Light Carriers Prove Value in Pacific War Roles
Navy reveals nine light aircraft carriers built on cruiser hulls supported big ship air groups, protecting task forces and striking enemy ships. Sun setters from air group 23 helped destroy or damage 81 Japanese planes and 38 ships, proving light carriers’ worth from Makin to Hollandia and beyond.
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Japan
Navy
Independence
Princeton
Belleau Woods
Cowpens
Monterey
Cabot
Langley
Bataan
San Jacinto
Navy Air Group 23
Pacific
United States
Makin
Tarawa
Solomons
Rabaul
Saratoga
Gilberts
Marshall Islands
Carolines
Hollandia
Our Men in Service From La Crosse Area
The column invites men in the U S army navy marine corps and court guard from La Crosse and nearby areas to submit data and photographs for service notices as well as notes from U S training camps. Send written data to the city editor for publication without charge.
Service notices and promotions of WWII service personnel
A La Crosse unit commendation honors Corp Gordon A. Neuman for March and April duty. The report lists Pvt Gerald L. Thompson, Lieut Frank B. Davy, Pfc Richard H. Nelson, Pfc Leonard N. Adsit, Ensign David L. Smith, and many others with transfers, training, APO addresses, and overseas postings. Promotions include Sgt Clayton Wojahn and 2nd Lt Ralph E. Lee. Several await school or combat duty, with details on origins and family locations.
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Corp
Gordon A. Neuman
South 10Th Street
la Crosse Tribune
England
Neuman
Gerald L. Thompson
ASN
Co. D
Camp Blanding
Fla
Frank B. Davy
Tallahassee
Waycross Aaf
Waycross, A
Richard H. Nelson
Army
Camp Claiborne
Camp Sutton
N. C
Sharonville
R. H. Nelson
Avon Street
Leonard N. Adsit
Agnes Adsit
Market Street
San Francisco
Calif
Central High School
Isadore Irving Kaminsky
Chicago
Pecos
Tex
Mildred R. Hofer
Air Service Command
Pvt
Hofer
Kenneth Wojahn
Wojahn
Inf
APO
Fort Jackson
S. C
Ralph E. Lee
Lee
Italy
la Crosse
Powell Street
Great Lakes
Ill
Naval Training Center
Jack J. Guenther
Naval Service School
Co. 1380
USNTS
Vern L. R. Lueck
Infantry Replacement Center
Camp Hood
Lueck
Anna Lueck
West Avenue South
Quentin W. Jeffers
Sgt. Jeffers
Alice Jeffers
Pearl Street
Herbert E. Gundlach
AT Co
Fort Dix
N. J
Fort Wayne
Ind
Jerome Stanley
Grand Rapids
Mich
Leo B. Berry
Vic
Dean Peterson
Co. C
Camp Swift
Camp Hale
Carsten Arentson
Camp Barkeley
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
POTC
Bks
Milton N. Oles
New York
Pic
Donald Weiss
Lincoln Army Air Field
Lincoln
Neb
Robert D. McKenzie
Walters
Ft. George Eade
AFG
William R. Krismer
Co. K
Camp Adair
George Freisinger
James E. Padesky
Pfc
Anton Zajc
Co. A
66Th Signal Bn
Fort Riley
Kan
Camp Crowder
Merlin Coher
Minneapolis
George J. Hickey
Ft. Barrancas
Fort Bragg
AC Lauritz G. Wittenberg
Santa Ana Army Air Base
Santa Ana
William Runice
Clayton Johnson
AOM
Norman
Okla
Donald G. Sather
Army Air Base
Pueblo
Colo
Marvin O. Lee
Emma C. Lee
Onalaska
Ruben Veglahn
U. S. Naval Training Center
Leo Simones
Joseph W. Zanter
Zanter
Joseph Zanter
Mississippi Street
Simones
Rose Simones
North Ninth Street
Harley E. Erickson
United States Naval Reserve
Camp Macdonough
Plattsburg
N. Y
Erickson
Hilda R. Erickson
Rockland
Lauritz G. Wittenberg
George Wittenberg
Col
W. A. Robertson
Wittenberg
Sq. 13
Section K
Barracks C
Saab
Edward J. Olson
Cmic
Glynco
Edward Olson
Badger Street
Olson
Naval Air Station
Donald Pokarth
North 14Th Street
Theodore Roosevelt Relics Saved As Fire Reaches Home
Fire at the Saga more Hill estate in Oyster Bay damages a wing while relics of Theodore Roosevelt are saved. Volunteers from four fire companies battled the blaze for over an hour, the origin undetermined and the value of damage not estimated. The flag Roosevelt carried with the Rough Riders is among the preserved mementos.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Long Island
Connecticut
Rough Riders
Urges Soldiers At McCoy To Be Careful
Maj.William J. Niederauer urges strict safety rules for post swimming groups at McCoy. He notes post fatalities average 13 percent so far this year versus six percent national in 1941. He cites rules including never swim alone and use the buddy system.
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William J. Niederaurer
War Department
Maj
Wiederaurer
Cox Injures Hand After Fall On Glass At Sparta
CAMP McCOY Wis Special Cox of Co B 808th Tank Eng unit fell on glass in Sparta and cut his hand He was treated at St Marys hospital and returned to camp.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Cox
Sparta
St. Mary's Hospital
Cumberland Man Appointed to Banking Commission
Gov Goodland named Arthur J Quinn of Cumberland to replace Robert K Henry on the Wisconsin Banking Commission. The term runs to April 1 1947 and awaits Senate confirmation. Quinn is a former Northwestern State Bank president at Cumberland and past Cumberland mayor.
