Dr Gunnar Gundersen Named To Community Trust Board
At a La Crosse distribution committee meeting at the La Crosse Trust Company office Judge R V Abistrom appointed Dr Gunnar Gundersen to the committee succeeding the late Henry Gund The other members are J G Felton chair and Harry Spence The La Crosse County Bar Association prepared and sponsored the resolution creating the trust with a charitable mission The first funds came from the will of Alice Gordon longtime La Crosse State Teachers College staff member
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la Crosse Community Trust
la Crosse Trust Company
Gunnar Gundersen
R. V. Abistrom
Henry Gund
J. G. Felton
la Crosse
Roger Bacon and gunpowder's explosive discovery
English friar Roger Bacon noted early explosive qualities of gunpowder centuries after Chinese use for flares. The remark places Bacon’s work in a broader history of gunpowder development and scientific curiosity.
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Roger Bacon
England
Spokane sheriff candidate offers reward for stolen signs
John A. Scott, candidate for Spokane county sheriff, posts a $50 reward for the arrest and conviction of thieves who stole three of his large hand painted campaign signs. He says no clues are available. In Omaha a two year old girl wanders into Judge Perry Wheeler's South Omaha police court wearing only a blouse after being left near the family welfare office.
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Spokane
Wash
John A. Scott
Spokane County
Omaha, Nebr
Perry Wheeler
South Omaha
Birds Nest On Cement Mixer At Montrose Harbor
Two robins build a nest on the top frame of a cement mixer operating at Montrose harbor on Lake Michigan. A pair of singing babies now receive care from both parents as they fetch worms. Whistler’s Portrait of the Artist Mother was rejected by the Royal Academy and sat unsold for twenty years.
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Chicago
Montrose Harbor
Lake Michigan
Whistler
Mother
Royal Academy
Electric service drive to bring power to every farmer
Our company touts pioneering farm electrification and vows to extend service until all interested farmers have electricity. It promotes a home planning file for organizing ideas and clippings and notes an electric appliance dealer showroom option, listing 500 as a figure.
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Northern States Power Company
Legion Listening Post calls for new members and summer convention
The post urges completing memberships by June 28 to mail cards to department headquarters by July 1 and offers Got Mine buttons. Members aim to exceed their commander’s goal and attend the Racine or San Francisco convention with all expenses paid. Also notes firing squad members, a World War II Welcome Home picnic, and a Legion meeting with a fish fry.
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Racine
San Francisco
la Crosse
Harry H. Tucker
Otto Werner
Adrian Littlejohn
Howard Jones
Alfred Jones
Donald Nissalke
Herbert Kawamoto
Arthur Scheel
Allen Varney
I. H. Sheldon
Veterans Memorial Park
Siegfried H. Spillman
Eau Claire Military District
Curtis Hussa
Henry Bielefeld
Badger Boys State
Francis Gaarder
Gregory Malin
Ripon
Legion Club
Chef de Gare Scheel
Bird To Be Stuffed But Not By Cook
Lowell Coen found a peacock in a bulk storage room at a Riverton Wyoming frozen foods lockers. An attendant said the bird was not for eating but left by its owners for stuffing and mounting.
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Riverton
Wyo
Lowell Coen
Soldier from La Crosse Returns After War Service
Rol and William Boeder, son of Mr and Mrs H F Boeder of 417 Liberty St La Crosse Wis, has left Austria to return home. Inducted June 1944 at Fort Sheridan, he served with the 42nd Rainbow division, participated in Rhineland and southern Germany campaigns, and earned the good conduct medal Europe Africa Middle East theater ribbon with two battle stars occupation medal and Victory medal. His unit, the 392nd Field Artillery Battalion, is part of General Mark W Clark's United States forces in Austria.
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United States
Austria
Pic
Roland William Boeder
H. F. Boeder
Liberty Street
la Crosse
Wis
Army
Fort Sheridan
Rhineland
Germany
Europe
Africa
Middle- East
392Nd Field Artillery
42Nd “Rainbow
Mark W. Clark
Cholera Outbreak in Japan Contained Says Allied Official
Tokyo reports prompt actions isolated cases and strict quarantine halting a cholera outbreak. Col. J A Weaver acting head of Allied public health notes thirteen deaths but asserts the situation is controlled and no Allied personnel were involved.
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Tokyo
Japan
J. A. Weaver
Allied Headquarters
Weaver
Immell Urges Expanded Wisconsin Recreation Plan
Republican governor candidate Ralph M. Immell called for extensive growth of state recreation facilities including a dozen new air strips in northern counties. He predicted tourism could rise from 300 million to 500 million annually with bold leadership and broader promotion targeting midwestern vacationers. Immell cited Langlade county lakes, the Mississippi river region, Washington Island and Apostle Islands as underdeveloped areas needing investment. He urged increasing the annual recreational advertising budget beyond 60 thousand dollars, noting 38 states spend more.
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Ralph M. Immell
Wausau
Immell
Wisconsin
Langlade County
Mississippi River
la Crosse
St. Croix
Washington Island
Apostle Islands
Deaths Last Night In Sus Anche and Minneapolis Leader
Mrs Hattie Anderson 78 mother of Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson died in Susanville Calif. Jacob Kunz 85 president of Minneapolis Brewing Co and Kunz Oil Co died in Minneapolis. Balkan etymology noted as Turkish for mountain.
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Susanville
Calif
Hattie Anderson
Clinton Anderson
Mitchell
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Community Trust Board
Honigs Gift Shop
Cbs
Reddy Kilowatt
WKBH
William S. Hart
Newhall
Hollywood
Legion Listening
Boeder Enroute
The
Associated Press
Balkan
Mountain
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