Church Holds 97th Meeting
The First Congregational church held its annual meeting in the church community hall after a 6 15 p m covered dish supper. Officers elected include Clerk Robert Neu treasurer Claude E Aiken auditor H Newell Holley head usher Lynden Gjerde and others with many members continuing in office across boards of trustees deacons deaconesses and Christian education.
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First Congregational Church
Robert Neu
Hubert Schleiter
Claude E. Aiken
Richard Hawkins
Paul Miller
Laura E. Ramsey
H. Newell Holley
Lynden Gjerde
Milton Kosbab
Walter Wendt
Robert Knowles
J. M. Thomas
Hubert J. Fuller
D. R. Kinney
A. F. Jordan
Wayne Rigg
Russell Aldrich
Carrol Weigel
Harold Strobel
H. C. Rooks
Ray Highberg
Dean Smith
D. J. Byers
Paul Haas
Milton Kosbob
R. W. Gillette
Kenneth Kuebler
Freda Brunner
Oren Fowler
Harry Watkins
B. W. Edwards
Walter Roscoe
Frank Burgess
F. E. Peterson
Board of Christian Education
E. E. Shaw
H. J. Schleiter
Charles Varco
Walter Charley
Thomas Burgess
Franklin Pamperin
Lioyd Knutsen
L. W Eitlam
R. G. McKinny
Paul Gotterdam
A. B. Clark
Edythe Riebe
Central High Grad Goes To Bat For Nation's 17 Million Women
La Crosse native Frieda Miller, director of the U S Bureau of Women, is featured in Look magazine as fighting for better pay and maternity benefits for America s 17 000 000 women workers. Since 1944 she has broken prejudices against women in jobs and helped keep wartime employment high.
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Central High Grad
la Crosse
Look Magazine
Frieda Miller
Women’s Bureau
U. S. Department of Labor
America
Miss Miller
Aticle
New York State
Frances Perkins
Bryn Mawr College
Trade Union College
Philadelphia
Europe
International Congress of Working Women
England
Germany
Austria
Joint Board of Sanitary Control
Look
United States
UN Finance Expert Proposes National Resources Lending Agency
Washington based UN economic consultant Stephen Raushenbush proposed to Congress a new lending agency named the National Resources Corporation. It would issue low interest loans totaling 13 billion dollars over ten years to farmers foresters and other natural resource owners to support approved conservation methods.
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Washington
Stephen Raushenbush
United Nations
Congress
National Resources Corporation
Australians Aim to Grow 250 Million Pounds of Mutton
Government scientists propose adding small amounts of cobalt copper and zinc sulphates to Ninety Miles desert soil to boost grass growth and raise mutton output to about 250 million pounds per year at a few cents per acre.
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Sydney
Australia
GOP Meets In L A for Regional Conference
The first regional GOP conference will be held June 10 and 11 in Los Angeles with state chairmen vice-chairmen and national committeemen from 11 states attending. Reclamation and conservation policies are expected to dominate talks.
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Washington
Los Angeles
GOP
Midwest
Des Moines
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Canonization of Jeanne de Lestonnac Planned at St Peter's
Vatican announces the canonization of Jeanne de Lestonnac founder of the Daughters of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Pope Pius XII will celebrate mass at St Peter's Basilica in what is described as a grand ceremony.
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Vatican City
Jeanne de Lestonnac
Order of the Daughters of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Pius XII
St. Peter’s Basilica
Britain Backs More Sunday Fun Seekers
At Harrogate the Public Transport association urged steps to attract more tourists by promoting Sunday leisure travel. James Amos, a Scottish delegate, argued Britain should shed the image of austere touring and friendly but frugal travel.
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Britain
Harrogate
England
Public Transport Association
James Amos
Wisconsin Lawmakers Face Uncertain Session End
Madison reports lawmakers seek a quicker windup after the budget bill clears. Speaker Nicol hopes within weeks, urging focus on one topic per week. Pending measures include rent control revisions, tax secrecy, a 40 hour work week, and ROTC termination at Wisconsin.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Assembly
Nicol
Rsparta
Senate
Department of Public Welfare
Veterans
Assembly Judiciary Committees
Circuit Court
Ednesday
Public Service Commission
Wisconsin River Power Co
Petenwell Lake
University of Wisconsin
Revival Series Continues Here with Evangelist T O Murphy
Evangelist T O Murphy of Hutchinson Kan leads a third week of nightly gospel lectures at the Assembly of God Tabernacle Seventh and State streets. His wife accordionist pianist and vocalist daughter perform. Special nightly guest Marjoe Gortner aged five from California sings and speaks. Services begin at 8 p m with singing.
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T. O. Murphy
Hutchinson
Kan
Assembly of God Tabernacle
Seventh
State Streets
America
Marjoe Gortner
California
Marjoe
Piano auditions yield 65 pass at Vit erbo college
La Crosse chapter National Guild of Piano Teachers reports 65 students passed auditions at Vit erbo college preparatory music department over two days. National winners Katherine Howard and Betty Kay Poehling led the memory program with ten pieces. District and local winners followed across multiple memory rounds.
