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Heroes Next Door: Helping Save the World in 1945

On the Homefront: March 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

Tired Tires

Outers' Factory Fire

From Rags to Victory

Sharing Tunics

Date	Citation	Preview
1945-3-1	Bangor Independent p1	March Ration Calendar
1945-3-1	Bangor Independent p1	Red Cross Drive
1945-3-1	Bangor Independent p1	Red Cross War Fund Drive
1945-3-1	Non-Pareil Journal p1	County Red Cross Drive Chairmen
1945-3-1	Non-Pareil Journal p1	Red Cross Drive
1945-3-1	Non-Pareil Journal p1	Red Cross Report
1945-3-1	Non-Pareil Journal p5	Gladys Schneider Meets 2nd Division Soldier
1945-3-1	La Crosse Tribune p4	Red Cross Proclamation
1945-3-1	La Crosse Tribune p7	Letters to the Editor
1945-3-1	La Crosse Tribune p9	Selective Service Registrants
1945-3-1	La Crosse Tribune p19	Safety at Army Ordinance Shop
1945-3-2	La Crosse Tribune p1	Red Cross Fund
1945-3-2	La Crosse Tribune p2	Navy League Formed
1945-3-2	La Crosse Tribune p2	OPA Suspends Gas Stations
1945-3-2	La Crosse Tribune p3	Red Cross Drive
1945-3-2	La Crosse Tribune p8	Selective Service Registrations
1945-3-3	La Crosse Tribune p3	This is your Red Cross
1945-3-3	La Crosse Tribune p7	Marine Corps Recruiter
1945-3-4	La Crosse Tribune p5	Letter Critical of 'Armchair Generalizing'
1945-3-4	La Crosse Tribune p5	Red Cross in La Crosse
1945-3-4	La Crosse Tribune p9	A Letter From Home
1945-3-4	La Crosse Tribune p9	La Crosse Area Church Federation Ad
1945-3-4	La Crosse Tribune p9	Medical Technicians Needed
1945-3-4	La Crosse Tribune p12	Travelers' Aid Closes
1945-3-4	La Crosse Tribune p14	Doerflinger's for Red Cross
1945-3-5	La Crosse Tribune p3	Mary (Bissen) Larsen
1945-3-5	La Crosse Tribune p3	Medicine in War
1945-3-5	La Crosse Tribune p8	5th Avenue Theater
1945-3-6	La Crosse Tribune p3	Japanese-American Soldiers Visit La Crosse
1945-3-6	La Crosse Tribune p4	WAC Recruiting Tour Coming to La Crosse
1945-3-6	La Crosse Tribune p5	Fuel Oil Ration
1945-3-6	La Crosse Tribune p7	Give to Red Cross
1945-3-6	La Crosse Tribune p7	Legion at Memorial Services
1945-3-6	La Crosse Tribune p12	Medical Corps Ad
1945-3-7	La Crosse Tribune p2	Coca-Cola Ad
1945-3-7	La Crosse Tribune p3	Knutson's Standard Service Ad
1945-3-7	La Crosse Tribune p12	Big Shoe Store Ad
1945-3-8	Non-Pareil Journal p1	Johnson's Drugstore War Souvenir Display
1945-3-8	Non-Pareil Journal p1	Red Cross Fund
1945-3-8	Non-Pareil Journal p2	American Red Cross
1945-3-8	Non-Pareil Journal p2	Civilians at War
1945-3-8	Non-Pareil Journal p4	Advice for Veteran Homecoming
1945-3-8	Non-Pareil Journal p5	Leo & Adah (Freng) Schaller Baby
1945-3-8	Non-Pareil Journal p5	West Salem Navy Mothers
1945-3-8	Non-Pareil Journal p7	Buy War Bonds
1945-3-8	La Crosse County Record p1	Navy Mothers Club
1945-3-8	La Crosse Tribune p1	Red Cross War Fund Drive
1945-3-8	La Crosse Tribune p7	Logan Gets Flag for War Bond Sales
