Trempealeau Class Chooses Its Commencement Speakers
Trempealeau Wisconsin high school announces 1944 commencement choices. Valedictorian Marion Piel and salutatorian Beverly Pratt lead a list of graduates including Virgina Shumway Jane Carlson Eugene Krause. Baccalaureate speaker Rev John Murphy and commencement speaker C E Fugina. Class motto While We Live Let Us Live and red rose class flower.
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la Crosse
Virginia Shumway
Jane Carlson
Eugene Krause
Junior Gibbs
Clyde Hovell
Bette Jessefsky
Helen Kiedrowski
Doris Miller
Leonard Nicholls
Lois Papenfuss
John Murphy
C. E. Fugina
Arcadia
Re Hire Holmen Teachers For 44
Holmen Wisconsin reports re hiring of several teachers for Holmen High and State Graded schools. Janet Shanklin named home economics instructor succeeding Wilma Anderson who resigned. Halverson to begin year as principal. T C Main to split duties between Mindoro and Holmen high schools. Frank Smith to direct music three days weekly. Other faculty returning include E R Kerr English and Helen Rosemeyer social science and girls PE director. State Graded school principals and room teachers also rehired with Dorothy Heider as principal and Pearl Olson and Ester Johnson in key rooms.
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Holmen
Wis
Janet Shanklin
Nelson
Holmen High School
Wilma Anderson
Garden City
Minn
Shanklin
Stevens Point Teachers College
Brice
North Carolina
Raleigh
Holmen Ag
Halverson
T. C. Main
Mindoro
Frank Smith
Galesville
E. R. Kerr
la Crosse
Helen Rose
Weather Summary from U S Department of Commerce Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa
Partly cloudy conditions with widely scattered showers and thunderstorms in Wisconsin this evening into Thursday. Temperatures change little. Minnesota sees cloudy to partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and storms, mainly tonight and Thursday. Iowa reports partly cloudy to cloudy weather with scattered showers and storms tonight and Thursday, with little temperature change.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Westby Pilot Now A Captain
Ray E. Ostrem of Westby Wisconsin has been promoted to captain at Twelfth Air Force in Italy. He serves as pilot and flight leader in a B 25 Mitchell bombardment group, overseas since July 1943, with 300 missions in Tunisia the Balkans and support for British Eighth Army and American forces. He has won the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters for aerial achievements.
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12Th Aaf
Ray E. Ostrem
Tennis Ostrem
Westby
Wis
Twelfth Air Force
Italy
Ostrem
Tunisia
Balkans
Eighth Army
Mediterranean
Ostrom
Hold Holmen Grade School Graduations
Canceled county eighth grade events in West Salem lead Holmen area schools and Holmen grade school to unite for graduation in Holmen high school gymnasium Tuesday evening. Rev Charles T Paulson to give commencement address. Musical numbers include violin solo by Rachel Van Loon saxophone solo by Elvern Erickson and a girls vocal trio. Diplomas will be
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Holmen
Wis
West Salem
Holmen High School
Charles T. Paulson
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Rachel van Loon
Elvern Erickson
Dorothy Heider
Marian Haug
Joyce Johnson
Joanne Haug
T. C. Main
Miss Heider
Earl Colver, Jr
Amsterdam Prairie
Alice Marie Dicks
Marian Heram
Edith Seidel
Council Bay
Marion Hanson
Edith Jostad
Halfway
Douglas Hendrickson
Vernon Johnson
Philip Knudson
Neil Nelson
Gene Olson
Geneva Quall
Sylvan Schonsberg
Evelyn van Dunk
Oscar Helgeson
Warren Lee
Anna Marie Loveng
Maple Shade
Audrey Holter
Lloyd Lund
Gloria Moe
Harriet Sannes
Phyllis Sannes
Arlene Stone
Midway
Ruth Chalsma
Harlan Morley
Fern Pfafflin
New Amsterdam
Marlin Black Deer
Grace Brown
Betty Knudson
Calvin Knudson
Carol Nesler
Oak Grove
Ernest Baker
Wilmer Hanson
Donald Hendrickson
Anna Marie Hoff
Marian Hoff
Joyce Timm
Union Mills
Alice Foustad
Valjean Anderson
Stevenstown
Alda Everson
Selma Casberg
Marie Heider
Margaret von Ruden
Lorchen Kreisel
Borghild Knudson
Lurene Hanson
Dorothy Arntsen
Charlotte Miller
Galesville Junior Class Names Prom King and Queen
Richard Truax, president of the Galesville high school junior class, is crowned prom king for the annual junior prom. His partner is Marjorie Fraser and the event, themed Star Dust, will be held Friday evening with city hall decorated for the formal affair. Committees led by Miss Helen Benish, faculty advisor, coordinate the preparations.
