La Crosse Men Serve Fourth Year in South Pacific
Four La Crosse men in the 32nd Infantry Division Red Arrow reach a fourth year overseas in the South Pacific. Knebes, Hanson, Jenks, and Fillner are cited with multiple ribbons and battle stars for actions in Saidor, Luzon, Sailor, Aitape, Morotai, Leyte, and Caraballo mountains.
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LA Crosse Tribune
South Pacific
la Crosse
Luzon
32Nd Infantry Division
The
Red Arrow
United States
Saidor
Hanson
Edward P. Hanson
Green Island
120Th
Army
Jenks
Jack Lackmaster
Island Street
Fillner
Sailor
Aitape
Morotai
Leyte
Caraballo Mountains
Harry W. Fillner
la Crosse Street
Infantry
Italy
Milwaukee Rider Fatally Strikes Pedestrian at Intersection
Peter Peterson, 73, was fatally injured yesterday when struck by a motorcycle at a Milwaukee street intersection. Police reported the crash occurred at a cross street during the afternoon rush, with investigators examining traffic signals and witness accounts.
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Milwaukee
Peter Peterson
Milwaukee Street
La Crosse Man Receives Medals for RAF Activity
Major General Davenport Johnson announced awards to 11th Air Force heavy bomber airmen for strategic attacks over the Japanese home islands in the Kurile area. Sgt. Morris L. Robinson of La Crosse Wisconsin received the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, and an oak leaf cluster to the Air Medal for missions from Attu to Paramushiru and Shimushu, marking the first homeland raids since 1942.
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Eleventh AF
Aleutians
Kuriles
11Th Air Force
Aleutian Islands
Davenport Johnson
North Pacific
Shimushu
Shimushiru
Kurile Islands
Llth AF
Attu
Morris L. Robinson
Charles Street
la Crosse
Wis
Local Grocers List Contact Details
Two city grocery stores, Havlicek Grocery at 1422 South 7th and Hillview Grocery at 26th and La Crosse, provide contact numbers with a 1380 exchange. The notice compactly lists locations for shopper reference.
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Havlicek Grocery
South
Hillview Grocery
la Crosse
Gilbertson Receives Meritorious Service Unit Plaque
First Lieut. Gerald O. Gilbertson of La Crosse Wisconsin in the 346th Field Artillery Battalion Service Battery earned a meritorious service unit plaque for superior duty on the Fifth Army front in Italy. He is awarded an insignia to wear on his sleeve as part of the 91st Powder River Division. He is the son of Mrs. Edna Gilbertson of La Crosse.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Gerald O. Gilbertson
la Crosse
Wis
346Th Field Artillery Battalion
346Th
91St
Powder River
Gilbertson
Edna Gilbertson
South Ninth Street
Indignant Blonde At Post Office Auction
A San Francisco scene centers on a blonde bidder who yells two dollars and then five as undeliverable goods are auctioned. A man behind her counters with three dollars, the auctioneer proclaims sold, and the blonde lashes out with a catalogue strike before leaving.
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San Francisco
Post Office
Biography of Sir Thomas More First Printed in English
The early English biography celebrated Sir Thomas More, a statesman executed during Henry VIII’s reign, as the first of its kind to appear in English. It marks a milestone in literary and biographical history.
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Thomas Moore
Henry VIII
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