Aquinas Group Enters District Music Contest Honors Now Set
Among 44 Aquinas high school entrants in the district music contest held April 15 and 29 at La Crosse State Teachers College, 12 soloists one duet one quartet and one triple trio earned ratings for state competition in Madison. Listed soloists eligible for state include Suzanne Opitz piano Alice Engelhard violin Loretta Flanagan vocal Dolores Gerke Janice Mader Mary Noel Joan Siebenaler Carol Vondrashek Gerald Zellmer and Herbert V irnig plus Sue Kelly flute Mary Kay Borseth bassoon Marilyn Doerre drums Philip Skaff and the tenor soprano duet Herbert Virnig and Bette Lewinski. Boys quartet entries include David Brieske Raymond Gantenbein Theodore La pitz and Herbert Virnig. Triple trio members include Lucille Breidel Loretta Flanagan Dolores Gerka Bette Lewinski Janice Mader Suzanne Opitz Therese Potaracke Lucille Reinhard and Mary Volz with Jane Pavela as accompanist. A first place rating was awarded to soloists including Joan Abicht Julie Galvin Donald Gilbert Katherine Howard Phyllis Nesseth violin Shirlee Knutson David Lawrence Laurel McKoskey vocal Barbara Bracken Bette Lewinski Suzanne Opitz Joyce Winter clarinet Barbara Bennett string quintet ensemble Barbara Desmond JoAnne Erickson Lois Houlihan Shirlee Knutson Joan Kowaleski freshman triple trio Judith Bruha Arlene Frappier Donna Katel e y Phyllis Nesseth Rosanne Prelesnek Bernadine Servais Joan Siebenaler and Martha Ward with accompanist Mary Frances Sherdin.
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Aquinas High School
la Crosse State Teachers College
Madison
Aquinas
Suzanne Opitz
Alice Engelhard
Loretta Flanagan
Dolores Gerke
Janice Mader
Mary Noel
Joan Siebenaler
Carol Vondrashek
Gerald Zellmer
Herbert Virnig
Sue Kelly
Mary Kay Borseth
Marilyn Doerre
Philip Skaff
Bette Lewinski
Boys
David Brieske
Raymond Gantenbein
Theodore Lapitz
Lucille Breidel
Dolores Gerka
Therese Potaracke
Lucille Reinhard
Mary Volz
Jane Pavela
Joan Abicht
Julie Galvin
Donald Gilbert
Katherine Howard
Phyllis Nesseth
Shirlee Knutson
David Lawrence
Laurel McKoskey
Barbara Bracken
Joyce Winter
Barbara Bennett
Recruiting Publicity Job Openings Listed
Applicants for enlistment in the army and air force with experience in radio script writing commercial art printing and lithography may find an opportunity for assignment at the recruiting publicity bureau at Governors Island New York per M Sgt John P Mitrega of the La Crosse army and air force recruiting station. The bureau publishes most army and air force house organs radio shows and processes and distributes recruiting material. For complete information visit room 209 federal building La Crosse.
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Army
Air Force
Recruiting Publicity Bureau
Governors Island
N. Y
John P. Mitrega
Army and Air Force
la Crosse
Army and
Publicity Bureau
Federal Building
Newark School Official Denies Rising Delinquency
Dr. Bruce Robinson Newark public schools psychiatrist said there has been no increase in sex delinquency in schools and criticized an Associated Press report claiming one in five Newark high school girls had sexual experience and about 150 were pregnant. He called the figure impossible to determine.
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Newark
N. J
Bruce Robinson
Newark Public Schools
Robinson
Associated Press
Co-Worker of Freud Commits death by own action
NEW YORK Dr. Paul Federn a 78 year old psychiatrist and colleague of Sigmund Freud was found shot through the heart at his home. Police classified the death as death by his own action. Federn had been battling cancer and was to undergo an operation shortly.
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New York
Paul Federn
Sigmund Freud
Federn
Polar Bear Bites Off Girl's Arm In Sweden Zoo
Inger Roennquiet, 6, reached into a polar bear’s cage at a Vingaker Sweden zoo on Thursday. The bear snapped off her left arm. Doctors said the girl likely will survive.
