Scouts Plan Waste Paper Drive In La Crosse District D
Boy Scouts will collect waste paper in La Crosse Section D this Saturday. Arthur Rogge, general chairman, describes area from south Winnebago Street to city limits including Glendale addition. Collection rules depend on rain with the paper card visible in a window or left on the curb if not raining. Section C collection is scheduled for July 15, covering area between King Street and Winnebago Street.
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Boy Scouts
la Crosse
Arthur Rogge
Scouters Round Table
Winnebago Street
Glendale
King Street
Gateway Area Boy Scouts Camp Decorah Weekly Routine
About 100 scouts from the Gateway Area Boy Scouts attend Camp Decorah each week through the season. Three units Outpost Frontier and Twin Pines follow a daily schedule with swimming merit badges, life saving training, and nightly camp fires. The Elks built a 220 by 120 foot pool fed by springs with a safety setup of lifeguards and water rules.
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Gateway Area
Boy Scouts
Camp Decorah
Outpost
Frontier
Twin Pines
Council
Court of Honor
Lester Vanderpan
The
Elks
Ice Refrigerator Production Rate Surpasses Pre War Level
The scheduled output rate for ice refrigerators in the first purce of this year exceeds the pre war rate by more than twice, signaling a strong rebound in manufacturing after the conflict.
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Tve
Attorney Sentenced To Electric Chair In Infant Slaying
Pittsfield Massachusetts report records 47 year old lawyer John F. Nexon Jr sentenced by Judge Abraham E. Pinanski to die by electric chair for the deliberate murder of his infant son Lawrence. Nexon declared his innocence while the Berkshire county jury found premeditation and malice aforethought.
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Pittsfield
Mass
John F. Nexon, Jr
Abraham E. Pinanski
Nexon
Noxon
Pinanski
Berkshire County
Massachusetts
Joseph B. Ely
Lawrence
Nazis Strike Back To Halt Fifth Army Drive In Italy
German forces in northern Italy launched a rare offensive from the Gothic line to halt the 5th Army advance toward Livorno Pisa and Florence. American units fought house to house in Rosignano as they pressed toward Livorno, while the 8th Army reported cautious gains and heavy resistance at Arezzo and along the Tiber valley near Umbertide Montone and Gualdo Tadino was captured.
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5Th Army
Italy
Rome
Gothic Line
Livorno
Leghorn
Pisa
Florence
Enid
Rosignano
Cassino
8Th Army
Arezzo
Albert Kesselring
Appenines
Tiber Valley
Umbertide
Montone
Gualdo Tadino
Britain Should Handle Its Own Debt Program
Lord Kenes headed Britain's delegation at Bretton Woods signals insistence on managing its $12 billion postwar debt independently. He rejects proposals for an $8 billion international stabilization fund and opposes unblocking credits tied to lend-lease and mutual aid plans.
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Bretton Woods
N. H
Britain
Lord Kenes
United “Yee Monetary Conference
England
Memorial Services Planned for Lanesboro Sailor
Memorial services will be held Sunday at 2 p m at North Prairie Lutheran church for Walter Godfrey Gilbertson son of G E Gilbertson North Prairie missing in action January 8 1943 when the merchant ship he served on as a guard crew member was torpedoed and sunk Survivors include his father two brothers Randolph and Bernard both in the service Rev S T Severtson in charge with Henry Guttormson post and American Legion members assisting
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Lanesboro
Minn
North Prairie Lutheran Church
S. T. Severtson
Walter Godfrey Gilbertson
G. E. Gilbertson
North Prairie
Henry Guttorm- 3 Post
le Sie
Walter —— Lee
Randolph
Bernard
Maizie R Downs ME 109 Fights for England Mustang Crew
1st Lt. John J. Salsman of Galesville Wisconsin destroyed a Messerschmitt 109 on an escort mission north of Berlin. He piloted a P 51 Mustang bought by GI air depot workers, part of Col. Don Graham's group credited with over 2,500 enemy aircraft destroyed in under four months.
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8Th Aaf
England
Mazie
Gi's
John J. Salsman
Galesville
Wis
Berlin
Salsman
Don Graham
Switchboard Installed at Blair Community Office
Blair Wisconsin reports a new switchboard installed at the Community Telephone Blair office. Officials from Black River Falls head office, Arcadia district manager L. R. Ellis, and Blair serviceman Alvin Lee completed the upgrade at night to avoid service interruption. The upgrade includes new flooring, redecorating of the office and Mrs. Clara Drangstveit's living quarters, and a new directory to cover Trempealeau county centrals by next December.
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Blair
Wis
Community Telephone Company
Black River Falls
L. R. Ellis
Arcadia
Alvin Lee
Whitehall
Clara Drangstveit
Trempealeau County
Kam era Kraft shop manager suffers stroke in Sparta
Harley Rigger, manager of the Kam era Kraft shop on North Water Street and of an auxiliary studio in Hoppy's Bowling Alley, suffered a paralytic stroke just before noon Thursday. He was taken to St. Mary's Hospital.
