ARC Awards Safety Badges To La Crosse Teachers College Group
Red Cross instructor certificates will be awarded to a La Crosse State Teachers College group for completing water safety and first aid instructor courses. The program, led by John R. Kolpacoff, spans two weeks and supports the local Red Cross chapter. Recipients include many named first aid and water safety instructors.
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Red Cross
la Crosse State Teachers College
John R. Kolpacoff
National Red Cross
James Bergwall
James Bosanny
Paul Buschatz
Patricia Corrigan
Ray Gripentrog
Calvin Jensen Stanley Plumb
Esther Spink
Joyce Streckenbach
Lois Suess
Ellen Tess
Alta Thiel
Delores Tipler
Earl Walsh
Rosmarie Walsh
Joseph Welland
Virginia Congreve
Marilyn Amacher
Edwin Bock
Jocelyn Burk
Rita Buschatz
Phyllis Dunn
Marjorie Erickson
Raymond Fellows
Marjorie Gottschalk
Mariel Graham
Charles Graham
Marjorie Guenther
Kathleen Hettig
Verdota addition lots open for applications
With the Verdota addition transfer in Salzer field plat from the city to the housing authority effective Thursday the authority says it will accept applications for lots. Applicants must include a down payment and blanks may be obtained at the housing authority office room 308 Rivoli building.
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Verdota
Salzer Field
Housing Authority
Rivoli Building
Rising living costs in Bogota threefold postwar
Despite tighter army price controls after the April 9 riots, costs for a workingman’s family in Bogota, Colombia, continue to rise and now run nearly three times higher than prewar levels.
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Bogota
Columbia
Builders Show What Private Firms Can Do Without Government Cash
Fifty Detroit builders coordinated by the Builders Association of Metropolitan Detroit demonstrate home building without federal aid. They list 137 Maple Crest lots in Royal Oak with 60 completed houses and 30 more in progress, selling from 4178 to 8500 dollars with FHA financing and down payments around 1000 to 1500 dollars.
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Royal Oak Mic
NEA
Detroit
Builders Association of
Metropolitan Detroit
FHA
R. M. Lockwood
National Association of Home Builders
The
Builders Association
Maple Crest
Royal Oak
Metropolitan
Affordable prefab homes touted for $7 plus land
The plan features a fully finished house with heat and a washer and drier, including five bungalow style layouts and an unfinished attic option. Ground insulation and sealed space reduce heating disparity to barely three degrees between floors and ceilings. Detroit area families earning $3,000 annually are seen as potential buyers, but restrictive codes, zoning, FHA rules, and financing limit supply across three counties with about 100,000 interested households in five years.
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Detroit
Eight UW veterans to retire in June after long service
At the University of Wisconsin Madison eight veteran faculty members will retire in June. The group includes four from the College of Engineering, two from the French department, one from Mathematics, and one from Botany. Retirees include Leslie Van Hagen Ray S Owen J W Watson Frederick E Volk Frederic D Cheydleur Charles F Gillen H W March and George S Bryan.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Alden Wihte
College of Engineering
Leslie van Hagan
Ray S. Owen
J. W. Watson
Frederick E. Volk
Frederic D. Chevdleur
Charles F. Gillen
H. W. March
George S. Bryan
van Hagen
National Lines of
Mexico
Department of Civil Engineering
Wisconsin Engineer
Associated
University of Wisconsin Foundation
Owen
Wisconsin
U. S. Reclamation Service
Army Engineers
The
American Legion
Madison Reserve Officers Association
Watson
General Electric Co
Volk
Ripon College
General Electric
Cheydleur
Williams College
University of Grenoble
France
Peekskill Military Academy
Worcester Academy
Massachusetts
Williams
Gillen
Canada
St. Joseph's College
New Brunswick
Laval University
Montreal
Prof. March
U. S. Forest Products Laboratory
University of Michigan
University of Munich
Germany
Michigan
Princeton
Chicago
Loan Agencies Increase Gains In 1948 Illinois Wisconsin
Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago reports 326 savings and loan associations in Illinois and Wisconsin grew to 1.123 billion in 1948 with a net gain of 121.7 million. Cash and government bonds rose to 18 percent of share capital while reserves reached 6.6 percent of assets. Mortgage lending climbed, aided by credit lines and wartime bond sales.
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Illinois
Wisconsin
Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
A. R. Gardner
Gardner
Milwaukee and
Cook Counies
Paraguay Grants Film Reel Concession for Theatres
Paraguay awards a concession to screen national motion picture news reels in all theatres nationwide using United States equipment. The move ensures nationwide display of official news segments across cinema venues.
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Paraguay
United States
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By S. Burton Heath
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Furman
University of Chicago
LA Crosse Tribune
Coronado
Gamblea
Pearl Phone
Angel Food
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Daily Tribune
Daily Tribune
ICUQO
Maily Tribune
Sam Levy
la Crosse
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