Sawyer Recalls Burma Prison Camp Hardships After War Return
Sawyer once listed as dead by the Army recounts 18 months in a Japanese prison camp in Burma. He survived tenaciously after bailing out over Burma on a B 24 mission with the 10th Air Force. Landed in New York May 28 and reached La Crosse June 2 to reunion with his mother and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
LA Crosse Tribune
Sawyer
Burma
Cleon
Aanetteen Cnet
India
New York
la Crosse
States
Archie Gerwitz
South 17Th Street
Hogan School
Miami
Fla
La Crosse Veteran Returns to Civvies After WWII Service
Friday April 13 marks a milestone for T Sgt Bernard E Weigel of La Crosse as he returns to civilian life after four and a half years with the Air Force in England and Germany He flew 34 combat missions against Germany including the Magdeburg Krupp plant raid and earned the American Good Conduct Medal and four oak leaf clusters on the Air Medal He trained in radio and Gunnery and was attached to the 8th Air Force with duties aboard a B 24 bomber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns
Gang Art
Bernard E. Weigel
States
Weigel
la Crosse
National Guard
20Th Field Artillery
Camp Livingston
Air Corps
Sioux Falls
S. C
Yuma
Ariz
Gowen Field
Boise
Ida
England
8Th Air Force
Ireland
Lubeck
Germany
Krupp
London
Glasgow
Scotland
Red Cross
Coun
Aquinas High School
Pure Food Ice Cream Co
Reveille
Bremen
Hamburg
Kiel
Wildelshaven
St. Nazaire
Schweinfurt
Norway
Gust
Trane Company
Logan
Rationing Shapes Family Vacation Plans This Year
The piece notes that rationing will limit summer travel with many families staying home. It mentions A cards limiting trips to nearby locations and even a cook at Ft. Dix needing a new clothing issue after gaining weight. Local businesses Seemann Lumber & Coal Co. and a lumber selection are highlighted for home repair needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Dix
Seemann Lumber & Coal Co
Gillette
Caledonia Sts
Posthumous Silver Star for Lieut Roseberry of La Crosse
First Lieut. Joseph E. Roseberry, senior liaison pilot with the 76th Infantry Division, is awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action. He and another officer were killed when his plane was shot down during operations near Patton’s 3rd Army on April 12, 1945, while gathering vital intelligence. He is survived by his wife, Lieut. Rosemary Roseberry, Camp McCoy, Wisconsin.
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76Th Infantry Division
Joseph E. Roseberry
la Crosse
Wis
William R. Schmidt
76Th Division
Patton
3Rd Army
Roseberry
Lieut
Lieut. Roseberry
United States
Rosemary Roseberry
Camp McCoy
Oyster labeling rules in New York tied to Great South Bay
A state rule requires oysters to be planted in the Great South Bay of Long Island to be labeled blue point in New York. The designation is not valid for oysters grown elsewhere in the state.
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Blue Point
New York State
Great South Bay
Long Island
Discharged Army Air Force Captain Seeks Home for Family
Capt. Darrell D. Gust 23, discharged on the point system July 1, faces finding a home for his wife and four month old daughter while adjusting to civilian life. He holds 99 points and may pursue commercial piloting after over 1,000 navigator hours, with recent lessons in a Piper cub. He recalls 25 missions over Europe and decorations including the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sawyer
Betty Gerwitz
Army Service Forces
Washington, D. C
Ralph
Harold W. Goad
Gowen Field
Boise
Ida
Scott- Burgess Fuel Co
Darrell D. Gust
Army Air Force
George Street
Gust
8Th Air Force
Hondo Army Air Field
Hondo
Tex
England
Hells Angels
Telegram Operator in Oshkosh Dies After Long Illness
Oshkosh Wisconsin telegram operator for the city office died Saturday at his home after a long illness. He had served in the role since 1928 and was remembered for his years of service.
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Oshkosh
Wis
C. S
Wisconsin club in Calcutta marks state birthday with 500 guests
Nearly 500 members and guests attended the Wisconsin club dance in Calcutta to celebrate Wisconsin’s 97th state birthday. The event at an army recreation center featured an orchestra and refreshments as Badger soldiers renewed ties overseas. Members from La Crosse and 221 Wisconsin towns, led by S. Sgt. Schoenrock and Corp. Baltes, organized the club now numbering 1,029 members including brig. gen. Fenn and six nurses.
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Calcutta
India
Wisconsin Club
Wisconsin
Badger
la Crosse
Wis
Clarence C. Fenn
Antigo
L .E. Schoenrock
Neenah and Corp
Stanley Baltes
Middletown
Schoenrock
Baltes
Badgers
India-Burma
China
Heroism Of Second Division Officer Praised In Citation
Capt. Thomas H. Birch of La Crosse Wisconsin received the oak leaf cluster to the bronze star for gallantry on December 13 1944 in Monschau forest Germany. As battalion S 3 he moved through heavy fire to contact front line companies and inform the battalion commander. He crawled under barbed wire to reach the assault company commander and kept the battalion informed. He repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire helping the forward movement until he was wounded in the leg and ordered to the aid station.
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Czechoslovakia
Thomas H. Birch
Barlow Street
la Crosse
Wis
Walter M. Robertson
Dorothy H. Birch
Monschau Forest
Germany
Birch
S-3
UAW CIO Labor News Highlights Wartime Production
Meetings this week include local 395 and local 14 under UAWA with a CIO board of directors and auxiliary groups. War output from UAW CIO plants in 1944 reached about 17 billion dollars in materials and 45 000 war planes, with R J Thomas as president guiding massive employment growth and wartime production.
