La Crosse Civil Air Patrol Seeks 5000 For Training Plane
La Crosse CAP plans a drive to raise five thousand dollars to buy a training aircraft for the local squadron. A local firm has pledged one thousand dollars and other clubs will be contacted. Meetings at the South Avenue Armory cover meteorology navigation radio code and more. CAP is an auxiliary of the AAF and invites inquiries at box 248 or the Armory.
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la Air Patrol Foundation
Giso
la Crosse
Ses
Senanail Teaitemnan
Orion
Gnity
Civil Air Patrol
Com
Farthing
Bern
CAP
South Avenue
AAF
Tribune
F. E. Webb
East Avenue South
Inez Cole
Onalaska Avenue
Captured German War Dog Under New Training
London reports Bill Stewart, a Canadian press correspondent with the forces in France, has adopted a German prisoner of war and named it Two. The dog, a large German police hound left behind by retreating troops, is being trained to ride in a jeep at the front.
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London
Bill Stewart
France
Tribune
U. S. Army
la Crosse
Doc
Russell Eagon
Johnson
Eagens
Fort Robinson
Neb
Front Royal
Army
War Department
British Education Bill Allows Women Teachers After War
The Bri tain Board of Education accepts an amendment by Hamilton Kerr removing the ban on women teachers from the Education Bill. London attributes the change to the wartime performance of married women teachers and to higher school leaving age increasing professional value of women educators.
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Board of Education
Britain
Hamilton Kerr
London
Labor union meetings and events announced in CIO notes
A series of union meetings and public notices are listed for the week including Local 395 and Local 14 UAWA events, a board of directors gathering, and Industrial Union Council sessions. The June 13 economic conference at La Crosse Vocational School features Glenn Atkinson and K W Hones, with picnic plans for June 19 at Myrick Park. Price control week, Fifth War Loan drive, Flag Day parade, and voter registration are urged for CIO members.
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UAWA
Board of Directors
Credit Union
Lances County Industrial Union Council
Ucapawa
Labor Advisory Committee
OPA
la Crosse Vocational School
Glenn R. Atkinson
Leason
Washington, D. C
K. W. Hones
Wisconsin Farmers’ Union
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Myrick Park
CIO
the Elks
Court House
Smart Fox Finds Safety In Quincy Lumber Yard
Mitzi the red fox has sheltered in Quincy Illinois lumber yards near the post office for two years avoiding farmers and hunters. Superintendent Alois Schulte feeds her and she has become a timid friendly mouser who roams with a neighborhood cat on the post office lawn.
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Quincy
Ill
Mitzi
Alois Schulte
Schulte
Studio Sets Up Sailor Training School for Pilgrim Cast
Hollywood director John Farrow runs a sea training school at Paramount to prepare Brian Donlevy Alan Ladd William Bendix and other cast members for roles aboard the two masted Pilgrim. A 90 foot mast replica and rigging on the back lot will teach aloft rigging knots and sea duties under technical adviser Fred Ellis. Farrow, a Royal Canadian navy commander, aims for authentic performances.
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Hollywood
Calif
John Farrow
Paramount
Richard Henry
Cape To Tan
California
Brian Donlevy
Alan Ladd
William Bendix
Farrow
Pilgrim
Weet
Fred Ellis
Royal Canadian Navy
Meander Origin Traced to Asia Minor River
The word meander derives from the ancient geographic name of a winding river in Asia Minor noted for its many bends and loops. The term entered English to describe circuitous travel or winding paths influenced by the river’s treelike course.
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Asia Minor
War correspondent warns against Japanese compromise in Asia
Richmond AP bureau chief C Yates McDaniel says Japan bets on a prolonged UN stalemate in Europe to offer a quick postwar deal. He argues there can be no compromise and Japan seeks to hold on to its Asian gains. McDaniel visits his father in Richmond before returning to Australia.
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Richmond
C. Yates McDaniel
Associated Press Bureau
Australia
Japan
United Nations
Europe
Germany
Philippines
America
Singapore
Asia
China
McDaniel
Associated Press
Charles G. McDaniel
States
Gripsholm
Chicago pet shop sells pigs for 11.50 on the hoof
In Chicago the Madison avenue shop of William Rodman Vahle adds pigs to stock. A pig in the window shocks onlookers as clerks joke about pork as a pet with a price of 11.50 per pig.
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Chicago
William Rodman Vahle
Madison Avenue
Curbstone
Vahle
Another Old Landmark In City YMCA Annex Being Leveled
The La Crosse Tribune reports the Austin home, an 1870s landmark linked to John Barclay and David Austin and used as a YMCA dormitory since 1923, is being demolished. The site will have the grounds leveled after wrecking completes with no immediate new construction plans announced.
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LA Crosse Tribune
City
YMCA
la Crosse
Austin
John M. Barclay
A. Hirshheimer
Barclay
David Austin
Mooer Lumber Company
Nebraska
Plan Professional Relations Institute At College In July
First annual institute of professional relations to be held at La Crosse Teachers College July 7 and 8. Organized by Wisconsin Education Association National Education Association and the college. Sessions cover education, educator duties, and collaboration with other agencies. Dr W E Peik of Minnesota to speak on social competency. Attendees include college students teachers administrators and lay people.
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Plan Professional Relations Institute
la Crosse Teachers College
Wisconsin Education Association
National Education Association
la Crosse
Trempealeau
Juneau
Vernon
Monroe
Jackson
Richland
Buffalo
Crawford
Pepin
America
Peik
W. E. Peik
University of Minnesota
E. W. Leamer
Alice Drake
E. G. Walling
Arthur Hoff
Purple Heart Awarded 45 Years Late in Spanish-American War
Salt Lake City report notes George A. Seaman a Utah state house employee and William H. Sterling a retired businessman received Purple Heart honors for wounds suffered 45 years earlier in the Spanish-American War.
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Salt Lake City
George A. Seaman
Utah
William H. Sterling
Pulp and Newsprint Shipments To U S Mills Held At 1944 Rates
The War Production Board says Canadian wood pulp and 32 pound newsprint deliveries to U S mills and publishers should stay at the 1944 third quarter rates. shipments depend on weather affecting pulp supply to Canadian mills.
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Washington
U. S
War Production Board
Guy E. Holt
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Nand
CIO Labor News
Smart Fox
Western Electric
Bell Telephx
Audiphone
M. C. Scherer
State Bank Building
Toa
A. Chane
LA Crosse Telephone Corporation
BY Kuppenheimer
Kuppenheimer
Newburg
Wisconsin
Johns Manville
City Home and Lumber Co
West Ave
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