Dear Ruth drama set for La Crosse opening
The La Crosse Civic Drama League schedules Dear Ruth for Thursday November 7 with Norman Krashna’s hit staged by Broadway actors. Lenore Wade leads a cast including Robert Van Hooten David Hyatt and Francis Sloan under director Stanley Woolf.
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la Crosse Civic Drama League
Ruth
Ray Plamadore
Steve
Cember
New York
Chicago
Boston
Detroit
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Denver
Norman Krashna
la Crosse
Civic Drama Guild
Lenore Wade
Robert van Hooten
David Hyatt
Francis Sloan
Stanley Woolf
Spring Grove Girls Finish Nursing Course
Two Spring Grove girls will be graduated Sept. 9 1946 from Fairview hospital school of nursing in Minneapolis Miss Delores Glasrud and Miss Lorraine Hauge are the graduates. Glasrud is the daughter of Arthur Glasrud and Glasrud graduated Spring Grove high in 1942 and attended Winona State Teachers College before nursing.
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Caledonia, Minn
Spring Grove
Fairview Hospital School of Nursing
Minneapolis
Delores Glasrud
Arthur Glasrud
Lorraine Hauge
LeRoy Hauge
Glasrud
Spring Grove School
Winona State Teachers College
Spring Grove graduate completes nursing training across three states
Hiss Hauge, a 1943 Spring Grove high school graduate, earned pediatric, communicable disease, and psychiatric nursing training in Minnesota Connecticut and attendance at Central Lutheran church in Minneapolis for graduation.
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Hiss Hauge
Spring Grove High School
University of Minnesota
Ancher Hospital
St. Paul
Connecticut State Hospital
Middleton
Conn
Central Lutheran Church
Minneapolis
Minn
Cameraman Spots Uncovered Toes in Historic Film Set
Hollywood report says ace cameraman Joe Valentine halted a scene on Magnificent Doll after spotting an overdubbed extra wearing open-toe shoes. Production checked and found 60 of 75 women extras wore modern open-toe footwear despite the 1800 period setting.
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Hollywood
Joe Valentine
Valentine
O Vet
Gingeroo
Former La Crosse Man Heads Fort Dodge Bottling Firm
L P Halmrast, formerly of La Crosse, leads Fort Dodge Bottling Works Inc as manager and secretary. He served as Pepsi-Cola district representative in Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota under Robertson brothers. The Fort Dodge plant, led by president L W Leonard, ranked among Pepsi’s top producers and hosted the 1944 Pepsi-Cola conference with Halmrast as co sponsor. The family home is 1912 Elmhurst Ave. Mrs Halmrast is Evelyn Bedessem. parents are E L and Mrs E L Halmrast.
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Fort Dodge
Rast
Pepsi-Cola
la Crosse
Kester
Fort Dodge Bottling Works Inc
L. W. Leonard
Fort Dodge Company
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
South
Kota
Kansas
Missouri
Leonard and
Halmrast
Sharon
Susan
Sandra
Elmhurst Avenue
Evelyn Bedessem
George Bedessem
South 11Th Street
E. L. Halmrast
South 17Th Street
Auto Train Collision at Onalaska Crossing
An automobile driven by 62 year old L O Johnson of Holmen was struck by a Burlington train at the Onalaska crossing at 5 p m Saturday. Johnson said he tried to back off the crossing as the train approached but could not avoid the collision. Damage to the car was about 50 dollars. Johnson was with O Rourke of Holmen. both were uninjured.
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L. O. Johnson
Holmen
Burlington Railroad
Onalaska
Johnson
O'Rourke
OPA Decontrol Notes and Short Supply List Details
The article explains how the decontrol board could reimpose controls if shortages and price pressures arise. It lists tobacco and dairy items like milk and butterfat, plus wheat and corn, as candidates for continued or temporary control, while noting brandy and other spirits. Poultry and eggs are not listed as shortages, leaving them off potential September controls.
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Anderson
Congress
Decontrol Board
Agriculture Department
OPA
Riot In Brazil Spurs Congressmen Protests And Arrests
Riot erupts as deputies clash with supporters while Rev Ar mu Camara punches Deputy Lins. Political leaders protest Dutra over arrest of Correia and police entry into congressmen homes. Dutra's wife reportedly suffers a heart attack amid unrest. Observers note rising living costs and broad participation including students and workers. Harvard expansion mention appears out of place.
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Vargas
Arruda Camara
Mario Lins
Eunice Gaspar Dutra
Correia
Dutra
Brazil
Buffalo industrialist offers to show cheap atomic power device
Buffalo Machinery Co. VP F Alden Miller claims a rectifier can produce a combustible gas from uranium to power a locomotive cheaply. He invites MIT chemist Dr Charles D Coryell and notes prior prewar experiments, while criticizing mainstream atomic researchers as sensationalizing the topic.
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Buffalo
N. Y
F. Alden Miller
Buffalo Machinery Co
Miller
Charles D. Coryell
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
Herald
Pearl Harbor
German economy to reach subsistence by 1950 says Gen. Clay
Lieutenant General Lucius D. Clay, deputy military governor in the American zone, estimates it will take at least until 1950 to develop Germany’s economy to the subsistence level set by the occupation powers. He notes no war potential, limited threat unless allied by a mercenary power, and that civilianizing tasks could enable withdrawal of most U.S. forces.
