Tragic plane crash takes life of Roy Ferguson in North Dakota
Roy R. Ferguson, a U S Fish and Wildlife Service game management agent and pilot based in La Crosse, died in a plane crash last week near Upham North Dakota. He served since 1937 as reservation ranger for the upper Mississippi river refuge and was known for conservation education and effective enforcement. His death is a heavy loss to colleagues and the broader Mississippi valley conservation community.
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Lower Sourhs Federal Refuge
Upham
N. D
Roy R. Ferguson
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Upper
Mississippi Valley
la Crosse
Roy
Mississippi River
Ross Hanson
Ken Baer
Hanson
West
Baer
Ferguson
Bangor Rod and Gun Club
Bangor Memorial Park
Holmen
Bangor
Elmer Newburg
Poynette
la Crosse River Valley
New Net Prompts Wisconsin Fishing Regulation Debate
The Wisconsin Conservation Commission may ask the U S Fish and Wildlife Service to study a new nylon mesh net that could triple fish catch in the Great Lakes. Dr E W Schneberger and state officials urge international regulation and a Senate move to ratify a pending Great Lakes treaty. Proposals to modify Wisconsin fisheries rules for Green Bay and Lake Michigan/Superior will also be considered at the next meeting.
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Tribune
Madison Bureau
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Conservation Commission
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Great Lakes
E. W. Schneberger
State Fisheries Division
Canada
New York
Other
Lakes
State Commission
Wisconsin
Green Bay
Lake Michigan
Lake Superior
New Aids On Income Tax Helps For Small Taxpayers
Government pamphlets with form 1040 will guide how to prepare returns and appeal local collector decisions. Form 1040 A back prints similar guidance. The Mills bill proposes a Tax Sentiment Board as an intermediate appeal between the IRS and the U S tax court requiring agreement by both sides to bind settlements.
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Washington —i
Tax Setnt Board
House
Ways and Means Committee
Internal Revenue Bureau
U. S. Tax Court
Bureau
Tokyo teachers push for Romaji instruction in schools
In Tokyo, teachers interested in simplifying Japanese writing advocate government action to require Romaji instruction, the use of the western alphabet for writing Japanese.
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Tokyo -4
Bonn to Open 800-Seat Theater as Cultural Focus
In Bonn Germany an 800 seat theater will be completed in October marking the first step in the city’s plan to grow as a new German cultural center in the western capital region.
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Bonn
Germany
Wisconsin Plans To Swap Summer Fishing For Longer Winter Ice Season
Madison reports a proposed change to Wisconsin's 1950 sports fishing code aims to cut the open water season starting mid November and extend winter ice fishing. The plan, developed by Dr E W Schneberger and team, has backing from the state conservation congress and would remove the trout size limit pending a September vote by the conservation commission.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Fisheries Division
The
Conservation Commission
Isconsin Conservation Congress
Conservation Congress
Commission
Wisconsin Izaak Walton league urges voluntary pollution controls
The Wisconsin chapter of the Izaak Walton League asks industry and municipal governments to voluntarily comply with pollution abatement laws. It promotes a 1949 act including a proposed full time water pollution commissioner and calls on sportsmen to press authorities for enforcement. The pamphlet cites the conservation commission state health board and water pollution committee and urges citizens to protect Wisconsin waters.
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Tribune Madison Bureau
Madison
Wis
Izaak Walton League
Wisconsin
League
Conservation Commission
State Committee On Water Pollution
The
State Board of Health
State Committee On
The Moon May Be Dumping Ground For Atomic Wastes
Hobart reports Australian scientist Professor H S W Massey says industrialized atomic energy could produce waste so abundant they would need to rocket it to the moon to dispose of it.
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Moon
Hobart
Australia
H. S. W. Massey
New Zealand Election Tests Labor Record in November Vote
New Zealand's 14 year Labor regime faces a poll in November. The balance of power in the house hinges on four Maori members who have backed Labor and on 10 vulnerable Labor seats.
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Auckland
N. Z
New Zealand
House of Representatives
Secret British Jets May Debut At Farnborough Air Show
At Farnborough England officials hint several jet aircraft on a British secret list may appear publicly for the first time during the September 7 to 11 air show. No identification numbers are released.
