Soil Specialists To Tour Wisconsin Field Stations
Midwestern agronomists will visit seven Wisconsin field stations June 21 to 24 to study crop breeding and management. The tour opens at university farms, then stops include Hancock Waushara county Marshfield La Crosse Spooner Ashland and the Clark county hospital farm at Owen.
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Madison
Wis
Midwest
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Hancock
Waushara
Hold Hope Betatron Will Cure Cancer
Chicago reports the University of Illinois plans a 20 million volt betatron to treat deep seated cancers. Dr. A C Ivy announced the device with first use in medical research slated for 1949 after delivery in five months. X-rays at 20 million volts will replace the current 200 thousand to two million volt energies.
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Chicago
University of Illinois College of Medicine
A. C. Ivy
Convention Battles Through American Party Politics
Alexander George surveys historic party conventions from 1856 to 1912. He notes frontier gun culture at early gatherings, Lincoln and Seward battles in 1860, Garfield's 1880 deadlock, Harding’s 1920 victory, and the 1912 Taft Roosevelt split reshaping the race that helped Wilson win.
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Warren G. Harding
Harding
Leonard Wood
Frank Lowden
Illinois
Hiram Johnson
California
William H. Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Taft
Rough Rider
Bull Moose
Woodrow Wilson
Admiral Soldberg Named Navy Chief of Research
Rear Admiral Thorvald A. Soldberg age 52 an atomic energy expert and Wisconsin native was nominated by President Truman to be the navy's new chief of research for a three year term. He will replace Admiral Paul F. Lee of Berkeley Calif retiring next month. Soldberg directed target ship prep for atomic tests at Bikini and supervised post test inspections. Since 1946 he has served on the military liaison committee to the atomic energy commission. He is a Mason Wis native who considers Sand Point Idaho home and graduated from the U S Naval Academy in 1916. Lee retires July 1 along with two other admirals in their early fifties.
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Thorvald A. Soldberg
Wisconsin
Truman
Navy
Soldberg
Paul F. Lee
Berkeley
Calif
Bikini
Soidberg
Atomic Energy Commission
London
Shipbuilding
Mason
Wis
Sand Point
Ida
U. S. Naval Academy
Lee
Reedsburg Youth Drowns at Devil's Lake Picnic
Baraboo report states 17 year old William Friebe Jr of Reedsburg drowned during a church picnic at Devils Lake. He was swimming from shore to a raft with Walther Luther League youths and, though pulled to shore promptly, did not respond to resuscitation.
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Baraboo
Wis
William Friebe, Jr
Reedsburg
Devils Lake
Walther Luther League
Wallace Wade Birthday Marks Legendary Coach Career
The profile recalls Wallace Wade born June 15 1892 who elevated Alabama football then Duke creating a strong Blue Devils squad He served as a World War I camp captain and became a lieutenant colonel in World War II artillery He led the 12th Army Group athletics before returning to Duke.
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Wallace Wade
Alabama
Crimson Tide
Duke
Blue Devils
12Th Army Group
Argentina orders stock survey to set clothing price tops
SEEK MAXIMUM PRICES reports Argentina has directed manufacturers importers and distributors of textiles and wear ing apparel to prepare a full inventory of stocks and raw materials in an effort to establish a better scale for maximum prices.
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Argentina
Discussions on German Federation Postponed
In Frankfurt German federation talks are postponed by US British and French military governors at the request of France. The delay comes as the French National Assembly has not yet approved a six nation agreement for a West German federal government. Debate ends tomorrow. The pact was crafted at a London conference involving the United States Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
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Frankfurt
Germany
National Assembly
London
U. S
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
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