Aquinas Wins Play Honors In One Act Contest
Aquinas high school earned an A rating at the sectional one act play contest in Stevens Point. The Bishop's Candlesticks adapted from Victor Hugo featured a five member cast led by Bernadine Kavanaugh. The group aims to defend its state record with Ile presented last summer in Milwaukee.
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Aquinas High School
Stevens Point
Victor Hugo
Bernadine Kavanaugh
Marie
Tom Padesky
Wisconsin Memorial Union
Madison
Ile
Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin
la Crosse
Aquinas
Oshkosh
Seymour
Shawano
Marshfield
Greenwood
Black River Falls
Leland M. Burroughs
Central State Teachers College
W. E. Donnelly
Washington High School
New London
Lithium: The Lightest Solid Element
Lithium stands as the lightest solid element known, with a low density and high electrochemical potential, making it essential in modern batteries and various industrial applications. Its properties influence energy storage and materials science, driving advances in technology.
Gradual Lifting Of Curbs On Non-Home Building Urged
Housing official Creedon privately says the administration plans a revamped housing program by week’s end. Senator Stewart predicts broader lifting of controls after Congress convenes, including easing rent limits and removing the 10 000 ceiling on new houses. Creedon aides warn removing all nonresidential limits could trigger material shortages.
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Washington
Frank R. Creedon
Creedon
Wilson Wyatt
Stewart
D-Tenn
Congress
Senate
Tennessee
Truman
Wyatt
Selected For Training Joseph Becker Chosen for NROTC at Notre Dame
Joseph Duffner Becker age 18 son of Mrs. Janice C Becker 127 North 17th Street has been selected for training in the naval reserve officer training corps at the University of Notre Dame South Bend He chose Notre Dame from 52 colleges and universities as part of the navy peace time officer procurement program The NROTC plan offers four years of education with all expenses paid and a 600 a year allowance Upon degree completion he will be commissioned in the navy or marine corps and will serve two years on active duty.
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Joseph Duffner Becker
Janice C. Becker
North 17Th Street
Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps
University of Notre Dame
South Bend
Navy
NROTC
United States Navy
Marine Corps
Navy student attends refrigeration and air conditioning course
Dewain F. Robinson, chief machinist mate, son of Floyd Robinson of 1218 Caledonia Street, attends the refrigeration and air conditioning school at the U S naval station in Norfolk Virginia. The program covers four weeks of refrigeration and two weeks of air conditioning with practical compressor work and theory. Upon completion he will return to his duty station or be reassigned by the Bureau of Naval Personnel.
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Dewain F. Robinson
Floyd Robinson
Caledonia Street
U. S. Naval Station
Norfolk
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Santa Comes Early To Louisville
William Barker, a 42 year old Black man, unloader, spotted a wrist watch among imported Christmas trees in Louisville. He claimed the watch as a Christmas present after asking his coworkers if someone had lost it. The watch had part of the leather band missing and appeared detached from a wrist.
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Louisville
William Barker
Nova Scotia
St. Nick
Barker
Lawrence C. Frick
Frick
Public Welfare Board Re Elects All Officers
All officers of the state board of public welfare were re elected yesterday. Herman A. Kloppmann Crivitz chairs the board John C. McHale Green Bay is vice chairman and Dr William D Jovall Madison serves as secretary. The meeting tied to the welfare department budget requests with Gov Goodland. Next board meeting is planned in Madison on January 9.
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Madison
Wis
State Board of Public Welfare
Herman A. Kloppmann
Crivitz
John C. McHale
Green Bay
William D. Jovall
Welfare Department
U S Repatriates Nearly 3000 War Dead from China
The U S graves registration service says it has recovered about 3000 American war dead in China for shipment home. Included are the ashes of 140 cremated airmen and prisoners of war, with about 870 remains still to be declared.
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Shanghai
U. S. Graves Registration Service Today
China
America
United States
First Presbyterian Church Holiday Service Lights Up Sunday
The First Presbyterian Church at Sixth and King streets hosts a Sunday 4 p m candlelight music service led by Mrs. Worth and Mrs. Toepel with organist Mrs. Thatro. The program features organ preludes, carols, solo and choir performances by senior and junior choirs, and a Festival Postlude. The event includes many named choir members and a full slate of traditional Christmas pieces.
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First Presbyterian Church
Sixth and King Streets
Harry F. Worth
Eugene Toepel
Irene Thatro
Gruber
Gordon Tulloch
A. J. Niebruegge
Jeanette Isabella
Liza Lehmann
David Woods
L. K. Fullerton
Emil Rasmussen
Dean Westerhouse
Tom Wheeler
G. R. Wheeler
Monti
Nancy Bion
Janice Carter
Mike Conway
Jackelyn Dale
Ardeth Denton
Joan Elston
Donald Fitzpatrick
Kay Gillette
Karl Gillmeister
Deaths Last Night by the Associated Press
NEW YORK Perry Arnold 61 magazine writer and PR representative and former UP cable editor. Born in Columbus Indiana. PHILADELPHIA Samuel Moore Peacock 65 former executive committeeman of the USLTA and president of the Middle Atlantic States Tennis Association and U S Davis Cup squad manager in 1928.
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New York
Perry Arnold
The
United Press Associations
Columbus
Ind
Philadelphia
Samuel Moore Peacock
United States Lawn Tennis Association
U. S
The Lacross Yank Married Igorot Girl Annulled
Virgil C. Lehnus testified in Hays Kansas that his 1942 marriage to an Igorot girl in the Philippines was arranged under tribal law and threat of death. He said he was captured by the Igorots after escaping Japanese forces and later remarried in the same context before the war ended.
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Hays
Kas
Philippine Islands
Virgil C. Lehnus
Lehnus
Philadelphia Story to Open Tonight in Civic Drama Series
Philip Barry’s popular play The Philadelphia Story will be staged Saturday night at 8 30 p m in the Vocational school auditorium by a New York cast backed by the Civic Drama league. The production features praise from critics and is part of La Crosse league’s season with plans for a Broadway revival next year. Therese by Thomas Jobs follows on April 29 as the third Civic Drama league offering.
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Bernice Kortendich
Cora Forbush
Jody Thomas
Shirley Crane
Ann Garney
Miss Thomas
la Crosse
Milwaukee
Philip Barry
Philadelphia Story
New York
Civic Drama League
Walter Winchell
Katherine Hepburn
Barry
Stanley Woolf
Civic Drama Guild of New York
la Crosse League
Anne Cratty
Thomas Job
Therese
Sharks Respond To Food With Smell And Sight
Sharks show both olfactory and visual reactions to nearby food sources. The sensory cues likely help hunting and foraging in murky ocean conditions.
Mobile grocery store rolls into Port Clinton
In Port Clinton Ohio Jack Varley operates a converted bus as a mobile grocery store delivering groceries directly to homes. The bus features musical horns to announce its arrival and bring groceries to customers without them visiting a market.
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Port Clinton
Ohio
Jack Varley
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