Eight German Nurses Returned To Their Lines By Yanks
American forces completed a brief exchange sending eight German nurses back to their lines near Cherbourg in the second no mans land truce of the beachhead. The nurses, captured in Pasteur hospital, walked with a white flag to German positions and were unblindfolded by saluting German officers before returning to American lines.
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Cherbourg
Pasteur
Trymen
Yank
Sept Ventes
Calligan
Hitler
Heil
George A. Zinz
Pennsylvania
Munich
Display Of Enemy Equipment Planned In City
La Crosse residents will see the Captured Caravans of War Equipment in Riverside Park next Monday July 17 from 10 30 a m to 10 p m The exhibit aims to show Allied forces adversaries gear and underline the need for full wartime effort Local Scouts and business groups assist with the display and a 60 minute combat film plus talks and singing are planned The event is organized by E Wallace Evans USES with Mayor Verdota police and Boy Scouts backing it
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E Tribune
Merrill Blobser
Freckles
la Crosse
E. Wallace Evans
U. S. Employment Service
Monay
Doerflinger
Wisconsin
Evans
Teasdale
Miles Johnson
John C. Huecker
WMC
N. Blanche Shonat
la Crosse Tribune
Silas Nelson
Doerflinger’s
Nelson
76Th
Radio Programs Tonight and Tuesday Schedule Highlights
Radio listings from NBC CBS and blue networks show nightly programs across the dial. Notable acts include Ezio Pinza and Lionel Barrymore with concert slots, Information Please finale, I Q quiz, and Horace Heidt time slots, plus day specific lineups for Tuesday with sketches, Broadway matinee, Navy School of Music concert, and Morning Breakfast at Sardi's.
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Associated Press
NBC
Cavalence Grama
Barlow
Voorhees
Ezio Pinza
I. Q
Bernardine Flynn
Broadway
Navy School of Music
Sardi’s
Appointment With Life
Lopez
Jane Cowl
Farrell
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Biu
Dick Tracy
Terry
Nbe
Lyn Murray
Cbs
Tim Healy
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Mercer
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Morace Heidt
Biu Fulton Lewis, Jr
Carolyn Gilbert
Bob Hawk
London
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Parks and Warren
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Cecil Brown
Bilu
Screen Guild
Cbs Ee Gram Swing
Biu Henry Gladstone
Ted Malone
England
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Showtime
Bob Hawk Quiz
Paul Lavalie
Nbc-Basic
Cbs & Biv
Whitehall Pair Reunite Amid Hawaii Meeting
Harold Gierseth of Whitehall and Kenneth Knapp, a Navy seaman from Black River Falls, met on a Hawaiian island after two years apart. Once childhood neighbors, the friends served in the Seabees and Navy, with Gierseth training in Virginia and Mississippi before leaving for overseas after a February furlough.
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Whitehall
Wis
Harold Gierseth
George Gierseth
Merrillan
Kenneth Knapp
Navy
Black River Falls
Hawaiian Islands
Kenneth
Louisiana
Knapp
Neillsville
Gjerseth
Bud
Seabees
Virginia
Mississippi
California
Demonstration Of Tomah Fire Fighting Equipment Use
Tomah Wisconsin hosts a demonstration on modern firefighting equipment at Camp McCoy. Col. H E Fillinger and Camp McCoy staff show high pressure streams fog nozzles foam extinguishers rapid hose deployment and ladder use. Fire alarm systems Garwell and A D T are explained. A film and luncheon follow with Camp McCoy firemen assigned to cover Tomah during the event.
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Tomah
Wis
Camp McCoy
Col
H. E. Fillinger
Gerry
Garewell
Col. Fillinger
McCoy Department
Local Men Train With Army Engineering Unit
T. Sgt. Vernie A. Schulz of Co H S 173rd End Com Bn 3rd Corps is on furlough with relatives. Former Wisconsin highway employee he trained in bridge demolition mining amphibious warfare and infantry tasks. The unit trained on Hunter Liggett and Lake Tahoe regions with men from several states. Schulz studied civil engineering at University of Wisconsin and lived in La Crosse. Noted La Crosse soldiers include Carl Gegenfurtner Donald Sobkowiak and Paul Lambricht.
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Wisconsin State Highway Department
Schulz
Camp Beale
Calif
Hunter-Liggett Reservation
William Randolph Hearst
California
Lake Tahoe
Califfornia
University of Wisconsin
Highway Department
la Crosse
English Lutheran Church
Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
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Donald Sobkowiak
Paul Lambricht
Blakley Brothers Serve in World War II Era Vets
VIOLA residents report three Blakley brothers in service. S/Sgt Walter S. Blakley is in England after earning the Oak Leaf Cluster and an air medal in Italy. Richard Blakley serves with a tank battalion in Italy. Pvt George Blakley works with military police at Fort Custer Michigan. Father Bert Blakley served in World War I. grandfather Lyle Blakley was Civil War veteran.
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Viola
Wis
Walter S. Blakley
England
Italy
Richard
George Blakley
Fort Custer
Mich
Bert Blakley
Lyle Blakley
Ike Awaits Mail Call As Eisenhowers Visit Fort Benning
Mrs Eisenhower arrived at Fort Benning with her son 2nd Lt John Eisenhower who is enrolled in a special basic officers course at the infantry school. She said his morale mirrors that of a GI and he listens for the mail call.
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Fort Benning
Eisenhower
G.I
John Eisenhower
Infantry
Local Mechanic Promoted to Sergeant in 11th AAF
Walter P. Swinghamer of 1402 Mississippi street La Crosse Wisconsin has been promoted to sergeant while serving as an airplane mechanic with the Eleventh Army Air Force in the Aleutians. He enlisted June 14 1942 and has 15 months in Alaska and the Aleutians, earning the good conduct ribbon and Asiatic Pacific ribbon with Aleutian bronze star. The 11th AAF helped bomb the Japanese homeland after Attu and Kiska campaigns and pushed toward the Kuriles and Japanese mainland.
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Corp
Walter P. Swinghamer
Mississippi Street
la Crosse
Wis
Eleventh Army Air Force
Aleutian Islands
11Th Aaf
Sgt
Swinghamer
Army
Aleutians
Alaskas
Magdalene Swinghamer
Attu
Kiska
Kuriles
Doolittle
Tokyo
2 993 Liberties Probed
Investigation into 2993 Liberty ships found only 10 lives lost due to structural failures on welded steel merchant vessels.
Ceilings Placed on Used Cars Take Effect Nationwide
Washington announces ceiling prices apply to all makes and models of used automobiles. Both private individuals and dealers must sign a transfer certificate, aiming to shield buyers from overcharging and curb unfair competition among sellers.
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Washington
OPA
Renovated rural cabin home of the Caldwells in Tennessee
The Robert Caldwells renovated an ancient log cabin several miles from Chattanooga as a rural retreat. Inside is a distinctive lavender bath tub they say was the only one they could locate.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Robert Caldwells
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