400 Boys and Girls In Clubs in La Crosse County
Rural 4 H clubs in La Crosse County cover 25 communities with at least one club in each of 11 townships. Members ages 10 to 20 work on projects in gardening poultry sheep dairy clothing foods canning and farm and home service. Special activities include demonstrations crops livestock health and music while preparing for the Inter-State Fair August 2.
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Anita Gundlach
la Crosse
eClub
la Crosse County
Bangor
Julia Hatz
Barre
la Verne Mainking
Brookside
Eloise Valley
Harold Bonsack
Chamber of Commerce
Clifford Hanson
Fish Creek
Altaway-Brice Prairie
van Loon
Carl Price
Mormon Coulee
E. F. Menger
Neshonoe
Guy Jewett
Richard Gilster
New Amsterdam
Ed Pfafflin
North Ridge
Henry Fortun
Pfaff School
Victory
Vernon Cain
Pleasant Valley
Archie Nuttleman
Prairie
Richard Evans
Rockland
Carl Friske
St. Joseph's
Marcella Bina
Sand Lake
Esther
Conrad Hanson
Smith Valley
Dorothy Leib
Union Mills-Lewis Valley
Walton Ofstedahl
Walker
Clifton Storandt
Weather Brief for Wisconsin Tonight and Tuesday
Partly cloudy and warm with scattered thundershowers this evening. Temperatures show continued warmth into Tuesday across Wisconsin, with regional variations noted.
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Department OF Commerce
Wisconsin
Bismaree
Duluth
See No Great Pest Outbreak
A two striped grasshopper outbreak began in early June across Sauk Juneau Portage and Waushara counties damaging corn alfalfa and oats. Federal aid shipped 1200 lbs sodium fluosilicate to Waushara to replace 800 drums arsenite for war use. Authorities advise 16 lb fluosilicate per 100 lb bran, with sawdust and water to form mash, 25 lb per acre, broadcast early.
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Sauk
Juneau
Portage
Waushara
Chambers
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Demand Unprecedented For Aviation Gasoline
Washington rubber director Bradley Dewey announced that 400000 barrels of butylenes would be diverted from synthetic rubber to high octane aviation gasoline over the next two months to satisfy unprecedented demand from the invasion front. He said about one million barrels would be produced for air forces by September, with the borrowing ending then. The move does not reduce tire or synthetic output, as labor limits current production, he added. the transfer was requested by Under Secretary Patterson.
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Washington
Bradley Dewey
Dewey
Tire and Rubber
Robert P. Patterson
Mickey Rooney Begins Horse Cavalry Training at Ft Riley
Mickey Rooney the 22 year old film star has arrived at Fort Riley Kansas to begin training with a horse cavalry unit officials announce.
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FT. Riley
Kas
Mickey Rooney
Ee Eee
Wisconsin court rebukes scaffold ruling in Miller case
Circuit Judge Herman Sachtsen ruled the state industrial commission exceeded its scope by forbidding unattached bracket scaffolds or ladder jacks. The reversal concerns A. G. Koch of Milwaukee ordered to pay punitive damages to the estate of Albert Marks, who died after falling from a bracket scaffold. The decision notes the order does not cover part stone and part frame buildings.
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Madison
Wis
Herman Sachtsen
State Industrial Commission
A. G. Koch
Milwaukee
Albert Marks
Koch
U S marshal arrest in OPA case in Madison Wisconsin
Louis R. Meyers Marshfield service station operator was arrested Saturday on an OPA violation charge and released on 100 dollars bail pending arraignment before a U S court commissioner, announced by the U S marshals office in Madison.
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Madison
Wis
U. S. Marshals Office
Louis R. Meyers
Marshfield
U. S
Beyer Found Dead Along Soo Line Tracks in Stevens Point
John W. Beyer, 49, was found dead beside the Soo line main tracks inside Stevens Point Monday. A Soo line brakeman said Beyer apparently had been struck by a train.
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Stevens Point
Wis
John W. Beyer
Soo Line
Beyer
Gulls Cause Tire Damage Along East Coast Highways
Sea gulls along the east coast swoop over roads and drop hard shells, crushing tires and causing hazards for motorists on paved highways. The behavior creates ongoing maintenance concerns for drivers and road crews.
