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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1944
Page
7
Thousands attend the Riverside Park Flag Day ceremonies organized by the Elks Lodge with remarks by William ONeill on patriotism and equality. Winners named in lodge scholarship contest. four Hq enlistees inducted. parade led by Brownie Beck.
Smith of Appleton Wisconsin piloted a charter seaplane on a fishing trip to Crooked Lake near the Canadian border when the craft crashed. Wreckage seen by a forest service pilot led to an aerial search. only part of the plane remained above the water. Dead were A V Allen of Minneapolis Skelly Oil official and J B Powell of Kansas City Missouri with Powell’s son Don Ecuador’s cigarette imports rise. Americans still favored in high income groups.
Fifteen young men and women in the U S service write to Miss Fletcher at La Crosse Children's Home in Sidney Australia. An 18 year old soldier asks for advice on marriage and his girlfriend has also sent a letter described as very nice. One man serves in England with the air force and shows his lieutenant’s uniform.
The report notes tobacco growers in one province have resumed normal production, following a poor 1943 crop in Ecuador. It also advises drivers to keep gas tanks out of direct sun to save fuel this summer.
The procession features the American Legion color guards, Camp McCoy Wacs company, State Guard, coast guard reserve, relief corps units, Spanish war veterans, Service Mothers, Navy Mothers, VFW auxiliary, city firemen, Boy and Girl Scouts, Red Cross units, canteen corps, nurses aids, CIO and AFL, Knights of Columbus, Trane Glee club, Elks, Heileman float, and bands from Aquinas, Logan, Central plus VFW and Holsum drum corps.
Logan high school veterans worldwide received the Logan Alumni News eight page edition listing more than 600 graduates and former students with name rank and address. Letters from Lieut D E Field V 12 commander at Fulton Missouri and from acting principal Carl A Halmstad accompany the list along with staff notes and mailing details.
American attendees joined locals in criticizing a jitterbug ban discussed by Malvern city council, highlighting cross national tensions in dance culture during the dispute.
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