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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jul 03, 1944

Page

10

Husband of Dakota girl is killed in Burma

Mrs. E. M. Gibson Jr of Dakota announces the death of her husband Sgt. E. M. Gibson Jr who was killed in action on June 16 in North Burma India. He entered service in March 1941 in California and served as instructor at Camp McCoy before going overseas in 1943 reaching Delhi and then North Burma. He is survived by his wife his father E M Gibson Sr in Washington and a brother Corp M G Gibson in the medical corps.

Dakota, Minn E. M. Gibson, Jr F. R. Sinclair Dakota North Burma India Gibson California Camp Gibson McCoy Delhi E. M. Gibson Walla Walla Hospital Washington Corp M. G. Gibson Medical Corps Whitehall Wis Andrew Tweet Albion South Pacific Norden Lutheran Church J. A. Westberg Tweet Dane County Wisconsin Nels Ingeborg Tweet Trempealeau County Eleva Ida Thompson Pleasant Lake N. D Albion Township County Board of Supervisors Noel Tweet Sedalia Ingeborg Arno Bollinger Elena Thorvald Norman Manda Peter Tweet Marines Sgt Orland Army Irvin Lutheran Seminary Minneapolis Ndchildren George Russell San Francisco

Bradley Reports Close Allied Cooperation In Normandy

General Omar N. Bradley said the rapid victory in Normandy showed strong joint action by infantry, artillery, and the close cooperation of ground and air forces. He credited naval gunfire for three hours of bombardment that aided the breakthrough and the capture of about 35 000 prisoners.

Normandy Omar N. Bradley Aanist Ormany Bradley Navy

Trempealeau County Treasurers 25 Years of Service Highlighted

Whitehall Wis special report notes long tenures of Eleva treasurer Harvey Havenor Lincoln township treasurer Lewis Witt and Preston township treasurer Ore Hanson. Havenor first elected 1916 and repeatedly reelected. Witt since 1917, praised for tax collection. Hanson declined to run after 25 years. Guse served 1919 to 1942.

Whitehall Wis John K. Allen Allen Harvey Havenor Eleva Havenor Spring Valley Minn Mondovi Trempealeau County Moen Lewis Witt Lincoln Township Witt Ore Hanson Preston Township Hanson Pealeau County Selective Service Board Gus Guse Hale Township

Extermination Camps Auschwitz and Birkenau Report 1.7 Million Dead

Geneva dispatch to the Times cites 1,715,000 Jews killed by Germans in Auschwitz and Birkenau camps by April 15, 1944. Victims from Poland, the Netherlands, Greece, France, Belgium, and other nations. Crematoria furnace details and gas executions described in the report.

New York Geneva New York Times Today Upper Silesian Auschwitz Birkenau International Church Movement Ecumenical Refugee Commission of Zurich Poland Netherlands Greece France Belgium Germany Yugoslavia Italy Norway Bohemia Moravia Austria Slovakia Hungary Upper Silesia Times Dispatch

Deaths and obituaries across several cities

Daniel C. Green 59 a court appointed trustee and reorganizer of Samuel Insull empire dies in Petoskey Michigan. Sidney Nirdlinger 7 died in Galesburg Illinois president of Galesburg First National Bank and a leader in Illinois Bankers Association. Thro Dewitt 64 in Cleveland president of Dewitt hotels and executive manager of Hotel Hollenden. Edwin J. Schantarber 58 philanthropist attorney longtime head of Jewish Welfare Federation in Columbus. Prof George Burns 85 Cincinnati engineering department head and assistant dean at University of Cincinnati. Frank B. Jacobs 55 Woolworth buyer manager in New York born in Independence Iowa. New air services established recently in Mexico.

Petoskey Mich Daniel C. Green Samuel Insuil Wtilkies Galesburg Sidney Nirdlinger Galesburg First National Bank Ilinois Banker's AsSociation Cleveland Thro Dewitt Dewitt Operated Hollenden Sa Tuorday Columbus Edwin J. Schantarber Jewish Welfare Federation Cincinnati George Burns College of Engoneering University of Cincinnati New Y York Frank B. Jacobs F. W. Woolworth Company Independence

Tri-State Deaths Highlight Wisconsin Community Losses

Obituaries from Whitehall Soldiers Grove Cashton and nearby areas note the deaths of Andrew Tweet 73 in Albion and Henry Degenhardt 63 in Cashton. Funeral arrangements, survivors including children and spouses, and service details are listed with affiliations to local churches and military service.

Funeral services for Lyman Woolstrum 79 held in Waukon

Fu neral services for Lyman Woolstrum 79 were held Saturday at St Patrick s church with burial in Mount Olivet cemetery. Born in New York, he moved to French Creek township Allamakee County in 1867 and lived on area farms before settling in Waukon in 1935. Surviving are his wife three daughters a son Leo and daughters in Dubuque French Creek Hanover and one more in Waukon plus a brother and three sisters and nine grandchildren three great grandchildren.

Cashton Wis Henry Degenhardt Pine Hollow Church Timmerman Amelia Chicago Leonard Omer Gilbert William Fred Joseph Celia Catherine Anna Loyal Bertha Mary Athens Waukon Lyman Woolstrum St. Patrick’s Church Mount Olivet Woolstrum New York State L. Woolstrum French Creek Township Allamakee County Mary Lyons Dorchester Waterloo Township Leo Woolstrum T. B. Schwartzhoff Dubuque Emmet Mahoney French Creek Forrest Ryan Hanover

Decorah Youth Robert McKernan Dies After Crash

Robert McKernan 20 died at his Decorah home from injuries after a traffic crash near Lanesboro. The Decorah High School senior, crippled from infantile paralysis, fractured leg injuries led to his death. Born June 12, he was the son of Mr and Mrs Ambrose McKernan.

Decorah Robert McKernan Ambrose McKernan McKernan Decorah High School Lanesboro

Committal Held for Thomas Herreid in Blair

The Rev. T. E. Sweger officiated at a committal service at Zion Lutheran church in Blair for Thomas Herreid 79 who died in Madison last Tuesday. Herreid long served in Wisconsin banking, becoming chief examiner and later commissioner of banking in 1926 27. He retired four years ago after a career starting in hardware and public finance.

Whitehall Wis T. E. Sweger Zion Lutheran Church Blair Thomas Herreid Madison Herreid Wisconsin Banking Department Beaver Creek Ettrick Wisconsin Business University la Crosse Peter James Davidson Treasury Department

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La Guardia Proposes Hotel Tax and Commuter Levy

Mayor La Guardia unveiled a $50 million annual tax plan to close the subway deficit. It includes a 2 percent hotel bill levy for visitors and a 40 cent weekly tax on commuters, alternatives to raising subway fares. The measures would be submitted to the board of estimate and the city council, with a state enabling act sought to allow votes.

la Guardia New York F. H. la Guardia Board of Estimate

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