Fashion Show Presented by La Crosse 4 H and FHA Girls
Miss Ade lma inz from Simplicity patterns presented a teenage fashion show at Washburn auditorium. The four wardrobe sections school at home sport and date dresses showcased with accessories and color planning. Participants included Ruth Niedercorn Betty Knobloch Al verda Johnson Rosemary Raymer Joyce Raymer and many others. Musical numbers accompanied the event by Karen Haug Pauline Bratberg and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
FHA
Adelma Inz
Washburn Auditorium
Edith Brevig
Margaret Slotwinski
Holmen
Ruth Niedercorn
Betty Knobloch
Alverda Johnson
Rosemary Raymer
Joyce Raymer
Wilma Waldenberger
Lois Ann Waldenberger
Marjorie Knutson
Leona Horstman
Carol Zabel
Shirley Sommerfield
Donna Rae Schroeder
Kathryn Brown
Marie Brown
Charlotte Gilbertson
Patricia
Why Does A Fireman Wear Red Suspenders
Merced California reports a new fire department order under Chief George Collares. The rule makes suspenders standard gear so firefighters can wear belts and use both hands at large blazes, improving maneuverability and air access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merced
Calif
Friay
George Collares
Speedy Antwerp Dock Crew Unloads Iron Ore Fast
Antwerp dock workers loaded 12 322 tons of iron ore in eight hours and twenty minutes. The efficiency highlights crane and crane crew performance at the Belgian port during a heavy cargo operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
Belgium
State Building Plans Outlined in Wisconsin Proposal
Wisconsin Gov. Rennebohm outlines a plan to spend over 25 million dollars on new state buildings in two years funded by 16 million in new taxes and 9 million from a postwar construction fund. The package covers UW and teachers colleges, health, public instruction, and multiple welfare facilities including Mendota and Northern and Southern Colonies. The plan, handed to the joint finance committee, postpones price tags on individual buildings and hopes a longer range program from the Legislative Council can continue needed work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Rennebohm
Joint Finance Committee
Department of Public Welfare
Welfare
University of Wisconsin
Board of Health
Department of Public Instruction
Stout Institute
Legislative Council
Welfare Department
Mendota Hospital
Winnebago
Central State Hospitals
Northern Colony
Southern Colony
Waukesha School For
Sparta
Laboratory of Hygiene
River Falls
la Crosse
Platteville
Oshkosh
Whitewater
Superior
Milwaukee
Eau Claire
Stout
Public Instruction Department
Demos Chief Backs Roosevelt Opponent in NY Race
Democratic National Chairman J. Howard McGrath announced full party backing for Benjamin Shalleck, regular Democratic opponent to Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., in the special election to fill the Sol Bloom vacancy. Roosevelt runs with Liberal and Four Freedoms lines in the same race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Democratic National Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Congress
J. Howard McGrath
Benjamin Shalleck
Roosevelt
Freedom
Sol Bloom
Walkout Suspends Work At Green Bay Drop Forge
In Green Bay Wisconsin on Friday work at the Drop Forge Co was suspended after 49 hammer operators walked out Thursday. A CIO farm equipment workers local spokesman said the walkout followed a petition to discharge Henry Aschauer forge shop superintendent being refused by the company. The workers called Aschauer dictatorial and uncooperative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
Wis
Rutledge Murder Trial Reaches Midpoint With 36th Witness
In Cedar Rapids Iowa the state neared the trial's midpoint as Det. Sgt. Maurice F. O'Neill testified as the 36th witness. He repeated Dr. Robert C. Rutledge's account of the killing of Byron Hartman in a Cedar Rapids hotel room on December 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Robert C. Rutledge
St. Louis
Maurice F. O'Neill
O'Neill
Yale Negro football captain joins Berzelius honor
Levi Jackson of Yale, the Black backfield star and captain, has become a member of Berzelius during Yale's Top Day ceremonies. He declined bids from Skull and Bones and Scroll and Key, becoming the first Negro inducted into one of Yale's senior honorary societies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Levi Jackson
Yale
Jackson
Berzelius
Skull and Bones
Scroll and Key
Navy Forms At Rock Gibraltar Fleet Moves Homeward
A fleet of American warships led by the carrier Columbus forms at Gibraltar Friday. Half the ships will sail for home bases in the United States after four months in the Mediterranean, while the others proceed to renewed operations in the region.
