Navy Musician Harold Skilbred Married Before Pearl Duty
Harold C Skilbred a navy musician from Kensyon Minn has married Phyllis Knudgen Holmen Aug 14 in Winona The couple will reside in San Diego after Aug 29 Skilbred served three years on USS Atlanta and USS South Dakota with action in Atlantic South Pacific and Central Pacific theaters He trained at Great Lakes and will join fleet music school after graduating college in 1941 He wears four battle stars for major engagements
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Navy
Harold C. Skilbred
Pearl Skilbred
Kenyon
Minn
Winona
Phyllis Knudgen
Holmen
San Diego
Skilbred
Fleet Music School
Great Lakes Nation
Atlanta
South Dakota
Atlantic
South Pacific
Central Pacific
Digestive Ailments and Related Symptoms Explained
The notice discusses stomach and intestinal issues such as constipation and colon disorders. It lists headaches dizziness nausea abdominal pain and related warnings as signs of disease and promotes a page book from The Thornton & Minor Clinic with address in Kansas City Missouri.
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Thornton & Minor Clinic
McGee S
Kansas
Civ
Brother Sister Navy Corps Siblings Report Graduations Arrivals
La Crosse siblings Magee and Ette De Ette receive news of Ette graduating from the naval hospital school in San Diego while Robert arrives from Great Lakes. Ette, a Central high graduate, joined Waves via Minneapolis and Hunter College. Robert left La Crosse at 17 for Great Lakes and sails to San Diego with 85 corpsmen. Robert cites Boy Scout training as key to his Navy goals.
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Magee
la Crosse
Street
DE Ette de Ette
Naval Hospital
San Diego
Robert
Great Lakes
Ette
Central High School
Minneapolis
Hunts College
New York
Hunter
de Ette
Co. 53
Ing
Paramount
Bing Crosby
Coronado
Navy
Richard Alvilden
Don Nissalke
End of Summer School Friday at La Crosse State
End summer session ends Friday August 25 after 11 weeks at La Crosse State Teachers College. Summer terms were six and five weeks with 316 and 211 enrollments. 179 students attended both sessions. Fall semester opens September 11 with freshman week and registration. Parachutists of the U S Marines trained to wreck structures.
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la Crosse State Teachers College
Lassmen
Overseas Nearly Year at Air Service Depot England
Pvt. Robert J. Gorman, son of Mr and Mrs John Gorman of La Crosse Wisconsin, will complete 11 months of service in England this September. He is a clerk in the personnel section of an air service command depot aiding U S air forces in France. Before the army he worked as a clerk for the U S Railroad Retirement Board in Chicago and is a La Crosse High School 1937 graduate who attended George Washington University.
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AIR Service Command
England
Robert J. Gorman
John Gorman
South 23Rd Street
la Crosse
Wis
Engoo
Gorman
U. S
France
55 Years in Same Company at Tappan Stove Co
Mansfield Ohio Harry Harbeson marks fifty five years with the Tappan Stove Co starting at age 18. He celebrated his seventy second birthday on February 27, reflecting a long service record with the firm.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Harry Harbeson
Tappan Stove Co
Navy veteran rises to aviation chief petty officer
Merle Douglas, eight years in the navy with most combat duty in the Pacific, has become an aviation chief metal smith. He is visiting La Crosse until Aug 26, then reports to Alameda for reassignment. He served on the Ranger, Yorktown, and another ship, and survived being sunk at Midway.
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LA Crosse Tribune
Merle Douglas
Metal Smith
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
W. D. Douglas
Prospect Street
la Crosse
Alameda
Calif
Cpo
Douglas
Ranger
Yorktown
Midway
Queen Hosts Navy Men Aboard Yorktown For Island Visit
The account recalls the Yorktown cruise where Tonga soldiers earned two dollars a month and sailors endured a 104 day sea run with meat shortages. A parade featured steaks carried by a marine guard and a sailor in disguise served an exhibition meal. Mail delays, awards, and a Norfolk wedding are noted alongside coastal family plans.
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New Zealand
Douglas
Tonga
Yorktown
Cpo
Marshall and
Gilbert Islands
Coral Sea
Midway
Norfolk
Myrick Park
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Fleet
Gale
Sweden
U.S. Navy Hospital Corps
Ane
Lacrosse Telephone
First Federal
Nutr Ee Ca Association OF LA Crosse
North 4Th ST. Tel
J. R. Johnson
Sec’y.treas
Tribune
Pitzner
Fourth and
Jay Streets
Arena Shoe Store
Lacrosse
Oxford
Mudguard
Big Sister
Black Patent
Oxfords
Arena Shoe Co
Conrads
Hudson
Conran
Conrad
Fashioneo LY
Duluth
Mankato
Eau Claire
Rochester
Superior
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