All-Time High Youth Baseball Participation Across Programs
A survey by the Athletic Institute shows a 30 percent rise in youth baseball participation nationwide. It covers nine major programs plus an estimated 125 000 in miscellaneous programs, totaling 2 438 233 players eight years and up this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Sluggers
Milwaukee Braves
The
Athletic Institute
Davenport
American Legion
Babe Ruth League
American Baseball Congress
George Khoury Association of Baseball Leagues
National Baseball, Inc
P-O-N-Y “Grads
National Boys Baseball
VFW Teener
Policing Up Grounds Amid Summer Outdoor Fun
An essay urges cleanliness at parks and picnic spots during the summer surge of outdoor activity. It praises tidy behavior, warns about litterbugs, and suggests ash trays could carry notices to curb litter. The piece detours into talk of tunnel dreams linking Britain to France and Siberia to Alaska, ending with a biblical verse.
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Britain
France
English Channel
Siberia
Alaska
Outlawing words and the sweetie plague
Robert Ruark ridicules overused words like divine adorable cute delicious darling sweet and charming arguing they drain meaning. He targets English habits of speech and the spread of phrases such as d you know in points about introductions and be lieve me while laments the mono trend and asks to drop sweetie from language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Nairobi
Er-Hum-Hah
Monet
Renoir
Matisse
van Gogh
Woman questions IRS spelling of immediately in North Carolina town
An IRS agent recalls a local caller asking how to spell immediately. The woman said if anyone in town could know, the IRS would, highlighting a humorous exchange in a North Carolina office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Caroline
Internal Revenue Service
News From the Past Twenty Years Ago 1938
Mrs. Ole Elbertson dies after distress at home while Lt. Daniel D. Dodge, heir to a $900 million Michigan fortune, dies in a blast after a dynamite test near Little Current Ontario. his bride injured. Also reports rainfall, brewery dividends, and political speeches in Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Elbertson
Daniel D. Dodge
Michigan Motor
Little Current
Ontario
Heileman Brewery
A. J. Bates
Herman Ekern
Sol Levitan
la Crosse County
Harry Schilling
Sand Lake Cou
Answers and facts from the La Crosse Tribune Q&A column
A reader asks about postwar nationalization in Britain eight industries by 1957 and restoration of iron and steel to private hands. Other entries identify Amertoy dog breed, autumn and winter start dates in 1958, breath volume, squid consuming countries, and related notes from the Information Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
Eye St. N.W
Washington, D.C
Great Britain
J.B. A
Bank of England
Iron and Steel
Iron and Steel Corporation of
R.C. A
American Museum- Hayden Planetarium
Equator
Dakar
French West Africa
Farafangana
Madagascar
Dogs booklet details breed care and training guidance
A 48 page guide covers selection care raising training feeding diseases and more. It features 33 well known breeds with history standards and temperament plus 111 breeds recognized by the American Kennel Club. Order price is 35 cents plus 5 cents mailing with a 40 cent coupon via the Washington DC information bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
American Kennel Club
Please Print Name Street City State
A fragment displays a form instruction asking for the recipient’s full address with name street city and state and directs mail to Washington DC. The text suggests a standardized address collection segment from a postal or official form. No additional context or events are provided.
War and Peace in the Space Age by James M. Gavin
Lt Gen James M Gavin argues space age defense requires renewed US readiness and UN led space program. He critiques defense leadership, warns of Soviet missile gains, and calls for limited wars preparedness and space control as path to peace. He portrays Gavin as forward looking and committed to national security.
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James M. Gavin
Harper
Gavin
Army Research
United States
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Russia
America
Space
United Nations
Publicity as a Vital Tool in Political Campaigns
Wisconsin columnist analyzes how candidates use publicity to shape voter perception. Timing, press releases, and headline hunts reveal strategies of Sen Gaylord Nelson and Gov Vernon Thomson, with cautions on overexposure and misleading claims by rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Gaylord Nelson
Vernon W. Thomson
He Wyngaard
Thomson
Joe McCarthy
O’konski
Madison
Waterfront property touted as best long term investment
The piece argues waterfront land offers superior long term value over stocks with rising demand from home buyers and industry. It cites rising water related ventures, the Babson Institute pool project, and the shift from autos to water sports as trends supporting waterfront ownership and limited supply as a future wealth source.
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Babson Park
Mass
New York City
New York
New Haven
Hartford
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford Motor Company
Babson Institute
New England
Willpower and pain tested by dramatic fakir operation
The Times Weekly Review describes Yvon Yua, a fakir, undergoing an appendix removal in Bordeaux without anesthesia or restraint. The procedure was filmed with the fakir narrating, aiding the surgeon’s minute by minute analysis of reactions. A second anecdote involves a gas station joke about a limousines driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Weekly Review
London
Yvon Yua
Bordeaux
Pocketbook check: spotting valuables in a home
A notice urges inspecting for hidden value in stamps, books, paintings, records, and antiques. An examp le shows a patient gifting UN stamps now worth over 40000 dollars. Collectors and dealers pay high prices, with guidance from catalogs and librarians.
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U.N
La Crosse Tribune Publisher Rates and Circulation Details
The La Crosse Tribune lists publisher W. T. Burgess and details pricing for home delivery and mail subscriptions. Rates cover La Crosse area including Onalaska and La Crescent with weekly, monthly, and annual options, plus distant mail pricing and advance payment terms.
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la Crosse Tribune
W. T. Burgess
la Crosse
Tribune
Jann & Kelley, Inc
New York
Chicago
Detroit
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Atlanta
Onalaska
la Crescent
Sunday Tribune
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Bering Straits
Robert C. Ruark
Sweetie
Bud
Doc
Mister
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
U.S.S.R
Joseph K. Kidder
Lee
Frank Schneider
Chib
Irvona Coal Co
Coalport
Radio Commission
Grace McLindon Bard
Louise Bernhard
WKBH
Harriet Kroner
la Crosse Wctu
Buffalo-Trempealeau
Frank Anderson
R. H. Worth
William Blankley
Lulu Hopkins
Bert Brown
Isabel van Loon
Grandad Bluff Road
Crest
Charles A. Darling
Ferry St
Stoddard Hotel
Paul Lyga
S. 21St St
A. G. Cavouras
Cass St
Fred G. Cowles
Tribune and Leader-Press
McAlester News-Capital
McAlester
Oklo
New Post
Madrugada
Virginia
Roye
Louis Nagler
Leavenworth
YMCA
Red Cross
J. M. Becker
Monroe
Charles Naffz
Caroline Morris
City Hall
Wendell A. Anderson
John Dengler
Board of Trade
John J. Esch
Orlando Holway
la Crosse Club
National Editorial Assn
St. Paul
F. H. Burgess
George H. Frederick
Prairie du Chien
Charles Neibuhr
Crosby Point
L. A
K.K
California
Eye St
N. W
Washington, D. C
Literary Guide Post
H. G. Rogers
John Wyngaard
Wis
Legislative Committee On Conservation Affairs
Assembly
Conservation Department
Department
Congress
News Service
Wisconsin
Roger Babson
Holiday
Faye Henle
R. L
E. L. Burgess
Howard Colvin Retail
Maxine Kahler
Luther Wilkins
A. E. Teachout
North Side
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