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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1947
Page
15
The Veterans Administration says after December 31 proof from prima facie evidence will not suffice to establish service connection for medical and dental treatment. Applications postmarked by December 31 will be judged under formal regulations rather than presumptions, though the one year presumption of service connection after discharge remains in place.
Santa helpers from vocational school cabinet metal and sewing shops reclaim broken toys for the Family Welfare association. Jaycees began the drive on November 23 with police and citizens contributing. toys are sorted repaired and redistributed to underprivileged children citywide.
Carl Holtz merged vintage and modern methods to move 40-foot bowstring wooden rafters from a lumber yard to his Clinton area lot. Emmet Kent recall timberyard owners recalling 75-year-old bobsled runners. A jeep supplied the power.
American firms have been asked to bid on the construction of the superstructure of the new railway station in Baghdad and the railway directors.
Madison reports that 25 Wisconsin counties will shift to a modern cost accounting system for county highway operations starting January 1. The plan, developed by the state Tax Department Municipal Accounting Division, the Highway Commission, and the Wisconsin County Boards Association, aims to provide precise cost data for maintenance and contracts. Counties listed include Brown, Calumet, Dodge, Jefferson, Manitowoc, Racine, Sheboygan, and Rock, with further adoption as auditing consultants become available.
The city will hold a chest clinic Thursday in room 224 at the Vocational school, per Myrtle Olson supervisor of city public health nurses. Persons may call Olson at 519 to attend. Helen Hanson county nurse announced a county chest clinic at the Vocational school on Wednesday.
Indian border officers intercept a case of gold smuggling after seizing a child’s tricycle found to be made entirely of gold. Officers probe the unusual contraband and potential smugglers linked to the find.
Pfc. Donald R. Tisch er son of Mr and Mrs Harley Tischer La Crosse Wisconsin completed a 16 week Air Training Command airplane mechanics course at Keesler Field Miss The program covered basic aircraft and engine operations electrical systems fuel and oil systems propellers structures instruments and basic inspection It prepares for advanced maintenance on heavy bombers cargo planes jet and rotor aircraft
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz retires as CNO with Admiral Louis M. Denfeld set to succeed him. The transition follows Nimitz's farewell and confirmation that Denfeld will take over leadership of the Navy's operations.
In Frankfurt on the Oder the State Theater cut ticket prices for patrons who donated nails to fix scenery. A flood of nails arrived and the theater gained enough material to rebuild the seats of the open air venue. A Stettin theater likewise accepted logs in exchange for tickets to keep audiences warm.
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