Ultraviolet Lamps Cut Germs in White House Office
White House officials report two ultraviolet floor lamps in President Truman’s oval office reduced cold and influenza germs by 62 percent. Brig Gen Wallace Graham says more UV rays will be added to the indirect lighting system as the doctor tests other antimicrobial methods at Walter Reed and the White House.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Oval
Brig. Genallace Graham
Graham
Walter Reed Veterans Hospital
CIO Labor News Meeting Schedule and 1948 Outlook
The notice lists CIO meetings in La Crosse with the Industrial Union Council on Monday and Local 401 UAWA on Saturday. It promotes New Year Eve dancing by Don Kaye’s orchestra at Pioneer Labor Hall and urges voter registration to influence 1948 politics, highlighting labor battles over Taft Hartley and housing bills and a Sister Kenny fund drive totaling $1,667 with plants yet to report.
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la Crosse Industrial Union Council
Local 401
UAWA
Don Kaye
Pioneer Labor Hall
la Crosse
Labor
CIO
OPA
Congress
Sister Kenny
Dare
Land Loss Grim in United States Says Report
A report warns that about 50 million acres in the United States have been destroyed and another 5 million acres are nearly as badly damaged, highlighting widespread environmental degradation and land deterioration.
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United States
New Faces For FCC
President Truman named Wayne Coy to chair the FCC effective immediately. Ewell K. Jett leaves FCC December 31 to join A. S. Abell Co. George E. Sterling is appointed to replace Jett as commissioner, bringing 24 years in government service and a background as chief engineer and author of The Radio Manual.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Truman
Wayne Coy
Washington Post
FCC
Charles R. Denny
Commission
National Broadcasting Company
Ewell K. Jett
A. S. Abell Co
Baltimore Sunpapers
The
Sunpapers
George E. Sterling
Portland
Maine
Radio
Jett
Sterling
Birthday Suit Entry In Art Show Fined
Mrs Henriette Kennis presented herself naked at a beauty contest in NICE France. The judge fined her after her attorney argued she was a work of art. A lampshade manufacturer husband supported her action as spectators watched a nude themed event. No winner recalled.
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Nice
France
Henriette Kennis
Trade Secrets Shared Under US Mexico Agricultural Commission
Agricultural information is exchanged between the United States and Mexico through the Mexican United States Agricultural Commission created in 1942.
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United States
Mexico
Swift to Name Two Assistants From Four Candidates
Conserva tion Director Ernest Swift can choose two of four department officers who passed examinations for the two assistant director posts. The top four are George Sprecher C L Harrington Henry T J Cramer and Neil Le May. Sprecher and Cramer act as assistants on a temporary basis and Swift is expected to keep them.
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Swift
Madison
Wis
Ernest Swift
Conservation Department
State de Lerter
A. J. Opstedal
George Sprecher
C. L. Harrington
Henry T. J. Cramer
Neil le May
Sprecher
Cramer
Harrington
Forests and Parks
le May
Department
Wisconsin hunters must file game census cards by law
Hunters are required by law to file game census cards at season end, department officials say. The conservation department emphasizes filing is mandatory, not optional, under state law.
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Madison
Wis
Conservation Department
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CIO Labor News
Brenda Frazier
Virginia Leigh
New York
Cliftwood
City of la Crosse
Theo. J. Molzahn and Sons, Inc
Louis N. Larson
Madison St
Sumner Street
Tribune Madison
Acta Gaaanaer
Sid Luckman
Hunter
Sporting Goods Department
Bunny Mitts
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