Honor Roll of Tomah Servicemen Erected by MacArthur Club
The MacArthur club honor roll in Tomah lists 18 gold stars for men who died in World War II. Names include Harold Albrecht, Gordon Berg, Paul Betthauser, Robert Buchholz, Arthur Erdman, Raymond Hubert, Melvin Johnson, Donald Langston, Earl Merchant, Harold Pergande, Milton Prell, Gilbert Rehberg, Norbert Schroeder, Milo Sommerfield, James Cowle, Raymond Stellings, John Weiss, Donald Waddell, and others with deaths in France Germany Italy the Pacific and on ships.
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MacArthur Club
Tomah
Wis
Pfc
Harold Albrecht
Reinhold Albrecht
France
Albrecht
95Th Division
Elda Mae Wallace
Gordon Berg
Paul Betthauser
Martin Betthauser
Tunnel City
Germany
Robert W. Buchholz
Emil Buchholz
Buchholz
Italy
Margaret Giessier
Arthur Erdman
Avold Erdman
Iwo Jima
Corp
Raymond J. Hubert
Herman Hubert
Marine Corp Put
Melvin M. Johnson
Ruby Hedding
Normandy
Donald Langston
Marion Langston
Earl Merchant
John Merchant
Harold A. Pergande
Arthur Pergande
Belgium
Milton Prell
Mary Prell
Gilbert W. Rehberg
Ella Rehberg
Norbert Schroeder
Carl Schroeder
Fourth Armored Division
Milo Otto Sommerfield
Emil Sommerfield
James H. Cowle
Cook
Colon Troubles Often Serious Anew
Free book offered by Thormon & Minor Clinic in Kansas City Missouri with diagrams charts and X ray pictures of various colonic conditions. Mail order request addressed to Suite H 9682 26 McGee TM.
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Thormon & Minor Clinic
McGee
Kansas City
Trempealeau County’s First Married Man Inducted and Discharged
Whitehall Wisconsin Special T Sgt Howard A Coyle of Trempealeau first married man drafted in Trempealeau county to serve and be discharged with 91 points He entered January 15 1941 trained at Fort Ord Camp Bland ing and Camp Claiborne left overseas February 27 1944 took part in Normandy Northern France Rhineland campaigns He plans to return to bridge maintenance for Burlington railroad wife Nettie Snodgrass Westby daughter Karen Kay and brother Robert T Coyle in the Navy
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Whitehall
Wis
Howard A. Coyle
Trempealeau
Trempealeau County
Coyle
Fort Ord
Calif
Camp Blanding
Fla
Camp Claiborne
Navy
Robert T. Coyle
Nettie Snodgrass
Westby
Karen Kay
Legion Auxiliary selects seventh district page for Milwaukee convention
Mrs Paul Luhrsen, newly installed auxiliary president, chosen as page for the seventh district at the state convention in Milwaukee September 22 to 24. Mrs Arthur Larson will serve as a delegate for the local auxiliary.
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Sparta
Wis
Paul Luhrsen
American Legion Auxiliary
Milwaukee
Arthur Larson
Housing Crunch Hits Sparta as Camp McCoy Workers Seek Lodging
Sparta Wisconsin faces a housing shortage as Camp McCoy personnel and nearby workers seek accommodation. USO Travelers Aid director Mrs. Mary Baldwin reports 416 housing requests in two weeks, including 43 families with children. She urges homeowners to offer rooms with kitchens, noting only 14 sleeping rooms and 16 listed facilities. The office, in the USO club, operates 9 to 11 daily except Sundays 3 to 7. Myrtle Molstad transfers from Tomah to assist locally.
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Sparta
Wis
Camp McCoy
Mary Baldwin
USO Travelers Aid
USC Travelers Aid
Baldwin
USO Club
USO
Travelers Aid
Tomah
Myrtle Molstad
Miss Molstad
la Crosse
Holmen Man Helps First Occupation Of Japan Landing
Irvin W. Romskog of Holmen Wisconsin sailed aboard the transport Grimes and landed the first occupation forces in Japan near Futtsu Saki Tokyo Bay. The Grimes, flagship for Transport Division 60, aided in Iwo Jima evacuations and participated in Ie Shima and Okinawa. General MacArthur arrived at Atsugi air field shortly after the landing.
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Grimes
Tokyo Bay
Irvin W. Romskog
R. 2
Holmen
Wis
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Atsugi Airfield
Futtsu Saki
Thirty Re Enlistments Reported At Camp McCoy Recruiting Office
CAMP MCCOY Wis Special Thirty soldiers signified intent to re enlist in the army at Camp McCoy's new recruiting office in its first three days Lieut Floyd W Cox recruiting officer announced He called the response rather good for regular army men discharged from McCoy's separation center Most interviewees were regular army before the war Cox urged all regulars to contact him for full information Benefits include keeping current rating free hospitalization and a field to specialize with army schools training and the 20 year retirement proposal likely to become law now before Congress
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Floyd W. Cox
John K. Rice
McCoy
Cox
Lieut
Shoes urgently needed in Norway amid shortages
Whitehall Wisconsin special report says children under school age and nonworking elderly in Ringsaker Norway lack shoes. Parents may buy for school children if able. wood workers also allowed. Andrew Amble and his brother Knut of Whitehall collect size two to six kids shoes to aid the needy.
