Congressional Debate on $1.808 Billion Supplemental Bill
Senate appropriations subcommittee hears a 1.808 billion dollar supplemental funding request as Congressional actions press ahead on farm and agriculture aid. Commerce weighs Florida canal proposal while tax reform drafts undergo executive session review. House action focuses on stopgap funding for the Agriculture Department and parity loans for major crops.
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Smallpox Persists Worldwide Despite Early Prevention
Despite a preventive method known since the 18th century, smallpox remains widespread across regions, challenging global health efforts and highlighting persistent transmission despite scientific advances.
Women Have Best Nerves By Ruth Cowan
Washington reports First Lieut. Florence Mac Donald of Brockton Massachusetts, one of six army nurses decorated for valor under fire in the Philippines, says women endure bombing horrors better than men. She recalls the December 7 Clark Field raid near Manila and watching planes pass over the nurses quarters.
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Texan candidate for voluntary-officer training inducted July 25
Turner, a Prairie View College graduate and Texas native, will be inducted July 25 for voluntary-officer training and, upon completing basic training, be assigned to an officers' training school. He has spent 14 years in Arkansas education as principal of the Rosston Helena and Jonesboro Negro schools. His wife and two children live in Jonesboro.
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Nurses recall Clark Field raid and calm amid chaos
A wartime account describes bombs near Clark Field, the attack lasting about forty five minutes, nurses rushing to the hospital porch as the wounded arrived. Lieut MacDonald recounts dazed attendants and the nurses' steadiness despite shock.
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