1945-3-8	La Crosse Tribune p8	Gary Sackett; Laura (Schlicht) Sackett
1945-3-8	La Crosse Tribune p12	Red Cross Drive
1945-3-8	La Crosse Tribune p15	Montgomery Ward Ad
1945-3-8	La Crosse Tribune p19	Ordnance Shop Has Concert
1945-3-8	La Crosse Tribune p20	War Expenditures in La Crosse County
1945-3-9	La Crosse Tribune p5	Red Cross War Fund Drive
1945-3-9	La Crosse Tribune p5	Treasury Department Needs Workers
1945-3-9	La Crosse Tribune p7	Fat Salvage Quota
1945-3-10	La Crosse Tribune p6	Critical Need for Welders
1945-3-10	La Crosse Tribune p6	Red Cross War Fund Drive
1945-3-10	La Crosse Tribune p7	Critical Need for Welders
1945-3-10	La Crosse Tribune p8	Patricia Hudson; Ann (Norris) Hudson
1945-3-11	La Crosse Tribune p3	Jewish Men in Service Honored
1945-3-11	La Crosse Tribune p4	Sugar for Canning
1945-3-11	La Crosse Tribune p7	Northern States Power Ad
1945-3-11	La Crosse Tribune p11	A Letter From Home
1945-3-11	La Crosse Tribune p11	Red Cross Furlough Cases
1945-3-11	La Crosse Tribune p12	Lonnie Hinds Released From Japanese Camp
1945-3-12	La Crosse Tribune p2	Arrest Two AWOL Sailors
1945-3-12	La Crosse Tribune p3	Get Ration Points for Used Fat
1945-3-12	La Crosse Tribune p5	Midnight Curfew to be Discussed
1945-3-13	La Crosse Tribune p3	Seek Workers for Shipyards
1945-3-13	La Crosse Tribune p4	Sally (Hundt) Oswalt Joins Husband
1945-3-13	La Crosse Tribune p5	May Register Soldiers for Voting
1945-3-13	La Crosse Tribune p8	B. F. Goodrich Tire Ad FEATURE STORY - Tired Tires
1945-3-13	La Crosse Tribune p8	Ration Guide
1945-3-13	La Crosse Tribune p9	Woman Wanted by Trane Co.
1945-3-13	La Crosse Tribune p10	Sidearms Wanted for Servicemen
1945-3-14	La Crosse Tribune p2	Clothing Collection
1945-3-14	La Crosse Tribune p2	Tavern League Discusses Curfew, Returning Vets
1945-3-14	La Crosse Tribune p5	John Slowinski, Norbert Stoltz Sign Up for Pearl Harbor Jobs
1945-3-14	La Crosse Tribune p9	Stray Dogs Threaten Victory Gardens
1945-3-14	La Crosse Tribune p12	School Children Collect Waste Paper
1945-3-14	La Crosse Tribune p14	Waste Paper Collection Day
1945-3-15	Non-Pareil Journal p1	Additions to Johnson War Souvenir Display
1945-3-15	Non-Pareil Journal p3	Buy War Bonds
1945-3-15	La Crosse County Record p1	Onalaska Navy Mothers
1945-3-15	La Crosse Tribune p1	Red Cross War Fund Drive
1945-3-15	La Crosse Tribune p9	Red Cross Sends Supplies to Luzon
1945-3-15	La Crosse Tribune p10	Need for Waste Paper
1945-3-15	La Crosse Tribune p10	Transport Plane Lands at Airport
1945-3-15	La Crosse Tribune p15	Wisconsin Theater
1945-3-15	La Crosse Tribune p16	Universal Military Training
1945-3-15	La Crosse Tribune p17	Defense Stamp Sales
1945-3-15	La Crosse Tribune p19	No Point Foods at A & P
1945-3-15	La Crosse Tribune p23	Tire Ads
1945-3-16	La Crosse Tribune p3	Ritz Club Ad for Red Cross
1945-3-16	La Crosse Tribune p5	Letter About Waste Paper Collection
