Forensics Winners Lead West Salem Contest
West Salem high school forensic club members competed in the local elimination contest on February 16 and 17. A ratings earners will advance to the Coulee Conference contest in Bangor on March 23. Winners include Tournade Ender, Gene Ender, Carole Anderson, Elizabeth Healand, Janice Anderson, Donna Jean Vruwink, Catherine ees, and James Lorenz under adviser Mrs. Phyllis Hetland with judges Bill Dwyer and John Streeter from La Crosse State Teachers College.
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West Salem
Wis
West Salem High School
Bangor
Tournade
Gene Ender
Carole Anderson
Elizabeth Healand
Janice Anderson
Donna Jean Vruwink
Catherine Ees
Ames Lorenz
Phyllis Hetland
Sonio Club
Bill Dwyer
John Streeter
la Crosse State Teachers College
Lincoln juniors host St. Patrick’s tea and fashion display
Ninth grade home economics girls at Lincoln Junior High welcomed mothers and faculty to a home like reception centered on a St. Patrick’s tea. Exhibits by eighth grade art classes featured costumes from different periods and ages along with textile paintings and wearable designs.
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Lincoln Junior High School
St. Patrick's
Nina J. Michelson
Maryon Ready
Yvonne Methem
Doris Woods
Pauline Liberty
Norma Schultz
Jean Kroner
Virginia Gittens
Lois Lindeman
Phyllis Cora Mae Wang
Gail Bean
Sharon Boettcher
Louise Hutchins
Garnet Winser
Caroline Barge
Cirlone Wreble
Dorothy Kastenschmi
NW Railway Engineer Dies Going To Work
Louis Schoepke aged 58 of Green Bay died Friday on a North Western train he was to operate to Green Bay. He suffered a heart attack after boarding the train. Police and emergency medical staff attempted revival but he was pronounced dead at County Emergency Hospital.
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Milwaukee
Louis Schoepke
Green Bay
North Western Railroad
Schoepke
Saeoen
Lords Debate Artificial Insemination Illegitimacy Issue
The House of Lords heatedly debated a court finding that a child conceived by artificial insemination is illegitimate. Lords Merriman Brabazon Reading and Fisher argued about donor limits and moral principles, with Viscount Addison promising careful government consideration.
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London
House of Lords
Lord Merriman
Medical
Marquess of Reading
United States
Lord Brabazon
Geoffre Fisher
Canterbury
Viscount Addison
Yugoslavia faces renewed pressure from Cominform under Tito
AP analyst DeWitt Mackenzie reports rising tensions as Cominform allegedly plans moves to topple Tito amid frontier strains. Western officials and Belgrade sources warn of intensified Moscow pressure within six months, while Yugoslavia remains defiant and strategically vital to Moscow.
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Tito
Sint
Ales Bebler
Law
Belgrade
Britain
Bebler
London
Moscow
Yugoslavia
Pension rules for veterans and dependents vary by status
A veteran with a permanent total disability can receive a pension of 60 dollars a month, rising to 72 after ten years or at age 65. The veteran’s spouse is not eligible for a pension. Subsistence allowances may apply during training, with limits and potential overpayments to be repaid. WWI widows and survivors face income limits, and Washington state’s WWII bonus was struck down as unconstitutional.
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Washington
State Supreme Court
Ington
Samp Heads Gunning Club Honors 1948 Work and 1949 Prep
About 30 La Crosse Gun Club members met at Walt's for a 6 30 p m dinner and annual meeting. President E B Lamp reported 1948 activities and noted ample shells and targets for 1949. Trap houses were rebuilt to standard regulations. Four Remington traps and two skeet traps are ready for use in 1949. Lamp was re elected president. Grams is vice president. Roop was re elected secretary treasurer. George Jones Newbury Ward elected. Lamp received life membership in Amateur Prepenesing Association of the Uni States.
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la Crosse Gun Club
Walt's
E. B. Samp
Lamp
William Grams
Jack Roop
George Jones
William Newbury
Ted Ward
E. B. Lamp
Prepenesing Association
Uni
Warehouse Blaze Destroys Tires Eggs and Crates
A spectacular Thursday night fire destroyed a one story 40 by 80 foot warehouse owned by A Sturms and Sons. The blaze caused 25 dollars in contents and 5000 dollars in the building to burn with two railroad refrigerator cars nearby damaged. Fire chief Stewart Craig said no injuries occurred and volunteer firefighters prevented spread to nearby buildings. Green Bay and Western railroad reported a 45 minute track delay due to the fire.
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Stewart Craig
Craig
A. Sturms and Sons
Green Bay and Western Railroad
Fuzzy's Color Chaos Ends in Housepaint Havoc
HAL BOYLE recounts Fuzzy Ma nan attempting a home paint job to save money. His overambitious, ill advised renovations turn kitchen, living room, and bathroom yellow and jaundiced, with ruined blinds and misused paint. A comic domestic disaster unfolds as his wife plans to visit her daughter, while neighbors chime in on the chaos.
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New York
Fuzzy Manan
Can
Ace
Fuzzy
Skippy
Power District Proposal Sparks Socialistic Label at Hearing
Madison hearing on a joint resolution to create electric power districts drew sharp debate. Proponents like Prof. Carl Auerbach argued for low cost power and public ownership as a boost to industry, while opponents said REA co-ops and private utilities meet demand.
