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Heroes Next Door: Helping Save the World in 1945

On the Homefront: June 1945

While military operations were going on all over the world, the people of La Crosse County were doing their part for the war effort. Local industries had switched from consumer goods to war material. With so many men in the armed forces, many jobs formerly performed by them were now done by women. Everyone had to deal with rationing of gasoline, rubber, food, and other essentials. The war touched almost every facet of life in some way or another.

Feature Stories

by Jeff Rand, Adult Services librarian

The Fugitives

The Guitar That Played Sweet Music

Veterans Memorial Park Dedication

Date	Citation	Preview
1945-6-1	La Crosse Tribune p1	Half of Bond Quota Reached
1945-6-1	La Crosse Tribune p1	Stop Issuing Sugar Ration Certificates
1945-6-1	La Crosse Tribune p2	Employees for Plant Sought
1945-6-1	La Crosse Tribune p2	La Crosse Landlord Charged for Overcharging
1945-6-1	La Crosse Tribune p5	Evangeline Howard Marries Texas Soldier
1945-6-1	La Crosse Tribune p5	Garden Plots Available
1945-6-1	La Crosse Tribune p6	WAVES Seeking Many Recruits
1945-6-2	La Crosse Tribune p1	57 Per Cent of Bonds Sold
1945-6-2	La Crosse Tribune p1	County Police Apprehend 2 Escaped Japs
1945-6-2	La Crosse Tribune p1	Watch Sugar Stamps
1945-6-2	La Crosse Tribune p2	Railroads Seek Boys for Jobs
1945-6-2	La Crosse Tribune p3	Erickson's Bakery Ad
1945-6-2	La Crosse Tribune p8	David Werve; Velva (Meyer) Werve; Donald Werve
1945-6-3	La Crosse Tribune p4	A Letter From Home
1945-6-3	La Crosse Tribune p5	Six More Girls Go to Washington
1945-6-3	La Crosse Tribune p11	Tillman Bros. Ad for Lots
1945-6-4	La Crosse Tribune p2	Reward for Capturing Japanese Prisoners
1945-6-4	La Crosse Tribune p6	Ration Guide
1945-6-5	La Crosse Tribune p1	Ernie Pyle Day
1945-6-5	La Crosse Tribune p4	Phyllis Matzke Marries Oklahoma Soldier
1945-6-5	La Crosse Tribune p5	Need Shipyard Workers
1945-6-5	La Crosse Tribune p9	Draft Lists for May
1945-6-5	La Crosse Tribune p9	Ernie Pyle Day at the Movies
1945-6-5	La Crosse Tribune p10	Local Navy Recruits
1945-6-5	La Crosse Tribune p10	OPA Case Settlements
1945-6-5	La Crosse Tribune p12	Mighty Seventh War Bond Drive
1945-6-6	La Crosse Tribune p1	Bond Drive
1945-6-6	La Crosse Tribune p2	Recruiting for Badger Ordnance Works
1945-6-6	La Crosse Tribune p3	Allis-Chalmers War Record
1945-6-6	La Crosse Tribune p3	Navy Needs Radar Men
1945-6-6	La Crosse Tribune p4	Coca-Cola Ad
1945-6-6	La Crosse Tribune p7	Fined for Illegal Meat
1945-6-6	La Crosse Tribune p9	Newburg's Ad
1945-6-6	La Crosse Tribune p10	War Manpower Controls
1945-6-7	Bangor Independent p1	Help with Pea Crop
1945-6-7	Bangor Independent p1	Two Escaped Japanese POW's Captured FEATURE STORY - The Fugitives
1945-6-7	Bangor Independent p2	West Salem Packing Company Ad
1945-6-7	Non-Pareil Journal p1	Tire Rationing
1945-6-7	Non-Pareil Journal p1	War Bond Drive in West Salem
1945-6-7	Non-Pareil Journal p5	Beat the Food Shortage
1945-6-7	Non-Pareil Journal p5	Citations for Wisconsin War Fund Drive
1945-6-7	Non-Pareil Journal p5	War Bonds Ad
1945-6-7	La Crosse Tribune p2	Workers Needed at McCoy and VA
