Saturday Is Wae Day In Eau Claire
CARE OT Wis Saturday will be Wae in me oe Sip Ah My Bye Fun city will turn out to pay homage to America's women. See tne Camp BeCay women sanatad by their Gesachanent commander Lieut. Dorothy D. Alexander will invade the city and parade for the populace. A dinner Stewed ty 0 Senco are also on the Waac day schedule. The Wacs will spend Sunday in Eau Claire returning to camp Sunday evening.
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Wis
America
BeCay
Dorothy D. Alexander
Hes
Romulus Field
Mich
Wacs
Eau Claire
Students Set Up Listening Post in Mont Bello High School
Los Angeles reports that Monte Bello high school students assembled a short wave set and use their classroom as a listening post for Tokyo broadcasts. Messages from war prisoners are mailed to relatives.
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Los Angeles
Montebello High
Tokyo
Soldier Saves Drowning Boy on Half Moon Lake
Pfc. James Klawinsky of Battery A 355th Field Artillery battalion 76th division Pittsburgh Pa on an Eau Claire pass rescued a 14 year old youth when a wind squall tipped their canoe on Half Moon lake 40 feet deep. He dove in fully clothed brought the boy to the surface and held him there until aid arrived. Division officials review for a soldiers medal for Klawinsky.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Eau Claire
James Klawinsky
Pittsburgh
355Th Field Artillery
76Th Division
Klawinsky
Half Moon Lake
Whales and penguin fossils found near Duntroon cliffs
Scientists studying cliffs near Duntroon in the South Island of New Zealand report whales disported in ancient sea near the coast about e00,000 years ago along with fossilized penguins, one five feet tall, and other remains suggesting extinct species.
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Duntroon
South Island
New Zealand
Forrestal Named Navy Secretary by Senate
James V. Forrestal, a veteran of World War I and former undersecretary of the navy, was confirmed as the United States naval chief by the Senate after Roosevelt's nomination. He announced at his first news conference that a destroyer would be named for his predecessor and that Japan’s outer Pacific defenses have been reduced to a nominal line of defense.
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Washington
James V. Forrestal
Roosevelt
Sec. Knox
Senate
White House
Forrestal
Pacific
Japan
Death notices for Stalheim Cox Hunstad Thompkins and rummage sale
Deaths include Ray Stalheim 24 of Madison born in Pigeon, funeral likely in Pigeon Falls. Lester Cox 86 of Viroqua funeral Friday. Herman Hunstad 78 of Pladsen buried in Old East Paint Creek cemetery. Charles Thompkins born 1877 Caledonia died at Caledonia hospital. funeral held at Wheatland church. Caledonia Catholic Daughters sponsor rummage sale and plate lunch in city hall basement.
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Wis
Ray Stalheim
Whitehall
Pigeon
Madison
United Keran
Pigeon Falls
C. K. Malmin
Stalheim
Arthur Stalheim
Richard Stalheim
Aileen
Sylvia
Walter Schneider
Viroqua
Lester Cox
Qualy
Roy L. Williams
Cox
Gertrude Well
la Crosse
J. Groves
Harvey Cox
Herman Hunstad
Andrew Laughlin
Waukon
Charles Thompkins
Caledonia
Minn
Wheatland
Roth
Thompkins
Charles
Elizabeth
Stevens) Thompkins
Mary Breeze
Eitzen
Ben
Carl
Bertins
Neb
Taylor
Los Angeles
Calif
Caledonia, Minn
Caledonia Catholic Daughters of America
City Hall
Registration opens for annual day camp in Myrick Park
Registration is open for a day camp in Myrick Park for girls in the city whether or not they are Girl Scouts. Eight days of camp are planned for late June and early July. registrations are at the Girl Scout office. Scout choir rehearsals this week at the Girl Scout HQ prepare girls from troops 2 to 13 for the Scouts Own ceremony. Two new Girl Scout troops registered in May. details announced by Miss Margaret Yeakel. Troop 7 at Longfellow School organized under Miss Ruth Smith and Miss Marcella Schug with listed members. Troop 4 training school lists girls led by Mrs. Capicotto. Troop 3 Our Savior's Lutheran notes bicycling talk by Lyle Gilbert and mentions such activities. Grace Koenig and Joy Clark performed taps as an echo.
