Safety Leader To Speak At Gateway City Dinner
EUS Prof Amos E Neuhart safety leader and administrator at Pennsylvania State College will address Gateway City Transfer Company’s annual safety dinner at Stoddard House. President W Leo Murphy will toast. drivers with perfect safety records for two or more years will receive awards. Neuhart pioneered high school driver education in 1933 and joined AAA in 1936 as a full time road training consultant. He helped launch nationwide driver education and training programs with Penn State and AAA.
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Amos E. Neuhart
American Automobile Association
Institute of Public Safety
Pennsylvania State College
Gateway City Transfer Compes
Stoddard
W. Leo Murphy
Neuhart
U.S
AAA
Traffic Engineering and Safety Department
National Education Association Commission
Penn State
National Committee For
No shortage on cars and venison amid busy college season
In La Crosse area notes a mixed week with new cars on roads and strong venison supply. Colleges face housing shortages as applications rise while concerts and sports bring crowds. Local scores show Aquinas and area teams scoring heavy, with Logan and Central posting results. Wartime veteran Warren Fosdick signs off with home impressions.
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Bronko Nagurski
Emir Badui
la Crosse
Rubinoff
Rivoli
Logan
Central
Robert Cerny
Central High School
University of Minnesota
Civic Forum
Robert St John
Europe
la Crosse College
Sparta
Eau Claire
Aquinas
St. Patrick’s
St. Mary’s College
Collegians
Winona
Warren Fosdick
Blindfolded patron mistakes water for beer in Gravesend tavern
A Gravesend patron, blindfolded in a tavern game, mistook water for beer and dropped a bet after correctly guessing only the first sample as beer. The scene features glasses of old ale, mild, and bitter before the challenge.
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Gravesend
England
Out of Uniform and Into a World Short on Suits
A veteran narrator recalls civilian life shortages as stores offer socks and ties only while suits coats and shirts are scarce. He describes failed clothing and car searches highlighting tight inventories in cities and the comical barrier of finding usable apparel and a vehicle.
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Santa Claus
Ape
Badger State Sportsmen grow 1946 drive record high
Western Wisconsin conservation group Badger State Sportsmen's Club Inc. reports 1,480 paid members by December, a new record, as teams led by Ray Havens Ford Kirch Merle Turner and Charles Stellick vie for the 1946 membership goal of 2,000.
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Western Wisconsin
Badger State Sportsmen's Club Inc
American Legion Club
Ray Havens
Havens
Allis Chalmers
Ford Kirch
Ford
Merle Turner
Exchange
Barber
Charles Stellick
Trane Company
Famous Stage Show Booked In LaCrosse
A musical version of Uncle Tom's Cabin comes to the Wisconsin theater December 14 and 15 with preserved Harriet Beecher Stowe scenes and songs by Stephen Foster. The production features an a cappella choir, an old time minstrel prologue, and cast members Eliza, Uncle Tom, Topsy, and Little Eva in faithful renditions.
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Wisconsin
Rivoli
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Stephen C. Foster
Eliza
Uncle Tom
Legree
Little Eva
New Orleans
Topsy
Simon Legree
Aunt Chloe
Lawyer Marks
Mrs. Stone
Kentucky
Joe
Eva
Topy
Camptown
Jeanie
Western Wisconsin Schoolmasters Club Meets Monday
Western Wisconsin Schoolmasters club will meet Monday at 6 30 p m at the Linker hotel. After dinner sub topics on The Program for the Improvement of Classroom Visual Aids will be presented. Principals and teachers will discuss visual aids with several specific programs to be reported.
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Western Wisconsin
Linker Hotel
Logan High School
Walter L. Ranisi
Blair
Dale Davis
Tomah
A. G. Nelson
Bangor
A. A. Wild
Duluth CMH Winner To Be Guest Of Truman
Duluth youth Mike Colalillo 20 will be guest of President Truman at the White House to receive the Medal of Honor Dec 18 for gallantry in action near Untergriesheim Germany. His father Carl and relatives will accompany him. He single handedly killed or wounded at least 25 Germans as he advanced on foot and on a tank.
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Duluth
Mike Colalillo
White House
Truman
Colalillo
Army
7Th Service Command
Omaha
Neb
Carl
Pat
Untergrieshiem
Germany
Jeeps Available For War Veterans in the Midwest
Chicago region RFC surplus property chief F A McLauchlan announced ample jeep stocks for returning GIs. Orders accepted through December 17 with prices from 598 to 782 dollars for Illinois and Wisconsin units.
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Chicago
F. A. McLauchlan
RFC
McLauchlan
Illinois
Wisconsin
LaCrosse Flyer's 14 Months with First Combat Cargo Squadron
First Lieut. Vernon Richter spent 14 months in the China Burma India theater as transport pilot with the Great Snafu Fleet. The unit dropped supplies to jungle fighters, evacuated personnel, moved Chinese troops, and ferried prisoners, operating from Sylhet, Kunming, Chengtu, and Shanghai.
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LaCrosse Flyer
First Combat
Far Eastern Zone
Vernon Richter
Richter
Sylhet
Assam
India
China
Chindwin River
Burma
Kunming
Yunnan Province
Chengtu
Szechwan Province
Shanghai
Nanking
Canton
Killed By Auto Near Allouez Man Claimed by Crash
Green Bay Wisconsin Frank Crowley age 83 was killed Friday night when struck by an automobile near his Allouez home. The crash is under investigation by local authorities.
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Green Bay
Wis
Frank Crowley
Allouez, Wis
Lemon Juice Quick Rheumatic Pain Remedy
An inexpensive home recipe touts Kukx Compound mixed with water and lemon juice to relieve rheumatic arthritis or neuritic pain. The ad promises relief within 48 hours or overnight and offers a money back guarantee if no improvement. Hoeschier Bros. and drug stores sell Ru-Ex Compound.
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Hoeschier Bros
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LA Crosse Tribune
Gateway Plan
Warren
AAF
Sineddnes Etc
Black Rose
Cass Timberlane
Marshall
Little Golden Library
Fosdick
Itdoor’ Life
Alfred W. Rice
Elmer Strong
Henry Kreuzer
Walter Weigent
M. R. Birnbaum
Richard Schnell
Klich
Harry Packman
William Schroder
Turner
Jack Kahle
J. M. Spika
Frank Pfennig
William Bezosky
Clarence Michel
Edward Beranek
Adolph Petrick
J. Frisbe
Herman Senninger
Weigent
Schroder
Kahle
Schnell
Packman
Birnbaum
Tomah Red and Guns Club
Badger Boys
la Crosse County
The
Conservation Commission
Capitol
Madison
Krause
Schlabach
Assembly
Senate
Conservation Commis
Sion
Club
Commission
St. Paul
Army Engineers
Minnesota
Wisconsin Conservation Commissions
Sanitone
Vanitons
Fifth Avenue
LaCrosse
CMH
First Federal
NTR RS al Association OF LA Crosse
North 4Th ST. Tel
J. R. Johnson
Sec'y-Treas
Combat Cargo Group
Szechwan
Yunnan
University of Wisconsin
Wautoma
Babson Brothers Company
Air Corps
Moody Field
Karachi
Mediterranean
North
Fort Dix
Daryl
A. Richter
Lieut
Auto
Dog Food
Rival Dog Food
Wisconsin Motor Vehicle
Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company
Pearl Street
Hartford
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