Blood Plasma Saves Life Of Pfc Allen Stendal
Sparta man Pfc Allen Stendal credits blood plasma and his parents Mr and Mrs Walter Stendal for his survival from tropical fever during three months of combat on New Britain. He sustained minor wounds from shrapnel and a close close encounter with a Japanese attacker, then recovered in hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Allen Stendal
Sparta
THE
LA Crosse Tribune
Wis
Stendal
Walter Stendal
East Avenue
Allen
New Britain
Stendal lauds care during hospital stays and Pacific service
Stendal praised nurses and ward staff during his hospitalizations from February to July at U S naval hospital Oakland and in New Britain. He served as a Marine after training in San Diego and overseas from October 1943, seeing action in New Caledonia Millne Bay Goodenough Island New Guinea Old Bay and New Britain. He recalled beauty of Palms and volcanoes and recounted personal misfortunes including the loss of a bird nest and a parrot that teased a colonel outside his window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stendal
Five Viroquans Return From National Guard Duty
Five men from Viroqua Wisconsin including four National Guardsmen returned on a two day leave. S Sgt Kenneth Curtis M Sgt Melvin Muender Sgt Loren Hendrickson and Corp Clarence Hendrickson served 28 months in the Southwest Pacific theater. Sam Houston Tex and Camp Walters Tex linked to their training and reassignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viroqua
Wis
National Guard
Kenneth Curtis
Bertha Curtis
Melvin Muender
C. E. Muender
Loren Johnson
Australia
New Gui
Sgt
Curtis
Viroqua High School
Fort
Lieutenant Delbert Backhaus Killed in France
SPARTA Wis June 26 Second Lieut Delbert Backhaus son of Mr and Mrs Rueben Backhaus Campbellsport Wis was killed in France on June 26 He would have turned 28 on Sept 17 He served with the Second Division His wife is the former and two other soldiers who stayed with them are Sgt James Crozier and Sgt (names incomplete)
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Delbert Backhaus
Rueben Backhaus
Campbellsport
France
Backhaus
James Crozier
W. Va
Cemetery Society To Meet August 25
NEW AMSTERDAM Wis August meeting of cemetery society will be held at the Hunridge ground on the afternoon Aug 25. Ernest Sandman Harry Van de Water and Richard Van der Velde will air the program which will be followed by a business session. Members are requested to bring table service sandwiches and a covered dish. Coffee will be furnished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Amsterdam
Wis
Ciety
Hun Ridge
Aibnee
Ernest Sandman
Harry van de Water
Richard Vander Velde
Material Arrives for Whitehall Dressing Project
Mrs Aleckson announces October November quota material arriving next week. The workroom at city hall opens for volunteer help on Tuesday Wednesday Friday afternoons 1 to 5 and on Wednesday Friday evenings 7 to 10.
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Whitehall
Wis
Aleckson
City Hall
Two Area Soldiers in TD Unit of 32nd Division Are Home
Spartan families welcome soldiers from the Tank Destroyer battalion of the 32nd division on leave. Howard Hanson and Arthur McBain visit parents in Sparta and Cataract while Donaldson prepares to report back to Fort Sam Houston. Other local 32nd division members who have returned include Lieut. Col. Tyler Barney First Sgt Theodore Bell Staff Sgt Edwin Babcock and Sgt Herbert Isensec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Hanson
Arthur McBain
Ralph Printz
Cataract
McBain
Printz
Army
Clara Fanning
Rte
Donald
R. F. Abrahamson
States
Corp
Hanson
Clara Welch
Waukesha
Visi
Sparta
Etee Bain
Julia Paulson
Blair
National Guard
Corp. Hanson
32Nd Division
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Tyler Barney
Theodore Bell
Edwin Babcock
Herbert Isensec
Wahl Named District Manager for Interstate Power at Prairie
G Wahl of Elk Wandoer Jr has been appointed by Interstate Power Company to assume duties as district manager for Prairie du Chien region and will relocate there. He succeeds Robert Carroll who held the post for three years and will transfer to Clinton Iowa as supervising sales manager for the company in that area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neuaindhens G Wahl
Elk
Wander, Jr
Interstate Power Company
Prairie du Chien
Wahl
Robert Carroll
Carroll
Clinton
Alloy products output rises to wartime steel totals
Output of alloy steels grew from 3,212,000 tons in 1939 to 13,300,000 tons in 1943 with a wartime peak of 1,284,000 tons in March 1943.
