World This Week Highlights From War and Politics
The World This Week surveys global and national happenings from the final meeting of the Grand Army of the Republic in Indianapolis to a typhoon toll in Japan, a new American Legion commander, wage reforms, commodity shortages, and notable trials, with notes on politics, aviation records, and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Army of the Republic
Indianapolis
Ind
American Legion
George N. Craig
Brazil
the Legion
Philadelphia
Amvets
Harold Russell
Watertown
Mass
Polio Epidemic Emergency Drive Calls for Millions Now
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis launches a Polio Epidemic Emergency Drive to raise about 14.5 million dollars for patient care as polio cases surge nationwide. Officials project 25 million dollars in 1949 care costs, with 5 million more needed to continue 1948 patients’ treatment, while researchers pursue solutions funded by March of Dimes grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polio Foundation
Country
National Foundation For
National Foundation
O’connor
Mr. O’connor
March of Dimes
Also Mentioned on This Page
St. Paul
Minn
Stanley Sherer
Tokyo-Yokohama
Japan
US Senate
House of Representatives
Netherlands East Indies
Woodman of America
Clarence Stegemann
Rock Isand
Cbrief
St. Louis
Italy
Joseph de Bona
Bollywood
Vernon A. Ford
Middletown
United States Defense Department
President Truman Co
Ilinois
Attorney General's Office
Mary Gleick
Gasconade
Harold Unruh
Camden
N. J
English Channel
Shirley May France
Somerset
Channel
England
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Supreme Court
Wiley B. Rutledge
York
Maine
International Shoe Company
Washington
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
the Herald
Eun.ag Tools
Hoover
Tm Ry Ae Furnishings
Sikeston
Basil O’connor
Sikeston Cotton Oil Mill, Inc
Lynn Street
Dempster’s Furniture Co
Dysart-Auer
Acme Radio Co
Greer
The
Sikeston Herald
W. Malone
REA Electric Cooperative
Sikeston Lumber Company
E. Malone
Hahs Machine Works
Sikeston Fruit Market
North Scott
Ray Ahuddell, Inc
Hart’s Bakery
Frisco
Mitchell-Sharp Chevrolet Co
the Lair Company
W. Center Phone
Walton & Williams Motor Co
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