Cornetist Wins Contests in Spirit of 76 Show at Wisconsin Theater
Cornetist Corp. Haynie, winner of 16 state contests as soloist conductor and ensemble member, headlines the Spirit of 76 revue in La Crosse with popular selections. Two performances 6:45 and 9 pm. admission paid with war bonds. The show features Slodowick, Wood, Cohen, Tucker, Carter, Robbins, and Paudiunas with a Dear Mom theme ending in the president's D Day prayer.
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John J. G. Haynie
Corp. Haynie
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Coop. Sayate
Texas
Texas Technological College
Kobrick
Marvin C. Kress
Jerome Frisch
301St Engineer Battalion
Leonard Kobrick
O John C. Sandidge
Pfc
Gordon Lee Wood
Wood
Casa Sonfa
Spirit of 76
Chester Slodowick
Sgt. Slodow
Fiddlers Egg Enn Broders
Sgt. Killiam
Broders
Ihone
Cohen
Larry Cohen
Tommy Tucker
Lou Carter
Corp
Billy Robbins
Gabriel Paudiunas
Century Theaters, Inc
New York
Mom
U. S. Army Signal Corps
Lone Star
John J. Haynie
Haynie
Registering Rural Voters for Full Elections
County Clerk Esther Domke reports a large volume of election registrations from service members under the soldiers act. Ballots go out in red air mail envelopes after July 12, with double envelopes for return and a sworn secrecy statement. Civilians may vote absentee or in their districts. absentee ballots go out August 3, with in person voting possible ten days before the election. Registration closes August 5 for the August 15 election.
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Esther Domke
Hundreds Die in US Accidents Amid Port Chicago Blast
A two week tally shows over 600 deaths in major incidents across the United States led by the Port Chicago California ammunition depot explosion with about 350 fatalities. Other disasters include train wrecks in Flagstaff Arizona and Jellico Tennessee, a Hartford circus fire, a Denver amusement park blaze, and ship explosions near Port Chicago with hundreds more injured.
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United States
Naval Ammunition Depot
Port Chicago
Calif
Flagstaff
Ariz
Powhatan Mine
Bellaire
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Hartford
Conn
Louisville and Nashville Railway
Jellico
Tenn
Denver
Colo
Trempealeau County Men Report For Duty
Trempealeau County men drawn for induction report July 27 at 7 a.m. at Whitehall courthouse before headed to Milwaukee for service. Names include Roy H. Matson, Irving Adolph Wraalstad, Frank John Dziados, Alden Lokken, Raymond Olson, Emery Wivestad, and others from Pigeon Falls, Trempealeau, Blair, Arcadia, Elena, Osseo, Osseo, Whitehall, Ettrick, Galesville.
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Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County
Milwaukee
Army
Navy
Court House
Roy H. Matson
Irving Adolph Wraalstad
Strum
Frank John Dziados
CCC
Alden Vernon Lokken
Raymond Lawrence Olson
Emery Leonard Wivestad
Pigeon Falls
William Bright Elkins
Trempealeau
Carl Jerome Eckman
Roy Alan Sather
Ernest Adolph Johnstad
Blair
Benjamin Bruno Sobotta
Titus Anthony Kupietz
Arcadia
Arne Stanford Rene, Jr
Harland Dascher
Elena
Edwin Oscar Larson
Dean Rolla Olson
Jesse John Knnsely
Osseo
Elmo Ardell Engebretson
Dennis William Peterson
John Benton Iverson
Clifford Paul Blaha
Ettrick
Joseph Alvin Larson
Galesville
YMCA USO Donate 200 Dollars To Tomah Pool Fund
The YMCA USO in Tomah Wisconsin contributed 200 to the municipal pool fund to help servicemen and wives enjoy the pool without hardship. The pool operates 9 am to 9 pm daily and offers free swimming trunks loans and beginner lessons Mondays and Wednesdays taught by Pauline Wagner.
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YMCA
USO
Tomah
Wis
Ymca Uso
Municipal Pool Fund
Pauline Wagner
Jane Ruttange
Rafe Henneman
Wagner
Pleads Guilty To Passing Of Counterfeit Bills
James Leon ard Carter from Milwaukee pleaded guilty to passing counterfeit twenty dollar bills. He was held to the grand jury under five thousand dollars bond after witnesses said he used fake notes at three Chicago taverns on July 13. Carter claimed he sold a Milwaukee tavern for five thousand three hundred fifty dollars and deposited five thousand in a Milwaukee bank.
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Chicago
James Leonard Carter
Milwaukee
Carter
U. S
Edwin K. Walker
Youth Fractures Foot in Chaseburg Yard Incident
Harlan Hanson eight son of Mr and Mrs Henry Hanson fractured his foot Monday while playing with cousin LaVerne Myhre in the Chaseburg Wisconsin creamery yard. An iron door swung down on his foot breaking a bone during the attempt to lift a heavy panel into the cooling room.
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Chaseburg
Wis
Harlan Hanson
Henry Hanson
Harlan
LaVerne Myhre
Harold Myhre
Chaseburg Creamery
Tomah Boy Receives Minor Injuries After Street Collision
Bobby Bartlett, son of Mr and Mrs Julian Bartlett of Tomah, suffered slight head bruises when he collided with a truck driven by Leo Prescott of Wagner auto sales while crossing the street with two playmates. He was taken to the Tomah clinic for treatment by County Traffic Officer Chris Hendrickson.
