Seismic Wave Warning System Outlined by U S Coast Survey
The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey announced an alarm network to warn of Pacific sea waves caused by earthquakes. It will use earthquake detectors radio and a lookout service to issue public warnings with rapid transmission to coastal observers.
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Coast and Geodetic Survey
Office of Naval Communications
Waikolu
Hawaii
Secretary of Commerce
Robert Sawyer
Survey
Adm
Leo Otis Colbert
Tucson
Ariz
Honolulu
Fairbanks
Alaska
Seismological Center
C. K. Green
Coastal Surveys
Elliott B. Roberts
Campaign Chiefs Plan 1948 Drive in Long Beach
Ross E. Hall of the Long Beach Chapter American Red Cross announced the 1948 fund campaign chairmen for the spring drive. Mrs. S. S. Conklin will head home gifts with women’s teams citywide, and Bill Bryant of Glenn E. Thomas Co. will be general chairman. Early appointments were set to prep for expanding services and rising population.
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RED Cross
Bill Bryant
Ross E. Hall
Long Beach
American Red Cross
S. S. Conklin
Red Cross Campaign
Assistance League
Family Service Association
Community Welfare Chest
Tuberculosis and Health Association
Glenn E. Thomas Co
Red Cross Fund
Tuberculosis Deaths Dip Under 50 000 In 1947
NewYork Aug 14 1947 provisional figures show 47 636 tuberculosis deaths in the United States for 1947 the first year below 50 000. Miss M Dempsey of the National Tuberculosis Association notes the decline from 50 911 in 1946 and cites public misconceptions and gaps in early diagnosis treatment facilities and immunization as factors in the ongoing fight.
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New York
United States
Miss M Dempsey
National Tuberculosis Association
R. H. Rands
Peoria County
Ill
Rands
Dane refugees barred from marrying Germans in Denmark
More than 1000 Danes seek marriage to German refugees interned since liberation but no marriage permits have been issued. Danish soldiers with the brigade in Germany have wed German girls, yet their wives cannot enter Denmark. The ministry of justice cites refugee problems and insists Allied authorities will not ease entry rules.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Ministry of Justice
Germany
Sahling
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