Choir To Give Christmas Concert Here At Vocational School
The La Crosse Vocational Civic choir presents a festive concert Monday at 8 15 p m with Harold Youngberg directing and Mrs Frederick W Wagner on piano. Soloists join in selections by Vittoria Thompson Lockwood and William, with A Lullaby for Christmas and Alleluia featured. The choir performs at Camp McCoy December 17 then disbands until January 7 inviting new members to room 224 on January 7 or 14 at 730 p m.
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la Crosse
Ernest Hiegel
Harold Youngberg
Frederick W. Wagner
Shaw
Randall Thompson
Thompson
Normand Lockwood
Camp McCoy
Tribune
la Crosse Civic Choir
Vocational School
A. M. Tillman
Tne Barrett
Bettymae Ohlson
Olive Stoffer
Jule Kriese
Luther Paulson
Doris Phillips
Edward Bartl
Arvid Ison
La Paz as World's Highest Big City by Altitude
La Paz Bolivia stands at about 12 400 feet above sea level in a natural basin two miles wide and 1 400 feet deep making it the highest major city in the world.
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la Paz
Bolivia
Forces Plan Burma Campaign as China Stays in War
General Marshall outlines Allied strategy in Asia from Casablanca to Quadrant. He notes China’s desperate needs, the Himalayan Hump supply route, and the aim to keep China in the war while building air and land routes to support Burma operations under Mountbatten.
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Himalayas
14Th Air Force
Chennault
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Japan
United States
Britain
Europe
Germany
Pacific
Casablanca
Mediterranean
France
Washington
Asia
Burma
India
Calcutta
Assam
Brahmaputra
India- Burma
Himalayan
Great Britain
Southeast Asia
Louis Mountbatten
Stilwell
Generalissimo
Royal Air Force
Army Air Forces
U. S
10Th Air Force
Eastern Air Command
George E. Stratemeyer
St James Church Forms First Catholic War Veterans Post
The Catholic War Veterans post named for Bishop McGavick debuts at St James parish La Crosse. A Sunday program includes a Mass procession, candle lighting for fallen parishioners, taps, and a veterans breakfast. Dinner and installation follow, with speakers from the CWV and veterans administration. Members include WWII names from the parish and church leaders welcome the group. The post outlines CWV goals and eligibility for Catholic Church members who served in the U S armed forces.
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Alexander J. McGavick
Catholic War Veterans, Inc
St. James Parish
la Crosse
Holy Name Men
Catholic War Veterans
Post
St. James
Francis Riley
James R. Fancher
Donald Pittinger
Dean McHugh
Wilson Patros
Paul Gund
Albin Burns
Lawrence Heiser
Thomas Wright
Francis Brady
L. B. Keegan
Bishop McGavick
America
Herbert Zernecke
Rusell J. Sieger
Veterans’ Administration
Francis Miscovic
Camp McCoy
Miscovic
CWV
Karl A. Wise
St. Francis School of Nursing
John Pinion
When
Isoprene Link to Synthetic Rubber in Petroleum Use
Isoprene is a petroleum hydrocarbon used in making synthetic rubber. It serves as a key monomer in elastomer production and is derived from petroleum sources for industrial use.
32nd Division officer returns to La Crosse with family in mind
Lieut. Col. Ralph H. Watson, a 32nd Division veteran and rising star, arrives on a 45 day leave from Fort Sill to see his two sons and wife Mary Fra ser. Watson's rapid rise from second lieutenant to lieutenant colonel over five years spanned campaigns from New Guinea to Leyte and Luzon. He helped disarm Yamashita's forces and served in the Moji area of Honshu during Japan's surrender. His brother Alvin A. Watson works at Camp McCoy as storage chief. Watson earned several decorations including the Philippine liberation bar with two stars, the southwest Pacific ribbon with three stars, and the bronze arrowhead for Saidor.
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la Crosse
Red Arrow
Ralph H. Watson
Riley J. Watson
Mary Fraser
King Street
Fort Sill
Okla
Jimmy
Ralph
Col
Watson
Camp Beauregard
32Nd
120Th Field Artillery
Camp Livingston
Fort Devins
Mass
Col. Watson
Australia
Miliang
New Guinea
Goodenough Island
New Britain
Saidor
Aitape
Hollandia
Philippine
Leyte
Luzon
Japan
Yamashita
Bagio
Philippines
Wainwright Watson
Honshu
Moji
McCoy
Alvin
Gus A.et
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George C. Marshall
U.S. Army
Secretary of War
General Marshall
East Asia
United Nations
Pearl Harbor
Far East
Midway
Coral Sea
Guadalcanal
Yunnan
Oceania
St. James Church
First Catholic War Veterans’ Post
United States Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Weston
General Electric
King Sol
Marshall and
Eastman Photo
Cezyu
Flint Rock
Army
Portland
Ore
States
Alvin A. Watson
South 17Th Street
Ralph Watson
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YMCA
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Cay
Nelson Clothing CO
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