Army Inaugurates Pre Selected Training Course Specialization
The U S Army offers high school graduates a pre selected training plan with about 60 fields including meteorology photography radio engineering and automotive work. Recruits 17 to 34 enroll for three years may pre select a field and then be assigned to a school after basic training. The leadership program trains 6000 leaders yearly through six week courses open to new recruits showing leadership ability. For details contact the U S Army recruiting sergeant in La Crosse and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
John F. Sills
Army
Army Ground Forces
Sills
Army Technical
la Crosse
Viroqua
Black River Falls
Sparta
Prairie du Chien
O Neil reports new increases under terms of rent law
O Neil says few rent increase leases exist under the new rent law in the La Crosse area. He notes most tenants stay under the law protections through March 31, 1949, and voluntary leases must run to end of 1949 if signed by end of 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Neil
la Crosse
William A. O'Neil
Navy Opens Hospital Tours for Navy Nurse Corps
Navy invites reserve nurse corps personnel and civilian nurse guests to open houses at 12 Ninth Naval District sites on May 13 for the Navy Nurse Corps 40th anniversary. Tours at naval ammunition depots ordnance plants air stations and Great Lakes facilities aim to connect medical staffs renew shipmate ties and refresh nursing procedures. Rear Admiral C A Swanson lauds the nurse corps significant postwar role in the naval establishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Hospital
Naval Reserve Nurse Corps
Ninth Naval
Navy Nurse Corps
Great Lakes
Ninth Naval District
Binth Naval District
C. A. Swanson
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Naval Establishment
Forty Years Since Corps Established as Navy Team Asset
The report marks four decades since the corps was formed as a key component of the Navy, highlighting its enduring role, milestones, and contributions to operations and readiness.
Question Daughter In Union Man's Death
State's attorney Lee Daniels planned further questioning of Frances Korbelik the 16 year old daughter of CIO union official William Korbelik after she told police she had given false statements. Korbelik was missing since Jan 10 and found shot in his basement. his daughter is jailed without charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Steelworkers Union
Frances
Elmer Hoffman
Korbelik
Judges and Lawyers Meet at UW Roundtable
About 250 Wisconsin judges and attorneys will gather with UW law school students and faculty for the fifth annual spring round table. ABA president Tappin Gregory of Chicago will be principal speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Law School
Tappin Gregory
Chicago
American Bar Association
Oxford and Cambridge Students to Aid Gambia Rice Farmers
Eight Oxford and Cambridge students will travel to Gambia this summer to help farmers protect flooded paddy fields from crop-eating fish and troublesome hippopotami. They will explore scarecrow ideas, ditch work, low fences, electrified wiring, detonations, and flash lights while studying local tribes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Oxford
Cambridge
Africa
Gambia
Sprinter Uses Most Effort Overcome Muscle Friction
Britannica notes that 90 to 95 percent of a sprinter's top speed effort goes into defeating frictional resistance from his own muscles.
Washington Hears Wisconsin Objections To New Vocational Rules
Jenee Greiber of the Wisconsin Department of Vocational and Adult Education will relay to Washington Wisconsin rural school objections to the federal plan mandating 60 minute class periods for vocational agriculture and home economics. Local principals and superintendents warned 45 to 55 minute schedules would be disrupted and threaten federal aid. Greiber hopes for a compromise ahead of the fall term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
State Department of Vocational and Adult Education
Washington
Wisconsin
Wisconsin 'i
Jenee Greiber
Greiber
Ginger was into the Western by Span colonists in Mexico
A compact fragile note reports ginger entering the western frontier via Span colonists in Mexico, hinting at early trade routes and regional movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ginger
Mexico
Jamaica
Hold First Annual Governor's Fire Prevention Meet May 17
Fire chiefs from across Wisconsin join Governor on May 17 18 and 19 for the first annual fire prevention conference in La Crosse chaired by Fire Chief George Hanson. The program covers organizing communities for prevention and liquified petroleum gas fire suppression with public access. It follows the presidents conference in Washington and cites 1946 U S fire related losses of 561 million and about 10 000 annual fire deaths over a decade. The event aims to emphasize fire dangers and bolster local safety efforts with public participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
George Hanson
la Crosse
Washington
Ures
United States
Hanson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Navy
Wayans
Man
UW Roundtable
Ogation
Cello
miaTvEr
Temptation Orchid Box
Paper Carnation
Johnston - Brach - Whitman - Nutrine - Bunte
Ree
Ford Hopkins CO
Vroerar Oarise
Tasy Store
Aha Apie
K. M. 19
Alognes
Dana
Nes
Barbara Gould
Pari
Moose
Helen Harrison
Shotwell
Jounston's
Mother's
Jounston
AU Ihe
Tere
Alc
Cieve Lowe Sane
Beret
Willsonite Sun
I A
Areg 45
Rmna
CLUB
Nena Arkling
Giece
Betteves
Hiegere
Vyv Botts
Sears
Jere
Percoli
Ford Hopkins Ed
League OF Cunning
Pennsylvania
Beach
Renbie
Alisa
Tlee
Rowmene
Beauregard Elsie
Turtle Been
Rez
Davey Ltimere
Tribune Madison
Governor’s
Byers Flowers
Market Street
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!