Legion chief urges freeing fit men for combat training
Perry Brown of Beaumont Texas told the American Legion executive committee that all fit men should be released from housekeeping duties to enter combat training. He warned civilian help is insufficient and cited a 18 25 age group manpower pool of 1 300 000 and fewer than 5 000 000 World War II veterans as a last bulwark for national security.
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Indianapolis
American Legion
National Security Commission
Army
Perry Brown
Beaumont
Tex
Legion
Dis- Brown
Washington
Brown
White poinsettia plant with one missing petal since 1947
Mrs. Charlies Stellick of 1223 Adams Street bought the plant just before Christmas 1947. The white poinsettia has lost only one petal since then.
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Charlies Stellick
Adams Street
Inland Drift of Caspian Fishing Villages by 1855
Fishing villages along the Caspian shore were displaced ten miles inland by 1855 as silting gradually filled the sea. The shift reflects long term changes to the coastline over three decades since 1825.
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Caspain Sea
Disband Volunteer Firemen Amid Firefighting Shortfall
Milwaukee officials ended the emergency corps after volunteers repeatedly joined fires rather than waiting at stations. Fire Chief Edward Wis cher said the group, formed in February 1946 with bankers chiropractors and other workers, failed to meet its duty by rushing to the scene.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Fire Department Emergency Corps
Edward Wischer
Ife
Common Drunkards Dominate Jail Attendance in April
The jail roster for April shows 199 people admitted, with nine violators in the category of total drunkards and eight general drunk drivers. Parole violators number five, four each for drunken and disorderly and vagrancy, while 63 new registrants include offenses like larceny and missing licenses.
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Vern Lamp
Harry Mueller
Point where Earth's gravity balances sun's gravity
The description notes a location about 160,000 miles above earth toward the sun where earth and sun gravity equal. It also states the United States, with nearly three-fifths of world telephones, made over 42 billion telephone calls in 1946.
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The
United States
Jumped From Twelfth Story Walked Away A New York Tale
New York report tells of a former police reporter recalling a European immigrant who leaped from a twelfth story window on 101st street after personal despair. She struck a wire fence and snow fell, cracked a hip, yet walked to a clinic seeking a doctor and stayed to recover, leaving many questions about her fate.
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New York
101St Street
Europe
Early Trout Fishing In Wisconsin Shares Fair Prospects
Wisconsin state conservation reports generally fair success for trout in Ashland Bayfield Iron and Douglas counties since April 14. The season on streams feeding Lake Superior in these counties runs until September 7 with no lake trout closure. The panfish season opened May 1 in 27 northern counties, while the general season opens May 15 for walleyes northern pike and trout. Weber lake in Vilas county eyed May 15 with rainbow stocking as part of a rebuilding program.
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Madison
Wis
Ashland
Bayfield
Iron
Douglas
State Conservation Department
Lake Superior
Weber Lake
Vilas County
Goat gives birth to five kids at New Jersey home
Daisy the family pet of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gunlah in Westwood, New Jersey, surprised Bergen county goat experts by delivering five kids. Rutgers university spokesman notes twins and triplets are common, quadruplets uncommon, and quintuplets unusual.
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Westwood
N. J
Daisy
Rutgers University Agricultural College
Bergen County
Arthur Gunlah
Agricultural College
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Hampton
Truman
Admiral Leahy
United States Navy
Puerto Rico
France
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VLG Asadey
Kathryn Walter
West Potomac Avenue
Chicago
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Main St
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O. le Crosse, Wis
Remington Electric Shaver Clinic
Remington
Jewelers
Main Street
le Crosse, Wis
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