Marine cadet returns home after 27 months in the Pacific
Cadet Bollrud arrives in the United States on June 26 after 27 months overseas with a Marine anti aircraft battalion. He served from American Samoa to Betio in the Gilbert Islands and Tarawa, witnessing air raids and combat, earning the Asiatic Pacific theater ribbon with a star. He recalls Seabees, rest camps in Hawaii, and glimpse of Mrs Roosevelt in the Pacific. He will report to Camp Lejeune, N C for further active duty after leave in August.
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Cadet Eee
Pearl Harbor
San Diego Marine Training Station
States
Bollrud
American Samoan
Samoa
Pacific
Hawaii
Betio Island
Gilbert Group
South Pacific
Navy
Roosevelt
Japan
Tarawa
Marine
Camp LeJeune
N. C
See Mann Lumber and Coal Co offer quality at low cost
A disrupted column notes Chicago as a fine choice for the Democratic convention and a prelude to post convention strategy. It mentions Oregon onion production and a humorous item about German generals in Normandy. The piece closes with a local ad for See Mann Lumber & Coal Co offering lumber and hardware at low prices and a phone number for details.
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Chicago
Mickey Rooney
Windy City
Dewey
White House
Hitler
Normandy
der Fuehrer
Seemann Lumber & Coal Co
Gillette
Caledonia Sis
Double service man in navy and army serves in radar unit
Charley Snyder aviation radioman first class, with five years in the navy and three years in the army’s infantry, is on emergency leave to care for his ill mother in Sparta. He served at Pearl Harbor and on distant South Pacific radar stations, learned Polynesian language customs, and notes Samoa’s village system and guards. He now serves at the San Diego naval air station.
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Army
Navy
Charley Snyder
Snyder
la Crosse Tribune
Logan
Central
Harry Hiles
Sparta
Pearl Harbor
South Pacific
American Samoa
18Th Infantry
Fort Schuyler
N. Y
West Point
la Crosse
Martinez
Calif
San Francisco
Terminal Island
San Pedro
Naval Air Station
San Diego
Clerks Mail Ballot Packets To Servicemen In County
Registration by relatives for absentee voting is heavy in rural La Crosse county says County Clerk Esther Domke. Clerks requested more ballots as the July 12 mailing to servicemen aims to reach overseas voters before the August 15 primary. Ballots go in special air mail with instructions. double envelopes protect eligibility sworn statement and ballot secrecy.
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la Crosse
Esther Domke
Miss Domke
Machinery Representatives Tour Erosion Station in Wisconsin
Sixty five J I Case farm machinery representatives from Illinois Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin will tour La Crosse area erosion and soil conservation sites Monday. They will visit Grandad Bluff station and Art Meyer farm near Barre Mills to view eight year conservation results and hear talks by Alfred W Rice and others.
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J. I. Case Farm Machinery Manufacturing Company
la Crosse
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Art Meyer
Barre Mills
Alfred W. Rice
la Crosse Tribune
Stoddard Hotel
Orville E. Hayes
Grandad Bluff Experiment Station
R. E. Lee
Navy Chief Robert Montgomery Returns from Navy Visit
Lieut. Comdr. Robert Montgomery former film actor arrived home Saturday for a visit with his wife Mrs. Elizabeth Montgomery and their daughter Elizabeth II. He commanded a destroyer in the English Channel during the invasion and was greeted at an air terminal by his family.
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Hollywood
Robert Montgomery
Navy
Montgomery
English Channel
Elizabeth Montgomery
Elizabeth, II
City Chest Clinic Opens Thursday At Vocational School
The city health department remains taking appointments for a Thursday chest clinic from 8:30 a m to 2 30 p m at La Crosse Vocational school. Myrtle Olson urges those with appointments to keep them to accommodate all seeking examinations. Free fluoroscopic exams will be provided by a Wisconsin Anti tuberculosis Association WATA physician in cooperation with the Christmas Seal Sales Committee.
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City Health Department
la Crosse Vocational School
Myrtle Olson
Miss Olson
Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association
WATA
Health Clinic Opens for Tuberculosis Screening
Positive reactors to the tuberculin skin test former sanatorium patients and others exposed to tuberculosis are advised by the health department to attend the clinic. Physicians may refer individuals to participate in the screening program conducted by the health department.
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Health Department
Reclaimed materials build a 20 foot shelter sea skiff
Larry Puent and his father Henry built a 20 foot sea skiff from reclaimed boat parts and lumber over several months. The craft, 7 feet wide with a 47 horsepower motor, carries seven and will reach 18 to 20 mph. They used cedar and Philippine mahogany, brass fittings, a stainless shaft, and plan to patrol and assist with the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
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Larry Puent
South 22Nd Street
Henry Puent
Badger Street
Larry
Puent
Copeland Park
Badger Sportsmen’s Club
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
Money Cant Us Acute Than Genuine
A fragmented item notes a question about pricing and sales with reference to a large seller and a lunch hour. It mentions numbers or times but lacks clear context or outcome. The readable text hints at market activity and consumer demand but provides no concrete details.
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Genuine Ld
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Wayne Bollrud
L. H. Seemann
We Hanson
Oregon
Union
Black River
United States
First Federal
Federal Savings Loan Association OF LA Crosse
North 4Th ST
TEL
J. R. Johnson
Sec’y.treas
Machinery Company
Montgomery Home
U.S. A
Pitzneier
Carl B. Noelke Co
Main St
the Bank
LA ¢ Crosse Tribune
Terry’s
Central States
Petroleum Industry Committee For
Petroleum Administrator
Advance Refining Company
Aetna Oil Company
Anderson-Prichard Oil Corporation
Arrow Petroleum Co
Ashland Oil & Refining Company
the Atlantic Refining Company
Aurora Gasoline Company
Bareco Oil Company
the Bay Petroleum Corporation
Bell Oil & Gas Company
the Canfield Oil Company
Canton Refining Company
Cascade Refining Company
Champlin Refining Company
Cities Service Oil Company
Col-Tex Refining Company
Continental Oil Company
Crystal Refining Company of
Carson City, Inc
Deep Rock Oil Corporation
Delta Refining Company
the Derby Oil Company
The
el Dorado Refining Co
Ethy Corporation
Globe Oil & Refining Co
Gulf Refining Company
Indiana Farm Bureau Cooperative Associate
Johnson Oil Refining Company
the Kanotex Refining Company
M. F. A. Refining Company
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation Midland Cooperative Wholesale
Mid-West Refineries, Inc
Monarch Refineries, Inc
Naph-Sol Refining Company
National Cooperative Refinery Association
the National Refining Company
the Ohio Oil Company
Shell Oil Company, Inc
Sinclair Oil Corporation
Shelly Oil Company
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc
Southern Oil Service
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Kentucky
the Texas Company
Tide Water Associated Oil Y
the Vickers Petroleum Co., Inc
Wisconsin Oil Refining Company, Inc
Wood River Oil & Refining Company
Worth Refining Co., Inc
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