Navy inducts many youths for radar schooling
Charles A. Rabe and others from Wisconsin получили 10 months of specialized training in navy radar schools during early June. Inductees include Leo Ammerman Rich ard Brown Francis Dawes James Ehrsam Kenneth Gribi Donald Garin John Garahee Robert Helland William Lee John Krismer O Kiesling Robert Lind John Mor Richard D South 16th street La Crosse and several from Viroqua Ontario Glendale Viroqua destinations listed for entry.
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Charles A. Rabe
H. Wis
Navy
Leo J. Ammerman
Liberty Street
Richard P. Brown
Wood Street
Francis J. Dawes
James A. Ehrsam
Market Street
Kenneth Paul Gribi
West Avenue
Donald M. Garin
South Eighth Street
John T. Garahee
South 10Th Street
Robert A. Helland
Avon Street
William Lee
John Krismer
South 16Th Street
O. Kiesling
South Front Street
Robert V. Lind
North Sixth Street
John H. Mor
Glendale
Richard D
la Crosse
Herbert E. Crouch
Ontario
And
Berton
Dremesth
Ketheut
Cecil E. Owen
Richard G
Camouflage cover story spotlights asleep figure
A description notes someone found curled in blankets at the foot of a bed asleep under camouflage tones in Coeur d Alene. The terse detail emphasizes the quiet scene and location.
Cookie Cutters From Waste-Wasters Tin Sheet
A notice describes cookie cutters fashioned from Waste-wasters, a sheet of tin plate rejected for general manufacture. The item highlights how salvaged materials are repurposed into kitchen tools.
Poehling Liberated After Hospital Stay in France
A telegram from the War Department dated June 14 announces that Poehling, an infantry medical detachment member, has been liberated. He entered service in August 1942, trained at Camp Grant Camp White and Camp Adair, and went overseas in April 1944.
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War Department
France
Poehling
Camp Grant
Camp White
Ore
Camp Adair
Bad drinking water caused thousands of deaths in Mexico
A historic water crisis in Mexico led to thousands of deaths as contaminated supplies spread across cities and rural areas. Public health officials faced emergency responses while communities and authorities weighed long term reforms to water safety and infrastructure.
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Mexico
Yanks Advance Northward in Cagayan Valley Luzon
Sixth Army troops led by the 37th Infantry Division pushed rapidly north through the Cagayan Valley on Luzon aided by U S Fifth Air Force strikes. The Buckeye Division drove 40 miles in three days, reaching Cauayan and Cabatuan as Japanese casualties were reported eight times those of American ground forces, surpassing 50 000 killed wounded or missing.
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Manila
Sixth Army
37Th Infantry
Luzon
U. S. 5Th Air Force
Cagayan
37Th Division
Robert S. Beighter
Cauayan
Cabatuan
Cagaoe River
Naguilian
Salle Soeiminians
MacArthur
Okinawa
Shuri
Field Marshal Kesselring
Italy
Labor News: Wisconsin Labor Federation Meeting in Milwaukee
George W Hall attended an executive board meeting of the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor in Milwaukee on June 16. On June 19 at 7 30 p m officers will be elected to direct the activities of the Community Chest. A joint meeting of all interested organizations and civic leaders of La Crosse will follow.
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George W. Hall
Wisconsin State Federation of Labor
Milwaukee
Community Chest
la Crosse
AFL Meetings Set Across Unions This Week
The notice lists AFL unit meetings for June with times and locations including Barbers No. 21 and Electrical Workers No. 135 on June 18, Policemen No. 125, Bartenders No. 479, Retail Clerks No. 640, City Employes No. 407, June 19. Foundry Employes No. 93 and Building Service Employes No. 21 on June 20, La Crosse Trades and Labor council and Railway Clerks No. 139 on June 21, Carpenters and Joiners No. 1143 and Plasterers and Cement Finishers No. 257 on June 22. The note warns of delays impacting record compilation.
