Lincoln School Concert Demonstrates Strong Junior High Talent
Lincoln junior high held a spring concert under William Stephens with the Lincoln choir orchestra and band delivering polished performances. The 200 plus performers presented notable Marches chorale and overture works, a bronze brass chorus, refined seventh grade girls chorus, capable boys voices and a 50 piece orchestra highlighted by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky selections and Stephens own Turkey in the Straw arrangement.
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Lincoln School
William Stephens
Lincoln
Stephens
Pilgrim
Holmes
Tschaikowski
Lincoln Junior High School
Radio Spotlight Stars Jean Gleis in NBC Symphony Concert
Jean Gleis, 1949 National Federation of Music Clubs winner, headlines a nationwide NBC Symphony concert at 5 30 tonight performing Liszt Concerto No 1. The piece showcases Liszt’s immense pianistic prowess.
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Jean Gleis
National Federation of Music Clubs
NBC Symphony
Liszt
Two UW Students Hurt When Tower Collapses
Two University of Wisconsin students were injured Friday when a diving tower collapsed and fell on them while they were sun bathing. Diane Plater, freshman from Milwaukee, and Michael Bartelme, senior from Superior, were reported in fair condition at Wisconsin General Hospital.
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Madis
Mexico City Union Workers Parade Over Shortages and Costs
Workers in Mexico City staged a large protest parade against shortages and rising living costs. The demonstration highlighted economic pressures and calls for relief measures from local authorities.
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Mexico City
Weather outlook for three states in Midwest
For Wisconsin the night brings frost with fair cool air. Sunday a partly cloudy day grows warmer with minimal Lake Michigan influence. In Minnesota tonight and Sunday see warmer north and cooler south with scattered showers in the west. Iowa tonight and Sunday are partly cloudy with cooler tonight and a warmer Sunday in the west plus widely scattered showers west Sunday afternoon.
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Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Minnesota
Iowa
West
River Forecast Highlights High Water From Dresbach to Dam 1
River forecast shows slight rises in all small tributaries south of Lake Pepin today with little effect on main channel stages. Expect tall water rises from Dresbach to Dam 1.
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Hastings
Guttenberg
Pepin
Mee
Dresbach
Weather Showers Move Across Central Midwest to Great Lakes
Yesterday afternoon showers stretched from Nebraska to the western Great Lakes and upper Mississippi valley. Western Wisconsin saw thundershowers from Lake Pepin to Prairie du Chien with hail near La Crosse. rainfall mitigated drought without damage. Cooler air followed with freezing temps in far northern Wisconsin and northern Minnesota. no frost tonight in southern Wisconsin.
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Nebraska
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Wisconsin
Lake Pepin
Prairie du Chien
la Crosse
la Crosse County
Minnesota
Detroit Is A Young Man's Town By HAL BOYLE
Detroit's rapid change and the Ford strike shape talk in a city obsessed with youth. The piece recalls 1837 carpenters strike for shorter hours and pay and highlights Johnny Groth's breakout appeal for Tigers fans. It also tours a Chrysler plant showing streamlined assembly with dedicated tasks and cross staffing.
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Detroit
America
Ford Company
Detroit Daily Advertiser
United States
Johnny Groth
Detroit Tigers
Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Joe Ribs
Chrysler
Chaplin
Praises Carrier Boys For Bond Sale Drive Efforts
Treasury Secretary Snyder lauds newspaper carrier boys for volunteering in the wartime savings bonds drive. He cites 7,000 carriers from 300 papers delivering to 13,000,000 families and thanks them for supporting a 1.04 billion dollar bond campaign.
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Carrier Boy
Washington
Secre 7
The
Treasury
Snyder Friay
Snyder
Australia forecasts massive hop growth amid beer demand strain
Australia estimates a jump to almost 2.5 million pounds of hops this year while brewers warn they cannot match the rising beer demand.
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Australia
Lead cooled to near absolute zero repels a magnet
A physics team reports that lead cooled to two degrees above absolute zero creates a strong diamagnetic effect, repelling a nearby magnet. The finding demonstrates extreme magnetic behavior at ultra low temperatures and may inform low-temperature materials research.
Births from St. Ann’s and Wisconsin towns reported
May births listed from St. Ann's and various Wisconsin addresses. Names include a son to Grant A Koch at 1224 Mississippi Street. a daughter Aldrian to Howard L Aiken at 1117 King Street. son Lonnie Joseph to Carroll E Johnson at 1623 Moore Street. daughter to Victor Hemmersbach in Cash ton. son Stuart Neal to Wayne Solberg in Sparta. daughter to James Ekern in Whitehall. daughter Linda Marie to Wayne Stahoski of Wisconsin Rapids.
