Whitehall Students Hold Class Day And Get Awards
Whitehall Wisconsin special report covers Whitehall high school class day exercises in the auditorium. Bennie Fremstad announces awards including outstanding athlete Gordon Monson and dramatics honorees Bette Bensend and Paul Johnson. Other honors go to Adeline Schaefer for music, Edna Hagen Betty Lou Johnson Katherine Schultz Lorraine Hanson for journalism, with various class prophecies wills songs and performances. Fremstad presents four library tables as a parting gift to the high school.
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Whitehall
Wis
Bennie Fremstad
Torvald
Ing
Whitehall High School
Bell
Gordon Monson
Bette Bensend
Paul Johnson
Adeline Schaefer
Edna Hagen
Betty Lou Johnson
Katherine Schultz
Lorraine Hanson
Ernest Sielaff
Harriet Larson
Marjorie Bette Bensend
Johnson
Pederson
Thelma Hagen
Harland Hagen
James Holton
Cincinnati Photographer Ben Scheffman Found on Tracks
The dismembered body of Cincinnati photographer Ben Scheffman, born January 23, 1908, was found near the tracks between Eau Claire and Minneoper by a section crew. He had been riding the Milwaukee Road 400 series train when he separated from his group. police notified, funeral services planned, with authorities investigating the case.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Ben Scheffman
Cincinnati
Ohio
Frank Larson
Mon- Hollenbeck
Feng Alfred Young
Paul Cooper
Manz
Lester R. Johnson
St. Louis
Morris Schefffers
Jean
Helen Scheffman
Ames
Milford Schwartz
Washington, D. C
J. W. Johnson
Withee
Scheffman
David Scheffman
Texas
Minne
Minneapolis
Se Ae Sees
Cee
At Eau Claire
Leave Ends For Sparta Sailor
Jiggs enlisted April 21 1943 and received boat training at Great Lakes. His brother Donley age 20 is a torpedoman third class on a submarine somewhere in the combat zone. the crew is asked to wear the ribbon.
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Rop
Jiggs
Great Lakes
Donley
Morley Home Purchased in Viroqua by Leonard Enerson
Leonard Enerson who runs a cafe and two rooming houses in Viroqua bought the residence of Lee Morley on Court House street. The Morley house had long housed Mr and Mrs John McKittrick as a hotel for Viroqua teachers. A ceremonial search of each building is held yearly due to the famed gun powder plot of 1605.
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Viroqua
Wis
Leonard Enerson
Lee Morley
Court House
Morley
John McKittrick
Water treatment device tested at Camp McCoy Wisconsin
Camp McCoy post engineers report a new apparatus successfully changes water from acidic to alkaline in the 1,000,000 gallon tank. Fifteen parts lime per million water are injected from East 13th avenue pumping station, with two parts of sodium to coat pipes for corrosion protection.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
E. E. Fillinger
East 13Th Avenue
O Street
Col. Fillinger
McCoy
Stoffel To Talk To Holmen Class
The Rev. Harold Stoffel pastor of English Lutheran church La er Holmen will speak to Holmen high seniors Sunday evening. The service in the high school gym begins at eight with a processional Largo Handel performed by the high school octet and a program of hymns and pieces by Moore Sibelius and Handel.
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Handel
Laddie Mickel
Miss de Boer
Sibelius
Holmen Eighth Grade To Receive Diplomas
Holmen Wisconsin special report says Miss Dorothy Heider principal leads Holmen State Graded school eighth grade to West Salem Saturday for county exercises where diplomas will be conferred. Readable list includes Douglas Hendrickson Sylvan Schonberg Geneva Quall Evelyn Van Dunk Philip Knudson Gene Olson Neil Nelson and Vernon Johnson. The grade school closes May 26 with a Holmen park picnic.
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Holmen
Wis
Dorothy Heider
Holmen State
West Salem
Douglas Hendrickson
Sylvan Schonsberg
Geneva Quall
Evelyn van Dunk
Philip Knudson
Gene Olson
Neil Nelson
Vernon Johnson
Holmen Park
Window Peeping Arrest Ends Complaints in Sparta
After numerous complaints of a window peeper, a soldier turned over to military authorities. Police also arrest a local civilian tied to assaults and insulting remarks toward women on Sparta streets. He is held at the county jail under observation and may face an insanity test.
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Tribune
Sparta Bureau
Sparta
Wis
Manpower Pre Induction Physicals Set for Monday
Sparta Wis one county will send a group of prospective selectees to Milwaukee for their pre induction physical examinations Monday 22. The number to be sent is not as large as the record group examined last month theater exclusively for children hat gon boon opened to Daten.
