Big Air Force Still Sought
Rep Vinson said another push will occur before adjournment to obtain 800 million dollars for a 70 group Air Force while Truman's budget proposes 48 groups. Spaatz warned a 70 group force risks jeopardizing arms aid to Europe, but urged a larger air force.
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Washington
Vinson
D-Ga
Congress
Truman
Carl Spaatz
House
Armed Services Committee
Spaatz
Europe
Police in Malaya reach full strength of 14 522 men
The Federation of Malaya police force has reached full strength at 14 522 men for the first time since liberation in August 1945. At liberation it stood at 7 663, 289 below the prewar establishment, a rise driven by the emergency declared after the recent Communist campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuala Lumpur
Federation of Malaya
Malaya
Repair Shop Astray: Stadelheim Beheadings to Moben Repair
The Bavarian penitentiary at Stadelheim near Munich, where over 1,100 executions occurred under Nazi rule, is being cleaned and repurposed into a motor repair shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Stadelheim
Lost saddle bag found on city corner ad holder
Found on the corner of Grant Street and 2nd Avenue a saddle bag for a motor bike with a child’s rain coat inside. The owner may recover by identifying and paying for this ad at The Decatur Daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant St
2Nd Ave
Decatur Daily
Income Rates Up Last Year
The Commerce Department reports 1948 individual American income averaged 1140 dollars, up from 1120 in 1947, with total personal income at 206 billion dollars, up nine percent from 1947. Regional gains ranged from 6 to 12 percent, while New York led at 1891 dollars and Mississippi trailed at 758.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Ohio
Wisconsin
New England
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Vermont
California
Nevada
Oregon
North Dakota
Kansas
New York
Mississippi
Census shows July cotton spinning at 79.6 percent capacity
In July the cotton spinning industry operated at 79.6 percent of capacity on a two shift eighty hour week basis. Spindles in place totaled 23.5 million with 19.0 million active consuming cotton. Active spindle hours reached 5.637 billion, down from June and last year. Cotton growing states accounted for most spindles and consumption with notable New England contributions.
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Washington
Census Bureau
New England
Baby diarrhea causes and cures, 1949 medical advice
Diarrhea in babies is usually infection related and mild if due to cold or ear or tonsil issues. For severe cases, treat the infection, keep the baby clean, adjust feeding, and consider diluted formula, boiled milk, water between feeds, or pectin and kaolin. Seek doctor guidance for antibiotics if ears or tonsils are infected.
End of Docks Strike Urged
Government urges new settlement talks in Hawaii strike that began May 1 and crippled the islands economy. Cyrus S. Ching of the U S conciliation service proposed negotiations in Hawaii or mediation in Washington or New York if needed. The CIO Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union walkout involves seven stevedoring firms with demands of a 32 cent wage rise from $1.40 hourly. companies offer up to 14 cents.
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Washington
New York
Cyrus S. Ching
U. S. Conciliation Service
Honolulu
Ching
Oae
U. S
Hawaii
CIO International Longshoremen
Loans to veterans aid farms houses and business ventures
The New Zealand Government has loaned ex servicemen 258000000 for rehabilitation since World War II ended. Loans were made to buy farms houses businesses and furniture.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Seven Sought After Storm
MOBILE Alabama Aug 22 Five fishermen feared drowned after a weekend squall in Mobile bay as Coast Guard and shrimping boats search between Dauphin Island and Cedar Point. The missing include Glen Geiger 21 Alton L Allen 29 Roland Horton 26 Charles E Moore and Melvin Mauldin all Mobile or nearby. The Margie Lee from Tuscaloosa was found safe ending a two day search.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile Bay
Coast Guard
Glen Geiger
Alton L. Allen
Chickasaw
Roland Horton
McKenzie
Alabama
Dauphin Island
Cedar Point
Charles E. Moore
Melvin Mauldin
Margie Lee
Tuscaloosa
Move to Reduce Price of Milk is Plea of Durrett
Milton R. Durrett, manager of the Alabama Food Council, urged public action to cut milk prices. He called for abolishing the state milk control board, arguing industry domination keeps prices high and consumption low in Jefferson County, and urged civic groups to press for changes comparing Alabama unfavorably with neighboring states.
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Birmingham
Ala
Milton R. Durrett
Alabama Food Council
Durrett
Milk Control Board
State Milk Control Board
Alabama
Jefferson County
Five year old Janice Medders listed in good condition
Five year old Janice Medders of Anniston Alabama is reported in very good condition at Memorial hospital. She arrived two weeks ago for a leg growth treatment and underwent an exploratory operation last Wednesday. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Marcus A Medders.
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New York
Janice Medders
Anniston
Ala
Memorial Hospital
Janice
Marcus A. Medders
Czechs Fight Prague Black Market Crackdown and Free Market
The Czechoslovak government reports a crackdown on black market activity with sharp prosecutions and a more liberal sale of goods without ration coupons. Con fiscations of blackmarket goods were reported to have declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Soviet Union Says 250000 Propagandists Active
Pravda reports about 250000 propagandists of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union. It notes a large growth since the 1938 publication of the Short Course of History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Pravda
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Advertising Giant Plans To Put Ads on the Moon
Douglas Leigh, famed for Broadway signs, outlines future spectacles including a 175 foot sign for a Minneapolis bank and a 220 foot stork blimp, plus proposals to paint ads on the Rock of Gibraltar and use aurora lights for publicity, hinting at moon rocket era ambitions.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Douglas Leigh
Leigh
Broadway
Times Square
America
Rockefeller Center
Minneapolis
Empire State Building
Rock of Gibraltar
England
Rock
Camden Votes in Bitter Battle Over Sales Levy
Camden Alabama August 22 residents cast ballots in a special election to decide whether the town keeps a mayor council government or becomes a three man city commission. The vote centers on the sales tax with bitter arguments over fairness to surrounding communities and needed improvements water mains hydrants and a fire truck funded by the first month’s receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
Ala
Travel Increase Hits Nation Holiday Travel
Crosley estimates national vacation travel income will top 11 billion dollars this year, up 10 percent from 1948. He notes about 65 to 70 million families take auto trips while another 10 million travel by rail, bus, air or boat, spending at hotels, resorts, camps, restaurants, motor courts and gas stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Powel Crosley Jr
Wife of Solon Dies in Centerville Alabama
Mrs Stella Avery Cooper wife of Bibb Senator W H Cooper died at her Centerville home after weeks of illness She is survived by her husband one son and four daughters Funeral services will be at the Presbyterian church tomorrow at 11 A M
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Centerville
Ala
Stella Avery Cooper
Bibb
W. H. Cooper
Presbyterian Church
Quotation Footnote on Moon Mission Advertising Plan
A remark about marketing strategy to fund a lunar project suggests that if the mission reaches the moon, an associate will plant advertising signs along the route. The dialogue underscores the intersection of space ambition and commercial sponsorship.
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Anyory
Doug
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