Arlington Shrine Getting Crowded
Arlington National Cemetery faces space limits with 95,674 graves by end of 1951 and 13 burials daily at a cost of about 30 dollars each. The Army confirms no room for expansion on 420 acres enclosed by suburbs.
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1952
Page
7
Arlington National Cemetery faces space limits with 95,674 graves by end of 1951 and 13 burials daily at a cost of about 30 dollars each. The Army confirms no room for expansion on 420 acres enclosed by suburbs.
The South Amherst auxiliary conducted its April meeting at the Legion home with Mrs. Lewis Lieb presiding. The group reported on a Girl Scout party, planned an ice cream booth for the Fourth of July, contributed two dollars to the Leonard Wood Memorial fund, and sent six boxes of matches and six boxes of candy to Crile Hospital for rehabilitation.
Five dollars was donated to the Cancer Fund and one thousand poppies were ordered for Poppy Day. The Red Rose troop of Girl Scouts will sell the poppies for the auxiliary. A letter from Congressman William Ayers discussed universal military training. The meeting adjourned after a dessert for 22 members. Next meeting is Tuesday May 6. Dennis Keith McCurdy born March 28 in Canton weighing seven and a half pounds. Reverend Fr Paul Seikel leaves Nativity Church for Avon. Fr Frederick Dietz to fill vacancy. APR PTA meeting set for April 9 at 8 pm with highway patrol talk and school musical numbers. Mrs H E Moore and Mrs O J Ruth attended Miss Vander Sall’s Amherst wedding. Belt lines note on belt conveyors in American coal mines.
The regional office of the Department of Commerce warned of a coming vanilla shortage for cooking and fountain drinks. Ernest Tutt said Madagascar bean shortages and an even smaller crop forecast will cut U S stocks. The note on Texas etymology appears as a separate line.
About 450 delegates from nations worldwide gather in Moscow for the International Economic Conference. The opening includes attendees from the United States and Western Europe, welcomed by Mikhail Yasnov, president of the Moscow City Council.
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