Aquinas Band Presents Show At the Gremlin Ball
The Aquinas band presents a concert titled At the Gremlin Ball written and directed by Rev. John B. Pinion. Aims to honor service members with a Randolph Field themed evening featuring cadets, hostesses, and a sequence of marches and dances concluding with the American Legion March.
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Aquinas
John B. Pinion
Randolph Field
Air Forces Band
Rev. Pinion
Bataan
Tokyo
Casablanca
Normandy
Germany
Pat Murphy
Colleen Hansen
Verity Ann Kotinek
Alicia Brieske
Patricia
Hill
Lara
Grever
Parker
78 More Troops From La Crosse Region Arrive At U S Ports
A roster of Wisconsin and nearby state servicemen aboard ships arriving in New York and San Francisco through December 6 lists La Crosse area soldiers S Stg Robert P Van Tassel and Lt James Olson among others. Also noted are discharges from Great Lakes Navy base including Edward B Melde and Edward Campbell.
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la Crosse
U. S
New York
William Few
Sea Cat
James R. White
Waukon
Rushford GI
Myron J. Forsythe
James Olson
Robert Hengel
James Parker
Walter Marshall
North
Eighth Street
Torrens
Navy
Great Lakes
Edward B. Melde
Market Street
Edward Campbell
North Seventh Street
Clift R. Ames
la Farge
Gilbert L. Pittman
South 19Th Street
Frank L. Zein
Park Avenue
James H. Clark
Avon Street
Verlyn G. Clark
Bobby Sox Schemes and a Bomb Scare in Portland
In Portland a prank call to H F Santee, a grade school principal, claimed a balloon at the air base was loaded with explosives and that all schools would be dismissed. Officials suspected the caller was a war conscious youth. The piece notes New Zealand building costs rose 40 percent during the war.
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Portland
Ore
H. F. Santee
Portland Army Air Base
Santee
New Zealand
NBC Victory loan radio blitz fills all morning
New York dispatch reports NBC will air all available spots on NBC and other networks for a Victory loan all day Saturday. Programs feature war anniversary notes, bond parades from KOA Denver and multiple stations, plus talks with Adm Nimitz and Mayor LaGuardia. Various network schedules outline operas, quizzes, and musical programs across CBS ABC MBS and local stations.
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New York
NBC
KSD
St. Louis
KSTP
Mineapolis
Chester W. Nimitz
Sea Power
Pearl Harbor
CBS
Peter Donald
ABC
Omar N. Bradley
Radio List of WKEH Programs for December 7 8 1945
Radio schedule lists daily lineup from 5:00 Kiddies Nour to 1:45 Bond Parade Across the Nation with feature programs such as Duffy's Tavern Mystery Theater People Are Funny and News broadcasts across morning afternoon and evening slots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WKEH
Mandrake
Ciuo
NBC Forum
Richard Harkness
Mr. Smith
Josh
Eileen Barton
National Farm and Home
Arthur Conquest Dies Veteran Actor of Drury Lane
London based actor Arthur Conquest aged 70 died at his home Thursday. A member of a stage connected family for 200 years he toured America and Europe and was known as a specialist in animal parts. He performed 25 years at Drury Lane theater in London.
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London
Arthur Conquest
Conquest
America
Drury Lane
Trident Division Liquidated Ruhr in World War II
The 97th Trident Infantry Division moved from the Pacific to Europe serving with the Fifteenth and First Armies. It helped seal the Ruhr pocket near Bonn and Siegburg, crossed the Rhine on April 3, captured towns, and held prisoners. Later under Patton's Third Army it fought near Hof and advanced into Czechoslovakia meeting Soviet forces near Luditz.
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NEA
Pacific
97Th
Trident) Infantry
France
Fifteenth Army
First Army
Dusseldorf
Ruhr
Bonn
Rhine
Sieg River
Siegburg
Patton
Third Army
Hof
Czechoslovakia
Luditz
Bond drive shortfall blamed on poor canvassing in Monroe county
In Tomah Wisconsin special report, R G Tiegs attributes bond buying lag to inadequate canvassing across Monroe county during the victory loan drive. Total E bond sales reached 313000, 162000 below quota, while Sparta surpasses target with 159762.50, Glendale and Kendall also over top. Leaders urged to finish work and citizens to buy bonds even without solicitation.
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Tomah
Wis
Monroe County
R. G. Tiegs
Tiegs
Sparta
Glendale
Kendall
Social Worker Praised for Oak Forest Sanatorium Efforts
Mrs. Mary Handy, superintendent, lauds Pauline Michael for her social work under the public health committee at Oak Forest sanatorium where all 60 beds are filled. The piece notes tuberculosis control hinges on hospitalization and cites county data from 1944 showing La Crosse county with a high hospitalization to death ratio.
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Mary Handy
Oak Forest Sanatorium
Pauline Michael
Oak Forest
Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association
la Crosse County
Handy
Surplus Foods Drive Profits for Ceylon School Children
In 18 months Ceylon school children earned 411300 dollars from selling surplus foods grown under the emergency food production campaign.
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Ceylon
Birds on official North American list vary by subspecies
About half the birds on the official North American checklist are sub species that bird students hope to identify in the field.
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Salem
Midwest
Tarzan
Johnny Weismalter
Brenda Joyce
Andy Clyde
Badland
Sonja Henie
Michael O'Shea
Freckles
Looks
Fred Harman
Red Ryder
Red
Bobby Sox
Jollywood
Hal Wallis
Ie “Loave
Ann Richards
Cecil Kelleway
Eis
Sheila Ryan
Edward Ryan
Clark Gable
Loretta Young
Hoople
Mething
Bobby Hockey
MBS
Land of the Lost
Paul Lavalle
Joe Louis
Bill Stern
Ezra Stone
Henry
Kate Smith
Moore
Durante
Harold Vine
George Eens
Hercule Poirot
Detective
Frankie Masters
Our Foreign Policy
Judy Canova
Ted Gamble
Metropolitan Opera
Paul A. Walker
FCC
Opry House
Gov. Arnall
Georgia
Trident Division
Arenz Shoe CO
Cor Sit
winGnaow Shige
Jane Frazee
Rad Taylor
Beery
Marjorie Main
Dorothy Morris
Kay Francis Bruce Cabot
FOTO
TeIvoLl
Pat’ Kennedy
Dale Simon
Blue Denim
Avalos
Larry Ziemann
Chicago
West Point
Riviera
Salome
Yvonne Decarlo
Rod Cameron
Walter Slezak
David Bruce
Albert Dekker Marjorie Rambeau
J. Edward Bromberg
ASK Manee Hardware
North Side
Gamble Store
Mulder’s Grocery
Harvey’s Bakery
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Stephen C. Foster
Kentucky
Sesanna
Jeanie
Camptown
Central Park
Bloomer Girl
Wisconsin
LA Crosse, Wis
Tainmne
HEDY_LAMARR
Robert Watery
June Allyson
Rivoli
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