Powell is prisoner of Germans in war update
Lieut. John E. Powell of Galesville, previously reported missing in action, is now confirmed a prisoner of war. He earned the Silver Star as a navigator on a B 24 Liberator and went overseas in June. Powell is the son of Mrs. Fee of Knoxville Tennessee and his wife and infant daughter Diane Kay remain in Bismarck North Carolina.
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Tribune
Galesville
Wis
John E. Powell
Bismarck
N. C
Diane Kay
Powell
Fee Knoxville
Tenn
U. S. Army Air Force School of Navigation
Hondo
Tex
Davis Monthan Field
Tucson
Ariz
Sparta Landlords Enjoined By OPA
Judge R S Cowie will block Sparta and Tomah landlords from charging rents above wartime ceiling prices. Elizabeth MacTavish and Alvin Warnke are accused of overcharges and improper eviction orders affecting tenants including Pvt and Mrs Skala and Robert Steinmetz. The OPA seeks refunds and enforcement actions.
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Sparta
Wis
R. S. Cowie
Tomah
Elizabeth MacTavish
West Main Street
Alvin Warnke
Glendale Avenue
Frank Grover
MacTavish
Pvt
Joseph Skala
OPA
Skalas
Grover
Warnke
Robert Steinmetz
A J. Dodd
Sanitation Course Opened at Camp McCoy for 76th Division
At Camp McCoy Wisconsin the 76th Infantry division opens a sanitation demonstration course led by Lieut Col Walter J Reedy division surgeon. The program showcases latrines rubbish dumps field refrigerators fly traps delousing plants and other field sanitation measures to prevent disease as troops tour an outdoor classroom and learn health care in garrison training and combat.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
76Th Infantry Division
Walter J. Reedy
Col. Reedy
Middle Entry
Daniel Wool
Squaw Creek
North Africa letter from Pfc. Haugen to wife describes war terrain
North Africa impressions from Hiram Haugen describe rolling red soil, rock walls, large vineyards, single file camel and limited French vehicles. He notes camels goats cattle Arabs water wells and old battle sites with helmets repurposed as wash basins. Homespun details include mess kits, no china and francs in use. Haugen, son of Oscar Haugen of Bear Creek, mentions Japan earthquake counts over the past decade.
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Pfc
Haugen
Oscar Haugen
Bear Creek
Area Man Arrives Safely Overseas in England and New Guinea
Sylvester Misna MM2c of the navy seabees has arrived in England after service since October 1943 with training at Camp Peary and Thomas. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wenzel Misina of Coon Valley. Pfc Leon Bailey has arrived safely in New Guinea after joining the army in 1942 and training at Fort Lewis and Camp Beale. His two brothers also serve. his wife and two-year-old son live with her parents near Westby.
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la Crosse
Coon Valley
Wis
Sylvester Misna
Navy Seabees
England
Camp Peary
Thomas
Wenzel Misina
Westby
Leon Bailey
New Guinea
Bailey
Fort Lewis
Wash
Yume
Ariz
Camp Beale
Calif
Paul
Antitary
Geesan
Forrest
Tenn
Will Hilton
Navy Nurse Birge Transferred After Leave
Ensign Marjory A. Birge of the Navy Nurse Corps is transferred to the Daytona area after spending a ten day leave with her mother Mrs. Anna Birge in Ettrick Wisconsin.
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Ettrick
Wis
Marjory A. Birge
Navy Nurse Corps
Daytona Area
Anna Birge
Chaplain Amundson To Address Former Congregation
Lieut(jg) James M. Amundson, who resigned as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Sparta to join the Navy as chaplain, will lead service at his former congregation on Sunday June 11 during a leave. He is assigned to Staten Island New York. Mrs Amundson and their children will join him in Hartford Wisconsin for the weekend.
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Trivune
Sparta Bureau
Sparta
Wis
James M. Amundson
Trinity Lutheran Church
U. S. Navy
Amundson
Staten Island
N. Y
Hartford
New Mobile Target Used At McCoy Camp
A new mobile target built at Fort McCoy Wisconsin by Major H B Schell and civilian post workers is operated east of the station hospital. The 3 by 4 foot cloth covered target rides on a small power driven truck built under D F Peterson and Paul Wright supervision.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
H. B. Schell
D. F. Peterson
Post
Paul Wright
Post Engineer
JWB Director to Speak at Tomah USO Luncheon
Henry L. Mann area JWB director will address the Tomah USO officers wives club at a Friday 1:30 p.m. luncheon. He will discuss Shakespeare's Othello with emphasis on the Margaret Webster production seen in New York and its modern relevance to Iago and evil. Mrs Halbert E. Fillinger leads arrangements.