1945-3-16	La Crosse Tribune p7	Logan Honors Three Leaving for Navy
1945-3-16	La Crosse Tribune p8	Waste Paper Drive
1945-3-16	La Crosse Tribune p10	Red Cross War Fund Drive
1945-3-17	La Crosse Tribune p9	Delores Parmenter; Gail Parmenter
1945-3-18	La Crosse Tribune p8	USO Hostesses
1945-3-18	La Crosse Tribune p9	A Letter From Home
1945-3-18	La Crosse Tribune p9	La Crosse USO Center
1945-3-18	La Crosse Tribune p10	La Crosse Area Church Federation Ad
1945-3-18	La Crosse Tribune p12	Cargill's Ad
1945-3-19	La Crosse Tribune p2	Coast Guard Cutter at La Crosse
1945-3-19	La Crosse Tribune p3	Must Register Servicemen for Election
1945-3-19	La Crosse Tribune p4	Norma (Kolbo) Anderson
1945-3-19	La Crosse Tribune p8	Draft Groups Leave County
1945-3-20	La Crosse Tribune p2	La Crosse Laundry and Cleaning Ad
1945-3-20	La Crosse Tribune p5	Treasury Department Needs Clerks
1945-3-20	La Crosse Tribune p5	War Films Offered Here
1945-3-20	La Crosse Tribune p9	Naval Reserve Officers Needed
1945-3-20	La Crosse Tribune p12	Paper Collection
1945-3-21	La Crosse Tribune p1	Red Cross War Fund Drive
1945-3-21	La Crosse Tribune p2	Coca-Cola Ad
1945-3-21	La Crosse Tribune p3	Alma (Iverson) Van Tassel; Leonard Van Tassel
1945-3-21	La Crosse Tribune p5	Vocational Guidance for Vets
1945-3-22	Non-Pareil Journal p1	Onalaska War Plant Destroyed by Fire
1945-3-22	Non-Pareil Journal p1	Red Cross Fund Drive
1945-3-22	Non-Pareil Journal p1	Registering Servicemen to Vote
1945-3-22	Non-Pareil Journal p1	West Salem Men Drafted
1945-3-22	Non-Pareil Journal p8	Regulation on Fuel
1945-3-22	La Crosse County Record p1	Onalaska War Plant Total Loss FEATURE STORY - Outers' Factory Fire
1945-3-22	La Crosse County Record p8	Red Cross Drive
1945-3-22	La Crosse Tribune p1	Fire Destroys War Plant in Onalaska
1945-3-22	La Crosse Tribune p1	Photo of Outers Lab Fire
1945-3-22	La Crosse Tribune p2	Photo of Fire Damage at Outers
1945-3-22	La Crosse Tribune p12	Council Votes Money for USO
1945-3-22	La Crosse Tribune p13	Ads Showing Point Values for Meats
1945-3-22	La Crosse Tribune p19	Workers Needed for Badger Ordnance
1945-3-23	La Crosse Tribune p4	Draft Groups Leave La Crosse County
1945-3-23	La Crosse Tribune p6	Outers' Laboratories Fire
1945-3-23	La Crosse Tribune p7	Marcella (Sullivan) Driscoll
1945-3-23	La Crosse Tribune p9	War Loan Drive
1945-3-24	La Crosse Tribune p2	Red Cross War Fund Drive
1945-3-24	La Crosse Tribune p7	War Memorial Debate
1945-3-24	La Crosse Tribune p8	Lynn Woodliff; Vivien (Ames) Woodliff
1945-3-25	La Crosse Tribune p3	Eagles Send Packages Overseas
1945-3-25	La Crosse Tribune p4	La Crosse Trust Company for War Bonds
1945-3-25	La Crosse Tribune p5	A. & C. Johnson Co. Ad
1945-3-25	La Crosse Tribune p8	Phyllis Hohmann
1945-3-25	La Crosse Tribune p9	Clothing Collection Month
1945-3-25	La Crosse Tribune p9	Doerflinger Ad
1945-3-25	La Crosse Tribune p9	Modern Dairy Co. Ad
1945-3-25	La Crosse Tribune p11	Clothing Collection
