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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1949
Page
8
Housing expediter Tighe E Woods says 98 608 rental units across the country saw rent hikes in May and June. Average increase about 6 50 per unit equal to roughly 19 percent with 60 percent for capital improvements and 40 percent for hardship and equity cases.
Advice on preventing and treating chigger bites. Dust skin with fine sulfur before entering infested areas where chiggers live in lawns and woods. For exposed children start prompt treatment with hot bath and soap lather to loosen chiggers, then rinse. Use ammonia water or salt water to ease itching and consult a doctor if bites become infected.
General Motors appointed H. H. Wallace Carbondale Chevrolet dealer of 15 years as GM Community Relations chairman for Carbondale and vicinity. The role supports public relations activities including motion pictures and booklets. GM sponsors the National 4 H Club Farm Safety contest and Wallace will work with local 4 H clubs participating in it.
Community Chest Red Cross Lions club and Boy Scouts will cooperate with club groups schools or any other local organizations that may want the material for development of programs.
Members of National Guard Company B 135 engineer combat battalion with Anna Community Center headquarters will join about 9,000 personnel of the 44th Infantry Division for summer encampment August 13 to 27 at Camp McCoy Wisconsin. Trainees will live as full time soldiers under field conditions on a 65,000 acre reservation with arms qualification and demonstrations of armory artillery demolitions and air transport. Governors Day on August 21 will feature a full scale review. First Lieutenant William L. Casper of Anna commands the post. Sgt Theodore Womick is administrative assistant. Lt Hobart Clutts Jr will retire as commander.
Sixteen bus drivers completed a first aid instruction course in Union County conducted by the local American Red Cross chapter. George W. Endicott, manager of the Southern...
Illinois Electric cooperative assigns Don Gola as first aid instructor for the county chapter. First aid certificates will be issued to drivers from the St. Louis office. Drivers listed include George R. Barker Ernest Carter Otis Dirden Truman Keller Elijah Bartsch Adolphus Dillon Chester Lacy A M Thompson Lawrence Toler Donald Coleman James L Harrell Kenneth Keller Earl Johnson Lee Lilly Caude W Kenny and others from Cobden Dongola Wolf Lake Anna and Jonesboro.
Twenty members of the Anna Jonesboro FFA chapter enjoyed a two day trip to Kentucky Lake with expenses paid as a reward for high standing in an FFA activity contest. Points were awarded for home and project work and participation in FFA activities. Freshmen making 100
Athletic commissioners governing more than 160 colleges rejected a supreme national supervisor for intercollegiate sports. The NCAC voted against the broad powers given to A B Chandler as the 11th meeting closed. Earlier they pledged support for the N C A A sanity code to curb eligibility violations.
Points and upper classmen reaching 125 points earned eligibility for the trip. O. K. Loomis, agriculture instructor, accompanied the boys on the journey.
Victor O Schmidt of the Pacific Coast Conference urged NCAA legislation to curb tryouts of prospective student athletes by colleges and subsidized campus trips for recruits. He warned such practices pressure prospects to favor the colleges that offer visits and invites.
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