Wisconsin leaders launch Bong Memorial statewide fund drive
Leaders from business labor education and veterans groups will direct the Richard Bong Memorial foundation fundraising set for September 12 to 20. The effort is chaired by Senator Warren P. Knowles with a broad executive committee and a Veterans Division under George Bauer. Governor Goodland is honorary chairman and James Law leads the Wisconsin Cities committee coordinating drives across the state. Scholarships in engineering at the University of Wisconsin and a shrine at Poplar Bluff memorialize Maj Bong and all Wisconsin service members of World War I.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Richard Bong Memorial Foundation
Warren P. Knowles
New Richmond
Wisconsin Campaign Committee
Bong State
Knowles
George A. Haberman
Milwaukee
Wisconsintate Federation of Labor
Mel J. Heinritz
Wisconsin State Industrial Union Council
Wisconsin Veterans Council
Cochairmen
Bauer
Veterans Division
The
Veterans Council
Col
L. C. Brosius
King
United Spanish War Veterans
Fred Fenner
Waukesha
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Herman Geske
Mlwaukee
Army and Navy Union
E. M
Dick” Greinke
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
Robert
Requests Issued for Homemaker Club Membership Lists
Miss Anita Gundlach announced a county wide appeal for every Homemaker club to send its membership, officers and program leaders to the extension office. Notices for October demonstrations will follow, covering dress forms in October clothing construction in open lights lighting in January and meals in February. Miss Vilas Young begins duties as the new president at the fall quarterly meeting yet to be scheduled.
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Anita Gundlach
Gundlach
Vilas Young
Deer Stealing Milk Reported In West Virginia
Deer numbers rise in northern West Virginia with fawns allegedly taking milk from dairy cows. Game Protector B L Tate has received multiple reports from farmers describing the unusual thefts and growing nuisance.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
B. L. Tate
Egrets Return to Wisconsin Across Wide Areas
Wisconsin officials report the American egret, once near extinction, now seen in many sections of the state and possibly numbering over a thousand. Observers noted 65 roosting near Portage on August 7 and 8, with reports extending from La Crosse to Sawyer and Dunn counties. The birds, migrating north after nesting in southern states, are protected and have nesting records dating to 1850, including Horicon marsh this summer. Syria produced more than 50,000 tons of figs in the last year.
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Madison
Wis
Conservation Department
Wisconsin
Walter Scott
Department
Harold Steinke
Portage
Highway 51
la Crosse
Texas
Louisiana
Florida
Sawyer
Dunn
Horicon Marsh
Syria
Beverages Use Rises In Wisconsin In War Years
Wisconsin statisticians report rising per capita alcohol intake from 1940 to 1946 with liquor up from 1.28 to 1.69 gallons and wine and beer also higher. Cigarette consumption climbs from 48 to 81 packages per person while beer output drops 126000 barrels due to export curbs and more imports, yet state beer demand still grows by 153000 barrels.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Beverage Tax Division
John W. Roach
Wisconsin Breweries
Potato cultivation spread across South America during discovery
Potatoes were cultivated in temperate regions from Chile to Colombia when the New World was discovered, showing early global agricultural expansion.
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South America
Chile
Colombia
New World
Petrillo Opposes Mexican Orchestras Appearing in U S
San Mateo California based Pan American fiesta drops Mexican Tipica orchestra after James Petrillo head of the American Federation of Musicians objects to foreign bands playing within AFL jurisdiction. He warns the band could also be barred from the Texas state fair beginning October 5. The fiesta committee interprets the telegram as a ban on non AFL foreign musicians in the United States.
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San Mateo
Calif
San Mateo County
James Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Fiesta Committee
AFL
United States
Petroo
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