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Sparta Bureau
Sparta
Wis
Milwaukee
Winona Livestock Prices for Various Hog Weights
Prices listed for hogs by weight class at Winona Livestock with ranges from 150 pounds to 650 pounds and up. Notes mention net value with dockage, discounts for mangy or unfinished hogs, and a directive to keep underweights at home due to heavy receipts. The cattle line appears as a stray heading.
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Gooduck
Hogs and cattle prices steady at Chicago and Milwaukee markets
Chicago and Milwaukee livestock markets show salable hogs totaling about 14 000 at Chicago and 2 800 at Milwaukee with price ranges from 10.50 to 16.90 for hogs and 9 to 16 for cattle. Vealers and calves hold steady with vealers mostly 12 to 16 dollars and bulls firm to higher on fat offerings. Sheep and lambs remain limited with bidding steady.
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Bologna
Chicago Livestock Chicago
WFA
Colorado Spring
California
Milwaukee Livestock
Milwaukee
Pons and Kostelanetz Arrive for USO Camp Shows Tour
Metropolitan Opera star Lily Pons and conductor Andre Kostelanetz arrived in the Persian Gulf region for a six to eight week USO camp show tour for American servicemen. The program will feature popular classics as announced by the USO Office.
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New York
Lily Pons
Metropolitan Opera
Andre Kostelanetz
Persian Gulf Command
USO
Weather Record Forecasts Thunder Showers and Flood Warnings
The report notes scattered thunder showers across the U S Midwest tonight and Thursday with cooler conditions west and central. Minnesota and Iowa areas expect considerable cloudiness and showers with cooler temperatures. River crests are forecast for Winona and La Crosse Thursday afternoon into night with flood warnings issued where rivers rise. Davenport plays St. Louis.
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Minnesota
Iowa
Bismarck
Denver
Duluth
LA Crosse
LA Crosse Airport
New Orleans
New York
T.W
Winona
C.P
T.W. Ua
Dakota
Davenport
St. Louis
Chicago Cash Grain Market Summary
Wheat none. Barley malting and seed prices listed. Oats and rye futures with varied opens highs and closes. Potatoes market described with shipments, stock demand and price ranges for U S 1 No 1 and No 3. Live poultry butter and eggs markets reported as unsettled or unchanged with given receipts.
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Chicago
Maypole Dance at Sparta USO Highlights Formal Night
A Maypole event at the Sparta USO will feature decorations for a Saturday night dance. The climax includes crowning the May queen and a Maypole dance with 12 junior hostesses in formal dress. Ruth Sunarski leads the decorations committee with Marjorie Hembrecht Betty Mantzke and Emma Hovland assisting.
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Tribune
Sparta Bureau
Sparta
Wis
USO
Ruth Sunarski
Marjorie Hembrecht
Betty Mantzke
Emma Hovland
Paul Luhrsen
Lillian Johnson
Lucretia Acher
Hospital Staff Turnover Surges in Britain
More than 3,000 domestic staff workers were placed in British hospitals in the latest survey month. The figures reflect a staffing push across NHS facilities as hospitals confront staffing gaps.
Exchange Vessels Reach Barcelona
The Gripsholm and Gradisca arrived in Barcelona with about 1,600 Allied and German prisoners and civilians aboard. The Gripsholm carried 338 wounded German prisoners and 375 civilians, while the Gradisca held 814 wounded British and 18 others.
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Barcelona
Dore
Gripsholm
Mass casualty airlift details emerge
Report notes American servicement and 67 civilians from North and South America aboard vessels. Each vessel carries about 269 stretcher cases. Women and children are among the civilians.
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North
South America
Gardens in Iceland Thrive in Hot Springs
Icelandic climate remains severe yet large garden plots near hot springs support growth of semi tropical crops. Local farmers report thriving yields despite cold seasons and heavy winds.
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Iceland
Ration Guide Updates Indefinite Validities Begin
The Associated Press notes that Book 6 red stamps AS through T8 become valid indefinitely for meats and fats, with no new red stamps validated until June 4. Processed foods Book 4 stamps AS through Q now valid, next five stamps not until June 1. Sugar Book 4 stamps 30 and 31 good for pounds indefinitely, stamp 40 valid five for home canning through February 328. Shoes Book 3 airplane stamps 1 and 2 valid indefinitely. Gasoline coupons: NE and SE 10A three gallons through August, elsewhere 11A three gallons through June 21, B-2 B-3 C-2 C-3 five gallons through August 31. Price ceilings set for fruits and vegetables in La Crosse and Winona for May 17 to 23. See list of fruit and vegetable prices for various items and crop years.
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Associated Press
la Crosse
Wis
Winona
Minn
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