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Madison
Wis
Goodland
Arthur J. Quinn
Cumberland
State Banking Commission
Robert K. Henry
Jefferson
Senate
Quinn
Northwestern State Bank
Wisconsin Bankers’ Association
British MP Kenneth Lindsay to Speak on Labor at UW
Kenneth Lindsay a British parliament member since 1933 known for education and social reform will lecture on British Labor and the War at the University of Wisconsin tomorrow at 8 p m. The event highlights an international perspective on labor during wartime.
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Madison
Wis
Kenneth Lindsay
Great Britain
University of Wisconsin
Mechanics sought at Camp Y for sagag repairs
John F. Burke civilian personnel chief announced that mechanics are needed at Camp Y. The workers will repair road graders and Caterpillar equipment.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Camp Y
Sagag Eggsing
John F. Burke
Eire urged to save as inflation drive begins
Irish Minister P J Little told a Waterford meeting that curbing rising living costs requires households buying savings certificates lodged in savings banks. He noted remittances from Irish workers abroad total about $35 million yearly and add to inflation where goods are scarce.
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P. J. Little
Posts and Telegraphs
Waterford
Eire
Noted Historian Dr. James Tait Dies at 81
Manchester England Dr James Tait an eminent English historian aged 81 died Sunday his passing noted by scholarly circles and local press in the United Kingdom
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Manchester
England
James Tait
LaCrosse Eagle Scout Guides At Northern Canoe Camp
Peter C. Bertelson, Eagle Scout and senior patrol leader of First Presbyterian Church troop 8, will serve a second year as a guide at Scout Landing in Vilas County Wisconsin. He earned bronze and gold palms and holds a class A first aid badge. He departs July 5 from La Crosse, joining five other Wisconsin guides for a week to 10 day expedition starting at Portage.
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Peter C. Bertelson
Wesley Bertelson
First Presbyterian Church
Wisconsin
Boulder Junction
Wisconsin State Forest
Trout Lake
Vilas County
Norway
Bertelson
Gateway Council
Peter Bertelson
Scout Landing
la Crosse
Portage
$25 Million Damage In Munitions Ship Blast In Denmark
The Free Danish press service reports a German munitions ship exploded in Aarhus harbor causing about 25 million dollars in damage. Initial underground sources claim at least 80 killed and 300 injured with up to 1,000 buildings damaged and several vessels burned. Copenhagen stirred after a five day general strike with occupation authorities making concessions. The Germans agreed to withdraw the Schalburg corps and ease curfews and reprisals.
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Stockholm
Free Danish Press Service
Aarhus
Denmark
Copenhagen
4-H Bonds Awarded in Wisconsin Speech Contest
MADISON Wis Donald Thompson 19 of Lodi won a $100 war bond for first place in the statewide 4 H club speaking contest. James Weis 14 of Berlin earned a $50 bond for second. Four others Mary Jane Betz Eau Claire Mary Nesta Springbrook Russell Nelson Platteville Phyllis Temple Oconto Falls received $10 in war stamps each. The topic was farm safety.
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Madison
Wis
Donald Thompson
Lodi
James Weis
Berlin
Mary Jane Betz
Eau Claire
Mary Neste
Springbrook
Russell Nelson
Platteville
Phyllis Temple
Oconto Falls
Robbery at Madison Gas Station Reported to Police
South Park street filling station operator Jack D. Taylor told police last night three men robbed station attendant August Pepper, 77, of 180 dollars and nine gallons of gasoline at the Madison station.
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Madison
Wis
Jack D. Taylor
South Park Street
August Pepper
British Near Vital Arezzo Drives Toward Florence
British Eighth Army pushes from the south and west to within five miles of Arezzo, the main Florence road, while American units reach Rosignano near Livorno as German resistance slows progress. Heavy guns fire on Rosignano approaches and German reserves move into position. Across the front, forces are being rolled back from the Gothic Line near Rimini toward Pisa Livorno.
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Rome
Arezzo
Florence
Italy
Rosignano
Livorno
Rimini
Pisa-Livorno
Fasting Saint Louis Man Starts Fruit Juice Diet
Chester Lake, former field representative for the Rural Electrification Administration, began a hunger strike last week to protest political domination of the REA. At age 51 he has lost 15 pounds and will continue fasting until Roosevelt or Congress frees the REA from politics.
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ST. Louis
Chester Lake
Rural Electrification Administration
Lake
Roosevelt
Congress
Department of Agriculture
REA
Viroqua Board Of Review To Meet
Viroqua Wis Special city clerk T C Knudson says the board of review will meet in the council room at city hall on July 10 at 10 am to review the assessment roll for real and personal property and sworn statements, correct errors, and perform duties required by law.
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Viroqua
Wis
T. C. Knudson
Board of Review For
City of Viroqua
War Secretary Stimson Meets Pope in Rome Audience
Pope Pius XII received Secretary of War Stimson in Rome today. Stimson arrived yesterday on the first train into the city since its fall to Allied forces and was greeted at a colorful ceremony.
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Rome
Pius XII
Stimson
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