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Madison
Wis
R. O. Wipperman
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Bet of Commerce
TVA
Molinaro
Dnosha
Kendzierski
Dmilwaukee
Carl Auerbach
University of Wisconsin Law Amendment
Auerbach
Americans For Democratic Action
R. W. Peterson
C. T. Young
REA
Man Rescues Buoy Near Live Rail Earns Edward Medal
John V. Harrilds, 50, a London Underground motorman, receives the Edward medal for risking death by electrocution to save a buoy that toppled beside the live rail at Harlesden station.
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John V. Harrilds
London
Edward
Harlesden Station
Telegraph boom lifts Britain telephones to new high
In three months 161,367 new telephones have been installed in Britain, during which time the number of applications increased by 9, to 467,461.
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Britain
Woman to be tried for slaying father in Forest County
Crandon Wisconsin district attorney Allan M Stranz said Mrs Jane Pierce 23 will face a circuit court term on a degree murder charge for the slaying of her father Charles Blondh at Lily Pad lake in northern Forest County The defendant admitted shooting and pleaded innocent at arraignment Thursday Circuit Judge Arold F Mur PrTne shooting occurred Tuesday night with Sheriff Iner Osgood handling details and questioning ongoing Stranz said he knew where the questioning was conducted and will release more information through the sheriff
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Crandon
Wis
Allan M. Stranz
Jane Pierce
Pierce
Gasere
Charles Blondh
Lily Pad Lake
Plane Crashes on Snowy Berlin Runway at Templehof
A fully loaded four engined C-54 airlift plane overshot the runway and crashed into a ditch at Templehof airfield in Berlin. All three crew members escaped unharmed while ground crews had cleared much of the season’s heavy snowfall. The craft carried about 10 tons of coal and other materials for German industry.
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Berlin
Templehof
Is Single Auto Tag Enough Debate in Wisconsin
MADISON Wisconsin Ben Marcus from the state motor vehicle agency argues one license plate per car could save about £ 00 000 a year. He says the front plate has no value while Capt John Seemed of Milwaukee police and Dane County traffic officer E W Klezenberg support two plates. The senate committee withheld judgment on a bill to require only one plate.
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Madison
Wis
Ben Marcus
Marcus
Senate Committee
Capt
John Seemed
Milwaukee
E. W. Klezenberg
Dane County
Astronomer Porterfield Talks Hobby To Central High Students
Madison attorney H T Porterfield spoke at Central High School Thursday on astronomy as a hobby. He previewed the April 12 total lunar eclipse, explained celestial motions, Earth's light output, and showed lunar surface features and differences in gravitation and density.
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Central High School
H. T. Porterfield
Madison
Porterfield
Seek Identity Of Dead Man
Police seek to identify a man found dead in a local hotel. Coroner Dr. George Reay says death was self inflicted with a recently purchased .22 rifle, likely occurred two days or more before discovery. Initial guess of H. C. Halverson of Morris Minnesota proved false after a phone check. FBI processed fingerprints and laundry marks. possessions included new overnight bag pajamas handkerchief and $51. He was in his late 40s, about six feet tall, 167 to 170 pounds, balding sandy hair, size 9 1/2 shoes and 7 1/2 hat, scar on left lip and a false tooth plate.
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George Reay
H. C. Halverson
Morris
Minn
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lennox Furnace Co Dealers Attend Ishalltown School
Olson was enrolled among dealers and service men from Lennox Furnace Co at a school held at the Lennox factory in Ishalltown Iowa from March 14 to March 18.
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Comer. Olson
Lennox Furnace Co
Lennox
Ishalltown
Rhodesia Railways Build Model Township Near Bulawayo
Rhodesia railways are constructing a model township near Bulawayo for African workers. The project will provide a city of more than 3,000 houses to house about 9,000 people.
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Rhodesia Railways
Bulawayo
University Bu reau urges state research aid for small business
The University of Wisconsin bureau of community development calls for state research facilities to aid small business, comparing needs to the support Wisconsin agriculture has long enjoyed. The bulletin notes 98 percent of US non farm firms have under 50 employees and urges comprehensive facilities, funding, and services from the university and extension division.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin Bureau of Community Development
Wisconsin Agriculae
Bureau
Ars Calvert
ars Calvert the bureau’ s director, said that a state = cycy
Wisconsin
J. Lichty
Bulletin
U. S
Ness
Bulletin Nied
University Oisconsin School of Commerce
School of Commerce
Universit
Ae Oe Ee University College 4
College of Engineering
Naece Bulletin
H. G. Roehring
K. Wendt
Taft Sees Civil Rights Bills Possible Under Dixie Compromise
Senator Taft argues important civil rights measures could pass the Senate under a Dixie compromise debate curb. He says Democratic leadership must press for consideration of reforms like anti lynching and anti poll tax as Truman's civil rights program faces filibuster resistance.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Truman
Parked Car Suffers Small Crash Damage
A parked car owned by Art Blaske at 208 North Sixth street lost 3 in damage when hit by an eastbound vehicle in the 600 block of Vine street. Another car, owned by Robert E. Harvey of 202 South 23rd street, sustained 75 in damage as it traveled east.
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Art Blaske
North Sixth Street
Vine Street
Robert E. Harvey
South 23Rd Street
Third
Market Streets
Frederick J. Bayer
West Avenue
G. O. Drais
South 21St Street
Drais
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