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Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Permission Required To Make Improvements
Whitehall Wis Special Persons who want to improve a highway such as a driveway must secure permission from proper authorities. Jens Klavestad Trempealeau county highway commissioner notes this aligns with a new state highway ruling. Permits for state or federal highways come from the state highway commissioner in La Crosse. For county trunk highways permission comes from the county highway office or commissioner in Whitehall.
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Whitehall
Wis
Jens Klavestad
Tremerealeau
la Crosse
Williams Opens Modern Dry Cleaning Shop in McGregor
Jack Williams a veteran and his wife have opened a modern dry cleaning shop in the former Haight building on Main street Williams who entered the army as a private and emerged as a first lieutenant since receiving his dis(charge) brings new equipment and service to the town
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Mcgregor
Jack Williams
Haight Building
Main Street
Williams
Reich Spy Suspects Freed Days Before Capture Revealed
A U S officer said 14 Germans suspected of Soviet espionage were released by American authorities days before the army announced their arrest. The officer added to confusion over the Free Germany Committee and the Stuttgart group. Maria Kazmarek said her husband, the alleged ringleader, was held incommunicado for six months under guard after a confession.
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Frankfurt
U. S
United States
Free Germany Committee
Moscow
Frau Maria Kazmarek
Stuttgart
Army
Gestapo
Kazmarek
U. S. Army
Farmarek
Landmark Acres Admit Vast 48 State Land Claim
The record asserts 1,937,144,960 acres in the 48 states. The Liberty Bell cracked during the tolling for death of early U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall.
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States of
the Union
U. S
John Marshall
Stork Delivers Three Babies During Golf Day at Abenaqui
In Portsmouth at the Abenaqui club invitation golf tournament a birdie kept Dr. J. H. Robbins busy as the stork arrived three times, delivering one girl and two boys.
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Portsmouth
N. H
J. H. Robbins
Taxicab Upsets Front Door At Hastings Home Again
Los Angeles report states Mr and Mrs Ross Hastings endured a second taxi mishap in a month as a cab left the sloping pavement and toppled onto their front door, causing damage and nuisance.
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Los Angeles
Ross Hastings
Eight-year-old drives to visit father and gets stuck
In Clovis New Mexico an eight-year-old boy who is called big brother gathers his three younger sisters for a trip to their father drilling a well. He drives a light pickup miles down the highway leaves the paved road and becomes stuck in a mudhole. Vaudie Pierce helps pull them out. The kids found the truck unattended and their mother likely wondered where they were.
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Clovis
N. M
Vaudie Pierce
Big Brother
No Space To Pray At Illinois Mosque Shortage
Eight Moslem students at the University of Illinois could not find a room for a special prayer ceremony marking Eid after a 30 day Ramadan fast. Leader Abdul Quayum of Lahore conducted the service outdoors in a secluded glade near the rock garden.
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Champaign
Ill
University of Illinois
Abdul Quayum
Lahore
India
Rock Garden
Hoyle Held on Confidence Game Charge in Peoria
Peoria police jailed John F. Hoyle of Detroit on a grand jury charge for operating a confidence game. Detective Capt. Fred Nussbaum accused Hoyle of passing two worthless checks totaling 48.83 dollars.
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Peoria
Ill
Powlice
Hoyle
John F. Hoyle
Detroit
Mich
Grand
Fred Nussbaum
Westby Forms Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
A Veterans of Foreign Wars post is organized in Westby Wisconsin with E A Lewis assisting. Officers to be elected for 1946 47 within 60 days Mervin P Appleman chosen as temporary commander Dick Gabrielson as temporary quartermaster were elected. All overseas veterans of Westby and vicinity receive charter.
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Westby
Wis
E. A. Lewis
Department
Mervin P. Appleman
Dick Gabrielson
Westby and
Vicinity
Indians Population by State in 1940
Indians in the United States numbered 333,969 in 1940 with 63,125 in Oklahoma and 55,076 in Arizona.
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United States
Oklahoma
Arizona
Loan Companies in the United States
The United States has about 12 340 building and loan associations operating nationwide.
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United States
Record UW Madison enrolls 15 500 for rugged semester
An all time 15 500 student enrollment begins Monday Sept 23 at the University of Wisconsin with classes run from 7 45 a m to 10 p m in bar racks quonset huts and improvised spaces. About 9 000 veterans and 4 to 1 male to female ratio. Freshmen registration starts Sept 16 with housing shortages forcing adjustments.
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U.W
Madison
University of Wisconsin
Truaxfield
Badger Village
J. Kenneth Little
Sun Light Estimation Raises Questions About Lifespan
A speculative figure places solar photon output at an immense scale, prompting debate on energy transfer and astronomical longevity while noting limits in current measurement methods.
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Drama League
John
Amy
Fort Dodge, Ia
L. P. Halmrast
Heileman’s
Civil Air Patrol
French Island
Wisconsin State Guard
South Avenue
Roosevelt
Copeland
Hixon
West Avenue
Isle la Plume
Longfellow
Kiwanis Club
Hotel
Stoddard
South Avenue Armory
Hogan, Isle la Plume
Junior Chamber of Commerce
American Legion Club
Lions Club
American Legion
Hokah, Minn
4Th and King
Rotary Club
Stod
Badger State Sportsmen's Club
Wisconsin State Credit Union League
Heileman
America
G. Heileman Brewing CO
la Crosse, Wis
Harvard College
Harvard University
Little Reich
Clay
By Wes Gallagher
Say Reich
Paul E. Bartelt
Security Bank
Charge
Cab
Veterans of Foreign War Post Organized
Fis
yKke
Millinery Masters
of the West
Barron
Twurligm
Twurk
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