La Crosse Sailor and Pals Marry Three in Ireland Raid
Eugene Cole of La Crosse along with two friends married three local Irish families during a World War II leave in Ireland. The article notes their marriages in 1944, Cole’s naval service in Scotland and Germany, later transfers, and his four-year enlistment. It mentions family military service including Avery Cole killed in Leyte and Ensign Glen E. Cole and Leo W. Cole serving in the South Pacific.
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la Crosse
Ireland
Eugene Cole
London- Ireland
Debra Jack
States
Washington, D.C
Cole
la Crosse Homme
Mrs
Ray
East Avenue
Debra
Northern Ireland
Navy
Scotland
Germany
San Diego
Calif
Cass
Elbe River
Europe
Elbe
Avery Cole
Leyte
Glen E. Cole
Leo W. Cole
South Pacific
Landscape Architect In Army Favors Wisconsin For Home
Capt. Fred L. Rumsey, Army landscape architect with the 2nd Division, spent November 1942 to October 1943 at Camp McCoy and has seen combat in Europe. He prefers Wisconsin for a future home, admires the Rhine valley, and earned multiple decorations including the combat infantryman badge, Bronze Star, and a presidential citation for action in Belgium. He began combat action on D Day at Omaha Beach and began homeward service May 6 after 19 months overseas.
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Fred L. Rumsey
Kansas
Texas
France
Belgium
Germany
Wisconsin
Camp McCoy
Mary Jane Elstad
South Eighth Street
C. E. Elstad
Rumsey
Rhine Valley
Normandy
Rhine
Rockerath
Krinkelt
Hinge
38Th Infantry
Europe
Omaha
Army Ordnance Unit Stays Close to Front Near Cassino
The 788th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company under Fifth Army location near Cassino to Austria keeps repair crews in gun pits, often under fire. They supported the 88th Blue Devils, handled 20,000 repairs, 1,250 vehicles monthly, and managed 100,000 issued parts. Six planes bombed their area. three men were killed and 17 wounded. Works from Camp Gruber to Italy trace their overseas deployment and duties.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Bernard M. Brophy
Division Street
la Crosse
Wis
788Th Ordnance Light
Cassino
Austria
Blue Devil
Fondi
Coma
Fowler to Leave Interior for Indiana Law School Post
Washington reports solicitor Fowler V. Harper plans to depart the interior department this fall and return to his executive position with Indiana University's law school. The move follows Harper's service as solicitor and aligns with his academic career at Indiana University.
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Washington
Fowler V. Harper
The
Interior Department
Law School
University of Indiana
Rivoli Screens Bond Show With Roughly Speaking
The Rivoli theater hosts a bond premiere Wednesday featuring a Trane company glee club program. The film centers on Louise Randall Pierson and her busy family, highlighting a warm, human portrayal of a 36 million American family and the adventures of her children and two fathers.
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Rivoli Theater
Rivoli
Trane Company
Glee Club
Woods
Craig Stevens
Andrea
Louise Randall Pierson
Miss Russell
Rodney
Donald Woods
Harold Pierson
Jack Carson
Harold
FEA Considers German Organization Similar to AMG
Washington reports the Foreign Economic Administration may form a body in Germany to perform tasks like the Allied military government. It remains unclear if this would replace AMG, which faces criticism. Some experienced figures in culture education and religion have offered to work under FEA in Germany. Eire urges stay-at-home vacations.
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Washington
Foreign Economic Administration
Germany
AMG
FEA
Laci Brothers Reunite After Three Years in North Luzon
In North Luzon during World War II, Corp. Tech. Joseph J. Hammes and his brother Greg Hammes met in a hospital area after a chance meeting with another brother Thomas in Samar. Their parents live in La Crosse Wisconsin. Joseph serves in the 120th Field Artillery Battalion, 32nd Infantry Division, overseas since April.
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Laci
North
Luzon
32ND
Philippines
la Crosse
Wis
Ng. Corp
Joseph J. Hammes
32Nd “Red Arrow
Alr Mountains
Geant
Marines
Palau
Leyte
Samar
Thomas
Hammes
Greg
C. E. Hammes
South 11Th Street
Corp
Compulsory Training Proposal Expected
Washington reports a Woodrum postwar policy committee likely to recommend peacetime universal training within a week or two. The House Military Committee favors a peacetime draft but will not initiate legislation and may delay hearings until next fall. Some members doubt public support but expect soldier votes to shift opinion as troops abroad return. Dunedin and Invercargill in New Zealand gain plane service.
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Washington
Woodrum
House Committee
House Military Committee
Beer Answers To This Big Question At Okinawa
In Okinawa the fifth assault wave found the answer to a wartime question as it passed the ship that carried the initial attackers ashore. A returning crew was seen drinking, and the scene suggested the invasion’s pace and hazards.
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Okinawa
Robber Sends Rebate After 15 Years in Holyoke Case
In Holyoke Massachusetts Charles Martel finally received a $20 rebate by mail more than fifteen years after a robber relieved him at gunpoint of the same amount.
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Holyoke
Mass
Charles Martel
Dependable relief for tired feeling from constipation
Gentle action on the liver and bowels offered as a dependable relief. Available at your druggist for 25 cents in an advertisement style from the era.
Playground attendance totals rise in second week
La Crosse recreation department reports strong second week turnout with 14 541 participants and 8 735 spectators, totaling 23 276. Softball leads with 3 990 participants, followed by parade numbers and activities such as art 756, volleyball 323, croquet 928, horseshoes 1 226, dramatics 159, and nature study 92.
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la Crosse
E. P. Hartl
Tor
Jap Version of Rip Van Winkle Found Near Yaka Village
Marine correspondent Sgt. Herman Kogan reports discovering a Japanese man described as a Rip Van Winkle. He claims eight years of sleep in a cave in the hills near Yaka and says he knows nothing of the US and Japan being at war.
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Chicago
Ill
Herman Kogan
Marine Corps
Kogan
Yaka
United States
Japan
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