Wave Recruiting Area Expanded in Wisconsin Counties
H A Bahr, in charge of Navy Waves recruiting, announced the La Crosse office now covers La Crosse Trempealeau Jackson Buffalo Monroe Juneau Adams Vernon Richland Crawford counties. The monthly Waves enlistment quota is 20, with La Crosse three under for March. Women aged 20 to 36 with two years of high school or equivalent are urged to enlist this month. Training at Hunter College, New York will start late April to early May due to backlog.
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H. A. Bahr
POK
Navy
la Crosse
Trempealeau
Jackson
Buffalo
Monroe
Juneau
Adams
Vernon
Richland
Crawford
Waves
Hunters College
New York
The
U. S
Poland’s Youth Share Reaches Forty Three Percent
Before the war with Germany broke out, forty three percent of Poland’s population was under twenty years of age. This demographic note reflects a youthful national profile amid mounting tensions in Europe.
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Germany
Poland
Honor Roll To Be Erected In Tomah
Tomah Wisconsin to dedicate an honor roll listing 456 service members Sunday at 2 p m between the post office and police station on Superior avenue. Col George M MacMullin will give the main address with Capt Allen Kohn and Camp McCoy band providing music. Seaman James Sowle is listed as a casualty from June 1943.
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Tomah
Wis
Superior Avenue
MacArthur Club
L. J. Larrabee
Kyle Sowle
George M. MacMullin
Camp McCoy
Allen Kohan
Milton Dieterich
USO
James Sowle
Kenneth Sowle
All Allamakee County Candidates Announced
WAUKON Iowa Special state and county candidate list for the June primary on Republican and Democratic tickets includes Senator Arthur Jacobson and E F Pieper for Republicans with a slate of county offices led by Charles Palmer as auditor Alfred Hansmeier as treasurer W C Grangaard clerk of courts Martin A Krummer clerk Otto Fossum coroner Charles Boyden attorney Terman Haehlen recorder Lillian Meierkord sheriff L J Bulman supervisor 1945 term Henry Kuanrude 1946 term George P Hartley Frank Russell and M C Geering and for Democrats Senator T W Mullaney representative Ove Roe auditor Mrs Hazel Zoll treasurer John Palmer clerk of courts Claude Lane sheriff Leo Devitt recorder James Curtin attorney Frank Telling coroner Howard Hanson supervisor 1945 term Ole Orness and 1946 term John Rema.
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Waukon
Arthur Jacobson
E. F. Pieper
Charles Palmer
Alfred Hansmeier
W. C. Grangaard
Martin A. Krummer
Otto Fossum
Charles Boyden
Terman Haehlen
Lillian Meierkord
L. J. Bulman
Henry Kuanrude
George P. Hartley
Frank Russell
M. C. Geering
T. W. Mullaney
Ove Roe
Hazel Zoll
John Palmer
Claude Lane
Leo Devitt
James Curtin
Frank Telling
Howard Hanson
Ole Orness
John Rema
Annual Spring Concert Planned at Viroqua High School
The Viroqua high school band conducted by Emory O Nordness and the 42 voice a cappella choir directed by Miss Lorraine Purdy will perform Thursday evening in the senior high school auditorium. The program includes two band numbers from this year’s A and B lists, a trombone trio featuring Richard Mueller Robert Anderson and Wayne Cook, an Oriental piece from A Persian Market, and four combined band and choir numbers. The choir will sing six selections including The Cossack Call from the contest list.
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Viroqua
Wis
Viroqua High School
Emory O. Nordness
Lorraine Purdy
Richard Mueller
Robert Anderson
Wayne Cook
New 4-H Clubs In Sparta Organized
Sparta Wisconsin four new 4-H clubs formed with several more in process County Agent A D Begley reports. Homemaking and gardening adviser Mrs Eugene Hensel leads new club efforts in West Portland Star Valley White and Watermill districts while existing clubs reorganize for 1944 projects.
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Tribune Sparta Bureau
Sparta
Wis
A. D. Begley
Eugene Hensel
Hensel
West Portland
Star Valley
White
Watermill
Lincoln Victory
Warrens
T. A. Jorgenson
James Wells
Wilton Willing
E. A. Bergman
E. A. Bergman, Leader; 4-H
Victory Club
Tomah
Dorothy Lemon
Happy Day Club
Norwalk
Ed Hubbard
Uncle Sam
Elroy
Malvin Fauska
Whitehall Families Move Amid Farm Transfers
Elmer Ammann bought the Will Thompson 177 acre farm east of Whitehall while the Thompsons themselves moved to a Whitehall residence after selling personal property. R A Fortun bought the Dewey street home of the Pughs who plan to move to Luck after April 1 to a 40 acre farm. Bennie Nelson bought the Park Drive residence of the Garagans. the Robert Herman family moved from Irvin Coulee to the Everson farm in Plum Creek. Marcus Arnesson will work the Gray place. Jake Kabus family rented the Hartzfeldt farm in north Lincoln township and moved March 1.
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Whitehall
Wis
Elmer Ammann
Independence Vicinity
Will Thompson
Thompsons
R. A. Fortun
Dewey Street
Theodore Pugh
Luck
Bennie Nelson
Briggs
Park Drive
J. E. Garaghan
Robert Herman
Chapin Place
Irvin Coulee
Gerald Gray
Milwaukee
Tillie Everson
Plum Creek
Marcus Arneson
Gray Place
Jake Kabus
Henry Hartzfeldt
North
Lincoln Township
Red Cross Worker Katherine McCarthy Visits Caledonia
Miss Katherine McCarthy R. I of Boulder Colorado and Decorah Iowa headquarters spent several days in Caledonia as a Red Cross field worker. She was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Donavan during her stay in town.
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Caledonia Caledonia
Minn
Katherine McCarthy R. I
Boulder
Colo
Caledonia
Red Cross
Decorah
M. E. Donavan
Han nan Sell Residence in Tremperleau Wisconsin
Mr and Mrs William Hannan sold their Tremperleau Wisconsin residence to Mr and Mrs William McDonah of Centerville and plan to move to their South Street farm.
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Tremperleau
Wis
William Hannan
William McDonah
Centerville
South Street
Amsterdam 4 H Club Plans Reorganization
A joint meeting of Green Mound cemetery association members will be held at the New Amsterdam church Friday at 8 p m to discuss reorganization. The notice appears in the New Amsterdam area.
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New Amsterdam, Wis
Green Mound
Cabbage Tree Island Stop to Artillery Target
The white-winged petrel nesting site at Cabbage Tree Island was spared from artillery practice after the Zoological Society protested to Army Minister Forde in Canberra citing risk to the rare birds.
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Cabbage Tree Island
Australia
The
Zoological Society
Forde
Canberra
Russian paper urges Romania and Bulgaria to resist Nazis
Izvestia calls on Romania and Bulgaria to join the fight as the Red Army stands near the Romanian border. It cites press reports claiming Romania has 15 divisions and Bulgaria 20, suggesting a chance to turn against Germany before any Prut crossing. No confirmation of Soviet operations in Romania.
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Rumania
Bulgaria
Moscow
Red Army
Izvestia
Soviet Union
Prut
Correction on Bergen township fundraising figure
Stoddard Wisconsin Mohawk Valley school in Bergen township Vernon county corrects a prior report. The school solicited fifty three dollars instead of five dollars.
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Stoddard
Wis
Mohawk Valley School
Bergen Township
Vernon County
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