Coulee Region Motion Pictures Available To La Crosse Clubs
La Crosse Chamber of Commerce offers two 16 mm color Kodachrome films Scenic 16 and This Is La Crosse at its office. Harry Larsson filmed and R. L. Bangsberg wrote the script. Scenic 16 covers highway 16 from Camp Douglas to La Crosse and premiered at the Chicago Daily News International Travel Exposition. Bangsberg notes the region as a pre ice age remnant with Grandad Bluff view of the confluence of the Black, La Crosse and Mississippi rivers. The films have been shown in Appleton, Wisconsin. Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Antigo, Wisconsin. Chattanooga, Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
la Crosse
Harry Larsson
la Crosse Tribune
R. L. Bangsberg
The
Tribune
Camp Douglas
Stevens Hotel
Bangsberg
Gla
Ciers
Wisconsin
Coulee
Table Lands
Mississippi Valley
Grandad Bluff
Black
Mississippi
Iowa
Minnesota
Shop Lifting Scheme Nets Dubious Returns
Hollidaysburg Pa James M Butler attempted a shop lifting scheme by entering two stores and lifting a luncheon set an electric iron and a sweater totaling 20. He later returned claiming he had bought the goods and was dissatisfied. The first theft fooled clerks but the second raised suspicions and police were alerted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollidaysburg
James M. Butler
Butler
Local business lists linked towns and La Crosse sales praise
The note cites Kendall Kansas Edmore Michigan Fishtail Montana Tomah Wisconsin Lancaster Holmen and West Bend Wisconsin with comments that the selling job for La Crosse is tops and that you have done a very creditable job. Films are available to any organization without charge. Interested should contact the local chamber of commerce office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendall
Kans
Edmore
Mich
Fishtail
Mont
Tomah
Wis
Lancaster
Holmen
West Bend
la Crosse
Ber of Commerce
Nurses Graduating In Thirteen Class Cohorts At OKU
In Oklahoma City at the University of Oklahoma medical school a noted superstition appears unwarranted as three classes of nursing students each contain 13 members. The junior class became seniors May 26, with October and September 1948 graduations planned for the other two groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
University of Oklahoma Medical School
Everlasting Hills or Short Mountain Time
A remark on the paradox that while people invoke everlasting hills, the earth’s mountains are temporary in the long geological record, emphasizing the transient nature of topography.
French Artist Refoule Free On Bond After Sodomy Charge
Paul Refoule the French artist was released on a $10,000 bond after a Saturday arrest on a sodomy charge. The case ties to the May 14 murder of his wife Peggy Refoule whose semi nude body was found at Peachtree Creek. The couple, married in 1937 after meeting at the Sorbonne, faced long trials as detectives pursued both the murder and the sex crime case with lie detector tests and grand jury presentation slated for Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Paul RK. Resouse
Frenehn
Peggy
Hercule
Fulton County
Neal Ellis
Refoule
Foule
Ellis
Sorbonne
Paris
France
United States
Paul
Dunkirk
Poland
Fly Generators To Stricken Iowa City
Fifth army headquarters announced Saturday night that army cargo planes will fly two 9 000 generator units from Scott Field Illinois to Ottumwa Iowa for emergency power use in that flood stricken city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Fifth Army
Scott Field
Lal
Ottumwa
Plane Crash on Mountain Sheds 47 Dead in Flight
Ground teams cut a rough road to reach a remote mountain crash site where 47 passengers and three crew died. Among the dead were a 11 year old girl from St Paul, a 10 month old baby from Indianapolis, and a honeymooning couple from Cleveland. Pilot Horace Stark, a 26 year veteran, led in navigation aid inventions. Senator Brewster called for investigations into possible structural failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Austin
Washington
Sculter Allen
Charlestown
W. Va
Ohio
Margaret Keuppers
St. Paul
Judith Christine Bryan
Martha Helen Bryan
Indianapolis
Norfolk
Joseph Marko
Cleveland
Horace Stark
Brewster
R-Me
Senate Commerce
New York
Maryland
Army
Navy
Capital Airlines
Roosevelt Receives French Honor for North Africa Service
Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt was awarded the Legion of Honor chevalier and the Croix de Guerre with palm by the French government for outstanding services in North Africa in 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elliott Roosevelt
North Africa
Publication urged for Nazi Molotov-Ribbentrop papers
Senator Ferguson calls for speedy public release of captured Nazi documents detailing Molotov Ribbentrop talks before the 1939 non aggression pact. Ferguson and Ball argue for transparency to inform the public while noting Russia relations concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
State Department
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Joachim von Ribbentrop
United States
Britain
Ribbentrop
Molotov
Ball
R-Minn
Hitler
Poland
Elkhart quartet wins barber shop crown at Milwaukee
The Doctors of Harmony from Elkhart Indiana captured the championship barbershop quartet of America title in Milwaukee. Thirty quartets competed Friday and Saturday with judges scoring on arrangement harmony voice and stage presence. Lions Club Serenaders Kansas City finished second for the sixth straight year followed by Midstates Four Chicago Chordeliers Rock Island and Westinghouse Pittsburgh in the top five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Doctors of Harmony
Elkhart
Ind
Barbership Quartet of America
Four Doctors
Lions Club Serenaders
Kansas City
Midstates Four
Chicago
The
Chordeliers
Rock Island
Westinghouse Quartet
Pittsburgh
Flag Day Parade Leads Off With Civic Units in Step
