Mid-Year Term Changes Roll Through La Crosse Schools
La Crosse public schools abolish mid year promotions with grades United under single classrooms and year long teacher assignments. Seventh graders stay in same classes designated Grade 7. Two divisions of grades 8B through 12A end in January 1949 with final mid year graduations at Central and Logan high schools.
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la Crosse
Central
Logan
Central High School
Longfellow
Lincoln
Washington
Aquinas
Aquinas High School
College of Commerce
Longfellow 9A Class Day Exercises Honor Five Fields
Members of Longfellow Junior High School 9A graduate class presented a farewell assembly Friday morning. After an opening by Chairman Carolyn Wollschlaeger, Leland Nosby, Don Amundsen and Thomas Cravens opened with two clarinet numbers. An act titled Everything's Off was announced by Ralph Horn with cast Vernon Nienast, Ronald Otto, Verna Schmidt, Patricia Haller, Joyce Jacobus, Yvonne Fry and LeRoy Boehlke.
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Longfellow Junior High School
Carolyn Wollschlaeger
Leland Nosby
Don Amundsen
Thomas Cravens
Dark Eyes
Juanita
Ralph Horn
Vernon Nienast
Ronald Otto
Verna Schmidt
Patricia Haller
Joyce Jacobus
Yvonne Fry
LeRoy Boehlke
C. C. Thomas
Jerry Bendel
Jack Bemis
Carol Smevoy
Edward Cotterwick
Red Cross Home Nursing Class Opens At Roosevelt School
First class meeting of the Red Cross home nursing course will be held at 7 30 Tuesday night in the small gymnasium. Instructor is Mrs Norman Hendrickson R N Registrations are still being accepted and should be telephoned to the Red Cross office 3284 W.
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Red Cross
Roosevelt School
Sam
Norman Hendrickson
R. N
Midwest Drought Relief Rain Brings Local Floods And Record Warmth
Rain drenches the parched Midwest as farmers lament moisture shortages. In La Crosse a new 55 degree city high tops the winter record, while the USC club hosts a flooded ballroom from a collapsed ceiling. News of the 32nd Division returning from the Pacific sparks tears and warm calls.
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Midwest
USC Club
la Crosse
Pacific Theater
National Guard
Russell J. Seger
Parody of Kipling’s Mandalay from an Italian front line
A January 30 1944 field note in Italy prints a poem by a technical sergeant modeling a Mandalay parody. It contrasts front line hardship with questions of strike action, wages and German response, reflecting morale and wartime sentiment among U S airmen.
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Italy
Kipling
Mandalay
Jerry
Banker Withdraws Plan to Name Bond Slackers in Saunders County
WAHOO Neb. Emil E Placek a Saunders County War Finance Committee chairman said he would follow Treasury guidance and abandon naming locals who oppose the fourth war loan drive for punitive action. He had planned to provide names to draft and ration boards to reclassify deferments, risking harm to individuals seeking gas or farm machinery priority.
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Wahoo
Emil E. Placek
United States
Treasury Department
Placek
Saunders County War Finance Committee
State War Savings Committee
Wahoo Wasp
Two Amendments Delay $2 Billion War Tax Bill
A joint Senate House conference stalled the $2.316 billion renegotiation tax bill over two amendments. Disputes center on sub contractor definition and contractor appeal rights. Revenue sections had been approved. individuals face $664.9 million and corporations $502.7 million in higher taxes.
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Washington
Senate
House
Court of Claims
Public Debate on Service Members and Thoughtful Outlook
The column invites letters about men in the U S army navy marines and coast guard from La Crosse area with full name and address required. It urges restraint in response to atrocity stories asking readers to magnify virtues rather than evils and promises space for foreign service photographs upon request.
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U. S
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
la Crosse
Foreign Service
Community War Bond Drive Calls for Local Merchants Aid
A Tribune reader urges credit for the 4th War Loan drive go to the place of business where workers are employed. He notes persistent solicitation at home work and church and cites merchants offering free merchandise and theaters waiving admission to boost bond purchases.
Facing Atrocity Stories With Honest Judgment
A call to acknowledge atrocity stories as partial truths and dangerous to judgment. It urges considering broader WWII facts about Japanese conduct and empathy toward civilians and prisoners, noting Japanese antiwar sentiment among leaders, Red Cross wordings, and hope for humanitarian view.
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Japan
United States
Red Cross
International Red Cross
United States of America
Kagawa
First 5th Army Cemetery on Beachhead Near Rome
The first 5th Army cemetery on the beachhead south of Rome was consecrated with services for American and British dead. Civilians dug graves under fire from German shells, and German dead were placed in a separate section. Maj. Ralph J. Smith led services. Lt. Herbert Southworth supervised grave marking with tags awaiting crosses.
