Local airman in Japan area joins Tachikawa unit
First Lieutenant Wil Laughlin arrived in the Far East and joined the 374th Troop Carrier Wing at Tachikawa Air Base Japan. A Logan High School La Crosse class of 1942 graduate he previously flew with the 44th Bomb Group of the Eighth Air Force in Europe. The Tachikawa installation near Tokyo hosts the Far East occupation airlift with giant transport aircraft on regular flights.
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Tachikawa AB
Honshu
Wilcenty
Far East
374Th
Tachikawa Air Base
Japan
Logan High School
la Crosse
Pril
44Th
Eighth Air Force
Laughlin
Tachikawa
Tokyo
Mt. Fujiyama
United States
Wright Field
Missouri names in Truman era White House crew
The article lists Missouri figures who joined or influenced the Truman administration. Notables include James K. Vardaman on the Federal Reserve Board, Clark Clifford as special counsel, W. Stuart Symington as head of the National Security Resources Board, Matthew J. Connelly as White House secretary, Donald S. Dawson in personnel, William M. Boyle as Democratic national chairman, and Jesse M. Donaldson as postmaster general. John Snyder is highlighted as a key fiscal adviser and hard-money conservative.
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Henry A. Wallace
Truman
White House
James K. Vardaman
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Clark Clifford
Clifford
John Lewis
W. Stuart Symington
Emerson Electric Manufacturing Co
St. Louis
National Securities Resources Board
Matthew J. Connelly
Senate War Investigating Committee
Donald S. Dawson
Eldorado Spring
William M. Boyle
Kansas City
Jesse M. Donaldson
Missouri
Illinois
John Snyder
Hiawatha Ends 15th Year of Rail Service
The Milwaukee Road marks fifteen years of the Hiawatha line since its 1935 start from Chicago to Milwaukee and Minneapolis. The railroad now runs double daily services with updated cars, expanding to the Olympian Hiawatha, Midwest Hiawatha, Northwoods Hiawatha, and Chippewa Hiawatha routes replacing the original streamlined steam locomotives with diesel power.
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Longfellow
Milwaukee Road
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
America
Seattle
Tacoma
Omaha
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
Northwoods Hiawatha
Wisconsin
Chippewa Hiawatha
Michigan Upper Peninsula
Wisconsin’s First Leader From Missouri Governor Henry Dodge
Andrew Jackson appointed Col. Henry Dodge as governor when the Wisconsin territory formed on July 3, 1836. Dodge, a Missouri frontiersman, had long worked in mining and smelting lead, also serving as soldier and sheriff. The Cathedral of Viborg in Denmark was rebuilt in the 1860s and 1870s.
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Wisconsin Territory
Andrew Jackson
Henry Dodge
Dodge
Missouri
Fair-Minded Chicago Sets Up 1950 Show
Chicago, Crosby Kelly leads a new 1950 fair on a 60 acre lakefront site used by the rail exhibitions of 1948 and 1949. The non profit sponsors aim to showcase agriculture commerce industry and science including an Atom Theater and a 200000 volt atom smasher. The plan includes an Avenue of American Homes and a two week overlap with the international trade fair August 7 20. If successful it could become annual.
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William J. Conway
Chicago
Crosby Kelly
Kelly
New York
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Cape Cod
Deadwood Central
Lake Shore
Helen Tieken Geraghty
Deadwood Central’’ Railroad
Navy Pier
Chicago Arena
International Amphitheater
Coliseum
Spain Buys 50 000 Tons of Surplus American Potatoes
Spain bought 50 000 tons of surplus American potatoes and would have taken more if ships could have been available.
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Spain
Iowa Native Addresses 41st Commencement At Local TC
Dr. Eugene H. Kleinpell will deliver the 41st commencement address at State Teachers College on June 4 with about 150 graduates to receive degrees in elementary secondary rural and physical education. The program includes an organ prelude by Ruth Anderson and college music by the vocal ensemble. Kleinpell is president of River Falls State Teachers College and has a long career in higher education. He holds a PhD from Ohio State and is listed in Who's Who in America.
