College Plans Phy Ed Event at Teachers College Gym
Postwar physical education demonstration and band concert set for Wednesday at the Teachers College gym. The Teachers College Band under Dr. Thomas Annett will perform a selected program before a mass demonstration by physical education students. W. J. Wittich leads the event, the 1946 edition, with events ranging from mass apparatus activities to folk dancing and team games.
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Division of Health, Physical Education and Recreation
Teachers College
Thomas Annett
Atilla
WRA
Skobodansen
Birdie
W. J. Wittich
Welfare Group Launches La Crosse Appeal for Funds
Nearly 2,000 letters went to La Crosse residents Saturday to start the Family Welfare association annual drive. Chairwoman Mrs. Samuel F. Fellows leads a committee including Cecil N. Allen and Miss Helen Baker as they urge increased giving to meet a higher budget due to rising living costs.
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Tribune
Family Welfare Association
la Crosse
Samuel Fellows
Range Sletten
Ted Griffin
Samuel F. Fellows
Cecil N. Allen
Helen Baker
William T. Burgess
Joseph Calloway
A. P. Funk
Charles D. Gelatt
Sigrud B. Gunderson
Jake Hoeschler
W. F. Molitor
Gysbert van Steenwyk
Stowaways Sentenced as Britain Faces Food Strain
Two West African men, 21 and 18, were jailed for a week in Dakar after attempting to stow away on the Paparoa bound for Liverpool. Officials say Britain’s strain to feed its people and job prospects lure more departures from Africa and India is noted for its linguistic diversity.
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Britain
West Africa
Liverpool
England
Dakar
Paparoa
Memorial service for UW Badgers to honor WWII dead
Three prominent Badgers will speak at a memorial service on the University of Wisconsin campus. The event, part of the 1946 commencement weekend, honors nearly 500 alumni and students killed in World War II. Speakers include President E B Fred, Rev Clarence E Macartney, and Rev George B Wood. The service is at 4 p.m. in Memorial Union theater with presiding officer William D Hoard Jr and a Madison Christ Presbyterian choir.
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Madison
Wis
Badgers
University of Wisconsin
The
State University
Wisconsin Alumni Association
Memorial Union Theater
E. B. Fred
Clarence E. Macartney
First Presbyterian Church of
Pittsburgh
George B. Wood
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Milwaukee
Hoard
William D. Hoard, Jr
Atkinson
Madison Christ Presbyterian Church
Leon Itis
University School of Music
Alfred W. Swan
Madison First Congregational Church
Alvin Kutchera
St. Paul’s Catholic Chapel
Macartney
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In America
Wisconsin
Princeton
Geneva College
Benjamin
Italy
Wood
82Nd Airborne Division
Sicily
Salerno Bay
Normandy
Holland
Austin
OCS Schools Receiving Candidates
Eleven officer candidate schools continue to receive diplomas and the War Department notes OCS operation may vary. A year of service is required after graduation. candidates released before graduation follow enlisted discharge policies. Schools listed include AAF administrative armored chemical warfare field artillery engineer finance infantry ordnance quartermaster signal and transportation corps. Queen Elizabeth wore the first pair of suk stockings knit.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
War Department
AAF
Field Artillery
Infantry
Ordnance
Quartermaster
Signal and Transportation Corps
Veteran World War II officer Joanis joins Ruediger law practice
Robert E. Joanis, 702 Pine Street, enters the law office of George P. Ruediger at 611 Exchange Building. A 1940 University of Wisconsin Law School graduate, Joanis served as a major motor diver in the 1st Infantry Division, with campaigns in Normandy and Rhineland. He earned the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and European African Middle Eastern medal. Four brothers also served. wife Gladys Splister of Madison.
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Robert E. Joanis
Pine Street
George P. Ruediger
Exchange
Joanis
University of Wisconsin Law School
Harbor Mutual Casualty Co
la Crosse
1St Infantry
Normancy
France
Ardennes
Rhineland
Central Europe
John
Air Corps
Kenneth
Navy
George
Former Instructor At College Accepts West Coast Position
Dr. Arthur G. Hoff, former Teachers College science instructor and veteran guidance administrator, accepts a University of Redlands summer session post as instructor of education from July 1 to August 9. He will teach guidance in secondary education and a workshop on secondary curriculum construction and evaluation. Hoff, on leave, will be followed by William Spears as acting guidance director. Hoff's background includes degrees from Minnesota Iowa and a long teaching career in Wisconsin and Minnesota. He is the sole visiting teacher at Redlands not from California.
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Arthur G. Hoff
Teachers College
Veterans
University of Redlands
Redlands
Calif
Los Angeles
San Bernardino
Hoff
William Spears
Logan
Minnesota
Superior
W's
Superior State Teachers College
University of Iowa
University of Minnesota
la Crosse
State Teachers College
Veterans Administration
Eral
American Federation of Teachers
la Crosse Chamber of Commerce
Civic Forum Committee
State of
California
Karl Krueger Seeks American Music Voiced Across Oceans
Copenhagen dispatch profiles Karl Krueger, Detroit Symphony conductor and U. S. cultural envoy. The Kansas-born maestro, age 52, travels Europe and South America to promote American music, noting European interest and his belief that conductors are born, not made. He prefers reading scores to playing, rarely performs, and insists on eye contact over flashy gestures.
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Copenhagen
Karl Krueger
America
Detroit
Montauk Point
Long Island
Krueger
U. S. State Department
Europe
South America
Heidelberg
Atchison, Kan
Plans for Lutheran Home in City Discussed
Pastors and lay delegates from Norwegian Lutheran circuits in Fillmore La Crosse and Vern assemble at Our Savior's Lutheran church to discuss establishing a home for the aged. The meeting follows an April tri circuit conference that formed a promotion committee and set goals for broad pastor participation and lay representation.
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Fillmore
la Crosse
Vernon
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Sixth
Division Streets
Our Savior’s Church
S. T. Severtson
Lanesboro
Minn
O. E. Burtness
Caledonia
Prince Otto Bismarck Known for Beer Consumption
A historical note records that Prince Otto Bismarck drank three gallons of beer daily for many years. The text ends with an unrelated prompt about buying Savings Bonds.
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Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck
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