Misna Tells Of Narrow Escape In Italian Theater Mission
Bernard Misna radio operator and gunner on a B 25 with the 12th Air Force in Italy describes a near fatal May 31 mission over Corsica and Rimini, a Sept 24 crash near the Po valley, and his 46 total missions amid flak. He recalls Rome Cairo Capri Corsica Napoleons tomb and the Blue Grotto, plus awards and plans to return to farming after discharge.
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Misna
Bernard Misna
12Th Air Force
Italy
Joe Hohifeld
Chaseburg
la Crosse
Air Corps
Central High School
States
3Rd Air
Central
South America
Sahara
Deset
Mediterranean
Corsica
Anzio
Sgt
France
Rimini
Po Valley
Ben Hur
Isle of
Capri
Napoleon
Mary Starch
Stoddard
CIO Local Meetings Outline 1945 Labor Goals
Recap of CIO Labor News notes weekly meetings of locals 316 555 448 396 and UCAPAWA with UAWA and a Dec 27 discussion led by Congressman William H Stevenson and assemblymen Krause Storandt and Schlabach. The column praises Allied victory aims and CIO wartime production bonds while correcting bond committee member names for Local 396.
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UAWA
Ucapawa
Industrial Union Council
William H. Stevenson
Ernest Storandt
Edward Krause
Krause
Rudolph Schlabach
396
Robertson
Edward Barta
Willard Howard
Local sportsmen push for postwar conservation boosts in 1945
In La Crosse and across the upper Mississippi valley, 1945 plans focus on ending the war, reducing government war agencies, and easing duck hunting and fishing restrictions. The Badger State Sportsmen's club outlines goals including refocused refuges, dusk feeding programs, pheasant rearing, and a renewed legislative push with Izaak Walton league cooperation.
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la Crosse
Mississippi Valley
Southwest Pacific
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Conservation Commission
Lemon Juice Recipe Claims Quick Rheumatic Relief
A simple, inexpensive home remedy using lemon juice is advertised to relieve rheumatic pain quickly. The note endorses the remedy as available from druggists, with possible guarantees and widespread recommendations.
Trip To West Indies For Bond Workers
Commodore Co. C. Baughman of the United States Navy at the naval operating base in Port of Spain announces a weekend air trip to a West Indies pleasure resort as a reward for enlisted men who contribute most to the war bond drive. Awards are based on effort and time spent, not bond amount.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
United States Caribbean
Co. C. Baughman
United States Navy
Naval Operating Base
West Indies
Chicken diner owner’s New Year ad ends with blaze
Dale Smith, owner of a roadside chicken dinner place in Grants Pass Oregon, went to the newspaper office to place an ad for a New Year’s Eve party. The editor refused. While he shopped, the roadhouse burned down.
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Grants Pass
Ore
Dale Smith
Smith
Wisconsin airmen earn distinguished unit citation in Normandy
Four officers and 18 enlisted men from Wisconsin in a P-47 Thunderbolt group received a distinguished unit citation for destroying German armor near St Lo on July 11. Despite a 1000 foot ceiling they attacked twice, breaking up two German armored columns and delivering a pivotal blow in the Normandy campaign. Sgt. Charles E. Knoblauch of La Crosse is eligible to wear the award ribbon.
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9Th Air Force Headquarters
France
Wisconsin
St. Lo
Bayeaux
Cherbourg
McKenzie Receives Distinguished Unit Badge in Italy
Second Lieutenant James C. McKenzie of 1334 State Street La Crosse Wisconsin, a bombardier with a veteran 15th Army Air Force heavy bomb group, was awarded the Distinguished Unit Badge in a ceremony at an Italian base. The group led a July 25 to Vienna mission against ME-109 assembly and faced heavy enemy opposition and adverse weather, suffering losses but delivering significant damage.
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15Th Aaf
Italy
James C. McKenzie
State Street
la Crosse
Wis
Nathan F. Twining
15Th Army Air Force
Vienna
Austria
Ham theft prompts ration points payment scheme
A thief who stole a 15 pound ham from Dave Cleveland’s icebox can repay by mailing 75 ration points. Cleveland says he lacks enough points to replace the ham. A new telephone rule allows dialing a distant subscriber without an operator in the call city.
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Oklahoma
Dave Cleveland
Cleveland
Stork Race in Delta Ends with Assist and Accident
Dr. R A Underwood answered a call for a baby delivery in Delta. He backed his car from a yard, got stuck in the snow, and when he booted the vehicle from the doorway his foot struck a gate post, injuring his leg. Another doctor won the race with the stork.
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Delta
Colo
R. A. Underwood
Grocers Employ Over One Million in U.S. Industry
More than 1,000,000 men and women work in wholesale and retail grocery trade across the United States, reflecting the sector’s vast employment footprint and economic role.
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United States
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Gold Coast
Africa
4-H
Rome
Red Cross
St. Paul's Cathedral
Coliseum
Tribune
Bernard Mlsna
CIO Labor News
CIO
Los
Alfredo
Upper
Mississippi River Fish and Wildlife Refuge
Madison
Senate
Assembly
Badger State Sportsmen's Club, Inc
American Legion Club
Walter Weigent
William Schroder
Carl Michel
Schroder
Richard Schnell
Harry Packman
M. R. Birnbaum
Weigent
Izaak Walton League
Fred E. Steele
Steele
League
Badger Club
Paul Clement
Bly
Ralph H. Young
Jeweler
Vapor Marcel
Fifth Ave. South
Beauty Shop
Lieut. McKenzie
15Th Aaf Group
Noto
United States of America
John W. Hall
Avonstreet
Germany
Hall
Europe
Ninth Air Force
Wilkinson
Army
Navy
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