Briggs Joins William and Mary Faculty as Associate Professor
Edgar V. Briggs longtime La Crosse public school educator with 11 years in the district joins the College of William and Mary Richmond professional institute as associate professor of mathematics and physics He has wartime teaching in the Army Air Forces and prior experience at Manston and La Crosse Logan Lincoln and a veteran college counselor role this summer at La Crosse State Teachers College He holds a BA from Lawrence College 1930 and a UW master’s degree 1940 Now relocating with Mrs Briggs to Richmond in September
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Edgar V. Briggs
la Crosse
Richmond Professional Institute
College of William and Mary
Richmond
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Truax Field
Madison
Scott Field
All
Briggs
Lincoln Junior High School
Logan High School
la Crosse State
The
la Crosse Education Association
la Crosse Federation of Teachers
la Crosse Madrigal Singers
North la Crosse
Guard Your Milk and Protect Freshness
Precautions ensure milk stays safe from farm to doorstep. Do not warm milk by leaving it exposed or re chill improperly. Avoid freezing outdoors or storing near strong smelling foods to prevent odor transfer. Always buy from a reputable dairy and guard against neglect.
Aquinas Students To Present Tie At Wisconsin State Fair
Aquinas high school plans to present Eugene ONeill’s Tie in the Little Theater at the Wisconsin State Fair next Wednesday. The cast includes Richard Bradburn, Virginia Albrecht, William Klein, and others, directed by Sister Margaret Mary. The play previously earned an A rating in the Wisconsin High School Forensic Association and superior at the Midwest Play Festival.
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Aquinas
Aquinas High School
Eugene O'Neill
Little Theater
Wis
Consin High
Robert Barth
Thomas Padesky
Thomas Bracken
William Burns
Margaret Mary
Aquinas School
Wisconsin State Fair Management
Wisconsin Federation of Music Clubs
Rural Sociology Department
Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Wisconsin Idea Theater
College Girls Seeking Jobs at State Teachers College
Several girls plan to attend the State Teachers college for the fall term and seek room and board jobs, with many offering such work to fund attendance. With three weeks until opening, 48 rooms are needed for women and 20 for men, say Deans Edith Cartwright and Clyde B. Smith. Call college numbers to offer accommodations.
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State Teachers College
Edith Cartwright
Clyde B. Smith
Technical specs of 47B helicopter engine and weight
The 47B helicopter uses a six cylinder air cooled engine delivering 175 h.p. Its gross weight is 2100 pounds with a useful load of 607 pounds included.
Leaflet Fallout Helped End World War II in Japan
In a wartime account, Marquis Koichi Kido recalls a 1943 leaflet drop of the Potsdam declaration that spurred Emperor Hirohito to push for surrender. The blast of messages reportedly influenced the cabinet, ending Japan’s resistance despite army extremism and prior secrecy about peace.
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Washington
Tokyo
Koichi Kido
Privy Seal
Hirohito
Army
PWB
Sagamo Prison
Kido
Japan
Suzuki
Togo
Supreme Council
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Russia
Eva Braun's Tailor Reflects on Meeting Hitler's Bride
Otto Ponatter, a 45 year old Munich tailor, recalls Eva Braun as a plain shopgirl with no strong fashion sense. He notes her lack of clear style, the Gestapo presence during fittings, and Hoffmann the photographer who helped introduce her to Hitler. He laments the unintended link to Hitler and prefers to be forgotten.
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Taubenberg
Germany
Eva Braun
Adolf Hitler
Otto Kalman Ponatter
Otto
Eva
Munich
Hitler
der Fuehrer
Reich
Ponatter
Gestapo
Heinrich Hoffman
Hoffman
Hoffmann
Fuehrer
Boost Sugar Beet Subsidy Increases for 1945 46
Washington authorities authorize higher subsidy payments to sugar beet processors for the 1945 and 1946 crops. John R. Steelman directs CCC and OPA to adjust price supports to remove inequities, waive contract recovery, and guarantee 35 cents per 100 pounds more in 1946 than 1945.
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Washington
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Department of Agriculture
Office of Price Administrationy
Commodity Credit Corporation
CPA
CCC
Dr Stratman-Thomas UW Scientist Dies at 52
Dr Warren K Stratman-Thomas 52 a malarial research pharmacologist and former University of Wisconsin faculty member died in a Madison hospital. A 1922 Guggenheim grant funded a Africa field trip to seek new sleeping sickness cures. He was a Dodgeville Wisconsin native who served in the Navy during the war. Mohammedans first used coffee to stay awake during long religious ceremonies.
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Madison
Warren K. Stratman-Thomas
University of Wisconsin
Madison Hospital
Africa
Straman-Thomas
John Simon Guggenheim Foundation
Dodgeville
Wis
Stratman-Thomas
Navy
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Holmen Dairy
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Anami
By Tom Reedy
Hal Boyle
Dr. Stratman-Thomas
U. W
Charmode Garter
Fifth Avenue South
Betty
Zeke) Isakson
Betty MacDonald
Washburn
Zeke
S&h Sport Shop
Sattafa Donega
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