Martial Singher Delights La Crosse Recital Audience
The French baritone Martial Singher thrilled La Crosse Community Concert listeners at the Vocational school auditorium. He offered a varied program of ballads, art songs, and operatic arias, displayed rich mezzo tones, and earned encores. The concert opened the 1947 1948 season with a high standard for the series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martial Singher
la Crosse
Singher
Ravel
Nicollette
Fuchs
Octopuses vary in size and locomotion across oceans
The article details octopus diversity from fist sized to giant with 12 to 15 foot arms. It explains walking, jet propulsion, ink defense, and the many suction disks per arm. The sperm whale is their main predator and occasionally bears octopus remains, with a note on a forthcoming Africa themed illustration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nova Scotia
Pacific Ocean
Navy Officers Charter Presented At La Crosse Dinner
La Crosse hosts a Reserve Officers of Navy Services charter dinner at a hotel. Maj. Herman H. Ridder presented the charter on behalf of the national Ron’s president. John Lamb accepted as temporary president. Local officials commended the group and officers were elected: Frank Billock president, Ross Hanson vice president, John Berg secretary, Roger Hafner treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
RONS
Tribune
John Lamb
M. R. Waldon
Navy
Frank Billock
Reserve Officers of Navy Services
Hotel la Crosse
Herman H. Ridder
Marine Corps
St. Paul
John Coleman
Marine Reserve
Marine League
Coleman
Beranek
McLoone
Tres Goetting
Minneapolis
Ma. Ridder
Ross Hanson
John Berg
Roger Hafner
Walter warns distillers plan unlimited whiskey output
Rep Walter says two large distillers buy grain to unleash unlimited whiskey production after the Christmas distilling holiday ends. He cites grain-price spikes and argues wasteful use of grain and rising costs, urging a return of president's power to limit grain use for whiskey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Walter
D-Pa
Plan Special Saturday Show For Vets Christmas Project
Tomah Veterans Hospital with about 650 patients will be remembered at Christmas via a charity show. Radio WKBH and Rivoli theater host a 9 am one hour stage performance by the Hayshakers Annabelle Uncle Josh and crew followed by Days of Buffalo Bill. Admission is 25 cents with all proceeds for gifts, goods sold by merchants, and Salvation Army distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WKBH
Rivoli Theater
Hayshakers
Annabelle
Uncle Josh
Barn Dance
Merry Maids
Texas Jim
Patsy Schultz
Johnny Sullivan
Buffalo Bill
Salvation Army
Marjorie Lawrence Sings Standing Despite Paralysis
Chicago report details soprano Marjorie Lawrence performing Elektra from Orchestra Hall while standing, aided only by a railing, continuing since infantile paralysis in 1941 that left her to sing reclined on a chair or couch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Marjorie Lawrence
Metropolitan Opera
Mexico
Orchestra Hall
Elektra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bride-To-Be Shoots Self After Bridegroom Changes His Mind
El Centro California reports Marion Keron Hall 19 of San Antonio Texas killed herself after Harvey A. George 23 Long Beach California, a cafe operator, could not decide on marriage. They traveled from Long Beach toward Yuma Arizona to Wed, stopping at a service station near El Centro where she fired once through the left temple. She died in a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Centro
Calif
Marion Keron Hall
L. J. Hall
San Antonio
Tex
Harvey A. George
Long Beach
Yuma
Ariz
Phoenix
Farmers Fuel Cold War Effort With Export Drive
Colorado Springs reports Secretary of Agriculture Anderson and other speakers urged continued U S grain exports to Europe to break Russia's influence. Stanley Andrews of the Arkansas Democrat warned a 48 state PMA group that Congress must pass the Marshall Plan in a reasonable amount to avoid a collapse of foreign trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
Europe
Anderson
Stanley Andrews
Arkansas Democrat
Little Rock
PMA
Department of Agriculture
United States
Russia
Congress
F. B. Northrup
Three Masonic Groups Elect 1948 Officers
Clarence L Ringquist was elected worshipful master of Badger lodge No 345 F and A M at the Masonic temple Thursday. Other officers include Roger Fiebig Harold R Cram J R Johnson A A Rasmussen Martin Scullin F H Griffin Earl Poss Peter Pappas Julius Engelke S B Nelson. Smith Chapter No 13 R A M elected Anton Johnson D B Daniell Milton P Kosbach C L Peterson O L Dean J A Strand Jr. Pomeroy Heads Zor B Neil G Pomeroy elected president of the Zor Shrine Oriental band with officers Dalzell Gardner Boehm Wahlstrom Bonneville Atlee Hodge. Oriental band plans potentate party January 23 at Carrolls Shrine club to elect officers Saturday at 6:30 p m. Shriners Meet Saturday La Crosse Shrine club at Masonic temple. There were no mammals or marsupials in New Zealand until men imported them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence L. Ringquist
Badger Lodge No
A. M
Masonic Temple
Roger Fiebig
Harold R. Cram
J. R. Johnson
A. A. Rasmussen
Martin Scullin
F. H. Griffin
Earl Poss
Peter Pappas
Julius Engelke
Ryler
S. B. Nelson
Smith Chapter
Neil G. Pomeroy
Zor Shrine Oriental Band
Carroll's
Thomas P. Dalzell
Theodore C. Garder
Linus T. Boehm
Carl Wahlstrom
Charles Bonneville
Henry L. Atlee
G. G. Hodge
Oriental Band
Shriners
la Crosse
Also Mentioned on This Page
Berlioz
Schubert
Gounod
Brahms
Maine Y Vighe
Uncle Ray’s
Frank C. Pape
Africa
Uncley
Ambergris
Wnele Ray
Ridder
C. A. Beranek
France
Raymond Plamadore
Chamber of Commerce
Robert Menren
The
Jaycees
Alfred W. Rice
la Crosse Tribune
Eetlh
Duke Eide
Penney’s
Terry
Twinkles
Dairyland Ice Cream Store
West Avenue
State Street
Tomah Veterans’ Hospital
Iaoken Eae
Board OF Public Works
City of
Empire State Building
New York
New Zealand
Gamble’s Chocolates
Gamble Stores
Pearl Street
Bod
Trudy Nora
Sheaffer
Sheaffer's
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!