Disabled Vets Make Poppies For Sale Here
Memorial poppies in La Crosse honor America's war dead and are handmade by disabled veterans from World War I World War II and Korea. Elmer Williams and Mrs. C. M. Heth say hospital workshops provided occupational therapy and earnings for veterans in need. Veterans of three wars work together across ages teaching poppy making techniques.
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America
Elmer Williams
C. M. Heth
American Legion and Auxiliary
Veterans Hospital
Legion and Auxiliary
Heth
Korea
Tribune
LaVern Schieifer
Harvey St
Sadie Heth Cleft
Schieifer
Emerson School
The
Legion Post
Schleifer
Northwest Scenic Tours Across Borderlands and Parks
A collage of escorted travel routes spans the Pacific Northwest and Canadian Rockies. Highlights include Seattle views with Mt Rainier and Puget Sound, Yellowstone via Gallatin Gateway, Grand Coulee Dam, Old Faithful, and visits to Victoria, Vancouver, and San Juan Islands.
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Pacific Northwest
Seattle
Mt. Rainier
Olympic Peninsula
Puget Sound
Victoria
Vancouver
British Columbia
Yellowstone
Gallatin Gateway
Old Faithful
Grand Canyon
Friendly Wildlife
Grand Coulee Dam
Canadian Rockies
San Juan Islands
Victoria, Vancouver, B. C
Poppy Program Provides Jobs for Disabled Veterans
Disabled veterans unable to leave beds receive materials from volunteer hospital workers who also collect finished poppies. About 12 000 veterans have been employed this year, producing over 25 000 000 poppies with Wisconsin quota 1 350 000. Auxiliary president recounts poppy origins and Memorial Flower pledge from 1920 1921 for welfare relief.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Wisconsin
Heth
Auxilary
France
American Legion
The
Cleveland
Kansas City
McCarthy Cancels Arcadia Beloit Engagemen ts
Senator McCarthy cancels speeches at Beloit College and Arcadia Wisconsin due to conflicts. He will address the Greater Buffalo Advertising Club today and the Niagara Falls Republican Club on Wednesday.
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Washington
McCarthy
Defense Pleads Fresh Grounds In Sheppard Appeal
Attorney Arthur W. Petersilge argued in the Ohio Appeals Court that new evidence and trial errors warrant overturning Samuel H. Sheppard’s second degree murder conviction for Marilyn Sheppard’s July death. He floated a theory that the real killer fled wearing two T-shirts to hide blood stains.
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Cleveland
Arthur W. Petersilge
Samuel H. Sheppard
Petersilge
Julius Kovachy
Bay Village
Marilyn
Marilyn Sheppard
Sheppard
Sam
Mediterranean Cruise Aboard USS Borie Begins
Paul M. Richling seaman USN son of Mr and Mrs Max Richling of La Crosse Wisconsin left Norfolk aboard destroyer USS Borie May 2 en route to the Mediterranean Sea. Borie one of four ships in Destroyer Division 22 to join the 6th Fleet for a four month tour.
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Norfolk
Paul M. Richling
USN
Max Richling
Barlow St
la Crosse
Wis
Borie
Mediterranean Sea
Destroyer Division 22
6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Abnormally Warm April Seen In Local Data From La Crosse
The Weather Bureau reports April 1955 as abnormally warm with only three days below normal and 3.24 inches of rain, 93 above normal. No destructive storms or high winds, rainfall well distributed for agriculture, Mississippi River average 7.0 feet, and 326 heating degree days for April. May expected to bring few heating degree days as well.
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United States Weather Bureau
A. D. Santal
Asheville
N.C
la Crosse Tribune
Sanial
Morehhan
Mississippi River
la Crosse
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H. Sengstacken
Milwaukee Road
Union Station
Chicago
Arcadia
Colgate Dental Cream
Seal Dental
Dr. West
Weather Bureau
USWB
la Crosse Municipal
French Island
the Sunday Building Pages
Yyrates
Pabst Brewing Company
Milwaukee
Wisc
Montclair
Mercury
Montclairs
LA Crosse, Wis
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