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Whitehall
Wis
Norway
Andrew Amble
Ringsaker
Oslo
Melby Home Welcomes Leave for Bremerton Sailor
Whitehall Wisconsin special report says Lieut Charles Melby torpedo officer on the destroyer USS Abbott in the Pacific for 29 months arrived at Bremerton Washington this week. His mother and two grandchildren fly from Minneapolis to Seattle to join him and plan to reach San Francisco to meet Lieut (jg) John N Fischer and his wife. Melby expects a 21 day leave starting September 30 with his mother returning to Whitehall.
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John N. Fischer
John and
Gray
Lieut
Fischer
Melby
Whitehall
Ottar Tinglum Accepts Wisconsin Coop Director Post
Dr. Ottar Tinglum, former director of a USC center in Arkansas for three years, takes a new role as state representative of the Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives in Black River Falls Wisconsin.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Ottar Tinglum
USC
Arkansas
Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives
Still Await Word Of Son From Wisconsin In War Prison
Mr and Mrs Archie Amo of Black River Falls still await word on their son Corporal Robert Amo who was in a POW camp in Kawasaki Japan near Tokyo. He served almost four years with the Army Air Corps, was at Clark Field and Panpanga in the Philippines. His last home letter was April 24 1942 and they learned May 30 1943 he was a prisoner. A 1944 POW letter from Japan gave hope he was alive and well, noting a Christmas home letter and that boxes from home were not yet received.
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la Vern Jones
Charlotte Bray
Tomah
Jones
France
W. Maurice Olson
O. C. Olson
Adriatic Sea
Pvt
Theodore Schleicher
Oakdale
Saipan
Corp. la Verne Schmeckel
War Department
Sparta
Wis
Archie Amo
Black River Falls
Corp
Robert
Kawasaki
Japan
Tokyo
Amo
Army Air Corps
Clark Field
Panpanga
Philippine Islands
Ames
Property Changes Across Ettrick Wisconsin
Several property changes narrated around Ettrick Wisconsin with new owners including Alfred Gilbertson buying the Alfred Pederson house and Nelsestuen purchasing the corner lot beside the Tolokken house. Other transfers include Anderson selling to Levi Dahl and Ralph Hamilton selling to Minnie and Oscar Grythe.
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Ettrick
Wis
Alfred Gilbertson
French Creek
Alfred Pederson
Martin Nelsestuen
Nelsestuen
Tolokken
Helmer Tolokken
E. C. Anderson
Levi Dahlby
South Beaver Creek
Ralph Hamilton
Minnie Grythe
Oscar Grythe
Eric Remus
Gray
Brenengen Brothers
Frenchville
Remus
Frieda Remus
German Coulee
Albert Hogden
Ingvald Jorgenson
Corne
Wisconsin Guards Bivouac At Camp McCoy This Weekend
The 3rd Battalion 3rd Infantry Wisconsin State Guard plans a bivouac at Camp McCoy over the weekend. Maj. Charlie McD. Kirby provost marshal and Maj. E A Walser training director will inspect the unit. Members will complete familiarization firing of rifles and pistols with coaching from the training division.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
3Rd Infantr Regiment
Wisconsin State Guard
Charlie McD. Kirby
E. A. Walser
Maj. Walser
Four Bombs Loaded At Once Demonstrated By Lieutenant Nereng
Lieut Harvey Raymond Nereng son of Mr and Mrs Orville Nereng of Whitehell has shown four bombs can be loaded at a time into a bomber instead of one. He has used the method with the 16th Bomb Group on Guam after running a Blair service station before enlistment.
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Whitehall
Wis
Harvey Raymond Nereng
Orville Nereng
Whitehell
Guam
Lieut
Nereng
Blair
Faculty speaker discusses Dumbarton Oaks and San Francisco talks
Leonard Hass of Eau Claire State Teachers College was guest speaker at Black River Falls woman’s club opening meeting in the Methodist church after a Kensington supper. He spoke on Dumbarton Oaks and the San Francisco conference.
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Black River Falls, Wis
Leonard Hass
Eau Claire State Teachers College
Black River Falls
Woman's Club
Dumbarton Oaks
San Francisco
Vernon County Fair Opens In Viroqua For 89th Year
Vernon county prepares for the 89th Vernon County Fair in Viroqua, opening Thursday for a four day program. Livestock entries from Vernon, La Crosse, Monroe, Juneau, Sauk, Richland and Crawford counties have been entered. Highlights include horse pulling, horse racing, football and baseball showcases, 4-H exhibits, and free acts daily by the Viroqua bands.