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Sparta
Wis
Harley Rigger
Kamera Kraft
North Water Street
Hoppy’s Bowling Alley
Rigger
St. Mary’s Hospital
Horton named executive head of 304th Battalion
Maj. Alton E. Horton, formerly of Ft. Meade and resident of Phoenix, now serves as executive officer of the 304th Infantry regiment's first battalion at Camp McCoy Wisconsin. Horton is an Ohio State graduate who has seen service with the 368th at Ft. Huachuca and the 382nd at Camp Adair and the 271st at Camp Shelby.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
304Th Infantry Regiment
Alton E. Horton
Ft. Meade
Horton
Phoenix
Ariz
St. Louis
Ohio State University
368Th
Ft. Huachuca
382Nd
Camp Adair
Ore
Camp Shelby
Iss
Distinguished Flying Cross for S. Sgt. Larson in England
S. Sgt. Robert D. Larson, son of Mr and Mrs Oliver R Larson of Sioux Falls South Dakota formerly of Whitehall Wisconsin, earned the Distinguished Flying Cross at a Flying Fortress base in England for extraordinary achievement as top turret gunner on B 17 missions over enemy occupied Europe. He and his crew aided each mission with courage and skill, with prior awards including the Air Medal and three oak leaf clusters.
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Whitehall
Wis
Robert D. Larson
Oliver R. Larson
Sioux Falls
S. D
England
Europe
Larson
United States
Good News for Animals in Wound Care Innovation
Army doctors use a urea-sulfa powder to dry dress wounds achieving rapid sterilization. The method promises wide veterinary adoption for faster treatment and infection control.
Steyr's long history in weapon and metalware making
Since the twelfth century Steyr in Austria has specialized in crafting weapons and metal wares, shaping a regional industry and trade heritage.
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Steyr
Austria
Spirit of 76 comes to city on Wisconsin tour
The Spirit of 76 show from the 76th Infantry Division has accrued 1.5 million dollars in bond sales from seven Wisconsin appearances. It played in Superior three times and daily at Marshfield Ashland Rhinelander Waupaca Wausau and Green Bay, then heads home for four days rest before resuming with Milwaukee La Crosse and other towns. The tour is led by Lieut Marvin Kress with Lieut Jerome Frisch as producer.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
76Th Infantry
Wisconsin
Superior
Marshfield
Ashland
Rhinelander
Waupaca
Wausau
Green Bay
Milwaukee
la Crosse
Marvin Kress
Special Services Officer
Jerome Frisch
Rail Employee Killed in Sheboygan Yard Accident
William Vetsch, 39, of Sheboygan was struck and killed by a freight train in the North Western yards. He was a car sealer for the road and was last seen at his weighing station. His mutilated body was found after cars pulled out by yardman Harvey Karl. Fellow workers believe he fell under the moving train.
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Sheboygan
Wis
William Vetsch
North Western
Vetsch
Harvey Karl
War Production Board relaxes can opener rules for households
Washington reports the War Production Board eased manufacture limits on can openers. Household models may use iron and steel at twice the old rate and institutional types at two and a third times the previous limit. Size and weight restrictions were removed.
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Washington
War Production Board
Civilian Defense Recruits 185000 Volunteers in 1943
The Office of Civilian Defense recruited more than 185000 volunteers during 1943 to aid forest rangers on a part time basis in national defense efforts.
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Office of Civilian Defense
Forest Rangers
Retail sales up in June despite three day holiday
Dun and Bradstreet reports 3 to 7 percent higher total retail sales versus a year earlier as summer and vacation lines boosted demand. Outing merchandise and beach wear active. wines and liquors, children’s apparel, fabrics, and hosiery strong. ready to wear leading demand while men’s wear slower.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
Weekly Trade Review
USO Leader Outlines Social Role For Soldiers
Edward Campfield, director of the local USO, told the La Crosse Business Men's club that rehabilitation for returning servicemen must emphasize social life and normal treatment. He cited generous USO services, noted large daily food distributions, and praised the La Crosse center as among the best he has seen while urging veterans to visit.
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USO
Edward Campfield
la Crosse
Campfield
United States
Yank Frightens Jap Gunner Out Of Big Fight
Ens. Walter Harold Albert of Braintree Massachusetts tells of a June 18 air sea battle aboard the U S carrier flagship in the Western Pacific where 403 Japanese planes were shot down He says a rear gunner ducked from his bomber canopy and did not fire Albert then helped down the bomber amid cheering radio calls for pilot Elmer Kraft of Gilman NL who downed one enemy plane
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U. S
Western Pacific
Walter Harold
Mouse
Albert
Braintree
Mass
Elmer Kraft
Rt. 1
Gilman, NL
Elmer
Resigns Post as Service Man at Blair to Join Railroad
Gles ton Grielson resigns after nearly 18 years as serviceman and meter reader for Northern States Power in Blair. He takes on the signalman job for the Green Bay and Western railroad, running between Winona and Merrillan, and will continue to reside in Blair with his wife.
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Blair
Wis
Gleston Grielson
Northern States Power Company
Green Bay & Western Railroad
Winona
Merrillan
Calendar fragments link migrations of birds by Arabs and Persians
The article notes that Arabs and Persians compiled portions of their calendars focused on the migrations of birds. It presents a glimpse into how early cultures tracked avian movements and seasonal changes.
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Area Council
Ed Bay
Black River
TME
Uums
Ring Bologna
California
ARMY
Florida
Maizie R
L. H. Seemann
Seemann
Carl Moen
Art Swan
Robert Hirscheimer
Fritz Michel
la Crosse Breweries Co
Yank
BY Elmont Waite
Norwich
Americas
Opticians
America
National Optical
Main ST
Calvert
Calvert Special
House OF Blends
Calvert Distillers Corp
N.Y.C
Calvert “Reserve
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