Soprano Kathryn Oaks Returns To La Crosse For Concert
Soprano Kathryn Oaks gave a return engagement at State Teachers College La Crosse to a small but appreciative audience. She performed Strauss and Thrane pieces, French songs by Massenet Dalcroze and Charpentier, with accompanist Geraldine Thien. The program included Ruth Williams Freeholt’s Song of Our Democracy and an encore of My Hero.
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Kathryn Oaks
Wisconsin
la Crosse
State Teachers College
le Coeur de
Dalcroze
Depuis Te
Jour
Louise
Charpente
Geraldine Thien
Mrs. Oaks
Liszt
Chopin
Charles
Hero
Cyprus Detains Jews Intercepted for Palestine Entry
Cyprus government issues a decree authorizing detention of Jews intercepted while trying to enter Palestine and imposes one year in prison for escapes. A similar penalty applies to those aiding refugees to escape.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Palestine
Ancient Timekeepers: Water Sand and Fire Clocks
Water clocks were used by Romans and Charlemagne reportedly received a Persian gold and bronze water clock with a 12 door dial and rolling balls. Sand-glasses emerged about 1 200 years ago and hour glasses timed longer periods. Candle and oil lamp clocks provided light and hour marks in the Middle Ages.
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Charlemagne
France
Germany
Italy
Mele Ran Tomorrow Lantern Clocks
Advertises a free illustrated leaflet titled Seven Wonders of the World. Send a self addressed stamped envelope to Uncle Ray via this newspaper for delivery.
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Uncle Ray
Deaths toll in small towns across Minnesota and Wisconsin
A rush of obituaries from Rushford Huntington Park Dresbach and other towns notes Mae Hanson 63 former Rushford resident dies of heart attack in California. Emil Hermann funeral to be held at Zumbro Falls. Mrs Leo Hembd buried Seattle following illness. Caroline Edlund 68 dies in Minneapolis food poisoning. Martin Selmer Johnson 49 dies of heart attack at LeDonia with military rites planned. Survivors listed for each case.
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Rushford
Minn
Mae Hanson
Huntington Park
Calif
Houston
Thomas Parish
Hanson
Alfred K. Hanson
Eva
William
Bell
Walter
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Eastern Star
Rushford Church
Russell K. Johnson
Winona
Oak Grove
Galesville
Wis
Leo Hembd
Seattle
Wash
Frank Hembd
Hembd
Whitehall
Caroline Edlund
Werner Edlund
Minneapolis
R. R. Langworthy
Emma Hauge
Independence
Edlund
Caroline Larson
Peter Larson
Werne
Vera Gelzer
Hillsdale
Mich
Ida Curtis
Milwaukee
John Gordon
Miles City
Mont
Oliver Larson
Sioux Falls
Lever Johnson
Winnebago Township
Sarah Buxengard
Irene
Denver
Colo
Bernice
Chicago
Norma
Lloyd
Charles Gahagan
Grand Forks
N. D
Lawrence Herman
Waukon
Barney Hamon
Dubuque
John Johnson
Everett
Harry Johnson
EightYearOld Maureen Perry Dies From Bacillary Dysentery
An eight year old girl from Rosendale died of bacillary dysentery in Fond du Lac Wisconsin. The illness led to hospitalization of three Perry children and two neighbors. Other Perry children James 7 Gordon 11 Marilyn 12 and Schwebke children Dale 6 Darrell 3 1/2 are also hospitalized or infected.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
Maureen Perry
Bert Perry
Route 1
Rosendale
M. Geraldine
St. Agnes Hospital
James
Gordon
Marilyn
Perry
Dale
Darrell Schwebke
Louis Schwebe
Deaths Last Night in North Manchester and Beyond
Prominent figures reported dead include Dr Otho Winger 68 longtime Manchester College president and Brethren minister born in Marion. Elizabeth Brown Cutting 75 former North American Review editor and Jefferson biography author born in Brooklyn. Egon Brecher film actor associated with Eve Le Gallienne born in Czechoslovakia. Henry J. Anigo former president of the San Francisco Mint exchange.
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Associated Press
Manchester
Otho Winger
Manchester College
Church of the Brethren
Marion
Bedford Hills
Elizabeth Brown Cutting
The
North American Review
Jefferson Devise
Brooklyn
N. Y
Hollywood
Egon Brecher
Eve le Gallienne
Czechochevakia
BAN
Francisco Henry J. Anigo
Ube San Francie Minme Exchange
Duck bite sparks chase at Dallas residence
Mail carrier L. F. Wilson said a duck on a front porch bit him and left a welt on his leg. A reporter visiting the home was chased by the angry duck as Wilson was bitten again.
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Dallas
L. F. Wilson
Wilson
79 year old man in Chicago wallet gun claim
A 79-year-old man in Chicago limped from a taxicab near a south side bank with two guns visible. He demanded to withdraw 3000 dollars, but a nearby officer disarmed him and bank cashier said he had 65 cents. He was held for questioning while the cabbie sought payment of a 4.50 fare.
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Chicago
South Side
Mitchell boy runs away seeks enrollment at state training school
An 11-year-old Mitchell, South Dakota, ran away from home and appeared at the Plankinton state training school. He told the superintendent he heard it was a fine school and wished to enroll, but his father retrieved him to take him home.
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Mitchell
S. D
Plankinton State Training School
Milwaukee Boy Drowns Near Yacht Club
Seven year old David Herman son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Herman drowned near the South Shore Yacht club when he fell from a moored boat. His body was recovered from 12 feet of water by Robert Blackwood after a 45 minute fire department rescue attempt.
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Milwaukee
David Herman
Ralph Herman
South Shore Yacht Club
Robert Blackwood
U S Soap Box Derby Set Sunday in Akron
Akron hosts the ninth national soap box derby with 112 teenagers aiming on the 1000 foot track at Derby Downs. Local winners from newspapers' contests compete while Claude Smith of Akron, a former national winner, serves in the Pacific with the army.
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U.S
Akron
Derby Downs
Claude Smith
Pacific
Stock Exchange Workers Walk Out For Strike Vote
Virtually all members of the United Financial Employees union walked out at the New York Stock Exchange to vote on a strike. About 700 union workers walked out as floor transactions and quotations faced delays while Harris, Upham and Company faced mediation disputes with the labor board.
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Stock Exchange
New York
United Financial Employes Union
Ind
New York Stock Exchange
Eugene Lokey
Exchange
Stock Clearing Corporation
The
Harris, Upham and Company
Harris and Upham
New York State Labor Board
Harris
Upham
Lokey
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Southe
With & Smile
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California
U. S. Navy
Martin Johnson
Gjerde
Pace Fabric
Seersucker
William J. Gilrein
War Assets Administration
House
Terry
Vesta
Gould
Great Northern Batteries
Anderson's
Tire Service
Ners TI Mechanics
Fupenatunot
U. S. Army
Warriors of Peace
Voice of the Army
Mark Warnew
Harry Wismer
Guy Lombardo
Harry James
Xavier Cugat
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