Wisconsin Residents Only Setline Permits Now On Sale
Setline licenses are available only to Wisconsin residents and issued from the clerk’s office in the courthouse. No sub-station sales. Rules limit to four lines per permit with up to 100 hooks per line, one setline tag per line, no live bait, lines restricted to the Mississippi and Black rivers. Permit price is 1.25 dollars with one tag. extra tags cost 25 cents each.
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Court House
Mississippi
Black Rivers
Girl Scout Leaders Attend Four Day Camp Decorah Training
Area leaders from Eau Claire Whitehall Ettrick Black River Falls Spring Valley Colfax Sparta and La Crosse joined 28 participants for a four day national Girl Scout leaders training at Camp Decorah. Mrs Arthur Rogge and others from La Crosse council attended along with national staff Mrs Kirby Webster Miss Betsey Ross and Mrs Allene Curl. The program focused on troop camping basics including health safety food planning finances and site selection with outdoor cooking and a progression path for outings. Despite rain the group cooked in units and enjoyed craft activities and evening programs before closing Monday.
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Girl Scout Leaders’ Training Institute
Camp Decorah
Eau Claire
Whitehall
Ettrick
Black River Falls
Spring Valley
Colfax
Sparta
la Crosse
Girl Scout Council
Arthur Rogge
M. A. Ridgeway
Chicago
Allene Curl
Portage
Margaret Yeakel
Rail strike halts Lake Michigan car ferry service
Milwaukee and Ludington ferries face disruption as rail strike leaves no engines to move freights. Grand Trunk Western and Pere Marquette report tied up steamers and no unloading facilities, while Ludington records no ship departures. Governor Goodland denies state guard mobilization rumors.
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Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
Marine Department of the
Grand Trunk Western Railroad Co
Muskegon
Mich
Pere Marquette Railway Co
Midland
Ludington
Michigan
Newspapers slash ads to save newsprint amid strikes
Five papers cut almost all advertising today to conserve newsprint during rail and coal strikes. St. Louis Globe-Democrat and select Birmingham and Pittsburgh papers reduced pages or eliminated ads except death notices. Toledo Times ran with no ads except death notices. Pittsburgh listed limited notices and public-interest items.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Afternoon News
Morning Age-Herald
Birmingham
Ala
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Todelo
Times
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
President cancels news conference to focus on rail crisis
President Truman cancelled tentative plans for a news conference to devote time to the rail crisis. Press Secretary Ross said a protracted cabinet session was likely as negotiations continued, and White House sources noted he preferred not to speak while talks were in progress.
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Washington
Truman
Charles G. Ross
White House
Emperor Urges Public Help in Japan Food Crisis
Emperor Hirohito calls on Japan’s 73 million people to assist during the food shortage and pushes Premier Yoshida to act. Yoshida supports a self help policy while hoping Allies understand Japan’s food problems. The report notes a separate line about matches produced at 1,125,000 an hour.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Shigeru Yoshida
Yoshida
Japan
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Hiawatha
Burlington Zephyr
Milwaukee Road
Minneapolis
Hiawathas
Wisconsin
Esther Domke
Fay
Amarom Ormly
Phillips & Sons Dist. Corp
Exclusive Dist
Wis
Stetson Panamas
Continental Clothiers
Pearl
Pri Oe
Madison
Goodland
Wisconsin State Guard
The
Associated Press
New York
United States
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Ellicott’s Mills
Arenz Shoe CO
Stead Machines
Modern Laundry and Dry Cleaning CO
Fifth Avenue
Sout
Frank-Len
Middle West
la Grosse
Franklin Tank Car Service
South Ave
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