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Myrick Park
Girl Scout
Margaret Yeakel
Thoop 7
Longfellow School
Ruth Smith
Marcella Schug
Geraldine Boisen
Gloria Clark
Caroline Haller
Joyce Hall
Jeannie Houston
Gladys Iverson
Edith Lorenz
Phyllis Melcher
Beverly Mickelson
Betty Mitchell
Peggy Mitchell
Virginia Michel
Beverly Molzahn
Joan Nelson
Aret Nelson
Carol Rick
Betty Rosen
Ruby Roraff
Laura Sims
Rose Steinke
Marilyn Terpstra
Ruth Westerlund
Ruth Williams
Troop 4
J. A. Capicotto
Rita Anthony
Judith Ann Arnet
Molly Hale
Gloria Capicotto
Bonnie Mae Cilley
Joan Fairchild
Babe Lierman
Sharon Kraft
Carol Lappin
Jacquelin Miller
Sharon Preidel
Suzanne Regnier
Audrey Saltz
Joyce
Virginia Mary Winter
Ura
Peat Bog Finds Highlight Archaeology Efforts
Dr S S Reachtabhna of the National Museum spoke at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin about wartime peat bog discoveries yielding relics. He urged increased funding for bog exploration and a roving commission to coordinate future finds led by Dr S P O Riordan.
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S. S. Reachtabhna
National Museum
Royal Irish Academy
Dublin
S. P. O'Riordan
Sailor Reflects On Home As Ship Sinks In Indian Ocean
Seaman James T. McMillen of Nashville Tennessee from a navy gun crew on a torpedoed merchant vessel recalls thoughts during the sinking. He says death did not feel dramatic and he kept thinking I wished I'd stayed home today while pulled under by the ship’s down pull.
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New Orleans
James T. McMillen
Nashville
Tenn
Indian Ocean
McMillen
Custom dictates husband eats first under Hindu practice
Women dine separately from men and wait for the husband to finish his meal. The husband receives his portion first and what he leaves becomes the wife’s share, a tradition observed even on festive occasions.
College Student Council Outlines Fall Activities Plans
La Crosse State Teachers college Student Council outlines opening fall activities led by new president Marion Stancevic West Allis. Freshman orientation includes campus tours introductory programs scavenger hunts publicity and maps. New members from multiple clubs join officers including secretary Carol Lane and treasurer Muriel Graslie.
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la Crosse State Teachers College
Marion Stancevic
West Allis
Virginia McCann
la Crosse
Kappa Delta Pi
Dorothy Anderson
Cashton
Lambda Sigma Chi
Marjorie Vickery
Suamico
Margaret Ebert
Ashland
Alpha Phi Pi
Kathleen Hoaglund
Spooner
Delta Psi Kappa
James Colmer
Chicago
Elaine Sandman
Wisconsin Rapids
Sigma Lambda Sigma
Suzanne Arneson
Glee Club
Joan Foster
Port Washington
Women’s Recre
Officer Transfers in Army Engineer Unit Assignments
Camp McCoy Wisconsin announcement by Lieut Col Wayne O Hauck states Capt James Baird of the 1263rd Engineer Battalion will teach laying and clearing gaps in mine fields at the 3rd Army wing school Camp Forrest Tennessee Another 1263rd officer Cape Leason Watson moves to a field office course at Ft Belvoir Virginia
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
James Baird
1263Rd Engineer Combat Battalion
3Nd Army Wing
Camp Forrest
Tenn
Wayne O. Hauck
Baird Wil
Cape Leason Watson
Ft. Belvoir
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