Sparta and Viroqua Sweep Parade Wins at La Crosse Event
Sparta and Viroqua each captured first place in combined class A and B in Saturdays parade at the La Crosse Music Festival. Nine school bands performed as 15 schools entered events at State Teachers College while thousands watched along Burns Park to Main Street and State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Viroqua
la Crosse
State Teachers College
Tomah
West Salem
Caledonia
Galesville
Westby
Ettrick
Holmen
Burns Park
Main
Ville
Aquinas
Tribune
Methodists Wind Up Conference In Ten Days
In their closing session the.Methodists unanimously demanded wartime prohibition. They asked that conscientious objectors be given greater social incentives and refused to act on a plea to aid conscription of civilians.
Stassen Campaign Denies Delegate’s Withdrawal Request
Senator Ball acting as campaign manager for Harold E. Stassen says a Minnesota delegate’s request for Stassen to drop out will be ignored. Tropical soils are among the least fertile globally due to erosion from heavy rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stassen
Washington
Ball
R-Minn
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Wisconsin child paralysis head visits La Crosse
Palmer F. Daugs of Lake Mills appointed Wisconsin representative for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis visits La Crosse to meet county officers and discuss a statewide case directory and epidemic program. He notes cooperation with Health Officer A M Murphy and praises local leaders and theater managers for campaign work. He also cites political critique of wartime corporate power and urges delegates to uphold progressive tradition and people’s will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer F. Daugs
Lake Mills
Wisconsin
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis, Inc
la Crosse
la Crosse County
Wenzel M. Dvorak
Norman E. Schulze
Mabel Young
Daugs
R. V. Ahlstrom
J. J. Verdhota
A. M. Murphy
Progressive ideas on European peace and U S independence
The article discusses Progressive views on Europe’s postwar settlement urging cooperation without coercion and a confederation based on Swiss and U S models. It notes Ives opposing linking the United States to a fixed future course until peace terms from other United Nations are clear. La Follette praises Progressive independence in Wisconsin avoiding Democratic party alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Switzerland
United States
Ives
United Nations
Sen.La Follette
Democratic Party
Wisconsin
Racine Teacher Heads Vocational Group
Medora Roskilly, Racine Vocational school teacher, was elected president of the Wisconsin Association for Vocational and Adult Education at the convention's closing session. C. B. Reshal of Beloit was re-elected secretary-treasurer. New vice presidents are Marty Schnurr Wilmot representing agriculture, William Enge Eau Claire for trade and industrial education, and Leonard Heise Wausau for rehabilitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Milwaukee
Medora Roskilly
Wisconsin Association For Vocational and Adult Education
C. B. Reshal
Beloit
State Board of Vocational and Adult Education
Marty Schnurr
Wilmot
Agriculture
William Enge
Eau Claire
Leonard Heise
Wausau
Bacteriologist Virginia Allen Resigns in Oshkosh
Miss Virginia Allen resigns as bacteriologist in charge of the state cooperative laboratory in Oshkosh after five years. She will study tropical disease laboratory techniques in Mexico City for three months. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, she previously lived in Boscobel, Wis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oshkosh
Wis
Virginia Allen
State Board of Health
Mexico City
Boscobel
University of Wisconsin
Bond Posted for Release of Iowa Youth in Murder Case
Twenty five thousand dollars bonds in 1000 bills were posted in district court to free Dora Machovec 16 on appeal from life sentence for murdering his stepfather Paul Voss. Attorney James Fay said Rev Edward Flanagan of Boys Town Nebraska arranged the bond funded by an Omaha benefactor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt
Dora Machovec
Paul Voss
James W. Fay
Edward J. Flanagan
Boys Town
Neb
Machovec
State Supreme Court
Fay
Father Flanagan
Omaha
G. W. Stillman
Iowa
Invention Increases Load Of Small Bombs
American aircraft in Britain now carry 75 percent more bombs using a cluster adapter. A loop of wire and a snap hook on bomb racks allows two or three bombs to be loaded per rack, except for the largest bomb types. Inventor Capt. Leo H. Vanderhoven, 29, of Taylorsville California, developed the device over nine months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army Air
Britain
Ordnance Section
Air Service Command
Leo H. Vanderhoven
Taylorsville
Calif
Msgr Sheen Speaks At Vocational School
