Camp McCoy Sunday Music Hour Nears Windup
Camp McCoy Wisconsin nears the windup of its second Sunday Music Hour season. The program features a wide range of army musicians including violinists, vocal soloists, and a student ensemble from Tomah High School under Miss Crowell and Mr. Taylor.
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Camp McCoy
Wis
Middle West
F. Ewert
Ewert
Post Headquarters Chapel
F” Street
11Th
12Th Avenues
Tomah High — i
Miss Crowell
Mr. Taylor
Glenn Vandervort
Marian Dohlin
Francis Blashke
Ann Sheehy
Martha Ann Thouvenell
Bargain Pain Reliever Deal Promises Value
An advertisement touts a faster acting pain relief product as more dependable than St Joseph Aspirin at a low price. It markets a 100 tablet package for 35 cents, claiming large savings and urging buyers to choose the value option.
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St. Joseph
Gore
Salem street sweeper finds pennies for Red Cross donation
Tom Bowman reports sweeping up 350 pennies in Salem gutters over weeks and using the funds to buy a war bond. He says the money was gathered while on duty and donated to the Red Cross. South Africa plans to import 4 500 alarm clocks from the United States.
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Gutter Salem
Orc
Tom Bowman
Salem
Red Cross
Bowman
South Africa
United States
Tomah High seniors stage Spring Fever play on May 25
Genevieve Stevens and Ker mit Helmke lead in Spring Fever the class play by Tomah high seniors set for May 25. Cast also includes Mary Martha Ann Thouvenall Robert Maxwell Vincent Blasche Howard James Lawrence Hubert and James Ebert under coach Mrs Ellen Kastein.
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Genevieve Stevens
Kermit Helmke
Tomah High School
Mary Martha Ann Thouvenall
Robert Maxwell
Vincent Blasche
Howard James
Lawrence Hubert
James Ebert
Elen Kastein
Public Invited to Parsons Art Exhibit at Central High
An exhibit of Parsons School of Design works from New York is on display in Central High School room 7 under Miss Olive Cook. The public may view during school hours. designs cover fashion and interior decorating trends and are especially useful for girls in Miss Cook's classes.
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Parsons School of Design
New York
N. Y
Central High School
Olive Cook
Miss Cook
Rationing Ended for Cigarettes in Malta Welcomed by Women
Announcement ending cigarette rationing in Malta drew special praise from women who had previously been left out of the rationing program. The move addresses a gap in the policy and signals broader access to tobacco rations.
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Malta
Two Nephews Of Sparta Families Reported As War Casualties
SpartaWis coverage notes two local nephews listed among World War II casualties. John Kiefer of Winona was informed his son Lieut John Merritt Kiefer was killed in action over Hull England. Capt Otto H Brandau of Wilton was reported missing in action over Germany since April 13 1944.
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Tribune
Sparta Bureau
Sparta
Wis
George Kiefer
Douglas Street
John Kiefer
Winona
John Merritt Kiefer
Hull
England
Henry Brandau
Wilton
Otto H. Brandau
Germany
Kiefer
Rta Business College
Air Force
Jefferson Barracks
Glendale
California
Muroc Lake
Santa Ana
Palms
Dean
Witoka
Minn
Anna
Kenneth
Eau Claire
Brandau
Ill
Randolph and
Kelly Fields
Texas
Milwaukee
Brandan
Spuds Fed to Hogs at Chicago Stockyards
In Chicago the stockyards for the first time in 78 years offered potatoes to hogs due to corn shortages. Hogs variably accepted the spuds or ignored them while markets held many hogs over for today’s trading. Officials noted barley and oats also fed at other terminals as corn remained scarce.
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Chicago
Barbers in Hackettstown Abandon Shops for War Work
Hackettstown men turn to wartime jobs as barbers shift to part time duties in munitions and related industries. Barbers no longer operate full hours, closing early and treating clipping as a mere avocation.
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Hackettstown
N. J
Army Camp Slot Machines Controlled By Select Clique
Senator Bridges asked for a war department investigation into reports that soldiers lose much of their pay at army camp slot machines. He cites alleged ownership by a small select clique near the administration. The War Department says gambling is forbidden in post exchanges and service clubs, with limited officer club allowances.
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Holmen Legion Club
Doc Moen
Select’ Clique
Washington
Senator Bridges
R-Nh
Bridges
War Department
Wilton B. Persons
Army
Gas sponge soaks gasoline but rejects water for bomber fuel leaks
A new cellulose sponge absorbs gasoline yet repels water. It is designed for use in aircraft to seal the gap between wings and gas tanks, drying up fuel escaping from bullet punctures.
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Alfred Popper
Ee Corp
Julian Levitan
Clark Steigerwalt
Philip
Francia White
Gladys Swarthout
Elizabeth Rethberg
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Paul G. Jones
Sgt
Arthur
Martin Sultan
Artur
Ernest Boniti
Leonard Kobrick
Fred Broders
Prague
Paris
Nick Chicago
Leonard Goldstein
Jack Dennis
Mendelssohn
Wieniawski
Hora Staccato
Dinicu Heifetz
Fritz Kreisser
Louis Bocian
417Th Infantry Regiment
Forrest Wanninger
Leo Gendron
James Minker
Eleanor Cuthbertson
Wac
Pfc
Bernhard Heiden
Detroit
Conrad Fur
Conrad
ONRAD
Rochester
Duluth
Crosse
Superior - Mankato
la Crosse County
William B. Johnson
Velture
Ben H. Balzer
George E. Knudsen
Leonard V
Rayon Crepe
Legion
Holmen
Goodfellowship
Seventh District
State Department
Eas GM
Durfee
Gil Stordock
Jim Burns
McBride
C. Scheel
J. Vondrashek
P. Jonsrud
E. Schreiber
W. Johnson
George Woodward
Orrest Clappier
P. Druschke
Legion Club
Legoon
Robert Wallace
Navy
Bob
SAS
Clyde Allen
SAL
Wallace
William Ferri
Barbers
EIC
Hoeschler’s
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Ave
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