Soldier’s Mail Priority Highlighted by 32nd Division Veteran
S. Sgt. James Pitzner returns to La Crosse after service in New Guinea and Australia. He notes mail as top U S Army priority and recalls training, Saidor combat, and encounters with wildlife. Pitzner earned good conduct Asiatic-Pacific Defense and Pre Pearl Harbor medals with a bronze star. He praises chaplains and discusses malaria prevention among troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Crosse Tribune
New Guinea
James Pitzner
Louis H
Joan
Hillview Avenue
Australia
Pitzner
la Crosse
Livingston
Louisiana
Carolinas
Camp Livingston
Ft. Devens
Mass
San Francisco
Ile Australia
Charles Hillesheim
Lawrence Iverson
Delbert Redmann
Donald Weigel
Godspeed
Donald Ald Hagema
Frank Becker
Glen O. Potter
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
Saidor
Youth centers engage about 1100 La Crosse teens weekly
More than 1,100 La Crosse teenagers participate in four recreation centers run by the youths themselves. Dances occur twice weekly at campuses including Lincoln Junior High and Logan High School with 15 cent membership and 10 cent admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Mark Sutton
Ee Sleetie Rentee
Lincoln Junior Hi
Logan High School
Dahl
Lois Staats
Rita Carer
Elks Hall
South Side
Logan Gym
Bardwell Attends Executive Education Session at Jackson's Mill
Dr. R W Bardwell superintendent of schools left for Jackson's Mill West Virginia to attend a two week executive education session Aug 15 24 hosted by the American Association of Teachers Colleges More than 300 educators including college deans and state education officials will join in cooperative discussions on postwar planning military service credit and surplus equipment distribution at the West Virginia State 4 H camp site noted for its leadership courses and historic Stonewall Jackson boyhood site
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of Teachers Colleges
R. W. Bardwell
Jackson's Mill
West Virginia
Teachers Colleges
School of Education
State Department of Education
Agricultural Extension Service of
Thomas J
Stonewall) Jackson
Migratory waterfowl rules lift season and bag limits
U S interior department announces 1944 migratory waterfowl regulations for the upper Mississippi valley. An 80 day season with a general bag limit of 10 birds per day, plus extra five mallards pintails and widgeons when redhead and bufflehead are included. Temporary measures aim to curb crop damage by scattering populations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Rtment
Interior
Mississippi Valley
Ira . Gabrielson
Fish and Wildlife Service
Wisconsin and Minnesota migratory bird limits and local pheasant release
Inland provisions set daily bag limits across Minnesota and Wisconsin for ducks, geese, rails, coots, sora, and woodcock with specifics on wood duck and merganser counts. Badger State Sportsmen’s Club plans to band and release about 800 pheasants from 1,000 day-old chicks, 140 lost in a recent storm, at county farm east of Salzer airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Badger State Sportsmen's Club
Old Salzer Airport
Poynette
Dramatic Soprano Kathryn Gene To Give Tuesday Concert
Kathryn Gene dramatic soprano will perform operatic and folk works at 9 30 a m Tuesday in the main auditorium of La Crosse State Teachers College as part of the summer school series. She trained with Herbert Witherspoon and Isaac Van Grove and has sung with the Chicago Opera Company and the original American Opera Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Gene
la Crosse State Teachers College
Herbert Witherspoon
Metropolitan Opera Company
Isaac van Grove
New York
Chicago Opera Company
Original American Opera Company
Illinois Symphony Orchestra
Teachers College
Painting Industry Faces Heavy Demand
Wisconsin painters face service shortages due to manpower and material shortages. J. L. Padgham of Madison, president of the Wisconsin council of painting and decorating contractors, declared the industry is in demand beyond its capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
J. L. Padgham
Madison
Wisconsin Council of Painting and Decorating Contractors
Retired postal worker E P Kevin honored by national carriers
E P Kevin, a 38 year veteran who started on a north side route in 1894, received life membership in the National Association of Letter Carriers. He served as local branch leader and state president for portions of terms, attended many conventions, and recalled early post office days with hand stamps and no cancelling machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Kevin
National Association of Letter Carriers
Kevin
la Crosse
Placque
Postal Service
Yesteryear
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32Nd
South Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Kangaro
Tribune
James F. Pitzner
E. P. Hart
William Spears
North Side
Ted Zischke
Janice Byers
Pauline Grange
Jean Ross
Carol
Charles Weigent
Roger
Jean Hess
Jean Iso
Mina Waldie
Iceman
Charles Harder
Richard Koeppe
Jerry Crook
Dick Larson
Stuhr
Carl Lesky
Roger Luhman
Albert Jensen
la Vern Samuelson
Glen Olson
Donald Burch
Keith Kramer
Roy Mo
George Rachel
Anne Gundersen
Nancy Farnum
Rita Costello
Gordon Meyer
June Frick
Rodney Adams
Tom Nelson
Margaret Riley
Sr Ganad
Sutton
Pope
Bardwell
Fifth Avenue South
Eve
Lacrosse
Alfred Worice
Ray C. Steele
Winona
War Production Board
WPB
Iowa
Woodcock
Sue McDonald
Newburg Bldg
Oscar Palmquist
Lake Lida
AL PH WH
Ouwung Jeweler Ce
National Carriers Association
United States Postal Service
Schultz
Nelson
South 4Th Street
Army
Navy
Chrysler Division
Chrysler Corporation
Iorre
Pearl Harbor
Chry
Airtemp
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