Rome Council Seeks Veterans on All Draft Boards
Rome veterans groups urged that veterans be appointed to all draft boards. Philip A. Sharagta led letters to President Truman, Lewis B. Hershey, and Brig. Gen. Ages T. Brown seeking appointments.
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1950
Page
2
Rome veterans groups urged that veterans be appointed to all draft boards. Philip A. Sharagta led letters to President Truman, Lewis B. Hershey, and Brig. Gen. Ages T. Brown seeking appointments.
Miriam L. Garth a 50 year old San Francisco teacher was found sane by a federal court jury after she was committed to Gallinger Hospital June 14 for insisting on a talk with President Truman. She testified she wished to discuss tariff rules and start a small gift shop.
Chinese Nationalists report Russia is constructing two submarine bases in China. One at Mamoi near Foochow 320 miles northwest of Formosa and another at Yulin on Hainan's south coast about 159 miles from Indo China.
Washington reports Congress poised to approve a compromise Social Security bill expanding coverage. House approved the compromise 374 to 1, sending it to President Truman who backs higher benefits but objects to one provision. Key changes include adding about 10 million to beneficiaries, higher pensions, faster double payments for future retirees, and raised taxable earnings to fund benefits with gradual increases starting 1954. Senate debate focused on a Labor Secretary authority clause and state unemployment standards.
New York City decorator Sanders said he will attempt a fall over the Horseshoe Falls in September. He joins Niagara riverman Major Lloyd Hill, who plans a second attempt on September 10 after an earlier unsuccessful trip in July.
Tanjug says about 500 families were interned in the Bulgarian area of Macedonia in the first 10 days of the month. The agency did not explain the reason but cited the Bulgarian government’s stance against Macedonian national liberty.
Obituary notices report the deaths of the Rev Dr Whiletaatef Lampe aged 73 a long time Protestant leader in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Charles H Warren 73 dean emeritus at Yale and an educator in Massachusetts Lord Watlington former British minister of war attorney general and lord chancellor and father of Quintin Hogg Percy Rivington Pyne 68 retired New York banker and broker and the Rt Rev Monseigneur AOA Joseph Brady 68 a religious figure in New York City with World War II loan ties
A Korean girl was flown to Japan by the Air Corps contrary to regulations. She guided wounded Americans of the Second Division to safety near Pohang air field before collapsing at a field dressing station. The Sith Fighter Group then ferried her to a hospital in Japan.
An unclear fragment references siderosis as a disease, mentions Volpe and a worker in a garry setting with stray phrases about shells and health. No coherent events or dates are discernible.
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