Health Conditions In U S Army Improve Says Me tropolitan Life
New draftees join an Army with markedly better health metrics than prewar. In 1947 US troops saw 30 percent lower overall death rate, 36 percent less disease mortality, and accidents down 24 percent. Respiratory illnesses and influenza hit record lows, tuberculosis near a minimum, and accidents fell by more than half due to safety programs. The report credits wartime medical advances and better organization, noting Army health now exceeds civilian standards.
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New York
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
United States
America
Army
Quick History Quiz and Anniversary Greetings
A reader asks five trivia questions about geography and history including river fairways the five Great Lakes and a Montana national park. The piece then offers birthday congratulations to Paul A Sample Sumner Welles and Harry A Stuhldreher and recounts Lord Beaverbrook's rise from Canadian clerk to Britain's leading publisher.
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Hernando de Soto
Great Lakes
Canada
Montana
Paul A. Sample
Sumner Welles
Statesman
Harry A. Stuhldreher
Vienna Actor Walter Slezak Joins Hollywood Lineup
Vienna born actor Walter Slezak moved from banking to film after meeting director Michael Curtiz in a Vienna cafe. He acted on Berlin stage and in German films before singing in Shubert shows in New York. His screen debut came with Once Upon a Honeymoon in 1943. Hollywood often cast him as a menace.
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Walter Slezak
Michael Curtiz
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Slezak
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New York
Hollywood
September 14 remembered: calendar reform and notable firsts
On September 14 1752 Britain and colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar. Francis Scott Key wrote The Star Spangled Banner in 1814. Massachusetts Bay colony founded in Salem. Baron von Humboldt, German naturalist and explorer, born in 1769.
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Great Britain
Francis Scott Key
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
Salem
Baron von Humboldt
Modern Manners at Intimate Parties
At an intimate friend’s party you should help guests enjoy themselves and notice anyone who sits alone to ensure no one feels neglected.
Emerson on Love as Divine Essence for Humankind
A succinct meditation on love as the core of God and the duty to treat love with seriousness, elevating the total worth of every person beyond frivolity.
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Emerson
Plan Ahead With Intuition For A Year Of Insight
The message urges acting on intuition over the next twelve months to navigate serious matters. It notes success in intellectual pursuits and recommends caution in business affairs to avoid misunderstandings.
Spanish explorer charts disputed river passage
A Spanish explorer navigates a key river route amid tensions over territorial claims in Damascus era maps. The report places the expedition in the Michigan region near Yellowstone, detailing early travel routes and geographic references.
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Damascus
Michigan
Yellowstone
Dollars Rise in Argentina As Supply and Demand Rules
Argentina faces dollar shortages as government limits currency moves. Exchange houses raise prices from about 4 to 7 pesos per dollar, then ease after controls. Demand surges as imports and traveler needs push checks above the currency rate, while authorities curb selling to control the spike.
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U. S
Argentina
States
United States
Doctors Prescribe Bill For the VA Camp Shows
New York reports that ten new Veterans Hospital Camp Shows begin touring this month with a doctor approved lineup. The project tailors acts to hospital needs, avoiding elaborate musicals in favor of varied entertaining formats and familiar, uplifting music. Dr. Karl Menninger notes comedy can receive serious consideration in hospital planning.
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New York
Vaudevillians
John Golden
Ezra Stone
Karl Menninger
Topeka
Kans
Unlighted Streets Cause of Accidents
Cleveland report shows 100 of North Carolina’s 119 fatal traffic accidents after dark occurred on unlighted streets or highways during the last six months. Only 19 fatalities happened on lighted routes, highlighting that adequate lighting cuts fatalities by about 73 percent by improving visibility for motorists and pedestrians. The piece also notes the origin of the word ton from tun, a large cask for wine shipments.
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Carolin
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State Department of Motor Vehicles
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