Veterans Begin Air Lessons For Private Flying Licenses
First veterans to pursue private licenses under the GI bill started training with Fanta-Reed Air Service after weather delays. Bill Dissmore of 424 North 23rd street and Joseph Domke of Genoa Wisconsin began instruction Monday. The program uses Piper Cub planes and a Fairchild trainer with J W Fanta Kenneth Reed Carl Rebhan and Lloyd Johnson on the staff.
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Fanta-Reed Air Service
Bill Dissmore
North 23Rd Street
Joseph Domke
Genoa
Wis
Air Service
YMCA
Fanta- Reed
J. W. Fanta
Kenneth Reed
Carl Rebhan
Lloyd Johnson
Tribune
Fanta-Reed
Chadbourne Hall to Mark 75th Anniversary at Wisconsin
Chadbourne hall built in 1871 at the University of Wisconsin will celebrate its diamond anniversary with a three day weekend in October. Former residents will be invited as guests of honor for a schedule that includes an old fashioned sing, open houses, a gala banquet and a Sunday breakfast.
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Madison
Wis
Chadbourne Hall
United States
University of Wisconsin
Kay Tappins
Lee Burns
The
State University
Chadbourne
Marie Maas
Bette Bahr
Wisconsin
Sixth Avenue South
Wausau
Ex servicemen taught to drive by Red Cross corps in California
Ex servicemen who have lost an eye or limb were taught to drive automobiles by Red Cross Volunteer Motor Corps members in California, enabling mobility training and broader independence for disabled veterans.
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Red Cross
Motor Corps
California
Hairline Determines Life Or Death For Alleged Czech Collaborators
Five former Prague government ministers and officials stand trial for collaboration with Nazi occupation. Prosecutors say they aided Germany through actions like signing a reward for Heydrich’s slayers and enabling German measures, while defense claims they stayed to protect and aid Czechs. The case hinges on whether they were patriots or collaborators and what the national court will decide.
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Europe
Prague
Karl Hermann Frank
Bohemia and Moravia
Pankrac
Jaroslav Krejci
Czechoslovakia
Richard Beinert
Josef Kalfus
Adolph Hruby
Jindrich Kamenicky
Hitler
Reinhard Heydrich
London
National Court
New Books At The Public Library Collection Preview
Public Library highlights include Last Chapter Ernie Pyle war reporting with 16 page photo section and name index. Doctors East Doctors West shows Changsha 1905 hospital mission and contrasts healing methods. History In the Writing compiles wartime dispatches Time Life Fortune with contextual intros. New Cities For Old explores urban planning and finance. Meet Your Neighbor surveys Wisconsin notable figures. Starting Right with Turkeys covers breed choice care and housing. New fiction includes Models The Sound of Years Payne Torrents and Spring McSorley Then and Now Wakeman The Hucksters and A World To Win.
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Ernie Pyle
Navy
Okinawa
China
Hume
Changsha
Time, Life and Fortune
New York
Mary Muggah
Paul Raible
Wisconsin
Jaques Marquette
Mitscher
G. T. Klein
Payne
McSorley
Maugham
Wakeman
The
Hucksters
Halsey Credits Enlisted Men With War Victory
Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey told the Navy Club of the U S A that enlisted men won the war and urged a medium sized, supermodern navy backed by a patriotic naval reserve. He spoke at commissioning ceremonies for capital ships and urged honoring those who died by continuing their battles’ aims.
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Washington
William F. Halsey
Navy Club of
Navy Club
Halsey
Washington State pheasant crop boosts hunter chances
Washington state game department reports producing over 64 000 Chinese pheasants in 1945, up from wartime figures. Game Director Don Clark says the rise signals an upward trend as new game farms and manpower become available. Biologists note nine to ten week old birds adapt quickly in the wild.
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Spokane
Wash
State Game Department
Don Clark
First Of Six Camping Periods At Decorah Opens June 16
Camp Decorah in Decorah Iowa will begin its first of six summer camping periods on June 16 with staff arriving June 12 for a four day training. The program supports outdoor merit badges like archery and canoeing while about 600 Scouts are expected to participate across six sessions.
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Decorah
Leo Murphy
Gateway Boy Scout Council
Gus Bell
Whitehall
Lester Vanderpan
Sheboygan Falls
Frontiers
Tight Meat Pinch Seen For Next Year
Washington report from the agriculture department warns of a further fall in meat supplies, potentially up to a billion pounds below 1946 levels due to feed grain shortages and higher livestock feed ceilings. May butter output is expected to be 30 percent below last May, with black market activity rising in beef and butter despite curb efforts.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Hardware store awakens nylon sign curiosity in Montrose
In Montrose Colorado women rushed to Harry Ponsford’s hardware store after a window sign promising nylon. Ponsford quickly adjusted display to reveal nylon lariats not hose, clarifying the merchandise in a briskRevenue fashion.
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Montrose
Colo
Harry Ponsford
Ponsford
When House Shortage Goes To The Head
Morton Illinois sketches a purple house with a green lawn and for rent sign but the item is millinery not real estate. It won first prize in a goofy hat contest reflecting local whimsy and humor.
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Morton, Ill
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