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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1948
Page
3
A federal suit filed by Ben Heiting of Weet firm seeks overtime and tech damages totaling over $200,000 for about 500 employees at West Bend plants. The action alleges failure to pay premium rate overtime for the past two years.
Columbus Junction Iowa officials tout a 266 foot long four foot wide swinging bridge as the longest and narrowest of its type. The bridge spans 100 feet above ground between wooded hills and links two lovers standing on its oak planks held by iron cables that sway in the wind. Local couples use the bridge as a substitute lovers lane in this southwestern Iowa town.
More young people from the Gold Coast travel to Britain for study than ever before. Hundreds join Colonial Em procedure students at Oxford Cambridge London and other English universities as well as Edinburgh and Glasgow. Fields include law medicine teaching dentistry arts and music with around 50 women among entrants.
South Africa garage proprietor F. Attard faced a grim decision after a pet crow swallowed six irreplaceable ball bearings from a car under repair. After inspecting the scene and the bird’s odd behavior, he killed the crow to prevent further loss of critical transmission parts.
During flight the intense muscular activity produces much heat in a bird's body. The article notes jam-proof windows that raise and lower by fingertip control for cockpit comfort.
Claims relief for piles with a medicine sold by druggists for 35c and 60c. Advertises rapid itching and smarting relief with a money back guarantee if not delighted. Readers urged to try the remedy.
Judge releases a large file of records to U S District Attorney Thomas P Thornton who will consult with Joseph F Deeb to determine the rights to inspect the documents. If federal law violations appear the FBI may join the probe. Breck notes the files go beyond auto rackets and involve the state GOP. Black had earlier linked leaders to a 250000 campaign assessment on dealers.
ST. LOUIS police freed 10 year old Harry Charleville after he became wedged between girders on a bridge. Officers chose a non dramatic method and removed his trousers to soap his body before releasing him in front of a crowd. He fled home after the embarrassment.
In Cairo a house is haunted with reports of flying pans and smashing crockery. A servant girl is chased by a ghost described as a tall, dark man. Police investigated as a Coptic monk read Psalms and the Bishop of Luxor and Asswan blessed the home, yet disturbances continued.
Mexico City reports the plan to plant 500000 acres of corn for the 1948 crop with focus on quality improvements. The Corn Commission will distribute seed to all farm classes, citing poor seed as a cause of weak yields.
National effort in Haiti to curb the black market surveys all essential items including food cloth construction and other prime necessities across the country.
Jimmy Osborne a 13 year old from Plymouth and Perkins School for the Blind in Boston is a precocious composer who began melodies at age three and nine. His ear allows him to play by hearing once and he dreams of becoming a pianist and conductor with night compositions. The 9th Air Force supported his musical education and doctors say he learns from gramophone records and radio. He hopes to study at a conservatory if possible.
A writer describes living in a 14 story brick riverfront development built by an insurance company on the Manhattan side of the East River. He notes grand scale, upfront bulldozing, rapid landscaping, odd elevator quirks, doors misbalance, and shared river views with neighbors. He recalls a tugboat named Tracy and reflects on communal life in the sprawling complex.
The famous South African crane that blocks traffic and scavenges from stores attacked a child, drawing blood and injuring an eye. Authorities captured the bird and ordered deportation to East London Zoo, but it escaped, leaving the children relieved that the youngster’s sight was saved.
A German prisoner of war in England translates letters by Mozart, Beethoven, Goethe and Rottman discovered in a Wisbech museum. The find highlights cultural exchanges during wartime and links the POW to a curated collection preserving European literary and musical heritage.
A tongue in cheek look at how termites mice and even cows eat or damage currency shows why the U S treasury redeems damaged notes. Women currency experts painstakingly identify and salvage money from wrecks fires and in the field noting that crumbled ash money cannot be restored.
U.S. homes and industries collectively use more than 216 million kilowatt hours annually as measured by electric light meters, reflecting broad energy demand across sectors.
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