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Eugene H. Kleinpell
State Teachers College
Ruth Anderson
Krempell
Rexford S. Mitchell
Kleinpell
Monona
River Falls State Teachers College
State University of Iowa
University of Chicago
Ohio State University
Kemper Military School
Booneville
Morningside College
Sioux City
Northwest Missouri State Teachers College
Maryville
Valley City
N. D
River Falls
Phi Delta Kappa
Phi Alpha Theta
The
Masons
500 Youth Safety Patrol Trip To Wisconsin Dells
Almost 500 La Crosse students selected as safety patrol representatives will travel to Wisconsin Dells June 3 for the seventh Wisconsin school safety patrol congress. The group departs by Greyhound at 6:45 a.m. and returns by 7 p.m. after a full day of parades boat trips and sightseeing.
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Wisconsin Dells
Leonard Bennett
Wisconsin School Safety Patrol
la Crosse
Longfellow
Nels Stenson
James Curtis
Webster
Sigurd Skundberg
Joey Petrick
Lincoln
Marleen Smaby
Garman Ammer
Roosevelt
Bruce Snyder
Rose Marie Jacobson
Jefferson
Donald McCoy
Paul Johnson
Franklin Donald Gruen
Kenneth Miller
John Pamperin
Thomas Vine
Hogan
James Kinney
Michael Nelson
Immanuel Lutheran
Helen Oldenberg
Doris Schroeder
First Lutheran
Harriet Bantley
Lucille Lange
St. Mary
Douglas Fox
Michael Hinsberger
St. James
John Phelps
Lucille Yehle
St. Wenceslaus
Phoebe Clark
Anita Guenther
Holy Trinity
Donald
Council of Parents and Teachers
la Crosse Police Protective Association
Optimists
Kiwanis
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Shrine
Tavern League
la Crosse Industrial Safety Council
la Crosse Chamber of Commerce
The
Elks
Mothers’ Club
Washington Jr. High School
Dells
Congress
Erickson
Erickson Bakery
Washington School
Erickson Corps
Manston
AAA
Kiwanis Clubs
Bennett
Vera Hermanson
Baltic Red Lake Silence Follows Russian Claims
Scandinavians report Russia treats the Baltic as a Russian lake seizing Swedish and Danish fishing vessels far offshore and never hearing of them again.
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Baltic
Russia
Boyhood Pals Form Law Firm Jenkins and Linkers
Robert J. Seokins and Louis F. Robinson Jr. announce the establishment of the law firm Jenkins and Linkers with a branch in Coon Valley where Jenkins is village attorney. They have been friends since boyhood and share rich university and civic backgrounds.
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Tribune Photes
la Crosse
Robert J. Jenkins
Louis F. Robinson, Jr
Coon Valley
Linker
Jenkins
Robert J. Seokins
Central High School
Robinson
Logan High School
Washington, D. C
Red Cross
American Red Cross
University of Wisconsin
Delta Tau Delta
Atty. Carrol J. Weigel
Phi Delta
Bluegills Run Wild at Stewart Lake Converted for Bass Panfish
In Dane county Madison the Stewart lake conversion to a black bass bluegill fishery faces risk if fishing pressure remains light. Surveys show bluegills abundant enough to threaten bass population, risking a shift to stunted panfish. A recent sample yielded a large five to six inch bluegill catch by flyrod.
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Madison
Wis
Stewart Lake
Dane County
Conservation Department
Chest Clinic Appointments Open for June 22 City Clinic
Miss Dorothy Anderson announces monthly city chest clinic set for June 22. Hours are 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 2 p.m. in room 224 at the Vocational School. Clinics financed by Wisconsin Anti Tuberculosis Association Christmas seals sale.
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Dorothy Anderson
Public Health
Free illustrated book on piles and related disorders offered
Learn about piles fistula colon stomach and related disorders and request a free 40 page illustrated booklet. Thornton and Minor Clinic invites readers to write for a copy at Suite 1782 911 E Linwood Kansas City Missouri 3.
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Thornton & Minor Clinic
E. Linwood
Kansas City 3
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Harry H. Vaughan
Old Shoe
Hiawatha
A. W. Benz Furrier
Viborg
Denmark
U. S
the Conservatory
Main St
Iowa
E. H. Kleinpell
Checker Cab CO
King St
Bob Barnett
Ben Voss
Boyhood Pals Law Partners
Jenkins-Robinson
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