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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1949
Page
5
The Clinton offers a rear bed room that can serve as a den workroom or nursery and lies between the kitchen and bath. Options include a living room dining room transition via a partition wall or a full removal to form an L shaped space. Abundant closets and brick or stone exterior with 1068 square feet on a 42 by 28 foot footprint plus a basement. House Planning Bureau St Cloud Minn.
Oil burner sales climbed through early 1949 as fuel supply fears faded. Installations in April rose about 37 percent from a year earlier, with 41 738 conversions from other fuels in the first four months. New homes and replacements drove demand, and Boston’s national oil heat exposition showcased lighter low pressure burners and new nozzles for a range of oils.
Midsummer heat boosts appreciation for the shower as a morning and daytime refresher. For the first time since wartime shortages, full ranges of shower installations are available with chromium plated heads brass controls and enameled walls. Modern shower heads include self cleaning features and the new mixing valves guard against sudden temperature changes.
In Oshkosh a Stevens Point deaf mute, Donald C. Booker 38, pled guilty to four counts of a new racket. He would steal three cigarette cartons from supermarkets then claim a refund by note saying the purchase was for his ill father. Sentencing deferred to Monday.
As mid summer temperatures rise, demand for hot water for baths increases. The plumbing and heating industries bureau urges modern automatic water heaters with adequate capacity to meet peak loads. Increased use of automatic washing machines and dishwashers drives higher hot water needs.
A compilation of property transfers listing multiple buyers and sellers in La Crosse and Shelby towns. Transactions cover streets such as Market, 17th Street, East Avenue, Green Island, Hyde Avenue, and Glendale additions with numerous lot and block details.
The U S court of appeals upheld the governments right to label groups as subversive. The 2 to 1 decision concerns the joint anti Fascist refugee committee added to the subversive list by the attorney general two years earlier.
House members began planning a one month recess to start near the end of next week. Rumor in cloak rooms says if several major bills remain on the docket can be disposed of by August 19, the House would leave town and let the Senate sweat it out alone.
Testimony before the House Banking and Currency Committee features Norman P. Mason of North Chelmsford Massachusetts and L F Broderson of Oklahoma City arguing against direct federal loans to housing cooperatives and veterans at below market rates. They contend such aid creates class legislation and delays affordable single family homes in suburban and rural areas.
Two U S Air Force airmen killed in a July 12 C 54 crash in the Russian zone of Germany were awarded third oak leaf clusters to their air medals posthumously. Lieut Donald J Leeman of Green Bay Wisconsin and T Sgt Herbert F Heining of Fort Wayne Indiana received the honors in the Frankfurt area announcement.
The German rail authority announced that after the Berlin blockade, restrictions on shipping food and goods by rail to Berlin via the Russian zone are lifted. This marks the end of broad prohibitions on traffic between Western Germany and Berlin for individuals and businesses.
The article notes that small clay tiles now common on bathroom floors originated in northern France around the 12th century. This history highlights the regional start of tile production and its spread to modern homes.
Iron beads were discovered in a cemetery in Egypt dating to around 4000 B C. The finding highlights early metal use in the region and may shed light on ancient craft and trade networks.
Miss Roselle Frebig of 519 Market street was robbed by a 9 or 10 year old boy near the Sears store at 217 Fifth Avenue South. A $7 bill fold fell and was recovered while $2 and papers remained in the purse as the youth fled east toward the alley between Fifth and Sixth streets. Cuban labor unions now push to keep wages at current levels.
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