Veterans Aid Funds Top Ten Billion Total
Washington report notes the 19th Congress appropriated over 10 billion dollars for veterans for 1946 47, nearly a third of the federal budget. Major legislation expanded G I insurance endowments and allowed lump sum payments, with pension boosts for Disabled American Veterans and changes easing hospital pension cuts. Veterans Administration staffing rose sharply, housing measures passed, and states offered bonuses, signaling a powerful veteran lobby and cautious political strategy. A bill to reconstruct the Senate chamber for southward orientation was signed by Senator Claghorn.
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Boys Senate Ends Session For Ball Game Adieu
Washington AP report on the national boys senate ending its session with a motion to adjourn to attend the ball game. The 96 members, invited by the American Legion to simulate government, voted to extend the draft law and killed a bill for nationwide freight rate equalization, while appearing headed for a poll tax filibuster amid unfavorable committee action.
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Washington Club
American Legion
Wife Accused of Poison Attempt in Rushville Ind
Mrs. Maxine Milligan, 22, mother of two, bound over to Rush county grand jury on a charge of poisoning with intent to kill her husband Raymond Milligan, 24. She allegedly admitted giving poison to stop him beating her and wrote of wanting to poison Old Gooseneck. Husband treated at Veterans Hospital in Indianapolis. A man living with them, William Baker, was bound over for contributing to the neglect of Milligan’s two children.
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Rush County Grand Jury
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Virgil Grinstead
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Grinstead
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Woman Cop Used Toy Gun 24 Years Retires in Detroit
Detroit police Lt. Nell Coolidge retires after 24 years of pretending with a toy gun. Her father seized her pistol in 1922 when women were first issued pistols, arguing a gun in a woman's hands endangered bystanders.
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Detroit Policewomen Given Pistols After Arrest
The first Detroit policewoman, a veteran, was sent to arrest a man harboring a run-away girl. He threatened with a razor. she revealed a gun behind her back. The prisoner, a gunman wanted in several states, was marched to headquarters by a 96 pound woman. The commissioner ordered pistols for all policewomen, but Nell Coolidge never carried the weapon.
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Nell Coolidge
Foundation disputes curare paralysis cure
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis announced there is no evidence curare can cure poliomyelitis. The statement followed Topeka reports that Melissa Woodring, 11, supposedly recovered after a curare injection. Foundation physicians warn curare causes complete muscle paralysis and can be fatal if dosing is imprecise.
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National Foundation For
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Topeka
Kan
Melissa Woodring
Harry H. Woodring
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