Youth Centers Hold Dances In La Crosse USO Series
The SOS and Wee Blue Inn sponsor ten Friday dances at the USO for ages 14 to 20. Music runs 8:30 to 11:30 pm with Larry Zie man providing. Bring cards for reduced rates. duplicates available. Committees named and chaperones listed for first event.
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SOS
Wee Blue Inn
USO
Larry Zieman
Hodge Klar
Merlin Haugen
Ella Mae Cahape
John Thrailkil
Roger
Douglas Ames
Frank Fauver
William Black
Roger Ulrich
Richard Johnson
Gage Staats
Oswald Gunderson
H. W. Hunt
City to raise salaries for aldermen and mayor
In Hoopeeston a 5 000 population community will raise aldermen pay from 25 cents to 300 dollars and the mayor from 50 cents to 500 dollars annually starting May 1 under a new administration.
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Hoopeston
Vicot
Desperate Jap Resistance Holds Up Mindanao Advance
Japanese forces, mostly beached naval personnel, fight tenaciously to halt American progress along the Savao river in southeastern Mindanao. After a week the 19th Infantry veterans finally broke the east bank resistance. pockets remain near the Davao river west of Davao City as 24th and 41st division troops press the Talomo Kibawe trail. Maj. Gen. Robert E. and the 37th Infantry division push toward Cagayan valley near Baguio with heavy air support.
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Savao River
Mindanao
19Th Infantry Regiment
Davao River
Davao City
24Th Division
41St Division
34Th
Ula
Baguio
Luzon
Cagayan Valley
Manila
Robert Ss
37Th Infantry
Bagebag
Cagayan
Smoking Habit Irked Me a Two Chilled Keep Em Firing
A brief item notes a smoker upset a two child household with persistent habit. Authorities or individuals are not named. The piece suggests tension and ongoing concern over tobacco use affecting family life.
Texan General Giles Leads Pacific War Air Forces
52 year old Lieut. Gen. Barney M. Giles, former deputy commander of the 20th Air Force, now commands Army Air Forces Pacific Ocean areas. He recalls Goering’s boast, plans rest and recreation centers for Superfortress crews, and a set mission count for home leaves as Pacific operations shift from Europe. Giles aims to expedite B 29 training and transfer crews from Liberator and Flying Fortress units.
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Guam
Goering
Reichsmarshal
Barney M. Giles
Army Air Forces
Pacific Ocean Areas
20Th Air Force
Millard F. Harmon
Germany
Giles
Mineola
Japan
Signal Corps
Pacific
States
Farm Slaughter Law Becomes State Bill
Madison Wisconsin Gov Goodland said he allowed a bill to become law without his signature to permit farmers to slaughter and sell animals raised on their premises during the current emergency. He noted the measure acts as a state health board rule and does not change red points meat sale regulations. He also signed a bill allowing sale of powdered skim milk and milk products in containers under 10 pounds.
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Madison
Wis
Goodland
State Board of Health
OPA
War bond purchases reach 62 percent of quota in seventh drive
Treasury reports individuals bought 5.397 billion dollars in war bonds in the seventh war loan, about 77 percent of the seven billion dollar goal. E bonds total 2.438 billion, 62 percent of a four million quota, with other individual sales surpassing 2.958 billion. Also a hailstorm in Transvaal, South Africa kills 2000 sheep and 400 cattle.
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Washington
Treasury
Transvaal
South Africa
Aluminum authorized for civilian goods by war board
The War Production Board announced immediate authorization for aluminum producers to fill non-priority civilian orders for pots pans and other consumer goods. The CMP relaxation comes 18 days early with similar releases planned for steel and copper. Extrusions and some semi fabricated forms remain restricted until military needs are met.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
CMP
Spoon Returns to Erie School District
Erie school secretary Carl Sapper received a spoon marked School District of Erie. A sailor found the spoon, used in the school eight years ago, in a Havana cafe before returning it home.
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Erie
Carl Sapper
Price Hike Approved For Fuel in Midwestern States
OPA confirms a three-tenths of a cent per gallon allowance for tank wagon sellers in 11 midwestern states including Wisconsin and Michigan. The increase applies to prices on fuel and heating oils only and corrects an earlier error that listed gasoline.
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Washington
OPA
Wisconsin
Michigan
Malden Train Trick Reveals Prank on Tracks
A Boston and Maine train patrol found a body on the Oak Street tracks in Malden. An officer shouted for the figure to wake up, and the “body” stood and walked away, revealing the incident as a prank.
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Malden
Mass
Boston
Maine
Oak Station
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LA Crosse Tribune
Tribune
la Crosse
Municipal Recreation Department
Checkers
West Avenue Playground
John Peterson
Jackson
Joseph Donahue
South 11Th
Mary Jane Roellig
Herbert Fregin
South Avenue Playground
John Fleis
Marcia Webb
East Avenue South
Eugene Strasser
South 14Th
Nancy Reinsvold
South
Rose Marie Stellpflug
East Avenue
Harland Messinberg
Kane
Daniel McIntyre
Wood
Roosevelt School
Charles Horton
By Spencer Davis
By Robbin Coons
Spoon Comes
Ose
Comtains
Lee
Main ST
Viake
LPT
Ia Iaeet
Mennen
Yardley
L’orle
Ifountain
Drene
Icanvas
California
Muscatel
West Indies
Lentheric Tweed Cologne
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