Audrey Jehlen to Sing With La Crosse Concert Band in Riverside Park
Auditions highlight Thursday evening concert features Audrey Jehlen soprano soloist in Herbert Italian Street Song with the La Crosse Concert Band directed by Russ Wartinbee. The program includes marches overtures vocal solos and clarinet novelties.
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la Crosse
Riverside Park
Audrey Jehlen
Jehlen
Central High School
Patience
City Recreation Department
Miss Jehlen
Victor Herbert
Alf Modahl
Kenneth Storandt
del Conklin
Russ Wartinbee
Lockart-Seitz
Gould
Barnum and Bailey
Colby
Echtner
Oklahoma
Rodgers
Eilenberg
Wooden Soldiers
Jessel
Jewell
Bible Passed Through Three Wars Carried by Beaver Family
BERWICK Pa A small Bible has served Beaver family members through Civil War World War I and World War II. Martin Beaver received it from his father Harvey who had inherited it from his Civil War veteran father. Jack Beaver later brought the Bible home after overseas service in World War II.
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Berwick
Beaver
Jack Beaver
Martin
Martin Beaver
Harvey
Austrian Professor Bergius Claims Wood-Based Meat Discovery
Vienna reports that Friedrich Bergius, Austrian professor and inventor of synthetic oil, asserts a method to create synthetic meat from wood. The meat supposedly matches ordinary meat in fat content, albumen, and caloric value, with a playful waiter quip about elm, beech, or teak dishes.
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Friedrich Bergius
Vienna
Japanese businessmen fear silk market loss to nylon rivals
In Japan, business leaders warn that wartime demand may shift away from silk toward substitutes such as nylon and rayon, threatening the country’s silk trade in America. The warning comes amid fears of reduced orders and competition from synthetic fabrics.
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Japan
America
Major Parties Seek La Follette November Support
Both major parties eyed Senator Robert M. La Follette for November backing after his Wisconsin primary loss to Joseph R. McCarthy. La Follette declined to decide soon and said he will not run as an independent. The dynamics stirred GOP and Democratic leaders over potential influence from the Progressive remnants.
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Washington, D. C
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Joseph R. McCarthy
la Follette
West New Deal
Taylor
Idaho
GOP
Robert E. Hannegan
Howard McMurray
William C. Murphy
Hannegan
Progressive Party
McCarthy
McMurray
Crowley
Robert Tehan
Tom Coleman
Robert Taft
Ohio
Taft
Cooperation Sought to Sustain Federal School Lunch Program
Wisconsin officials urged local school leaders to cooperate in the federal lunch program for the new school year. The program shifts from emergency to permanent funding with the state distributing subsidies. Applications go to the Department of Public Instruction for public schools and to Production and Marketing Administration in Madison for private and parochial schools.
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Ask Cooperation of Schools
Madison
Wis
State Department of Public Instruction
U. S. Department of Agriculture
John Callahan
Callahan
Bulletin
State Department of Schools
Production and Marketing Administration
FASTEETH Improves Denture Hold and Comfort
FASTEETH, an improved powder, sprinkles on upper or lower plates to hold false teeth in place. It prevents sliding or rocking with no gummy taste and is alkaline, not sour. Available at any drug store.
La Crosse Business Activity Shows 36 Per Cent Increase
La Crosse July business activity rose 36 percent from July 1945 based on bank debit figures from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Debits totaled 22 583 000 for July, lifting seven month totals to 149 691 000, a 23 percent year over year rise. Northern Wisconsin debits up 35 percent for July with seven month gains at 25 percent. The Ninth District shows a 23 percent July rise and 15 percent for seven months versus 1945.
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la Crosse
Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis
Wisconsin
Boy's Single Shot Kills Three Kangaroos
A schoolboy using home made ammunition fired a .32 rifle at a group of kangaroos near Tamworth. Two kangaroos were killed instantly while a third died later from a ricocheting piece of lead.
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Tamworth
Australia
Hemlock Trees Reach Maturity Over Long Span
Hemlock trees typically mature after 150 to 200 years, highlighting their slow growth and long-lived nature in forest ecosystems.
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Monty Woolley
Ginny Simms
Alexis Smith
Cary Grant
Rivoli Theater
Associated Press Political Reporter
Leo Crowley
New Deal
Kenmore
SEARS
LE Lua
Kerrybrookes
Monty
Boudoir
Fifth Avenue
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