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Grant A. Koch
Mississippi Street
Lucille Wellen
Aldrian
Howard L. Aiken
King Street
Wavelle Bates
Lonnie Joseph
Carroll E. Johnson
Moore Street
Mary Haugstad
Victor Hemmersbach
Cashton
Wis
Stuart Neal
Wayne Solberg
Sparta
Beverly Jean Lachman
Whitehall
Community Hospital
James Ekern
Blair
Linda Marie
Wayne Stahoski
Wisconsin Rapids
Stahoski
King awards Colonial Police Medal to Henry Acolatse
Telegram from Accra Gold Coast confirms Henry Kwabla Acolatse constable from Keta receives the Colonial Police Medal for Gallantry. He and a fellow constable pursued a murderer into a river canoe, Acolatse diving to catch a handcuff fugitive and both were rescued downstream by fishermen.
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Colonial Police
Henry Kwabla Acolatse
Accra
Gold Coast
Acolatse
Keta
Birthday of J F Lincoln Pioneer of Bonus Pay
James Finney Lincoln born May 14 1883 on a farm near Painesville Ohio son of a former Congregational minister. He built a career as an electrical engineer and leader of a major weld ing equipment firm, pioneering incentive pay and bonuses tied to production. He faced a 1.6 million dollar treasury suit over annuities to workers but won, arguing bonuses boost output and lower product costs.
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James Finney Lincoln
Painesville
Ohio
Treasury Department
Aerialist Dies After 90 Foot Plunge At Battle Creek Show
George Lanning a 31 year old high wire performer from Marion Indiana died after a cable broke during a trapeze act at World of Pleasure in Battle Creek. He fell 90 feet and died instantly before about 200 spectators. His wife Donna Marie and their six month old son David Courtney were present. Another son George Jr 11 is with relatives in Minnesota City Minnesota. Lanning had recently toured with Schoonmaker's California show and had completed six previous performances in Battle Creek.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Indiana
George Lanning
Marion
Donna Marie
David Courtney
George, Jr
Minnesota City
Minn
Lanning
California
San Francisco
If He Sought A Suit His Choice Was Bad
Paducah residents wonder what a thief did with loot. Mrs. Jake Childers saved Christmas cards for five years and packed them in a box that had held a man's suit. She planned to donate them to a day nursery but found the box stolen from her car at a drugstore.
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Paducah
Jake Childers
Chinese Officer Says He'd Welcome Jap Aid
Canton marshal Yen Hsi-Shan said he would welcome Japanese or any foreign troops to help resist the Chinese Communists. He noted Taiyuan, his northern base, fell to the Communists on April 24 after months of siege and urged foreign aid in the international battle against communism.
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Canton
Yen Hsi-Shan
North China
Yen
Wisconsin Assembly kills two per cent unused property tax
In Madison the assembly rejected a bill proposing a two percent annual tax on vacant Wisconsin dwelling units left empty 60 days or more. Proponents argued unused properties could house people while opponents noted impact on owners. The vote also touched other measures including check cashing rules and a liquor license proposal for Lake Geneva.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Steffens
R-Menasha
Assembly State Affairs Committee
Waukesha Freeman
Wisconsin State Journal
Assembly
Committee On Insurance and Banking
Senate
Lake Geneva Country Club
Governor Endorses Two For Ay Posts
Gov Rennebohm sent the reappointments of Harry C Dix Menomonie and Paul C Schmoldt Medford to the state board of agriculture for confirmation. Terms would expire in 1955. He also signed laws enabling county boards to perform public works without bids and allowing the legislative council and committees to have bills printed when the legislature is not in session.
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Madison
Wis
Rennebohm
Harry C. Dix
Menomonie
Paul C. Schmoldt
Medford
State Board of Agriculture
Wisconsin Senate
Legislative Council
Money etymology linked to Juno Moneta myth
The word money is believed to come from moneta an attribute of the Roman goddess Juno because the ancient Roman mint was established in the temple of Juno Moneta.
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Juno
Juno Moneta
Physician Honored For Long Service In Appleton Dinner
Dr. Victor F. Marshall, 76, celebrated 50 years of medical practice in Appleton with a testimonial dinner attended by about 150 people. He began as a general practitioner in 1899 and later specialized in surgery, becoming one of the area’s leading surgeons. Speakers included Dr. Ernest E. Irons of Chicago and Dr. Karl H. Doege of Marshfield.
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Appleton
Wis
Victor F. Marshall
Marshall
Ernest E. Irons
Chicago
American Medical Association
Karl H. Doege
Marshfield
State Medical Society
Shortage of Nurses Complained as Beauty Queens Abound
South Africans voice concern over a nurse shortage while an excess of beauty pageant queens is observed. The article notes public frustration with misaligned priorities and calls for workforce expansion in healthcare.
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