Aquinas School Sets Registration for Incoming Students
Students at Aquinas School must register next week on August 21 to 23. Freshmen report Monday at 9 a.m. in the high school auditorium for course explanations. Parents are urged to accompany children. additional sessions for sophomores to seniors run from 4 p.m. to 12 and 7 to 9 p.m. Each evening offers slots to accommodate working students, with makeup dates before the September 5 opening. Office hours begin August 20, daily 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. except weekends.
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Aquinas School
Aquinas
Fleas Not Bombs Hurt This Soldier
Caledonia Minnesota reports Pfc. Fritz Gengler, who served with U S Engineers in Sicily, arrived on furlough. He was marked by flea bites from North Africa and Italy rather than enemy blasts. He supports Churchill’s blood sweat tears view and will return to duty with a Texas unit.
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Caledonia
Minn
Fritz Gengler
Sicily
U. S
Gengler
Africa
Italy
Winston Churchill
Pfc
Texas
76th Sergeant's Club Picnic At Waterloo Park
CAMP MCCOY Wis Special Everything's on the house when the 76th Infantry Division's Sergeant's club stages its picnic Sunday at Waterloo Park Sgt Art Rooney club manager announced this week Buses will provide free transportation for division men and their guests. The buses will pick up passengers at the beginning at 10 30 a m Sunday Invited to participate Maj William R Schmidt division commander and his family and staff officers Gen Schmidt attended and enjoyed the last outing A complete program has been arranged Baseball games cards swimming and dancing are on the schedule while entertainment will be furnished by the 304th Infantry regiment Refreshments will be served.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
76Th Infantry
Waterloo Park
Art Rooney
Sunda
William R. Schmidt
Rooney
304Th Infantry Regiment
General Hodges’s Mother Critical in Perry Georgia
The 87yearold mother of Lieut Gen Courtney H Hodges commander of the American 1st Army in France lies critically ill at her Perry Georgia home. The general has not been notified to avoid worry as Mrs John Hicks Hodges suffered a broken hip in a fall two months ago.
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Perry, Ga
Courtney H. Hodges
France
John Hicks Hodges
Holmen Men In Service Updates From The Front
Norman R. Anderson, son of Ingwald and wife, is in France with a medical detachment after nine months in England. Wayne Erickson of Cumberland is with him in service for two years. Hiram Hanson, son of Olaf Black, now a crew chief at Frederick Army Air Field in Vernon Texas after Wichita Falls. Philip Wall, coast guard reserve chief petty officer on Atlantic service. Albert Glomstad, previously in Hawaii, transferred to New Guinea. Sheldon Nerby at Amarillo Army Air Base on furlough. brothers Myron in France and Eugene in Hawaii.
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Holmen
Wis
Norman R. Anderson
Ingwald Anderson
France
England
Pvt
Wayne Erickson
Cumberland
Wisconsin
Hiram Hanson
Olaf Black
Vernon
Tex
Frederick Army Air Field
Shepperd Field
Wichita Falls
Philip Wall
Atlantic
Coast Guard
B. O. Wall
Pic
Albert Glomstad
Joseph Glomstad
Hawaiian Islands
Wall
New Guinea
Corp
Sheldon Nerby
U. S. Army Air Base
Amarillo
Selma Nerby
Set
Myron Nerby
Pfc
Eugene Nerby
Lieut George Hegge’s London Letter to Parents
Whitehall Wisconsin reports Lieut George Hegge a Marauder navigator with 35 missions over enemy territory writes home from London. He describes crowds, taxis, “To Let” signs, and damage, noting MPs and GI presence, then recalls plans to return to camp and to visit London again for its gaiety and laughter.
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George Hegge
London
Whitehall
Wis
S. N. Hegge
Pvt
Floren
Infantry
France
Hegges
George
Back to the Land Movement Seen in Postwar Land Selloff
Congress envisions a nationwide back to the land program as millions of acres of government wartime farm land are prepared for surplus sale. Veterans support policy inclusion in surplus disposal bills, with estimates up to 15 million acres may be released, though not all will be resold.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
De-Housed: Albuquerque Man Federal Claim Sparks Real Estate Debate
L. L. Mauldin found his house missing after a west coast job, prompting a legal fight. The district attorney argued no statute allows stealing a house in New Mexico. He said common law treats the structure as real estate and thus not movable property.
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Albuquerque
N. M
L. L. Mauldin
New Mexico
Gandhi and Jinnah to Meet on Partition Plan
India leaders Mahatma Gandhi and Muhammad Ali Jinnah plan a Saturday meeting in Bombay to discuss a proposal to partition India into separate Hindu and Muslim states. Observers call it the most important conference in two centuries and a possible step toward a broad treaty endorsable by the All-India Congress and the Muslim League.
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Bombay
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Mahomed Ali Jinnah
Gandhi
All-India Congress Party
Moslem League
Jinnah
Former Resident Sees West Coast Maneuvers
Henry Graff of Los Angeles represented the Kennedy Name Plate company at amphibious maneuvers off the Southern California coast. Graff, a former La Crosse resident, moved seven years ago with his wife, a 15-year-old son, and 2-year-old twins. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Graff of 2235 Wood Street.
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California
Henry Graff
Kennedy Name Plate Company
Los Angeles
Calif
Navy
Graff
la Crosse
R. Graff
Wood Street
Castle to become college after auction sale
La Crosse Tribune reports Castle Johnstown Castle with 900 acres is owned by Eire as a gift to Ireland from Victor Lakin in memory of UNE and his brother Captain Ger ald M. Lakin and Lady Maurice FitzGerald. An auction of castle contents fetched 2000 dollars for an Austin and 1080 dollars for Van Dyke's painting of Charles I's children. The government will convert the property into an agricultural college.
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LA Crosse Trib
College Johnstown
Eire
Victor Lakin
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