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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1944
Page
13
Chief Rick warns bicycle owners to secure city licenses before July 1 or face arrest. Licenses issued at City Hall from 8 am to 5 pm weekdays and 8 am to 12 noon Saturdays. Office hours extended for workers.
A jet propulsion aircraft differs from a rocket craft by not carrying its own liquid oxygen, limiting its ceiling, whereas a rocket carries its own oxidizer enabling unlimited altitude.
Tulsa reports Mrs. Lillian B. Roth recovered $2,000 from a salesman who vanished after a stock certificate investment. A subsequent caller returned twenty $100 bills, prompting Mrs. Roth to quip that someone had an honest wife.
New York reports war driven growth in teen male marriages under 20 and in marriages involving partners over 35. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Co bulletin notes a 31.6 percent rise for older brides among teen boys 16 and 17, while most 19 year olds marry younger partners. Women over 35 show a 73 percent increase and men over 35 about 65 percent.
Doristhy Thomas graduates as valedictorian at Ipswich High School while all seven siblings have held top honors. Next year the school board president father will not have a family member attending, ending a 38 year pattern.
England launches a Braille edition of the Pay-as-You-Earn pamphlet to help blind wage earners estimate income taxes. The National Institute in London reports 6,767 sightless workers are employed in Britain’s war industries.
Vernon county launches a fifth war bond drive with special selling events and free theater shows to boost purchases. Precinct reports show receipts from Christiana to Westby totaling several thousand dollars while many precincts report no activity prompting warnings of a tough job ahead for bond workers.
A city health official instructs residents to use proper tight covered garbage cans for collection. Cans must be elevated to avoid dog tipping and not wrapped. Do not include ashes nails razor blades broken glass or harmful chemicals. Cans should be washed to prevent foul odors and rancid garbage.
Chicago zoo director Robert Bean christens four male wildebeasts born this week at Brookfield Gardens. The calves are named Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Saturday after their birth days.
Brighton gardener Mr. P. G. Massey found a crouched skeleton dating to 1500 B C while planting peas in a chalk yard. Flints were uncovered with the grave, which experts place in the middle Bronze Age era.
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