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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1949
Page
3
La Crosse residents received praise from Robert Deal chair of the Jaycees salvage committee for a record scrap drive. Despite rain the Sunday collection drew vast amounts, with 9 am to 8 30 pm operations unable to finish. A truck will continue rounds until all scrap is gathered and proceeds fund the campaign costs.
Morgantown West Virginia Richard Tabor a first year medical student at West Virginia University delivered his own son at home after calling a doctor and arranging a hospital room. He returned to find the birth underway and completed it. Mother and baby arrived at the hospital 30 minutes later both doing fine.
Madison man Ervin Hodges was hit from behind by E H Pierce of Bangor while eastbound toward Sparta near Lake Neshonoc. Hodges avoided drowning as his car stopped about 25 feet from the water after the rear was crushed and brakes were locked.
In three months Tientsin China has shipped 1,053 pounds of feathers to America.
Encyclopaedia Britannica notes that playing cards with double headed designs and readable corner indices did not become standard until around 1870. The shift reflected changes in card manufacturing and usage.
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