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Henry L. Mann
The
Officers’ Wives Club
Tomah Uso
M. Mann
Margaret Webster
New York
Halbert E. Fillinger
Camp McCoy
Three Women Serving Country In Different Ways Meet At Whitehall
In Whitehall Wisconsin a Wave and a Wac and a Government Girl gather with relatives including two sisters and a brother-in-law in military service. Myrtle Simonson a petty officer third class stationed near Memphis mentors sailors on magnetos while awaiting a promotion. Helen Simonson works in Washington in the state department handling Americans interned abroad. Adella Hanson has enlisted in the Wac and will begin training June 8 at Milwaukee then Fort Oglethorpe Georgia. The group also includes Mrs Jack Ellis and their relatives awaiting the call of service and family plans during wartime.
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Whitehall
Wis
G. M. Steig
Wac
Myrtle Simonson
Miss Simenson
Washington
Jack Ellis
Miss Simonson
Seaboard
Peter
Lawrence Bergum
Blair
Adella Hanson
Hulda Hanson
Milwaukee
Fort Oglethorpe
Miss Hanson
Simenson
la Crosse
Salisbury Street
West Lafayette
Ind
Los Angeles
Calif
Vernon County Schedules Fifth War Loan Drive Start
Vernon County mobilizes for the Fifth War Loan Drive with a cadre of bond workers to canvass homes offices and businesses for a $1.15 million目标. W R Schaefer chairs the county War Finance Committee with G H Wheelock as vice chair and John Omernick outlines drive details at a courthouse meeting attended by 150 bond workers. Special sales events head Loren R Smith Otto Lund and Harold La Ronge while displays of tanks boost investor interest.
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Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County
Europe
Vernon
W. R. Schaefer
G. H. Wheelock
Vernon County War Finance Committee
Fred Dyson
Civilian Defense Corps
Maud Jenson
N. J. Leifer
Westby
Agricultural Committee
Orin Johnson
Agricultural Group
Claude Gorman
Clyde Brewer
Earl Evenstad
W. J. Schallock
Orbec Sherry
Harry James
Court House
John Omernick
State War Finance Committee
Loren R. Smith
Otto Lund
Harold la Ronge
Black River Cadet Becomes Second Lieutenant After La Junta Graduation
Douglas Letson, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Letson, earned a second lieutenant commission with a class of aviation cadets graduated May 23 at La Junta Army Flying School in Colorado. He returned home with his mother for the exercises and plans to report June 4 in Albuquerque, New Mexico for four engine bomber training after receiving his wings at La Junta.
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Black River Oone
Douglas Letson
E. H. Letson
la Junta
Colo
Letson
Black River High School
Santa Ana
Calif
Lenmoore
Albuquerque
N. M
War Bond Drive At McCoy Is Launched
The Fifth War Loan drive with a $16,000,000,000 target began June 12 at Camp McCoy. Col. George M. MacMullin urged all-out bond purchases to support the invasion effort. The 76th Infantry division has a $50,000 cash sales quota for extra bonds, set by Lieut. Marvin Kress with Capt. Lottie Whitesel as post bond officer.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
War Department
George M. MacMullin
76Th Infantry
Marvin Kress
76Th
Lottie Whitesel
Annual U S Cheese Consumption Near Four Hundred Million Pounds
Annual cheese consumption in the United States typically reaches about 484 million pounds annually, equating to roughly four and a half pounds per person.
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United States
Disabled Children Invited To Camp Wanbeek
Vernon county invites disabled children to Camp Wanbeek in Wisconsin Dells for a summer recreation period starting June 11. The Kiwanis clubs aid transportation and a Vernon county committee coordinates underprivileged children. A new dormitory at Wanbeek is nearly fireproof and many guests come from across the state.
