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La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1950

Page

7

Social Sorority Added To Rank Of TC Groups

Iota Xi Omega gains social sorority status at State Teachers College after the student government committee approved its constitution. Erna Bone of Chicago heads the sorority with Marilyn Wille Milwaukee as vice president and Florence Putra Racine as secretary. Founding member Esther Spink Platteville and advisor Geneva Banks Dr. list of members includes Dyrud Janesville Grauer Port Washington Bertran Waukesha and others across Wisconsin Minnesota and Michigan communities.

Iota Xi Omega State Teachers College Erna Bone Chicago Miss Bone Marilyn Wille Milwaukee Florence Putra Racine Carol Nelson Alice Arthur Edgerton Eileen Lapham Caledonia Minn New Society Esther Spink Platteville Shirley Dyrud Janesville Ruth Grauer Port Washington Audrey Bertrand Waukesha Phyllis Isdebski Bessemer Mich Shery Larsen Chetek Rosemary Lehrer Springfield Audrey Morton Kenosha Elaine Redwinkle Oshkosh Nancy Stoeckman Donna Weiland Kendall Barbara McCann Ivonne Silbaugh Margaret Ramsey la Crosse Geneva Banks

Reds In Asia Continues On Southeast Asia Crisis

A correspondent surveys Southeast Asia facing Communist pressure and famine across India Burma Indonesia and China. He notes weak leadership famine and economic woes ease of Western intervention and the need for strong US aid and Japan’s industrial role, arguing lasting stability requires regional self-strengthening.

Bangkok Siam Indonesia Marcel Carpentier Indo-China U. S Japan

150 Whales Stranded On Scottish Beach

In Dunbar Scotland an abnormally high tide stranded 150 whales on a five mile stretch of east Scottish coast beach Saturday. The whales ranging from three to 20 feet lay gasping as townspeople watched from a bluff.

Dunbar Scotland

Explorer Social Planned For Gateway Scout Council

A mass Blind Date social for Explorer Scouts of Gateway council is set for June 3 in La Crosse. The all day event at Camp Decorah features archery emergency survival fishing boats canoes and rifle shooting followed by an evening dance at Hotel Stoddard with local girls assigned as dates and cab rides home at midnight. The program limits participation to 200 explorers on a first come basis.

Explorer Scouts Gateway Council la Crosse Explorer Scouts of the Council Camp Decorah Thisrogram

Rescuer and Rescued Reunite Five Years On

MILWAUKEE Five years after a German shell sent Army engineer Sigmund Grales into the Co lentz river and medic Lawrence Nell jumped in to save him the two met in a safety building corridor. Grales now an oil company officer recognized Nell and they embraced. Nell was in court serving a 90 day sentence for assault and battery while Grales faced a traffic charge against one of his drivers.

Milwaukee Sigmund Grales Lawrence Nell Grales Germany Colentz Nell Larry Oil Company

Nationalists Raid Chinese Mainland

Nationalist guerrillas reportedly landed at Shihou 140 miles south of Shanghai and struck inland on Friday in a raid aimed at diverting Communist forces massing for an invasion of Chushan. Dispatches also claimed naval and air attacks on Chintang and Taohua, islands near Chushan.

Taipei Formosa Shanghai Shihou Chushan Chintang Taohua

Burning Vessel Nears Safe Haven

Tokyo reports the Norwegian freighter T, still smoking from a Friday fire, near a safe haven as the U S navy tanker Shawnee Trail ferries 47 onboard to assist. The Muroto Maru tow the Talisman to Shimizu, 70 miles southwest of Yokohama, after Fire broke out as it departed Shimizu for Hong Kong.

Tokyo Shimizu Yokohama Hong Kong

Texas Welcomes First Texas Republican in 19 Years

Ben H Guill, a Navy veteran born Democrat who twice voted for Roosevelt, joins Congress as the first Texas Republican in 19 years. He says Texans are fed up with high incomes and taxes and national budget issues, notes Ike and Stassen popularity, and will be sworn in this week to fill the late Rep. Worley seat after a special election victory over 10 Democrats.

Washington House Ben H. Guill Texas Roosevelt Lone Star Guill Truman Panhandle Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower Harold Stassen

Worry of FALSE TEETH

Do not be embarrassed by loose teeth as FASTEETH powder keeps plates from slipping. A few fast sprays add comfort and security by holding plates firmly with a pleasant non gummy taste. Alkaline and non acid. Available at drug stores.

Gravity and Earth's Spin Create Magnetic Field

The earth's rotation and gravity together generate the magnetic field that powers the compass needles to point north. The interaction of core dynamics and rotation sustains the geomagnetic field influencing navigation and orientation worldwide.

Earth

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