Gateway Scout Circus Nears in La Crosse
Thousands of Boy Scouts will perform Saturday night at 8 at the fairgrounds in La Crosse. The Gateway council circus features Cub Scouts and Senior Scouts in a pioneering scene, camping displays, and a final Statue of Liberty tableau to honor the national Strengthen the Arm of Liberty drive. Proceeds fund Camp DeCo equipment. tickets are at Neubauer's Sweet Shop Hebberds and Bodega or from Scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Gateway Council
Camp Deco
Boy Scout Crusade
Boy Scouts
Neubauer’s
Sweet Shop
Hebberd's
Bodega
Boy Scout
Hollywood Square Dance Craze Sweeps Beverly Hills
Hollywood embraces square dancing as a postwar trend with stars like Ronald Coleman hosting calls by Sherman Saunders. Frances Grant notes nostalgia drives styles back to simpler days, while experts debate Shaw's method and ad lib calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
NEA
America
Ronald Coleman
Beverly Hills
Bob Montgomerys
Jimmy Cagneys
George Murphys
Jack Bennys
Dick Powells
Mrs. Mike
Evelyn Keyes
Frances Grant
Sherman Saunders
Evelyn
Frances
Saunders
Square Ae
Women Outpace Men in Teachers College Summer Session
Enrollment at the Teachers College summer session totals 624 students with more women than men overall. In elementary education 214 students are enrolled including 191 women and 23 men, while rural education has 138 with 11 men and 127 women. The secondary field shows 32 students with 27 men and 5 women. Physical education lists 51 students with 41 men and 10 women. The special field has 45 women and 42 men. Rural refresher courses begin with 35 students in week one and will rise to 65 in week four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers College
Towboat Alexander Sinks After River Collision
In Rock Island Illinois a new $850 000 towboat named Alexander sank to the river bottom after striking an unknown object near Bettendorf Iowa. Captain Paul Rose piloted the vessel to a Standard Oil dock where it sank within eight minutes. Damage was estimated at $100 000. The Alexander, owned by Alexander Shipyard Co of New Orleans, was towing two petroleum barges en route to Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Ill
Mississippi River
Bettendorf
Alexander
Alexander Shipyard Co
New Orleans
Paul Rose
Standard Oil Company
Rose
Minneapois
Youths 12 and 9 Die in Separate Drownings
In Sussex Joseph Weber 12 drowned while fishing in a quarry with his 6 year old brother Dale. In Hudson Don ald King 9 drowned after slipping from a raft on the Willow River near his home. both deaths reported Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sussex
Wis
Joseph Weber
Dale
Hudson, Wis
Donald King
Willow River
Bruce King
Gulf Stream Influence Noted As Far North As Cape Cod
The Gulf Stream is said to affect climate as far north as Cape Cod Massachusetts with observable warming effects and related atmospheric patterns noted in contemporary coastal observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Cod
Mass
UW Regents Seek Attorney General Opinion on Athletic Fund
The University of Wisconsin regents voted to ask the attorney general for an opinion on the status of the student athletic activities fund. President E B Fred said the move follows a state auditor report on fund spending and aims to determine if the money is state funds or a student proposition. The board also projected a 10 to 12 percent fall in fall enrollment to about 17 000 and kept out of state registration to 15 percent of total enrollment. Frank J. Sensenbrenner was reelected board president. A Matt Werner, vice president. Alfred W. Peterson, secretary. Clarke Smith, assistant secretary. Athletics board members were renamed including William B. Sarles as chairman and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin Regents
E. B. Fred
J. Jay Kelcher
Fred
Kenneth Little
Frank J. Sensenbrenner
Neenah
A. Matt Werner
Sheboygan
Alfred W. Peterson
Clarke Smith
Athletic Board
William B. Sarles
Little
R. V. Campbell
H. F. Harlow
F. L. Weston
William D. Hoard, Jr
Fort Atkinson
J. A. Cutler
Milwaukee
Emma Smith Honored for 66th Birthday Parcel Drive
Brow's Bay New Zealand resident Emma Jane Smith nicknamed Lady Bountiful marks her 66th birthday by assembling her 825th and 826th food parcels for friends in Britain. She has sent food since 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Jane Smith
Bountiful
Brow’s Bay
New Zealand
Britain
Hoover Home Birthplace of President Herbert Hoover
West Branch Iowa is identified as the birthplace of President Herbert Hoover. The town marks the historic site linked to Hoover’s early life and U S political heritage. The reference notes Hoover’s inborn connection to West Branch in a concise historic record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
West Branch
President Herbert Hoover
Businessmen Adapt Tactics As Prices Shift Across Industries
A federal reserve board report notes households have both money and will to buy, though at lower prices. Industries plan summer sales with high hourly tire demand, retail units up nationwide, and oil price readjustments boosting lubricants. Airlines advertise low fares including a Pan American round the world trip for 855 dollars. No flowering plants grow within the Antarctic circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal Reserve Board
B. F. Goodrich Co
Akron
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Penn Oil Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gateway Scout Circus
American Legion Post of Sparta
David
U. S
Lloyd Shaw
Cheyenne Mountain School
Central City
Colo
Cheyenne
Arthur Murray
Shaw
Jack Benny
Papa
Hotel Linker
Fonicut
Cornel Wilde
Ne'er-Do-Wells
Columbia Pictures
Randolph
le Hae
Johnny
Virginia Grey
George Reeves
Courtland
Rusty
Ted Donaldson
Gloma Menry
Stephen Dunne
John Utel
Victor Mature
Richard Conte
Mississippi
Dale Simons
Blue Denim
Sears Pickett
Jerry Gilbertson and His Orchestra
UW Athletic Activity
Lady Bountiful
SY Sall
Technicolor
LDL
Oung - Chapman
Sitter
Ncur
Antarctic Circle
Ally
Wisconsin
William Elliott
Andy Devine
Jack Holt
Republic Picture
OFA
Strange Empire
Lois Hall
Congo
Highway 33
Losey Blvd
Web
Sat
Sun
With Loyd Nolan
Gary Cooper
Sheridan
Leo McCarey
Marjorie Main
Percy Kilbride
Richard Long
Meg Randall
Musica
Laramie
Cartoon and News
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!