City Man Overcomes Handicap Operates Rug Weaving Plant
Oscar Erickson, nearly blind for years, runs a La Crosse rug weaving shop at 713 Vine Street. He learned weaving at Janesville after hearing of a workshop for the blind at the Chicago World’s Fair. Erickson plans an electric loom to speed production and may hire an assistant from a Janesville program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Man Overcomes Handicap
John Milton
Oscar Erickson
Erickson
Bell’s Coulee
Janesville
Milwaukee
la Crosse
West Salem
Vine Street
Rickson
Vine
Poland Starts Penicillin Production in Warsaw Area
Poland launches penicillin production at a factory near Tarchomin. Health officials say workers completed and assembled UNRRA supplied equipment, while American producers refused assistance to Polish scientists seeking crystallized penicillin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Tarchomin
UNRRA
U.S. Food Consumption Hits Record High Says Consumer Leader
Madison report notes per capita food consumption at 1,600 pounds with demand for higher quality. Paul S. Willis of Grocery Manufacturers of America cites bright industry future and urges stronger farm-manufacturer-distributor teamwork. He details research grants, profits, and consumer empowerment while defending competition and choice in the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Madison Bureau
Madison
Wis
Paul S. Willis
Grocery Manufacturers of America, Inc
Willis
American Institute of Cooperation
University of Wisconsin
Nutrition Foundaton, Inc
United States
Canada
Association
Special Stradivari Collection Housed and Cared For
Mrs. Gertrude Clark Whittall donated five Stradivari instruments to the Library of Congress in 1935 and funded a dedicated air conditioned room with colonial decor. The endowment brings in famed musicians like the Budapest string quartet to rehearse and perform regularly. Names include Betts Castelbarco Ward Cassaretti and Roisman Gorodetzky Kroyt Schneider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gertrude Clark Whittall
Library of Congress
Stradivari
Frends
Beauvais
Joseph Roisman
Jac Gorodetzky
Boris Kroyt
Mischa Schneider
Betts
London
Count Castelbarco
Milan
Ward
Cassaretti
Castelbarco
Walt Whitman
Mr. Shasta
Mrs. Whittall
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Ter
Patek
Aus
Tin
Minnesota
Green Colonial Coal Eng
Green Colonial Furnace CO
S&s. W. 3Rd
Des Moines
Iowa
Milton's Prescription Pharmacy
Tribune
U. S
Fantle
Vogue
Harper’s Bazaar
Bice-Olsen Lumber Co
Vach-Werner Monument CO
South Avenue
la Crosse, Wis
Lynwood
Vu.tvu
Fifth Avenue
Hollywood
Charlie Russell
Elinor Anderson
Star-Journal
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