TB Seals Back War on Tuberculosis Gains Caution
A 63 percent drop in US TB death rate over 25 years shows progress. Strep tomography and BCG vaccine may speed gains, but experts warn the fight is far from over. Children have benefited most, with deaths dropping from 8,892 under 15 in 1910 to 2,119 in 1945.
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New York
United States
Godias J. Drolet
New York Tuberculosis and Health Association
Drolet
Mary Dempsey
National Tuberculosis Association
150 Year Old Bell On Display In Shepherdstown
A bell from Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church in Shepherdstown West Virginia moved after more than 150 years in the tower. The small bell, part of a bicentennial exhibit, was brought from Germany shortly after the American Revolution by pioneer Michael Yessley who bought it during a trip. Legends claim Napoleon took the bells to Germany.
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Shepherdstown
W. Va
Christ
Evangelical and Reformed
Germany
Michael. Yessley
Napoleon
Wanda Mae Spoerl Receives Air Mail Letter
News in Fort Worth reports Mrs. Wanda Mae Spoerl has just received an air mail letter mailed earlier in Indiana. The item notes the unusual timing and postal route as a local curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort’. Worth
Tex
Wanda
Mae-Spoerl
Ty Atry
Ind
Nightmare Bucking Ends Ride with Collar Bone Injury
A rodeo rider suffered a broken collar bone after an intense bucking bout described as a nightmare ride. The incident occurred when the horse threw the rider, causing the fall that led to medical attention.
Inspired Nativity Art Through History by Hollander
An exploration of how Nativity themes inspired art across painting sculpture literature architecture and music from early Christian hymns to English poets like Ben Jonson George Wither and Milton. The piece traces the enduring legacy of the Nativity in creative expression through centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambrose
Milan
Prudentius
Seduliusy
Jesus
Ben ‘Jonson
George Wither
PILING UP. A BACKLOG. Record Makers Rush to Get Under
Amid Petrillo’s ban on American Federation of Musicians recordings, top stars rush to complete catalogs before year end. Harry James Sinatra Dinah Shore Jolson and others accelerate work through long overnight sessions, creating a backlog that will affect radio, jukeboxes, and phonographs into 1950. Musicians exhaust and fatigue strain studios and orchestras as Canini and Koussevitsky join the urgency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wire
New. York
America
James C. Petrillo
American Federation
Harry James
Palladium Ballroom
Hollywood
Frank Sinatra
Sifice
Dinah
Shore
Frankie
Carlo
al Jolson
Toscanini
Koussevitsky
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Santa Claus Branch Aims to Rebuild Savage Maryland
Harry Heim, Baltimore based Christmas decorator and self styled Santa Claus manager, buys the Savage cotton mill to launch a free entertainment Christmas panorama. Savage, a 400 resident mill town, faces closure and utility worries but Heim promises a major 1948 Christmas show and a new town appearance built around holiday spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Santa Claus
Mason-Dixon
Harry Heim
Heim
America
Maryland
Savage
Washington-Baltimore Blvd
Gustaf V of Sweden near 40th year on throne
Swedish King Gustaf V, aged about 80, marks 40 years on the throne while remaining active. He hunts weekly and presides at cabinet meetings, having met monarchs including Victoria, Edward VII, Disraeli, and Czars Alexander III and Nicholas II. His wife died in 1930.
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Stockholm
Gustave V
Sweden
Foreign Affairs Committee
Parliament
Victoria
Edward VII
England
Disraeli
Bismardk
Helping Hand War Dazed Folk Rise From Ruin
War relief programs by American groups extend beyond direct aid. In Austria a idle paper mill is back in operation as damaged dam and coal shortages are overcome with shoes from Americans. In Germany displaced camps mothers knit layettes from repurposed yarns while Czech widows form a weavers cooperative after private loans. Prague lauds American medical aid and self help. The American Friends Service Committee is highlighted as a Nobel Peace Prize winner for its global self help work.
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New York
Kirchburg
Austria
Germany
U. S
American Friends Service Committee
American Red Cross
Joint Distribution Committee
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Unitarian Service Committee
National Council of Jewish Women
Church World Service, Inc
Europe
Congressional
Seewalden
Brilliant Color Shines on 1947 Christmas Cards
The 1947 Christmas cards feature rich reds and lum inous greens with solid color backdrops showcasing Santa, angels, holly, poinsettia, candles, and church windows. Card designers say bold color shouts Merry Christmas and reflects a trend toward bright, modern holiday imagery.
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Santa
Sea‘son’s
Association
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Mitzie
Elizabeth
Neds
Tapper
Boston
Susie of
Arlanger
Duncan
Honolulu
Ricky
Omaha
By Alton L. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Tuberculosis Associations
Public Health Service
H. McLeod Biggins
Trudeau Society
Rone Stomper
National Cathedral
Washington
Herbert Hollander
Gjorn
Milton
Lord
Kay Kyser
Buddy’Clarke
Sinatra
Cis
Ancy
Istence
Gustaf V
U.S
Prague
Marshal
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