Welfare Dept Notes Waukesha School Deterioration
The Wisconsin welfare department concedes the old industrial school for boys at Waukesha is so dilapidated repairs are costly and diminishing returns justify abandonment and new construction. It does not confirm moving the school to a northern woods camp but shows support for evaluating the site as part of a broader welfare review led by Assemblyman Robert Lynch.
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Waukesha
Wisconsin Woods
Lynch
Legislative Council
Northwoods
Chinese Hand Harvesting Requires Many More Man Hours
A historical note compares labor input: Chinese hand methods need 260 man hours per acre to harvest wheat, versus 13 man hours per acre with an American machine. This highlights vast efficiency gaps between manual and mechanized harvest.
Officials open inquiry into Nebraska quadruple murder case
Leigh Nebraska coroner Sauban Pospishil convened a jury to probe the sledge hammer killings of Mrs. Henry Bahns and three children Eldon Ardith and Helen and the father Henry Bahns found drowned in a well. Authorities see no robbery motive and no suicide note. The incident occurred six miles southeast of Leigh.
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Leigh
Neb
Henry F. Bahns
Eldon
Ardith
Helen
Here
Henry F. Bahrns
Lloyd Pospishil
Bahns
Posphishil
Dennis Bahns
Pospishil
Omaha
Loose bumper moorings cause traceable automobile noise
A damaged or loose bumper mooring in a vehicle can produce a noise that is difficult to identify. The issue may be mistaken for other mechanical problems until inspected. This warning highlights the need to check bumper attachments during routine maintenance and inspections.
State Workers Offering Plan Seeks Broad Labor Requests
Organized Wisconsin state employees propose wage gains to keep pace with private raises, universal five day forty hour weeks, compulsory retirement age, extended unemployment benefits, a contributory health and accident plan, bi weekly payrolls, higher travel pay, night differentials, and potential union dues deductions and overtime pay for office staff.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin State Employes Association
Wisconsin and American Federations of Labor
Emarcment
Kidnaper Paced by Police Ends 1500 Mile Rampage
Steubenville reports the kidnapper Joe Pacific 32 of Canonsburg Pa died from a pistol shot to the heart while fleeing police after a two day 1500 mile car ride with two Pennsylvania boys Nick Cursi 18 and Joseph Zolmerchik 19. The captor robbed the youths of 16 and beat them before imprisoning them in a car trunk. The tale ended Monday when Pacific shot at officers near Mingo Junction. The victims emerged exhausted and wounded.
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Pennsylvania
Joe Pacific
Canonsburg
Mingo Junction
Pacific Weere
Nick Cursi
Joseph Zolmerchik
Cokesburg
Pacific
Cursi
Zolmerchik
Matilda
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