Local CIO and UAWA notices and election appeal
Labor union notices outline upcoming meetings for CIO and UAWA locals with delegate corrections. The piece corrects a prior delegation name and urges voter participation in November elections to defend democracy against dictatorship. It emphasizes duty to vote and supports union involvement in state and national conventions.
Husband Of Gale Wounded In Action
GALESVILLE Wis Special Sgt Ralph Grubbs former Camp McCoy resident Texas has been wounded in action his wife Mrs Grace Grubbs reports A nurse’s letter confirms recovery is normal though extent of injuries isn’t stated Grace Ann Grubbs lives with her parents and infant son who has never met his father
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Galesville
Wis
Ralph Grubbs
Camp McCoy
Texas
Grace Grubbs
War Department
Veteran Of Three Battles is Home
Pfc. Carl Bjerke, 30, with three bronze stars for major engagements, is on a 21 day furlough at his sister and brother's homes in Sparta Wisconsin. He served with General Clark's 5th Army overseas two years, fighting in Tunisia, Kasserine Pass, Bizerte, and Cassino in Italy after arriving August 1, 1942. He will report to Fort Sam Houston for reassignment after the furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Sparta Bureau
Sparta
Wis
Carl Bjerke
H. F. Mantzke
David Bjerke
Bjerke
Clark
5Th Army
England
Africa
Kasserine Pass
Bizerte
Italy
Bagalia
Cassino
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Monroe County 4 H members enter Wisconsin State Fair
Six Monroe County 4 H club members travel to Milwaukee for the Wisconsin State Fair to compete for state honors. Arline Gamerdinger and Jimmy Murray from the 4 H Booster club in Tomah enter the state health contest. Theresa Steinhoff Elaine Fick of Wilton Willing Workers enter a canning demonstration. Harriet Wells and Eleanor Heasty enter style revue. Arlene Hoeth will accompany the contestants as emergency war food assistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Sparta Bureau
Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
Milwaukee
Arline Gamerdinger
Jimmy Murray
Tomah
Theresa Steinhoff
Elaine Fick
Wilton
Harriet Wells
Leon
Eleanor Heasty
Victory Club
Arlene Hoeth
A. D. Begley
Milwauee
Galesville Presbyterians Join $100000 Synod Mission Drive
Galesville Presbyterians will help raise a $100,000 endowment for Wisconsin missions as part of a state wide drive by the Wisconsin Synod. Fifty churches in the state have fixed quotas to support non paying missions, said Rev. J. M. Strong, Galesville pastor. The report notes an additional item that the Peruvian air corps now requires all candidates to be X rayed.
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Galesville
Wis
Peruvian Air Corps
Trempealeau Man Advanced In Rank
Earl E. Malles, 25, now first lieutenant, has been advanced by the Twelfth Air Force in Italy. He went overseas in January 1943 and serves as a pilot in a B-25 Mitchell group in the Mediterranean theater. He is married to Irma, who lives in Verdigre, Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trempealeau
Wis
Earl E. Malles
E. N. Malles
Twelfth Air Force
Italy
Malles
Mediterranean
Irma
Verdigre
Neb
Hear From Marines In Second Division
Whitehall Wisconsin special letters arrive from Corp Willie Johnson and Pfc Marshall Nehring of the 2nd Marine Division to their parents Mr and Mrs Theodore Johnson and Mr and Mrs A E Nehring. Both serve as radio operators with medium tank companies in separate units and have not met since May in Hawaii. They are veterans of Tarawa Saipan and Tinian with Nehring wounded. Marshall writes Aug 5 from Tinian noting he saw Nehring’s tank pass by but could not speak due to combat.
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Whitehall
Wis
Corp
Willie Johnson
Pfc
Marshall Nehring
2Nd Marine Division
Theodore Johnson
A. E. Nehring
Hawaii
Tarawa
Marshalls
Saipan
Tinian
Marshall
Nehring
Radio Listings by Networks and Times
Radio Today and other networks list a dense schedule with NBC CBS Mutual Blue repeats. Programs include NBC Symphony Tommy Dorsey Gracie Fields Eddie Garr Revue We the People and Bas in Street in swing and light drama formats across the day and night.
