Fr. Frank Becomes Buck Sergeant by Popular Demand
Father Frank Woods an Irish priest who served in Korea without pay or rank was unofficially promoted to buck sergeant by his fellow soldiers after a year of frontline service. He earned the American Medal of Freedom and plans to return to Korea to rejoin the army.
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New York
Frank Woods
Korea
G.I
Mauretania
Ireland
Far East
Father Frank
U.S
Uncle Sam
Boyle
U.S. Second Infantry Division
Frank
Built In Barometers Guide Weather Sense For All
The article argues that forecasters rely on signs learned from experience and body cues, noting scars and corns act as built in barometers. It describes high and low pressure effects on winds, temperatures, and cloud types, and offers readers a Storms paper by Prof. Selby Maxwell via The La Crosse Tribune with a self addressed envelope and 5 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selby Maxwell
la Crosse Tribune
Duff Becomes Company Head
Donald A. Duff has been elected executive vice president and general manager of Wisconsin Central Airlines. He brings 21 years in air transportation with roles at Colonial Airlines Northeast Airlines Continental Airlines Challenger Airlines Frontier Airlines and Frontier merger history shaping his new duties in Madison Wisconsin.
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Madison
Wis
Donald A. Duff
Wisconsin Central Airlines
Francis M. Higgins
Duff
Colonial Airlines, Inc
New York
Capital Airlines
Northeast Airlines
Boston
West
Continental Airlines
Denver
Colo
Challenger Airlines
Salt Lake City
Utah
Challenger
Monarch
Arizona Airways
Frontier Airlines
The
Frontier
Oldest Protestant women’s college in the United States named Moravian College for Women
An early claim identifies Moravian College for Women as the oldest Protestant institution for women in the United States. The article notes the college’s historic founding and its role in women’s higher education.
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United States
Moravian College For Women
Aunt Het and Other Women Face No Remorse
A blunt reflection notes that Aunt Het and similar women show no remorse for what happened, claiming that none of them accept fault and comparing her to others who deny responsibility.
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Jane
Students Given French Honors at Aquinas High School
Two Aquinas High School juniors earned honors in a national French contest. Mary Sue Woolley won a state prize and Phyllis Nesseth received the Prix d Honneur for high scholastic standing. About 41 000 French students from 1 150 schools entered the annual contest judged by Prof. James Grennen and Julian Harris.
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Aquinas
Sue Woolley
Phyllis Nesseth
Mary Sue Woolley
American Association of Teachers of French
James Grennen
Akron
Julian Harris
University of Wisconsin
Questions and Answers from the Haskin Service
The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau provides a long list of factual Q and A topics. It covers presidents buried in Quincy Massachusetts, giraffe sleep habits, the Dutch royal house origins, heights of cotton plants, telephone sound transmission, reapportionment of House seats after 1950 census, lightning and eclipses basics, gorilla species, the Glastonbury Thorn bloom traditions, and other diverse inquiries.
The Children's Book Offer From The La Crosse Tribune
A promotion invites readers to obtain The Children's Book featuring stories poems riddles and crafts for children. The offer asks 20 cents postpaid and includes a coupon to mail to The Information Bureau in Washington D C.
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la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
Eye St
N. E
Washington, D. C
N. W
Washington, D.C
Snakes and Venom Know-How at Florida Farm
A reader describes visiting a Florida snake farm with dozens of cages and venomous species including African and North American snakes. An expert demonstrates milking venom, using a forked stick to restrain the snake and catching drops in a glass vial. Antivenin reduces deaths. notable snakes listed include cobra, fer-de-lance, diamondback rattlers, cottonmouth moccasins, copperheads, and coral snake. This joins Uncle Ray Corner tips and a scrapbook club request from 1952.
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Florida
Africa
India
West Indies
South America
North America
United States
Canada
Uncle Ray
la Crosse
la Crosse, Wis
Exploring Minds Answers on Marriage Beliefs and Readiness
The material cites books on marriage and family for adults, shows a prejudice survey by Milton Rokeach with definitions of major beliefs, and notes in Los Angeles that school attendance rules changed spelling out reading readiness varying by child maturation.
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Henry Bowman
E. M. Duvall
Paul Popenoe
Landis
Clifford Adams
Milton Rokeach
C. C. Trillingham
Los Angeles
John F. Dille Co
Can't Hunt Rabbits With Car Judge Says
A Houston Minnesota youth Milton Jorgenson was fined 25 dollars for driving without due caution on the Causeway after police followed a weaving car on May 24. He admitted he aimed to strike a rabbit crossing the street.
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Houston
Minn
Causeway
Milton Jorgenson
Jorgenson
Onalaska Class Rites Sunday
Onalaska Wisconsin special report notes baccalaureate for the 1952 Onalaska High School class at 8 p.m. in the high school gymnasium. The Rev Maynard Midthun of First Lutheran Church delivers the sermon with music from the senior girls choir and girls glee club and readings by Rev Joseph Bach and Rev T Wayne Rieman.
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Onalaska
Wis
Onalaska High School
Maynard Midthun
First Lutheran Church
Beatrice Teigen
Joseph Bach
T. Wayne Rieman
Green Cathedral
Mr. Rieman
Midthun
America
Fr. Bach
Logan High School Memorial Day Assembly Highlights
Memorial Day program held on Logan High School east lawn featured Rev H R Shirley address the pledge of allegiance issuance of colors and a wreath placement by Logan memorial. Senior class president Kenneth Johnson read the program followed by bugle calls drum rolls and performances by the a cappella choir under Martell Disrud.
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Logan High School East Lawn
H. R. Shirley
D. E. Field
Burton Smith
Kenneth Johnson
Logan
Armin Gossfeld
Martell Disrud
Mr. Shirley
America the Beautiful
Logan Memorial
Tourist Promotion Folder Plans Battle for Local Use
The Chamber of Commerce tourist promotion committee led by Lee McManahan prepared distribution of a new La Crosse folder. Folders will be restricted to chamber members locally, with nonmember sales allowed. Copies will also be sent to the Wisconsin Tourist Bureau in Chicago to reach vacationers. A city tourist booth was discussed, possible staffing by the park department.
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la Crosse
Chamber J of Commerce
Lee McMahan
Chamber
Wisconsin Tourist Bureau
Joe Mercedes
Chicago
Park Department
Three Central High Seniors Keep Perfect Attendance
Central High dean of girls Elizabeth Wiley praises three June graduates for three years without absence. Shirley Wiemerslage Donna Lee Jones and Marie Lehmann are singled out for regularity and punctuality in school records.
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Central High
Elizabeth Wiley
Central
June
Shirley Wiemerslage
Donna Lee Jones
Marie Lehmann
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Edward W. Gerke
Robinsdale
Callaway Lumber CO
Lacrosse Millwork CO
AL Hether
GAS McNeil Concrete
Once Upon A Time
Knapp Aerotred Shoes
West Ave
Lacrosse Mutual Loan
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Causeway Beer Depot
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