Jonson the One-Handed Pianist Gains Fame with Paderewski Tie
Jonson of La Crosse rose from illiteracy in music to a noted pianist and composer. He learned piano with one hand after leaving singing and studied with Paderewski who urged formal training. He now teaches, composes songs, and collects art and antiques in his stylish apartment.
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Don Jonson
Jonson
la Crosse
Centerville
Wis
Winona
Racine
New York
Paderewski
Christina Rossetti
Eleanor Wylie
Wordsworth
Oscar Wilde
Tribune
Phete den Jonson
Chorus Meets Tuesday at Central High and Farm Visit
Members of the Barber Shop chorus are asked by secretary Paul Youngdale to meet at Central High School at 6 45 p m Tuesday. The group will depart for Judge Lincoln Neprud s farm at 7 p m Ray Savings Bonds.
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Barber Shop Chorus
Paul Youngdale
Central High School
Lincoln Neprud
City Airport Assigned to National Skyway No. 2
Wendell L. McEldowney of the Chamber of Commerce air progress committee announced that La Crosse airport is designated on national skyway No. 2 by the Civil Aeronautics Administration. The route from Seattle to Boston passes through several Wisconsin cities including La Crosse, Madison, Milwaukee, and Waukesha, with air marking plans under way for multiple towns and Minnesota tributaries. Alligator snapping turtles reach weights over 299 pounds.
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Wendell L. McEldowney
Chamber of Commerce Air Progress Committee
Civil Aeronautics Administration
la Crosse
McEldowney
Seattle
Wash
Boston
Mass
Air Progress Committee
Lake Michigan
CAA
Wisconsin
River Falls
Bay City
Pepin
West Salem
Richland Center
Madison
Lake Mills
Waukesha
Milwaukee
Coulee
State Aeronautics Commission
Chicago
Allis Chalmers
Coon Valley
la Farge
Stoddard
Viroqua
Westby
Holmen
Galesville
Large Field of Candidates Seek State Publicity Post
A large field of candidates is on hand for examinations for the position of superintendent of information and education for the conservation department. Applications are still being received by the state department of personnel which has not yet announced examination dates. The vacancy follows the resignation of J H H Alexander who returned to head the tourist promotion program. Notable applicants include W T Calhoun and Walter E Scott with several others such as A L Beier Armand E Cirilli George E Dahlin Paul Edlund Harold J Roche W W Stewart and C L Coon among the listed contenders.
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Madison
Wis
Conservation Department
State Department of Personnel
J. H. H. Alexander
W. T. Calhoun
Walter E. Scott
Cooperative Game Management
A. L. Beier
State Employment Service
Armand E. Cirilli
Hurley
George E. Dahlin
Superior State College
Paul Edlund
State Motor Vehicle Department
Harold J. Roche
W. W. Stewart
Evening Telegram
Superior
C. L. Coon
Wegner and Jorgensen Named in Public Instruction Race
Henry Carl Wegner former Waupun school superintendent and now assistant manager of the state school lunch program, and Arthur W. Jorgensen Columbus schoolman and once candidate for the office of state superintendent of public instruction are identified in the conservation department context.
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Conservation Department
Henry Carl Wegner
Waupun
Arthur W. Jorgensen
Columbus
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Ottawa's Name Change From Bytown in 1800s
The article notes Ottawa became the capital of Canada in 1804, formerly called Bytown named after British Colonel John By.
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Ottawa
Bytown
John By
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First Federal
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J. R. Johnson
Sec'y.Treas
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