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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1946
Page
12
The Barnum and Bailey circus thrilled crowds at Salzer airport in two performances. More than 4,000 attended the afternoon show delayed by railroad issues and a slow setup, while over 9,500 joined the night performance. Rural observers lamented missing the top due to late opening and farm duties.
Squadron T at Chanute Field announces a photo contest for tall women. Entrants must be 5 6 to 6 feet tall and 140 to 200 pounds, with full length photos accepted. Entries go to Corp. R. D. Larsen by Labor Day for a chance to be named show girl of Chanute Field and featured in Wings.
Pu Yi the child of Manchuria era claims a Russian plane seized him at Mukden air field as Japanese forces prepared to move him to Japan. He says the Russians snatched him and his family to spare them from being killed to silence them.
Guy L. Bean, 59, telegraph operator for the Milwaukee road, died at his Tunnel City home Tuesday afternoon. He served 33 years with the railroad and 25 years as an operator here. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 9 a.m. at White's funeral home in Tomah with Dr. A. E. Frederick of Sparta officiating, followed by a Masonic service at 2 p.m. Burial will be in a Tunnel City cemetery.
Chicago park district official Sam Pecorado notes repeated hoaxes where lifeguards respond to fake screams from men and women bathers. He says both genders are fed up with the stunts affecting staff discipline and safety. Loewi and Co offers 63,000 shares of Nekoosa-Edwards Paper stock at 26.75 each to expand wood inventories and Canadian timber holdings.
State of Wisconsin summons requiring Oscar Scheurer to appear within twenty days of service to defend the action against him in La Crosse County Circuit Court, with failure leading to a default judgment as demanded in the complaint served with the document.
In Hays Kansas Mrs. Van Hartman found a Lutheran church collection money hidden in an egg bag. Her father R S Maxwell had secretly concealed the cash there and yesterday counted eggs instead of money, prompting alarm and confusion.
Lifeguard Mary Ellen Stark and yacht skipper Claude Heath wed last weekend in Yuma Arizona after a five year romance sparked by a Santa Monica bay rescue. Heath, fresh from four years in the army, resumes his post aboard Actor Arthur Lake's yacht.
Michigan City patrolman Art Menke moved through a beach crowd to confront a photographer and a nude red haired girl. Both were booked on indecent exposure charges after the officer objected to the scene.
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