Flag Day activities continued from Page 1 with final altar service by Elks officers. Carrol J. Weigel announced constitution scholarship awards as Immel spoke. Boy Scouts retired the flag and played Taps. Judge R V Ahlstrom directed a parade featuring Logan High School band Marine Corps League Wilson Colwell Relief Corps Navy Mothers club float CIO color guard and members American Legion color guard drum corps and Legionnaires Boy Scout color guard and Boy Scouts Aquinas High School band Catholic War Veterans VFW drum corps VFW members VFW auxiliary Second Division members Erickson drum corps Girl Scouts Central High School band Elk lodge members and mounted riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks
Carrol J. Weigel
Constitution
Immel
Boy Scouts
R. V. Ahlstrom
Logan High School
Marine Corps League
Wilson-Colwell Relief Corps
Navy Mothers’ Club
CIO
American Legion
Drum Corps
Legionnaires
Boy Scout
Aquinas High School
Catholic War Veterans
VFW
Erickson
Girl Scouts
Central High School
Elkis’ Lodge
Widen Investigation of K. C. Vote Fraud
FBI widened its probe into 1946 Kansas City primary irregularities to include the fourth district alongside the fifth where President Truman opposed Roger C. Slaughter. Agent Dwight Brantley said the fourth district check would be as sweeping as the fifth race between Slaughter and Enos Axtell, who lost to Albert L Reeves Jr. in the general. In the fourth district Democratic primary Rep. C. Jasper Bell led 29,041 to 6,343 over John H. Schwartz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
FBI
Harry S. Truman
Roger C. Slaughter
Congress
Dwight Brantley
Slaughter
Enos Axtell
Albert L Reeves, Jr
C. Jasper Bell
John H. Schwartz
43rd Victim Dies in La Guardia Crash
Mack Gordon, a 57 year old Cleveland business executive, died in a New York hospital Saturday. The death raises the toll to 43 from the United Airlines DC-4 crash at La Guardia field on May 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mack Gordon
Cleveland
New York Hospital
United Airlines
la Guardia Field
Buried Coins Found In Iowa Treasure Unearthed In Dubuque
John Berens of Dubuque unearthed a buried treasure of gold and silver coins while enlarging a cellar. Some coins date 125 years back and the total value is around $9,000. Berens turned the find to county auditor Allan T. Daykin, who will post notices and hold a one year claim period. If ownership isn’t proven, Berens receives the treasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
John Berens
E. J. Kean
Berens
Allan T. Daykin
Flyer Awaits Trial For Manslaughter Aviator in Durand crash faces July 7 hearing
Harold Dean Ferrell a 19 year old flyer is free on 2500 bond after being charged with manslaughter in the death of 16 year old Jimmy Evans. Evans was killed when Ferrells plane skimmed over a gravel pit and the propeller decapitated him. Ferrell and passenger Lamott Fischer swam to shore after the plane fell into the water and Ferrell pleaded innocent at arraignment before Circuit Judge Joseph H Collins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owosso
Mich
Harold Dean Ferrell
Jimmy Evans
Evans
Ferrell
Durand
Joseph H. Collins
Lamott Fischer
Bruce Designated For Ambassador Post
BUENOS AIRES. James C. Bruce, vice president of National Dairy Products Corp, was designated United States ambassador to Argentina to succeed career diplomat George Messersmith, the Argentinian foreign office said Saturday. Argentina’s approval clears the path for President Truman to send Bruce’s name to the Senate. Messersmith followed Spruille Braden, who left the post to become assistant secretary of state for Latin America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
James C. Bruce
National Dairy Products Corp
United States
Argentina
George Messersmith
Foreign Office
Truman
Bruce
U. S. Senate
Messersmith
Spruille Braden
Juan D. Peron
Nagy Arrives in New York From Geneva with Family
Exiled former Hungarian premier Ferenc Nagy landed at LaGuardia from Geneva on Saturday night. He traveled with his wife Julia, daughter Julia 21, and son Laszlo four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferenc Nagy
Hungary
la Guardia Field
Geneva
Switzerland
Nagy
Julia
Laszlo
Charge Russia Behind Manchurian Offensive
The government news agency charged Saturday that a certain nation Russia planned and directed the Communist offensive in Manchuria. It cited 30,000 Japanese prisoners and 90 tanks as backing. The report followed news of Communist encirclement of Mukden and a raid near Peiping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Russia
Manchuria
Mukden
China
Peiping
Crime Was So Slight it Didn't Have Name
In Vandergrift Virginia police charged Fred Carney Seward with careless driving after he fell asleep in a parked car. The vehicle rolled downhill while Seward slept, and officers found him still in the machine. They judged the act careless though no wreck occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vandergrift
Fred Carney Seward
Seward
Also Mentioned on This Page
LA Cie
Coulee Region
Appleton, Wis
Statesaw, Wis
Antigo
Chattanooga, Tenn
Campbell RD
Scorninx
Barron
North Star
Viz City
Nelly Don
Enka Rayon
Enka
Grand Jury
Iown City
Roosevelt
Elkhart Four
K. C
N. Y
Beauleu
BenMont
Laurene Rose Diehl
Utes
Mrs
Carl Hasse
LA Crosse Jaycettes
Heileman’s
Civil Air Patrol
French Island
Carroll's
la Crescent
4Th and King
Copeland Park
la Crosse State
Peerless
Onalaska
YWCA
Kiwanis Club
Stoddard
Toastmasters Club
YMCA
Barber Shop
Washburn School
South Avenue Armory
Commodore— la Crescent
Basesith and King
Pig Club
Myrick Park
Lions Club
Optimists Club
Hotel Stoddard
Hokah, Minn
King
Rotary Club
Hotel
Mrs. Diehl
Silhouette Lady
Barron's
Jaycettes
AFL
Shrine Club
Masonic Temple
Legion
Saint Francis School of Nursing
Association
Onalaska Park
Heileman
America
Heileman Brewino CO
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!