Linn County Supervisors to Direct Over Two Million Dollar Budget
Linn County supervisors, newly identified as the county's top officials, will oversee a $2,055,873 year budget. The three man board led by Henry J. Hood will approve bonds, claims, and county office vacancies while managing secondary roads, farm to market funds, and official canvasses.
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Linn
Iowa
Linn County
Woodbury
Sioux City
Henry J. Hood
C. L. Beeson
Miles P. Sutera
Iowa Highway Commission
del Blumenshine
Linn Mere
Tin Supply Tight as U S Mines Produce 68 Tons in 1949
The United States mined only 68 long tons of tin in 1949 with Alaska contributing 51 and Colorado 17. Yet American industries demand more than 70,000 tons annually, drawing tin from Asia Africa and South America via distant sea lanes.
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Washington
United States
Alaska
Colorado
National Geographic Society
Asia
Africa
South America
One-Woman Campaign Aids Polio Patients At Iowa Hospital
Del Blumenshine profiles Mrs. Jack Carney who organized a charity drive to fund a record player and records for polio victims at the University Hospital in Iowa City. Despite severe illness she raised $166 from 44 donors and now seeks ongoing support and larger plans for more patients.
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University Hospital
Iowa City
Jack Carney
Ellis Boulevard
Gerhard Hartman
University Hospitals
Carney
Electronic Brain Hurries Answers For Collins Radio
Collins Radio's tabulating department uses IBM electronic brain to double output with only a one third rise in staff. The 18 000 calculations per hour machine replaces two older calculators and handles payroll, inventory, load reports, and long range part projections. With 31 employees over two shifts, the system links multiple machines to deliver rapid, precise figures for 35 000 plus parts and finished goods.
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Collins Radio Company
S. A. Lawrence
Collins
Third Street SE
I.B.M
Sylvan Bixby, Jr
Worcester steel magnate opens armor museum for public
John W. Higgins, president of Worcester Pressed Steel, houses a rare armor collection in a museum built on company grounds. Opened in 1930, the exhibit draws more than 12 000 visitors each year.
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Worcester, Mass
John W. Higgins
Worcester Pressed Steel Company
Perfume Etymology Traced to Through Smoke Meaning
The word perfume comes from the Latin perfumum meaning through smoke, reflecting its historical use in aromatic burning rituals and scent diffusion.
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Perfumum
Built to last a lifetime Sanitary and acid resistant
Product claim highlights durability and chemical resistance emphasizing long lasting sanitary properties for industrial use.
Personality Remains When You Leave Room
In New York, arson expert Frank Allen explains that a person’s personality lingers after departures through detectable traces. He cites fingerprints, footprints, hair, cigarette remnants, lipstick stains, and unique matchbook tear patterns as clues detectives use to reconstruct actions.
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New York
Frank Allen
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Allen
Injections Cut Disease Among Desert Bedouins
In the Negev Bedouin population of 50,000, skin diseases and eye infections have fallen by about 70 percent over two years due to modern medical injections and vaccinations. Danish volunteers of Intucam helped introduce the tuberculosis vaccine, now continued by Israeli medical teams.
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Tel Aviv
Israel Desert Negev
Israel
Intucam
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Matteson Health Foods
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First St. SE
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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