President Coolidge Visits Rapid City Summer Capital Plan
Twenty years ago Coolidge and his family arrived in Rapid City South Dakota to establish a summer capital. Striking Frankfort Illinois miners received the first food ration distribution totaling fifty thousand dollars. Local unions oversaw the aid while Thomas B Morgan a 67 year old auditor for the UMWA was injured by an automobile in Indianapolis.
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President Coolidge
Rapid City
South Dakota
Frankfort
Thomas B. Morgan
Indianapolis
Highway Use Tax Reaches Record 1946 Peak
The National Highway Users Conference reports that 1946 highway use tax collections reached about 1.616 billion dollars, up 11.2 percent from 1941 and 29.1 percent over 1945. Arthur C. Butler, director of the conference, notes the sustained rise in receipts.
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Washington
U.R
National Highway Users Conference
Arthur C. Butler
Highway revenues rise as 1946 tax intake beats prewar estimates
The highway conference reported record 1946 receipts across multiple funds. Public Roads Administration saw expenditures of 1.603 billion with 13 million more in tax collections. Motor fuel taxes reached 1.0647 billion, vehicle registrations 520.78 million, and motor carriers 30.54 million, all up from 1941 and 1945 levels.
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Public Roads Administration
PRA
Highway Conference
Island Mystery Found No Myth Despite Royal Ties
A London report reveals the Isles of Scilly off England’s southwest coast as a real, little-known paradise with 1400 inhabitants and limited tourism. The Duchy of Cornwall restricts development, keeping publicity low while Buckingham Palace confirms royal ownership since the 13th century and the main industry remains flower growing.
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United Press
London
U.P
South Sea Islands
English
Isles of Scilly
England
Isles
Duchy of Cornwall
Scillonians
Scillies
Unemployment rising nationwide reports welfare group
The American Public Welfare Association said unemployment is increasing rapidly with relief problems becoming critical. Unskilled workers displaced by veterans show the sharp rise, with 22 major labor centers noting higher unemployment. Minnesota family relief caseload up 35 percent last year and costs more than doubled in Pennsylvania from 1945 to 1947. Most major cities seek more welfare aid from states.
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Chicago
U.P
American Public Welfare Association
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Monlief
Association
Relief caseloads rise in 19 cities report says
An association reports relief recipients in 19 major cities have surged since September with a 50 percent rise from a 1945 low to last March.
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Association
France and Britain invite Russia to join European commission
Paris June 18 France and Britain plan to invite Russia to join a special European economic commission created to support George Marshall's European aid plan. Georges Bidault and Ernest Bevin outlined four technical committees under the UN Economic Commission to study coal steel transport and farming needs across Europe.
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Paris
U.P
Georges Bidault
France
Great Britain
Russia
George Marshall
Europe
Bidault
Ernest Bevin
European Economic Commission
Moscow
Bevin
United Nations Economic Commission
Western Reserve scientists claim schistosomiasis cure by sugar restriction
Three Western Reserve University researchers report successful tests on mice showing the parasite Schistosoma mansoni can be controlled by depriving it of glucose. The team used a vitamin derivative and a metallic drug to block sugar intake, with no parasites in treated mice. They hope a single drug, possibly a vitamin K derivative, will work in humans.
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Cleveland
U.P
Western Reserve University
Egypt
Philippines
Western Reserve
School of Medicine
U. S. Public Health Service
Ernest Bueding
Lawrence Peters
Jean Waite
More Crackers Should Be Eaten Says Industry Official
At the national biscuit convention in Chicago H A Clemmer of New York reported the industry moved 419000000 dollars worth of cookies and crackers last year. He predicted growing snacking habits will expand the market for more cookies and crackers with consumption alongside orange juice milk beer and mixed drinks. He argued nibbling is better than three meals daily.
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Chicago
U.P
Biscuit Industry National
H. A. Clemmer
New York
Clemmer
Woman uses life or death plea to reach husband during strike
In Colville Washington during a telephone strike a woman convinced an operator her call was life or death. The message reached her husband who had left to slaughter a pig at a local slaughterhouse.
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Colville, Wash
U.P
UN Police Forge Agreement On Future Forces
The United Nations Security Council unanimously agreed that member nations must contribute the best trained and equipped units when a global security force is formed. The decision marks the first approval of work by the UN military staff committee in 14 months, amid ongoing tensions between Russia and Western powers over force composition.
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Lake Success
N. Y
U.P
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Security Council
How to Make Money on Cropless Land in Wisconsin
The Chicago and Northwestern Railway will show farmers how to earn income on non crop land by planting trees. An experimental plot at Spooner, Wisconsin will host the effort starting April 28 as a mechanical planter sows 10 000 trees. The University of Wisconsin and the state highway department co operate on the project.
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Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Spooner
Wis
University of Wisconsin
State Highway Department
Great Lakes
Oklahoma households save more despite high living costs
Norman Oklahoma report shows Oklahoma residents increased demand deposits by 2.5 percent in March 1947, reaching 10.5 percent above March 1946 as more people move funds into checking and savings accounts, while time deposits rose in the same period.
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Norman
Okla
O.P
University of Oklahoma
Bride Sentenced on Forgery Count in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on June 18, 16 year old Sharleen Wittington Fields began a confinement sentence until age 21 for forging her grandmother’s income tax refund check. Judge Baltzell refused probation after a letter from Helen Fields of Phoenix surfaced, indicating Fields’ husband Eddie Fields had another wife and a claimed pregnancy.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Sharleen Wittington Fields
Fields
Robert C. Baltzell
Helen Fields
Phoenix
Ariz
Estill
Eddie) Fields
Eugene B. Burns
Blind lawyer admitted to Indiana County bar
Melvin Martin, 28, of Saltsburg Pa, became a lawyer despite almost total blindness. He learned law by listening to professors and classmates after eight years of college work and memorizing passages read aloud. He has been admitted to the Indiana County bar.
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Saltsburg
U.P
Melvin Martin
Indiana County Bar
Martin
Hydro fin propeller allows silent boat approach
The American Magazine details a hydro fin propeller that clamps to any boat and moves from side to side to push water backward, enabling a fisherman to sneak up on prey without oars or motor noise.
Livestock and Grain Prices Report From Indianapolis Market
Livestock: hogs about 5,000 head. steady with Tuesday’s averages. Barrows and gilts 160-250 lb mostly 24.75-25.25. light and medium sows 18.00-19.00. heavies 17.50-18.00. Cattle and calves: steers and heifers steady to 50 lower for light weights. loads of good light weight steers 26.00-26.35. heifers 26.25. cows 13.75-21.00. vealers 25.50-26.00. Cash grain: wheat 2.45-2.46. corn 2.05-2.15. oats 1.00. soybeans 3.10 carload. Market notes show mixed activity across commodities with gains in soybeans and strength in grain bids.
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Indianapolis
U.py
Indiana
Illinois
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