New Postwar Electrical Appliances Promise Big Improvements
Postwar America will see new electrical gadgets designed for home farm and factory use. Key items include high capacity refrigerators with collapsible shelves and veggie bins, compact coffee makers and toasters with smart features, a four grid waffle iron, a rapid washers and dishwashers combo, a 3.5 pound iron, a radio phonograph with auto play, and an electric propelled hand truck for heavy loads aiding disabled veterans.
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America
Chicago
Farmers Can Pay Blue Cross Dues To Farm Bureau
ETHLYN MO. Farmers may enroll in Blue Cross for themselves and their families through their county farm bureau. Mrs. Paul Palmer, national secretary of the Associated Women of the American Farm Bureau federation, announces dues may be paid quarterly with farm bureau dues. The Blue Cross card grants access to 3 600 accredited hospitals in the United States and Canada.
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Ethlyn
Blue Cross
Paul Palmer
The
Associated Women of the
American Farm Bureau Federation
United States
Canada
Palmer
America
Lack of Trained Doctors Affects Farmers' Health
Washington reports a rural doctor shortage after World War II, with one physician for about 3,000 to 5,000 people in many areas, reflecting military enlistments and urban pull. The Agricultural Department cites educational gaps, noting many young doctors come from five industrial states while 18 rural states graduate none.
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Washington, D. C
Agricultural Department
Double Bill Planned for Central City Drama Festival
Central City to reopen its opera house with a two work program Mozart Abduction from the Seraglio and Verdi Traviata marking the revival of the drama festival. Frank Rickettson Jr. heads the Central City Opera House Association as crowds from Colorado and beyond expect a brilliant opening.
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Central City Drama Festival
Central City
Colo
Frank Ricketson Jr
Central City Opera House Association
Mozart
Verdi
Anne Evans
Seraglio
Colorado
Association
Hoover to Overhaul UNRRA Amid Famine Relief Debate
The piece discusses a potential overhaul of UNRRA under Hoover, framed as a survey but seen as practical reform. It notes Lehman’s illness and resignation, contrasts Truman and Hoover approaches to food aid, warns against political use of relief, and comments on UNRRA’s past inefficiencies and funding struggles.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Herbert Lehman
UNRRA
Hoover
World Council of Unrra
Atlantic City
Truman
Truman Famine Emergency Committee
Lehman
Congress
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