Certificates Given To 96 By Red Cross
A Red Cross class issued certificates to 96 beginners in swimming taught by Ford Lipovetz of La Crosse County and Evar Silvernagie of Austin Minnesota. Classes were held at the municipal pool. Recipients include Barbara Conway, Jane Murphy, Pat Ferris, Lois Secord, Lorraine Noyes, Jeannette Funke, Tony Solberg, LeRoy Murphy, Richard Buchda, Bowne Sayner and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford J. Lipovetz
la Crosse County
Evar Silvernagie
Austin
Ted Rohde
Maurice McCasiland
Fred Vater
Gaylord Olson
James Brueggeman
Jean McKenzie
Mary Engelke
Larry Ritchie
Judith Bosanny
Virginia Webster
Dick Mitton
Joan Sche- Giry
Lea Kupferschmid
Bruce Mahoney
Don Lachman
Ralph Spears
Wesley Roberts
Richard Stoll
Dick Hembre
Jim Bakalars
Georgia Anderson
Louis Walker
Bill
Bolivian Court Chief Assumes Public Office
Tomas Monje Gutierrez, president of the Bolivian superior court, assumed office as acting president of the republic in La Paz. He succeeds Nestor Guillen, who had been chief executive during Monje’s illness, both men members of the government Junta that took power after the July revolution and the execution of President Gualberto Villarroel.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Tomas Monje Gutierrez
Bolivian Superior Court
Action
Republic
Nestor Guillen
Monije
Monje
Guillen
Gualberto Villarroel
Manchuria Puppet Leader Defends Crown Amid Inaction Critique
Manchurian former emperor Pu yi testified at a war crimes trial in Tokyo defending his acceptance of the puppet throne. He cited fear for his life and said Democratic nations failed to resist Japanese expansion in 1932 and 1933. He recounted being offered the throne by Sei Shiro Itagaki and described threats against his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Henry Pu-yi
Trone
Manchuria
Pu-yi
Japan
Seishiro Itagaki
Port Arthur
College Signs 938 Students 70 Rooms Still Sought Here
Admissions at the State Teachers college have slowed after closures in physical education and branch departments. A total of 938 students are registered, mostly freshmen, with 20 men and 50 women still needing rooms. Eleven women seek board and room jobs and housing inquiries may contact Miss Virginia Congreve Clyde Smith or Mrs Koblitz at the college by phone No 49.
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College
State Teachers College
Special Department
Virginia Congreve
Clyde Smith
Koblitz
Two Exhibits To Be Shown At Milwaukee Junior State Fair
Two La Crosse county exhibits head to the Milwaukee Junior State fair August 17 to 25. Fern Pfafflin’s mounted butterflies and moths from New Amsterdam 4 H club feature Miss Pfafflin hatching several specimens including a Black Swallow tail. John Gilsdorf of Bangor club brings Indian curios with large arrowheads, moccasins, wampum, clay objects, and pieces from many states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
Milwaukee
Fern Pfafflin
New Amsterdam
4-H Club
John Gilsdorf
Bangor Club
Union
Soviet Denials On Troop Concentration Near Iran Border
London dispatch says Moscow radio denied reports of Soviet troops massing on Iran's northern border in response to British Indian forces moving toward Basra near Iran's southwest frontier. The denial frames reports as published abroad and offers no confirmation of troop movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moscow Radio Today
Iran
Iraq
Basra
University of Wisconsin approves dorm expansion contracts
Madison board of regents authorizes the university building corporation to award a $554,843 cost plus fixed fee contract to George A. Fuller Co. for a Van Hise dormitory addition to house about 200 single veterans. Work starts immediately with total dorm project about $700,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Board of Regents
University of Wisconsin Building Corporation
van Hise
George A. Fuller Co
Chicago
New York
Regents
George Nelson and Sons
Madison Cheese Makers Oppose OPA Price Ceilings
Madison Wis resident H E Thew testified for small packaged and foreign cheese makers opposing return of OPA ceiling prices. Leonard Kopitzke of Marion Wis spoke for the Wisconsin Cheese Makers association about price controls shrinking public demand and hurting specialty cheese makers. W A Wentworth of New York city testified for the dairy industry committee that the previous black market moved half the butter supply under OPA with prices reaching a dollar per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
H. E. Thew
Madison
Wis
Thew
Leonard E. Kopitzke
Marion, Wis
Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association
Dairy Industry Committee
W. A. Wentworth
New York City
OPA
Resume Negotiations In Case Co Strike In Racine
In Racine Wisconsin negotiators for J I Case and UAW CIO Local 180 resumed talks yesterday for the seven month old strike. Company President L R Clausen led the Case delegation for about 15 minutes while Harvey Kitzman waved objections to the proposed wage scale. The union cites a current scale of 77 cents to $1.20 per hour versus the proposed 1.00 to 1.55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Wis
J. I. Case
Case
Uaw-Cio
L. R. Clausen
Clausen
Harvey Kitzman
Kitzman
South Milwaukee Man Shot Left In Park
A 55-year-old South Milwaukee resident, John Miklos, was found shot in the face in Rawson Park after being robbed by two youths. He said they beat him, took $20, and shot him, remaining in bushes for hours before a patrol officer found him. His condition was reported later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Milwaukee
Wis
Rawson Park
Nick Conrad
John Miklos
Conrad
Miklos
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Highway 14
Mississippi
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