1945-6-7	La Crosse Tribune p4	Logan Alumni News Service Edition
1945-6-7	La Crosse Tribune p4	Vets in Bond Rally at Riverside Park
1945-6-7	La Crosse Tribune p6	War Bond Drive
1945-6-7	La Crosse Tribune p6	War Memorial in La Crosse
1945-6-7	La Crosse Tribune p7	Citations for War Fund Drive
1945-6-7	La Crosse Tribune p8	Buy Bonds at Penney's
1945-6-7	La Crosse Tribune p8	Hughes Ad
1945-6-7	La Crosse Tribune p9	Crescent Jewelry Ad
1945-6-7	La Crosse Tribune p16	A&P Ad
1945-6-7	La Crosse Tribune p17	Sell $15,000 in War Bonds
1945-6-8	La Crosse Tribune p3	Why Fats are Scarce
1945-6-8	La Crosse Tribune p5	Rivoli Theater
1945-6-8	La Crosse Tribune p6	Buy Bonds
1945-6-9	La Crosse Tribune p2	Former Internees Visit La Crosse Family
1945-6-9	La Crosse Tribune p2	Rivoli Plans Bond Event
1945-6-9	La Crosse Tribune p8	Arnold Kriemelmeyer; Rosella Kriemelmeyer; Mary Jo Kriemelmeyer
1945-6-9	La Crosse Tribune p8	Geneva McGuire; Harriet McGuire; Tommy McGuire; Lloyd McGuire
1945-6-10	La Crosse Tribune p1	Vets Take Part in Bond Rally
1945-6-10	La Crosse Tribune p2	First Federal Savings Ad
1945-6-10	La Crosse Tribune p3	A Letter From Home
1945-6-10	La Crosse Tribune p4	Lorraine Stankey Engaged to Sgt. Pape
1945-6-10	La Crosse Tribune p4	Mildred Feuling Engaged to Marine
1945-6-10	La Crosse Tribune p4	Ruth Grady Marries Navy Man
1945-6-10	La Crosse Tribune p9	Rivoli Theater Ad
1945-6-10	La Crosse Tribune p9	Salem Theater Ad
1945-6-11	La Crosse Tribune p2	Smaller War Plants Corporation
1945-6-11	La Crosse Tribune p3	Joy McCoy Married at West Point
1945-6-11	La Crosse Tribune p3	June Meyers Marries Navy Man
1945-6-11	La Crosse Tribune p3	Rose and Christel Wittig Marry Servicemen
1945-6-11	La Crosse Tribune p6	Ration Guide
1945-6-12	La Crosse Tribune p1	Draftees go to Milwaukee
1945-6-12	La Crosse Tribune p4	Dorothy Roust Marries Officer
1945-6-12	La Crosse Tribune p4	Phyllis Hohmann Marries Army Veteran
1945-6-12	La Crosse Tribune p7	War Bond Premiere at Rivoli
1945-6-12	La Crosse Tribune p8	Ed Phillips & Sons Ad
1945-6-12	La Crosse Tribune p9	Whitebreast Coal Co. Ad
1945-6-12	La Crosse Tribune p10	Workers Needed at Badger Ordnance
1945-6-13	La Crosse Tribune p1	County Bond Drive Lags
1945-6-13	La Crosse Tribune p1	Flag Day Parade to Boost Bonds
1945-6-13	La Crosse Tribune p4	Coca-Cola Ad
1945-6-13	La Crosse Tribune p4	Gardening as Therapy Program
1945-6-13	La Crosse Tribune p5	Canning Supplies at Montgomery Ward
1945-6-13	La Crosse Tribune p12	Flag Day Parade
1945-6-14	Bangor Independent p1	Bangor Exceeds War Bond Quota
1945-6-14	Bangor Independent p1	West Salem Packing Co. Needs Help
1945-6-14	Bangor Independent p3	West Salem Packing Company Ad
1945-6-14	Non-Pareil Journal p1	Salem Bond Premiere
1945-6-14	Non-Pareil Journal p1	West Salem Packing May Utilize War Prisoners
1945-6-14	Non-Pareil Journal p1	West Salem Red Cross Workers Alert
1945-6-14	Non-Pareil Journal p4	War Emergency in West Salem
1945-6-14	Non-Pareil Journal p5	Canned Food is Fighting Food
1945-6-14	Non-Pareil Journal p5	Handicapped World War II Veterans Asked to Report
1945-6-14	Non-Pareil Journal p6	Advice for Victory Gardens
1945-6-14	La Crosse County Record p1	Onalaska Navy Mothers Elect Officers
1945-6-14	La Crosse County Record p1	War Bond Quota for Onalaska
