523 Minnesota motorists lose licenses in May report
The Minnesota Department reports 523 motorists forfeited licenses in May with 210 revocations and suspensions. Of revocations 173 followed DUI, 13 after commitment as inebriates. suspensions included 115 for violations and 60 for carelessness. 495 licenses were reinstated after suspension terms or proof of responsibility. 79 driving and 79 eye tests were recorded with 30 restricted licenses issued.
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T. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
State Department
Books Campaigned to Aid Norway Hunger Crisis
Norwegian book experts travel to London seeking $60,000 worth of books for delivery to Norway under Nazi occupation. The group aims to secure reading material for the population as wartime shortages persist.
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Norway
London
Expansion Of GI Benefits Pro proposed By Solon Pepper
Senator Pepper proposes broad expansion of GI bill education benefits with higher subsistence for dependents and extended eligibility. The plan increases monthly stipends to 100 for two dependents and 125 for three, and removes age and interruption hurdles. It allows up to seven years for professional studies and extends the education deadline beyond two years.
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Solon
Washington
Uced
Pepper
D-Fia
American Legion and National Education Association
Salem Man On Murray Aboard Destroyer Murray
Leslie Charles Indahl fire control man first class USNR serves aboard the destroyer Murray of the Sheephead Fleet in the Pacific. The ship has seen action from Wake Island to Bougainville Rabaul Tarawa and Tokyo bound operations with carrier task groups. The Murray has rescued eight American pilots and shot down numerous enemy planes.
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Murray
Pacific
Leslie Charles Indahl
USNR
A. J. Indahl
West Salem
Wis
Uncle Sam
Wake Island
Bougainville
Rabaul
Gilberts
Tarawa
Tokyo
Paul L. de Vos
Miami
Ariz
Million-Plus Sorties by Army Air Force in World War II
American Army Air Force pilots have flown over 1 350 000 sorties against the enemy since Pearl Harbor. More than 60 percent of these missions occurred during the first nine months of 1944.
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Pearl Harbor
Pets Parade At La Crosse Playgrounds Draws Big Crowd
Several hundred La Crosse youths entered a wide array of pets at playground pet parades held Wednesday night with parents attending in large numbers. Prizes went to dogs cats rabbits and dolls with motion pictures planned to record the events for a future show. A mishap at Hogan saw a big dog knock over a buggy and chase a smaller dog dressed as a lady.
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Hood Playground
Phyllis Easland
la Crosse
City Recreation Department
Hood Street
South Avenue
Recreation Department
Donald Temp
Eric Schuetze
Janice Juan
Duane Juen
Phyllis Cermak
Stanley
Franklin Wooden
H. K. Fritzen
Alois Schraser
William Isle la Plume
Ayfield
Joan Robertson
Jane Richards
Mary Louise Sciborski
O. Fritz
E. H. Pederson
H. Michaels
Hogan
Jean Huston
George Johnson
Crow
Dick Panke
Burton Nelson
Lloyd Becroft
Mary Cape
Eddie Sullivan
Jim Russell
Milford Crowley
Phyllis Voegele
Ralph Schubert
Bernard Kampschroer
Jerry Koula
Ed Tanke
Elmer
Karen Bjorkman
Sedley Howard
Roosevelt
Donald Mason
LaVon Severson
Jean l
Max Leitzow
Riniker
Dashshund
Joanne Abraham
Sue Ann Teachout
Ray Terpstra
Baby Kitten
Marion Larkin
A. E. Teachout
Reardon
Milton
West Avenue
Crowley Park
Philip Myers
Diana Rowley
David Athnos
Ghost
Oe Walters
Dissmore
Turtle
Carl Noelke
Eens
Emerson Wal
Tri-State Deaths Include Five Obituaries Across Wiscon
Mrs. Arnold Stegeman of Bangor dies at 56 on her Rockland farm after a long illness. Survivors include her husband and three brothers. Bruno Bornitz, 79, dies in a La Crosse hospital. burial in Plummer's church cemetery. August Wise, 88, memorial services held at Qualy funeral home and United Lutheran church. survivors include four daughters and a son.
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Bangor
Wis
Arnold Stegeman
Rockland
Walter
Herman
Harrison
West Salem
Fred
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church of
C. W. Siegler
Fairview Cemetery
Sparta
Ial
Bruno Bornitz
la Crosse
Arthur Berg
Plummer’s
Bornitz
Viroqua
August Wise
Vernon
Qualy
United Lutheran Church
O. M. Kleven
Wise
America
Germany
Huldah McBee
Columbus
Ohio
Esther Garin
Cleveland
Jetley Standiford
Edwin Thompson
Paul
Discharge Returns Soldier From Percy Jones Hospital
ETTRICK Wis Special Christopher Folkedahl son of Mrs Anna Folkedahl has received an honorable discharge from the army and arrived home from Percy Jones hospital Battle Creek Mich Monday He served with Patton s 3rd army in France and received a bullet wound in his left foot Street traffic direction signs in Dublin are being relighted.
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Ettrick
Wis
Christopher Folkedahl
Anna Folkedahl
Army
Percy Jones Hospital
Battle Creek
Mich
Folkedahl
Patton
3Rd Army
France
Elephant Bill leads Burma war elephants unit in hard campaign
War correspondent Henry B. Jameson details Lieutenant Colonel J H Williams known as Elephant Bill and his Burma unit of elephants and handlers. Elephants carried three men 12 miles daily, built log bridges, carved roads, evacuated the sick, and aided retreat from Chindwin to Imphal with thousands of elephants under British control. The group began when 60 elephants defected from Japanese lines in 1942, forming the embryo of the current organization.
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Henry B. Jameson
London
Burma
J. H. Williams
Chindwin
Imphal Plain
Col. Williams
Second Fun Program Planned By Students
A second in a series of 10 fun nights for south side junior high students will be held Thursday at Central High School from 7 30 to 9 30. A juke box will provide music for dancing, games will be played, and refreshments served. Membership to Wee Blew Inn will be sold at the door. Barbara Larson leads with Jerry Crook assisting. other helpers include Jim Shaw Marcie Krutzner David Anderson Marilyn Standiford.
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South Side
Central High School
Wee Blew Inn
Barbara Larson
Jerry Crook
Jim Shaw
Marcie Krutzner
David Anderson
Marilyn Standiford
Nob Hill at Hollywood in War Bond Drive
A capacity crowd at the Hollywood theater Wednesday night saw Nob Hill in technicolor as part of a war bonds drive totaling about $35 000. The film stars George Raft and Vivian Blaine with Peggy Ann Garner in a pivotal role and features musical numbers and dances. The Rivoli theater band show Roughly Speaking with Rosalind Russell and Jack Carson will follow at 9 p.m.
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Ribune
City
Vivian
Blaine
Peggy Ann Garner
Brooklyn
Rosalind Russel
Jack Carson
First American Cotton Gloves Made in 1916
The article notes the origin of cotton glove production in the United States beginning in 1916, marking a milestone for domestic manufacturing and textile industry development.
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America
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