Funds For Pollution Control Grants Begin
The Public Health Service allotted 850000 for state and territorial water pollution studies with conditions. Congress earmarked 2200000 to start a nationwide program, with 150000 later for interstate studies and 1200000 for administration and research. Allocations include Michigan 22310 Minnesota 16982 Wisconsin 16808.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Territories
Congress
Federal Security Agency
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Local Man Trains At Sea On Amphibious Exercise
John Dayton of 432 Sumner Street served aboard the USS Bexar as the U S Navy staged its largest amphibious training of its kind. The exercise at Little Creek Virginia involved 2100 NROTC midshipmen 5280 Marine officers and men and 330 air force personnel with 22 ships under Rear Adm Thackrey.
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John Dayton
ENFA
James A. Dayton
Sumner Street
Bexar
U. S. Navy
U. S. Naval Amphibious Base
Little Creek
Pri Ls
Marine Reserve
U. S. Air Force
Dayton
Camp Pendleton
Adm
L. A. Thackrey
USN
Reburial and community notices from La Crosse events
Commander Gibson attended Pvt. William J. Jacques reburial on July 27. Comrade Maurice Burns buried in Iowa July 30. Thomas Rooney post 1530 and ladies auxiliary extend condolences. Carnival drum corps performed poorly weathered but thanked helpers. Baseball support urged. Sand Standam event free August 3. Cooties meeting August 4 with dugout help sought. Annual picnic at Myrick Park planned. Monies and sick calls noted for Henry Meyer Norman Anderson Wilhelm Clarence Hanson Martin Schiegel. Free post dance August 3.
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Gibson
William J. Jacques
Maurice Burns
Iowa
Thomas Rooney
Jacques
Burns
Myrick Park
Thomas Rooney Post
Monkey Island
la Crosse
Henry Meyer
Norman Anderson
Wilhelm
Clarence Hanson
St. Francis Hospital
Martin L. Schiegel
Chicago
Amethyst Escape Angers and Aims to Shape China’s Path
AP analysis argues the British sloop Amethyst escape from Yangtze waters reframes China’s civil conflict, testing Red China’s resolve and face. It portrays British restraint and Chinese propaganda, noting the maneuver may signal Beijing’s priority of national control over foreign influence and future world-power status.
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Yangtze River
China
Nanking
Uncle Sam
England
Kiangyin
Yangtze
Red
Congress Wishes Hoover A Happy 75th Birthday
The House and Senate united in a unanimous resolution congratulating former President Herbert Hoover. Hoover turns 75 on August 10 and is praised for his services to the nation and world.
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Congress
Hoover
Washington
House
Senate
Herbert Hoover
Approve Phone Rate Hikes by Wisconsin Utilities
Madison reports three telephone firms authorized by the public service commission to raise rates. The Dodge County Telephone Co serves 360 customers in Lowell and Reeseville with increases of 15 to 25 cents per month per subscriber. Richland Center’s Home Telephone Co serves 227 subscribers with 25 cents monthly, and New Telephone Co in Brown County serves 179 customers with 25 cents per month. A hearing is slated in Eau Claire for further rate consideration.
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Madison
Wis
Public Service Commission
Dodge County Telephone Co
Lowell
Reeseville
Home Telephone Co
Richland Center
New Telephone Co
Brown County
Eaure Eee We Eau Claire Telephone Co
Bridges Receives 35000 As Coal Welfare Trustee
Senator Bridges and Ezra Van Horn are paid 35000 yearly as trustees of the coal miners welfare fund. John L. Lewis heads the United Mine Workers. Josephine Roche notes Lewis does not accept the money, testifying before the senate banking committee amid a probe into coal tonnage penalties.
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Washington
Senator Bridges
R-Nh
Coal Miners’ Welfare Fund
Congress
Ezra van Horn
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Josephine Roche
Lewis
Dying Polio Pilot Writes Last Notes To Aid Cure
Navy pilot James Olin Chiles, 25, terminally ill with bulbar polio at Bethesda and Anacostia, left pencil notes for doctors to help find a cure. He died 9:20 a.m. Thursday. buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Chiles, a Lakeland, Florida native, entered service in 1942 and served three years overseas.
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Washington
James Olin Chiles
Anacostia Naval Air Base
Bethesda
MD) Naval Hospital
Dorothy
Chiles
Lakeland
Fla
Navy
Arlington National Cemetery
Amazing Relief For Sore Feet
An advertisement touts a new formula to relieve burning itching and cracking feet. It claims rapid drying after one daily application and freedom from itching and calloused tissue with a money back guarantee.
Entertains German Wartime Prison Commandant
German prince Waldemar zu Hohenlohe-Ohringen, once commandant of Blechhammer camp, stays eight weeks in Swanscombe with host George Wickenden and wife. Wickenden, a former prisoner, calls him kind and invited him after paying his travel costs from savings.
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Swanscombe
Eng
Prince Waldemar Zu
Italy
Wickenden
Drop In Income For First Six Months Reported By Railroads
The Association of American Railroads reports a sharp six month decline in class one railroad net income for January through June 1949 to 173 million dollars from 262 million in the same period 1948. June net income was 43.4 million compared with 94 million the prior year as operating revenues fell to 4.369 billion from 4.607 billion.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
AAR
Mustard Seeds Show Tough Seed Coats For Dry Soils
Mustard seeds possess water resistant coats enabling long soil persistence without sprouting or rotting and allowing survival for years in dry ground.
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Amethyst
Kiangy
MM Ree
Dean R. K. Froker
University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture
O. E. Hays
Tribeune
Grandad Bluff
M. F. Schneers
A. J. Haas
College of Agriculture
Dean Froker
William de Young
Bridges
317
Orient Airlines
Gopher
Wilkinson Fuel Co
COAL
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