Extension classes offered for teachers and adults in La Crosse area
Maurice O Graff of State Teachers College announces fall term extension courses for teachers and interested adults within a 60 mile radius of La Crosse. Seven courses carry three undergraduate credits and meet 17 times from September 17 with sessions at Viroqua Whitehall Hillsboro Black River Falls and Tomah.
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la Crosse
Maurice O. Graff
State Teachers College
Viroqua
Mauree Applegate
Miss Drake
Dr. Cowley
Girl refugee peels iron curtain at Baltic border
A young German refugee from the Soviet zone in the British zone town of Travemuende set up a former Wehrmacht artillery range finder. For a nickel she could peep into the nearby Soviet zone and earn money from it.
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Luebeck
Travemuende
Baltic
Wisconsin Private Agencies Care For Thousands Of At Risk Youth
The Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare notes nearly 3,700 children are served by private agencies and institutions for dependent and neglected youth. There are 29 licensed private child welfare agencies in the state. A detailed analysis covers the number of children, services, sex and age distribution, and origins.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Department Ofublic Welfare
State Department
Alexander Grant and Co. Adds Two to La Crosse Office
The firm announces James E. Burgess as La Crosse office manager and Wallace E. Olson as assistant manager. Burgess comes from Chicago after Milwaukee public practice and Marquette training, succeeding M. L. Crouse who left to join Northern Engraving and Manufacturing Co.
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James E. Burgess
la Crosse
Alexander Grant and Co
Certified Public Accountants
Wallace E. Olson
Alexander Grant and Company
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Green Bay
Wis
Bloomington
Maurice H. Stans
Burgess
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Marquette University
M. L. Crouse
Northern Engraving and Manufacturing Co
Bus Company Seeks Fare Hike From Wisconsin Public Service
Northland Greyhound Lines asks the Wisconsin Public Service Commission to approve a five percent intrastate fare increase with a plan for a permanent ten percent rise after study. The carrier cites higher labor costs from a postwar contract and declining patronage while noting fares in neighboring states and competition from rail. It operates about 900000 miles a month in Wisconsin with 483 buses, and recently added 190 new vehicles at roughly 30000 each. The commission has not set a hearing date.
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Tribune Madison Bureau
Madison
Wis
Northland Greyhound Lines, Inc
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
State Commission
Greyhound
Wisconsin
Wisconsin hosts six day diesel engineering symposium
Madison special reports 175 leading diesel engine firms attend a six day symposium at the University of Wisconsin to link industry and academia. Sessions run August 29 through September 3 in Memorial Union with housing in Kronshage Hall dormitory. The event is organized by the university with the Diesel Engine Manufacturers association to boost cooperation between firms and schools. Thirteen major topics cover undergraduate instruction to advanced diesel engineering problems. Britain’s current industrial production is 26 percent above prewar levels.
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Madison
Wis
America
State University
Diesel Engine Manufacturers’ Association
Diesel Industries of America
Storm near Musama kills livestock and damages huts
Reports from Dar es Salaam say a violent storm with huge hailstones near Musama on Lake Victoria in Tanganyika killed 30 cattle and more than 200 sheep and goats. Many huts and crops were damaged but no human casualties were reported.
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Musama
Lake Victoria
Tanganyika
Dar-es-Salaam
Farm Milk Helps Cut Costs for Wisconsin State Institutions
Wisconsin state welfare farms produced nearly a million pounds of milk in June from 808 cows across 13 farms. Top herds included Green Bay reform school with 48.1 pounds per cow daily and Waukesha industrial school with 46.5 pounds. Northern Wisconsin Colony at Chippewa Falls led with 162,922 pounds from 134 cows. The farms also raised laying hens and pigs as part of a diversified welfare-agriculture program.
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Madison
Wis
State Department of Public Welfare
State Reformatory
Green Bay
Industrial School For Boys
Waukesha
Reformatory
Wisconsin
Chippewa Falls
Early Roman calendar started in March with ten months
The ancient Roman year began in March and contained only ten months no January or February. This system placed the new year at March 1, shaping early civic timekeeping and agricultural cycles for centuries.
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Iron Curtain
Tribune Madison
Sos Gol
Leo
Gabardine
Coats
Tribune
Phote
Bus Company
Petitions Commission For
To Air Diesel Industry Plans
Britain
Moon-Tone
Sat
Sun
Eastman Verichrome
Aldrich Drug Store
Middle West
Main St. la Cresse, Wis
Oxfords
Expert Planning Service
Montgomery Ward
la Crosse, Wis
City & Store
Ricting
Walt Tile
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