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Gibraltar
Columbus
United States
Mediterranean
Judge Places Grimslid On Probation
Marvin Grimslid appeared before Judge Arold Murphy in circuit court for sentencing on an embezzlement charge. He received a three year probation with $1,000 restitution to the Pioneer Labor Hall. $200 due in year one and the balance in years two and three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Grimslid
Arold Murphy
Pioneer Labor Hall Association
Grimslid
John S. Coleman
Association
Two County Officials Plan Study Of All Angles In Lemay Case
Milwaukee and Waukesha county officials will review all phases of the Cecelia Lemay disappearance at a planned meeting. Detective Capt. Adolph Kraemer and Sgt. Charles Hueppert will discuss the Argentina trip used to verify a report that Homer Lemay died in a 1921 auto accident in South America.
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Lemay
Milwaukee
Cecelia Lemay
Waukesha County
Adolph Kraemer
Argentina
Kraemer
Charles Huepper
Homer Lemay
Homer
Greyhound Strike Remains Unsettled in Midwest
A fresh federal conciliation session failed to break the deadlock in the Northland Greyhound strike. About 1,300 drivers and non operating workers in Wisconsin and eight other regions walked off April 28, idling more than 450 buses on the 10,000 mile system over wage disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Northland Greyhound Bus
AFL Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach
Wisconsin
Manitoba
Canada
City Urges Dump for Dead Animals Collected
Dr. Garland Weidner city health officer and Police Chief Herman Rick announced Thursday that all dead animals must be taken to the Clinton street dump by their owners. A covered metal container labeled Place all dead animals in this container will be placed at the dump. Animals will be collected by a local rendering works. The police will pick up live animals to be destroyed and taken to the dump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Street
Garland Weidner
Herman Rick
Weidner
Birthday Tributes For Local Residents Mention Names
A brief birthday notice lists D. E. Bigsbee aged 78 of 1206 West Avenue South and Betty Ann Mulder of Onalaska along with Mrs. Hilmer Volla of Onalaska, noting celebrations at three locations.
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D. E. Bigsbee
West Avenue
Betty Ann Mulder
Onalaska
Mrs
Hilmer Volla
Motor Head Claims Policeman Bought Auto License For Penny
State Motor Vehicle Commissioner Ben Marcus plans to ask the attorney general to prosecute Milwaukee police Capt. John Schoencker for misrepresentation and falsification of records after Schoencker said he obtained duplicate Wisconsin license plates by using a fictitious name. Police officials defended the move as an demonstration of licensing inefficiency, not fraud.
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Madison
Wis
Ben Marcus
Milwaukee
Marcus
Thomas Fairchild
John Schoencker
Milwaukee Police Traffic Bureau
Schoencker
Wisconsin
The New Oaks Anniversary Party at The New Oaks
The New Oaks invites friends to celebrate the first anniversary of the new place with appetizers drinks and a full dinner. A King Neptune Platter seafood steak and dance by Jules Herman and His New Band will entertain guests along with flowers cigars and a sing along for the birthday. Junior Chamber of Commerce members attend a state convention May 19 20 and 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Oaks
la Crosse
The
Jules Herman
Wayne King
Chamber of Commerce
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Miss Heinz
Heinz
With Major
Hoopie
Jason
Madagascar
Yassum
Park Bench
Pescoue Party
Consumer Owned
Consumer Controlled
Sporting Goods
North Third Street
Demos
Drop Forge
Navy
Tribune
U. S
la Crosse Tribune
U. S. Treasury Department
Ralph W. Frisbie
Gordon Powell
James McCord
Greyhound
Mickey
Fish
Happy
Walt
Sokolik’s
Dance Land
French Island
Pike
West Ave
Motor Head
John Polcyn
Capt. Schoencker
Hic Life
Willer Brewing Company
Chapiewsky
Bangor
Eagle Members
Wausau Brewing Coo
H. Wehrenberg
Mt. Vernon St
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