Plan Immunization Clinic For Needy La Crosse Children
The city health department will offer free diphtheria and smallpox vaccines to school children from 8 a.m. to 12 noon on August 16 at City Hall. Myrtle Ol, supervisor of nurses, announced the annual pre school immunization clinic sponsored by the city health department with La Crosse County Medical Society. Parents may call 519 to arrange clinic times. If affordable, parents are urged to have children immunized by private physicians before school starts.
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City Health Department
Myrtle Ol
City Health Tt
Wisconsin
Moe in Submarine Service Recalls Hospitality in Hawaii
Warren Moe EMic recalls the hospitality shown by Japanese Americans in Hawaii during his 19 months with submarine duty based out of Hawaii. He describes visits to receptive families, wearing shoe removal customs, and a broom symbol for a convoy sink. Moe mentions patrols near Japan, encounters with Tokyo Rose, and a rescue during life guard duty. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Moe of 321 South 21st Street and expects to report to New York for electrical school on Sept. 1.
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Hawaii
100Th Infantry
la Crosse
Camp McCoy
Moe
Japan
Sea of Japan
Tokyo Rose
H. A. Moe
South 21St Street
New York
Hawaiian Soldier Relives Battle Tales On La Crosse Visit
Corp Kenneth Muroshige of the 100th battalion recounts his service in Italy where his squad faced heavy fire near Cassino and Volturno. He describes injuries, hospital stays in Italy Africa and Texas, and his pride in comradeship and returning home to Hawaii and then on to his friends in La Crosse and New Jersey Oklahoma California.
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Kenneth Muroshige
100Th
90Th
Baly
Camp McCoy
Kenneth
H. W. Hunt
McCoy
Volturno
Cassino
Italy
Africa
Texas
New Jersey
Oklahoma
California
Hawaii
Skadeland Named Physics Instructor at La Crosse State Teachers College
Harold M. Skadeland has accepted a physics department post at La Crosse State Teachers College to fill the vacancy caused by Dr. Ross Spangler on leave. A Mayville State and University of Iowa graduate, he taught army physics at St. Cloud State Teachers College last year and served as an army air corps flying instructor in 1942 43. His background includes teaching in Ashley Tower City Selfridge N D and serving as superintendent in Tapper N D and Ellsworth Minn. He is active in the American Legion and Kappa Delta Pi and Alpha Psi Omega.
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George Moses
Anna Abdo
Copeland Avenue
la Crosse
Wis
el Toro
Marine Corps Air Station
Santa Ana
Calif
Frank D. Weir
el Toro Airfield
Corp
Moses
Solomons
Logan High School
San Diego
North Island
Harold M. Skadeland
la Crosse State Teachers
Air Corps
Shadeland
Ashley
Tower City
Selfridge
N. D
Tapper
Ellsworth
Minn
American Legion
Kappa Delta Pi
Alpha Psi Omega
Huber Guard In Air Wing at Normandy Front
Pfc. George G. Huber, son of Mrs. E. Huber of La Crosse Wisconsin, arrived in Normandy as a guard in the first Ninth Air Force wing in France. Billeted near a Norman cow pasture, officers control Thunderbolt and Mustang fighter-bombers in liberated territory. Huber, joining in June 1941, had earlier served at Camp Grant HL Jefferson Barracks Sheppard Field and Fort Lewis. He hopes for home soon if front lines endure.
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France
George G. Huber
Normandy
Norman
Liberated
Huber
E. Huber
James Street
la Crosse
Wis
Camp Grant
Jefferson Barracks
Sheppard Field
Tex
Fort Lewis
Wash
First Eighth AAF B-17 lands behind Allied lines in France
The crew of ten emergency landed on a Royal Canadian Air Force strip after flak disabled two engines. Canadian Spitfires then destroyed five German planes with pilot aid. The men were evacuated across the channel and returned to their 8th Air Force base. Front row includes Sidney Cumins and Donald McQuade among others. standing row lists Kenneth Cleary, John Bastion, Frank Barbour Jr, and Thomas Henry.
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la Crosse Tribune
8Th Aaf
England
Royal Canadian Air Force
RCAF
Fortress
8Th Air Force Base
Sidney Cumins
Philadelphia
Donald G. McQuade
Pittsburgh
Claiborne M. Fuller
Henderson
N. C
Ian G. Hutchison
Cincinnati
James J. Gallen
Glenn R. Mascher
Farragut
Ila
Kenneth M. Cleary
South Sixth
la Crosse
Wis
John M. Bastion
Port Arthur
Tex
Frank P. Barbour, Jr
Cambridge
Mass
Thomas A. Henry
Shortsville
N. Y
Hearse Halted By Road Toll Gap Between Cardiff and Penarth
An RAF flight lieutenant J A Metcalf’s funeral hearse was stopped at a toll gate on the Cardiff Penarth road in Wales, showing that mourners at war hero funerals are not exempt from tolls. The incident highlights toll policies impacting funeral processions and wartime service members.
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Cardiff
Penarth
Wales
J. A. Metcalf
Royal Air Force
La Crosse Man Aboard Liberator Squadron At Isle Jungle Base
La Crosse resident Sgt Maurice W Crooks serves as aircraft mechanic in a 13th AAF heavy Liberator squadron in the Southwest Pacific. He supported 68 bombing strikes against Japanese territory and ships and helped keep planes flying after every mission. Crooks has shot down three Japanese Zero fighters and earned two Asiatic Pacific campaign stars along with a good conduct medal.
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13Th Aaf
Southwest Pacific
Maurice W. Crooks
la Crosse
Wis
Crooks
RAF
Logan High School
Wheel Charge Policy Based on Small Vehicle Fee
A customary charge sets a rate based on a small fee per vehicle wheel. The scheme implies a minimal per wheel amount applied across vehicles.
U S Slang Criticized By New Zealand Officials
Auckland child delinquency experts study U S slang found among local youths. A Gilbert president of the Auckland School Committees association condemned terms like buddy and guys as a scandal. He also denounced rubbish in American films as a disgrace.
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U. S
Auckland
New Zealand
A. Gilbert
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