McCoy Troops To Participate In Eau Claire Jubilee
Camp McCoy troops from Task Force Frost will march into Eau Claire on Aug 30 for a homecoming jubilee. About 200 soldiers from various Army units will display and explain weapons and gear while testing clothing and equipment for winter conditions ahead of a Sept 2 parade. Col Rudolph Breedlow and Capt Edward Fitzgerald lead the unit, with engineers from Co B aiding in operations and testing.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Eau Claire
Frost
Army Ground Forces Experimental Unit
Rudolph W. Breedlow
Edward J. Fitzgerald
Co. C
Second Infantry Regiment
Co. B
Seventh Engineer Battalion
Army Ground Forces
Col. Broedlow
She'll Raise Orchids Vegetables In Alaska
Mrs Ruth Torgeson widow with three children plans a Alaska greenhouse venture in Fairbanks. She studies nurseries in Seattle while awaiting construction and will grow orchids alongside fresh vegetables in a mixed greenhouse operation.
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Alaska
Seattle
Wash
Ruth Torgeson
Torgeson
Cheap Clock Patent Locked Up In Safe
In Circleville Ohio Kemper Hammel a former resident now with Eureka company of Bloomington claims to have invented an electric clock that can be sold for 25 cents. He says the Toledo company to which the patent was assigned placed the patent in a safe and would market the clock when a competitor offers one for as low as a dollar. The clock reportedly has only three moving parts.
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Circleville
Ohio
Kemper Hammel
Eureka Company
Bloomington
Hammel
Toledo
Toledo Concern
Hammer
New Australian Emissary Joins Allied Japan Council
Wiliam McMahon Ball, 44, becomes the first Australian diplomatic representative of the United Kingdom. He leaves Sydney to serve Britain India New Zealand and Australia in the Allied Control Council in Japan. Ball, son of a clergyman, credits moral training and his Irish-English heritage for his outlook. He previously consulted for Australia at the U N Conference in San Francisco.
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Wiliam McMahon Ball
United Kingdom
Sydney
Great Britain
India
New Zealand
Australia
Allied Control Council
Japan
Ball
San Francisco
Gardens of Nero Said to Stand on Vatican Site
The article notes that the location now known as the Vatican was historically occupied by what were called the Gardens of Nero, a detail tied to ancient Rome and early papal lore.
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Vatican
Nero
Norway pine sight on La Crosse county travel route
Tribune Photo, Map Interesting Scenery will be found by motorists on today's La Crosse county travel trip. The photograph was taken on county trunk T near the junction with EE and shows one of the few natural stands of Norway pine in the La Crosse area. Motorists will leave the city over U S high way No 16, skirting West Salem and taking No 108 to county trunk C or the Wet Coulee road. Branching off on T, travelers will go to No 162, returning over that road to No 16 and then into La Crosse.
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Tribune
la Crosse County
la Crosse
U. S. Highway No
West Salem
Wet Coulee Road
No. 16
Ostrich Pair Reaches Milwaukee Zoo After Tumultuous Ocean Voyage
George Waetjen, zoological chairman, recounts the ostriches’ perilous journey from Africa to New York for quarantine and rest before their final leg to Milwaukee. The birds survived a fire, engine failures, a Caribbean tow, and a hurricane before arriving to replace last year’s deaths at the Milwaukee park.
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Milwaukee
Washington Park
New York
Africa
Robin Adair
Johannesburg
South Africa
Boston
Atlantic
George Waetjen
Zoological Chairman
Neighbors Build Home for Homeless Widow in Cherry Valley
Mrs. Rupert Baxter, a widow with six children, faced eviction after her rental house sold. Local residents raised 2000 dollars, purchased a lot and barn, and transformed the property into a tidy five room residence for her family in the village of 600.
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Cherry Valley
Rupert Baxter
Automakers Target 2,250,000 Cars for 1946
Automotive News reports that despite shortages manufacturers plan to reach 2,250,000 passenger cars in 1946. Plant schedules expect 50 percent higher output later this year after 994,512 units produced so far. This week US output is 79,746 with 56,229 passenger cars and 23,517 trucks.
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Detroit
Automotive News
United States
Canada
Crane's Canary Cottage Closes Since 1942 Rationing
Cleveland report notes Crane's Canary Cottage, praised as a peak example of American cooking in a national magazine, has remained closed since late 1942 due to rationing and shortages of food and staff. The item appears in a savings bond promotion context.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Crane
Canary Cottage
Trip Through Wet Coulee Area Sunday
A 60 mile Sunday drive from La Crosse via State No 16 through West Salem and Wet Coulee Road trunk C to No 162 and back offers rolling hills lush fields and time for local sights. The narrative notes blooming phlox fruit trees and wildlife along roads with a two hour drive time.
Civic Forum launches drive for sale of season tickets
The La Crosse Civic Forum will run a season ticket sale campaign from Monday through August 26 1946. Speakers include Dr Edward Teller Anna Lord Strauss Vincent Sheean William Lydgate and Dr Maynard Krueger with multiple sponsoring organizations involved.
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la Crosse Civic Forum
Edward Teller
University of Chicago
Anna Lord Strauss
League of Women Voters
Vincent Sheean
William A. Lydgate
George Gallup
Maynard Krueger
Department of Economics
American Association of University Women
la Crosse Community Council
Business and Professional Women’s Club
DAR
Twentieth Century Club
CIO Council
la Crosse Federation of Teachers
Delta Phi Kappa
Beta Sigma Phi
la Crosse Medical Association
la Crosse County Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis
Rotary Clubs
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Trinidad
Caribbean
L. G. Kistler
Invisible Contact Lens Service
C. H. van DE Steeg
Optometry
Main Street
M. R. Kemski
la Crosse, Wis
Niebuhr
Bob Cliie
Cortland’s
Cortland's
Jewelers
Wet Coulee
Veterans Park Lagoon
Coulee
Civic Forum
J. N. Cribben
South 16Th Street
The
Pony Express
Smale’s
Cass St
Proctor
Branson Appliance CO
Pfafflin Bros
West Avenue
Meighen
Caledonia Street
Vogue
Ellen McGarty
Miss McGarty
Deerflinger
Lane
Washburn Auditorium
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