Veterans Camp Shows Ready to Tour Hospital Halls
New York based Veterans Hospital Camp Shows has begun production on its winter series for 100000 veterans in 10 Army Navy and VA hospitals from Maine to California. Louis Simon VHCS general manager says 10 shows will be tailored to medical needs and focus on music visual appeal and familiar acts. Four showcases will be streamlined vaudeville revues featuring jugglers magicians dancers and acrobats with musical support.
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New York
Veterans Hospital
Army, Navy and Veterans Administration
Maine
California
Louis Simon
VHCS
Simon
Broadway Hillbillies and Ballet Plans at VHCS
VHCS plans two music programs and a folk show while exploring a touring ballet group. Simon notes medical view favors any pleasing music for patients. Broadway Hillbillies will be presented as patient approval acts. John Golden’s Turn to the Right and Ezra Stone directed patient-written revue also planned. Each unit travels 30 weeks over 28 000 miles with about 20 auditorium and 50 ward shows monthly. About 322 men attend each performance. The schedule aims to refresh entertainment every three weeks.
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Victor Herbert
Sigmund Romberg
Simon
VHCS
John Golden
Ezra Stone
Welfare costs rise in Chicago agencies drives fund drive
Inflation has pushed welfare costs up across 192 Chicago agencies from 1941 to 1948. The Community Fund of Chicago aims to raise 8,679,090 dollars this fall, a 15.5 percent increase. Clinical care per visit rose from 1.17 to 3.02 dollars by early 1948, with dependent children and aged care forecast to climb 213 and 245 percent, respectively, over 1941 levels.
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Chicago
Community Fund of Chicago, Inc
Henriet ta the Great Falls chicken dancer tragedy
An axe ended the promising stage career of Henrietta a star chicken dancer with the General Mills poultry troupe in Great Falls Montana. The chicken valued at 300 dollars hosted the show in Great Falls. Repeated announcements traced the fate of the chicken showgirl but a Great Falls woman admitted finding Henrietta and said she did not know the chicken could dance.
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Great Falls
Mont
Henrietta
General Mills
Poultrymen Warned Egg Slump Tied to Mosquito
Auburn Alabama poultrymen warned that the Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito can cause egg production declines in late summer and fall. A report from the Alabama Polytechnic Institute notes the species dominated local mosquitoes in chicken houses on over 200 farms, feeding mainly on birds and transmitting fowl pox among chickens. It urges sanitation and spraying chicken houses with a 2 to 5 percent DDT solution to reduce mosquitoes and flies.
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Auburn
Ala
Alabama
South
S. A. Edgar
O. M. Williams
Agricultural Experiment Station
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
New Faucets Rigged For Kitchen Sink
Evansville Indiana reports Vic tor Barnett pursuing novelty faucet patent. The Bowater style taps combine hot and cold controls in a single cast head. The patent aims at a unique kitchen sink feature drawing attention to efficient water control.
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Evansville
Ind
Victor Barnett
Barnett
Baer
Four At Enterprise Injured In Collision
Four Enterprise residents escaped serious injury when their car collided with ACL mixed trains at a crossing on South Erin street. Mrs Vera Bradley suffered cuts and bruises and was taken to Enterprise hospital. Mrs Mattie Pearl Thomas and Mrs Russell Carmich were treated for minor injuries and dismissed. The accident occurred about 12 30 p m.
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Enterprise
Erin Street
Vera Bradley
Norman Carmichael
Mattie Pearl Thomas
Russell Carmich
Easy Going Culture Of Mexico Praised
In a Kansas State College commencement, Mexican cultural agent Robert de las Rosa urged Americans to discard villainous stereotypes of Mexicans. He contrasted Mexican life as home centered and industrious with U S norms of urban birth, church weddings, and violent deaths, urging mutual cultural exchange.
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Manhattan
Kan
U. S
Robert de Las Rosa
Kansas State College
Rio Grande
U.S
New Plastic Eye Clinic Opens In Minneapolis
A new plastic artificial eye clinic has opened in Minneapolis offering custom built eyes superior to glass. Produced by a dental technician at the veterans hospital, the plastic eyes are etched by fluids, more durable and movable, promising better appearance.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis Veterans S Hospital
Holden Siegert
Sager
Ines
Etagone tablet diet claims awe researchers in London
A London chemist touts etagone as emergency nutrition, claiming 30 tablets daily can sustain a man for five days without food or drink. Medical board tests with 76 students reportedly showed all subjects remained physically and mentally fit after the five day regimen, with weight loss only minor. Large scale production plans were announced.
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K. C. Thames London
LLP
London
Medicaon
Hampshire
Drowning Victim Found Off Gulf Near Panama City
The body of Mrs Leonard R Campbell 42 of Birmingham was found floating seven miles west of Panama City by a lifeguard. Identified by two men D F Marks and Ben Watson. Mrs Campbell vacationed in Florida with her three sons since August. She was formerly Nan Caylon Powell of Huntsville Alabama. Surviving are her husband three sons a brother Robert W Powell and a sister Mrs William S Halsey.
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Panama City
Leonard R. Campbell
Birmingham
Gulf of Mexico
Here
Coy Rushing
Bay County
Huntsville
Ala
Robert W. Powell
William S. Halsey
Tuscumbia
PAU Exports Mobile Agent For 99 Years
Ganaway, a longtime union figure, was named by McCarthy as a target of charges. He failed to appear to answer these charges, marking a contentious moment amid the rank and file candidacy. The article notes PAU involvement and a 99 year reference that frames the broader dispute.
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PAU
Wella
NMU
Three C-54 Groups Moved To Berlin Base
The United States air forces announced the transfer of three C54 squadrons to a base in the British zone of Germany to boost Berlin supply flow. The 9th Air Transport Squadron began operating yesterday from its new base at Fassberg with Brookley AFB advising the move.
Miami and Key West Airlines Linking Jacksonville to New Orleans
Officials announced plan to expand air service to Panama City with flights between Jacksonville and New Orleans. The move would add multiple cities across states and extend routes to include the District of Columbia and Cuba, signaling broader regional air connectivity.
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Miami
Frs
Yasin
Richmond
Metpeod
New
York
Jacksonyi
Panama City
Jasonville
New Orleans
Ostates
District Columbia
Cuba
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