Made The P40 Pilots Famous But Colonel Feared Sergeants
HAL BOYLE profiles Lt. Col. Jay Wessels of the U S Air Force who led a guerrilla press camp in Tunisia and Sicily while promoting P40 pilots. Wessels, a fear of sergeants despite three stripes, chronicled the close air combat and mentored pilots like Phil Cochran and Levi Chase, earning praise for morale and leadership.
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Texas
DRY TABS Advertised as Bed Wetting Remedy
Medically proven seventy five percent effective DRY TABS claim to stop bed wetting without electrical devices sheets or alarms. Full supply priced at three dollars available at Better Drug Stores Everywhere.
Career Diplomat Dies in Transit Aboard Ship
Joseph Flack U S ambassador to Poland and longtime diplomat died of a heart attack aboard the liner United States en route to New York from Europe. Flack aged 60 had served as ambassador to Poland since 1950 and was returning home for reassignment. His wife Aloisia Schmid Flack accompanied him. funeral services planned in Doylestown Pennsylvania.
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Salute From the Dutch Honored The Grand Union Flag
The New Republic honored with a fact answer writes a salute from the Dutch to the flag The La Crosse Tribune Informa saluted the Grand Union Flag with ceremonial recognition.
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la Crosse Tribune Informa
Grand Union
Saigon Aftermath Mirrors Paris Of The East In Fear
Saigon lies battered and blackened after a week of civil fighting. Street life collapses as 1,000 residents depend on aid while refugees crowd near the opera and Rue Catinat. Prices surge, housing falls to ruins, and anti French sentiment hardens amid Ho Chi Minh influence.
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France
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Dien Bien Phu
La Crosse Tribune Staff Directory and Contact
Entered as second class matter June 24 1904 at the La Crosse Wisconsin post office. Publisher W T Burgess editorial department R L Bangsberg J E Lienickken Alfred W Rice Leeward Lee advertising department Howard Colvin A E Teachout Luther Wilkins circulation production The La Crosse Tribune published each afternoon in La Crosse Wisconsin.
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R. L. Bangsberg
J. E. Lienickken
Alfred W. Rice
Leeward Lee
Howard Colvin
A. E. Teachout
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E. L. Burgess
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Probe Shooting Of 2 Men In Tavern
Racine police continued efforts to unravel the shooting of two men in a tavern early Sunday. Emmett Lyell, 41, listed in satisfactory condition, was shot in the chest and pelvis. Nelson Nunn, 39, was treated for a fractured arm.
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Racine
Emmett Lyell
Nelson Nunn
Screen that never burns aluminum screening ad
Aluminum screen that never rusts or burns and lasts a lifetime is advertised. The ad from Doerre Hardware at 302 Pearl Street offers re screening for 1344 cents per square foot.
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