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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1947
Page
7
Berlin's zoo, badly diminished by wartime losses and postwar hunger, is repurposing enclosures into vegetable plots. Keepers cultivate cabbage, tomatoes, beans, corn, and beets as visitors view a scarred landscape still drawing crowds including occupying troops.
Edward Leo Delaney of Alney Illinois is held on 10000 bail on treason charges for broadcasting German propaganda from Berlin during World War II. Indicted by a Washington grand jury in 1943 he will be tried in New York where he landed from abroad. The complaint accuses him of treasonable adherence and aiding the German government and propaganda organs.
The San Francisco chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals reports numerous cats rescued or found in peril locations. Rescues include three under floors four between walls three up poles one on a ledge one in a box car four on roofs one in a steel trap and one under a building. An additional cat was tied to a car motor and three were abandoned in vacant stores. A total of 818 cats were brought to the society as unwanted or homeless.
The article notes that Santa Anna, former Mexican president, inspired the production of chicle chewing gum in the United States when he traveled to New York shortly before the Civil War, linking a political figure to a consumer staple.
Two 375 ton 14 inch railway coastal defense guns once guarding California’s coast are scrapped after only one live test in 1942. They were moved from Massachusetts to Fort MacArthur to blunt the coast and now will be recycled into steel. The process required eight hours per slice through the 60 foot barrels and heavy oxygen consumption.
The fragment notes that prices for higher quality Oriental rugs may be expected to increase, citing market factors or dealer expectations as the reason. The text is incomplete but points to a supply and demand dynamic affecting rug value.
Economists forecast that household incomes will stay well above wartime levels, signaling a durable improvement in living standards. Analysts point to rising wages, productivity gains, and steady employment as underpinning factors for the outlook.
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