Local Sailor Serves On Battle Transport In South Pacific
Peterson 26, storekeeper and son of Onalaska residents, arrived home July 4 after two years in the Pacific. He enlisted June 3 1940, served on the California and a theater transport, and fought in New Georgia Bougainville and Bismarck Archipelago. He manned a gun during action on Feb 17 1943 and recalls life at sea, recreation, and Australia and New Zealand visits.
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Islands
South Pacific
Robert
Peterson
First Glass
Alvin M. Peterson
Onalaska
God
Pacific
San Francisco
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Warning Station
Toa
California
New York
Southwest
Georgia
Bougainville
Bismark
Saturday Evening Post
Australia
New Zealand
Community Concert Series Opens Oct 30 In La Crosse
La Crosse set to begin a gala Community Concert season with five programs next year announced by John Felton president of the Community Concert association. Artists include Mme Milanov pianist Kapell and the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra with a series finale by bass-baritone Alexander Kipnis. All concerts at the Vocational school auditorium with evening shows at 8 15.
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Association
la Crosse
John Felton
Community Concat Association
Toscanini
Mme. Milanov
Jugoslavia
Vienna
Bruno Walter
William Ne
Amer
la Crone
Urs
Kapell
Orive Real
York
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Yehudi Menuhin
Symphony Orchestra
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Kipnis
Metropolitan Opera
Europe
England
Australia
New Zealand
South America
Canada
United States
Kipnis
Boris Goudonoff
Mephistophel
Faust
Felton
Adjourned Lincoln District 5 Meeting Set July 28
The Lincoln town district No. 5 adjourned meeting is scheduled for July 28 at the Henrick Herness home. It will address attaching district No. 4 to district under the state consolidation law. Officials note both districts previously sent students to Whitehall and paid tuition.
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Whitehall
Wis
Sunshine
Pigeon
Pigeon Falls
John A. Berge
John Thompson
Palmer Ackley
C. K. Malmin
A Fremstad
H E. Jacobson
Dorothea Tomter
Irene Anderson
Woman suffers leg fracture near Soldiers Grove WI
Mrs Guy Brockway sustained a compound leg fracture while helping husband in a hay field. She was on a load of hay when a hospital vehicle driven by Otto Barlow, her brother-in-law, arrived about two miles west of Soldiers Grove Wisconsin for treatment.
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Soldiers Grove
Wis
Guy Brockway
Otto Barlow
Two Office Towers Planned by Bogota Industrialists
Two large office buildings will be constructed by Bogota industrialists. One structure has already begun and will cost $425,000.
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Bogota
Colombia
War workers hear first hand from three service members in town
A soldier, sailor, and marine who fought in multiple battles visited La Crosse this week to describe front line realities and the importance of production for troops at the front. Rain did not deter thousands from viewing the Captured Carav n exhibit at Riverside Park by the Sixth Service Command. An 80 year old woman died after a car rolled into the river. divers and firefighters failed to rescue her. The city also faced a June bug influx and snow plow-free cleanup.
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la Crosse
Riverside Park
Sixth Service Command
La Crosse Man Captures Nazi Colonel In Italian War Area
In Italy Pvt Leroy Kemp and Pfc Fred Kircheis of La Crosse recruit soldiers recount capturing a German colonel. Kircheis sent home details of the imperiled staff and a bourdon gift, revealing a drive from North Africa to Cassino Anzio and Rome. Kemp suffered a concussion and Kircheis a leg wound on May 31.
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LA Crosse Tribune
la Crosse
Italy
Leroy Kemp
Denton Street
Pfe
Fred Kircheis
Park Drive
Kircheis
Skip
Kemp
Pfc
Fort Riley
Ft. George Meade
North Africa
Cassino
Anzio
Rome
Commander Of Bomber Patrol Plane Returns Home On Leave
Lieut. Edgar R. Britt, commander of a twin engined bomber patrol plane, returns on short leave with his wife and parents. He earned the bronze star for service in the American theater and has flown missions from the east coast to South America.
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Lieut
Edgar R. Britt
Eileen
A. R. Britt
Wood Street
Lieut. Britt
South America
Britt
Navy Air Corps
Pensacola
Fla
Logan
State Teachers College
Marshall Goff
Army
French Island
Chester K
West Point
Army Air Corps
Edgar
Navy
Minneapolis
Naval Air Station
Wold- Chamberlain Field
Norfolk
Edgar Britt
No. 1
la Crosse Boy Scouts
Harry Spence
Chester K. Britt
Bataan
Soldier’s Note Delights Sister With Hand Washing Machine
S. Sgt. Rudolph Stugen, an army cook overseas since the invasion, writes from France to his sister Mrs. Sigma Chamberlain at 723 Ferry St. about a self made hand washing machine from a pole and a refuse can. He left La Crosse in 1942 and served in Camp Crowder, Camp Ellis, England, and France. His wife and mother live in La Crosse.
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Rudolph Stugen
Sigma Chamberlain
Ferry Street
France
Stugen
la Crosse
Camp Crowder
Camp Ellis
Ill
England
Loomis Street
Bertha Stugen
Six Airstrips Under Construction in Eastern Nigeria
Six landing strips are being built in eastern Nigeria to serve aircraft transporting crude rubbers to markets. The project aims to improve access for planes delivering goods to regional markets and support trade in the area.
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Nigeria
Sweden Enlarges Mercantile Fleet By Four Small Ships
Sweden increases its mercantile fleet with four additional small vessels, raising total ships to 2,997 and gross tonnage to 1,452,371.
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Sweden
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Harry Truman
Seon Wallace
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Fourth and
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Pitzner’s Cleaners
Main
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Olive St
St. Louis
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