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Heroes Next Door: Helping Save the World in 1945

On the Homefront: September 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

Labor Produced a Victory

Semper Paratus in La Crosse

The Price Fixers

Looking Up to Big Brother

VJ Day Baby

The Secret of the Hopkins Institute

Date	Citation	Preview
1945-9-1	La Crosse Tribune p3	Salute to American Workers by Erickson Bakers FEATURE STORY - Labor Produced a Victory
1945-9-2	La Crosse Tribune p4	A Letter from Home
1945-9-2	La Crosse Tribune p7	Crowds Visit the Trains
1945-9-2	La Crosse Tribune p7	Sunday Night at the Burlington Depot
1945-9-2	La Crosse Tribune p8	La Crosse Breweries Salute American Labor
1945-9-2	La Crosse Tribune p10	Back in the Old Home Town
1945-9-2	La Crosse Tribune p10	Gold Star Mothers will be Honored
1945-9-2	La Crosse Tribune p11	Buy Victory Bonds
1945-9-4	La Crosse Tribune p3	German Refugees Visit City
1945-9-4	La Crosse Tribune p4	Elizabeth Skemp Marries Capt. Curtis
1945-9-4	La Crosse Tribune p5	Navy Seeking Enlistees
1945-9-4	La Crosse Tribune p5	Two RAF Cadets Visit City
1945-9-5	La Crosse Tribune p4	Tri-State Credit Bureau Ad
1945-9-5	La Crosse Tribune p5	Draft Registrants Listed
1945-9-5	La Crosse Tribune p6	Coca-Cola Ad
1945-9-5	La Crosse Tribune p9	Offer Veterans Jobs
1945-9-6	Bangor Independent p1	Keep Writing Letters
1945-9-6	Bangor Independent p3	Madge (Kenneda) Gustin Has Baby Boy
1945-9-6	Non-Pareil Journal p1	Anna Moran Marries Texas Soldier
1945-9-6	Non-Pareil Journal p1	Red Cross Sewing and Knitting to Continue
1945-9-6	Non-Pareil Journal p4	Job Applicants Steady
1945-9-6	Non-Pareil Journal p5	Lillian (Dudley) Porter Hears from POW Husband
1945-9-6	Non-Pareil Journal p5	Sunday Dinner for a Soldier at Salem Theatre
1945-9-6	Non-Pareil Journal p8	Post-War Dairy Industry
1945-9-6	La Crosse County Record p5	Victory Bonds Ad
1945-9-6	La Crosse Tribune p8	Anna Moran Marries Texas Soldier
1945-9-6	La Crosse Tribune p12	Plan War Fund Drive Here
1945-9-6	La Crosse Tribune p15	Ration Guide
1945-9-7	La Crosse Tribune p5	Gold Star Mothers, Navy Mothers, Service Wives, and Mothers Clubs
1945-9-7	La Crosse Tribune p5	Military Service Club Girls
1945-9-7	La Crosse Tribune p7	The Clock at the Rivoli
1945-9-8	La Crosse Tribune p8	La Crosse Victory Bringing Troops Home
1945-9-9	La Crosse Tribune p5	Veterans Buys First Washer
1945-9-9	La Crosse Tribune p7	Here Comes the WAVES at 5th Avenue Theater
1945-9-9	La Crosse Tribune p10	Beatrice Nordengren Engaged to Texas Soldier
1945-9-9	La Crosse Tribune p10	Elizabeth Skemp Marries Capt. James Curtis
1945-9-9	La Crosse Tribune p11	A Letter from Home
1945-9-9	La Crosse Tribune p11	La Crosse Coast Guard Unit Gets Award FEATURE STORY - Semper Paratus in La Crosse
1945-9-10	La Crosse Tribune p2	Hours at La Crosse Ordnance Shop
1945-9-10	La Crosse Tribune p5	Leone Tikal Marries Independence Soldier
1945-9-12	La Crosse Tribune p1	OPA District Office to Close FEATURE STORY - The Price Fixers
1945-9-12	La Crosse Tribune p10	Ration Guide
1945-9-13	Bangor Independent p1	Emily Campbell Marries Colorado Soldier
1945-9-13	Bangor Independent p1	Memorial for Dead Soldier
1945-9-13	Bangor Independent p1	Women's Service Club to Hear Veteran Speakers
1945-9-13	Bangor Independent p3	Alene (Hatz) Richgruber Visits Relatives
1945-9-13	Non-Pareil Journal p1	Tag Day Planned by Navy Mothers
1945-9-13	La Crosse County Record p1	Onalaska Navy Mothers to Meet
1945-9-13	La Crosse Tribune p4	Back To Bataan at Rivoli
1945-9-13	La Crosse Tribune p8	Marcella Kiesling Engaged to California Soldier
1945-9-14	La Crosse Tribune p2	District OPA Office Closed
1945-9-14	La Crosse Tribune p3	Back to Bataan at Rivoli
1945-9-14	La Crosse Tribune p7	War Bonds Ad
1945-9-14	La Crosse Tribune p9	Smale's Ad
1945-9-15	La Crosse Tribune p2	ODT Office to Close
1945-9-16	La Crosse Tribune p3	A Letter from Home
1945-9-16	La Crosse Tribune p7	Robert Clough
1945-9-16	La Crosse Tribune p8	June Pederson Marries Pennsylvania Soldier
1945-9-16	La Crosse Tribune p8	Katharine Jahimiak Marries North Dakota Soldier
1945-9-16	La Crosse Tribune p8	Service Wives and Mothers Club
