Black River Falls_ New Chamber of Commerce Formed
Black River Falls establishes a Chamber of Commerce at a banquet held at St Joseph church hall. A 28 member nominating committee proposed directors and committees with names to be announced after election tabulations. Ben B Lawshe outlined postwar goals including retail trade, tourism, agriculture, transportation, health, publicity and humanitarian projects.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Chamber of Commerce
St. Joseph's
Peachers
Ton
Ben B. Lawshe
Washington, D. C
The
United States Chamber
Vincent Peters
Church Altar Society
E. E. Homstad
Bent
Law Iris Thomas
Mary Joyce Gilbertson
Lorraine Gilbertson
Lawshe
la Crosse
Hotel Stoddard
Hugh G. Corbett
Arthur Tabbert
Alfred W. Rice
W. P. Roellig
Fred Baume
E. E. Simon
Horse Rescued After River Chase Near Newcastle
An unbroken horse fell into a river with high banks near Newcastle South Africa and swam for two days and two nights while police staged a rescue despite the animal’s resistance to help.
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Newcastle
South Africa
Death notices from Wisconsin and Minnesota regions
Tri-State death notices report George Hilliker 77 of Tomah dead from heart attack. Other obituaries include Mathilda Radde 86 Sparta, Henry Sorenson 51 Whitehall, Hanora Harrington 93 Caledonia, Mary Erickson 69 Black River Falls, Mrs. Joseph Hahn 75 Prairie du Chien, with survivors listed for each. Funeral details and birthplaces span Canada, Circle Montana, and Ireland lineage.
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Tomah
Wis
George Hilliker
Hilliker
Canada
William Tatu
Kellogg
Mich
Walter Leese
York
Edna Smith
Warrens
Lyle Hilliker
Sparta
Allen
Minneapolis
Guy
Kennydale
Wash
Frank Walcup
Leo Budde
Fresno
Calif
Mathilda Radde
T. C. Radde
Waconia
Minn
John Henke
Theodore C. Radde
Henry and
Paul
Black River Falls
Upper Pigeon Church
Mary Erickson
Einar
Prairie DU Chien
Joseph Hahn
Evergreen Cemetery
W. K. Bodamer
Maggie Mary Hahn
Wright Ferry
John Herold
Beaumont Hospital
Archie Hahn
Minneapolis, Minn
Romeo Probst
Raymond Lechner
W. D. Carroll
Nurses' Efforts Bring Pilot Back To Normal
Lieut Lila Mae Jorgenson a Caledonia high school graduate and Minneapolis nurse is credited by a flight surgeon with restoring a bomber pilot to duty. The pilot, fatigued and out of shock, was rebalanced through her calm, friendly intervention and is now back at the controls.
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Caledonia
Minn
Lila Mae Jorgenson
Caledonia High School
Sophia Jorgenson
Minneapolis Star-Journal
Jorgenson
Humboldt Avenue
Minneapolis
Lida
Ness Bequeaths $5,000 to Luther College
The will of the late Dr. Hildus A. Ness of Mabel Minnesota bequeaths $5,000 to Luther College his alma mater. Ness, noted for athletics especially baseball during college days, also leaves bequests to the Mabel Lutheran Church and the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America.
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Decorah
Hildus A. Ness
Mabel, Minn
Luther College
Chinese retreat cut by Japanese Lunghai railway capture
Chinese high command said Japanese forces cut the Lunghai railway about 40 miles west of Loyang in Henan, blocking Chinese retreat. Two Japanese columns of 5,000, supported by 600 tanks and armored cars, moved across the Yellow River as the offensive intensified. Maj. Gen. Clare Chennault’s air wing aided by hammering lines.
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Chungking
Yellow River
Lunghai
Loyang
Henan
Spencer Moosations
Peiping-Hankow
Shansi
Great
Henan Plains
China
Hankow
Clare Chennault
Yanks Club Holds Reorganization Meeting and Elections
About 75 members attended the Yanks Club reorganization at the Caledonia Municipal Auditorium on May 7. Officers named for 1944 include Brady as president and Charles Sauer as vice president. directors include Peter G. Schlitz and George Pohlman among others. Committees were formed for executive, finance, membership, purchasing, sending and address, and publicity assignments.
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Caledonia
Minn
Yanks Club
Caledonia Municipal
Brady
Charles Sauer
R. E. Sprague
Tracsurer
Ray Ryan
N. N. Kinneberg
Wilmington
H. Kurk
Eitzen
William Miller
Brownsville
A. H. Heberlein
Hokah
Peter G. Schlitz
George Pohlman
Jefferson
Yanks’ Club
Francis Brady
William Flynn
P. W. Steffen
Neal Hall
William E. Murphy
Herb Wheaton
Eva O’brien
Ben Ender
E. D. Hawke
Harold Abbotts
N. Fruechte
Charles Dorival
Ruth Markey
George Kelly
John Schummers
Julia Bartlett
Black River Lions Honor Banquet Recognizes 14 Students
The Lions club held an honor banquet in the Lutheran church basement on Tuesday evening. Fourteen high school students were named for outstanding yearly records in scholarship, attendance, punctuality, personality, dependability and extra curricular activity.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Lions’ Club
Lutheran Church
Maxine Gilbertson
Mary Ella van Gorden
John Krohn
Fred Letson
Rosemarie Helbling
Audrey Ibinger
Billy Churchill
Duane Kunes
Lorraine Gilbertson
Elfrieda Haupt
James Carson
Dan MacDonald
Beverly Gilbertson
Georgia Slosser
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Delocrete
E. I. du Pont de
Southeastern
Washington
Structural Iron Workers
Auto Mechanics
United States Employment Service OF the
WAR Manpower Commission
Fifth Avenue South
Lacrosse
Wisconsin
LA Crosse Tribune
Irene Manning
Dennis Morgan
Margot
el Khobar
Warner Bros
Rivoli Theater
North Africa
Germany
France
Mrs. Mathilda Radde
Henry Sorenson
Whitehall
Whitehall Community Hospital
Rudolph Jackson
Irvin Coulee
Circle, Mont
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Theodore Thompson
Zion Lutheran Church
Blair
T. E. Sweger
Tillie Olson
Sorenson
Fly Creek
Ole C. Olson
Bertha
Circle
Mont
Albert Olson
Alfred Olson
Glendive
Arla
M. Ferch
Louise
Jack Groh
Carl Olson
Marie Ram
Warm Springs
Bennie Olson
Chimney Rock
French Creek
Elmer Olson
Kalispell
Norman Olson
Earl Olson
Arnold
Hanora Harrington
Conrad Harrington
Plainview
Michael Cunningham
Holy Name Society
St. John’s
St. John the Baptist Church
Calvary Cemetery
Ambrose P. Layne
Mrs
Harold Erickson
Hawaiian Islands
Erickson
Norway
Ole H. Erickson
Northfield
E. B. Christopherson
Upper Pigeon Cemetery
Morris Evenson
Albert Hagen
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
O. G. Birkeland
Lincoln Cemetery
Evenson
Halfway Creek
la Crosse County
Karoline Evenson
Halway Creek
Fitchcoulee
Pigeon
Abe
Melvin
Reuben
Gunda
Isaac Nelson
Elsie
Olga
Joe Gamache
Missoula
Ness
Black River Lions
Salsbury
Hoeschlers
Montgomery
Sale! Wards
SALE
Montgomery Ward
Montgom
Riverside First Quality
Mrs. Chester Disbrow
Adam Kroner Company
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