1945-6-14	La Crosse County Record p5	Town and Farm in Wartime
1945-6-14	La Crosse Tribune p1	Flag Day Parade and Bond Rally
1945-6-14	La Crosse Tribune p7	Waste Paper Collection
1945-6-14	La Crosse Tribune p9	Navy Mothers Auction
1945-6-14	La Crosse Tribune p10	Sergeant Mike at 5th Avenue Theater
1945-6-14	La Crosse Tribune p18	A & P Grocery Stores Ad
1945-6-14	La Crosse Tribune p20	Apprenticeship Training Program for Veterans
1945-6-15	La Crosse Tribune p1	War Bond Sales Lag
1945-6-15	La Crosse Tribune p3	War Bond Drive
1945-6-15	La Crosse Tribune p7	Dorothy Roust Weds Paratrooper
1945-6-15	La Crosse Tribune p7	Onalaska Navy Mothers Club
1945-6-15	La Crosse Tribune p8	Ed Phillips & Sons Ad
1945-6-15	La Crosse Tribune p10	Flag Day Parade & Program
1945-6-15	La Crosse Tribune p10	Flag Day Parade
1945-6-16	La Crosse Tribune p2	New Nurse at the Ordnance Shop
1945-6-16	La Crosse Tribune p2	Sugar Rations Resume
1945-6-17	La Crosse Tribune p1	Bond Sales Slowing Down
1945-6-17	La Crosse Tribune p3	Taggart Writes Book
1945-6-17	La Crosse Tribune p4	Guitar from Onalaska FEATURE STORY - The Guitar That Played Sweet Music
1945-6-17	La Crosse Tribune p4	Schultz and Nelson Ad
1945-6-17	La Crosse Tribune p5	Phyllis Halaska Marries Navy Man
1945-6-17	La Crosse Tribune p5	Randal Mason has Picnic with War Souvenirs
1945-6-17	La Crosse Tribune p8	Dorothy Roust (Dottie) Marries Paratrooper
1945-6-17	La Crosse Tribune p8	Gasoline Coupons Expiring
1945-6-17	La Crosse Tribune p9	Two 100th Battalion Men Visit La Crosse
1945-6-17	La Crosse Tribune p10	Work at Badger Ordnance
1945-6-17	La Crosse Tribune p12	2nd Division Soldier Visits Friends in La Crosse
1945-6-18	La Crosse Tribune p1	Bond Sales Below Average
1945-6-18	La Crosse Tribune p3	Enid Hofslien Marries Marine
1945-6-18	La Crosse Tribune p3	Neva Grafft Marries Navy Veteran
1945-6-18	La Crosse Tribune p4	Not Too Late for Victory Garden
1945-6-18	La Crosse Tribune p6	Ration Guide
1945-6-18	La Crosse Tribune p6	Wisconsin State Guard at Battalion School
1945-6-18	La Crosse Tribune p7	Bonds Sold at Hollywood Theater
1945-6-18	La Crosse Tribune p8	Enlistees in First Half of June
1945-6-19	La Crosse Tribune p3	Bond Sales in County
1945-6-19	La Crosse Tribune p8	Draft Boards Announce List
1945-6-19	La Crosse Tribune p10	Lt. Governor Visits Wisconsin State Guard
1945-6-19	La Crosse Tribune p10	Pea Canning to Start
1945-6-19	La Crosse Tribune p10	Show Postwar Film
1945-6-20	La Crosse Tribune p1	Doerflinger's to Sell Bonds
1945-6-20	La Crosse Tribune p2	Ordnance Shop Worker Arrested
1945-6-20	La Crosse Tribune p6	Knutson Standard Service Ad
1945-6-20	La Crosse Tribune p7	Civil Air Patrol in La Crosse
1945-6-20	La Crosse Tribune p9	Movie at the Rivoli
1945-6-20	La Crosse Tribune p10	Hollywood Bond Premiere
1945-6-20	La Crosse Tribune p12	War Bond Contest
1945-6-21	Bangor Independent p3	Farmers Food Market
1945-6-21	Non-Pareil Journal p1	Canning Sugar Ration to Resume
1945-6-21	Non-Pareil Journal p1	Melvin Schomberg's Role in Capture of Escaped Japanese
1945-6-21	Non-Pareil Journal p4	How You Can Help
1945-6-21	Non-Pareil Journal p4	West Salem Packing Company Ad
1945-6-21	Non-Pareil Journal p5	Apply for Rations by Mail