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la Crosse
National Guild of Piano Teachers
Viterbo
Katherine Howard
Betty Kay Poehling
Marie Ann Delagrave
Bobby Howard
Catherine Munster
Jean Wiffler
Elizabeth Anderson
Bonnie Bakken
Marliss Bendel
Teresa Bissen
Clair von Brocklin
Judith Brownlee
Harry Canfield
Roger Comeau
Yvonne Cooper
Mary Coney
Theresa Conway
Mary Kay Crowe
Fred Devie
Joanne Drudick
Deanna Feldbruegge
Patricia Finn
Betty Folts
Ruth Ann Gantenbein
Carol Marie Grossbach
Elizabeth Harmacek
Bonita Hess
Georgianna Hess
Mary Lou Hess
Jeanne Johnson
Ruth Ann Keller
Roberta Kenney
Betty Jo Knop
Jean Krueger
Edwin Larkin
Thomas Luehne
Myrna March
Jo Anne Mathy
Michael McCarthy
Jane Michalski
Doris Munster
Cynthia Oldenburg
Annette Olson
Joseph Papenfuss
Maureen Powers
Florence Riser
Lena Riser
Frances Riordan
Marjorie Sill
Jaret Skaff
Patricia Stover
Barbara Stuber
Carol Ann Teff
Barbara Voelker
Joan Voelker
Bernard Volz
Ruth Ann Wheldon
Mary Williams
Gretchen Ziel
Barbara Bates
Kathryn Bruha
Frank Holy
June Holy
Elaine Rice
Richard Schultz
Eisenhower Returns to Work and Golf at Columbia
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower resumes duties at Columbia University after military duty in Washington and convalescence in the South He works at the president’s residence for hours and plays a round of golf in the afternoon The return comes after serving as temporary presiding officer of the joint chiefs of staff during wartime planning and a period of illness and absence
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Washington
South
Eisenhower
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Columbia
Marquette History Highlights in Centennial Edition
The Marquette Mining Journal released a 132 page centennial edition chronicling Marquette's history since its founding a century ago. A city centennial celebration is planned for July 2 3 and 4 in Marquette Michigan with events across the holiday weekend.
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Marquette, Mich
The
Marquette Mining Journal
Marquette
Wahlin Wins Caltech Jet Propulsion Fellowship
Hugh R. Wahlin of Madison Wisconsin received a one year fellowship at California Institute of Technology in the Guggenheim jet propulsion laboratory. He is a war veteran and a research student pursuing a master of science degree.
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Pasadena
Calif
Hugh R. Wahlin
Madison
Wis
California Institute of Technology
Guggenheim Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Wahlin
Credit Bureau Honors Morse At Kiwanis Luncheon
R D Morse general manager of the Tri State Credit Bureau will be honored at a Kiwanis luncheon for his service as president of the Associated Credit Bureaus fifth district Morse led the organization in 1948 and a gift will be presented by Walter A Graff Lansing bureau manager and current AC B president Graff will discuss The Consumer Credit Picture to Kiwanians
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R. D. Morse
Tri-State Credit Bureau
Associated Credit Bureaus
Fifth District
Kiwanis Club
Morse
Walter A. Graff
Lansing, Mich
Credit Bu
Reau
Associated Credit Bureau
Kiwanis
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Michigan
Wisconsin
Ontario
Canada
Graff
President Truman Worried Over Dutra Welcome
President Truman fears Washington may not match the thunderous Rio de Janeiro greeting for Brazil’s President Eurico Gaspar Dutra, who arrives May 18 for a 10 day U S visit. A citizen committee plans the reception while Woodward assures him the city will shine. Brazil is described as a top U S ally in South America with wartime ties.
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Washington
Truman
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Brazil
Dutra
U. S
Rio de Janeiro
Stanley Woodward
Rio
Woodward
Mr. Truman
South America
Uncle Sam
India Trains Technicians to Support Industrialization Drive
New Delhi reports government efforts to create an army of technicians to prevent bottlenecks in industrial expansion. Authorities estimate annual needs at about 30,000 technicians to sustain growth.
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New Delhi
India
Government Runs 450 Training Centers In Shift
The government now operates about 450 training centers, a drop from the past two to three years when the output was higher. The data indicate a reduced scale of training programs amid ongoing reforms and budget adjustments.
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Dia
Geologic trough governs Middle East oil regions
The major Middle East oil area lies in a vast geologic trough stretching from Iran through Iraq to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf sheikdoms of Kuwait Bahrein and Qatar.
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Middle East
Iran
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Music Students Study At Logan Openings
Logan high school music students in seventh to ninth grade study in junior orchestra and band under Frank Italiano. The year end assembly featured the orchestra with marches and European history excerpts, violin duet, piano, and a band program including Over the Waves and Hosts of Freedom.
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Logan
Frank Italiano
Europe
Judy Ulrich
Marilyn Hauser
Anne Fletcher
Wisconsin
Monte Cristo
Poles Tout Homemade Fuel Mixture In Warsaw
In Warsaw Poles claim a fluid called BAB will cut gasoline use. They prepare a fuel mix of 60 percent petrol with equal parts alcohol and benzol.
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Warsaw
Poland
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