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Stockholm
Inger Roennquiet
Vingaker
Sweden
Wisconsin seeks clear distinction for natural and process cheese
MADISON Wis The Wisconsin department of agriculture asked the Food and Drug Administration to require that process and cheese appear consecutively in equal type size and prominence Kraft Foods prompted the move with a letter The department opposes using cheese in a generic sense to cover both natural and process varieties arguing the two are distinct and must be labeled separately Swift Co and Kraft Foods cooperated with the department in seeking a mutually satisfactory interpretation of state law McDowell earlier challenged Swift and Kraft advertising over the distinction and warned of appealing to federal authorities if revisions were not made
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Food and Drug Administration
Department
Donald N. McDowell
McDowell
Kraft Foods Co
Chicago
Platt John H. Platt
Platt
Swift Co
Swift
Wisconsin
Kraft
West German Press Plays Down Cold War Tension
West German newspapers are seen by observers to soften Cold War issues, aligning more with Soviet propaganda line. A U S high commission study notes mixed feelings, neutrality on US-Soviet disputes, and caution not to become arena for ideological struggle.
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Frankfurt
Germany
West Germany
U. S. High Commission
Russia
United States
Berlin
Scout Troops Meet April and May Activities
Scouts from Our Savior's Lutheran Holy Trinity and other locals report April meetings and upcoming plans. Troop 2 may host an overnight hike. Spring event possibly canceled. May 5 and 6 cookie sale at Penney's. May 19 Gingham and Denim dance invited. Troop 7 hiked to Hermit's Cave learning fire making and breakfast. Troop 8 studied trail markings and plans a Cliffwood hike. Troop 14 discussed cookie sale and Madison trip. badges practiced. Troop 18 made Mother's Day gifts and held a brief meeting with Taps. Troop 27 hosted Star Spangled Banner and Peace I Ask of Thee O River. guest talk by Miss Wilson. Troop 32 prepared outdoor cooking utensils and recipe book ahead of hikes.
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Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Lucile Hanson
Norma Schultz
Rhinelander
Scribe
Penney’s
Ester ,Nynning
Troop 8
Congregational Church
Cliffwood
Judy Guggenbuehl
Troop 14
Madison
Barbara Ulrich
Amos and Andy star Gosden born in Richmond May fifth
AP News features Freeman Fisher Gosden born May 5 1899 in Richmond Virginia son of a Confederate veteran. He rose to fame as Amos of the Amos and Andy team with partner Charles Correll. Gosden began his career as a traveling tobacco salesman.
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AP News
Freeman Fisher Gosden
Richmond
Amos
Amos and Andy
Charles Correl
Gosden
Heavy Sneezer Breaks His Adam's Apple
A British Medical Journal report notes a man sneezed so forcefully his Adam's apple broke. He spent a week in hospital and five more weeks recovering, the first such case recorded in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British Medical Journal
Notable Obituaries and Eminent Figures Across States
New York born poet William Rose Benet 64 Pulitzer winner and editor dies. Dr Paul Federn 78 Freud collaborator. Greenwich aviation publisher Frank A Tichenor 69. Bremerton naval shipyard commander Capt William Edward Sullivan 52 born Iron River Minnesota. Muncie Indiana James H Rei chart 64 Excel Manufacturing president who devised iron lung from steel barrels and vacuum cleaners during last polio epidemic.
