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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1949
Page
18
The scrap mentions Ashanti beliefs about witches including men and women who transform into animals, how witches are tested by poison and vomit, and their participation in feasts and dancing. It notes witchcraft importance, intertribal conflicts, and changes after British control.
A newspaper advertises the Flying Machine Pioneers leaflet describing eight pictures and more than two thousand words of text about the history of aviation. It invites readers to obtain a copy by sending a stamped self addressed envelope to Uncle Ray in care of the newspaper, with about ten days for reply.
Station listings show Katy Klub programming throughout the afternoon and evening. Guest stars, musical acts, and various segments appear across hours from 6:30 to 11:45 with dance bands, news briefings, Shoppers Serenade, and Kiddies Hour noted alongside show titles.
Question based column discusses male reform through marriage and the impact of wives on temperance and sanity. It cites Neil Dayton and H A Atkins noting widowers may be easier to reform while marriage riskily alters a man’s behavior.
WKBH NBC airs Harrington in the Mr District Attorney case at 8 30 p m with a retired policeman as prime suspect. At 9 00 p m LEGAL LYNCHING recounts how George Goodwin cleared a man accused of murder. Shmoo fad and a name the shmoo contest appear. Paul Ziemer files capitol reports on rent controls. Columnists liken college students to lab rats and urge parents to foster social contacts for good marriages.
John Vladimir Whishaw aged 26 an alien without a country and Olga Adele Bernard 20 of Paris were sentenced by a Jersey court to three days in prison and banished to France for five years after landing illegally on the Isle of Jersey in a dinghy allegedly stolen in France.
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