1945-6-21	La Crosse County Record p1	Bond Sales Slow in Onalaska
1945-6-21	La Crosse County Record p1	Town and Farm in Wartime
1945-6-21	La Crosse Tribune p1	Pea Canneries Need Workers
1945-6-21	La Crosse Tribune p2	Need Men and Women for Navy
1945-6-21	La Crosse Tribune p2	Postwar Planning for Vets
1945-6-21	La Crosse Tribune p4	Liggett's Rexall Drug Store Ad
1945-6-21	La Crosse Tribune p6	Recruiting Official Visits City
1945-6-21	La Crosse Tribune p8	Betty Knothe Marries AAF Man
1945-6-21	La Crosse Tribune p10	Beranek Pitches While on Furlough
1945-6-21	La Crosse Tribune p18	Doerflinger's War Bonds Event
1945-6-22	La Crosse Tribune p1	Veterans' Park Dedication FEATURE STORY - Veterans Memorial Park Dedication
1945-6-22	La Crosse Tribune p1	War Bond Event at Doerflinger's
1945-6-22	La Crosse Tribune p3	War Bond Drive
1945-6-22	La Crosse Tribune p6	Veterans Memorial Park Dedication
1945-6-22	La Crosse Tribune p7	Helen Bradley to Marry Ensign
1945-6-22	La Crosse Tribune p7	Ice Dealers Seek Men
1945-6-22	La Crosse Tribune p7	Tuesday Dances at Camp McCoy
1945-6-22	La Crosse Tribune p10	Cautions Vets to File Claims
1945-6-22	La Crosse Tribune p10	Doerflinger's Open During Bonds Sale
1945-6-22	La Crosse Tribune p10	Erickson's Kiddie Hour Show at Doerflinger's
1945-6-23	La Crosse Tribune p1	Crowds Flock to Doerflinger's Bond Sale
1945-6-23	La Crosse Tribune p2	Bricklayers Needed
1945-6-24	La Crosse Tribune p1	Doerflinger's War Bond Event
1945-6-24	La Crosse Tribune p2	Dedication of Veterans' Memorial Park
1945-6-24	La Crosse Tribune p2	Ordnance Shop in La Crosse Busy
1945-6-24	La Crosse Tribune p3	A Letter From Home
1945-6-24	La Crosse Tribune p4	Dorothy Fulton to Marry Pilot
1945-6-24	La Crosse Tribune p4	Helen Bradley Marries Ensign Leary
1945-6-24	La Crosse Tribune p7	POWs to Work in Canning Factories
1945-6-24	La Crosse Tribune p9	Rivoli Holds Bond Premiere
1945-6-25	La Crosse Tribune p3	Veterans Memorial Park Dedication
1945-6-25	La Crosse Tribune p3	War Bond Drive at Rivoli
1945-6-25	La Crosse Tribune p7	Bond Sales Lagging
1945-6-26	La Crosse Tribune p1	Bond Drive Progress
1945-6-26	La Crosse Tribune p5	Military Order of the Purple Heart Organized
1945-6-27	La Crosse Tribune p8	Rivoli Bond Show
1945-6-28	Bangor Independent p1	All Yours Now, Nip
1945-6-28	Bangor Independent p1	Memorial Books at Library
1945-6-28	Bangor Independent p1	Ration Reminders
1945-6-28	Bangor Independent p1	West Salem Packing Company Needs Labor
1945-6-28	La Crosse County Record p1	Navy Mothers
1945-6-28	La Crosse County Record p1	Service Flag Dedication at Lewis Valley
1945-6-28	La Crosse County Record p4	War Bonds ad
1945-6-28	La Crosse County Record p5	Men Needed by Hott Mfg. Co.
1945-6-28	La Crosse Tribune p1	Last Week of War Bond Drive
1945-6-28	La Crosse Tribune p4	Change in Point Values
1945-6-28	La Crosse Tribune p7	Rivoli Theater Bond Sale
1945-6-28	La Crosse Tribune p8	Four Carloads of Clothing Sent Overseas
1945-6-28	La Crosse Tribune p9	Tin Can Collection
1945-6-29	La Crosse Tribune p1	County Under Bond Quotas
1945-6-29	La Crosse Tribune p4	County War Bond Drive
1945-6-30	La Crosse Tribune p2	La Crosse Ordnance Shop Paint Department

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