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United States
Proving Areas In Soils Work
A Wisconsin erosion study reports that one third of farming land and one quarter of pasture land are affected by erosion. Contour tillage strip farming and terracing show soil loss can be reduced while boosting crop and livestock production, increasing farm income. Long term action is necessary to save productive land.
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Madison
Wisconsin
P. E
McNall
Soil Conservation Service
Heel flies invade southwest Wisconsin farming areas
In Madison reports warn that heel flies have invaded southwest Wisconsin, alarming dairy and beef operations. Cattle flesh and milk production drop, with University of Wisconsin entomologist B. B. Morgan noting limited success of repellants. Winter planning and rotenone-based treatments in December and January are advised to combat the grubs before spring.
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Madison
Wisconsin
B. B. Morgan
University of Wisconsin
Morgan
United States
Chemicals Available For Controlling Weeds
Ample supplies of weed control chemicals are available with no shortages claimed. Henry Lunz of the state agriculture department says larger quantities of chlorates animates and sinox have been released by the federal government to aid crop production amid farm labor shortages.
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State
Ae of Agriculture
Henry Lunz
Lunz
Tea rules for Cha-No-Yu garden room doorway
The article describes Japanese Cha-No-Yu etiquette requiring tea to be served in a room exactly ten feet square and entered from a garden via a doorway only three feet high.
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Japan
Livestock Market Reports From Milwaukee and Chicago
Hog prices steady to up slightly with 180 to 270 lb hogs at 13.75 and heavier weights mixed. Cattle offerings large with feeders steady to firm. steers and yearlings 16.25 to 16.75, cows 6.50 to 12, bulls up to 12.25, calves 12.75 to 15.75. In Chicago, hogs 32,000 head closing moderately active. same price ranges for multiple weights and sow values mixed. cattle and calves likewise showing varied demand and prices across the board.
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Milwaukee Livestock
Milwaukee
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Swift & Company
Winona
Pershing Receives Honorary Law Degree at Wyoming Univ
General John J. Pershing 83, retired head of the armies, earned an honorary doctor of laws from Wyoming University for leading U S troops to victory in World War I. The citation, read by Vice Admiral Emory Land, lauds him among top American military heroes. The ceremony occurred at Walter Reed Army Hospital.
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Washington
John J. Pershing
Wyoming University
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
Emory 5S
Pershing
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Blue Star Mothers Pick Milwaukee For 1945 Convention
The Blue Star Mothers of America closed their third annual convention in Cleveland and selected Milwaukee as the site for their 1945 meeting.
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Cleveland
Blue Star Mothers of America
Milwaukee
Collision at Cataract injures no one officials say
Sheriff Berty Johnson investigates a Friday collision on State trunk highway 27 at 3 p m in Cataract between Edwin Mull the local mail carrier driving a car and Pvt Arthur Kaye of the 280th Engineer unit at Camp McCoy driving a government truck. Damage was limited to the left rear of the car and the left front fender of the truck with no injuries reported.
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Sparta
Wis
Berty Johnson
Cataract
Edwin Mull
Arthur Kaye
280Th Engineer
Camp McCoy
Anteleks Thrill Crowds With Pole Act At Cole Brothers Circus
The Anteleks, famed for their 30 foot pole balance act, join Cole Brothers Circus in La Crosse for 3 and 8 p m shows at Winter Garden. The troupe features three women and two men with no safety net, plus aerial stars Bert Deare and Virginia Tiffany. Other acts include Don Colleano, Jean Allen, Cardillo Sisters, and Slayman Ali Troupe. The new Taj Mahal spectacle opens the program, led by Jan Cidney, with Allied planes noted for locust control in the Middle East.
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Cole Brothers Circus
la Crosse
Winter Garden Show Grounds
Bert Deare
Virginia Tiffany
Cole Brothers
Don Colleano
Jean Allen
Cardillo Sisters
Slayman-Ali
Castle of Taj Mahal
Jan Cidney
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