Smallpox Eradication Progress Report In 1947
Officials report a 50 percent drop in cases from 356 to 173 as vaccination campaigns continue. New York City vaccinated over 6 000 residents to curb outbreaks, while several states including Washington saw zero cases in 1947. Experts note mass immunization is key to complete national elimination despite ongoing importation risks.
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Metropolitan E Company
Columbia
Far East
New York City
Mexico
International Course Brings American Students to German Universities
Seventeen American students enroll in a program to study German language and culture. The course will be hosted at Heidelberg University and the universities of Munich and Marburg. Students will live in university dormitories and share a common mess. The German student union sponsors the effort to foster understanding between nations.
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INS
Erman
VU. S. Sto
Uni‘nitories
Munich
Marburg
Bees Swarm Ithaca Street. Reporter Aids Rescue
A midday bee swarm disrupted Ithaca streets as about 100 bees swarmed downtown. Newsman E Bergsten arrived, donned protective gear, and helped guide the insects while police secured the area. The incident ended without injuries.
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Ithaca
Mina
E. Bergsten
Essman
Grandfather Clocks Prized By Friends Across North Carolina
North Carolina Friends from many areas gather at Springfield Friends Meeting for the 41st annual assembly. Grandfather clocks flank the pulpit, telling tales of weddings, funerals, fires, pioneer life, and old travels from Boston to Washington. The clocks carry inscriptions and histories tied to Springfield and local families, including a 1797 Henry on Charlotte Way clock and a Plymouth S Thomas piece.
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John Haworth
North Carolina
Springfield
Springfield Memorial Association
Quaker Meeting
High Point
Ngfield
Republic
James Nathan Branson Hill
Nathan Branson Hill
New Garden Boarding School
Guilford College
Museum of Old Domestic Arts
Memorial Association
Boston
Henry
Charlotte
Charlotte Way
Indiana
Washington
Friends
Springfield Friends Church
Pain linked to mother love says Dr Hadfield
London psychologist Dr J A Hadfield argues pain in childbirth may have biological value in activating the maternal instinct. He cites Marais experiments where anesthetized mothers sometimes rejected offspring, while normal labor followed by anesthesia later showed immediate acceptance.
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London
INS
J. A. Hadfield
London University
Hadfield
Eugene Marais
Marais
Dr. Hadfield
Car Door Flings Open Driver Falls Half Out
In Woodland Washington a driver’s door flew open sending him partly out of the car. He gripped the wheel to regain balance as the vehicle swerved narrowly missing two women and two children, struck a male pedestrian, then crashed against a service station.
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Woodland
Wash
Washington
Safety buzzer warns drivers of close curb proximity
A new electric signal device warns motorists when they are within four and a half inches of a curb or obstacle. Installed on the car’s right front or rear fender, it connects to the ignition for automatic alert.
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Washington, D. C
Yo Yo Champion Bransuela Demonstrates Skills in Colorado Springs
Bert Santiago Bransuela world champion yo yoer visits Colorado Springs drawing kids to the toy. He won the world title in 1937 and now performs about 300 tricks though he cites eight basic moves. Bransuela explains yo yo means go and return in Filipino and notes its origins from Manila. He served in the Pacific campaign and compares the toy to a boomerang in ancient use.
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Colorado Springs
Colo. A
Bert Santiago
Bransuela
Manila
Pacific
Shrimp Rush Of 48 Shakes Ciudad del Carmen Town
International News Service reports Ciudad del Carmen in Campeche Texas Gulf coast drought turned bustling as vast shrimp schools arrive. Adventurers and swindlers flood the port, taverns open, and wages rise while officials warn the boom may wipe out shrimp stocks within a year.
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Mexico City
INS
Ciudad de Carmen
Campeche
Ciudad del Carmen
Gulf of Mexico
Bank Breakers On Air Win Five Thousand Dollars
Ensign Eugene C. Moss and his wife of Philadelphia won five thousand dollars on the Break the Bank radio quiz. They had reached one hundred dollars but the show ended. Moss planned to return next week yet they broke the bank by answering a Byron question.
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Philadelphia
Ins
Eugene C. Moss
Moss
Lord Byron
No Place Like Jail
A 65 year old man was jailed for drunkenness in Harris County. His wife paid the $10 fine the next morning, but he refused release, insisting on staying in his cell. She left 50 cents for his bus fare home after unsuccessfully urging him to leave.
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Houston
Tex
INS
Telescope tube length of 200inch telescope noted
The 200 inch telescope tube measures 55 feet in length according to the report.
Swedish Painter Kur Jungstedt Commissioned for Mexican President Portrait
Kur Jungstedt, a noted Swedish portrait and landscape painter, is commissioned to paint President Miguel Aleman of Mexico. Arrangements were made during Jungstedt’s visit to Mexico City. Earlier he exhibited oils of Stockholm scenes at the American Swedish Historical Museum in Philadelphia. He recently had a one man show of drawings and pastels at the Kleeman Galleries in New York.
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New York
Ins
Kur Jungstedt
Miguel Aleman i
Mexico
Jungsted
Mexico City
Stockholm
Swedio Historical Museum
Philadelphia
Kleeman Galeries
Puerto Rico Discovery Tied to Columbus 1493 Finding
A note places Puerto Rico's discovery with Columbus in 1493 marking the expedition as a milestone. The line emphasizes early European contact and the year associated with the event.
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Puerto Rico
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John Camsell
International News Service
Rhue's Chicken Bar
Thomasville
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