State limits home loans for WWII veterans to most necessitous cases
Wisconsin restricts state home loans to the most necessitous WWII veterans. With about $1 million monthly available before January, loans will be limited to those unable to obtain regular credit and where local sources are unavailable. The program has exhausted funds, prompting reliance on rehabilitation funds and a planned first authorization by the emergency board.
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Madison
Wis
Walter J. Kohler
State Board of Veterans’ Affairs
State Department
State Veterans’ Rehabilitation Fund
State Emergency Board
Kohler
Veterans’ Program
Gov. Kohler
Department
Gordon C. Huseby
Blood Test Law Sets Drunkenness by Blood Alcohol
New Jersey joins 13 states in adopting a blood alcohol standard. A chemical test showing .15 percent or more means the suspect is drunk, below .05 percent presumes sobriety, and .05 to .15 percent falls in a twilight zone where other evidence decides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New Jersey
American Public Works Association
Cambodia Plans Rice Shipment to Aid Korea
Cambodia will send a shipment of rice to South Korea at the request of the United Nations secretary-general. A similar contribution was made last year.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Indochina
Kingdom of
Korea
South Korea
United Nations
Wisconsin dairy herd forecasts show growth in milk cows and heifers
Wisconsin farmers forecast continued demand for milk as the milking herd slightly grows for the first postwar year. The January census records 2,407,000 milking animals, with heifers under two years and calves rising, keeping the ratio at 47 per 100 cows, contrasting with a 40 per 100 during 1945 46. The nation trends toward expansion as more heifers are saved for future milk production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Crop Reporting Service
No Dull Moments In Life Of Puppy
Houston Texas Tony the three month old bulldog terrier mix met a rapid string of misfortunes. He ate half a poisoned rat before his owner found him and rushed him to a vet for stomach pumping. The next day he bit into glass while licking milk from a broken bottle and again needed veterinary care. On the third day Roy Jr. attempted a bath using the family washing machine and Tony was rescued limp and revived with artificial respiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Tony
Roy Willette
Roy Jr
Women Lookouts Fill Forest Fire Watch Roles
In forests across Montana Oregon Utah Idaho Washington and eastern states women and married couples staff lookouts reporting fires. Dorothy Martin former New England teacher and wartime lookout recalls climbing Mt Pequawket alone carrying food and cooking without electricity while studying signs of fire and teaching through duties.
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Washington
Montana
Oregon
Utah
Idaho
Forest Service
Dorothy Martin
New England
Mt. Pequawket
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Martin
Sandwich
Meriden Clerk Enjoys Week’s Park Tickets Twice
Eliot Stretch, police court clerk, smiled at banked parking ticket fines while his own car received a ticket nearby, illustrating claimed police efficiency in Meriden Connecticut.
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Meriden
Conn
Eliot Stretch
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LA Crosse
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Packard CO
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