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La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1944

Page

4

Viroqua Band Plans Concert Under Nordness Direction

The Viroqua high school band of 72 musicians will open its season with 14 pieces including marches overtures and medleys in the senior high school auditorium. Nordness leads the large ensemble aided by the Band Mothers' club funding transport and related costs.

Viroqua Wis Emory Nordness Bonnie Harris Martha Ludden Marteah Pirnat Robert Larson Robert Erickson Ruth Christianson Sonja Daffinrud Nordis Gulbrandsen Constance Fortney Harriet Tollefson Esther Sisbach Joan Clark Jean Zitzer Alice Thompson Robert Weber Verna Mageland Nancy Peterson Richard Ammerman Glenn Boggs Carol Hay Betty Hornby Janet McGarry Kenneth Shultz Shirey Snell Winnifred Stigen Armin Thompson William Barry Elizabeth Fortney Ruth Donald Monson Larry Mosher Evelyn Cowden David Solverson Percy Muender Miles Morrison Emmett Weber Duane Monson Donna Brown Robert Reed Ronald Mehlum Lawrence Lund Ruth Lawton Virginia Poh Mary-Ann Carr Lorraine Jennings Ruth-Ann Bentson Yvonne Hanson Alberta Hagen Hugh

Wilton area to vote on forming Union high school district

Voters in Wilton village and four neighboring townships will vote on December 12 whether to form a Union Free high school district to build a high school at Wilton. The district would cover 63 square miles including Wilton village and parts of Ridgeville Sheldon and Well ington. The plan faces controversy as residents in Ontario Nor a Kendall fear loss of rural school bus service.

Sparta Wis Wilton Union Free High School Ridgeville Sheldon Wellington Sien Siehoe Paoposed Ontario Nora Kendall

Radio Programs Schedule From AP listings

A packed Sunday schedule lists NBC, CBS and NBC Symphony programs, opera, comedies, dramas and news. Highlights include Toscanini concerts, Jack Benny and Burns, Harold Lloyd Theater features, World News Parade, Joe E. Brown Quiz and Mary Small Revue among numerous time slots and stations.

NBC Army Hour Toscanini Gildersleeve Jack Benny Charlie McCarthy One Man's Family Merry Go A Harold Lloyd Theater Loudcast A. m TransAtlantic Call New York Philharmonic Patrice Munse Orgie Harriet Kate Smith Blondie Nick Carter the Shadow Cleveland Orchestra Mediation Board Horizons Walter Hempden Leonidas Paul Lavalle Nbc Trans-Atlantic Dbs Andrinini Continentales Biu Lutheran Josephine Houston Biu Nbec Church of the Air Cbs John B. Kennedy Stanley Dixon Mbs Nbe George Hicks U. of Chicago Sammy Kaye Dramatic Ed Murrow Nbc the Matinee Theater Chaplain Jim USA John Chas Thomas and Song Nbc News of World Olin Downes Bdia Mex Hill Nbc N Philharmonic Symphony Charlotte Greenwood The Army Ethel Barrymore New England America Andre Kostelanetz Paul Levalle NBC Symphony Nbc Family Time Patrice Munsel Mary Small Biu Porum Metropolitan Opera Presents Biu the Shadow Bill Shirer Catholic Radio Service Cbs Hall of Fame Paul Whiteman Bill Quick

Stoddard Man In Florida After Amputated Leg Return

Elmer Beier of Stoddard reports from Coral Gables Florida that he has arrived back in the United States and that his leg was amputated ten inches below the knee on October 24. He expects to walk again with crutches and hopes to be home in three months to resume fishing. Entered service in 1941 and served with a medical detachment of a field artillery battalion overseas for nearly three years.

Stoddard Wis Corp Elmer Beier Charles Beier Coral Gables Fla States Beier Italy Africa Florida

War Bond To Be Awarded By Club

TOMAH Wis Special Door prize of a 25 war bond will be given Tuesday evening at the annual meeting of the Tomah Conservation club in the Tomah New officers will be named for the coming year and reports will be read An entertainment program will be given for all who attend and a lunch and refreshments will be served.

