Concentrate Spending Where Jobless Reaches 12 Per Cent
Washington reports the White House will target federal aid to areas with 12 percent plus unemployment. Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman released a letter listing New Bedford Worcester Providence Waterbury Utica Rome Scranton Wilkes Barre Muskegon Knoxville and noting Lawrence and Cumberland likely to join. He promised further bor markets with similar jobless rates and a report soon to defense and other officials.
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Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
Bureau of Employment Security
New Bedford
Mass
Worcester
Providence
R. I
Waterbury
Conn
Aeseapest
Utica-Rome
N. Y
Scranton, Wilkes- Barre
Speed Manufacture Of Polio Serum In Illinois
The state health department speeds up polio convalescent serum production to shore up a dwindling reserve. Donor blood collection is intensified at St. Luke's Hospital Deutch polio clinic and doctors will visit Rockford and other cities to obtain blood from people recovered from polio within the last five years. State laboratories chief Dr. Howard Shaughnessy said the serum supply nears the 400 unit minimum and 104 units were distributed on an emergency order in the past ten days.
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Chicago
State Health Department
St. Luke's Hospital
Rockford
Howard Shaughnessy
Galesburg
Champaign
Council Aids Cleaners In Edmonton Amid Leaf Load
London councillors respond to street cleaners in Edmonton district overwork from heavy fall leaves. They promise earlier and more frequent pruning to ease the workload.
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London
Edmonton
Venezuela Maintains Gold Reserves and Dollar Exchange
Venezuela remains among a small group of nations with substantial gold holdings and a robust dollar exchange system, signaling sustained external financial capacity despite global pressures.
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Venezuela
Nations
Tax Grab Is $1 From Each $4.10 Earned By Taxpayer
Senator Byrd cites that this year the average American pays about 25 cents in combined taxes for every dollar earned. He and 62 senators urge spending cuts while the president pushes more federal spending on education health housing and resources. Byrd details tax growth from 1941 to 1949 and estimates future bills under proposed programs.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Uncle Sam
Mr. Truman
Congress
Budget Bureau
Tiow
Senate
Treasury
Commerce Department
U. S
Western
Europe
Tougher Jets Get The Test
Washington reports jet engine test standards have been tightened with a 150 hour run now required. Manufacturers must endure higher stamina tests as ram pressure effects are simulated by adding blowers to the test stand.
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Washington
Air Force
Fires Of Discontent In Oil Industry Boiling
Oil industry tensions rise as U S producers cut output while importers tap overseas fields to feed the large American market. The dispute involves linked American companies cutting across sectors, yet consumers are promised ample oil for heating and transport this winter.
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New York
AMA Invites Negro Medics to Midwinter Sessions
The American Medical Association invites Negro doctors to attend clinical sessions at its midwinter meeting in Washington DC December 6 to 9. Negro physicians at the National Medical Association convention may join on the same basis as AMA fellows. Dr. Peter H. Murray, former NMA president, is named to the AMA policy-making body, the first Negro elected to that group. He heads Harlem Hospital gynecology in New York and hails from New Orleans.
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Detroit
American Medical Association
Washing D. C
National Medical Association
George F. Lull
AMA
Lull
Na Medical Association
Peter H. Murray
NMA
Murray
Harlem Hospital
New York
New York State Medical Society
New Orleans
Government decree grants passing marks to 29 failing students
In Bangkok a government decree lowered passing scores to 49.5 or above, granting passing grades to 29 students who flunked university entrance exams. Education ministry officials faced turmoil as requests flooded in and officials debated resignation, with motives tied to a cabinet action.
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Bangkok
Ministry of Education
Thailand
Name After Prince Charles Strait Added to Geography Books
The channel between Elephant and Cornwallis islands in the South Shetlands has been named Prince Charles Strait with the approval of the British king. The naming honors the royal title and ties to the region's exploration history.
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Prince Charles Strait
Elephant and
Cornwallis Islands
South Shetlands
Oil market trembles as Jersey Standard halts Arabian imports
The article notes Jersey Standard stopping Arabian oil shipments, plans for Imperial Oil to build a 1200 mile Saskatchewan to Midwest pipeline, and a top importer claim as U S production is cut by Texas orders. It also mentions Transarabian Pipeline Co aiming to finish a 1067 mile line to Sidon by January 1951.
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Jersey Standard
Arabia
Mideast
South America
Jersey
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Tulsa
U. S
Texas
Transarabian Pipeline Co
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Minum Siets
Ef Stuber
Rivoli
Business Mirror
By Sam Dawson
Imperial Oil
Saskatchewan
International
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