U S Army Ground Forces Band To Play In La Crosse
The U S Army Ground Forces Band will arrive by nine vehicle caravan and give a concert at Riverside Park in La Crosse on Thursday August 25 at 8 PM. The 100 piece band and 40 voice chorus are touring under joint sponsorship of the army and the air force recruiting service with War Veterans Allied Council of La Crosse County backing. Capt John Finigan and Capt John F Sill arranged details. The group broadcasts Sundays on the Columbia network and later performs in Battle Creek Chicago La Crosse and St Paul with Carnegie Hall in New York to open the fall season. The band traces to the Million Dollar Band and has traveled over 200000 miles and reached six million people in 300 cities.
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U. S. Army Ground Forces
la Crosse
Riverside Park
U. S. Army
U. S. Air Force Recruiting Service
War Veterans’ Allied Council
la Crosse County
John Finigan
Washington, D. C
Army Ground Forces
John F. Sill
Columbia
Port Huron
Mich
Cleveland
Port Hur
Battle Creek
Chicago
St. Paul
Minnesota State Fair
Peoria
Indianapolis
Ind
Cincinnati
Cambridge
New York
Carnegie Hall
American Cancer Society
Buyers Market Drives Advertising Tricks In 1940s
Salesmen and brand campaigns surge as firms test promotional stunts from inviting wives pouring tea in department stores to TV and radio tie ins. Banks and retailers adopt showy branches and lounges while sweepstakes and home demonstrations aim to lure customers and grow sales nationwide.
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New York
United States
Johnson & Johnson
Wal Street
Labor union meetings scheduled this week in La Crosse
The CIO Labor News lists meetings for Wednesday Thursday Friday and Saturday. The Wednesday council meeting was postponed due to CIO tent visitors at the La Crosse Inter-State Fair where Robert Jordan of Milwaukee attended. Torvald Karlbom from Sweden spoke Friday on labor issues and Sweden’s welfare programs and political system.
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la Crosse County Industrial Union Council
UAW
Local
CIO
la Crosse
Robert Jordan
Milwaukee
Sweden
Torvald Karlbom
Swedish General Federation of Labor
Karlbom
United States
Chauffeur Charles Young Dies Before Employer Willed Bond
In Carrickfergus Northern Ireland Charles Young the chauffeur would have received $16 000 from Rev Alexander Clifford his employer who died a week earlier leaving the sum in bonds to be paid to Young upon the employer s death Buy Savings Bonds
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Charles Young
Carrickfergus
Northern Ireland
Alexander Clifford
FBI Checks Knicknacks For Contents
Milwaukee officials sent three porcelain pelican figures and a reddish liquid to the FBI for analysis. Mrs. Komoll discovered the phial after accidental breakage and police were alerted. Health chief Harrer noted the liquid looked like glycerine but tested non explosive and speculated on wartime origin.
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Milwaukee
Washington
FBI
Harry Komoll
Milwaukee Health Department
Harrer
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U.S. Army Ground Forces
Business Mirror
By Sam Dawson
Standard Oil
Ohio
Junior
International Silver
Lieberling Rubber Co
Maryland
CIO Labor News
Russia
Communist Party
Fifth Avenue
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company OF
THE
LA Crosse Tribune
Furriers
SC Se
North Third St
Penney
Mr. and Mrs
Oxfords
Gabardine
SMART
Penney's
Children’s Blue
Penney’s
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