Early drug shows promise against infantile paralysis
U S Public Health Service experts caution that the sulfa derivative drug is in early stages. Some polio patients reportedly benefited without noted paralysis, but diagnoses were not thoroughly verified and different polio types may exist. Manufacturer and scientists urge thorough testing before claims or orders.
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U. S
Public Health Service
de. Leonard Karel
Ahigs
Kradl
Unclear fragment hints at medical treatment trial
The text discusses an early Texas study of a drug, noting initial harmlessness and later offering it for treatment. It mentions patients recovering without paralysis and a published report appearing weeks later, but many details are garbled.
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Petureia
Texas
Syrup and Bike Thefts Prompt Three Arrests in Enterprise
Two 25 year old Enterprise men James Baston and Daymon McKay were held in the county jail on burglary charges after breaking into The Sweet Shoppe on Sunday night. They were found with two gallon syrup cans used for drinks. They were arrested by city police and turned over to the sheriff. A separate burglary case involves James Cole, a young Black man charged with stealing a bicycle from Ben Logan four miles south of New Brockton. he was arrested after attempting to sell the bike.
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Enterprise
Elba
B. J. Sims
James Baston
Daymon McKay
Sims
James Cole
Ben Logan
New Brockton
Measles Epidemic Sweeps Guam With 900 Plus Cases
A measles epidemic is sweeping Guam with more than 900 cases under treatment as the Navy was advised here today.
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Honolulu
Guam
Fur farming covers over one million acres in Alaska
The report notes about 1,042,253 acres in Alaska are devoted to fur farming, reflecting a sizable area allocated to fur production activities. The figure emphasizes the scale of resource use for fur industry in the state during the period reported.
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Alaska
Dress revue at Armml Farm Meeting features club entries
At Wiregrass Memorial stadium Thursday, the Sliday Farm Bureau Home Demonstration Club will host a dress revue judged in three divisions sport or tailored special occasion and work outfit. First place in each division advances to the state contest with contestants from Kinsey Webb Union Hill Harmony Grove Vicksburg and many other communities among the entrants.
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Werca Freprerenting
Nousen Cenetyss
Dronernest
Ste Cubs
Armmel
Wiregrass Memorial Stadium
W. B. Elmore
Kinsey
Billy Beckham
Vicksburg
Clifton Hughes
Danubian Control and Western Resolve at Belgrade
The Belgrade conference on Danube navigation pits Western powers led by the United States Britain and France against Soviet dominated Eastern states including Russia Ukraine Bulgaria Romania Yugoslavia Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Vishinsky and Peake clash over who bullies whom as the issue of free navigation and regional influence tests Marshall Plan trade aims and Western resolve.
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Europe
Black Forest
Germany
Danube
Paris
Belgrade
Britain
France
Russia
Ukraine
Bulgaria
Romania
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Charles Peake
United Kingdom
Peake
Vishwuskty
Moscow
States To Control Soil Conservation Subsidy Grants
Washington reports the Agriculture Department will let states determine how to distribute 262.5 million dollars in federal soil conservation subsidies for 1949. Farmer committees will identify urgent local problems and farmers may receive up to 750 dollars for implementing approved programs across erosion control, steady yields on ranges, soil productivity, water use, land use adjustments, and farm woodlands. Similar subsidies have existed since 1936, with wartime reductions. this year’s total is 150 million dollars.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Last Man's Club in Langdon Fetes Legion Honor
The Cavalier County Last Man's Club, ten years old, honored by the local American Legion. The annual cognac bottle remained unopened as the last two surviving members were to "kill the bottle" when their number dwindles.
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Langdon
N. D
Cavalier County
American Legion
Dewey Would Reshape State Department If Elected
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey plans a full reorganization of the State Department if he wins the presidency. He favors a 1000 member trained diplomatic corps and rapid filling of top posts with experienced diplomats, aided by John Foster Dulles as a likely Secretary of State. He argues the U S should not rely on outsiders for diplomatic leadership and would avoid traveling abroad to solve issues.
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Kirtland I. King Pawling
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
State Department
John Foster Dulles
Dewey
United States
GOP
Dulles
U. S
United Nations
Gadsden Trade School reports record enrollment and veteran participation
The Trade School in Gadsden marks its 24th year with 482 students this term and expected growth to over 500, the largest graduating class in history recently. Auto Mechanics leads with 60 students, and 98 percent of enrollees are veterans under the GI Bill. plans include farm expansion and campus street paving.
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Gadsden
Sordah
Thremen
Dothso
Tr Alebema Trades Bee
Auburn G. Hale
Charles R. Sellers
Alabama
Uneder
John E
Fortin
Pidno-Playing Thief Strikes Wheatley Schoolhouse
In Macon Georgia residents heard piano music from Wheatley School on Anthony Road. Deputies Keen and Yancey searched the building but found no burglar or piano. Several door locks were broken and nothing definite was reported as taken.
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Macon
Wheatley School
Anthony Road
T. E. Keen
Thomas Yancey
Vast mid Atlantic ridge rises miles above ocean floor
A mid-Atlantic ridge climbs two miles above the sea floor and stretches nearly pole to pole, forming a continuous underwater ridge system across the Atlantic Ocean. The vast volcanic feature marks tectonic activity and underpins continental drift theories.
Cuban revolutionary Mikey Estrada found dead aboard ship
Mikey Estrada, 46, was found dead in the engine room of the Jose Martin, a war surplus subchaser docked in Havana. Autopsy by Dr. Edward Gonzales indicated death by gasoline fumes with stomach zylene from fumes. Florida lab found no poison, alcohol, or carbon monoxide. Coroner to review lab results. Estrada had been active in revolutionary plots and once escaped from Isle of Pines.
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Estrada
Edward Gonzales
Gonzales
Florida State Laboratory
Jacksonville
Pere
Havana
Cuba
Jose Martin
Machado
Isle of Pines
United States
Jose
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