Veteran Study Course Altered to Speed GI Bill Training
Veterans administration moves to simplify procedures for GI bill training changes. Carl R. Gray Jr. announces liberalized advisement and immediate approvals where justification is clear, speeding up to handle about 30 000 applications monthly while preserving eligibility safeguards and priority for those in vocational rehabilitation under public law 16.
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Veterans Administration
Veterans
Carl R. Gray, Jr
New Books At Public Library For Spring Readers
The week's new titles include Duncan Hines guides for vacation planning, Championship Golf by Babe Didrikson Zaharias, and Decorate Your Home for Better Living. Also featured are Churchill's Grand Alliance, Kansas City history Crossroads of America, and The American Historical Novel with an appendix. Music biographies Schubert Reader, Irving Berlin, Whiteman records, Heart Songs, and life stories of Xavier Cugat, Captain Kidd, and Peter Cooper highlight the exhibit.
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Mildred
Babe
Didrikson Zaharias
Mary L. Brandt
Winston Churchill
Kansas City
America
Darrell Garwood
Ernest E. Lessy
Schubert
Otto
Erich Deutsch
Franz Schubert
David Ewen
Irving Berlin
Paul Whiteman
Joe Mitchell Chapple
Xavier Cugat
Willard Hallam Bonner
Captain Kidd
Peter Cooper
New York
Edward C. Mack
Cooper’s Union
Dorsey Band Slated for One Night Stop in La Crosse
Jimmy Dorsey and a 16 piece orchestra perform two shows at the Vocational auditorium in La Crosse Monday evening, with proceeds aiding American Legion clubroom remodeling. Roy L. Wingers post No 52 arranges the engagement, featuring Shorty Sherock and vocalists Kenny Martin and Pat O Connor. Tickets at Rivoli pharmacy and Legion clubrooms, with many general admissions at the gate. Proclaimed as the world’s greatest saxophonist, Dorsey touts his top ensemble after recent successes and MGM records exposure.
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Ninteen
Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
Vocational Auditorium
la Crosse
Roy L. Wingers
American Legion
Shorty Sherock
Ed Bartl
Legion
Rivoli
South Sixth Street
Bartl
Veterans Organization
Wayne King
Dorsey
Ray Bauduc
Charlie Teagarden
Kenny Martin
Pat O’connor
Orch
MGM Records
Truck Firms Getting Around High State Fees
Milwaukee reporter notes Wisconsin motor vehicle commissioner Ben Marcus says trucking firms move registrations to neighboring low fee states and return vehicles to Wisconsin to operate. He spoke at an AMA regional meeting. no solution offered. Iowa’s Alfred Kahl proposes a study meeting on interstate reciprocity among 12 Midwest states.
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Milwaukee
Ben Marcus
Wisconsin
Marcus
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
Alfred Kahl
Iowa
Village elder dies at 93 after two years to live
Job Loas of Loddington England, told two years to live, has died aged 93. He was the village's oldest inhabitant and lived a full life among longtime residents.
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Job Loasby
Loddington
England
Rural Teachers College Students Lead Green Lake Conference
Two State Teachers college students headed rural department roles at the Green Lake conference held Friday and Saturday with four faculty and 14 youth from La Crosse attending. Delegates, including John Lysaker and Lorraine Haines, joined peers from Central State Teachers college University of Wisconsin and Door-Kewaunee County Normal for talks, dancing, hiking and folk festivities.
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State Teachers College
Green Lake
la Crosse
John Lysaker
Central State Teachers College
University of Wisconsin
Door-Kewaunee County Normal
Lorraine Haines
Dresbach
Jacqueline Wright
Sparta
Marian Hammes
Katherine Davies
Mauree Applegate
Alice Drake
Temperance Leader Rev Sam Morris Slated to Speak
The Rev. Sam Morris a national temperance figure and field secretary for the Temperance League of America will speak at the Vocational school auditorium Sunday at 8 p m Also on the program are Rev J Pierce Newell presiding Rev J H Meier scripture reading Rev W F Huxford introduction E H Evenson ushering Rev Ralph Kuether congregational singing and Rev Mark Andrews prayer The display lists the event details and speakers for the evening program.
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Sam Morris
The
Temperance League of America
J. Pierce Newell
J. H. Meier
W. F. Huxford
E. H. Evenson
Ralph Kuether
Mark Andrews
Schoolgirls in Derbyshire Learn Clothes Design Lectures
Derbyshire schoolgirls now attend lectures on clothes design and beauty culture, exploring fashion, self presentation, and industry insight within their curriculum.
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Derbyshire
England
Cottage Fire Hazards Warned By La Crosse Fire Chief
Fire Chief Adolph Kessel warns cottage owners in La Crosse to inspect wiring trash and grass around foundations before summer. He cautions about frayed wiring dirty piping kerosene and oil stove dangers and urges fresh fire extinguishers and prompt extinguisher use to save the season.
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Adolph Kessel
la Crosse
Kessel
Swallows Return Ten Days Late to Wisconsin Dells
In the Wisconsin Dells, swallows returned to nests in sandstone cliffs along the Wisconsin River on Friday. They were about ten days late for their usual May 2 arrival, according to Verne Avery, a veteran river boat pilot, who noted thousands of birds flocking to reoccupy nests amid the dells' rock formations. Avery attributed the delay to a late spring.
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Wisconsin Dells
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Wisconsin River
Verne Avery
Upper Dells
Avery
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