Chinese Vessel Leaking At Sea
Coast Guard reports a 4500 ton Chinese freighter Hwa Tung leaking badly about 480 miles at sea. An American destroyer escort and a Navy destroyer were dispatched as the ship sailed for China. Mrs Nannie A Rogers 82 dies in Waverly Virginia. Funeral at Rogers home and burial in Waverly cemetery.
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Nannie A. Rogers
Waverly
Associated Press
J. T. Rogers
P. B. Rogens Pedro
Calif
Ers
Beckley
East Guard
Hwa Tung
Soa
Rogers
Coast Guard
Virginia
Perseus Racing
Sea- Tung
Ward
Stroyer
Tuberculosis Case History Files Installed in Raleigh County
Miss Rose Saunders and Miss Rose Minor of the bureau of tuberculosis control state health department completed installing a visible register with a composite active tuberculosis case history for Raleigh County at the county health department office in the courthouse. They reviewed local and state records to help tuberculosis agents see the problem clearly and direct supervision efforts, creating a filing system to assimilate statistics and evaluate progress in the TB control program. They returned to Charleston after finishing the work.
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Miss Rose Saunders
Miss Rose Minor
Bureau of Tuberculosis Control
State Health Department
Aisible
Raleigh
County Health Department
State Department
Health Department
Drug Found For Spotted Fever By AP
Four Delaware Hospital researchers announce dramatic clinical improvement using para-aminobenzoic acid in nine month trial for Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The treatment, a Vitamin B complex derivative known as Paba, showed effectiveness in Wilmington area with all four city hospitals participating in the study. A side note mentions a starfish eating more than eight oysters in a day.
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Associated Press
Wilmington
Del
Delaware Hospital
Lewis B. Flinn
Payne Heads Beckley Mercantile Board In 1947
E M Payne was elected president of the Beckley Mercantile Board at a regular meeting, replacing Elmer Davis. Other officers named include C L Bibb as vice president, J S Larrick as treasurer, with W R David Ed Huffman Dewey Isley and Charles Lewis Jr as directors. Members backed street improvement projects and discussed Fourth of July Labor Day and Christmas celebrations for 1947.
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Beckley Streets
Beckley Mercantile Board
Gendea
Beckley
E. M. Payne
Merchants Group
Payne
Elmer Davis
United States Navy
C. L. Bibb
J. S. Larrick
W. R. David
Ed Huffman
Dewey Isley
Charles Lewis, Jr
West Indies Language Drive Aims to Boost Attendance
In February a summit on Santa Lucia seeks to unite Windward Islands language groups. The event, tied to French influenced dialogue with West African syntax, targets higher participation at language meetings and related cultural discussions.
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Santa Lucia
Ary
Windward Islands
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