Navy Veterans Share Pacific War Tales In La Crosse Exhibit
Five Navy veterans recount major Pacific and Mediterranean fights aboard ships like the Hornet and battleships. Harold Joehead recalls Salerno and a silver star, Norman Mielke fights on battleships including Santa Cruz and Guadalcanal, Sam J. on the Hornet covers Tarawa and Kwajalein, and Walter Selby details Tarawa combat. The group travels from Madison to promote war bond support.
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Pacific
Riverthem
H. J. Halstrom
Seabees
Guadalcanal
Sicily
Salerno
Harold Joehead
Norman W. J. Mielke
Batae
South Dakota
Santa Cruz
Sam J
Hornet
Tarawa
Kwajalein
Walter T. Selby
la Crosse
Madison
Giles Events Committee
Eer War Finance
Ban Hits Honeymoons as Travel Bans Hit North Ireland
In Dublin travelers rush to cancel trips after a ban on travel between Eire and the North Treland. Marriages arranged to visit Dublin are postponed. couples dubbed Honeymoon Galway miss the news and their funds.
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Eire
North
Dublin
Belfast
Brother and Sister Visit in Arkansas
In Whitehall Wisconsin Special report recalls Pvt Jeanette Moen Lovi tige serving in the medical corps at Hot Springs Arkansas and Pvt Ernest Moen, veteran of the Aleutians, stationed at Camp Rucker Alabama after brief furloughs near Camp Robinson Arkansas. Their mother has two sons in the service and Corp Silas Gunder also serves.
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Whitehall
Wis
Pic
Ernest Moen
Aleutian Islands
Camp Robinson
Ark
Jeanette Moen Lovietge
Moen
Company
264Th Infantry
APO
Camp Rucker
Ala
Fort Oglethorpe
Army and Navy
Hot Springs National Park
Camp McCoy
England
Pfc
Aleutians
Attu
Kiska
Cold Bay
Adak
States
Camp White
Ore
Corp
Silas Gunder
Thornton and Minor Clinic Rectal Ointment Ad
An old ad touts a home remedy from Thornton and Miner Clinic claiming fast relief for pile pain itch and soreness. It invites readers to mail in a dollar for the ointment and promises easy application with low price at local drug stores in La Crosse and Ford Hopkins.
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Thornton & Minor Clinic
Thornton & Miner
Thornton
la Crosse
Ford Hopkins
Ettrick natives serving in England and Indiana units
Son serves with infantry in England and Wendell Gunderson with the hospital corps at Camp Billings, Ind. Both are formerly of Ettrick.
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Son
Infantry
England
Wendell Gunderson
Hospital Corps
Camp Billings
Ind
Ettrick
British Yeast Waste Sparks Food Loss for Pigs
London experts say surplus yeast from breweries has been dumped down drains over four years, costing food for about a million pigs. They urge government to fund converting waste yeast into animal feed. Irish farmers have used the waste with benefit, while British farmers have not.
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London
U. S. Films Grip Britain in 1943 Year
London reports that about 80 percent of Britain's registered films were foreign with United States production making up 75 percent of exhibited footage. Box office receipts remained strong despite reduced operation hours from blackouts and transport curbs.
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Britain
United States
London
Cotton Rat May Hold Cavity Clue For Teeth Growth
Wisconsin researchers report that the cotton rat native to the southwest and Latin America may answer cavity growth in teeth. Experiments by James H. Shaw and C. A. Elvehjem show cotton rats average 25 cavities in a 14 week period while monkeys and white rats show resistance to the vitamin diet and no cavities in similar tests. The cotton rat is noted to be susceptible to poliomyelitis and diphtheria and is the only known animal with teeth that decay.
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Madison
Wis
Southwest
Latin America
University of Wisconsin
James H. Shaw
C. A. Elvehjem
Shaw
Four Men Scale Pole to Curb Raccoon Daring Midnight Rescue
Public Works Commissioner Arnold F. Mitchell led four men up a ladder at midnight to reach a raccoon perched on a telephone pole. The raccoon slid down as they climbed, thwarting the attempt.
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Public Works
Arnold F. Mitchell
Family Faces Squirrels For Apricot Harvest Hopes
In Chicago W A Herbster reports a 20 foot apricot tree in full bloom may have grown from a stone dropped by a child 15 to 18 years ago. The tree started bearing apricots about five years ago and the family now plans to defend the crop from squirrels to ensure a harvest.
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Chicago
W. A. Herbster
Herbster
FOE PILOT WALKED BERLIN AFTER RAID
Flying Officer Charles Lark of the Royal Australian Air Force walked freely through Berlin streets after being shot down and saluted by German soldiers. He lost his right eye, was treated by Germany’s leading eye specialist, and after six days toured much of the city by streetcar before returning to Sydney.
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Berlin
Charles Lark
Royal Australian Air Force
Germany
Lark
Sydney
Australia
Navy reveals 1300 U S warships in invasion of France
Washington reports more than 1300 U S war ships carried troops and guns to Europe for the invasion of France. Navy Secretary Forrestal says the Pacific offensive remains strong and Japan is too pressed to divert attention away from Germany’s crisis.
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Washington
U. S
Europe
France
Hitler
Navy
Forrestal
Pacific
Germany
Japan
Aldermen Consider West Avenue Curb Replacement
The common council introduced a plan to replace the curb on South Avenue from the spur track at Gund's brewery to West Avenue to eliminate standing water. Estimated cost is 200 dollars from the current expense fund and the measure was referred to the highways committee. A second resolution asks for two catch basins on the south side of St Andrew Street at Wood Street, connecting to the sewer, with an estimated 150 dollars funded from the current expense and sent to the public utilities committee.
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Common Council
Board of Public Works
South Avenue
Gund
West Avenue
St. Andrew Street
Wood Street
Public Utilities Committee
Sparta Men In 32nd Are Enroute Home
Sparta inmates? The piece notes Clerk of Court Oliver A Hanson reports his son T/4 Howard Hanson is en route to the states from New Guinea after two years overseas with the 32nd Infantry division and has been moved to a replacement pool. Also departing with the 32nd are Lieut Col Tyler D Barney Sgt Theodore Bell Sgt Herbert Isensee and Don Babcock.
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Tribune
Sparta Bureau
Sparta
Wis
Oliver A. Hanson
Howard Hanson
New Guinea
Hanson
32Nd Infantry Division
32Nd Division
Tyler D. Barney
Theodore Bell
Herbert Isensee
Don Babcock
Army trade schools train West African recruits after the war
Native recruits for the West African Engineers learn basic English at Bukuru Northern Nigeria. A missionary instructor uses drawings on the blackboard to teach simple objects and their English names.
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Bukuru
Nigeria
Army
Appeal for kerosene granted by Monroe ration board
A Rochester family asked for more kerosene to cook their vitals. Their letter to the Monroe county ration board prompted a granted request for additional fuel.
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Rochester
N. Y
Monroe County Ration Board
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Navy Veterans
Riverside Park
Bluejackets
Helena
Kula Golf
Great Lakes, Ill
Naval Training Center
Pearl Harbor
U. S. Navy School of Music
Washington, D. C
Arkansas
Yen. Gasket Union
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Fifth Avenue
Lane
Pennsylvania
GRIP
Rosse Tribune
New World Life Insurance
John M. Hoch
NEW World Life Insurance CO
Newburg
Bill
Lean Sears, Roebuck and CO
Fifth Avenue South
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