Tri state breakfast flight to La Crosse draws private flyers
Private flyers from Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin will attend the first tri state breakfast flight to La Crosse the event staged by the Wisconsin Civil Air Corps at the new million dollar La Crosse Municipal airport about 400 privately owned planes are expected to land around 8 a m Wisconsin corps plans 150 planes from Wisconsin and similar numbers from Minnesota and Iowa La Crosse Flyers association will provide shuttle service to the regional hall for breakfast local officials and aeronautics leaders from Iowa and Wisconsin are slated to speak including Lester G Orcutt Howard A Morey J J Verdota and Bill Bumford
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Iowa
Minnesota
la Crosse
Wisconsin Civil Air Corps
Enar A. Ahlstrom
la Crosse Municipal
Ahlstrom
Kiwanis Club to Attend Wisconsin Upper Michigan Meet
La Crosse Kiwanis will send delegates to the 1946 Kiwanis district convention in Marinette August 18 to 20. Orville Maxfield of Fort Wayne will speak. other participants include Harold Youngberg Finn Saterbak Alvin Mikelson Harmer Root Harrison Wood and Senator Alexander Wiley. Seventy eight clubs will be represented and plans include a reception for visiting ladies and the Governor's ball.
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Kiwanis Club
la Crosse
Wisconsin - Upper Michigan
Kiwanis
Marinette
Wis
O. W. Muenster
Orville R. Maxfield
Fort Wayne
Saterbak
Harrison A. Wood
Racine
Kiwanis International Board
Kiwanis International
Muenster
Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin
Clifton Utley
Chicafo 0
Clemens E. Lueck
Ripon
Wisconsin-Upper Michigan
Greeks Create Clepsydra Water Clock in Alexandria
Ancient water clocks used dripping water and a float to drive a hand across a dial. The Greek clepsydra in Alexandria added a 24 hour dial, with day and night hours set differently. Servants struck gongs to mark hours, a early form of clock striking.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Strike At Seaman Body Over Week, Layoffs Spur Walkout
About 80 Seaman Body division workers at Nash-Kelvinator in Milwaukee walked off to protest a plan to cut the week to five hours or lay off 1,300, arguing seniority, unemployment eligibility, and voting rights. Production resumed after the dispute while management sought to avoid layoffs.
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Milwaukee
Seaman Body
Nash-Kelvinator Corp
Herman Steffes
Uaw-Cio
Edward Zientara
Steffes
John Weiland
Gales Dominate British Isles Halting Shipping
Gales with driving rain battered the British Isles disrupting shipping in the English Channel and Liverpool area with winds up to 80 mph. The 2,500 ton steamer Kedah was abandoned in the channel and her crew rescued by lifeboat. Suffolk farmers report major crop losses with half the wheat and 75 percent of oats ruined.
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London
British Isles
Britain
English Channel
Liverpool
Kedah
Suffolk
4-H Pig Winners Highlight Inter-State Fair Results
At the Inter-State fair 4-H pig judging crowned champions in several breeds. Grand champions went to Harlan Meyer with a Chester White boar and Morgan Wells with a Chester White son. Lamb winners included Morgan Wells taking both purebred and grade ram lamb titles.
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Poland
John Raymer
Donovan Glennie
Ervin Nuttleman
Lester Pralle
Glennie
Barrow
Grace Chalsma
Ruth Chalsma
Chester Whites
Chester White
Harlan Meyer
Walter Horstman
Morgan Wells
Harland Meyer
Light Barrow
Robert Rhyme
Morgan Ae
Duvoc Jersey
Robert Elliott
Ray Jostad
John Kish
Hampshire
Richard Storandt
William F. Schomberg
Blyden Skogen
Fern Pfafflin
John Ofstedahl
Arlan Pfaff
Jewelers Face Strong Demand and Shortages in 1940s Market
New York reports show U S jewelers amid strong consumer demand but hampered by delivery shortages. Skilled labor scarcity and metal supply issues hinder plating alloys and other products. War era gains in antique jewelry soften as refugee liquidations decline and new alloys are showcased but orders stall due to material scarcities.
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New York
American National Retail Jewelers Association
Ghost rocket blast over Sweden shocks observers
Stockholm observer says a 100-foot ghost rocket exploded in a blinding flash over Sweden. The sighting adds to reports that mystery missiles carry destructive devices making traces hard to find. Officials say Sweden may be a test target for remotely controlled missiles from the Baltic coast.
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Stockholm
Stockholm Aftonbladet
Sweden
Baltic
Notable Deaths Mentioned in AP Across U.S. Cities
Serge Soudeikine age 60 Russian born theatrical painter formerly with the Metropolitan Opera Co and Radio City Music Hall in New York dies in Nyack New York. Mrs Bertha Todd age 39 estranged wife of Michael Todd theatrical and movie producer dies in Santa Monica California. P W Wiesselman age 55 professor of law at the University of Kansas for eight years until 1943 retirement dies in Lawrence Massachusetts.
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Nyack, N. Y
Serge Soudeikine
Metropolitan Opera Co
Radio City Music Hall
New York
Santa Monica
Calif
Bertha Todd
Michael Todd
Lawrence, Mass
P. W. Wiesselman
University of Kansas
Minnesota
North Dakota
Unele Ray Tomorrow clocks atoms radium and power
Illus trated leaflet titled Unele Ray Tomorrow covers clocks atoms radium and atom power. Frank C. Pape contributed pictures and Uncle Ray wrote several hundred words. Requests for copies require a self addressed stamped envelope to Uncle Ray care of this newspaper.
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Frank C. Pape
Uncle Ray
Wisconsin ducks rules face final word by commission
Madison Wisconsin special report hunters will draw the final word on fall hunting rules as the Wisconsin conservation commission considers the federal fish and wildlife service proposal. The plan calls for a 45 day season with reduced bag and possession limits and possible changes to shooting hours. Previously the commission favored banning shooting after 4 pm, though federal rules allow sunrise to sunset.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Conservation Commission
Federal Fish and Wildlife Service
National
Wisconsin
UNRRA committee seeks compromise on relief program
In Geneva the UNRRA policy committee names a special 10 nation panel to bridge British American and Russian viewpoints on continuing international relief and rehabilitation. Surplus service goods will be auctioned to the public in Ceylon.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Unrra General Council
Ceylon
Transfer of Glenn Abbey from Bombay consul to Tokyo staff
The state department announced yesterday the transfer of Glenn A. Abbey of Dodgeville Wisconsin from consul at Bombay to the staff of the U S Political adviser at Tokyo.
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Washington
State Department
Glenn A. Abbey
Dodgeville
Wis
Bombay
U. S
Tokyo
Oklahoma Commission Backs Gas Pipeline Plan
The Oklahoma corporation commission endorsed before the federal power commission an application by the Michigan Wisconsin pipeline company to build an $84 million natural gas pipeline from Texas and Oklahoma to Michigan. The plan would source all gas from the Hugoton field, and Michigan Consolidated currently buys from Panhandle Eastern. If completed by 1948, expected net income is $1,296,978.
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LA Crosse Tribune
Oklahoma Commission
Washington, D. C
Oklahoma
Corporation Commission
Federal Power Commission
Michigan-Wisconsin Pipeline Company
Texas
Michigan
FPC
Floyd Green
Michigan- Wisconsin Company
Hugoton
Michigan Consolidated
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Racine
Beloit
Janesville
Madison
Green Bay
Sheboygan
Appleton
Oshkosh
Fond du Lac
Manitowoc
Two Rivers
Stoughton
Edward J. Hill
Michigan-Wisconsin
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