Four La Crosse Area Youths Join Regular Army
Four La Crosse area youths enlisted for three year terms at the La Crosse recruiting station. Keith Amann and Gordon Harvey joined armored cavalry and army security agency respectively while Richard Dummer and Paul Kottmer joined coast artillery. Enlistees head to Fort Riley for basic training before branch assignment.
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la Crosse Area
la Crosse
Charles C. Cotton
Keith L. Amann
Ernest G. Amann
Court Acres
Armored Cavalry
Gordon A. Harvey
Charles W. Harvey
North 24Th Street
Army Security Agency
Richard W. Dummer
Herbert E. Dummer
Paul V. Kottmer
Charles B. Kottmer
Losey Boulevard
Coast Artillery Corps
Cotton
Fort Riley
Kan
Minnesota
la Crosse Station
Fort Ord
Calif
Sgt. Cotton
Army Technical
Seaman Trains In Beach Plan At Virginia Amphibious Base
Seaman apprentice Gerald L. Klinger of Little Creek Virginia participates in Summer amphibious technique training for 8 000 officers and men from Atlantic fleet ships and shore units The program includes marine reservists midshipmen and air force ground personnel The two weekly training culminates in a beach assault on a Virginia shore Beach master unit No 2 manages boat traffic beach salvage and ship to shore communications Klinger joined the Navy February 10 1948 after graduating Logan High School
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Gerald L. Klinger
USN
Caledonia Street
Naval Amphibious Base
Little Creek
Amphibious Force
Atlantic Fleet
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
Air Force
Virginia
Klinger
Naval Service
Naval Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Navy
Logan High School
Five-Pound Monterey Spanish Mackerel Reappears
Terminal Island California reports a five-pound Monterey Spanish mackerel landed after a tough fight. Once a major west coast commercial species it vanished in 1890 and wasn’t seen again until 1927. Since then only seven have been caught, with the latest taking 200 yards of line in its opening rush.
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Terminal Island
Calif
Monterey
Don’t Neglect Slipping False Teeth With FASTEETH Powder
Advertises FASTEETH alkaline powder to sprinkle on denture plates to keep teeth firmly set. Claims improved confidence and comfort with no gummy taste, urging purchase at any drug store.
Money Not Missed in Macon County Clerk Files
Decatur Illinois Macon County Clerk Laurence Tangney keeps hundreds of unclaimed election related checks. Most are for judges and clerks, with the oldest dated April 1932.
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Decatur
Ill
Macon
Laurence Tangney
Italian man accepts $250 from late wife's admirer
Giovanni Armilleis, 75, of Ascoli Piceno, Italy, accepts $250 willed by Teri Rossi for a farewell kiss 48 years ago in Argentina. Armilleis plans to use the money to beautify his wife's tomb.
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Giovanni Armilléis
Ascoli Piceno
Italy
Teristocle Rossi
Argentina
Armilleis
National Fire Losses Rise 8.5 Percent in May 1950
May fire destruction in the United States totaled an estimated 58.765 million dollars, up 8.5 percent from May 1949, per W. E. Mallalieu of the National Board of Fire Underwriters. Year to date losses reach 310.001 million, up 43 percent from 1949. The 12 month total to May 31 is 680.517 million, slightly above May 1949.
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New York
United States
W. E. Mallalieu
National Board of Fire Underwriters
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