Kiwanis Club Marks 25th Anniversary Banquet
The La Crosse Kiwanis Club will host a 6:30 p m anniversary banquet Tuesday at the Hotel Stoddard. Dr A F Branton of Kiwanis International will speak on Kiwanis Past Present and Future. The event honors 25 years of club service in La Crosse with invited dignitaries and a program of songs and speeches.
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la Crosse Kiwanis Club
A. F. Branton
Wilmar
Minn
Kiwanis International
Kiwanis
la Crosse
C. M. Cody
Charles S. Gone
Phillip S. Stone
J. R. Johnson
G. M. Wiley
Glenn Meader
George M. Hetherington
Hetherington
Upper Michigan-Wisconsin
Clyde Bourret
Charles Vounts
Dr. Cody
Leithold
Ben Keeler
of America
Youngberg
Frank Wilkinson
Ee Yonts
Charles Art Swan
Don E. Field
William W. Rickman
Rev. A. B. S. F. Brokaw
Willard E. Fantle
Emery W. Leamer
Ralph H. Young
Clyde E. Bourret
Hugh V. Fuller
Allen S. Browne
Joseph G. Prance
Detroit
Mich
Donald A. Johnston
Portland, Ore
Flying Fortress Pilot Earns Third Air Medal
Second Lieut. John P. Heraty 28 of La Crosse Wisconsin, a pilot with the 306th Bombardment Group at an English bomber station, is awarded his third Air Medal for exceptionally meritorious achievement. His unit recently earned a presidential unit citation for heroic action against German aircraft plants at Oschersleben and Halberstadt amid heavy fighter opposition. A Minnesota graduate, he previously worked for the U S coast and geodetic survey before joining the Army Air Forces.
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Heraty
Eighth Air Force
England
John P. Heraty
J. E. Heraty
Rivoli
la Crosse
Wis
306Th Bombardment Group
James S. Sutton
Findlay
Lieut. Heraty
First Bombardment Division
Oschersieben
Halberstadt
Germany
Northern Ireland Shows Lead in World Textile Market
Belfast exhibits new fabrics made from synthetic rayon by the Ulster linen industry. The materials range from silk like dress materials to heavy coating cloths and are an adjunct to linen trade, not a replacement, according to Prime Minister Sir Basil Brooke.
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Ulster
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Basil Brooke
Argentina Orders Pensioned Officials to Retire in Buenos Aires
A decree announces all national government employees must retire from Argentina's service with exceptions for justified administrativeConvenience cases to allow some personnel changes. Retirement is described as a natural procedure to infuse new blood and promote civil servants.
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Argentina
Buenos Aires
Holiday Rush In Town Spurs Frantic Shopping
Christmas season brings a busy rush as residents race to complete purchases and errands. The scene mirrors a pre holiday scramble with many tasks seen as needed but left undone and a strong push to finish before festivities begin.
Mississippi River dam plans spark river conservation meeting
A Tuesday Rock Island meeting called by Col. Shain Elliott will examine Mississippi river nine-foot channel dams and fluctuating water levels. Governors and state officials from Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Illinois Missouri may attend. The talks focus on postwar dam operation, navigation needs, and conservation of fish waterfowl and wildlife.
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Iil
Shain Elliott
St. Louis
U. S. Army Engineering Corps
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Walter Goodland
Martin W. Torkelson
State Planning Board
Edward Schneber
Army
Muni
Ubs
Mississippi
Vocational Civic Orchestra Gifts Public Concert Monday
La Crosse's Vocational and Adult Education will host the Vocational Civic Symphony in the school auditorium Monday at 8:15 p.m. The 60-member group, directed by Leigh Elder, features noted local musicians and the soloist Alf Modahl, a renowned clarinetist who has played with major ensembles and the Sousa band at 16. The program includes works by Offenbach Mozart Svetana Brahms Dvorak and Glieri with a Verdi fantasia.
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LA Crosse
Vocational Civic Orchestra
Alf Modahl
Mous
John Phillip Sousa
Modahl
Offenbach
Mozart
Svetana
Furc Iant
Brahms
100-Year-Old Tax Receipt Unearthed in Marion
A Marion resident inherits a century-old tax receipt from her grandmother. It records that her grandfather paid 25 cents in farm taxes that year and evokes nostalgia for “the good old days.”
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Marion, Iil
Drew Reynolds
Marion, II
Reynolds Long
Memorial Play and Park Plans Stir Community Debate
Towns across the nation weigh community usable war memorials for play fields amphitheaters recreation centers and parks. Planners urge broad support adequate funding and maintenance assurances before starting memorial projects.
Wartime road program narrows to military needs
Since 1941 the U S road building program has focused almost entirely on roads serving war needs military roads and roads to war plants leaving other improvements aside during wartime efforts.
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U. S
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