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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1947
Page
2
A 40 page booklet guides readers to meet fit pin cut and finish slip covers for chairs. The service note lists address for order and requests name and address.
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reports 1946 saw the worst polio year yet with over 24 000 cases and 5 to 10 percent fatalities. The 1947 drive began January 15 and aims to fund research, training, and care while ensuring local chapters receive grants to meet future emergencies.
Washington reports that veterans and their organizations press for broader benefits in 1947 48 including pensions subsistence cash terminal leave and insurance liberalization. Major groups like the American Legion VFW AMVETS and AVC coordinate lobbying while noting large past costs and the prospect of cashing terminal leave bonds.
Cedar Rapids Iowa. Byron Hollingshead president of a local college announces a plan granting students occasional days off to study talk with teachers or think through problems. Faculty will host informal conferences and libraries stay open. Coe College may follow with a week off before finals.
EAST LANSING Mich Latest device by state police to curb highway accidents is an intoximeter an on the spot roadside chemical test for drunk drivers All patrol cars will be equipped by mid March Capt Caesar Scavadara says the device aims to reduce miscarriages of justice and provide a foolproof method of proving intoxication The device uses a balloon and a glass tube to time a color change after blowing into it
Chicago report cites Frank G. Dickinson of the American Medical Association noting rising life expectancy from 49 in 1900 to 65 by 1940 due to medicine, diet, and housing. He values lifetime earnings for a 20 year old at 27 400 in 1900 and 29 900 in 1940, with 35 year olds’ earnings up from 25 000 to 26 200.
Cody Wyoming reports sculptor Lawrence Tenny Stevens plans a 150 to 200 foot tall plastic buffalo memorial atop Cedar Mountain for Buffalo Bill. The interior would feature an elevator lunch room curio shop and perhaps a cocktail lounge.
Collier's notes a 1886 Appletons Cyclopedia hoax in which 64 fictitious biographies were accepted and published from mail submissions. The deception remained undiscovered for 33 years, as editors believed the material and credited works were genuine.
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