Reading Study Planned At U
Experts from across the nation will gather at the University of Wisconsin July 24 26 for the first university offered reading institute. The three day session at Memorial Union Theater targets classroom teachers counselors and administrators with speakers from University of Minnesota California New York and Chicago and UW faculty and state readers.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Memorial Union Theater
UW School of Education
Guy L. Bond
University of Minnesota
Ben Gumm
Public
San Diego
Calif
Alice F. Hansen
Richmond
Mary Julitta
Cardinal Strugh College
Chicago
Ruth Sugarman
State College For Teachers
Buffalo
N. Y
Robert Hoppock
New York University
Charles B. Walden
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Edith Boom
Paul Eberman
C. W. Harris
Vergil Herrick
Edward A. Krug
Robert C. Pooley
J. W. Rothney
C. F. Schuller
Francis Shoemaker
T. L. Torgerson
Institute
J. H. Murphy
Chippewa Falls
Bernice Leary
Cecila Dolan
Emma Diekroeger
Hildegarde Ziegler
Walter Argraves
Betty Perego
Mildred Barlow
Ethel Travinger
Greendale
Mildred Brady
Mildred Stickney
Waukesha
Harold S. Vincent
Milwaukee
Josephine la Crosse
Chicago woman seeks license amid missing divorce decree
Geraldine Johnson Dall, 25, faced trouble applying for a marriage license since she lacked a copy of her divorce decree from Raymond Dall. She planned to marry Robert Glucek, 22, but spotted Dall in line with a copy, while he was applying to wed Eleanore Kagebein, 35.
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Chicago
Ill
Geraldine Johnson Dall
Raymond Dall
Lincoln Park
Vets Seek GI Insurance Refunds from London Embassy
Nearly 1,000 American veterans living in Britain flood the American Embassy with requests for GI life insurance refunds. Veterans Administration officials report 75 to 100 letters or calls weekly. Embassy says overseas veterans likely to be paid last.
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London
Britain
Veterans Administration
United States
Badger Boys State Candidates Listed From City High Schools
Announced candidates from three city high schools for Badger Boys State to be held June 17-24 at Ripon College Wisconsin. About 650 boys will form a simulated state with city county and state offices, learning government duties and procedures through active participation. The program aims to foster intelligent citizenry and honest administration.
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Tribune
Pheotes la Crosse
Badger
Ripon
Central
Lee Rozelle
Karl Gillmeister
James Hemker
Gerald Sofia
Aquinas High School
Gerald Downey
Donald Kerska
John Bedessem
Donald Gilbert
Logan High School
Kenneth Wittenberg
James Wartinbee
Russell Cleary
Donald Johnson
City
Badger Boys State
Ripon College
Wis
Aquinas
Gregory Downey
Main Street
South 20Th Street
Donald Kersha
Johnson Street
South 15Th Street
Karl Gilmeister
Farnam Street
South Eighth Street
Cameron Avenue
South 21St Street
Logan
Clinton Street
Wood Street
Palace Street
Kane Street
Wisconsin
Wisconsin hosts special summer term on high school leadership
Madison program brings outstanding educators from Wisconsin and other states for four days July 17 to 20 at the University of Wisconsin. Roy E. Larson of New York opens with a luncheon on citizenship support for better schools. Lectures cover leadership in local and state systems, parochial schooling, pressuring influences, and democracy in public schools.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Loraine Hotel
Memorial Union
Roy E. Larson
New York
National Citizens’ Commission For the Public Schools
Lee Thurston
Michigan
G. E. Watson
Samuel J. McLaughlin
New York University
Thurston
Father Edmund
J. Goebels
Archdiocese of
Edward A. Krug
Dandelions Defy Control in Persistent Spring Invasion
A century old essay extols the dandelion as American and stubborn, noting its self pollination, wind dispersed seeds, and root strength. It contrasts lawn hardships with the plant’s cheerful persistence, while suggesting both practical uses and mischief in its ubiquity.
