veterans conference, turning them into official union policy. The conference took place in April.
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Uawcio War Veterans
Gallup polls used in La Crosse surveys by locals
La Crosse residents are part of Gallup public opinion polls used by the La Crosse Tribune. Movie surveys by Mrs. L A Fawcett and political surveys by Don Kinney have provided data. Interviews note age and wage brackets. identities of respondents are not published.
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la Crosse
George Gallup
Public Opinion Institute
la Crosse Tribune
L. A. Fawcett
Don Kinney
Gallup
Tribune
Cameron Park
New Elephant Species Found in New York City
A new elephant species is identified in New York City from a tiny African elephant brought from the French Congo in 1905. Scientists label it a true pigmy species previously unknown to science.
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New York City
New York
French Congo
Storm Rips La Crosse Trees and Floods Streets
Severe storms lashed La Crosse with 55 mph winds and heavy rain, uprooting trees and cutting power as two inches fell in 40 minutes. Flooded basements, shattered windows at Hoeschiers and Motor Parts, and a caved Mississippi Street basement marked the damage. a storm long remembered.
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la Crosse
Mississippi
Hoeschiers’ Drug Store
Motor Parts and Equipment Company
North Side
Mississippi Street
E. Stanley Jones
Riverside Park
U.S.S. Helena
Pacific
Veterans at Washington conference push postwar UAW-CIO plan
Delegates at the Washington meeting of UAW-CIO veterans and active service members call for a full employment program after the war. They seek a veterans department within the union, plant wide seniority for disabled veterans, and expanded education and training. President Thomas urged concrete action and praised wartime solidarity.
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Washington
D. C
Uaw-Cio
Veterans Department
R. J. Thomas
The Surge of Motion Picture Theaters in America
Reports indicate over twenty thousand motion picture theaters operate across the United States, reflecting rapid growth in entertainment venues. The large number underscores widespread demand for cinema experiences and evolving urban leisure culture.
Changes To Be Slight In Meat Rationing
OPA Administrator Chester Bowles signaled that most meats may remain ration-free through July with only minor changes next month. He noted an official July point value announcement later in the week. Beef steaks and roasts are currently rationed, and changes may restore points on other cuts.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Banker’s Wife Lena Nash Wilson Dead at 57
Kenosha Wisconsin Mrs Lena Nash Wilson 57 wife of James T Wilson bank chairman died Friday after several weeks illness She was daughter of Charles W Nash founder of Nash Motors and chairman of Nash Kelvinator Corp This obituary notes her family and ties to local industry professionals.
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Kenosha, Wis
Lena Nash Wilson
James T. Wilson
First National Bank of
Story of Dr Wassell World War II Hero Screen Debut
Cecil B DeMille presents a Technicolor feature on Dr Wassell a rural physician who became a medical missionary in China and saved sailors in wartime The film stars Gary Cooper Dennis O Keefe Laraine Day with newcomers Carol Thurston and Signe Hasso It is a road show premier at Hollywood theater Wednesday 8 30 p m running hours and minutes long
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Dr. Wassel
Hollywood Theater
Gary Cooper
Cecil B. DeMille
Wassell
China
Roosevelt
DeMille
Disti
Dennis O'Keefe
Laraine Day
Carol Thurston
Signe Hasso
Dr. Wassell
La Crosse Republicans Recall Lincoln Nominated in 1860 Chicago
The La Crosse delegation to the 1860 Republican convention in Chicago included Wilson Colwell L E Webb Leonard Lottridge and Isaac L Usher. Lincoln won the nomination amid Seward optimism amid crowd cheers hats tossed and Usher’s balcony speech ending with a toast to Old Abe before he later abandoned the party.
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Chicago
Lincoln
White House
William H. Seward
New York
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
Middle West
Midwest
Wilson Colwell
L. E. Webb
Leonard Lottridge
Isaac L. Usher
Seward
Lottridge
Capt
Colwell
Tremont House
Usher
Abe
Missouri
Chronicle
The
Horace Greeley
New York Tribune
Greeley
Maine
Badger
Wisconsin
Johnson
the Chronicle
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Billy Whalen
Gordon Becker
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Stuhr
North Western Railroad
Rey
LO Lustre
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Erickson Bakery
CIO Labor News
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Shlaf
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la Crosse Morning Chronicle
John Miehl
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England
U. S
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