Ten Scouts to Attend Wisconsin State Fair Junior State Program
A group of ten Boy Scouts from the Gateway Area council will join about 200 total attendees at the Wisconsin State Fair in West Allis as part of the Junior State program. Scouts 15 or older who wish to participate should contact organizer B. W. Eesare. registrations close August 1. The fair runs August 19–3, featuring six youth agencies alongside the Boy Scouts.
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Gateway Area Council
West Allis
B. W.eesare
Camp Ammon
Ingli
Girl Scouts
Future Farmers of America
Future Homemakers of America
Farmers’ Union
Sister Joins Plea For Pen Pal Amid Bee Minesweeper Drive
A sister of a person who pleaded for a pen pal joins the effort, part of a broad request driven by D Kendall from Grantham England. The plea follows two submarine crew members making a similar request.
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Per
D. Kendall
Par- Tae
Grantham
England
Prairie du Chien to Host New Fertilizer Plant
W E King of Toltz King and Day presented plans for a $400000 fertilizer plant in Prairie du Chien to be operated by Wisconsin Cooperative Farm Bureau Supply. The city must build a dock and extend a water main as the facility lies south of the city. Construction starts this fall with operations in spring 1945. The site was set for Prairie du Chien after long efforts by the Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Clanton, and the city council.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
W. E. King
Toltz, King and Day, Inc
St. Paul
Chamber of Commerce
Clanton
Second FBI Law Enforcement Session Planned Here
The second FBI law enforcement conference for 1944 will be at 10 a.m. July 20 in La Crosse city hall. Police Chief Herman F. Rick announced that H. K. Johnson will direct the session with local officers invited. Topics include care and use of law enforcement equipment and escaped war prisoners. Firearms training and a war film will be shown. Camouflage paint on a Flying Fortress weighs 60 pounds.
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FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
la Crosse
Herman F. Rick
H. K. Johnson
Wisconsin FBI
Milwaukee
Rick
Coast Guard Official Traces Upper Mississippi River by Towboat
Capt. Roger C. Heimer of the St. Louis district voyageed from the Twin Cities to Dubuque and back aboard the Mark Twain to study towboat operation and navigation aids on the upper Mississippi. The 274 mile run took about 40 hours with Capt. C A Sundby pilot, Harold Crist and Clarence McLaughlin aboard. Heimer aims to be a riverman’s riverman with further trips planned on the middle and lower Mississippi and Missouri rivers.
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Roger C. Heimer
Twain
Heimer
St. Louis District Coast Guard
Ohio River
Upper
Mississippi
Missouri
Mark Twain
C. A. Sundby
Harold Crist
Clarence McLaughlin
Gerd
Crist
Coast Guard Boardings Inspect Inland Water Route
Capt Heimer inspected coast guard stations at Dubuque Minnesota and St Paul before boarding the Twain. He met river authorities and civic leaders of the three cities to review inland waterway operations and safety.
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Coast Guard
Heimer
Coast Guard A Ae
Dubuque
Minn
St. Paul
Soldier forgets to name recipient in Tucson flower order
A Tucson florist received a flower order from a soldier in England with the roses and inscription details, and the delivery time, but the crucial name of the recipient was omitted. The article notes this missing detail as the major lapse in the order.
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Tucson
Ariz
England
And So He Did A Rookie Officer Scares Husband in Dallas
A Dallas rookie policeman answered a disturbance call from a housewife. The husband slept when the officer arrived and the wife asked for no jail time. The officer shouted Boo! in the husband’s face and then left the scene.
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Dallas
You can’t buy more in aspirin than assurance of quality
The item extols St. Aspirin as the world’s largest seller and promises guaranteed quality and purity from Deena St. Joseph Aspirin, signaling strong brand assurance to consumers.
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Ion Deena St. Joseph Aspirin
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