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Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County
Wawhbeek
Wisconsin Dells
Viroqua Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Camp Wanbeek
Wanbeek
Spanish War Vets To Visit At McCoy
United Spanish War veterans will make a 45th annual encampment tour to Camp McCoy on Tuesday June 6 invited by Col. George M. MacMullin. More than 250 veterans with average age 69 will ride in jeeps and armored cars, tour camp installations, observe training of the 76th Infantry division, and present a flag to Camp McCoy officers in tribute to Capt. Arthur O. Johnson.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
United Spanish War Veterans
la Crosse
George M. MacMullin
Harry R. Brown
Otto H. Sill
Cuba
Teddy Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Philippines
76Th Infantry Division
Arthur O. Johnson
McCoy
Artillery School
Fort Sill
Okla
Trempealeau Woman Joins Wasp Training Amid Missing Husband
Mrs. Ailsa Marie Connolly of Trempealeau begins Wasp flight training at Avenger Field Texas while her husband S/Sgt Robert C. Connolly is missing in action in Europe. The former Miss Robinson, journalism major at La Crosse and Winona State, previously worked as a Detroit Cadillac clerk and flew at Beloit. The Wasp program trains women pilots for non combat duties under Miss Jacqueline Cochran with Supervising officers including Lieut. Col. George F. Keene. Eligibility requires 35 hours flying, a 64 physical, ages 18 to 35, and a high school education.
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Sweetwater
Tex
Ailsa Marie Connolly
Robert C. Connolly
Trempealeau
Wasp
la Crosse
Winona
Robinson
Cadillac
Detroit
Beloit
Wis
Army Air Forces
George F. Keene
Army
Santiago
Connolly
James J. Robinson
Fifth War Loan Leaders Named for Monroe County Drive
SPARTA Wis June 12 opens the fifth war loan drive for western Monroe County led by R E Wildes as chairman. In Sparta Rev A R Kline is general chairman with Mrs R W Biel heading the block system. Quota for Sparta is 537700 with district ward and village leaders listed.
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Tribune Sparta Bureau
Sparta
Wis
R. E. Wildes
Monroe County
A. R. Kline
R. W. Biel
E. G. Fisher
George Kiefer
M. P. Olson
E. A. Nestingen
Cashton
Portland
William Fletcher
Louis Howard
New Lyme
N. J. Hansen
Charles Wood
Lee Wells
John Sullivan
Wells
Highway 131 To Be Graded And Resurfaced
Vernon county highway commissioner M D Reidt notified by state highway department that state highway 131 from La Farge to Viola will be graded and resurfaced this summer. The eight mile project aims to improve road conditions between the two villages. A separate line notes traffic fatality rates, citing 12 deaths per 1000 crashes at 20 mph and 92 deaths at 51 mph and above.
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Viroqua
Wis
M. D. Reidt
Vernon County
State Highway Department
la Farge
Viola
Sparta blast probe seeks cause of May damage
An investigation by State Fire Prevention Deputy Julius Krug Pittsburgh Testing Laboratories and local officials surveyed Sparta after a May 22 explosion damaged three buildings. Fire chief Oscar Baumbach and others noted repairs and fireproofing needs for the Wall gift shop, Dr F C Thome properties, and the Kowitz building while a PSC report on safety is awaited.
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Tribune Sparta Bureau
Sparta
Wis
Statts
Julius K. Krug
John F. Kline
Pittsburgh Testing Laboratories
Oscar Baumbach
Joseph Reisinger
Dr. F.C. Thome
Dr. Thome
Kowitz
Opening Of S Bridge Nears Traffic On Main Street
Sparta Wisconsin city crews advance Main Street bridge work while Oak Street Bridge may open next week. A 24 foot extension added. Beaver Creek channel straightening under way with debris cleared and land used to realign the flow. City Engineer Bergman and the street committee supervise, with temporary Oak Street approaches finishing soon.
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Sparta
Wis
Oak Street
City of
Ain Street
Main Street
A. E. Pertzsch Construction Co
Water Street
Eddie Prah
O. O. Bergman
W. T. Meyers
William Schmitz
Otis Erickson
Oak Street Bridge
Captain Roy Ostrem Addresses Vernon CAP Meeting
Captain Roy Ostrem of Westby spoke at the Vernon County Civil Air Patrol meeting held at the courthouse Thursday evening. Assigned to the Army Air Corps he has 48 missions to his credit and voiced strong support for the Civil Air Patrol after answering questions. Venezuela is trying to improve the lot of its fishermen.
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Viroqua
Wis
Roy Ostrem
Westby
Vernon County Civil Air Patrol
Court House
Ostrem
Army Air Corps
Civil Air Patrol
Venezuela
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