Ten Students Attend Meet of La Crosse High School Scientists
Ten students from Central Aquinas and the Training School will present their science projects at a district meeting in Stevens Point. Talks cover chemistry physics and biology with 10 to 15 minute speeches. Students include Ramlo on Castner process, Nelson on homemade seismograph, Selma on Mississippi River fauna, Zanter on petroleum history, Yost on crytography, Bowman and Holley on power type model airplanes, and Schubert on radios I have built.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin Junior Academy of Science
Central
Uinas
Stevens Point State Teachers Co
Aquinas and Training School
Central Science Club
Ramlo
Nelson
Bowman
Holley
Schubert
Thecla
Lycia
Aquinas
O. Onies
W. Hanson
A. Perrodine
Seek Missing Man Abraham Sought by La Crosse Sheriff
Relatives appeal for information on Ed C Abraham age near 61 missing from La Crosse area. Police urge anyone with knowledge to report to Sheriff Vern Lamps office promptly.
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Ed. C. Abraham
la Crosse
Wisconsin Long Distance Rates Rise Within State
Wisconsin telephone users will face higher intrastate tolls starting April 10 after the Public Service Commission granted Wisconsin Telephone Co. authorization. The PSC denied a 25 cent prompt pay discount, aiming to raise net operating income by about 954000 dollars based on late 1948 operations.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Telene Co
Pub- Service Commission
Milwaukee
PSC
Michigan Traffic Fatalities Highest In Eight Years
Michigan state police report 1948 saw 1,502 traffic deaths the highest since 1941 yet only 0.798 deaths per 100 million miles driven. Total miles driven reached a record 19.1 billion with 40,892 injuries and 140,172 accidents, up from 1947.
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Lansing
Michigan
Industrial Institutes Planned At University
University of Wisconsin schedules two institutes for workers. An advanced industrial supervision program for foremen runs March 28 to April 1, and a job evaluation and merit rating course is set for March 29 to 31. Alexander Meiklejohn, retired former director of the Wisconsin experimental college, will lecture on the university and peace on April 5.
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University of Wisconsin
Alexander Meiklejohn
Wisconsin Experimental College
University and Peace
Villa Louis Opening Progress Reported By Prairie Committee
Prairie du Chien Wis Special public meeting on Villa Louis opening progress reports plans are moving ahead as scheduled. McClure says bands from seven groups will perform on both days with travel expenses matching last year. A horse show may feature two classes of spotted and pleasure horses and a stake class for parade entries.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Villa Louis
George McClure
McClure
Duke of York Uses Summer Camp to Break Class Barriers
A revived column notes England’s class system under pressure from both internal reformers and royal example. It highlights the Duke of York directing a Harrow-influenced camp at New Romney where working class and aristocratic boys train together, gaining mutual respect and a shared democratic outlook. The piece frames this as a quiet but strategic leveling effort with long-term social impact.
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London
England
George
Mary
Duke of York
Inngland
Workers For Democracy
Caesar
Nate
Royal
New Romney
Byron Price Birthday Note Highlights AP and UN Role
Birthday notice for Byron Price born March 25 1891 in Topeka Indiana outlines his career from Wabash College 1912 to AP staff later that year. He served as World War I captain, led AP Washington bureau, became executive editor in New York then director of censorship in World War II and now serves as assistant secretary general of the United Nations.
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Byron Price
Topeka
Ind
Wabash College
Associated Press
Washington
New York
United Nations
Legislators to Meet Public at Chamber Saturday
La Crosse state legislators Assemblyman Raymond C. Rice and H W Schilling and State Senator R M Schlabach will discuss the regular legislative session at the Chamber of Commerce at 9 15 Saturday. The meeting is open to the public and questions on current legislation are invited.
Wisconsin Rent Control Efforts Fail In Assembly Vote
Madison reports the Wisconsin Assembly rejected two Democratic motions for immediate consideration of rent control bills, with a 42-42 vote needing a two thirds majority. The session also advanced a separate reapportionment study proposal and debated bills on licensing fishermen, taxation shifts, Christmas tree sales, and various public service provisions.
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Madison
Wis
Rily
Wisconsin
Gade
D-Racine
Betts
R-Lodi
Ornee
Lake Pepin
Mississippi River
Public Service
Cemee
Department of Public Service
Board of Appeals
University
Edna Bekkum
Otis Bekkum
Mendota State Hospital
Bekkum
Two 12 Year Olds Arrested for Cash Theft at Filling Station
Two 12 year old boys were arrested after noon Thursday for stealing ten dollars from the Jacobson's filling station cash register at 1537 Caledonia Street. The theft occurred Wednesday and Mel Jacobson reported seeing a youth inside the station before the loss. The pair confessed to taking thirteen fifty across four other occasions and were turned over to the probation department.
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Jacobson
Caledonia Street
Mel Jacobson
Ann
VFW Elects Officers at Lane Meeting
Veterans of Foreign Wars members met Wednesday in Lane electing Vernon C. Gibson as commander Lawrence Clark as senior vice commander Bernard Michel as junior vice commander Milo Welsh as quartermaster Edward House as trustee George DeDakis as post advocate and Wally Fisher as post surgeon Appointive officers will be announced later.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lane Lane
Vernon C. Gibson
Lawrence Clark
Bernard Michel
Milo Welsh
Edward House
George DeDakis
Wally Fisher
Reds Increase Drills Disregard West Berlin Air-Safety Protest
The Russians announced four air to air firing drills at four points and a bombing drill at another site a change from their usual two announcements. A three power protest was lodged alleging violations of quadripartite air safety rules.
