Rover Scouts Start Voyage
Four French Rover Scouts begin a nine month 4600 mile trek retracing Jacques Marquette’s explorations under B W Ingli of the Gateway Area council. The voyage from Three Rivers to Montreal then down the Mississippi to New Orleans aims to show Franco American ties.
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Jacques Marquette
Gateway Area Council
B. W. Ingli
Montreal
Three Rivers
Canada
Ingli
Mississippi
New Orleans
Jean Raspail
University of Paris
Raspail
LaFayette
LaSalle
Joliet
Marquette
Jacques Boucharlat
Yves Korbondau
Philippe Andrieu
Korbondau
Boucharlat
National Fire Group Plans Nationwide Hospital Safety Survey
The National Board of Fire Underwriters with the American Hospital Association the American Medical Association the Association of Casualty and Surety Companies and the National Association of Insurance Agents will conduct a country wide hospital fire safety inspection drive led by Col Perrin C Cothran Hartford. The effort aims to prevent hospital fire tragedies by public service inspections not tied to rates or insurance and will cover about 6000 hospitals with cooperation from fire marshals and other officials.
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National Board of Fire Underwriters
American Hospital Association
American Medical Association
Association of Casualty and Surety Companies
National Association of Insurance Agents
National Board
Board
Col
Perrin C. Cothran
Hartford
William B. Rearden
Newark
R. L. Tanner
New York
Col. Cothran
A. Bruce Bielaski
FBI
Roy Hundenberg
Council On
Morris Fishbein
Journal
The
Chicago
J. Dewey Dorsett
Charles P. Butler
United States
Ant
J. J. Golub
American Hospital Association Council and Hospital Planning
Journal of the
McCarthy Drives Malmedy Probe To Bradley
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy met with General Omar Bradley and Gordon Gray to push for a renewed inquiry into Malmedy war crimes trials. The Pentagon said no new probe has been opened. Meanwhile Senator Alexander Wiley urged faster visa processing for German expellees under the displaced persons act.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wis
Senate
Stright
Pentagon
Omar Bradley
Army
Gordon Gray
McCarthy
Gray
Bradley
Alexander Wiley
Chippewa Falls
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Austria
Germany
Wiley
Congressional
Elephants Carry Three Ton Loads On Their Backs
An average adult elephant can bear a load of about three tons on its back. This reflects typical carrying capacity observed in large African and Asian elephants during work or migration contexts.
Rural Educator Cooper to resign Wisconsin post
Prof. Shirley Cooper a UW rural education specialist will resign to become assistant secretary of the American Association of School Administrators. He joined UW July 1 1948 as associate professor earning 7200 annually, will earn 9000 first year at the new job with 500 raises for two years. He leaves Aug. 20 and starts Sept. 1 in Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Shirley Cooper
University of Wisconsin
American Association of School Administrators
John Guy Fowlkes
University School of Education
Cooper
University
School of Education
College of Agriculture
Association
Washington, D. C
Wisconsin
Dean Fowlkes
Commission On the Improvement of Education
National Education Association
Bermuda Tourism Surges 40 Percent in 1948
Bermuda's vital tourist crop climbed forty percent in 1948 compared with 1947, signaling strong recovery and growth in the island's travel sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermuda
81st Division Holds Reunion in Champaign Illinois
Veterans of the 81st Wildcat division from World Wars I and II will gather in Champaign June 18 and 19 with a district reunion for veterans across eight states. The program features unit dinners, meetings, parades, a University of Illinois visit, memorial service and barbecue with events led by the Wildcat committee at Hotel Inman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
81St
Wildcat
Champaign
Ill
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
University of Illinois
Wildcat Committee
Inman
Counter and Mothballs In Atomic Detection Debate
Mothballs are discussed as potential warnings for radioactive dangers from exploding atoms and as sources of new facts about matter. They compete with the Geiger counter, the well known device for detecting radioactivity.
County Immunization Clinics Set by Local Medical Unit
Dr. Garland Weidner announced a series of free diphtheria and whooping cough immunization clinics funded by the La Crosse County Medical Society. Clinics run June through August at city hall offices and Knights of Pythias hall, 9 to 11 a.m., for children aged six months to six years with boosters for those previously immunized.
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Garland Weidner
la Crosse County Medical Society
Health Department
Knights of Pythias
Weidner
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Theo. J. Molzahn & Sons, Inc. General Contractors
18Th Place
Madison Street
North America
Father Marquette
National Fire Group
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Owley
Office Equipment CO
Paul Meier
Dolly Madison
South Side
Dolly Madison Dairy Products
Zouauty
Friendly Dolly Madison
Ylans
Nelson
Klegrex
Mary Craig
Aquinas
Elks’ Lodge
Carrol J. Weigel
Elks’ Committee
la Crosse
Milwaukee
Miss Craig
Elks
Riverside Park
Robert McKillip
Thomas Krueger
Pythian Hall
Shilfith
U.S
Haraldson
Caledonia ST
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