Skyscraper Hospitals For Vets Skyscraper Hospitals For Vets
General Bradley announced an army engineers plan to build 77 veteran hospitals as skyscrapers by end of 1947, part of a $448 million program. The project aims to conserve land, speed care, and use private facilities via 26 state affiliations, with 183 permanent VA hospitals planned in total and beds totaling about 151,400.
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Paw
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DOE
Veterans’ Administration
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Army
Michigan
Kansas
California
New Jersey
Veterans Administration
Congress
Shreveport
General
Big Spring
Texas
New Orleans
Bonham
Eli Paso
Houston
Newsboys Find Skeleton Near Grayson Street Bridge
A skeleton of an unidentified man with clothes and boots was found late Saturday along the river bank 100 feet north of Grayson Street Bridge by Pat Tragott and Donald FitzSimon. Police estimate the body may have lain there nine months to a year. an inquest is led by Peace E. H. Talbert. A lone tooth and a cheap diamond ring, a 50 cent piece, three combs, and a pocket knife were found at the scene.
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Grayson Street
Pat Tragott
Donald FitzSimon
E. H. Talbert
Raid on Hamburg Black Market Nets 150 Arrests
London radio reports that over 940 police conducted the largest raid yet on Hamburgs black market seizing large quantities of foods and arresting at least 150 persons today.
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New York
London Radio
Hamburg
Playwright Aurania Rouverol Wed Rector Emeritus Fleetwood
Beverly Hills news reports that playwright Aurania Rouverol and the Rev. Dr. William W. Fleetwood rector emeritus of All Saints Episcopal Church were married today at the church in a ceremony conducted by the rector, the Rev. J. Herbert Smith.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Aurania Rouverol
William W. Fleetwood
All Saints Episcopal
J. Herbert Smith
Disabled freighter rescued near Pearl Harbor
The Augustus S. Merrimon, en route to Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas, was in tow today by the S. S. Sapulpa Victory after a disabled freighter was rescued off Pearl Harbor.
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Pearl Harbor
Augustus S. Merrimon
Wis
Nuku Hiva
Marquesa Islands
S. S. Sapulpa Victory
Two Killed in Accident Dragging Body Seven Miles
Pariseau, a Bedford township high school junior, confessed his car struck a man and dragged the body seven miles after seeing another vehicle. Victims Mrs. Rose Marlow, 28, and her brother William H. Sella, 23, were both from Bedford township. Police said Sella’s mangled body was found hooked to Pariseau’s rear bumper. Pariseau claimed blindness to the other car and unawareness of striking a man.
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Delhill
Pariseau
Bedford Township
Soman
Rose Marlow
William H. Sella
Sells
John A. Mowatt
Mowatt
Steel strike ends as Pittsburgh resumes routine life
Pittsburgh marks end of a 27 day steel strike with pickets leaving gates at 2 am and a union hall celebration in Homestead. Workers tapped reserves and war bonds to cover losses while wage losses at Carnegie Illinois alone reached about 16 million dollars. Recovery will be gradual as furnaces and ovens are slowly brought back online and equipment checked after the shutdown.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Steel Empire of the World
Carnegie-Minois
Theunion
Homestead
Steel
Carnegie-Illnois
Samar
Husbands Welcome War Brides on Pier in New York
The Army transport Santa Paula docked with 251 wives and 123 children aboard. For the first time the army allowed husbands to greet wives on the pier. Seventy-five husbands welcomed the brides with flowers and candy as seventy-five brides and 30 children debarked that night, with more to leave tomorrow.
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New York
U. S. Army
Santa Paula
America
Connally for Rapido Quiz
Senator Connally of Texas urged a congressional probe into the American assault across the Rapido River during the Italian campaign. He cited the 36th division’s over 2000 casualties in hours and said the 34th division also deserves examination. He spoke after arriving in Frankfurt with his wife from a London meeting, noting the record of U.S. forces.
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Frankfurt
INS
Connally
D-Tex
Rapido River
Frankfinct
US N C
London
Index of Sports and Society Classified Amusements
A compact index listing sections such as Sports 1D 2 8D and Society Leadon Classified 5 0 2 0 100 Amusements 186 100 Radia Log. appears as a navigational page fragment from a historic newspaper.
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Leadon
Luce Converts to Catholicism Plans No Draft Run
New York February 16 Representative Clare Boothe Luce became a Roman Catholic at St Patrick's cathedral. In a statement she said she would be unavailable by design for any draft for elective office. Sheen of Catholic University awarded instruction over five months ending May.
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New York
Clare Boothe Luce
St. Patfick's
San Antonio Dentist Dr. Louis Robichaux Dies at 71
Dr Louis Frederick Robichaux 71 longtime San Antonio dentist died at 3 35 p m Saturday at his home 2103 San Pedro Avenue after a prolonged illness He was born in Louisiana practiced here since 1900 and was the first dentist to chair the Robert B Green hospital board He is survived by his widow Mrs Belle Robichaux Funeral arrangements pending arrival of relatives.
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Louis Frederick Robichaux
San Antonis
San Pedro Avene
Louisiana
San Antonio
Robert B. Green Hospital
Mra
Belle Rabichaux
Wage Pacts Green Light Industry Reopening
The nation’s reconversion drive gains steam as major steel producers including U S Steel Republic Steel Bethlehem Steel and Crucible Steel sign wage agreements with CIO workers. U S Steel plans to resume operations by Monday while other firms follow. A separate union threat at American Smelting and Refining adds tension with a potential 30 percent wage demand.
