CCC Unit at Coon Valley Leads Erosion Control Effort
The Coon Valley CCC camp in Wisconsin works with the Soil Conservation Service to curb erosion along Coon Creek. They install wing dams bank cribbing and later slope banks with willows alders and cottonwoods to protect productive farm land ahead of spring thaws.
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CCC
Coon Valley
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Civilian Conservation Corps
Soil Conservation Service
Robert Fechner
H. H. Bennett
Coon Creek
CCC Camp Aids Flood Erosion Control and Relief Work
The report notes the camp's role in erosion and flood control projects including protection of highway bridges and meandering streams. A February woodlot improvement project cut diseased trees and supplied firewood to relief families. The camp aided relief during a $40,000 tornado near Viroqua in April and helped with spring plantings and debris clearing.
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CCC
Viroqua
Community notes from Coon Valley and nearby
Miss Nora Sather visits relatives during summer from Prairie du Lac while Ruth Romine and Luis Romine return to New Richland Minnesota. Mildred Hoff visits Mt Horeb. Olive Smeby spends summer with grandparents. Local band concert by Concordia college team. Luther league to serve meals. band to camp on church lawn. Also report on two Chinese officers executed for aiding pirates by Bias bay anti piracy troops.
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Noon Valley
Wis
Spector
Nora Sather
Prairie du Lac
Ruth Romine
Luis Romine
I. N. Knutson
New Richland
Minn
Mildred Hoff
Mt. Horeb
M. F. Schneers
Olive Smeby
Faribault
Martin Smeby
Norman Midthen
Beverly and
Jerold
Chaseburg
Magnus Midden
Morris Peterson
Concordia College
Luther League
London
England
Canton
Reuters
Tsai Teng Hui
Bias Bay
Yang Chi Suan
Ze mo advertised relief for eczema and skin irritations
Texas reader G C G describes ten years of itching eczema and spending hundreds before trying Ze mo. The ad claims rapid relief due to rare ingredients and mentions benefits for rash pimples and ringworm. Good Housekeeping Bureau approval and a price of one dollar are noted.
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Zemo
Texas
Good Housekeeping Bureau
Drugeists
Dhe
Roumania Receives Valuables From Russia
The arrival in Constanza of nearly 360 crates of wartime items returned by Soviet Russia includes Romania’s crown jewels valued at 50 million dollars and a national gold treasure of 105 million dollars. Among the finds were a King Cantemir skeleton in an ancient coffin and vast, largely valueless archives.
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Constanza
Roumania
Russia
Moscow
Cantemir
Moldavia
Petrograd
Ettrick Womans Club Hosts Picnic in Dance Hall
Members and husbands attend annual picnic supper with guests from Las Cruces Milwaukee Chicago and Minneapolis. Wilma Deutrich on vacation from Milwaukee. postmaster Clara M. Johnson attends Wisconsin Association of Postmasters convention. piano recital by Allen Hogden at Ettrick Lutheran Church with Rev K M Arberg assisting. families visit Bishop and McNulty homes. meetings resume in September.
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Ettrick
Wis
Ettrick Federated Woman’s Club
Roy Whitlock
T. A. Greene
Las Cruces
N. M
Anna Brovold
Wilma Deutrich
Milwaukee
Anna Brohelden
Calvin Kittleson
Chicago
J. H. McNulty
I. Reed
Minneapolis
William Bishop
McNulty
Bishop
C. A. Brye
White Hall
Allen Hogden
Ettrick Lutheran Church
K. M. Arberg
H Ogden
Jennie
Strauss Faces Punishment for Opera Collaboration
Richard Strauss, prominent German composer, faces removal as president of the Third Reich Music Chamber for aiding Jewish author and librettist Steven Zweig in preparing the opera The Silent Woman. The Nazi chiefs are expected to strip him from his post.
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Steven Zweig
Richard Strauss
Third Reich
Music Chamber
Community Names Listed Amid Russian Broadcast Language Push
A list of residentsSwenson Betty Pederson Robert Rogne Harriett Thompson Sarah Hellekson Theodore Enger Gladys Olson Mrs I J Lrickson Carol Hellekson Clara Stensver Loren Pederson Loryn Cantlon Marian Pederson John A Sorenson and Miss Jennie Swenson appears alongside a note that Russia’s broadcasting stations must air in 64 languages due to its vast geography and diverse population.
Cougars Reported in Wisconsin Timber Belt
Ellenboro resident T Edge and his 17 year old son Paul saw a long tawny animal with a long tail chased by a hound near their dairy farm. The sighting prompted fear in the community with residents arming for protection as hunters recall earlier reports of similar prowlers.
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Ellenboro
Wissroe
T. Edge
Paul
Austin
Lima Township
Marvin Foster
Lancaster
Millville
Grant County
First tri-motored plane shown by its owner at Rockies exhibit
The three engined plane once flown by Its owner from the Rockies was presented to the Ford Museum. The exhibit traveled to Penn Station New York and Dearborn Michigan during the era, highlighting aviation history and the aircraft’s significance.
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Rockies
Sev
Ford Museum
Penn Station
N. Y
Dearborn
Micha
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Caleet-Marrland Distiblar Cp
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Lord Calvert
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