Field Notes From a June High Country Nature Walk
A chilly weekend in the high country features birding along an abandoned railway trace and bog strolls. Black throated green warblers and Bewick s wrens are observed, with a rose breasted grosbeak and pink lady s slipper among blooms. The outing notes ferns mountain maples and wild azalea as a blue jay and wood thrush round out the scene.
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Bewick
Wren
Smilax
New York
Valle
Fort Worth Woman Stages Sitdown Strike in Sewer Ditch
Mrs. C. T. Sellers burns with anger at a city sewer project and blocks a ditch by sitting down in protest outside her Fort Worth home. The complaint follows repairs that tore up her yard during a sanitary sewer extension.
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Fort Worth
Tex
INS
C. T. Sellers
Denver Flood Drenches City After Sudden Cloudburst
Denver faced heavy rain and hail as a sudden cloudburst flooded streets and homes. Storm surge overwhelmed sewers, causing evacuations of more than 150 residences and thousands of dollars in damage. International Soundphoto captures the scene.
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Denver
Colo
International Soundphoto
Highland D V B Program At Church
Pupils of Highland U P daily vacation Bible school presented a program in the church showing accomplishments during the past two weeks. Mrs. E L Thomp son directed the project presiding. Dr Jennings B Reid led in prayer. Songs solos memory work flannelgraph and flag ceremony featured by all departments. Demonstration of handwork also presented.
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Highland U. P. Daily Vacation Bible School
E. L. Thompson
S. Glenn. McCracken
Jennings B. Reid
Pvt James Caparaula Completes Battalion Test at Otsu
Pvt James S. Caparaula, son of Mr and Mrs William Caparaula of 426 Riverview Avenue, Otsu Honshu Japan, has completed a battalion test involving a night defense problem for a battalion.
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James S. Caparaula
William Caparaula
Riverview Avenue
Otsu
Honshu
Japan
Caparaula Serves With 35th Infantry in Japan
Pvt Caparaula is an ammo bearer with H Company 35th Infantry Regiment part of the 25th Infantry Division stationed at Otsu Japan. He enlisted at the local US Army and Air Force Recruiting Station on August 26 1949 and completed basic training at Fort Dix New Jersey arriving in Japan February 13 1950.
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Caparaula
35Th Infantry Regiment
35Th Infantry
25Th Infantry Division
Otsu
Japan
US Army and
Air Force
Fort Dix
N. J
Women Own Majority of Mutual Savings Bank Accounts
A report shows women hold 65 percent of the accounts in mutual savings banks across the United States. The finding highlights changing gender roles in financial ownership and consumer banking.
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United States
Japan Faces TB Toll in 1949 Death Statistics
Tokyo dispatch notes tuberculosis caused 7 of 8 deaths among Japan's total mortality in 1949. Ministry of Welfare reports 166.8 per 100000 deaths attributed to TB, down from 170 in 1948, showing slow progress in fighting disease.
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Tokyo
INS
Japan
Ministry of Welfare
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