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Mysnio
CIO Steel
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel Company
Republic Steel Corporation
Crucible’ Steel Company of America
The
Aluminum Company of America
Philip Murray
Wheeling
Inland
Youngstown
National
Pittsburgh
Sharon
Allegheny-Sadium
James P. Dewey
General Motore
Detroit
John C. Collet
Toy “Annonicat
Sam
Cne
U.S
CIO
Lea Pressman
Carpers
Republic
Bnut
Bethlehem
U.S. Steel
CIO International Union Co
American Smeltine and Refining Company
Galveston Chosen as Site for State Travelers Meet
Galveston was selected as the meeting place for the State Travelers association convention to be held May 10 and 11. The 4 state board of directors met here today to finalize arrangements.
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Galveston
Beaumont
State Travelers Association
State Board of Directors
Jam into Small Flat First Come First Served
CHICAGO February 16 INS Take Mrs Jennie Corvo's word there is anything tougher than a jam packed home. After a fire destroyed the fat of their friends they took the Jacobsons and five of their seven children into their crowded apartment. Mrs Corvo's nine children join them making 14 kids and four adults sharing five beds chairs and floor space at bedtime amid a housing shortage.
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Chicago
Jennie Coryo
Jacobsons
Mother Free In Son's Death in Kidnap Hoax Case
Boston on February 16 Mrs Rose Carlan 23 of Chelney was freed after a Suffolk County grand jury found no charge of homicide against her in connection with the death of her six month old son Ronald the infant at the center of last November s New England kidnap hoax Doctors testified the child suffered four pneumonia attacks before dying and detectives argued the mother s neglect led to the death
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Boston
Rose Carlan
Chelney
James J. Carlan
Willam J. Brickley
Barber Hike Comes Late In Charro Days Buzz
Brownsville residents growing beards for Charro Days saw barbers raise prices to 50 cents across the Rio Grande Valley. Stores reported a run on razors while barbers blamed the late scare on market shifts and rising costs.
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Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
Deng Stores
Crest Reached in Red River Flood
Alexandria, La noontime reports the Red River reached its crest with a six hundredths of a foot rise on the government gauge and a tenth of a foot fall on Bayou Rapides, signaling the flood level is stabilizing.
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Red River
Alexandria
Bayou Rapides
Sergeant Gets Three Years for Cruelty Conviction
Sergeant Judson Smith of Cumberland, Kentucky, faced a sentence of three years at hard labor and dishonorable discharge after being convicted by a court martial at Lichfield stockade, England, of cruelty to U S Army personnel.
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London
INS
Judson Smith
Cumberfing
Smith
Lichfield
England
Stockade
Jarboe Predicts Unchanged Weather for Sunday
Cloudy skies and temperatures about the same as Saturday were forecast for Sunday by Weatherman J. H. Jarboe. Occasional light rain was predicted for Saturday night but no rain was forecast for Sunday.
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J. H. Jarboe
U.S. Effort to Halt Typhus in Japan Reported
Osaka reports a wartime effort by the 17012 American military group to mobilize police and prefectural offices to combat typhus with DDT. About 45,000 Japanese civilians are said to be exposed daily, with over 400 typhus cases reported.
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U.S
Japan
Osaka
Torust
Fog Delays Eleanor Roosevelt Flight to Dublin
Fog forces the plane carrying Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt to make an emergency landing near Bovington England. She later departed Bavington for London and planned to fly to Dublin on Sunday, then return to the United States on Monday.
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London
INS
Eleanor Roosevelt
Berlin
Dublin
Bovington
England
Fear Leak of Atomic Bomb Secret
Ottawa broadcasts report of a leak claim citing an unimpeachable source that Russia built a spy network in Canada and that atomic data may be involved. Prime Minister King announced an inquiry with five commissioners while 22 government workers were rounded up and an official blackout was imposed. The incident raises fears of sensitive energy information and possible Soviet connections.
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Ottawa
Russia
Canada
W. L. Mackenzie King
Soviet
United States
Britain
NV. Zaronizin
Moscow
Vitali G. Pavlov
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Struikying
King
Fhve
National Research
Egtincil
Acatomic
Lam Shivers
Eethoe Ee Ehanmeled
State Senate
Wil
Ee Ae
Progressive Conservative
State Office
John Bracken
Brazilian General Christoyac de Castro Barcelos Dies
Rio de Janeiro reports the death of General Christoyac de Castro Barcelos, 62, chief of staff of the Brazilian army. He trained in France and Brazil and studied at the Saint Cyr military academy in France.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Christoyac de Castro Barcelos
France
Brazil
St. Cyr
White House Says Truman Briefed on Canadian Leakage Probe
The White House announced President Truman was fully informed about a Canadian leak investigation before Ottawa arrests. Press secretary Charles C. Ross said Prime Minister Mackenzie King discussed the matter with Truman last November during the tripartite atomic energy talks in which King, Truman, and British Prime Minister Attlee participated.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Ottawa
Canada
Charles C. Ross
Mackenzie King
Clement Attlee
Relaxing on Yacht Truman Cruises Again
President Truman relaxed aboard the presidential yacht Williamsburg with a group of friends. Charles G. Ross said Truman boarded the yacht last night for a cruise down the Potomac. He was accompanied by Governor Mon C. Wallgren and about a dozen other guests. They are due to return later today.
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Washington
Truman
Williamsburg
Charles G. Ross
Potomac
Mon C. Wallgren
Ingtan
Ross
John W. Snyder
White House
Sunday Forecast Sees Clouds, Little Temperature Change
Sunday will be cloudy with minimal temperature change, the forecast shows a low around 43 degrees and a high near 6 percent above or below normal.
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