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen will speak on Problems of the Postwar World at 8 30 in the Vocational auditorium. The Sunday night talk is sold out with nearly 200 chairs added in the orchestra pit. He arrives this afternoon and will stay overnight in La Crosse then go to Milwaukee Monday for an evening talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton J. Sheen
Vocational Auditorium
Msgr
Sheen
Madison
la Crosse
Milwaukee
Parts Of 11 Roads To Be Oiled In 1944
The La Crosse division will oil parts of 11 state trunk highways this season. Bids to apply 114000 gallons for Buffalo County 182000 for Clark County and 216000 for Jackson County will be opened May 16 at 10 a m at the Hoeschler building division office. Roads listed include 10 25 35 and 37 in Buffalo 95 73 and 98 in Clark and 27 54 95 and 108 in Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Division
T. M. Reynolds
Hoeschler
Reynolds
Buffalo County
Clark County
Jackson County
Buffalo
Clark
Jackson
Obituary for Elena Wolden of La Crosse Area
Elena Wolden, 79, of 420 Winnebago Street, died Saturday at a local hospital. Born in Norway on February 1, 1865, she is survived by three sons Anoton, Edwin and Olaf, all of La Crosse, four daughters Mrs. Arthur Witt, Mrs. Oliver Brown of La Crosse, Mrs. Emil Dahl of Middle River, Minnesota, and Mrs. Martin Jacobson of Ettrick, Wis., forty grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Elena Wolden
Winnebago Street
Norway
Anoton
Edwin
Olaf
la Crosse
Arthur Witt
Oliver Brown
Emil Dahl
Middle River
Minn
Martin Jacobson
Ettrick
Wis
Art of Rapid Reading Missed by Overdue Book
A private at a Kas army air base lent a long overdue book to a friend after finding it gripping. Both readers finished slower than expected, delaying return to the library. The six week overdue title is The Art of Rapid Reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kas
Army Air Base
Liberator Comes Down in Turkey After Raid
Turkish anti aircraft batteries fired on an American Liberator bomber near Istanbul Friday night. The plane landed safely, ten men were interned, and authorities said the aircraft was unidentified when fired upon while seeking a landing area after a Balkan raid.
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Ankara
Istanbul
Balkan
Mississippi River Crest Expected Near La Crosse Next Week
Meteorologist A. D. Sania predicted the Mississippi River at La Crosse would peak at 9.7 to 9.8 feet next Wednesday and then fall, barring further heavy rain in northern tributaries. The crest results from four inches of rainfall over three days north of St. Paul and in the St. Croix watershed. The river was 9.1 feet Saturday as rising conditions slowed in tributaries due to cold weather.
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la Crosse
A. D. Sania
St. Paul
St. Croix
Samal
Educators From Nine States Meet This Week
About 200 educators from 60 institutions in nine midwestern states will gather at the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union Monday and Tuesday to discuss veterans education. Topics include curricular changes, admission and accreditation of veterans in-service training, acceleration of veterans education, course guidance and testing programs. Delegates will come from Wisconsin, North and South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Minnesota with officials from the U S armed forces institute veterans administration and other agencies participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin Memorial Union
Wisconsin
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
U. S. Armed Forces Institute
Veterans’ Administration
U. S. Office of Education
States
Honor Students Recognized At La Crosse Honors Assembly
Ten high achieving seniors from Central Aquinas and Logan will attend the La Crosse State Teachers College honors assembly. Notable attendees include Gloria Bakkum Sylvia Starch Jean Johnson Elaine Draeger Merrick Wing Marianne Kircher Lulu Belle Dissmore Mavis Christopherson Donna Engebretson Elayne Morello Mary Cody Jack Gehrig Richard Shimshak Betty Donndell Betty Muehr Betty Hofner Maerlyn Meyers Lorretta Skemp Margaret Brody Robert Scheel Joyce Hole Ruth Hohmann Eileen Frohock Beverly Marker Elaine Lenox Joan Nelson Robert Bowman Vivian Smith Betty Kendhammer Dorothy Fluekiger. Prof Dwight E Minnich of the University of Minnesota Zoology Dept will speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
la Crosse State Teachers College
Central
Gloria Bakkum
Sylvia Starch
Jean Johnson
Elaine Draeger
Merrick Wing
Marianne Kircher
Lulu Belle Dissmore
Mavis Christopherson
Donna Engebretson
Elayne Morello
Dwight E. Minnich
The
University of Minnesota
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Vroqua
Cashton
Arcadia
Ae Ae
Tome
Viroqua Aquinas
Org
Jong Alto
Bangor
Methodists
Pitzner
Finst Vogte
Republican Party
RFC
Sen. la Follette
Pearl Harbor
Harry Sauthoff
Great Britain
Atlantic
Japan
Sauthoff
Gilbert and Sullivan
Central High School Music Department
American Association of University Women
Hebberd's
Berg's
Msgr. Sheen
Turkey
Arthur G. Benson
M. D
Riveli Bidg
Fifth Ave
MUU Jeweler
Main Street
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