West Point Graduation for Robert Faas among Badger cadets
Robert W Faas son of Mrs Ivan Peterson and Robert S Faas will graduate from the U S Military Academy West Point as one of four Badgers in the class of 1944 He will be commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps after accelerated wartime study Faas starred in basketball and tennis at West Point and Central High School La Crosse state Teachers College alumnus plans a visit to New York City before returning to La Crosse for leave
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Anit- Military Academy At Point
Robert W. Faas
Ivan Peterson
911 Street
Robert S. Faas
Wood Street
Faas
Point
Army Air Corps
Stewart Field
N. Y
Peterson
la Crosse State Teachers College
Sheldon
West Point
William H. Stevenson
la Crosse
Sparta Man Is Injured in Italy War Action
Pvt. Lyle Bem 32 of Sparta was wounded in action in Italy, wife Celia Brohmer reports from the U S war department. Inducted last August, he served on the Anzio beachhead. his exact status is unknown. He has brothers in service Lieut. Charles in England and Sgt. Robert in India. mother Mrs. George Anderson, and sisters Mrs. Holden of La Crosse and Mrs. Lapella plus Miss June reside in Sparta.
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Sparta
Wis
Lyle Bemis
Italy
Celia Brohmer
U. S. War Department
Bemis
Anzio
Charles
England
Robert
India
George Anderson
Kent Street
R. N. Holden
la Crosse
Phil Lapella
June
Rushford High Holds Baccalaureate Service
Rushford Minnesota holds baccalaureate exercises for 23 graduates Sunday at 8 p m in the school auditorium. The sermon is by Rev N L Otterstad Rushford Lutheran church and he will also read scripture lead prayer and give the benediction. Musical numbers include the high school brass sextette girls glee club and mixed chorus. Radium costs nearly 30000 per gram.
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Rushford, Minn
Rushford High School
N. L. Otterstad
Rushford
Submarine Rescues La Crosse Man and Gunner on Torpedo Plane
The U S submarine Tang rescued AMMIC and gunner Gruebel, one of 22 American air crew survivors from raids on the enemy. The Kingfisher rescue craft carried 12 men to safety before being sunk by the submarine, in a dramatic wartime recovery near Truk atoll. Gruebel, from La Crosse, enumerates a long aviation service with multiple shootdowns and a July wound before returning home on leave.
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la Crosse
Navy
U. S
Tang
Gruebel
Inez Ostreich
Market Street
Oestreich
Ralph B. Gruebel
Memphis
John Burns
Wynnewood
Kingfisher
Ammic Gruebel
Sgt
Ralph
Army Air Forces
Greenville
N. C
Wisconsin County Meetings Favor One Deer Season Plan
An Associated Press survey shows Wisconsin counties largely back a single deer season, four to seven days, with rural areas wary of buck only splits. Urban counties favor open seasons, while northern areas oppose more hunting restrictions. Quail shooting timing also favored to improve bird numbers.
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Wisconsin
County Conservation Congress
Associated Press
Deer Country
Quail Inbreeding Cited Amid Hunting Closures
The article notes quail population declines during long closed seasons and recalls lower counts when the county reopened to hunting. It also recounts an old raccoon raising four pups in a beaver house in the Gibb flats, discovered by Ranger Roy Ferguson while approaching 76 swans.
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Gibb
Lyttle
Federal
Roy Ferguson
Extra Gasoline Mileage With Vacumatic Device
Rationed motorists nationwide report fuel savings up to 30 percent after installing a automatic Vacumatic device to their carburetors. The Vacumatic Co offers a free unit to those who install it and help spread the ad.
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Vacumatic Co
State St
Wauwatosa
Wisconsin
Lemon Juice Remedy for Rheumatic Pain Advertisement
An inexpensive home recipe claims rapid relief from rheumatic, arthritis, or neuritis pain by mixing Ru Ex Compound with water and lemon juice. A two week supply, money back guarantee, and availability through Hoeschier Bros. and drug stores are noted.
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Hoeschier Bros
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Pitzner
Main
State
Lunde Dress Shop
State Bank Building
4Th and Main Sts
Tribune Sporte Bureau
Lars Worth
Truk Atoll
Lieut
Richard Farmer
Tacoma
Wash
Alfred W. Rice
The
Conservation Commission
General Court House
la Crosse County
Congress
Black River
Monroe-Jackson
Camp McCoy
Larry
Chamku Ipermaneng
Ammmutia
Hoeschler Bros
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