1945-9-16	La Crosse Tribune p14	Perry Jacobson Family Back from Alaska
1945-9-17	La Crosse Tribune p3	Keep on Buying Victory Bonds and Stamps
1945-9-17	La Crosse Tribune p5	Esther Ross Engaged to Pennsylvania Soldier
1945-9-17	La Crosse Tribune p6	Ration Guide
1945-9-18	La Crosse Tribune p6	Shops Ships Material
1945-9-18	La Crosse Tribune p7	Labor Market in La Crosse
1945-9-18	La Crosse Tribune p9	Blood on the Sun at the Hollywood
1945-9-19	La Crosse Tribune p4	Selectees Go to Milwaukee
1945-9-19	La Crosse Tribune p6	Coca-Cola Ad
1945-9-19	La Crosse Tribune p9	You Came Along at the Hollywood
1945-9-20	Bangor Independent p1	Orabell Pfaff Marries West Bend Soldier
1945-9-20	Bangor Independent p3	Contribute to Building Fund in Memory of Raymond Schroeder
1945-9-20	Bangor Independent p3	Matt Opsahl Hears from Sister in Norway
1945-9-20	Non-Pareil Journal p1	When I Get Big by Kenneth Carlson FEATURE STORY - Looking Up to Big Brother
1945-9-20	La Crosse County Record p5	Area Rent Control Office
1945-9-20	La Crosse Tribune p2	USO Worker Transferred
1945-9-20	La Crosse Tribune p4	American Legion Admits New Veterans
1945-9-20	La Crosse Tribune p7	Victory Bonds Ad
1945-9-20	La Crosse Tribune p8	Almyra Lyhus Marries in West Virginia
1945-9-20	La Crosse Tribune p8	Lorraine Aspenson Marries Discharged Serviceman
1945-9-20	La Crosse Tribune p8	Marian Saltz Engaged to Massachusetts Officer
1945-9-20	La Crosse Tribune p20	Apartments Wanted
1945-9-21	La Crosse Tribune p4	Irene Krunzl Marries Rochester Serviceman
1945-9-21	La Crosse Tribune p4	June Pederson Marries Pennsylvania Soldier
1945-9-21	La Crosse Tribune p4	Supper for Serviceman at USO
1945-9-21	La Crosse Tribune p5	Army Shops to Close
1945-9-22	La Crosse Tribune p2	Canning Sugar Program to End
1945-9-22	La Crosse Tribune p3	Erickson Bakery Ad
1945-9-22	La Crosse Tribune p4	War Manpower Commission to Dissolve
1945-9-22	La Crosse Tribune p6	China's Child Army at Wisconsin Theater
1945-9-22	La Crosse Tribune p8	Beatrice (Johnson) and Vicki Meil FEATURE STORY - VJ Day Baby
1945-9-23	La Crosse Tribune p8	Marian Saltz Marries Massachusetts Officer
1945-9-23	La Crosse Tribune p9	A Letter from Home
1945-9-23	La Crosse Tribune p9	Mother Taken as Slave Laborer
1945-9-23	La Crosse Tribune p11	City Cab Company Asks for Patience
1945-9-24	La Crosse Tribune p1	Navy Ship to Visit La Crosse
1945-9-24	La Crosse Tribune p5	Loretta (Theep) Feavyear Learns Fate of Husband
1945-9-24	La Crosse Tribune p6	Ration Guide
1945-9-25	La Crosse Tribune p3	Internees to Speak at St. Paul's
1945-9-25	La Crosse Tribune p8	Ed Phillips & Sons Ad
1945-9-26	La Crosse Tribune p4	Arlene Schmalz Marries Sgt. Ikert
1945-9-26	La Crosse Tribune p4	Eunice Peterson Engaged to Sailor
1945-9-26	La Crosse Tribune p4	Virginia Hass Engaged to Colorado Officer
1945-9-27	Bangor Independent p1	Canning Sugar Permits Ending
1945-9-27	Bangor Independent p1	Daughter of Late Lt. Albert Larson
1945-9-27	Non-Pareil Journal p1	Waste Paper Collection in West Salem
1945-9-27	Non-Pareil Journal p4	Life in Wartime Belgium Told in Pen-pal Letter
1945-9-27	Non-Pareil Journal p8	Neshonoc Light and Power Co. Ad
1945-9-27	La Crosse Tribune p9	Tim Salvage Collection
1945-9-27	La Crosse Tribune p10	Book Tells of Nurse's Experiences
1945-9-27	La Crosse Tribune p13	Army & Navy Inductees Listed
1945-9-27	La Crosse Tribune p15	City Resident Helps Perfect Secret Weapon FEATURE STORY - The Secret of the Hopkins Institute
1945-9-28	La Crosse Tribune p2	Final Tin Can Drive
1945-9-28	La Crosse Tribune p2	Schubert to Chair Clothing Drive
1945-9-28	La Crosse Tribune p2	State Guard Manuevers at Camp Douglas
1945-9-28	La Crosse Tribune p3	Alice Hicks Marries Fighter Pilot
1945-9-28	La Crosse Tribune p4	Ed Phillips & Sons Ad
1945-9-28	La Crosse Tribune p7	Victory Bonds
1945-9-30	La Crosse Tribune p7	Free Membership for Vets at the Y
1945-9-30	La Crosse Tribune p8	Last Paper Salvage Drive
1945-9-30	La Crosse Tribune p8	U.S. Employment Service Now Under Dept. of Labor
1945-9-30	La Crosse Tribune p11	A Letter from Home
1945-9-30	La Crosse Tribune p16	Seek G.I.s who saw Ernie Pyle

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