McCoy War Bond Show Heads to Wisconsin Tour
The McCoy all soldier show opens in La Crosse at 8 p.m. Wednesday as part of the Sixth War Loan, touring 14 Wisconsin cities to raise bond sales and surpass the $12,000,000 from the prior drive. The program features the Majors and Minors dance orchestra, stars and entertainers, and will require war bonds for admission.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse
Badger State
Superior
Wausau
Wisconsin Rapids
Appleton
Green Bay
Manitowoc
Oshkosh
Sheboygan
Janesville
Beloit
Racine
Kenosha
Milwaukee
Vance Schwartz
Post Theater
WKBH
Army Signal Corps Pheote
McCoy
Lew Douglas
James Santilli
Marvin Winstead
Frederick Slating
Douglas
Ted Weems
Pupil of Great Vernon Delights Audiences Worldwide
The illusionist who fooled Houdini in his youth has impressed audiences aboard major liners such as the Norman Dy Bremen and S S America. He has performed at Copa Cabana Rio de Janeiro Jockey Club Buenos Aires Leon and Eddie's Waldorf Astoria and is noted as the only magician to appear at the Stork Club. His miracle act features a guinea pig producing five piglets instead of one.
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Jene Hubay
Goddard College
Plainfield, Vt
Town Hall
Corp
Francis X. Finneran
America
Carlisle
New Yorker
Vernon
Houdini
Finneran
Normandy
Bremen
S. S. America
Jockey Club
Buenos Aires
Leon
Soldier Spends 2 Years As Trouble-Shooter Overseas
La Crosse resident Lester E. Giesser a member of the Ninth Infantry Division served two years in Africa and Europe as a communication specialist dubbed trouble shooter by German troops. He landed in Tunisia in the fourth assault wave and earned the Purple Heart after a Tunisia battle. Now home with wife Patricia and daughter Barbara Jean, Giesser recounts wartime duties in Algiers and Tunisian campaigns.
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Lester E. Giesser
Ninth Infantry Division
Giesler
Africa
la Crosse
Patricia Sheehan
Barbara Jean
West Avenue North
Tunisia
Algiers
Bob Hope
Humphrey Bogart
Alice Faye
Hope
Wernecke Serves in Medical Supply Office Overseas
Arlie R. Wernecke of La Crosse Wisconsin serves in the medical supply office of the 127th General Hospital in the ETO. He aided packing 330 tons of equipment when the unit moved from England to the continent and later ran a medical center used by Nazis previously.
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U. S
ETO
Arlie R. Wernecke
Albert Wernecke
South 16Th Street
la Crosse
Wis
127Th General Hospital
England
Wernecke
Trane Co
Sailor Clifton Knapp Retires From Sea Duty Tally
Sir Clifton Knapp of McGregor after six and a half years on sea duty is now at the Naval Supply Depot in Quakland California where his wife has joined him. He reports seven major engagements with no injuries. Brother Harry Knapp serves in the South Pacific and sister Marie with the Wacs in Egypt.
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McGregor
Navy
Clifton Knapp
Ben Tayek
Naval
Quakland
Calif
Harry Knapp
South Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Marie
Wacs
Egypt
Color of Honduras Fountain Due to Micro Organism
The red hue of the famed fountain water in Honduras is produced by a microscopic organism. After death the organism colors the water and causes it to coagulate similarly to blood.
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Honduras
Mutual Protection Plan For PE Students At La Crosse State
La Crosse State Teachers College forms a physical education mutual protective association approved by the Madison board. Students injured in PE classes or after school recreation may receive benefits up to 150 dollars per year, with a 50 dollar maximum per incident and dues of 75 cents per semester. The plan was proposed after recent accidents and aims to offset medical and related costs for participants.
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la Crosse
Marjorie McGrath
Arthur Hoff
Walter Wittich
Rexford S. Mitchell
Beth Koehn
Milwaukee
College Student Health Service
Wisconsin
Garaghan in Luxembourg and a Des Moines grant note
Iowa board of social welfare received a letter from a 69 year old woman saying she does not want the increased old age assistance from 17 to 19 dollars per month as she cannot use more money. J E Garaghan reported his son Capt James R Garaghan in Luxembourg with the 83rd Division in the 9th Army. He mentions recon flights and a ride from France to Germany on a medieval troop train. He recalls meeting Sgt Harold Heath in Paris and cites Arcadia Military Police service.
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Des Moines
Iowa Board of Social Welfare
Whitehall
Wis
J. E. Garaghan
Seattle
Wash
Wausau
James R. Garaghan
Luxembourg
83Rd Division
9Th Army
9Th
Belgium
Garaghan
France
Germany
American Legion
Garahag
Europe
22Nd
Paris
Harold Heath
Arcadia Military Police
Poice
Onalaska Bombardier Receives Distinguished Unit Citation
Second Lieut Marvin O Lee of Onalaska Wisconsin, a bombardier with the 460th Bomb Group in Italy, is awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation for the Zwolfaxing airdrome attack at Vienna. The 460th flew B 24 Liberator missions despite heavy enemy defense and adverse weather, earning high praise for crew courage and aircraft discipline.
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15Th Aaf
Italy
Marvin O. Lee
Box 412
Onalaska
Wis
460Th
Nathan F. Twining
15Th Army Air Force
460Th Bombardment Group
Lantry
United States
John M. Price
Fort =e
Bertram C. Harrison
Leesburg
World War I 791000 Can Soldiers Disembarked at Brest
A WWI record notes that 791000 soldiers disembarked at Brest, highlighting a major Allied deployment port operation. The figure underscores Brest as a critical gathering point for fresh troops.
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Brest
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Army Entertainment
Lou Windisch
Glen Gray
Casa Loma
Morgan
Joseph Estren
Eddie Webb
Xavier Cugat
Buddy Fisher
Bill Fox
Pfc
Marv Winstead
Tennessee
Jack Crawford
Sgt
Norm Tevander
Lou Breese
Steve Hintersehr
Carl Schreiber
Detroit
Bill Stullman
Skinny Ennis
Mary Rifkin
Hank Trevisan
Dell Dolbridge
Band
Bernhard Heiden
Heiden
Detroit Chamber Orchestra
Army
Detroit Symphony
New York Philharmonic Symphony
Fred Astaire
Australia
South America
Edith
Eugene (the Great
Jacobs
Jacob
Eugene
Illinois College of Optometry
Eugene the Great
Newcomb
Gene Newcomb
The
Society of American Magicans
Great Vernon
Giesser
Fort Bragg
N. C
States
Mayo General Hospital
Galesburg
Hot Springs
Ark
Joseph Giesler
R. 1
Lester E. Giesler
Sir Clifton Knapp, McGregor
Byers Howers
Western Electric
Ralph H. Young
Main Street
American Gem Society
Garaghan In
Robert B. McClure
Palo Alto
Thomas G. Hearn
McClure
London
Southwest Pacific
AAF
Pitzner
Clinton L. Peterson
Milton L. Stoen
Main St
Ene
A. L
Eam Onhare
Rustle
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