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Reynolds Packard
Associated Press
5Th Army
Rome
Ralph J. Smith
San Antonio
Tex
Herbert Southworth
Mansfield
Ohio
Maj. Smith
Guffey Likely Relieved As Democratic Campaign Chair
Senate Democratic Leader Barkley said he will act next week to replace Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania as chairman of the Democratic senatorial campaign committee. Guffey sought removal amid pressure from Byrd and southern colleagues over claims of an alliance with Republicans to defeat the servicemen and women's voting bill.
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Washington
Barkley
Kentucky
Guffey
D-Pa
Byrd
Dva
New Citizens St Ann's Announces Two Jan 28 Births
New Citizens St Ann's reports a son born Jan 28 to Mr and Mrs Bert Jenks French Island R1 and a daughter Donna Rae born Jan 28 to Mr and Mrs Albert Skrede Viroqua Wis Ardine Dellmann. Japanese beetles infiltrated the United States from near New Jersey not from the west coast.
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St. Ann's
Bert Jenks
French Island
Donna Rae
Albert Skrede
Viroqua
Wis
Ardine Dellmann
United States
New Jersey
West Coast
Axis Invasion Began Long Ago Say Dies Committee
The Dies committee warned that the Axis invasion of the United States began a decade before Pearl Harbor. It linked pro Nazi and pro Japanese fronts to espionage, conferences with Tokyo, and a West Coast fishing fleet unit used for surveillance. The report cites relocation centers, social ostracism, and consular organized groups across agriculture, fishing, and trades.
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William F. Arrogast
Washington
United States
Pearl Harbor
Dies Committee
Fuehrer
Japan
Los Angeles
Argentine Mayor Seized After Mourning Axis
Troops occupied the Tucuman town hall expelling the mayor who ordered flags at half staff and seven days of mourning. Buenos Aires travelers reported the incident in Tucuman, a 40 000 strong nationalist city. President Roosevelt welcomed Argentina severing ties with the Axis, sending a note to President Ramirez.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Buenos Aires
Tucuman
Roosevelt
Argentina
Pedro Ramirez
Foreign Office
Stolen Westby Auto Recovered In County
La Crosse county highway police recovered the automobile of Dr. C. C. Smith of Westby. Stolen in Westby on January 27, the car was found abandoned in a ditch on the Obert road near Brinkman Ridge.
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la Crosse County
C. C. Smith
Westby
Obert
Brinkman Ridge
Ration Guide Details Stamp Validity and City Price List
The document lists ration stamp validity for Meats Fats and processed foods with book and stamp identifiers and expiration dates. It also provides period two and three coupons with gas, sugar, and fuel allowances and a La Crosse price ceiling for week ending Feb 2 detailing specific fruit and vegetable prices by item and weight.
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la Crosse
California
U. S
Idaho
Funeral Directors Hellwig and Morris Thoughtful Service
Local listings show Hellwig and Morris Funeral Directors offering thoughtful service. Also advertised are Flowers For Every Occasion from Kienah’s Flower Shop and Telegraph service with phone contact in La Crosse.
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Kienahs
Help Wanted Women Ambitious and Dresses Sold by Card Sales
Classified notices advertise women to take orders for greeting cards up to $23 weekly, with a large dress line selling on sight, no investment or experience required. Other ads seek a housekeeper, a local store job for an energetic woman with musical knowledge, and advancement opportunities. Wallace Brown address Chicago and Tribune references appear.
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Emst
Getwell
Wallace Brown
U S. State St. Chicago
Fashion Proces
Dept. A
Cincinnati
One
W. T. Burgess
South 13Th
Tribune
Help Wanted Advertisements
Classified notices seek competent cleaning beauty and domestic help ages 25 to 40 on premises. Posts include baby care nights part time grocery shop waitress and housework with contact codes, earnings, and locations in Tribune listings. High turnover mid century employment brief with multiple family and salon offers.
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Tribune
Independence Beauty Salon
Independence
Wisconsin
May
State
South 7Th
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la Crocese Tribune
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Texas
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Main ST
Michigan Ave
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Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Motion Pictures
Ken Voght
Plymouth
Hudson Super
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DeSoto
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Roy Nelson
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Sparta
Packard
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Walt Anderson
la Creecent
Avon St
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J. Unde
Anderson Tire CO
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Silvertown
Fifth Ave
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Wisco
KEN
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