City Clerk Sends 1700 Ballots to Servicemen in La Crosse
The City Clerk’s Office mailed 1700 ballots to La Crosse servicemen on Monday afternoon. Ballots were prepared for four ballots per registered voter, mailed by air to addresses in the city. Registration efforts continue as Kra mer urges relatives to register servicemen and women for the August 15 primary.
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Corp
Ralph
la Crosse
Zielke
South 15Th Street
S. Set
Robert E. Amunson
Badger Street
Kramer
Alice Dickson
Elizabeth Hammer
4 H Clubs to Hold Clothing and Dairy Judging Schools
Whitehall Wisconsin July 19 and 20 4 H clubs will hold judging schools for clothing and dairy projects led by Helen Pearson and George Werner from the University Extension Division. Sessions are at Melvin Olson Strum Trempealeau asylum Beaches Corners Cen terville with rain shelter. clubs urged to attend with members leaders and parents. Entries for the fire prevention contest must reach Miss Langseth in Whitehall by July 20.
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Trempealeau County
Clarence
Beaches Corners
Robert Bell
Centerville
County Bonds For Babies Drive Opens In La Crosse County
War Finance Committee Women’s Division launches the July and August Bonds for Babies campaign. Parents Mary Jo Frederick and Mary Clare Olson have bought bonds for their infants and earned Cradle Roll of Honor status with a Disney certificate and a stake in America. Local chairmen listed: Elwin Pfaff Bangor county. Linus Boehm West Salem. H C Dowe Bangor. Howard Campbell Rockland. A T Hanson Mindoro. J S Nicholson Onalaska. Marvin Johnson Holmen.
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Mary Jo Frederickson
Mary Clare Olson
la Crosse County
Women’s
War Finance Committee
Mary Jo
India
E. C. Frederickson
Corp
Harley Olson
England
Mary Clare
Bangor
Treasury
Walt Disney
America
Elwin Pfaff
Linus Boehm
West Salem
H. C. Dowe
Howard Campbell
Rockland
A. T. Hanson
Mindoro
J. S. Nicholson
Onalaska
Marvin Johnson
Holmen
Completes Course At Fort Belvoir
Donald Paul Christianson completed a 12 week engineer drafting course at Fort Belvoir Engineer School on July 8. He is the son of Elsie Christianson of Platteville Wisconsin born March 9 1918 and studied at Central High School La Crosse and Platteville State Teachers College. He entered the army June 16 1941 at Camp Grant Illinois. A brother is stationed in the South Pacific.
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Fort Belvoir
Donald Paul Christianson
Engineer School
Elsie Christianson
Chaseburg
Wis
Central High School
la Crosse
Platteville
Warrens Man Promoted With the 5th Army in Italy
Pvt. Lloyd R. Doers of Warrens Wisconsin Route 2 has been promoted to sergeant. He serves as a squad leader with the 34th Red Bull division of the 5th army in Italy.
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5Th Army
Italy
Lloyd R. Doers
Rosie Doers
Route 2
Warrens
Wis
34Th “Red Bull
Rhode Island State Motto "Hope" Highlighted
The Rhode Island motto is Hope. The phrase appears prominently as the state emblem and motto reflecting the colonial heritage and civic identity of Rhode Island.
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Rhode Island
Ettrick Man In France Sends V Mail From War Front
Clarence H. Johnson, Trempealeau county selective service clerk, received a V-mail from S. Sgt. Lester H. Tranberg, formerly of Ettrick, overseas in France. Tranberg describes D day and the aftermath, mentions French cider, and notes ruin and dead Germans. He is married with a two year old in Ettrick. Johnson resigns as clerk of court to focus on the selective service post. Miss Marjorie Schaefer succeeds him and seeks the office in the August 15 primary.
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Whitehall
Wis
Clarence H. Johnson
Trempealeau County Selective Service Board
Lester H. Tranberg
Ettrick
France
Tranberg
Johnson
Selective Service Board
Marjorie Schaefer
Schaefer
Fete Honors Men Enlisting in Navy Service
Ensign Charles A. Mittelstadt and Roy H. Matson were honored in the probate court room with farewell gifts as they prepare for Navy service and county duties. Mittelstadt leaves July 15 for training at Plattsburg New York. Matson underwent army physicals in Milwaukee to join the July quota from Trempealeau county.
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Ensign Mittelstadt
Plattsburg
N. Y
Madison
Hiawatha Drive
Matson
Milwaukee
Navy
Selective
Resigns As Clerk Of Circuit Court In Trempealeau County
Clarence H. Johnson has resigned as Trempealeau county clerk of the circuit court after nearly three terms of two years each. Judge R. S. Cowie of La Crosse praised the decision in his letter accepting the resignation, noting it was made with great consideration.
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Whitehall
Wis
Clarence H. Johnson
Trempealeau County
R. S. Cowie
la Crosse
Revised Salary Schedule For City School Teachers Adopted
La Crosse's board of education adopted a revised salary schedule for teachers and empowered a committee to hire a municipal recreation director. The plan raises base pay from 1100 to 1700 dollars with various increases for training and degrees, plus extra for married residents and summer school. Several staff appointments, leaves, resignations, and contract renewals were approved, and remodel plans at Logan high school were authorized. No August meeting is scheduled.
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LA Crosse Tribune
la Crosse
Board of Education
Washburn
J. R. Sterling
Commercial
Logan High School
Margaret O’brien
Jefferson School
Wilma Leide
Washington School
Mae Wallie
Art
Lincoln School
Margaret Frederickson
Henry Schwandt
Central High School
Arthur Bronson
C. Emmett Ford
Longfellow School
Marcella Keller
Earl Hoover
H. Margaret Joston
Evangeline Malchow
J. B. Brenner
Pin-Worm remedy hailed after new drug discovery
A new treatment named P-W Gentian Violet is praised by medical authorities for curing Pin-Worms. Developed by Dr D. Jayne & Son, the tablet aims to end symptoms like rectal itching and bed-wetting and is easy to take with simple directions for use.
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Dr. D. Jayne & Son
America
Monument Planned in Mexico City and Tampico for 1942 Oil Tanker Crew Losses
Crews of two oil tankers sunk in the Gulf of Mexico in May 1942 will be honored with monuments in Mexico City and in Tampico or Vera Cruz. The Ministry of Marine will select the sites.
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Gulf of Mexi
Mexico City
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Ministry of Marine
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Fred L. Kramer
U. S
War Finance Committee Women’s Division
Ettrick Man
Walter Bigelow
Alfred Dunhill & London, Inc
Main Street
Sears New “Telethrift’ Service
AIA
Sears
Silvertone
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Gene Autry
Fifth Avenue
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