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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1949
Page
6
A Kenosha article describes starling flocks of 12 000 to 14 000 birds forming in roosts and performing mass aerial acrobatics. It notes the birds’ nuisance to residents and mentions a congressional bill to control the starling alongside the sparrow.
The Kenosha Evening News from June 6 1934 reports tax payment extensions until July 2 announced by County Treasurer George Lauzer. It notes marriage licenses for Ferraro and Moretti and Ferraro and Gigliotti, with weddings set June 23. Also covered are a stage comedy by the First Methodist Drama Club, officer elections for a local knightly group, the death of Col James Hoyt in New York, candidacy filings for district attorney Leo Vaudreuil, Thomas Scott joining Wisconsin’s Coolidge delegation, Kenosha High School golfers at Racine, a Nonpareil Club dance, a Racine electric road crash, and bicycle path funding plans with local factory support and 50 cent rider contributions.
The piece contrasts Soviet emphasis on environment championed by T. D. Lysenko with Columbia University biologists who favor heredity. It notes the political shift to environment or stock improvement if faults arise from surroundings and hints at future discovery of new varieties and explanations.
Railroads attack a proposed coal and bulk goods conveyor belt for long hauls in Ohio saying it would ruin them. Canal owners from the past would likely mock the move as another disruptive transport shift similar to the canal era.
lawyer Bigelow Boysen argues that US occupation of Germany cannot convert Nazis into peaceful citizens. He cites two years in the western zone, claims Bible study and religious freedom better transform German nationalism, and urges using the Luther Bible as a tool to foster democratic reeducation and world citizenship.
Henry McLemore critiques the First International Inventors Exposition in New York City. He mocks doghouse inventions and jokes about devices to tame husbands, improve home life, and poke fun at marital dynamics in a satirical column.
The article outlines how hay fever symptoms depend on pollen sensitivity with early tree, June grass, and mid August ragweed peaks. Skin tests identify culprits, injections reduce sensitivity, and new short acting drugs offer relief under medical guidance. The Doctor Answers Q&A covers heart rate, Lake Bonneville, Hayes election, Herzl, and a classified line dial 5121.
Wisconsin lawmakers push a 178400 proposal to build and operate two additional FM stations despite a tight two year budget. Governor Rennebohm and critics call the plan wasteful noting limited audience reach and limited daylong educational value beyond School of the Air.
The Paris talks show no Western concession on a Bonn based German unity while the Soviet plan for an all German state council is rejected. Western officials doubt Moscow seeks real fundamental agreement, noting a clash of systems between communism and democracy with little progress likely.
A playful column notes bright sides and oddities from sports to life. It mentions golfers digress on divots, wildlife declines from food shortages, cover charges, a jeweler’s solitaire insight, and a 17-foot lad comparing with his father. It ends with an old classifieds cue.
A wife asks if leaving her husband to manage alone while she and the children spend the summer away is wise. The columnist warns a husband left to himself may grow bored or lonely, seek companionship, and cause trouble, urging cannot abandon him for the season.
A nature note explains how solar heat turns ocean and lake water into vapor that rises to form clouds. It describes why vapor ascends, the role of oceans covering 70 percent of Earth, and how cooling causes condensation into fog, clouds, rain, or hail with daily vast water turnover.
The fifth anniversary of the Normandy invasion highlights debates among leaders. Stalin pressed for a France invasion by the West while Churchill favored a Mediterranean push. Observers viewed Churchill’s stance as partly political. A Balkan drive could have altered postwar Europe and reduced Soviet dominance. The report also notes Peru’s cotton crop damage from insects.
A word puzzle lists clues for horizontal and vertical entries from 55 to 56 across and 1 to 54 down. Readers solve items like deer, beverage, Greek letters, and furniture pieces to fill the grid.
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