Spirit of 76 War Bond Show To Play Here
The Spirit of 76 tour reaches La Crosse with a 21 member soldier cast in a revue of camp life. Capt. Mervin C. Kress and Lieut. Jerome Frisch produced the show. Sgt Cohen narrates. Bonds may be bought in the Rivoli lobby and room 405, Rivoli theater, with Legion Auxiliary serving a cast dinner Monday at 5 p.m.
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76Th Division
Sun Theater
la Crosse
Army Camp
Mervin C. Kress
Division Special Services
Jerome Frisch
301St Engineer Battalion
la Crosse Theater 7
Mom
Camp Life
Cohen
Corp
John J
Gabriel Pandiunas
Century Theaters, Inc
New York
Rivoli
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Resignation of Central High History Department Head
Miss H. Margaret Josten resigns as head of the Central High School history department in La Crosse. She joined in 1913, holds UW bachelor and master degrees, and has been active as adviser, organizer of honor societies, and contributor to the centennial La Crosse history project. She praises the board and the school staff and pledges future service to La Crosse public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Margaret Josten
la Crosse
Tech Honor Society
Circle
R. W. Bardwell
Streets
Ies Fortes
Board of Education
Ich
Poonaina
Wade
Anny Sorel
Were n't Any Germans So They Drove Away
Three American soldiers on patrol near the front in France stopped a jeep and questioned a crouched squad asking where the Germans were. The squad replied they were on patrol training and the three soldiers drove off. Soldiers named Aubrey Gooch, William Heiman, and Frank J. Widzinski are identified.
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France
Aubrey Gooch
la Crosse
Wis
William Heiman
San Antonio
Tex
Frank J. Widzinski
Cleveland, O
Bread charity aids forty last year in England
The report notes that forty people benefited in the previous year from a bread charity begun during the tenure of the poet Crabbe as rector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Crabbe
Big appropriations rise through World War I years
The article notes congressional appropriations reaching 1.178 billion in 1917, swelling to 18 billion in 1918 and 25 billion in 1919, reflecting rapid wartime spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
CIO Labor News Weekly Meetings Schedule and Report Request
This week lists CIO meetings in La Crosse with the county political action committee and industrial union council events, plus steward body activities at Pioneer Hall. It notes Roy E Lamb and Orville Evenson from local 396 traveling to Toledo and Detroit for the Auto Lite council and urges locals to send annual report material to George Jacobus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County Cio
la Crosse County Industrial Union Council
UAWA
Pioneer Hall
Pioneer Hall Association
Roy E. Lamb
Orville Evenson
396
Toledo
Detroit
Mich
Auto-Lite Council
George Jacobus
Coleman Directs Fire Of Guns On Saipan From Scout Airplane
Saipan reports detail 2nd Lieut. John S. Coleman of the 4th Division coordinating artillery from a Grasshopper scout plane. Pilots and observers fly low under limited armor, directing 45 caliber fire while dodging occasional rifle and machine gun fire, with at least one shell narrowly missing a plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Crosse
Coleman
Saipan
Marianas Islands
John S. Coleman
John B. Coleman
South 21St Street
Dorothy Ann Barnes
Gary
Ind
Jap Batteries Shell U S Positions During Saipan Campaign
Japanese batteries that shelled U S positions after the initial landing provided valuable data on enemy troop and ground positions and aided in the conquest of Saipan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Saipan
Five Madison Attorneys Pass State Bar Exams
Five candidates for admission to the practice of law passed examinations conducted this week by the State supreme court. The successful names include Er nest T. C. Hanson and Carmi S. Lawrence of Eau Claire, Addison A. Mueller of Wauwatosa, Robert E. Emery of Albany, and Philip J. Dumbleton of Madison.
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Sgt. Cohen
NBC
Players
Goodman
Chicago
Billy Robbins
Fiddlers
Fred
Leonard Kubrick
Sgt
John Killam
Tommy Tucker
Quatrocci
City College
South America
Meyer Howard Lanin
Jan Savitt
Felix Ferdinando
S. Lou Carter
Aes
Erie
Penn
John C. Sandidge
Amour
Sandidge
University of Texas
Bakaleinikoff
Pittsburgh Symphony
Homer Ulrich
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Central High School History Department
George D. Scott
Central High School
Scott
Larry Temas
Tribune
Hogan
Archie Rubenstein
Mary Jane Kramer
Jimmie Russell
Mississippi
Doreen Glasbrenner
Doris Schumacher
Ferry
TIA
Kurt
Hoeschlers
Sth
Ras Ae
Heileman’s
Civil Air Patrol
French Island
Teacher's College
Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Guard
South Avenue
Don Jonson
Lion's Club
Kiwanis Club
Stoddard
Beta Sigma Chi
South Avenue Armory
la Crosse County
Chamber of Commerce Farmers Picnic
Waterloo Park
Rotary Club
Shrine Club
Hotel Stoddard
5Th Ave
State Street
Logan High School
Heileman
Meileman
Pers
G. Heileman Brewing CO
la Crosse, Wis
CIO Labor News
Bar
Carl B. Noelke Co
Main St
Terry’s
Priscillas
Brentwoods
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