6000 Veterans Yearly Runaway From TB Clinic
Washington report shows up to 6000 tubercular war veterans yearly walk out on hospitalization. VA statistics note 5.7 percent irregular discharges in 1948 49, with one fifth of those being TB patients. A VA study of 400 of 6000 AWOL tubercular patients reveals two thirds had active TB and despair as a major factor. enhanced social case work could reduce walkouts.
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Washington
Veterans’ Administration
Carl R.gray Jr
Congress
Veterans
William B. Tollen
VA Medicine Department
Tollen
Bodies of Czech Yanks Returned
The bodies of two American soldiers of Czech extraction were handed to Czechoslovak authorities at Rozadov for reburial in Czechoslovakia. Private Alexander J. Ferenc of Akron Ohio and Private First Class Andrew V. Fabis of Torrington Connecticut were disinterred from Italy and Holland and sent to next of kin in Czechoslovakia. Ambassador Ellis Briggs observed the ceremony noting the friendship between the U S and Czechoslovakia. Ferenc died Dec 18 1948 near San Pietro Italy. Fabis died Sept 21 1944 in Holland after exposing himself to enemy fire and was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star.
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Prague
Alexander J. Ferenc
Soporna
Czechoslovakia
Akron
Ohio
Andrew V. Fabis
Torrington
Conn
Italy
Holland
Bavaria
Rozadov
Ellis
Briggs
United States
United States of America
Ferenc
San Pietro
Marxanello Nuovo
Fabis
United States Military Cemetery
Molenhoek
Police Cancel US Church Meeting in Rome
A Church of Christ gathering in Rome was canceled by police orders after permission was granted two weeks earlier. Texas missionaries argued with Saverio Polito, Rome police chief, as the Education Ministry withdrew approval for the Pan theon area hall. Pamphlets explaining church organization were handed out to hundreds while three jeeps of police stood by. A new meeting was to be arranged after a Friday conference with the police chief.
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Rome
Church of Christ
Texas
Saverio Polito
Pantheon
Polito
Cline R. Paden
Brownfield
Frascati
Madame Chiang Kai shek enraged by hospital care in Formosa
Madame Chiang Kai shek scolded hospital heads in Kaohsiung after finding wounded soldiers lying on filthy sheets and hearing reports of strikes and ill treatment. She cited a cell labeled repentance room with an insane patient and warned Chiang Kai shek about conditions. Gamblers in Taipei predicted changes to the hospital staff.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kaishek
China
Kaohsiung Army Hospital
Kung Chih-yu
Lu Yu-ming
Madame Chiang
Chiang Kai-shek
Music Teacher Gets 33 Year Debt Encore
Otis Deaton of Dallas once taught in Dougherty West Texas. A pupil's father, unable to pay, promised to settle later. This week Deaton received a $33 check from the Fort Worth resident, noting the original bill was $10 and implying interest.
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Dallas
Otis Deaton
Dougherty
West Texas
Deaton
Fort Worth
Phone Call Saves Texas Wife's Life
A Fort Worth woman, 32, was saved from gas fumes when a long distance call from Clinton North Carolina informed her of her husband's new job. Leonard Cantrell's message reached the cafe where she works, prompting others to tell her. She was found unconscious in a trailer home with propane burners out.
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Clinton
N. C
Fort Worth
Leonard Cantrell
Taylor Native Made Oil Firm Head Aide
Andrew W. Tarkington, native of Taylor and Taylor High School graduate, has been named assistant to the president of the Continental Oil Company.
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Taylor Native
Taylor
ANS
Andrew W. Tarkington
Taylor High School
Continental Oil Company
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