1945-3-25	La Crosse Tribune p12	A Letter From Home
1945-3-25	La Crosse Tribune p14	Blood Donation Coming Up
1945-3-26	La Crosse Tribune p2	Onalaska War Plant Seeks Drill Presses
1945-3-26	La Crosse Tribune p3	Send Contributions for Memorial
1945-3-26	La Crosse Tribune p4	Margaret (Baker) Frank
1945-3-26	La Crosse Tribune p4	Save Used Fats
1945-3-26	La Crosse Tribune p4	Tips for Saving Oil
1945-3-27	La Crosse Tribune p2	Barron's Ad
1945-3-27	La Crosse Tribune p3	Company M, Wisconsin State Guard
1945-3-27	La Crosse Tribune p4	Girl Scouts Collect Rags FEATURE STORY - From Rags to Victory
1945-3-27	La Crosse Tribune p6	Comparing Mississippi to the Rhine
1945-3-27	La Crosse Tribune p7	Outers Will Buy Drill Presses
1945-3-27	La Crosse Tribune p12	66 Veterans Receive Jobs
1945-3-27	La Crosse Tribune p12	Labor Unions Contribute to Red Cross
1945-3-28	La Crosse Tribune p2	Rag Collection Campaign
1945-3-28	La Crosse Tribune p5	High School Boys Wanted by Railroad
1945-3-28	La Crosse Tribune p5	Postwar Planning Committee
1945-3-28	La Crosse Tribune p5	Pricing Regulations
1945-3-28	La Crosse Tribune p7	Tin Can Collection
1945-3-28	La Crosse Tribune p8	Where Are the Blackhawks
1945-3-28	La Crosse Tribune p9	Easter Eggs for Wounded Servicemen
1945-3-28	La Crosse Tribune p9	Rent Controls
1945-3-28	La Crosse Tribune p10	V-Day Plans
1945-3-28	La Crosse Tribune p12	Army Specialized Training Reserve Program
1945-3-29	Bangor Independent p1	Scrap Paper Drive
1945-3-29	Non-Pareil Journal p1	Clothing Drive
1945-3-29	Non-Pareil Journal p1	Hears from Freed Friend
1945-3-29	Non-Pareil Journal p2	Greyhound Euler's Restaurant
1945-3-29	Non-Pareil Journal p4	Vitamins for Victory
1945-3-29	Non-Pareil Journal p6	Calling Experienced Seamen
1945-3-29	Non-Pareil Journal p6	Victory Gardens
1945-3-29	La Crosse County Record p1	Cleaning Out Outers
1945-3-29	La Crosse County Record p1	Ruined Outers Plant
1945-3-29	La Crosse County Record p1	Salvage Work at Outers
1945-3-29	La Crosse County Record p8	Two Photos of Outers Plant
1945-3-29	La Crosse Tribune p5	Ordnance Shop Awards
1945-3-29	La Crosse Tribune p16	La Crosse Men Accepted for Service
1945-3-29	La Crosse Tribune p20	Applications for Group Meetings
1945-3-29	La Crosse Tribune p20	Theaters Give to Red Cross
1945-3-30	La Crosse Tribune p2	G. Heileman Brewing Co. Ad
1945-3-30	La Crosse Tribune p2	Navy Enlists Many
1945-3-30	La Crosse Tribune p2	Northern States Power Ad
1945-3-30	La Crosse Tribune p3	Draft Board Announces List
1945-3-30	La Crosse Tribune p4	Army Tests
1945-3-30	La Crosse Tribune p4	Rag Collecting
1945-3-30	La Crosse Tribune p9	Meeting About Curfew
1945-3-30	La Crosse Tribune p10	Clothing Collection FEATURE STORY - Sharing Tunics
1945-3-31	La Crosse Tribune p1	Red Cross War Fund Drive
1945-3-31	La Crosse Tribune p8	Sharon Scholten; Geraldine (Linhart) Scholten

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