Northwest Airlines reports high June coach flight loads
Northwest Airlines reports average coach load factors above 92 percent in June’s first half with eastbound and westbound figures around 95 percent. R. O. Bullwinkel cites sustained demand since the launch of transcontinental coach flights at competitive fares, noting high revenue and new flyer groups including families seeking affordable vacation travel.
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Northwest Airlines
R. O. Bullwinkel
NWA
Bullwinkel
Northwest
Amazing Relief For Sore Feet
An ad touts HEBOS as amazing relief for sore feet with burning itching and athlete’s foot symptoms. It promises quick drying, instant itch relief and removal of dead tissue and calluses, claiming a money back guarantee at drug stores.
Anglers Flock To River Spots On Mississippi
Lockmasters on the upper Mississippi report 19,191 anglers in the first five months of 1949, compared with 9,506 in 1948. May attendance is 11,753, up from 6,618 in May 1948, as dam effects and river use are studied daily between 2 and 4 p m by the St. Paul corps of engineers.
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Mississippi River
Guttenberg
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Corps of Engineers
Mississippi
Freight Car Loadings Down in Midwest Third Quarter
The Midwest shippers advisory board forecasts a 9.9 percent drop in freight car loadings for the upcoming three months, totaling 899,064 in Midwest territory versus 998,126 a year earlier. Of 28 principal commodities, eight rise and 20 fall, with grain up around 15 percent, cement up 13 percent, livestock up six percent, and coal down about 25 percent.
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Chicago
Midwest Shippers Advisory Board
Midwest
Leopard Attacks Man Near Rockford While Viewing Traveling Show
Hilmer Eckman, 61, was clawed by a leopard in the Rockford area after discovering a trailer and truck by Route 51. He received treatment for lacerations to his arm, shoulder, and back. Police say a leopard reached from a cage as the menagerie’s trailer, bound for Wisconsin Dells to sell a carnival, was owned by Richard A. McCarthy of Sarasota.
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Rockford
Eckman
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South Africa Faces Major Cement Shortage Amid Building Boom
South Africa’s largest construction surge has caused a severe cement shortage, threatening project delays and driving up material costs as producers struggle to meet demand from housing, infrastructure, and commercial developments.
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South Africa
Scouts abandon camping trip after river mishap near Ouray
Nine Childress Boy Scouts on an annual tour through Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming and Utah halted near Ouray Utah when three boats capsized on the Green River. One scout David Jameson nearly drowned, another went missing for five hours. After aid from a hermit and a rancher, they found the bus location and returned home exhausted but safe.
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David Jameson
Largest Great Lakes Ship To Be Launched
The Wilfred Sykes, 678 feet long and 70 feet wide, will be the largest ship built on the Great Lakes. Constructed at American Ship Building Co. in Lorain for Inland Steel Co. of Chicago, it will carry about 22,000 long tons of ore and reach speeds up to 16.5 mph, with advanced navigation gear and geared turbines generating 7,000 horsepower.
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Wilfred Sykes
Great Lakes
American Ship Building Co
Inland Steel Co
Chicago
Duluth
Minn
Chile Discovers Rich Marine Algae Deposits for Processing
USE MARINE ALGAE Chile reports new deposits of giant marine algae with up to sixty percent alginic acid. Conditions are favorable for large scale processing and extraction.
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Chile
Mysterious Medicine Wheel puzzle puzzles Wyoming students
In Cody Wyoming a 70 foot diameter circle of stones on Medicine Mountain forms the Medicine Wheel. Six stone armchairs sit around the rim with one facing the rising sun. A rocky hub and 28 radiating spokes hint at sun worship or a ceremonial site used long before Crow and other tribes.
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Cody
Wyo
Medicine Mountain
Bighorn Basin
John Spencer
U. S. Forester
Rocky Mountain
Wyoming
Mexico
Spencer
Underground trunk and surface roots reveal tree branches
A Brazilian tree named Andira Laurifolia shows its trunk buried underground while what look like surface roots are actually the tree's branches.
Wisconsin Revises Auto Dealer Title Certificate Law
Wisconsin dealers may obtain a title for a non registered vehicle without registering it. A new Sec. 85.01 (3) (b) allows the motor vehicle department to issue a certificate of title upon dealer application and a $1 fee, effective May 22. The change applies to dealers licensed under Sec. 218.01.
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Wisconsin
Department
Motor Vehicle Department
Unknown Mozart Mass Found in Vienna Church Vicarage
A previously unknown work attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, dated when he was twelve, was discovered in the Maria-Gu Burt church vicarage in Vienna Austria. The find rekindles interest in Mozart's early compositions and the church archives hold further clues.
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Mozart
Maria-Guburt
Vienna
Austria
Insure Your Outboard Motor and Boat Now Available
L. V. Weisensal offers fire and theft insurance for outboard motors and boats. Coverage protects anywhere in the United States or Canada with low rates. Inquiries encouraged by phone 225.
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United States
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