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Galesville
Wis
Galesville High School
Richard Truax
Marjorie Fraser
City Hall
Helen Benish
Made Gunner On B-24 Liberator
Sgt. Burton M. Syverson of De Soto Wisconsin completed combat training at Davis Monthan Field Tucson as an aerial gunner on a B 24 Liberator crew and will soon go overseas. He entered service in February 1943 and is a Lansing Iowa high school graduate.
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Tucson
Ariz
Burton M. Syverson
Martin K. Syverson
de Soto
Wis
Davis- Monthan _ Field
Syverson
Davis-Monthan Field
Public
Lansing
Two Cars Wrecked In City Collision Sends Driver To Hospital
At 7 46 p m Tuesday a crash at the intersection of 9th and Ferry streets caused damage to two automobiles. Capt R F Knopf 28 driven east on Ferry collided with Henrietta E Exel 35 driving south on 9th Street. Total damage valued at 183 dollars. Exel was taken to St Francis hospital with a bruised shoulder and a head bump. Exel said she accelerated to avoid the speeding car.
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Ferry Streets
R. F. Knopf
South 4Th Street
Ferry Street
9Th Street
Henrietta E. Exel
Vine Street
Miss Exel
St. Francis Hospital
Hill Returns to Florida After Furlough
Caledonia Minn special wartime note Sgt Harold W Hill stationed at Drew Field Tampa left Sunday after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Anton Hill Other guests at the Hill home were Miss Alice Hill St Paul and Pvt and Mrs Vernon Ludescher of Leavenworth Kans
Graduates as Bombardier From Navy Training School
Gordon Deeren son of Mr and Mrs George Deeren has completed bombardier training at the Navy Air Force Training School San Diego California. He expects assignment to a squadron and overseas duty at once. His sister Mrs Robert Henry and his mother, in defense work in Milwaukee, are with him here.
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Galesville
Wis
Gordon Deeren
George Deeren
Navy Air Force Training School
San Diego
Calif
Robert Henry
India
Milwauke
Ration guide updates and local price ceilings
AP notes indefinite validity for four red stamps and four blue stamps with new series upcoming. Details include sugar stamps, fuel, and gasoline quotas, and weekly ceilings on fruits and vegetables for La Crosse Wisconsin and Winona Minnesota through late May, listing multiple items with specific prices and pack sizes.
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la Crosse
Wis
Winona
Minn
Telephone Poles Look Like Fence Posts In Flood Area
Two Tribune employees Gus Bock and H Moosbrugger were stranded 14 hours en route to the Iowa Daily Mechanical conference as floods covered fields from Minneapolis to Des Moines. Water depths reached six to eight feet in places, delaying travel near Des Moines and leaving unplowed and submerged fields with few telephone posts visible.
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Tribune
Gus Bock
H. Moosbrugger
Iowa Daily Mechanical
Neapolis
Des Moines
Jersey Herd to be Classified at Geske Farm McGregor
A herd of forty purebred Jersey cattle owned by former Senator M. X. Geske and Ed Geraghty will be classified at the Geske farm near McGregor on Memorial Day afternoon by Prof. E. N. Hanson of the Iowa College of Agriculture. Public attendance is invited as many dairymen are expected. Next week the herd heads to Des Moines for the American Jersey Cattle Club meeting and on June 8 they will be sold at auction on the Iowa State Fair grounds. Geraghty, who has run the herd, is relinquishing his interest and will raise Jerseys on the Henry Hendrickson estate farm near here.
