State Health Data Endorses Incineration For City Waste
State Health Department data highlight incineration as the top preferred method for municipal refuse disposal. The report notes benefits like reduced odor and inoffensive ash when properly operated, while warning that failures arise from poor design, inadequate capacity, or lax operation. It cites centralized plants lowering transport costs and recommends ample capacity and skilled operators, citing 25 cities surveyed with nine fully served and four partially served.
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State Department of Health
Fastonians
Redivision of Sanitary Engineering
State Department
Heath
Nihéy
Aoe Esa
Manos Theatre Adds Passes In Youth Contest
Gus Gianakos, manager of the Manos theatre, announced a contest offering two passes to the ten best entries and one pass to the next ten, totaling thirty passes. The late announcement follows strong entries in last Saturday's Sentinel sponsorship.
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Gus Gianakos
Manos
Gianakos
Sentinel
Senate debate pins down wage law exemptions for small firms
Senator Taft backs an amendment to remove coverage for some workers by limiting the wage hour law's reach. The measure exempts retail and service establishments that derive more than half their annual sales from the state of location, aiming to reassure small business owners unsettled by current provisions. The discussion notes administrator encroachment on exemptions and cites Abilene Kansas’s frontier heritage and a curious remark about young eels being nearly transparent.
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Taft
Ohio
Holland
The Dimetrodon and the Sunlit Beach Playoff
A Fat Man sunbathing at an East Hampton resort engages in a playful animal guessing game with a five year old boy. The child’s book reveals a dimetrodon, a Permian reptile, prompting the man to concede. The exchange continues as the boy nudges the man to guess an animal starting with P.
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East Hampton
Nyne
Paneda
Pig Misadventure on the Beach
A fat man teases a boy with the remark It’s a pig while on a beach scene. The boy protests and storms off across the sand. The fat man laughs and settles back to rest, pleased with his mischief.
Peacetime Draft and Atom Control Debate at Legion Convention
At the 31st American Legion convention in Philadelphia the end of peacetime draft and civilian control of the atom were debated alongside anti-Communist law and monopoly issues. National Commander Perry Brown of Beaumont Texas urged strong postwar policy as the parade concluded and the gathering turned to policy talks.
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Philadelphia
U. S
American Legion
Legion
Perry ‘Brown
Beaumont
Texas
Washington chaos and tax questions spark political backlash
A murky report notes John Maragon hid over five percent more income than taxed over six years while Ambassador Grady cites Maragon's Greece actions as embarrassing and hints Washington episodes may be equally so. The piece cites Congress, scandals, and policy debates amid a satire of U S politics.
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Grady
Maragon
Greece
Washington
Legion Convention Faces Key Policy Debates at Peak
The parade drew an estimated 1.5 million spectators, a peak crowd as the Legion convened. National committees prepared major policy resolutions on security, Americanism, and foreign policy led by 28 year old Bob Erle Cocke Jr. who opposes extending the draft and hints at possible gender drafting. The group also aims to resist sharing atomic secrets and bombs, including England, while backing civilian energy programs and a hot lunch plan in West Virginia schools.
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Guy E. Parsons
Convention Hall
National Security
Bob Erle Cocke, Jr
Dawson
National Security Committee
Cocke
Congress
England
Civilianyeetion
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