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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1946
Page
3
The Federation of Tax Administrators reports voters approved veterans tax exemption provisions in two states at the November 5 elections. Louisiana adopted a constitutional amendment expanding exemptions for ex servicemen and women.
The piece surveys multistate changes to homestead and property tax exemptions for veterans. It notes increases in Arizona New Jersey Michigan and Massachusetts and summarizes enacted exemptions in California New Jersey Wyoming plus six states offering relief on interest and penalties. It lists Idaho six month discharge exemption and mentions additional grants in Arizona Iowa Vermont Maryland Mississippi Nevada Minnesota New York and Oklahoma.
Tokyo reports from International Red Cross delegates say Japanese prisoners of war and disarmed personnel in US Army and Navy camps were fed housed and kept under Geneva Convention provisions. Delegates visited camps in the Philippines Okinawa Bonin Islands Guam Truk Marianas and Saipan noting warm thanks from POWs and DMPs.
In Ann Arbor and Toledo an experimental program uses two devices from Bell Labs to teach deaf children. The cathode day speech translator converts speech to visual patterns on a fluorescent screen, while the acoustical spectograph prints speech patterns. Dr. George A. Kopp and Miss Harriet Green lead the project, aiming to build basic vocabularies rapidly.
Mark medicine bottles plainly and keep them out of reach of children. The guide warns that iron won’t stick to torched pieces if clothes are dampened with warm water and wax rubbed on Venetian blinds eases cleaning. It advises picking up broken glaze with damp cotton, treating shoes to extend wear, repairing uneven heels, avoiding excessive heat, keeping leather conditioned, and avoiding throw rugs at stairs or doorways.
AP reports the British National Institution for the Blind will present braille volumes to Helen Keller the celebrated deaf and blind author. The collection includes Shakespeare plays and other works as Keller visits London.
Mrs Wil lamy Phillips teaches a French class at lottheff cailage where a pupil named Bouvailet, described as pretty and possessive, encounters the Lee Cre revi ye Bouvailet on a ship. The fragment hints at romance and social dynamics in a small community setting.
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