Hollywood Premiere: Frenchman’s Creek At Local Gala
A gala premiere promotes the film Frenchman's Creek starring Joan Fontaine and Arturo de Cordova with Rathbone and Ralph Forbes. The show includes a patriotic bond drive and screening at a local venue with seats and a gala atmosphere.
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Seewood
Aramount
Frenchman's Creek
Damgreed
Joan Fontaine
Arturo de Cordova
Dona St. Columb
Sene Darling
London
St. Columb
Cornish
de Cordova
Laouette
Dana
Fontaine
Rathbone
Ralph Forbes
Dona
Frigid La Crosse Week With War Bond Success
La Crosse endured a cold week with subzero temps and early snow. The Sixth War Loan drive reported 89 875 dollars in war savings bonds sold for a Rivoli bond show featuring Frankie Sinatra. County drive reached 39000 of a 48000 quota while boxing fans enjoyed five matches at Avalon and a Graves Novak main event.
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la Crosse
Rivoli
Frankie the
Voice Sinatra
Avalon
Jackie Graves
Austin, Minn
Stanley Novak
Omaha
Neb
Graves
Ceneral
Madison
Logan
Cotter
Bear weighing 347 pounds shot by sheriff in Kinney Coulee
A 347 pound male black bear eight feet long was shot by a sheriff's deputy in Kinney Coulee near Nigger Nathan hill. The bear fat and sleek from eating apples and sheep, and was preparing to hibernate. A La Crosse man, Leslie R. Borer, wrote a poem titled Chin Whiskers or Fish for a forthcoming poetry book. He is blind and writes at the county infirmary. More next week.
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Kinney Coulee
Nathan Hill
la Crosse
Leslie R. Borer
Korda Offers Oxford 20000 To Study U S Drama
Sir Alexander Korda plans a 20000 donation to Oxford University to fund a commission that will study American universities drama departments. The six week March tour aims to prepare a plan to start a drama department at Oxford.
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London
England
Alexander Korda
Oxford University
United States
Oxford
Korda
Porter Hailed as Poet at Ballycarry Celebration
John MacNeill of Ballycarry Northern Ireland is acclaimed as head porter during a town celebration. The honor is symbolic not official as townsfolk praise the railroad poet for his verses. MacNeill admitted he had received no formal appointment.
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John MacNeill
Ballycarry
Northern Ireland
Amon
MacNeill
Outdoor Life club to elect 1945 directors in La Crosse
The Badger State Sportsmen's Club Inc. meets at Legion club rooms to elect 1945 directors. The slate, drafted by President Walter Weigent, anticipates nominations from the floor. New officers take duties at the January meeting, with committees to be appointed and ongoing reports presented.
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Badger State Sportsmen's Club Inc
Legion Club
South Sixth Street
Walter
Babe) Weigent
Club session prize lunch to accompany annual meeting
The 7 in the 7 and election event includes a lunch and refreshments for all members as the present board directs the annual meeting. Weigent urged full participation, saying the club will transact much important business for its future and that every member should make it their concern.
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Weigent
Hoeal
Four Hellerud Brothers Serve in Army Overseas
Four brothers of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Hellerud of West La Crosse serve in the U S Army and engineers corps overseas and in the United States. Frank and Walter, both engineers in Europe, have long overseas service with campaigns in Africa, Italy, and southern France. Albert and Andrew, infantry privates, are stationed at Fort Meade and Camp Blanding after recent movements from Camp Wheeler and Camp Blanding. One brother, Jim Lutz, reports a legal buck deer in a hunting party amid other local notes.
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Frank
Walter
Engineers Corps
Albert
Andrew
Army Infantry
States
Adolph Hellerud
West la Crosse
Pvt
Africa
Italy
France
Army Engineers
la Crosse
Pic
The
Engineers
Jim Lutz
Babcock
U. S., Fish and Wildlife Service
Lutz
Dispatch
Camp Wheeler
Fort Meade
Camp Blanding
Fla
Rum Illusion Dies Among Blind School Girls
About six visually impaired girls from the school near Aylesbury visit a visiting ship they had knitted sweaters for. They ask about rum and are told there is none aboard. Sailors drink tea coffee and cocoa, not alcohol.
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School For Blind
Aylesbury
England
Triplets Spring Bonus Drawn From Argentine Luncheon
General Edilmuro Far rell of Argentina praised four month old triplets at a Buenos Aires luncheon and, after presenting the mother with a $100 bill, ordered the treasury to grant her $2,200 to build a house. The children, two girls and a boy, live in Resistencia.
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Edilmuro Farrell
Argentina
Buenos Aires
National Treasury
Resistencia
Captain Ross Returns from India Ledo Road Work
Capt. Burton J. Ross, returning from five to six months in India, discusses monsoon driven road construction on the Ledo road. He recalls night work, floods, malaria, and revetment tasks, and notes the unit’s successful repairs after a bombing attack.
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India
Burton J. Ross
Capt. Ross
Trane Co
Mechanical Engineering
University of Illinois
Engineer Replacement Training Center
Ft. Leonard Wood
Ledo Road
Ross
Laison
Service and Supply Department
China
Rangoon
Pearl Harbor
States
Miami
Pla
Frances Lee
South Eighth Street
Bloomington, Ill
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Eniorm
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Woc
Alfred W. Rice
Black River
Milwaukee Railroad Bridge
Onalaska
Badger State Sportsmen's Club
Winona
Ray C. Steele
Upper Mississippi Fish and Wildlife Refuge
Wisconsin
la Crosse County
Mississippi River
Frank Herlitzka
Arthur Tausche
Dresbach Dam
Herlitzka
Sicily
County
Korea
Chez
Main Street
Wren
Sring
Pitzner
Main
State
Army Air Forces
Tribune
Phote
Capt. Burton J. Ross
ABC
Tree Top Angel
Wood Toys
Animal Soap
Pearl Street
End Carl
Fifth Avenue South
Willie
Josephine
Johne-Manville Brown
West Avenue South
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