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Greenwich
Conn
Frank A. Tichenor
Bremerton, Wash
William Edward Sullivan
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Iron River, Minn
Muncie
Ind
James H
Jack) Reichart
Excel] Manufacturing Co
Lincoln School Spring Music Program Delights Audiences
Lincoln Junior High hosted a spring music program with over 100 pupils performing choral, orchestra, band, and solo numbers in the auditorium. Lois Roorda directed as ensembles including solos by Norma Tonnison and Helen Vaaler, a seventh and eighth grade choir, a clarinet trio, and a girls double sextet. The program closed with band pieces and baton-twirler displays, announced by Dawn Uglum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Junior High School
Lois Roorda
Johann Strauss
Norma Tennison
Helen Vaaler
Nancy Vaaler
Colburn
J. R. Johnson
Roy Munson
Malderen
Ward
Suzanne Maldrow
Moore
Elliott
Barnes
Kenneth Sumner
Calvin Knutson
Pearl C. Curran
Warren
Shirley Herlitzka
Yvonne Methum
Joyce Stickney
Pauline Liberte
Helen Waaler
Diane Triplett
Dawn Uglum
Sharon Gantenbein
Joyce Tichenor
Lucille Volten
Joan Bjergum
Karen Swancutt
Evaline
Coney Island Baby
William Branch
Cletus Hoadley
Richard Wilhelm
Michael Conway
Lincoln School
King
the Bennett
Three La Crosse Teens Admit Auto Theft Spree
Three teenage La Crosse boys admitted involvement in a theft spree that began Monday night with a scooter stolen from Dick Olson on Weston Street. The group rode to Portland before a spark plug failure, then traveled to Hillsboro where they stole a car. two were arrested and the trio was turned over to the probation department for adjudication in the Viroqua court on auto theft charges.
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la Crosse
Dick Olson
Weston Street
Portland
Hillsboro
Appointments Open For May City Chest Clinic
Several appointments remain for the monthly city chest clinic set for May 18 in room 224 at the Vocational school. Miss Dorothy Anderson, director of city public health nurses, announced the event last week. The clinic runs 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to p.m. It is funded through Wisconsin Anti Tuberculosis Association Christmas seals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Anderson
City Public Health Nurses
Wisconsin Anti- Tuberculosis Association
Berthrong Receives University of Wisconsin Fellowship
Donald J. Berthrong son of Mr and Mrs L M Berthrong of 1208 Kane street has been awarded a University of Wisconsin fellowship in American history for the 1950 51 academic year He is a Badger Wisconsin resident and a PhD candidate at the university in history.
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Donald J. Berthrong
L. M. Berthrong
Kane Street
University of Wisconsin
Badger, Wis
Berthrong
The
University
Doctors Study Cites Washington Sex Offender Hospital Trial
Washington DC experiment treats sex offenders as sick individuals rather than criminals at St Elizabeths, with 24 confined and 25 percent showing improvement. The study notes multiple mental disorders, varied treatments, and slow, costly cures, while many remain under restraint with limited releases.
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Associated Press
Detroit
American Psychiatric Association
Washington, D. C
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Washington
New York State
California
Canada
Bernard A. Cruvant
Milton Meltzer
Francis J. Tartaglino
St. Elizabeth’s
District of Columbia
Legis
Demo Party Loyalists Win In Alabama
Alabama Democrats loyal to the national party captured control of the state Democratic executive committee from the States Righters who bolted in 1948. Regulars won at least 37 committee posts, with 26 going to the rival faction and eight runoffs set for May 30 among eight States Righters and eight regulars. The win largely ends the revolt ahead of 1952.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
National Party
Thurmond-Wright
Democratic Executive Committee
Truman
Benet the Poet Dies in New York at 64
William Rose Benet, 64, Pulitzer prize winning poet and editor, collapsed after a Council meeting in New York and died minutes later from natural causes. A Yale graduate and air force veteran, he was known for The Dust Which Is God and Moons of Grandeur, and for his work with the Saturday Review of Literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Rose Benet
Stephen Vincent Benet
Benet
Council of the
National Institute of Arts and Letters
Yale
Trucker Misses Brake In City Streets Collision
At 9 35 a m Thursday two parked cars were damaged when Francis B Burns of Green Island lost control of a dump truck on Second near King Street. He struck Ed Balzer’s car on 1926 South 13th Street and a second parked car owned by Coya Self. Damages totaled 5 80 and 150 dollars respectively. another car owned by Ben Schmikla was hit but not damaged.