Tomah Wis

Blair Village Clerk Mil ton Frederixon Resigns

Mil ton Frederixon resigns as clerk of Blair Wisconsin effective January 1 after eight years in office. Village council urged him to stay until spring election but he declined to extend his tenure.

Blair Village Blair Wis Milton Frederixon Frederixon

X Rays For Metals Detect Defects In Castings

A new method uses stereoscopic X ray pictures to spot flaws in metal castings and blocks. Precise measurements determine defect position, and a special graph aids interpreters in study and analysis of the pictures.

Sparta Men in 32nd Infantry Division Return to States

Sparta Wis Special report details officers and enlisted men from Sparta who served in the 32nd Infantry Division in the Southwest Pacific. It notes multiple returns to Hot Springs Ark for rest and reassignment, with names of soldiers and their families, prior reassignments, and the division's first WWII casualty, Robert Marx.

Sparta 3Nd Infantry States Don Radde Hot Springs Ark Ray Jensen Lawrence Webster Anglo John Shaw William Shaw Floyd Lloyd Tyler D. Barney Rock Island Arsenal Robert B. McCoy 83Rd Infantry Regiment Camp Robinson Theodore Bell Edwin Babcock Herbert Isensee 32Nd Infantry Division Corp Howard Hanson Donald Abrahamson Abrahamson New Guinea Clifford Woodliff Corp. Hovland Robert Marx Mike Marx Louisiana

Telephone Line Is Constructed For FM Radio Tower

Sparta Wis special report details a new frequency modulation two way radio system. A telephone line nears completion to the tower site on Jacksonville Pass east of Sparta. William Seemuth of Milwaukee will oversee construction as the 8 by 12 foot building and 85 foot tower rise on a hill. The FM system will operate on its own Wisconsin frequency after FCC rejected parallel allocations.

Sparta Wis Sheriff's Bert O. Johnson William Seemuth Milwaukee Jacksonville Pass Sheriff's Office U. S. Highway 16 Federal Communications Commission Monroe County la Crosse Vernon Wisconsin

Tomah Red Cross Board Sets Drive Plans

The Tomah Wisconsin Red Cross chapter board met in the Red Cross office with Mrs. Laura Gran presiding. Reports were given by Emma Wegner, secretary. Mrs. Roy Smith, surgical dressings. Mrs. Charles Wright, production. R. M. Carson, volunteer service. Mrs. Harry Roder, nutrition. Mrs. T. J. Sheehy, prisoners of war. Elizabeth Reiser, Junior Red Cross. Jeannette Sheehy, executive secretary. Plans for the Red Cross drive were formed and a committee was chosen to lead it. Jeannette Sheehy and Alvin Nienast will work with the committee.

Tomah Wis Tomah Red Cross Red Cross Laura Gran Emma Wegner Roy Smith Charles Wright R. M. Carson Volunteer Service Corp Harry Roder T. J. Sheehy Prisoners of War Elizabeth Reiser Junior Jeannette Sheehy Alvin Nienast

Argentina Decrees Heavy Oil Must Include Linseed Oil

Argentina orders that all heavy oil sold domestically contain 20 percent linseed oil. This regulatory move targets fuel mixtures and industrial blending practices within the country.

Argentina

Pfc Harold Albrecht Reported Missing In Action

Pfc Harold R. Albrecht of Tomah Wisconsin, husband of Elda Mae Wallace, with parents Mr and Mrs Reinhold Albrecht, is reported missing in action in France since November 14 while serving with the 95th division overseas since August 1 1944 in World War II.

Tomah Wis Harold R. Albrecht Reinhold Albrecht Elda Mae Wallace France War Department Albrecht

Tomah Soldier Killed in Action in France

Pvt. Donald Waddell 19, of Tomah Wisconsin, was killed in action in France, according to his father. A Tomah High School graduate, he is survived by his father, three brothers and one sister.

Tomah Wis Donald Waddell France Thomas Waddell Waddell

Typhus Control in Naples via DDT Insecticides

The U S army medical corps reports successful typhus fever control in Naples early this year using two new weapons. New insecticides chiefly DDT and new methods of applying DDT powder to destroy lice significantly reduced transmission.

Naples U. S. Army Medical Corps

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