Onalaska Sailor Recalls USS Argonne Near Tokyo Bay
Sir Donald W. Thompson writes of the USS Argonne’s perilous voyage through a submarine nest off Japan, near Yap and Tokyo bay at war’s end. He details blacked out nights, near misses, a tanker torpedo scare, and life aboard including skyward threats and a salvage of equipment in Yokosuka. Thompson joined the navy January 3 1945 and sailed overseas April 3, serving in the Philippines Guam the Marshall Islands and Tokyo bay.
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Donald W. Thompson
L. C. Thompson
Onalaska
Tokyo Bay
Japan
Thompson
Yap
Argonne
America
Mom
Dad
Milky’ Peterson
Donald Thompson
Navy
Philippine Islands
Guam
Marshall Islands
Free book offers diagrams of rectal and colonic conditions
A note invites readers to obtain a free book containing diagrams charts and X ray pictures of rectal and colonic conditions by contacting Thornton and Minor Clinic Suite H 1282 26 McGee St Kansas City Missouri.
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Thornton & Minor Clinic
McGee St
Kansas City
War Bond Drive Surpasses Quota in Superior Douglas
Douglas County and Superior residents subscribed 4.31 million to Victory Loan campaigns, tripling a 1.3 million quota. Richard Oyaas, executive chairman, credited exceeding quotas on all issues including E bonds, noting Superior led all war bond quotas since May 1942 with total sales of 38.846 million.
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Superior
Wis
Richard Oyaas
Douglas County War Bond Committee
Douglas Counties
Ovyaas
Capper Proposes Eisenhower as 1948 GOP Candidate
Senator Capper discloses in a radio speech plans to suggest General Dwight Eisenhower for the 1948 Republican nomination. He praises Eisenhower as a capable statesman with a strong military background and diplomacy skills.
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Capper
Eisenhower
Washington
R-Kas
Dwight Eisenhower
Army
Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Worthy Program Aids Servicemen Wives and Infants
About three quarters of a million wives and infants received care under the emergency maternity and infant care program during its first two years of operation.
I Wasn’t Jealous When Pa Kissed Sue and Amy
A narrator states she felt no jealousy as her father kissed Sue and Amy upon returning home. She believes kissing friends holds no interest for him or herself.
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Sue
Amy
Home Building Speeded Before the War in Britain
H E Comden president of the National Federation of Registered House-Builders in London asserts that prewar Britain built at two houses per minute of the working day and that postwar output can be improved, noting a total of 515000 houses.
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H. E. Comden
National Federation of Registered House-Builders
London
City Recreation Programs Draw Parent Interest Across Arts and Sports
Parents returned 80 percent of school sent questionnaires about city recreation. Art classes meet on Thursdays at Central and Logan for casual recreation with supervisors, plus fishcraft groups on Tuesdays at Logan. Future plans include sound films on arts and sports, with focus on adult programs.
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City Recreation Department
Central
Logan
Maine Chance Stable to Race at Santa Anita Meet
Maine Chance Farm's leading money-winning stable will race at the Santa Anita meeting beginning December 29.
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New York
Maine
Chance Farm
Santa Anita
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Bay
la Crosse
Liberty
Yokosuka
Reynolds International of
Chicago
Caledonia Street
KAY Drugs
North Fourth Street
the Stores of Friendly Service
Turner Food Products Co
A. B. C. Potato
South Sixth Street
Eyster
Ray
Penney’s
Austelle
Madge Davis
Childrens Waist Union
Childrens
Penney
Teddy
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