Valley Forge to Host National Scout Jamboree 1950
Valley Forge Pennsylvania will host the second annual National Scout Jamboree from June 30 to July 6 1950 with up to 40 320 Scouts and leaders across 32 sectional camps on 600 acres of Valley Forge Park. The event follows the 1937 Washington DC jamboree and includes 24 nations as guests. Also at the convention, Cub age raised to eight to eleven and Senior Scout progression rules were unified.
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Valley Forge
J. J. Liskovec
Gateway Council
R. L. MacCornack
Whitehall
National Council
Boston
U. S. Territories
George Washington
Valley Forge Park
Potomac River
Washington, D. C
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Entries Due Thursday In Snapshot Contest
Entries received up to noon Thursday qualify for week three of The La Crosse Tribune amateur snapshot contest. Winners appear on Saturday’s picture page. Include name address and a photo copy on back. After six weeks four grand prize winners go to the $10,000 national awards. Mail entries to The Tribune’s Amateur Snapshot Contest Editor.
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la Crosse Tribune
The
Tribune
Public Library Picks Mix Sea Voyages and Arctic Tales
Alan Villiers, Eva Richards, Water Karig, Carey McWilliams and others dominate this week’s nonfiction offerings. Biographies of sailors and explorers share space with religious and crafts titles. Readers find travel, Arctic adventures, Pacific locales, Protestant questions, and hobby guidance from Marionettes to painting.
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Eva Alvery Richards
Alaska
Abc’s
Eva Richards
Wainwright
Water Karig
Battle Ee
South Sea Islands
Amazing Relief For Sore Feet
An advertisement touts HEBOS as a new formula that relieves burning itching and sweating feet. It promises fast drying within seconds and immediate itching relief with once daily application and guaranteed availability at drug stores.
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Bendix
Lights To Brighten Port-au-Prince Business District
A movement in Port-au-Prince Haiti aims to install illuminated signs in all stores and maintain lighted show windows to brighten the business section.
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Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Disabled Camp Opens At Wis Dells For Wisconsin Handicapped
Phil J Kirch announces Camp Wanbeek at Wis Dells for June opening. The 12th annual camp serves 88 handicapped youths ages six to 13 in a two week program across seven sessions for three age groups and a wheel chair group. A 30 member staff will supervise at Camp Wawbeek known as the Land of the Easter Seal benefiting from Easter seal purchases.
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Phil J. Kirch
Wisconsin Association For the Disabled
Wanbeek
Wis_— Dells
Wisconsin
Kirch
Camp Wawbeek
Six Accused Of Planting Time Bomb On Aircraft
A woman and five men were charged with murdering 13 people by blowing up a Philippine Airlines plane on May 7 in Daet Luzon. The suspects named only as John Doe and Mary Roe face multiple murder complaints. authorities expect to reveal full names after arrest. Investigators say the plot aimed to secure the woman’s husband’s inheritance and fuel a secret love affair.
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Manila
Philippine Airlines
Daet
Luzon
John Doe
Mary Roe
Formosa Fears China War Appeals Liberation
Formosan group in Japan asks for liberation of Formosa from China. The Formosan League for Liberation claims 20 000 members in Japan and representation of Formosa’s 6 500 000 people. They warn Formosa could be pulled into China’s civil war in a manifesto to peace loving nations and the United Nations.
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Tokyo
Japan
Formosan League For
Formosa
China
United Nations
Defective Heater Valve Blamed In Couple's Death
A farm couple died after a blast and fire blamed on a defective valve in the discharge line of an automatic gas water heater. Clarence F. Reeves, 55, died Friday and his wife died the next day. Reeves said the explosion happened when he struck a match to light the heater in his basement.
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Janesville
Wis
Here
I. F. Statz
State Industrial Commission
Clarence F. Reeves
Reeves
New Twin-Jet F-90 Excels In First Sky Tests
The U S air force unveiled its new twin-jet fighter the Lockheed F-90 describing its performance as beautifully handled. Chief test pilot Tony Le Vier reported the 13 ton aircraft stayed aloft for 37 minutes, rising from Muroc base to 15 000 feet in ten minutes during initial sky tests.
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U. S. Air Force
Tony le Vier
Air Force
le Vier
Muroc
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