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Mcgregor
M. X. Geske
Ed Geraghty
Geske
E. N. Hanson
Iowa College of Agriculture
Des Moines
American Jersey Cattle Club
Iowa State Fair
Midwest
Geraghty
Iowa
Henry Hendrickson
Pike Peak State Park Road
La Crosse Pastor To Talk At Holmen Memorial Day
The Rev. George Ulvilden of Our Savior's Lutheran La Crosse will deliver the Memorial Day address in Holmen Tuesday at 10 a.m. The event, sponsored by the American Legion and auxiliary, includes a 9:45 a.m. procession from the Legion hall led by colors, Holmen high band, Legion and auxiliary members, scouts, and students. If rain, events move to the Legion hall.
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Holmen
Wis
George Ulvilden
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
la Crosse
American Legion
Auxiliary
Holmen Park
Robert Price
America
American Legion Hall
Canning Sugar Ration Rule May Be Set Aside
Washington CPA considers letting regional administrators skip the two period rationing rule for home canning sugar. The existing plan splits a family allotment into ten pounds now and ten pounds later to avert a late season shortage. Local boards call the two-step registration burdensome. stamp No. 40 remains valid for five pounds any time.
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Washington
CPA
Rural Electric Co Op Priorities Are Urged
In St Louis the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association heard a proposal by Senator La Follette to give rural cooperatives priority in purchasing surplus military materials after the war. E J Stoneham, president, said the amendment would place co ops on par with TAM supported agencies for first chance to buy trucks engines jeeps wires poles and other equipment.
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ST. Louis
la Follette
Wis
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
E. J. Stoneham
la Follete
Stoneham
Will Rogers Jr Resigns to Rejoin Active Army Duty
Rep Will Rogers Jr Democrat of California resigned from Congress on Wednesday to resume active duty with the Army He said he would likely be sent overseas The 32 year old former congressman was a second lieutenant in the Army Tank Corps stationed at Camp Hood Texas before his 1942 election He has been in inactive reserve
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Will Rogers
Washington
Will Rogers Jr
D-Calif
Congress
Army
Army Tank Corps
Camp Hood
Tex
Council Committees Set to Inspect Swarthout Plat
The judiciary and all other committees will meet at 7 p m Thursday at the east end of the Clinton street bridge to view the Swarthout plat proposed as Campbell town addition. Licenses will be considered with applications due by June 1 in the city clerk’s office, and license fees must also be paid by that date.
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Clinton Street
Campbell
Fred Kramer
Kramer
Willow Run Bomber Plant to Close for Inventory
Ford operated Willow Run plant near Detroit will close May 29 and 30 for inventory of government property. Lieut. Col. Harley Jones, RAF resident representative, said the Army Air Forces approved the two day shutdown. The plant has been producing a B-24 bomber each working year.
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Willow Run
United States Army Air Forces
Army Air Forces
Ford
Harley Jones
RAF
House rules panel rejects bond advertising bill
Washington committee rejected for a third time a proposal to authorize the treasury to spend 15 million dollars on smaller newspaper advertising to promote war bonds. Chairman Sabath said the bill was shelved, noting newspapers already provide space freely. The plan targeted weeklies and dailies in cities with populations under 25 000. We killed it again, Sabath said.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Treasury
Sabath
D-Ill
Extension Division Offers New Course
The university extension division offers a 12 week course for electricians and radiomen under the war training program. Topics cover arithmetic algebra quadratics logarithms slide rule trigonometry vector addition and radio and DC AC calculations. Enroll by calling B. W. Meyer at 2567-R.
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University Extension Division
Engineering, Science Management
U. S. Office of Education In
B. W. Meyer
Final Immunization Programs Scheduled
The final part of the immunization program for smallpox and diphtheria will be held at Elm Grove school Thursday at 1 30 p m and Friday at St Josephs Ridge Parochial school. County Nurse Helen Hanson announced the program for all residents who have not taken shots or who need a second diphtheria shot.
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Elm Grove
St. Joseph’s Ridge
Helen Hanson
Fighth Grade Graduation Held At Holmen High School
Eighth grade graduation exercises were held in the Holmen high school gymnasium for the Holmen graded school and nine rural nearby schools. Miss Doro thy Heider led the processional, with performances by Marian Haug Joyce Johnson Joanne Haug and Elvern Erickson. Diplomas were awarded by Mr T C Main.