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America
Wisconsin First Kindergarten Scene Featured in History
The first American kindergarten began in Wisconsin in 1856 when Mrs. Carl Schurz, a Froebel student, started a German instruction program in her kitchen for two years. Milwaukee soon grew as a center for kindergarten work with a German English academy adding a kindergarten department by 1874 and public school integration by 1881.
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America
Wisconsin
Carl Schurz
Frederick Froebel
Germany
Er Kitchen
Agathe
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Public Schools
Zimmern Burgomaster Seeks Street Repair Job
The burgomaster of Zimmern Germany population 300 applies for a street repairman post citing higher pay. Report notes it takes two bushels of corn to produce enough lacquer to finish one automobile body.
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Zimmern
Germany
24 Widows of Civil War Veterans in Wisconsin Home
King Wisconsin report on 24 elderly widows at the Grand Army home for veterans. Most are Wisconsin Civil War widows, with some living veterans left in state care. The home, started in 1887 and now with 500 capacity, aims to 1000 in ten years, with pensions and shelter provided.
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King, Wis
Grand Army Home For Veterans
Wisconsin
Lansing A. Wilcox
Cadett
Rainbow Lake
Womens’ Relief Corps
King Cemetery
Theodora Lamphier
Col. Gilman Stordock
Emma Peterson
Omro
Wis
King
Arlina Delaplain
Great Northern Road
Wisconsin Infantry
Jennie S. Ferrers
River Falls
Stordock
Flora May Bell
Marinette
Amelia Bonnin
Tigerton
Anna Black
Beloit
Minnie Brabazon
Milwaukee
Emma Bradshaw
Augusta
Nancy Jane Carter
Greenwood
Emma McNamara
Bertha M. Park
Kenosha
Mrs. Peterson
Luck
Lottie Potter
Nellie Stewart
Appleton
Mary E. Weld
Black River Falls
Ella Wells
Waukesha
Catholics Aid DPs from Germany and Austria
The National Catholic Welfare Conference aided nearly one third of displaced persons who emigrated to the United States from Germany and Austria in four years. Rev Stephen A Bernas said 46,494 DPs were processed by the conference, out of about 150,000 emigrants to America.
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Frankfurt
United States
Germany
Austria
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Stephen A. Bernas
Catholic Conference
America
Israel to Buy $10 Million In Argentine Food Imports
Israel will purchase supplies from Argentina over the next 18 months totaling ten million dollars. The deal focuses on frozen meats oils seeds and cattle fodder with Argentina exporting citrus products artificial teeth etheric oils and synthetic extracts.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Argentina
London Phone Directory Names Wide Roster of Themed Entries
A playful London directory listing includes a varied set of names such as Chickens Chicks Heavens Angels Ducks Lords Pickles and Cheers reflecting a humorous or thematic section in the telephone directory.
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London
Demos Set Convention Dates in Eau Claire
Democratic Organizing Committee of Wisconsin schedules its convention at the Eau Claire American Legion auditorium on June 17 and 18 with registration beginning June 16. Delegates and alternates from La Crosse county are listed. workshops, a state platform vote, and a keynote by Carl W. Thompson precede a Humphrey address.
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Democratic Organizing Committee of
Wisconsin
Eau Claire American Legion Auditorium
L. W. Swett
la Crosse County
Swett
Margaret Flanagan
Ray Gilbertson
Elmer May
Frank Schneider
William Lyons
Mike McHugh
Emil Schwartz
Kenneth Niedbalski
Donald Colby
Marie Hill
Sy Ellen Nekola
Clifforde
Irene Swett
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
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Wisconsin State Department of Public Instruction
Clifford Liddle
Henry Smith
Sheboygan
Elroy Rundle
Lincoln County
Miami, Fla
Blossoms
Piggly Wiggly
Geissel IC
C.d
Grand Army Home
Arthur Bystrom
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Smale’s
Cass
Eau Claire
Hartmann
Herken
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