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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1944

Page

5

Aviation Student Saves Man With First Aid At Ada

Robert Johnston, aviation student at the army flying school in Ada, saved a man from death by applying digital pressure to the brachial artery after a glass incident. The action helped stop bleeding and the man, Mr. Bolding, began recovering. Johnston hails from 816 South 20th Street, while family members Gerald E. Johnston and others serve with the Marines and at Kessler Field.

Leo Johnston South 20Th Street Robert Army Force Flying School Ada Ipping Bolding John Johnston Red Cross Bold Kessler Field Miss Ston’s Gerald E. Johnston RDMCB San Diego Calif Marines

Radio Tonight and Saturday Broadcast Schedule Overview

Radio Tonight lists NBC-3 CBS-6 and BLU-6 programs with timing from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. including Lucille Manners, People Are Funny, Charlie Ruggles and more. WEBE and MBS networks present daily slots like 5:00 Kiddies Hour and 11:45 Hayshakers, plus Saturday 1:30 a.m. reading and Atlantic Grass Courts tennis details.

NBC Lucille Manners Thin Manorama Abe Loman Waltzer Boston Blackie CBS Charlie Ruggles Moore and Durante Stage Door Canteen Blondie Meet Your Navy Gang Busters Louis Prima Band Ted Malone England MBS Saterday Allmate Meenas Atlantic Horace Heidt Halloran Hospital Halls of Montezuma WEBE Progressive Party Chesterfield Music Shop Howard’s Varieties Raymond C. Rice Walsh Congress Thin Man Boston Harkness Washington Author's Playhouse Gores Alex Dreier Rupert Hughes Dunn Dick Tracy The Cadets Chick Carter Bill the Murphy Sisters Jack Armstrong Biu Quincy Howe News Time Hop Harrigan Biu-Basic Terry Seris Lyn Murray Cbe Tim Healy Mbss Jeri Sullavan Jeck Armstrong Volney Hard News Tom Mix Lowell Thomas Newsea World News Henry J. Taylor the Sea Hound Mercer Music Shop Drams Fulton Levis, Jr Volney Carolyn Gilbert Broadway Dancing Music Orchestra London Kaliiaborn Cecil Brown Neck Carter Great Lakes Abe Lyman Gabriel Heatter Brewster Boy Dlu Chet Morris Nbe Gary Moore Jimmy Durante Dbs Earl Godwin Cedric Poster Biv Dance Orchestra 45 Mint Bill Stern Nbc Stage Door Canteen Dbs Fish Pond Nbc-Basic the Music Shop Cbs & Blu Grannland Rice Orch Nbc Victory F.O

Liberator Bombers Strike Davao in First Philippine Liberation Raid

Advanced bomber crew led by Lieut. Grant Jensen circled Davao city as five ships passed upriver. Bombs fell on an airstrip, signaling a bold start to Allied operations in Mindanao while Japanese defenses offered little response amid moonlit skies.

Mindanao Grant Jensen Wis Jensen Davao River Daniel Mahoney Ithaca N. Y Theodore Huffman Wilkesboro N. C Huffman Davao Gulf

Nazi secret weapon joke and naval christening set for Aug 20

The paper reports a Frenchman recounting a German officer's quip that the V 2 secret weapon was "millions of civilian coats and three trains," while announcing a triple christening at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on Sunday August 20 for the aircraft carrier Antietam and cruisers Chicago and Los Angeles, per Rear Admiral Draemel.

LA Crosse Philadelphia Antietam Chicago Los Angeles Philadelphia Navy Yard M. F. Draemel

Mass walkout hits Wausau wood plant

About 650 to 700 workers at George Silbernagel and Sons in Wausau Wisconsin began a work stoppage effective at midnight. The dispute prompted the slogan Let’s Go U S A Keep ’Em Flying.

Wausau Wis George Silbernagel and Sons Company U.S. A

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