Surplus War Goods Studied in Wisconsin
State and local officials in Wisconsin endorsed a plan for distributing surplus war goods to local governments with no cost beyond preparation and shipment. A committee will study the plan, refine it, and present it to Congress. The report outlines priority uses, pricing, and distribution, including Red Cross needs and potential postwar industrial reuse at Merriamac.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Goodland
Congress
W. A. Rowlands
University of Wisconsin
University Committee
American Red Cross
Red Cross
R. E. Fraker
Badger Ordnance Works
Merrimac
Froker
La Crosse County to consider countywide honor roll
La Crosse County Supervisors will discuss creating a county service roll of honor for about 6 000 servicemen. The Service Wives and Mothers club and Navy Mothers raise funds for a lawn display. resolution to appropriate funds was referred to the finance committee for report at next board meeting.
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la Crosse County
la Crosse
Otto Briggs
Finance, Ways and Means
W. O. van Loon
Town of
Holland
Woman perishes in fire. son injured in blast
Coroner reports Bernice Novak 28 died of asphyxiation after a fire in the Novak flat in Racine Wisconsin. Her four year old son Albert sustained a brain concussion and died. two other children escaped unharmed as firefighters pulled the family from the blaze. An inquest is scheduled for July.
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Racine
Wis
James W. Heiberling
Bernice Novak
Albert
Roy Leger
Novaks
Heiberling
Diversion Of $6 Million From Trusts Alleged
Mary Angela White Dunphy of Milwaukee filed a U S district court suit alleging improper diversion of about $6 million from three trusts set up by Michael E White who died in 1942. The case seeks removal of trustees and an accounting from Chicago Title and Trust Co Paul Luhmann Frank L White and F Donald Bird plus related defendants. The trusts were created in 1929 for Dunphy and siblings and were due to terminate when the children turned 21.
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Chicago
Mary Angela White Dunphy
Milwaukee
Michael E. White
U. S. District Court
White
Chicago Title and Trust Co
Paul Luhmann
White Construction Co
French Patriots Hit Nazi Fuel Supplies
French patriot organizations target German fuel stocks in France destroying gasoline oil and coal stored or en route to dumps and sabotaging mines and plants. A former Vichy official who fled frontier says the patriots will press on until German motive power is reduced to their feet.
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Portbou
Spain
France
Vichy
Wisconsin 1944 blue book trimmed for war economy
The 1944 Wisconsin blue book, reduced to 609 pages to save paper, is being distributed this week to legislators, state officers, libraries, and local offices. Allotments to schools will come before next school year. The volume keeps most material but omits the usual special articles and the picture section. The sole article is Wisconsin government enrolls for war, by Edward N. Hein.
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Madison
Wis
Howard F. Ohm
Legislative Reference Library
Wisconsin
Edward N. Hein
Conservation Department
Golf Club Hosts Mondovi Durand Men Social Day
Mondovian nine from Durand were noted for low score as Dr R L MacCornack of Whitehall shot 72. A three way social tournament followed by dinner at Erickson's hotel drew 45 men. Mondovi previously hosted a similar event and Durand plans another on July 27.
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Whitehall
Wis
Durand
Whitehall Men’s Golf Club
Erickson’s
R. L. MacCornack
Mondovi
Worth Fighting For exhibit at Viroqua Temple theater
A state historical display titled Worth Fighting For is shown in the Temple theater lobby in Viroqua. Loaned to the Vernon County Historical Society, the exhibit features 14 posters on topics including My Land Religious Freedom Academic Freedom Opportunity Rights of Labor Woman's Rights Justice For All Racial Equalization Free Schools Conservation Freedom of Expression Freedom From Want Freedom From Fear and Political Freedom.
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Viroqua
Wis
Temple Theater
Vernon County Historical Society
Jeep Recovered After Stolen Report in Wisconsin
Jeep reported stolen from Camp McCoy was recovered by a Sparta traffic officer on county trunks Monday afternoon. A separate truck stolen from Black River Falls was found last week at Camp McCoy.
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Sparta
Wis
Camp McCoy
Willis Young
Black River Falls
Camp McOy
Wauk-on banker ill after heart attack
F H Klees executive vice president of Waukon State Bank since 1919 is seriously ill at his Waukon home after a heart attack. Local medical staff report condition serious but stable as neighbors and colleagues express concern.
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Waukon Banker
Waukon
F. H. Klees
Waukon State Bank
Nazi General Flays Hitler in Eastern Front Row
Gen Edmund Hofmeister captured commander of the 41st German tank corps says Hitler's strategy costs lives and prisoners as old generals clash with younger leaders. He cites restraint on retreat and demands to defend all occupied ground, noting a rift between veterans and newer commanders.
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Moscow
Edmund Hofmeister
Hitler
Ernest) Busch
Pripyat
Baltic States
Hofmeister
White Russia
Erwin Rommel
France
Bauard Deitl
Finland
Wilhelm Keitel
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo Ch
Pa Goebbels
Trolley Troup in Minneapolis Uses Husband Wife Motorman Pair
Reuben Lundquist, a streetcar motorman in Minneapolis, says he and his wife form a successful husband wife team. He arranged the arrangement after persuading her to apply when the company began employing women.
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Minneapolis
Reuben Lundquist
Lundquist
Carter's Little Liver Pills Aid Digestion Promises
An advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a quick aid for indigestion by increasing digestive juice flow. It claims relief within 30 minutes and contrasts natural digestion with artificial aids to restore feeling better.
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Azure
Nature
Carter
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