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UAWA
Credit Union
CIO
Pioneer Labor Hall Association
FTA
AWU
Dolly Madison
Uaw-Cio
United Nations
R. J. Thomas
Chrysler
Automotive Industrial Workers’ Association
UAW
War Labor Board
War Production Board
Ford Workers
Texas
Lifer Seeks Clemency in 1942 Wisconsin Gambling Murder
Kenneth Ruff, 21, of Monroe, serving life in Wisconsin for the Jed Hartwig gambling murder, filed a clemency appeal to Gov. Goodland. The case dates to March 2, 1942, and was announced by the executive office Saturday.
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Madison
Wis
Kenneth Ruff
Monroe
Wau
Jed Hartwig
Goodland
Applications for liquor licenses in Shelby Town
The town announces liquor license applications from Martha Niesen Leona Tomsha Ellen Nehis Frank Cotter Betty Ramires Clara Petersen Hattie Gautsch Giles Leonard O H Schultz John Vick Lillian Huebner Milton Isler John Biajaske dated June 7 1945 filed by residents of La Crosse Wis. Also Raymond Schaller applied for a class A license at 517 Main Street with notice dated June 9 1945.
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Shelby
Martha Niesen
la Crosse
Wis
Leona Tomsha
Ellen Nehis
Frank Cotter
Betty Ramires
Clara Petersen
Hattie Gautsch
Giles Leonard
O. H. Schultz
John Vick
Lillian Huebner
Milton Isler
John Biajaske
Ernest Roesler
Raymond &. Schaller
4Th Street
Main Street
L. Kramer
Sketch club hosts artists from Pacific sketches to portraits
Sgt Robert Carey showed pastel and water color drawings from New Zealand to Guam including Guadalcanal combat scenes. Frank Haberman and Carey work on Betty Frank portraits as Miss Frank models for four Mondays. Almon Bryant joins, visitors from Milwaukee and Indiana clubs attend, and Walnut carving by Joan Jehlen is planned. Friday night portrait instruction offered. doors open 7:30 at 22242 Main Street.
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Sgt
Robert Carey
South Pacific
New Zealand
Guam
Guadalcanal
Carey
Frank Haberman
Philadelphia
Betty Frank
Miss Frank
Almon C. Bryant
Bryant
Milwaukee
Indiana
Joan Jehlen
College Art Group
Thea Marking
Leslie Jean Hilton
Sketch Club
Main Street
House Demos Split On Poll Tax And FEPC
Washington reports Democratic fractures over two issues FEPC and the poll tax. Southern congressmen oppose both, with poll tax action set for Monday in the House and FEPC committee vote Tuesday in Rules after months of delay. A split with President Truman looms.
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House Demos
FEPC
Washington
House
House Rules Committee
Truman
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Sheppard Field
Paterson
N. J
Field
Tampa
Alamo Gordo
N. Mex
Topeka
Kan
Bengal
10Th Air Force
Douglas Gilbert
Pris
Tribune
Francis E. Sawyer
AAF
Lieut. Thompson
Ts Aquinas
T. Sgt
Bernard Weigel
L. H. Seemann
Fifth Avenue South
Hoeschlers
Melvin Wilda
Ashland
Corp
Ralph Schmidt
William C. Struck
George Novak
Edward Scheitzach
Lloyd Bright
Rodney Corp
Joseph Dingeldein
Lawrence Hanson
John Mueller
Raymond Jahimiak
Vernon Richter
Harold Holst
Roy Franklin
Richard Pynn
Duane Johnson
Richard Tauska
Hull
McClurg
Ralph Olson
Wilfred Meier
Bangor
George Knutson
A. E. Peterson
Blair
Thurman Stoleson
de Soto
Albert Scoville
Ferryville
G. N. Gilbertson
Galesville
M. M. Mahlam
Holmen
Addison Hotchkiss
Eugene Killian
Independence
Vilas Johnson
Melrose
Melvin Wood
Joe Valley
Prairie du Chien
Raymond Gaumitz
Robert Oeff
Richard Miehe
Reedsburg
Guy Barlow
Cleo Jenkins
Leonard Johnson
Charles Henderson
Sparta
E. Geary
Viroqua
CIO Labor News
LIFER
Tasmania
K of C Meeting
M. J. Marcotte
Frontier Lodge
J. E. Lienlokken
W. M. Si
Alby Blystad
E.C
Gustave Kreibich
Christopher Boland
Knights of Pythias
Hellwig
Morris
Kodak
Moon
W. S. Brennan
Midway Hotel
Myrick
Park
Goodyear
M. Smith Bicycle Shop
South 8Th
Freimark Sales Co
le Crosse
E. L. Kloss
Jackson
le Tom
Rowley’s
Main
Bedding Co
West Ave
H. Eagon Call
Yanzer Sanitarium
North 7Th
Lacrosse Laundry & Cleaning CO
Singer Sewing Center
South 4Th
Hilton Pharmacy
Trocadero
City Car Company
Fuller Brushes
F. J. Hofer
Por Spencer
Helenee
Kingston Court
Beauty
Arenz Shoe Co
Pearl
Gin
la Crosse Print
Boulevard North
Cerise Nite Club
Tnvaie
Mn Avenue South
Belmont Cafe
North 4Th
Nepes
Michael's
Marth
North Side
Gamble’s
Tillman Bros
PIN Boys
Pla-Mor
Smith’s Bicycle Shop
Coca Cola Bottling CO
Auto Parts Service
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