Year 1948 Healthier Nation. Outlook for 1949
Dr. Louis I. Dublin of Metropolitan Life reports 1948 as the healthiest year on record for Americans with a death rate near 10 per 1 000 and major declines in mortality from tuberculosis pneumonia and infant diseases. He cites improvements due to sulfa drugs penicillin and better medical care and cautions that cancer heart disease and diabetes trends require ongoing public health effort. The outlook for 1949 remains favorable pending respiratory epidemics and continued health gains through research and care.
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New York
Louis I. Dublin
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Dublin
Dr. Dublin
Do Nothing Congress Fought President Throughout 1948
The 1948 Congress under GOP control battled President Truman on inflation housing and foreign aid. It enacted a long range farm program extended rent control and approved a $65 million UN loan while blocking major civil rights and universal military training efforts. The session saw cuts in taxes and defense boosts amid partisan clashes and a notable ERP approval led by Senator Vandenberg.
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Washington
INS
Congress
GOP
Truman
White House
Capitol Hill
European Cooperation Administration
Federal Reserve Board
U. N
United Nations
New York City
Senate
Atomic Energy Commission
Vandenberg
R) Mich
Foreign Relations Committee
New Forests From The Sky With Tree Seed Planting Program
Pilot Tom Hall flew 300 pounds of cedar fir spruce and hemlock seed from a helicopter spraying 1 640 virgin acres in Oregon and Washington. The program blends private industry and foresters to reseed burned and damaged areas and study regeneration methods across Tillamook burn and other forest lands.
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Andrew R. Boone
Central Press
Ore
Tom Hall
Hall
Crown-Zellerbach Corporation
Columbia
Clatsop Tree Farm
Rotary
Paul Bunyan
Washington
Oregon
California
Tillamook
Rudy Kallender
Engine analyzer passes tests for in flight fault diagnosis
An airplane engine analyzer that can diagnose engine troubles during flight has successfully completed performance tests and will enter commercial production. The device demonstrates real time fault detection and quicker maintenance decisions for airlines.
Election results stun Wall Street and trigger 1948 crash
The 1948 post election period saw a rapid stock market drop wiping out about seven billion dollars in value over three sessions. Investors feared new Democratic control would raise taxes and limit prices, triggering widespread selling and a bear market shift after earlier gains in mid year.
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Theodore Koslow
International News Service
NEW York
INS
Wall Street
Democratic Congress
Chicago Board of Trade
Congress
Italy
Truman
Russia
Berlin
Republican
Dow
Congressional Committees Would Have Definite Rules
Senate and House leaders push bills to force congressional committees to follow rules amid protests over unfair tactics by the UnAmerican Activities Committee. Senators Lucas and Douglas back a formal code while Mundt Nixon and Hatch seek a committee code to guide hearings and protect witnesses.
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Washington
House
UnAmerican Activities Committee
Scott W. Lucas
D-Ill
Helen Gahagan Douglas
National Bureau of Standards
Grand Jury
Supreme Court
William P. Rogers
Senate Expenditures Committee
Mittee
Rogers
House UnAmerican Activities Committee
Karl E. Mundt
R-Sd
Richard M. Nixon
R-Cal
Carl A. Hatch
D-Nm
Asiatic hamsters used in milk and cheese diet experiments
Asiatic hamsters have been imported to the United States in large numbers for study of food properties, focusing on milk and cheese diets and their effects.
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United States
Card of Thanks for Ben Nichols
Mrs. Ben Nichols thanks friends relatives and neighbors for kindness sympathy messages and floral offerings during her husband Ben Nichols illness and death.
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Ben Nichols
Classified Rate Card Transcription From The Enterprise
Public notice of advertising rates for cash classified segments. Details include minimum charge 450, multiple day insertion options, per line charges for 1c to 12c and 09c to 30c ranges, and cancellations charged by actual appearances. Clarifies responsibility for corrections and immediate reporting of errors.
Apartment and storefront rentals on Field Main and Lindsay
Rentals listed for Grayston Apt 3 rooms furnished Field St 4 rooms unfurnished two room units 615 S Main 2 rooms steam heat business office beauty shop residence modern store building suitable for grocery pool room 125 monthly brick mercantile store 75 monthly warehouse space 10000 to 20000 feet phone 2828 seven room house near Allen Jay School inquire Cruthis Grocery Highway 62 partly furnished apartment for working couple 218 Lindsay Street unfurnished rooms 8302 after 6 pm
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Grayston Apt
Field St. Apt
S. Main
N. Main
Mercantile
For Rent New Home in Sherwood Village
Rental notice for a new Sherwood Village house near Blair Park describes oil floor furnace insulated walls and ceilings Weatherstripped doors windows and decorative interior finishes. Features include kitchen cabinets shrubbery lawns FHA supervised construction two neighbors and rent 57.50 per month. Contact Raymond Burge or Carl Rice at 1604 Valley Ridge Drive field office location directions provided.
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Sherwood Village
Blair Park
FHA
Rooms for Rent and For Sale Offers Near Asheboro Road
Four room house for sale or rent twelve miles out Asheboro Road. Several furnished and unfurnished options listed with private entrances and baths. Contacts include Randleman 2351, 103 Carter Street, 309 Park Street, and 207 Thorton Street with various phone numbers.
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Asheboro Road
Randleman
Carter Street
Park Street
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