Senate backs promotions for five generals as Patton is held
The Senate military affairs committee delayed a permanent promotion for Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton Jr citing his hospital slapping incident in Sicily. The panel approved major general promotions for Somervell McNarney Wainwright and Stilwell, with Stilwell leading American forces in China, and noted McNarney serves as deputy chief of staff.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
George S. Patton, Jr
Patton
Cavalry
Chandler
Brehon B. Somervell
Army Service Forces
Joseph T. McNarney
George C. Marshall
Jonathan N. Wainwright
Joseph W. Stilwell
China
4-H Club Organized at St Joseph Ridge
A 4-H club under Miss Marcella Bina was organized at St. Joseph Ridge. Members and projects include Marcella Bina clothing Caroline Clements clothing food preservation and garden Donald Bina garden Donald Schams farm and home service Margie Meier clothing Leonard Meier garden Jeanette Schams poultry William Schams garden Joan Schams garden Louise Schams food preservation and garden Dorothy Meier clothing and garden Arthur Hammes farm and home service.
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Marcella Bina
St. Joseph Ridge
Caroline Clements
Donald Bina
Donald Schams
Farm
Reunion at Caledonia Stirs Family Ties Across States
The Rev H W Hynes pastor of Caledonia Methodist Church and Mrs Hynes hosted a family reunion with all children present. Attending were Harold Benny and family from St Louis Missouri John Hynes and son Billy Winona Minnesota R E Smith and daughter Susan St Paul Minnesota Joseph Hynes and daughter Judith Faribault Minnesota. Also noted Debundscha on Africa coast records 370 inches yearly precipitation.
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Caledonia
Minn
H. W. Hynes
Methodist Church
Winona Livestock Report by Swift and Company
Swift and Company reports livestock listings for Winona Minnesota with buying hours from 9 a m to 4 p m. Animals arriving after closing will be cared for weighed and priced later.
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Swift and Company
Winona, Minn
Milwaukee Livestock and Chicago Potatoes Market Update
Milwaukee hog numbers show 2,200 head with steady demand across weights from light to heavy, prices ranging from 11.15 to 13.65 for various hog classes. cattle totals 700 with steady trends, steers and yearlings at 15.50 to 16 for top grades and 9.25 to 12 for others. calves 2,200 steady with veal at 15.75 to 16 and dealers 12 to 15.50. Chicago reports 65 car arrivals of potatoes with light supplies, North Dakota Cobblers and Idaho Russet Burbanks priced around 2.35 and 3.88 per cwt, market firm for top quality.
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Chicago
U. S
California
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Idaho
Rye
Chicago Livestock
Rummage Sale Planned by Legion Auxiliary in Houston
The Legion auxiliary schedules a rummage sale Friday afternoon and Saturday May 26 and 27 in Houston Minnesota. Saturday is Poppy Day with poppies sold by the Girl Scouts and Brownies, raising funds for veterans.
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Houston
Minn
The
Legion Auxiliary
Girl Scouts
Brownies
Marine Kills 60 Japanese in Namur Island Action
A 19 year old Marine Pfc. James M. Thomas from Biltmore North Carolina reportedly killed 60 Japanese troops on Namur Island Kwa Jalein atoll. The dispatch notes Thomas received the Bronze Star from Admiral Nimitz and provides no further details.
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Washington
James M. Thomas
Biltmore
N. C
Namur Island
Kwajalein Atoll
Edward F. Ryder
Thomas
Chester W. Nimitz
Chicago Grain and Livestock Markets Report
Chicago cash grain prices show mixed ranges for wheat oats rye and barley with July to May futures quoted. Livestock demand slow with salable cattle sheep and hogs listed at varying prices and overall steady to firm tone in good to choice categories amid light trading.
Chicago Produce Prices Steady On Butter Eggs and Stock
Live receipts show 18 truckloads and 3 cars for stock with prices unchanged. Butter receipts total 826143 pounds and market remains steady. Eggs receipts reach 21893 cases with market unchanged.
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Chicago
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