Greensboro Named For Health Merit
Charleston, D. C., named southeastern winner in a 1938 health conservation contest by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and the American Public Health Association. Berkeley County, South Carolina, won rural merit and Greensboro, N. C., won for cities of 50 000 to 100 000 population. Awards praised effective health problem handling rather than overall health.
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Washington
Charleston
D. C
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
American Public Health Association
Berkeley County
South Carolina
Greensboro
N. C
Bell 10 spend 320 million for telephone improvements
The Bell System plans 320 million dollars in plant expenditures and improvements this year, up 25 million from 1938, as Walter S. Gifford reports at the AT&T annual stockholders meeting. He notes 16 million telephones in service, the all time high, with 800 thousand more than the pre depression peak in 1929.
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New York
Bell System
Walter S. Gifford
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Lower Broadway
Gifford
Uehlin’s tear gas trap explodes in mishap at home
In Barron Wisconsin R H Uehlin a jeweler learned his burglar trap worked but by opening a safe without a switch he caused a tear gas bomb to explode in his face. The item notes other brief global snippets about English incomes and unusual food classifications.
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Barron, Wis
R. H. Uehlin
William Penn Honor Roll List Features 16 Students
Principal S F Burford released the William Penn high school honor roll for the seventh month. Sixteen students made honor averages with seniors leading. names span Senior, Junior A, Sophomore, and Freshman A classes, including Irene Martin and Cordelia Blackburn among others. Norwegian whalers supplied 988000 barrels of whale oil last year.
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S. FE. Burford
William Penn High School
Irene Martin
Harry Palmer
Otis Wells
Clifford Brockington
Alphonso Williams
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