174 Year Old Belgian Bridge Blown Up by 15 Yank Engineers
VELOT Belgium December 20 Allied engineers under Capt James Rice detonated a 60 foot brick and stone bridge over the Ambleve delaying German armored columns. Rice described a night operation using half ton dynamite and smoke shells to cover the blast and escape.Lieut Wendell Huntziner and men James L McKeon were among those cited for aiding the demolition.
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James Rice
Richmond
Rice
Lise
Germany
Wendell Huntziner
Hamburg
James L. McKeon
Minong
Natural radar guides bats in dusk and dark
The article explains how bats navigate using a natural radar system during dusk and night, enabling swift, precise flight despite low visibility. It highlights the echolocation mechanism and its role in avoiding obstacles and catching prey.
Senator Dies at Home After Illness Across Christmas
The longtime Republican senator passed away at his Cen tinies home from coronary thrombosis after a year in a Concord hospital. He lost his seat in the 1932 Democratic landslide and was survived by his widow and his son Gordon. He had chaired the Rumford Press board and was finishing an autobiography.
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Centinies
United States
Senate
Concord
Gordon
The
Rumford Press
McCoy Plans Welfare Counseling Service for Civilian Staff
At Camp McCoy Wisconsin a new civilian employe welfare counseling service is announced by post commander Col George M MacMullin. Guy Stratton named chief. Maj Stanley Kaufman notes confidentiality and guidance on civil service rules hospital plans housing and community services.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
George M. MacMullin
Guy Stratton
Stanley Kaufman
Ordnance Command
la Crosse
Margaret Guy
Maj. Kaufman
Stratton
6Th Service Command
Chicago
City panel favors washing and flattening cans rule
Milwaukee salvage planners urge council to require cans be washed and flattened for curbside pickup. The committee proposes an ordinance that would bar the street sanitation department from collecting cans not prepared in this way.
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Milwaukee
Evening Literature Class at La Crosse State Teachers College
An evening literature course starts January 30 at La Crosse State Teachers College with subjects in modern poetry Milton Browning and Tennyson chosen by demand. O O White will teach Tuesday 7 to 9 pm through the second semester for three senior college credits or without credits enrollments.
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LA Crosse Tribune
College
la Crosse State
V Bombs Hit Britain As Germany Attacks
London reports continued German V bombings of southern England with casualties and damage confirmed by a government announcement.
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Britain
London
England
Allied Naval Power Suppresses 19th Century Piracy
In the 19th century combined British and American sea power suppressed piracy on the high seas and secured safe passage for vessels on lawful missions.
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High Seas
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Hal Boyle
McCoy
Pitzner
Main
Tevensons
Dover
Leigh
Roger & Gallett
Mura
Bond Street Perfume
By Yardley
Ray’ve
Varva
Sherk
Benn
Diser
Twinplex Strappers
Medico
Kentucky Club
Brooklyn
Xmas
Gales
ALL American Stationery
U. S. War Bond
J Rexall Drug Stores
Yardley
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