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AFL
C. m
Foundry
Building
la Crosse Trades
Lord Haw Haw Faces Charge Of Treason
American-born broadcaster William Joyce known as Lord Haw Haw was formally charged with high treason at Bow Street Magistrates Court in London. He was remanded to June 25 for further proceedings as police report details emerged.
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Lord Haw Haw
London
William Joyce
Bow Street Court
Profit For Whom
Spokane report details R H Hunt of Warehouse Point Conn who worked two days at Henry J Kaiser's Swan Island ship yard earning 15.20 with 14.02 board. Federal withholding tax 1 and other deductions 0.17 final net left unclear he refuses to cash a one cent check saying it would cost too much to cash it.
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Spokane
Wash
R. H. Hunt
Warehouse Point
Conn
Henry J. Kaiser
Swan Island
Hunt
How You Can Help Win War
The Office of War Information urges citizens in this wartime bulletin to keep troop movements private, avoid crowded trains during July 4 holidays, take a farm job in vacations to aid harvests, buy war bonds and notify soldiers via V mail, and enlist cadet nurses to bolster civilian medical aid before year end.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Japan
Pacific
Dressed-Up Pets Enter Playground Parade Wednesday
Dressed chickens and other pets will parade at Hood Street playground on Wednesday at seven in a community night event. Boys and girls will compete for ribbons for novel costumes and best pet, with dolls featured for those without live pets in a combined pet parade and fashion show.
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Hood Street
Tomato culture under glass yields ten times field crop
Report notes that tomato growing under glass produces about 10,000 plants per acre, roughly ten times the average field crop efficiency.
War Writer Quoted On Okinawa Blunder In Nimitz Row
Lawrence defends his May 30 and June 4 articles quoting Homer Bigart on Okinawa tactics. He cites Navy censorship and calls for a military inquiry to examine mistakes in the campaign and prevent repetition.
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Washington
David Lawrence
Admiral Nimitz
Guam
Okinawa
Dispatch
Homer Bigart
New York Herald Tribune
Shuri Ine
C. C. Meet Postponed to June 22 at 12:15 PM
The Chamber of Commerce directors meeting set for Wednesday is postponed until June 22 at 12 15 p m. Secretary Hugh G Corbett provides the official notice of the new time.
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Chamber of Commerce
Hugh G. Corbett
Barbara Brilliant Engaged to Lieut Saul Sunshine
Barbara Brilliant becomes engaged to Lieut. Saul Sunshine in England, signaling forthcoming nuptials. The couple's announcement notes the military man’s station and plans amid wartime conditions.
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Barbara Brilliant
Saul Sunshine
England
Recreation Department Chorus Opens First Rehearsal Tonight
The city recreation department hosts its first chorus rehearsal at Washburn School under Harmer F Root acting director of music at Central High School. Students from Aquinag Logan Central and four junior high ninth grades have registered and others may join at 7 p m for voice tests and choir placement. The program aims to provide enjoyable singing and knowledge of national favorites with plans to define the group's exact form after this initial session.
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City Recreation Department
Washburn School
Harmer F. Root
Central High School
Aquinag
Logan
Central
Washburn
Harmer Root
E. M. Saterbak
Longfellow Junior High School
Bodies Of Nazi-Era Rulers Removed From German Mine
In Wiesbaden authorities report the exhumation of three former German rulers Reichspresident Field Marshal von Hindenburg Frederick the Great and Friedrich Wilhelm I from a concealed crypt in a salt mine. Also recovered were Hindenburgs wife and a trove of treasure jewelry historic battle flags a sword gifted by Pope Pius II and a painting thought to be from the Uffizi. The items were hidden by Nazis to shield them from advancing Soviet forces.
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Wiesbaden
Salt Lake City couple sue firm over truck vibration damage
A married Utah couple sues a local construction company for $10,000 claiming heavy trucks passing their home caused damaged foundations and walls and shifted the house out of alignment.
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Salt .Lake City
P-4
Utah Construction Company
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