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Berlin
Stamp Book Tax Payment System Advised By Le May
Francis M Le May explains a stamp book system to collect social security taxes for a broader program under President Truman. The plan aims to expand coverage to 50 million workers and raise benefits, with stamps carried by workers as proof of contributions across farm and urban sectors.
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Congress
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Social Security
House
Ways and Means
Truman
Accident injures Beiers. two cars incur damage costs
Two cars were involved in a Thursday evening crash at Seventh and Farnam streets. Wilfred E. Beiers, 20, of 2930 South 21st Street, was taken to a local hospital after the collision with Elmer H. Stellick of Stoddard Wisconsin driving west. Beiers’ car continued and struck a fence at 1312 South Seventh. His father assisted in taking him to the hospital.
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Seventh
Farnam
Wilfred E. Beiers
South 21St Street
Elmer H. Stellick
Stoddard
Wis
Beiers
South Seventh Street
Keller pledged to Delta Upsilon at Swarthmore College
David Keller son of Mr and Mrs Joseph E Keller of 121 Losey boulevard south is pledged to the Swarthmore college Delta Upsilon campus chapter He will graduate in 1951 from Swarthmore after graduating from La Crosse Central High in 1946 He majors in history participates in Phoenix news bureau and plays lacrosse on the junior varsity team.
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David Keller
Joseph E. Keller
Losey Boulevard
Delta Upsilon Fraternity
Swartmore College
Swartmore
Keller
la Crosse Central High School
Phoenix News Bureau
Happy Birthdays Mrs. Anna Howe
A birthday notice honors Mrs. Anna Howe of 610 Main Street with public good wishes and a community greeting.
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Anna Howe
Main Street
UW Scientists Challenge Flour Bleaching Epilepsy Theory
Wisconsin researchers report 210 days of testing on 19 people who showed no ill effects after eating flour treated with a bleaching agent. Five dogs aged 10 to 12 months were also studied. The team notes the work does not rule out individual allergy and cites no general brain damage from the agent.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
C. A. Elveh
College of Agriculture
G. . Newell
S. N
Probers Warn Soviet Agents Active In U S
The house un American activities committee reports Soviet spying efforts inside the United States. It cites foreign orders seeking state secrets and claims thousands of Russian agents and many more Americans are involved. Hoover noted 74,000 Communist Party members and a larger network ready to work.
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Washington
House un-American Activities Committee
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Communist Party
Bevin Sails For U S And Pact Signing
Britain's Foreign Secretary Mary Ernest Bevin sailed for the United States on the Queen Mary. He and other European leaders plan to sign the new North Atlantic defense treaty in Washington early next month.
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Southampton
England
Britain
Mary Ernest Bevin
United States
Washington
I Group Seeking 1949 Members
A permanent membership committee for the 1949 season was named Thursday night by officers see South Side Business Men's club. The committee includes Paul Main, Ralph Schubert, Bernard Zahn, Bernard Balduzzi, Carl Betz and Yip Dyer, the president of the citation. Next meeting of the club will be held Wednesday, April 20, at the La Crosse hotel. Before this meeting, Dyer said, a member of the committee will contact all 1948 members and prospective new members.
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South Side Business Men's
Paul Main
Ralph Schubert
Bernard Zahn
Bernard Balduzzi
Carl Betz
Yip Dyer
The
Citation
la Crosse Hotel
Dyer
Public Welfare Board Figures Would Resign
MADISON Wis Members of the board of public welfare say they stand ready to resign the governor if needed The move follows a bill by Sen Bubolz to reorganize the welfare system into four divisions with a coordinator and division heads The board argues specialists would harm unity while blaming the legislature for inadequate funding and the failure to support a stronger program
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Madison
Wis
Board of Public Welfare
W. D. Stovall
Senate Education Committee
Stovall
Bubolz
A. W. Bayley
John McHale
Green Bay
Attend Funeral Here for Mrs Alvin Traff
Out of town relatives attend the funeral of Mrs. Alvin Traff. Names include Carl Peterson Mable Johnson Gust Anderson Winona Gust Schroeder Marvin Miners John Olson Caledonia Ver sell Polmen New Albin Ia Everett Traff Charles Vodraska Brownsville Minn Emil Traff Austin Minn er Traff Adolph Traff Charles Deion Gid Traff Houston Mary Hanson Freda Nelson Arthur Erpelding Minneapolis.
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Alvin Traff
Carl Peterson
Mable Johnson
Gust Anderson
Winona
Gust Schroeder
Marvin Miners
John Olson
Caledonia
Versell Polmen
New Albin
Everett Traff
Charles Vodraska
Brownsville
Minn
Emil Traff
Austin
Er Traff
Adolph Traff
Charles Deion
Gid Traff
Houston
Mary Hanson
Freda Nelson
Athur Erpelding
Minneapolis
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Paul Zanter
John Alexander
Ronald Nelson
Clement Bott
Dick Yost
Jack Ramlo
Herbert J. Viring
Phete
Sore
R. C. Cheney Co
South Fourth Street
Prairie Committee
Friday Dewitt MacKenzie
Boissier
Harrow
Smale
3813
VFW
Reds
Disregard West
Francis M. LE May
Scotts
Adam Kroner CO
Peerl St
U. S
Bevin
Pact
Motorola
Business Men’s Club Names Committee
Public Welfare Board
Goodyear Service
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