Final Concert Planned Here At Riverside Park
A final concert by the local band closes the season at Riverside Park on Thursday. Miss Jane Ellis, a La Crosse talent, will be featured with solo numbers from Coward and Wood. The program includes marches, overtures, selections from Oklahoma, and an Anchors Aweigh march as a tribute to Stephan, a former La Crosse resident and U S Marine.
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Great Riverside Park
Jane Ellis
la Crosse
Logan High School
Ellis
St. Olaf College
Northfield
St. Olaf
F. Melius Jansen
Miss Ellis
Curtis In
Philadelphia
Coward
Wood
Rus
Thunderer
Sousa
the Prince
Porter
Berlin
Raymond
Thom
Ee Ee Wood
Gal
Vision
Stephan
Oklahoma
Rodgers
Anchors Aweigh
16 Tons Of Paper Collected In Sparta Campaign
In Sparta Wisconsin the Boy Scouts led a drive to collect waste paper with 16 tons gathered. Trucks from McCoy aided by Wacs assisted the campaign. first boys to turn in material led the effort, with a prize of 25 dollars expected. Paper loaded into a car for shipment to Three Rivers Michigan. Dr G G Lyga and local leaders oversaw the drive.
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Tribune Sperma Durean
Sparta
Wis
Spartt
McCoy
Wacs
Three Rivers
Mich
G. G. Lyga
Neu
Roger Sherman
Dad Lathrop
A. W. Mitchell
Kynell
News Of 2 More Men In Area
Casper Wyoming reports Second Lieut John R Spellum son of Mrs Earle J Spellum Coon Valley Wis is a navigator on a B 24 crew in final training stage at the army air field before overseas deployment. Cashton Wis notes Bob W Hall son of Mr and Mrs Edward Hall Cashton a flight mechanic at an air service command depot in England overseas since April with a brother William Hall at Camp Hood Texas.
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Casper
Wyo
John R. Spellum
Earle J. Spellum
Coon Valley
Wis
Army Air Field
Cashton
Bob W. Hall
Edward Hall
Air Service Command
England
Hall
William Hall
Camp Hood
Tex
Bradley Rises to Equal Command Status in Northern France
Supreme Headquarters announced Lieut. Gen. Omar N. Bradley now holds full field command of American armies in northern France with equal rank to Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery. Eisenhower, praising both leaders, indicated the breakout toward Belgium and Germany would proceed under a unified command structure while noting German forces were stretched thin on the western front.
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Supreme Headquarters
AEF
Eisenhower
Omar N. Bradley
France
Bernard L. Montgomery
Germany
Bradley
Missouri
Montgomery
St. Lo
Brest
Paris
Belgium
Rhine
Netherlands
Denmark
Madison man resigns WMC post to join Marshfield dairy firm
Paul C. Winner of Madison resigns as state chief of the war manpower commission placement division to become general manager of the Marshfield dairy products company, announced by assistant WMC director Harry Lippart.
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Madison
Wis
Paul C. Winner
War Manpower Commission
Marshfield Dairy Products Company
Harry Lippart
Pany Wmc
Tarawa Vet Arrives At Home In Sparta
Sparta reports Pfc. Eldon Snyder son of Ro and Mrs Snyder at Camp Lejeune after a 30 day furlough at his Sparta home His first return since sailing overseas in June 1941 He served with the Fifth Marine Amphibious Corps and took part in the Tarawa battle
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Tarawa
Sparta
Wis
Eldon Snyder
Ro. D. Snyder
South Court Street
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Snyder
Snyder Fifth Marine Amphibious Corps
Former Wac Leader Becomes Mother After Detachment Relief
Former Captain Dorothy Alexander, former commanding officer of McCoy’s 4620 Wac Detachment, relieved from active duty, becomes mother to a five pound five ounce girl at a Wauwatosa hospital. Her husband, Staff Sergeant Shelton Eton, assisted at the birth.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Dorothy Alexander
Major McCoy Returns to Camp Wolters Texas
Major Douglas McCoy returned to Camp Wolters after visiting his wife and relatives in Sparta Wisconsin. Mrs McCoy and daughters Anne and Joan accompanied him back to Texas following several weeks in Wisconsin.
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Sparta
Wis
Douglas McCoy
Camp Wolters
Tex
L. E. Austin
John Fisher 75 Oldest Civilian Emploe On McCoy Post
John Fisher aged 75 is the post’s oldest civilian employee at McCoy. A former Soo Line agent and yardmaster in Eau Claire Ironwood and Ashland Wisconsin he retired in 1939 after 51 years in railroading. He later served as chief of transportation at Eau Claire ordnance plant and joined McCoy in 1944 to aid the war effort. His 25 year old son serves as weather observer with the army air force at Rome New York.
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Camp McCoy
Wis
John Fisher
William N. Gregg
Soo Line
Michigan
Wisconsin
Fisher
Eau Claire
Ironwood
Mich
Ashland
Northern Pacific
University of Minnesota
Union National Bank
Tuberculosis Findings From Public Health X Rays
About 250000 people underwent U S public health service X ray examinations since the war and slightly over one percent showed significant pulmonary tuberculosis.
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U. S. Public Health Service
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Monty
By James M. Long
Tribune Sparta
Wac
Mexsana
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
Nyt
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
A. Ae
Towncraft
de Luxe
Frank Morgan
Frank Morgany
Maxwell House
Cass Daley
Robert Young
Carlos Ramirez
Eric Blore
al Sack & Orchestra
NBC
Penney
Austelle
Cynthia
U. S. Pat
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