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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1946
Page
2
Real estate misc note from Halt section listing adequate bids and a fair school nearby. Priced right mentions Noogta and box 60 Worthington Minnesota.
The Labor Day Pikes Peak hill climb in Colorado Springs returns after wartime lapse with a $7,500 purse led by entrants such as Joel Thorne George Berringer Louis Unser Rene LeBeque and Jean Treveaux. First prize is $3,000 with six prizes in total. The course climbs 6,000 feet in about 12 miles of steep curves and rough surfaces, testing tires carburetion and engine parts.
ceremony marks 100th anniversary of the first hoisting of the U S flag over California soil in Monterey. Com John D Sloat raised the Stars and Stripes from a replica pole. rock cairn honored the original site. Excavations at the old Customs House uncovered remnants of the cairn and flag. a Del Monte forest tree aged 40 was chosen to match measurements. Fitch of Monterey History and Art Association and Dr D Z MacDougal of Carmel commented.
Otis Oncal, a Negro extension worker, leads a 30 year old Ham and Egg Show in Fort Valley Georgia where 500 to 600 home cured hams and 250 dozen eggs are exhibited. The event attracts 1000 plus visitors with food demonstrations, roundtables, music and a festival of secular tunes. The show has transformed the town and surrounding farms, improving living conditions and local commerce.
Atlantic City hospital treated Wesley Mingo, a 30 year old New York railroad worker, for chest pains he attributed to a broken heart after a quarrel over marriage plans. The physician gave a mild sedative and he left for the boardwalk with symptoms apparently relieved.
Two Marines arrive in Salt Lake City with dog named McGregor a chow who served as night sentinel at Bremerton base. McGregor was dubbed a sergeant and the owner William F. Simons a former private first class was killed in action.
United States scheduled airlines employ over 25,000 World War II veterans, about one third of total airline jobs. Many are in flight and ground operations while others fill sales and admin roles. Airlines offer rehabilitation courses for the handicapped and prefer servicemen and women in hiring, with 1,000 veterans with amputations cited by one carrier.
The report warns that birds are a definite danger to aviation even with armored windshields. Airlines pilots logged roughly two bird strikes daily in 1944, with waterfowl flocks causing frequent equipment damage during migratory seasons. The Pagie, a 16 pound eagle, is described as most feared, capable of diving through steel wings.
American professional wrestlers pursue the heavyweight and lighter titles as the sport markets stars known as the Irish Angel, the French Angel, and the Swedish Angel. A dozen workers claim Angel in their ring personas.
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