Ten Boy Scouts Start Wisconsin Conservation Tour
Ten first class scouts chosen for conservation work begin a five day state tour funded by Elmer Madison and sponsored by Four Lakes council BSA and the conservation department. They will visit the state game farm Poynette Woodruff fish hatchery Trout lake tree nursery and Spooner fish hatchery plus trips to Apostle Islands and Brule river with wardens guiding.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Elmer
Dane County Sportsmen's Boys
Keith Carlson
Donald Segerd Bachhuber
Sauk City
Burton Scott
Muscoda
Paul Anderson
Alvin Kessenieh
David Halser
Four Lakes Council
Boy Scouts of America
Conservation Department
Cosen
Culver
George Curran
Peter Norg
Claire Newell
de Forest
Poynette
Woodruff
Trout Lake
Spooner
Apostle Islands
Lullaby Furniture Co
Stevens Point
Brule River
Demonstration On Roping At Optimist Club Meeting
A roping demonstration by Colonel Larson of Whitehall and his daughter Judy was shown at a noon Optimist club luncheon. The display served as arm neck and leg exercise for a polio victim of eight years, and a hamster was also shown. Larson, turning hobbies into income, has booked university appearances for 30 weeks across 1950 and 1951.
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Optimist Club
Colonel Larson
White- Larson
Judy
Nine
Whitehall
University of Wisconsin
Birthday Tribute to Wilfrd Pelletier Opera Conductor
Wilfrid Pelletier born June 30 1896 in Montreal son of an orchestra conductor from a large musical French Canadian family. He studied in Paris on scholarship and by 1917 became assistant conductor and chorus master at the Metropolitan Opera New York. He conducted Ravinia DS opera and San Francisco opera and popularized Auditions of the Air highlighting American talent.
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Wilfred Pelletier
Montreal
Que
Paris
Metropolitan Opera
New York
Ravinia
DS. Opera
San Francisco Opera
Air
Author H D Doolittle Aldington Featured as Week’s Poet
Hilda Doolittle known as H D Aldington signs books to fans. She wrote By Avon River a tribute to Shakespeare and Elizabethan lyricists. Born 1886 in Bethlehem Pa later studied at Bryn Mawr served as Dial editor and lived in London during world wars and in Switzerland afterward.
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H. D
Hilda Doolittle
Hilda Doolittle Aldington
Richard Aldings
Avon River
Shakespeare
Bethlehem
Bryn Mawr
Dial
London
Switzerland
Retailing Trends Point to Bargains and Buyer’s Market Shift
New York retailers report a developing postwar buyer’s market with more goods at higher quality and lower prices. Manufacturers cut production, causing reorders to lag and shoppers to seek multiple stores. Retailers hedge inventories to meet seasonal demand while avoiding high-priced stock.
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New York
State Tobacco Tax Becomes Permanent Revenue Source
Madison report notes Wisconsin will keep its cigarette levy as permanent tax. Law signed by Gov. Rennebohm increases rate potential to three cents per pack. emergency justification fades as receipts rise to about 3.25 million annually per penny. Funds support veteran rehabilitation public works and state property programs.
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Madison
Wis
Rennebohm
Heil
Egypt to spend a quarter of income on army expansion
Cairo reports Egypt plans to allocate about a fourth of national income to strengthen the armed forces. The proposal enjoys broad public support and could alter the Middle East balance by reducing British troop presence in Egypt under the 1935 treaty which commits Britain to defend the Suez Canal until 1956.
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Cairo
Egypt
Middle East
Britain
Suez Canal
Autumn Travel Lure
Travel agencies entice New York visitors to Europe and the Mediterranean in late summer or early autumn. They expect steamer and plane space to loosen after the seasonal peak.
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New York
Europe
Mediterranean
Rockets coast high into ionosphere with little air resistance
The text explains that rockets like the V-2 coast about four fifths of the way up on flights around 100 miles into the ionosphere. Fuel ends in a minute or two, after which the craft rises with minimal air resistance, reaching speeds exceeding 3,000 miles per hour.
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Washington
Western Europe Could Boost Power Supply by Cooperation
PARIS. C. W. De Forest, head of the Marshall plan electrical equipment section, says Western European countries could raise their power supplies by five percent at no extra cost by cooperating to reduce reserve capacity. He notes U. S. power companies once kept large reserves.
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Paris
C. W. de Forest
U. S
Government pamphlet cautions on accidental injuries
A Washington government safety pamphlet states most accidental injuries do not cause death but those that do are of a serious nature, underscoring the severity of fatal accidents and the need for prevention.
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Washington
War Time Cooperation Cuts Reserve Capacity
The reference notes that a 25 percent reserve capacity was standard, but during the war, when cooperation was essential, the capacity was reduced to two percent and still sufficient to manage operations.
Education to Expand Audio Visual Learning Next Fall
U S commissioner of education Earl J McGrath plans broader use of slides movies radio and television in classrooms next fall The state directors of audio visual and radio education will meet in Chicago in August to discuss methods and funding options.
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New York
Earl J. McGrath
U. S
Chicago
Bobby Jones Dominates U S Amateur Titles Across Years
The U S Amateur golf championship was won by Bobby Jones in 1924 1925 1927 1928 and 1930 making him the record holder for most titles. The feats highlight Jones extraordinary success in the early era of American amateur golf.
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U. S
Bobby Jones
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