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King Street
Francis B. Burns
Green Island
Ed Balzer
South 13Th Street
Coya Self
R. 1
la Crosse
Burns
King
Balzer
Self
Ben Schmikla
Denton Street
Thirteen-year-old admits to check theft and cashing
A 13-year-old boy admitted to police that he stole a $15 government check, forged the signature, and cashed it Tuesday from a mailbox at David Lord Mtd R 42 La Crosse. The check was cashed at North Side Gamble's store and the boy said he spent the money before being turned over to the probation department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lord
la Crosse
North Side
Gamble’s
Chronic Alcoholics and Heavy Drinkers Cost Wisconsin Millions
Wisconsin faces annual costs over 23 million dollars due to some 16 000 chronic alcoholics and 46 000 heavy drinkers. The 44 page report from Walter O Cromwell calls for stronger bureau funding funded by five percent of liquor tax revenues.
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State
Madison
Wis
Walter O. Cromwell
Bureau of Alcohol Studies
Wisconsin
Cromwell
State Board of Public Welfare
Waupun
Taycheedah
Mendota
Winnebago
Study Control Of Visiting Teen Group
MARINETTE Wis A joint committee of the WIAA will study the conduct of teen age groups attending inter scholastic contests especially tournaments basketball and band The group includes superintendents principals and WIAA representatives and meets to coordinate home school and community controls for away from home events.
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Marinette
Wis
WIAA
State Athletic Association
Paul F. Neverman
Association
David Barnes
Eau Claire
L. A. Wienbergen
Menasha
A. F. Christ
New London
R. G. Hein
Waukesha
W. R. Bruce
Sparta
C. B. Fagan
H. T. James
Whitewater
H. A. Olson
Stoughton
M. F. Asher
Mellen
C M. Shields
A. E. Westgaard
Milwaukee
A. E. Jones
Verona
Neverman
Father Who Beats Tot Gets One Year At Bay
Alois Vrana 24 slugged his six month old daughter breaking her jaw and was sentenced to one year in the Green Bay state reformatory. He is charged with cruelty to a child. The baby Judith is in county general hospital. His wife Betty 21 said he stripped her and chased her from their trailer when she called for help. He did not testify. He said the crying woke him and made him nervous.
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Milwaukee
Alois Vrana
Green Bay
Dist
Harvey L. Neelen
Hold Saturday Clinic In City
City health department offers a free typhoid fever immunization clinic in flood areas on Saturday. Residents may complete the three shot series, with locations at Pettibone island at 10 am, La Crosse Diaper service at 1111 St Andrew street at 11:30 am, Schwertfeger home on Green island at 2 pm, and Frank Len service station 1700 South avenue at 3:30 pm. Boil private well water, protect food, wash hands, and report diarrhea cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Health Department
Pettibone Island
la Crosse
St. Andrew Street
Schwertfeger
Green Island
South Avenue
Local Girl Missing Ends Tuesday Search Expands
Police report Eleanor Jerome a 15 year old from 807 St James Street has been missing since Tuesday. Described as five feet four inches tall, about 111 pounds with light gray eyes and light brown hair. She wore a green jacket blue jeans tan shoes a kerchief and a sweatshirt.
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Eleanor Jerome
St. James Street
USAF to Build Radar Net in Midwest
Des Moines Register reports the air force plans a radar installation network across Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin. Stations near Waverly East Farmington Duluth and Elkhorn form a radar screen along a north polar route, costing about 119 million dollars with East Farmington staffing about 225 personnel.
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Des Moines
Air Force
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Des Moines Register
North Central States
Register
Washington
Great Circle
Russia
North Pole
America
Waverly
Duluth
Minn
East Farmington
Wis
Elkhorn
The
Wisconsin picks rep for 14-state Indian conference
Stevens Point Wisconsin May 12 Milwaukee businessman G Smart chosen to represent Wisconsin's 13 000 Indians at a 14 state governors conference on Indian affairs in Salt Lake City. Smart, president of the Milwaukee chapter of the Consolidated Tribes of American Indians, was chosen at a meeting of about 25 Wisconsin tribal representatives.
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Stevens Point
Wis
G. Smart
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Salt Lake City
Smart
Consolidated Tribes of American Indians
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Sylvester
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