Share the Health tale of Pinky and Fran after war
In a shift from his cheerful broadcasts, the writer recalls Pinky Gates and Frances Milburn, a couple from East who married before war interrupted. Pinky, a skilled engineer and veteran, lost a leg in New Guinea but Fran’s loyalty kept their plans alive as they moved toward marriage.
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Sister Kenny Foundation Fund Appeal Sparks Effort
The narrator, new National Chairman of the 1946 Fund Appeal, urges Americans to support Sister Elizabeth Kenny Institute in Minneapolis. Funds stay local or aid global expansion to treat polio victims and train Kenny technicians, nurses, and doctors.
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