Truman Extends European Aid and Lifts Bond Drive Start
President Truman signed a bill to provide 58 billion dollars for European Recovery over 15 months, with 1 billion available immediately, while the United States launched a nationwide Opportunity Bond Drive aiming to sell 40 million dollars in savings bonds. The drive seeks 250,000 volunteers to push the effort into 12 national households amid concerns about employment and consumer demand.
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Fewer Deaths on U.S. Roads Reported by Safety Council
The National Safety Council notes 92 cities over 10,000 population had no traffic deaths in 1938. Medford Massachusetts, population 87 277, is cited as the largest no death city last year.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica Book of the Year
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Emmons
First Woman Sheriff Elected in Mc Gracken County Ky
A 05 pound Lady Sheriff Mrs Barkley Grahamn was elected Mc Gracken County Kentucky's first female sheriff succeeding her husband who resigned to head Paducah police. The report also notes farm subsidy debates, a new cancer blood test claim, and a kiwi chick hatching in New Zealand.
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Men Who Found Kathy Remembered by Mail
The men who dug for Kathy Ciscus, who died in a California well shaft, are being remembered nationwide. More than 2,200 contributions to the Kathy Els gus regene fund have come from virtually every state, with an average donation of 3.50 and gifts ranging from 10 cents to 850. The fund aids the men who worked 52 hours to reach the child who fell 82 feet down the well pipe.
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Rural housing needs linger in rural America
Rural housing conditions remain among the nation’s worst, a Senate committee notes while multibillion dollar housing legislation awaits Congress. The discussion highlights rural needs as pressing as urban demands, underscoring extensive hardship in farm areas.
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