Wild West Show at Chicago Railroad Fair Opens June 25
The Burlington Great Northern Northern Pacific exhibit hosts an all new Wild West show at the Chicago Railroad Fair from June 25 to October 2. Stars include Shirley and Don Biron Hank Kunen and Jimmy Johnson plus a troupe of riders through July 31 with new acts starting August 1 and 22. Comely Miss Biron at 19 has rodeo pedigree. Don Biren known for Cheyenne Frontier Days and Calgary Stampede performs bronco busting bulldogging with Jimmy Johnson. The act features bronco riding bull riding bulldogging calf roping tricks and riding exhibitions with a rustic hoss barn geyser grounds scenery and western village amenities.
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Burlington Great Northern-Northern Pacific
Shirley
Don Biron
Hank Kunen
Jimmy Johnson
Miss Biron
Don Biren
Gen. Patton
Ripon College stage set for This Is the Life show
Glowing footlights greasepaint and Broadway glamour arrive at Ripon college for the all student Ver Adest production This Is the Life May 11 to 14 in the new college theater. The cast numbers 70 with many students involved in planning and execution. Cast members include Elizabeth Brink La Crosse dancer Helen Hoag Sparta dancer and Robert Walker Viroqua sextette member.
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Ripon
Wis
Ripon College
New College Theater
Elizabeth Brink
la Crosse
Helen Hoag
Sparta
Robert Walker
Viroqua
Public Showings Planned For Submarine Saw Demo
Wisconsin River Power Co. schedules a public demonstration of the submarine saw to clear timber and brush from the flowage above Petenwell dam. May 12 is tentative with invitations sent to public officials engineers sportsmen leaders and media. Local residents question its effectiveness and oppose flooding before tree removal is finished.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Wisconsin River Power Co
Petenwell Dam
William F. Thiele
Public Service Commission
Petenwell
Quarantine Orders Amid Rumors of Smuggled Bull in Bogota
Reports from Bogota claimed a Portu guese origin bull smuggled into Colombia carried hoof and mouth disease. Officials imposed a strict quarantine though the rumor remained unconfirmed.
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Bogota
Colombia
Isle of Jersey Becomes Haven for Alimony Dodgers
The Isle of Jersey reports that British alimony dodgers flock there to evade maintenance payments as current law prevents enforcement of British court orders in the Channel Islands.
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Isle of Jersey
Channel Islands
Final Inquiring Parent program features Dr Woodward
The Inquiring Parent series on WKBH and WKBH F M presents Dr Luther E Woodward psychologist and National Committee for Mental Hygiene field consultant discussing Popular and Unpopular Children. Mrs Ernest Yanke attends as La Crosse public schools attendance officer and the La Crosse county child guidance clinic aids the program.
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WKBH
Wkbh-Fm
Ernest Yanke
la Crosse Public Schools
Luther E. Woodward
National Committee For Mental Hygiene
la Crosse County
Wisconsin State Health Department
J. F. Rolfe
State Teachers College
I. W. Peshak
20Th Century Club
Woodward
C. F. Midelfort
Wisconsin Division of Mental Health
Geraldine Patterson
City Navy Club Holds Meeting
The La Crosse ship Navy club of the United States of America will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. at the naval training center Green Bay street and Losey boulevard under Paul N. Corbin of Rockford Ill national representative. Corbin invites navy marine and coast guard members to attend. The idea for a national navy members association began at a Rockford navy union in May 1937. The Quincy navy reunion adopted the constitution a year later. The club was incorporated by an act of congress in 1940.
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la Crosse
Navy Club of
United States of America
Naval Training Center
Green Bay Street
Losey Boulevard
Paul N. Corbin
Rockford, Ill
Corbin
Navy, Marine and Coast Guard
National Association of Navy
Navy Union
Rockford
Navy
Quincy
Congress
Remove Nash Dies From Bendix Plant
Nash Motor Company trucks removed brake dies from the Bendix aviation plant in South Bend Indiana on Wednesday during a strike. Nash had sought police protection after a circuit court replevin suit, but CSO United Auto Workers pickets did not interfere. Federal mediators reported no progress in resolving the dispute. The piece ends with a medieval note on swan ownership by kings.
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South Bend
Ind
Nash Motor Company
Bendix Aviation Ace
Nash
Cso-United Auto Workers
Soviet protests over mislabeling cotton varieties
The Eastern Pravda reports a protest against calling Soviet cotton varieties American or Egyptian. Comrade Kudrin, head of the Uzbek Communist Party agricultural section, said Soviet-bred cotton is unjustly labeled as foreign varieties.
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Moscow
Tashkent
Pravda
Central Committee of
The
Communist Party of Uzbekistan
Kudrin
Aged Recluse Leaves Cache Of 8050 Dollars
An $8050 cache left by Jacob F. Jensen, an elderly Racine recluse, was found in a hand carved wooden box amid refuse in his quarters after his death. Ernest A. Pedersen discovered the cash and securities on Easter Sunday, as Jensen’s nephew Phillip B. Stillman arrived to claim the estate.
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Racine
Wis
Jacob F. Jensen
Jensen
Ernest A. Pedersen
Phillip B. Stillman
Burr Oak, Mich
Use Of White Light On Farm Vehicles Becomes Unlawful Act
In Minnesota the 1949 legislature amended the traffic act to ban white lights projecting from the rear of farm tractors on public roads at night. The rule covers horse drawn rigs and other vehicles not governed by standard lighting. Operators must extinguish field illumination when on highways. The white rear light is deemed a hazard causing driver confusion.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Quire
Denmark Tightens Water Use Rules for Apartments
Denmark has revised its restrictions on hot water use in apartment buildings, detailing new limits and compliance measures for residents and property managers.
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Denmark
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Seattle
Wash
Sylvester Hein
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Amy
Beth — Gorgeous
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Main ST
Bendix
SEARS
Sears and
SAVE
Harmony House
Dinette
Satisaction P
Blue
Peach
Rose
Fifth Avenue
Axminster Broadloom
Glenside
Ferndale
Chatfield
Wilton
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