La Crosse Fire Prevention Record Shines Versus U S
La Crosse’s 1948 fire prevention and control record compares well with U S city norms in the 20 000 plus population class. NFPA survey of 502 cities shows 424 building fires, $115 688 loss, average loss $271 per fire, per capita $2.25, and 58 automobile fires. Malicious false alarms fell to 13 of 749 calls.
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New York
la Crosse
United States
National Fire Protection Association
NFPA
Fire Department
County Youth Chorus Postpones May 29 Rehearsal
The La Crosse county rural youth chorus rehearsal at Mindoro High School on May 29 is postponed to a later date per area music specialist Dave Simpson.
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la Crosse County
Mindoro High School
Dave Simpson
Opportunity in Home Economics Courses for Girls
Wisconsin educators stress a persistent shortage of trained home economics majors nationwide. Dr. Alice J. Kirk of Stout Institute notes a critical need as business demand grows while graduates face employment gaps in overcrowded fields.
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Wisconsin
Marshall G. Batho
Stout Institute
Menomonie
Wis
Alice J. Kirk
Stout
University of Wisconsin
Stevens Point Teachers College
Milwaukee Downer
Ee Mary College
Milwakee
June Graduates Face Help Wanted Questions at Close
La Crosse high schools buzz with 1950 graduates balancing social events and commencements while 1950 diplomas near. The piece notes youths seek job chances and stresses persistence over early starts, comparing ambition to the egg chicken dilemma amid a tight job market.
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la Crosse
Rural Letter Carriers Meet in Whitehall
Trempealeau county unit of the National Rural Letter Carriers Association will hold a meeting in Whitehall at 8 p.m. on Monday May 29. Guest speaker will be the state organization’s vice president, announced Ralph E. Lyon of Strum, secretary treasurer of the Trempealeau unit.
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Whitehall
Wis
Trempealeau County
National Rural Letter Carriers Association
Legion Rooms
Ralph E. Lyon
Strum
Trempealeau
Temperamental Planes in Tropical Tests Over Sudan
The de Havilland Comet, the first four jet airliner, undergoes temperature sensitivity trials in Khartoum Sudan as part of tropical testing. Want ads claim to sell anything.
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Kharton
Sudan
Career Army Man Looks To European Duty
Pfe James Williams 19 spends a 25 day furlough with family in this city arriving May 6 after 17 months in Guam He enlisted July 12 1948 and trained at Fort Knox Fort Benning He enjoyed a three week stay in Japan with the unit basketball team and volleyball in Okinawa Williams plans a career in the army with Fort Leavenworth to begin his third year soon He hopes for overseas duty in Germany next time citing its Wisconsin like scenery and recalls lonesomeness while in tropical Pacific posts.
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Pfe
James Williams
San Francisco
Guam
South 11Th
Army Signal Corps
Williams
Fort
Knox
Fort Benning
Japan
Okinawa
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
Germany
Wisconsin
Pacific
Damage suit filed over June 17 collision in Decorah
Alvin Haugstad sues Martin Woldum in district court for 713 dollars claiming a Ridgeway highway crash caused by Woldum driving onto the road without signaling. Haugstad seeks 253.15 for car repairs and 460 for labor time lost.
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Decorah
Alvin Haugstad
Martin Woldum
Ridgeway
Woldum
Haugstad
Tough One To Decide At Liquor Store Robbery
Boston police report a liquor store clerk J Albert Cassidy Jr faced a staged confrontation as one burglar cried hands up and another shouted hands down. The two robbers fled with 177 dollars after a tense standoff.
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Boston
Mass
J. Albert Cassidy, Jr
83 January-June TC Graduates Find Positions In Five-State Area
State Teachers College reports 83 graduates placed in Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota Iowa and Michigan across rural elementary secondary and physical education roles. Physical education leads at 36 placements with rural teaching strong and many faculty additions and out of state appointments listed.
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State Teachers College
Wisconsin
Illinois
Minnesota
Iowa
Michigan
Rural Department
Alice Flaten
Bangor
Lillian Fuhre
West Salem
Allegra Jostad
Holmen
Margaret Storandt
Mindoro
Joyce Timm
Susan Proctor
la Crosse French Island
Marcyne Wallen
la Crosse County
Phyllis Jones
Port Washington
Lois Kastenschmidt
la Crosse
Fish Creek
Alice Kirkeeng
Rockland
Marjorie Rezac
Gillingham
Hillsboro
Marguerite Proksch
Stoddard
Rock County
Clinton
Audrey Burns Walker
Racine
Marian Lipovetz
Therese Mahoney
Edward Yahle
Wauwautosa
Catherine Childress
la Fayette
Ind
Bernice Hantke
Hustler
Jane Mitchell
Robert Lawrence
Eugene Fry
Manitowoc
Lois Hardt
Neenah
Esther Spink
Platteville
Ruth Huebner
Jocelyn Burk
Eau Claire
Minneapolis
William Dwyer
Shawano
Marjorie Young
Wausau
Marvin Miller
Gilman
Elizabeth Brockway
Ferryville
Donald Skarda
Cochrane
Waldo Puffer
Appleton
Melrose
Wally Hugdahl
Rice Lake
Waupun
Jack Weier
Independence
Cedar Grove
Bernal Lepley
Viola
Weyerhauser
Elaine Severson
Galesville
Whitehall
Philip Muth
Wisconsin Rapids
Clair Rood
Superior
Orin Overson
Onalaska
Jane Horner
Oconomowoc
Marilyn Moers
Richland Center
Robert Seisco
Hartford
Elizabeth Homer
Tomah
Doris Ninneman
Sparta
Helen Forbes
Elroy
Harold Dyar
la Farge
Black River Falls
Delores Storandt
New London
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U. S
County Youth Chorus
British Empire
Universal Postal Union
Pony Express
China
Charles Street
Saran Plastics
Leopard
D Housekeeping
Max’s
North Third Street
la Crosse Municipal
Tribune
Phote
Dean
L. H. Seemann
Main Street
Robert Bauer
Tomahawk
Antigo
James Nirschl
Milwaukee
Kimberly
Marilyn Keppel
Marion
Mary Potter
Madison
Sheboygan
Marjorie Spring
Lois Suess
Green Bay
West DePere
Ralph Allen
Evansville
Delores Tipler
Oshkosh
Claude Kazmarek
Catherine Moors
Robert Dohr
Chilton
Mayville
Stanley Sazama
Clintonville
John Thompson
Viroqua
Soring
Gerry Robion
Fairchild
Lou Bach
Baraboo
Cameron
Shirley Mount
Barbara Gorske
North Fond du Lac
Watertown
Marilyn Amacher
Medford
Stevens Point
Ned Hodgson
Gillett
Rachel Kehrberg
Mosinee
Whitewater
Ellen Tess
Onalaska-La Crosse
John Paulin
Gays Mills
Bernadette Gajewski
Pulaski
Soldiers Grove
Patricia Corrigan
Park Falls
Amherst
James Bosanny
Oliver Office Equip. CO
Dial
Panamas
W.T. Grant CO
South Fourth
Fifth Ave
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