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Farnborough
England
Girls become tractor drivers in Prague program
Twenty girls from a housekeeping school joined a tractor driving course, laughed at initially but now praised by the Czech government. Damages to machines dropped sharply, leading to more trainees being accepted.
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Prague
Fresh Water Fishing Urged By U S Official
O Lloyd Meehean of the Interior Department told a United Nations conference that Americans, already spending over a billion dollars weekly on fishing gear, should fish farms ponds heavily to balance food fish like bass with forage species. He urged federal state and local conservation officials to educate fishermen on required heavy harvests for maximum production. He estimated 20 million fishermen exist in the United States with 14.6 million buying licenses last year.
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Lake Success
N. Y
O. Lloyd Meehean
U. S. Interior Department
Fish and Wildlife Service
United Nations Scientific Conference
Meehean
Hayward Plans First Showing Of Big Muskie
The world’s largest muskellunge taken on rod and reel will be shown at Hayward fairgrounds Sunday at 3 p m. Governor Rennebohm plans to attend to unveil the fish from Lake Court Oreilles, weighing 67 pounds 8 ounces, 60 1/4 inches long with 33 1/2 inch girth.
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Hayward
Hayward’s Fair Grounds
Madison
Oscar Rennebohm
Lake Court Oreilles
Cal Johnson
Karl Kachmann
Phillip
Jack Connor
Minneapolis
Moccasin Lodge
Georgia Claimed Home to Largest Black Population
The article states that Georgia has more Negro residents than any other state in the Union. It notes the high number and implies statewide demographic significance within the union.
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Georgia
State
The
Union
Languid Louie Planting Trees Beats Speed in Forest Nursery
Francis J. Kelly reports on Languid Louie the slow moving tractor at Tom Bradley's tree nursery near Zanesville Ohio. The modified machine pulls five transplanting units and plants up to 10000 saplings per hour with five workers, cutting costs and improving row spacing.
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Washington
Louie
Agriculture Department
Soil Conservation Service
Tom Bradley
Conservation Service
Zanesville
Ohio
Bradley
Wisconsin Considers mandate for senior high conservation course
State education planners propose adding a required senior high school course on conservation of natural resources. The guide outlines six areas soils waters minerals forests wildlife and recreation with Wisconsin specific emphasis. Prof. F J Schmeekle heads the committee behind the plan citing national welfare tied to wise use of natural resources.
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Madison
Wis
State Department of Public Instruction
Wisconsin
F. J. Schmeekle
Central State Teachers College
Stevens Point
Schmeekle
Teachers’ Training School
Subdivides Apartments in Hungary to Add Living Quarters
Hungary faces a housing shortage and has subdivided more than 1,000 large apartments to provide additional living quarters. The move aims to ease accommodation pressure for urban residents and households.
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Hungary
Wisconsin fur trapping hearings set for Sept 6 counties
The conservation commission will hold public meetings in each county on September 6 to discuss trapping seasons for muskrat mink beaver and other fur bearers. La Crosse hosts an 8 p m meeting at the army house with a county questionnaire and local recommendations. The season begins around November 1 with beaver winter trapping.
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Tribune
Madison Bureau
Madison
Wisits
The
Conservation Commission
Conservation Congress
la Crosse County
A My
Mississippi River
Mississippi River Fish and Wildlife Refuge
Wisconsin
Pheasants Delivered to Hokah Rod and Gun Club
The Minnesota State Game Commission delivered 250 pheasants to the Hokah Rod and Gun Club. The six to eight week old birds were placed for care with Oscar Bernsdorf Ralph Leitzau and Omar Schleich at suitable sites in the country.
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Hokah, Minn
State Game Commission
Hokah
Turkish woman jailed in Leeds on immigration charge
Petra Korhanler, 38, a Turkish woman jailed at Leeds England, was said to have used 20 different names since 1943.
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Petra Korhanler
Leeds
England
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Minnesota
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Yukon
Doran Reinsvold
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Pollution Committee of the League
Charles O. Larson
State Bank
le Crosse
Chicago Stock Exchange
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U. S
Alexander Grant & Company
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James E. Burgess, C. P. A
Chicago
Los Angeles
Languid Louie
Francis J. Kelly
Balzer’s
Golden Boy
South 13Th Street
Health Spot Shoe Store
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