Polio cases rise in hot weather and national outlook
Polio, infantile paralysis, affects children and adults. With summer heat, cases rise. 8,000 cases through July and a double fatality rate versus 1948. Authorities urge calm, early diagnosis, and access to care funded by the March of Dimes. Local outbreaks prompt varied public health actions and policy debates on rent controls.
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Associated Press
Basil O’connor
American Red Cross
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Leonard A. Scheele
Public Health Service
New York City
Springfield
Ill
Albuquerque
N.M
Muncie
Ind
Baldwin
Kans
Congress Debates Arms-Aid Program in 1950s
Gen. George C. Marshall testifies before Congress warning against cutting Truman’s 1.45 billion arms aid for Atlantic Pact members. He argues timely aid could shorten war, save money, and prevent Russia’s aggression, while a compromise to slow development faces bipartisan debate. Western Europe defense surveys continue as jet fighters replace older models. Atomic weapons progress and Truman’s defense stance are noted.
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Congress
Franklin Roosevelt
United States
George C. Marshall
U.S. Army
Marshall
Truman
Russia
North Atlantic
Arthur Vandenberg
Rmich
John Foster Dulles
R-Ny
GOP
State Department
U.S
Army
Omar N. Bradley
Air Force
Hoyt S.vandenberg
Adm
Louis E. Denfeld
Navy
Washington
Bradley
Congressional
Germany
Joint Chiefs
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Dentists Caution on New Ammoniated Tooth Cleaner
The American Dental Association warns against high expectations for the new ammoniated dentifrice as decay prevention. In its Journal editorial the effects remain unevaluated and many claims lack scientific support. Time will tell its effectiveness, while the public becomes guinea pigs and dentists tread cautiously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Dental Association
Association
Burlesque Debate Attracts Senators And Justices
Quotes Stuyvesant Van Veen a professor at New York City College on 14 years of burlesque study saying interest reaches beyond lowbrows to senators government officials and even Supreme Court Justices. Bebe Shopp Miss America 1948 denounces French abbreviated two piece swimsuits calling them indecent and un-American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuyvesant van Veen
N. Y. City College
Supreme Court
Bebe Shopp
Hopkins, Minn
Abroad Church and State Clash Deepens in Cold War Romania
The Romanian regime dissolved 15 Roman Catholic welfare orders, forcing priests monks and nuns to choose between leaving religious life or entering cloisters or old age asylums. Catholic leaders in West Germany faced a pastoral instruction urging votes for only Christian candidates amid anti Communist warnings.
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Romania
West Germany
Vatican
August Dates Highlight Global Events and Milestones
A list of notable dates includes the National Medical Association gathering in Detroit, Council of Europe sessions in Strasbourg, August 10 birthday of Herbert Hoover, Ecuador's Independence Day, the Hambletonian race in Goshen New York, a boxing title bout between Ezzard Charles and Gus Lesnevich, August 12 anniversaries in Hamp ton New Hampshire and Japan’s WWI surrender anniversary, and West German Parliament elections.
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National Medical Association
Negro
Detroit
Council of Europe
Strasbourg
Herbert C. Hoover
Ecuador
Goshen
N. Y
Ezzard Charles
Gus Lesnevich
N.B.A
B-36 Controversy Triggers House Defense Inquiry
The B-36 strategic bomber sparks a clash between Air Force and Navy advocates over roles and arms. Defense Secretary Louis A. Johnson faced scrutiny after canceling the United States super carrier project then backing carrier modernization. The House Armed Services Committee opens hearings with witnesses including Robert A. Lovett and Floyd Odlum to clarify national defense policy and personnel ties.
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Air Force
Navy
Louis A. Johnson
Defense
United States
Johnson
Navy Air Arm
Joint Chiefs of Staff
House Armed Services Committee
Gins
Washing- Carl
Vinson
D-Ga
Robert A. Lovett
Floyd Odlum
Odlum
Consolidated Vultee
Lovett
New York
Air
George C. Marshall
House
James E. van Zandt
R-Pa
Stuart Symington van Zandt
Democratic Party
Symington
Political and Social Highlights Amid Foreign and Domestic News
A Shanghai mahjong ban is criticized as a waste of time. Rep. Franklin D Roosevelt Jr. proposes to Suzanne Perrin in New York, anticipating a second marriage. The World Bank grants Finland a 12.5 million loan in its eastern Europe outreach. President Truman names Tom C Clark as Attorney General and J Howard McGrath as attorney general nominee. Virginia Democrats back a four way gubernatorial primary, nominating John Stewart Battle, longtime state senator.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
D-Ny
Suzanne Perrin
New York
President Truman
Tom C. Clark
Supreme Court
J. Howard McGrath
D-Ri
Virginia
Democratic
Harry F. Byrd
John Stewart Battle
Amethyst Survives Yangtze Ordeal to Reach Hong Kong
The British sloop Amethyst endured massive Chinese Communist fire 60 miles below Nanking, refueled by Jamaica at dawn, patched seven times, then sailed to Hong Kong under convoy. Lt Cmdr John S Kerans earned the Distinguished Service Order.
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Yangtze River
Nanking
Yangtze
Yangtze Mouth
Jamaica
East China Sea
Hong Kong
Cmdr
John S. Kerans
George VI
Sidelights and Oddities From Around the World
A London tailor Mahmud Ali 30 is accused of biting his rival Abdul Matlib 28 nose. Matlib cannot attend court. doctors fit a new plastic nose. In Florida at Baker a lightning strike killed two baseball players and injured 50 fans leaving a 20 foot ditch. Senator Byrd says Americans pay 25 cents tax on each dollar earned. In Rome a beachgoer Dino Alfani was run over during a forced airplane landing. In San Francisco Edd Tao pawns stolen pearl heirlooms valued at 25000. A rhyme will leaves George Tozer to wife as executrix with gifts and no limits.
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London
Mahmud Ali
Abdul Matlib
Baker
Fla
Harry F. Byrd
Rome
Italy
Dino Alfani
San Francisco
Edd Tao
Westcliff-on-Sea
England
George Tozer
Evermore
Boswell Papers to Be Published as Major 18th Century Manuscripts
An American spent 25 years locating Boswell’s private papers linking to Samuel Johnson and other 18th century writers. Yale scholars call the collection the greatest English literary manuscripts of the century, and Yale plans to publish 40 or 50 volumes.
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James Boswell
Samuel Johnson
Boswell
Yale
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Beecame
Tighe E. Woods
Texas
Wisconsin
Chicago
Woods
U.S. Supreme Court
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National Foundation For
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Hampton, N. H
Mie
Chase
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Shanghai
World Bank
Finland
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