Rain Deficiency Leaves Wisconsin Forests at Risk
Wisconsin faced severe drought with up to 21 inches shortfall over two years affecting forest areas. The state logged 1,825 fires on 16 million acres, burning 23,574 acres, the driest year since 1910. Lightning caused 86 fires. railroad sparks started 337. 182 were incendiary. Total burn included 10,150 acres of forest and 13,424 of marsh land. timber losses were modest, but reproduction value reached 36,821 dollars with additional losses totaling 52,461 dollars.
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Madison
Wis
Wausaukee
Tomahawk
Wisconsin
Mary Teresa Hopkins Norton Woman Suffrage Leader Profile
Mary Teresa Hopkins Norton born March 7 1875 in Jersey City is one of five children of a prosperous road builder. As dean of women representatives in congress she has served continuously since 1920 after ratification of the women suffrage amendment. She says he never attempted to dictate to her and she is proud of her record.
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Mary Teresa Hopkins Norton
Jersey City
Congress
Frankague
Venezuela crude oil output hits new daily high
Venezuelan production averages nearly 1,400,000 gallons of crude oil per day, marking a fresh high for the nation.
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Venezuela
Indians In Early Days Viewed Trees As Life Ties
In historic Wisconsin the Indians venerated trees as life symbols and used them for burial scaffolds stash caches and trail markers. The “Treaty Elm” linked to Four Legs and Col. Leavenworth near Lake Winnebago is noted, with a famed 1819 encounter.
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Wisconsin
Jefferson
Dodge
Ashington
Calumet
Sheboygan
Madison
Milwaukee
Wells and
Thirteenth Streets
Menominee River
Milwaukee River
Lake Innebago
Fox River
Four Legs
Henry Leavenworth
Col. Levenworth
Mississippi
Lake
French Box Car Readied For Tour
The French gratitude box car and its contents will tour Wisconsin with display in Milwaukee on April 1 and in the state capitol until March 22. Manitowoc Green Bay Fort Atkinson Crosse and Beaver Dam plan future exhibits as communities must meet space security and insurance requirements.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
France
Compa
Clifford Lord
The
State Historical Society
Milwaukee
State
Manitowoc
Green Bay
Fort Atkinson
Crosse
Beaver Dam
Miners Consider Work in Berlin Brown Coal Deposits
Kasell Germany West German miners may soon be sent to work in brown coal deposits in the Reinickendorf section of blockaded Berlin.
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Kassel
Germany
Reinickendorf
Berlin
Wis. Motor Vehicle Chief Proposes Using Premium Increase
Wisconsin motor vehicle commissioner B. L. Marcus urged lawmakers to allocate a portion of rising automobile casualty insurance premium receipts to broaden the state highway safety program. He noted premiums and the two percent tax have grown, justifying more funding for safety education and broader campaigns. The safety division now spends about $50,000 yearly.
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Tribune Madison Bureau
Madison
Wis
B. L. Marcus
Wisconsin
Marcus
Legislative Budget Committee
Renne
Trick Wing Flies Between Takeoff and Speed Modes
A west coast manufacturer develops an experimental plane armed with a wing that switches from a straight takeoff and landing configuration to a swept back form for high speed.
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Washington
West Coast
Electric Eels Produce Shock Chemically
A report explains the electric shock from eels arises from chemical processes in their specialized cells, detailing how ions move and generate a current. The phenomenon is connected to the fish's electric organs and neuron signaling, illustrating bioelectrical mechanisms.
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Judy Bond
Fashion Lane
Doerflinger
Bertha
Snowhite
Modern Laundry & Dry Cleaning CO
Lete
LA Crosse
Collie
Contrary
St. Joseph
White Swan
Doerflinger’s
the Clinic
le Crosse
Norito
Fifth Ave. South
Electric
Northern States Power Company
Coronado
Pearl
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