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Associated Press
NBC
John Charlies Thomas
Army Hour
NBC Symphony
Tommy Dorsey
Phil Harris
Gracie Pieléds
Les Tremayne
Jackie Gleeson
CBS
New York Philharmonic
Percy Pauh
Eddie Garr
Jimmy Melton
Alec Templeton
We the People
Jack Pepper
New Time
War Journal
Sammy Kaye
Paul Whiteman
Basin Street
MBS
Sky Riders
Fort Dix
Green Valley
Mediation Board
Walter Hampden
Paul Lavalle
Nbe
Dbs
Josephine Houston
Bla
Andrini
Continentals
Nashville
Voice of the Dairy Farmer
Church of the All Sermons
John B. Kennedy
Stanley Dixon
Josef
Blu
U. of
Lee Sweetland
News of the World
Upton Close
Philharmonic Symphony
Tom Slater
The
Army
Eileen Farrell
Mary Small
Biu
Us.a
Hot Copy
Bill Snirer
Catholic Radio Service
Nbc America
Dbbs
Upton
Dick Brown
T. Dorsey
Drew Pearson
Bblu
Banewagon Orchestra
Cbs Quiz Kids
Joe Kelly
M. C
Gracie Fields
James Melton
Jimmie Fidler
Phil Spitainy
Girl Orch
Nbec
Life of
Riley
Wm. Bendix
Phil Baker
Cedric Foster
J. Gleason
We, the People
Cbs Freling
Taylor Heads ROTC In Sixth Command
Lieut. Col. Oscar N. Taylor, formerly chief of the Sixth Service command public relations branch, named ROTC director for the command with headquarters in Chicago. He will assume the post September 1 after visiting Camp McCoy two months ago.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Oscar N. Taylor
Sixth Service Command
Chicago
Henry S. Aurand
Col. Taylor
Marquette Man Killed in Action in Burma
Capt. W. A. Henthorne of Marquette died in Burma on June 15 after a rapid rise from second lieutenant at Iowa in 1942 to captain in 1943. He studied at Yale in December 1943 and married Betty Bickel the next day. his wife learns of the death as she stays with her mother in Estes Park, Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette
A. W. Henthorne
War Department
W. A. Henthorne
Burma
Henthorne
University of Iowa
Yale University
Betty Bickel
L. Pickel
McGregor
India
Hears From Sister In Norway For First Time Since 1939
Jacob Seljestad of Blair receives a Red Cross message from his sister Mrs. Nils Fureberg in Va Lens Sunderland Bergen Norway. It is the first word since 1939. The Norwegian note dated August 8 was received August 12 via Red Cross channels in Norway Geneva and Washington. Seljestad wrote to his sister on October 18 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair
Wis
Jacob Seljestad
Red Cross
Nils Fureberg
Valens
Sunderland
Bergen
Norway
Seljestad
Ingeborg
Lon Tubbs
Home Service
Trempealeau County
Trempealeau County Teachers Institute Set for Aug 28
Miss Doris Sander announces the Trempealeau County Teachers Institute will be held at Whitehall High School on Monday August 28. All county teachers are urged to attend to receive materials for the coming school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehall
Wis
Doris Sander
Trempealeau County Teachers Institute
Whitehall High School
Vernon County Vernon Fair Opens September 21
The 88th Vernon county fair opens September 21 for a four day exposition featuring free acts horse racing contests baseball football and stock parades. Livestock from Vernon and adjoining counties on display with judging starting September 22 except the educational exhibit. Bananas shipped from Mexico last year valued at over 4.6 million dollars.
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Viroqua
Wis
Vernon Fair
Vernon
Vernon County
Henry H. Seiler
United States
Mexico
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B. W. Johnson
Camp Walters
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Howard Hanson
Prairie
Clinton L. Peterson
Milton L. Stoen
CIO Labor News
UAWA
Ladies’ Auxiliary
la Crosse County Ciopac
la Crosse County Industries Union Council
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CIO
Otto Briggs
UAW
Orville Evenson
URWA
Floyd Robinson
Robert Gleason
New York City
N. Y
Joe Johnson
Oscar Harebo
Hitler
Gale
Gale Presbyterians
Radio Today
Carolyn Gilbert
St. Paul's
Manhattan
Sam Adams
Road of Life
League of Woman Voters
Farm Service
Sports
News
Guiding Light
Woman In White
Woman of America
Ma Perkins
Backstage Wie
Stella Dallas
Lorenzo Jones
Young Widder Brown
Sacred Heart
Jummy Alien
Eina E. Mydland
Cashton
Joseph A. Graves
Plattsmouth
Nebr
Martin
Mydland
T. Mydland
Taylor
Sixth Command
Carl B. Noelke Co
Main St
Idutch Boy
Mae
Main Street
Teachers Institute
Imoenton
Deckle
MOEN
LA Crosse
Mona Lou Beauty Shop
Rivoli Building
Monica Rahrer
Luella Brown
City Home & Lumber Company
Johns-Manville
City Home and Lumber
West Ave
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