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Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County
Vernon
la Crosse
Monroe
Juneau
Sauk
Richland
Crawford
Carl Zube
Arthur Gronning
Alba Groves
Albert O. Peterson
George E. McDonald
Victory
Evan Fridell
Department of Foods
George Minshall
Minshall
Alban Sordahl
Mauston
Illinois
Iowa
Michigan
Minnesota
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Sidelights At McCoy Detachment Showcases Taller Women and Jokes
Pfc Muriel Kaddatz stands 5 10 1 4, while Pvt Billie Rowe is 4 10 1 4. Tales of a Tall Girls club, Navy workers, and lookalikes fill camp humor. Pfc George Gunnin faces misread gender, Pfc Gunnin shines as mimeograph machine mechanic, formerly a B 29 factory mechanic.
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Wac
Pfc
Muriel Kaddatz
Billie Rowe
Kaddatz
Tall Girls’ Club
Chicago
Wieboldt
Pvt
Rowe
Oxford
George
George Gunnin
Macon
Gunnin
Georgia
Onalaskan On Oiler In Pacific Service Story
Onalaska Wisconsin native T E Wallen aerographer's mate second class serves aboard the veteran oiler USS Marias. The ship has traveled over 100000 miles delivering fuel to combat zone ships. On duty in the Pacific since March 1944 the Marias fought from the Marianas to Honshu through major campaigns including Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
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Pearl Harbor
Stirn Discharged from Service in Homecoming
Clem Stirn son of Mr and Mrs John Stirn has returned home from the European theater and is discharged from service A family reunion was held Wednesday in Lansing Illinois
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Lansing
Clem Stirn
John Stirn
Onalaska School Honor Roll To Be Dedicated
Onalaska high school honor roll dedication set for Sunday at 3 p m at the school. Principal speaker Henry Tall and master of ceremonies Edwin Berg will lead a program with an ice cream social. American Legion and auxiliary participate with the Onalaska high school band and mixed choir performing. Onalaskans in service number 170.
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Onalaska
Wis
Onalaska High School
Henry Tall
Edwin Berg
American Legion
Onalaskans
Peck Writes Home From Isle of Capri Aboard Navy Ship
Gordon Peck of the U S Navy sends a letter to his mother Edith M Peck after mail censorship ends describing a stop at the Isle of Capri Italy and travel from Algiers Sicily Naples Marseilles and a possible November return. He expects a few more months in service.
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Sparta
Wis
Isle of Capri
Gordon Peck
U. S. Navy
Edith M. Peck
France
Algiers
North Africa
Palermo
Sicily
Naples
Marseilles
Gordon
Wolfe earns boots and wings as paratrooper
Fort Benning Ga Pvt Blaine E Wolfe son of Mr and Mrs Albert Wolfe Genoa Wis has earned the right to wear the boots and wings of the United States army paratroopers He completed four weeks of jump training making five jumps including a night tactical jump with a combat problem or landing
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Fort Benning
Blaine E. Wolfe
Albert Wolfe
Genoa
Wis
United States Army Paratroopers
Nurse Mary Jo Anderson Visits Lansing Mother
Lieut. Mary Jo Anderson of Temple Texas, in the army nurse corps, is visiting her mother Mrs Genevieve Julson in Lansing Iowa. A brother James is expected to arrive from Pasco Washington during her stay.
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Lansing
Mary Jo Anderson
Temple
Tex
Genevieve Julson
St. Francis School of Nursing
Army Nurse Corps
James
Pasco
Wash
Plan Methodist Church Meet in Central District Conference
The Central district conference of the Methodist church will convene at First Methodist Church with Rev. Harold R. Gee of La Crosse presiding. Bishop Schuyler E. Garth of Madison will lead a united consecration service to close the session.
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Sparta
Wis
Central District Conference of the
Methodist Church
First Methodist Church
Harold R. Gee
la Crosse
Schuyler E. Garth
Madison
Raymond J. Fleming
Fred M. Smith
Fred J. Jordan
George R. Bell
A. L. Devos
Women's Society of Christian Service
Ellery J. Beal
E. E. Clarke
Lansing Kiwanis buy flags for street decoration
The Lansing Kiwanis club purchased 32 standard size American flags for use in street decoration.
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Lansing
Lansing Kiwanis Club
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Gladys Stellings
John J. E. Weiss
Everett
Loren Weiss
2Nd Armored Division
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Thomas Waddell
Ralph Antone
Blanche Antone
Wyeville
Lfe
Luzon
Dallas Griffin
John Griffin
Patek Teni
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Columbus
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South Carolina Quartermaster Shipyard
Haddy
St. Louis Cardinals
Camp Beale
Delores Laine
Mankato
Minn
Laine
Nims
Onalaskan
On Oiler
Pacific
Stirn
Admiral
Clinton L. Peterson
Milton L. Stoen
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Isle of
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Jack
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