Dist Distinguished Unit Citation Refused For Ohio 37th
Washington DC. The 37th Division of Ohio was denied the Distinguished Unit Citation the Army Department declined to award. Senator Bricker protested noting the division’s great service and entitlement. Representative Verge joined in demanding reconsideration as the award was under review for several divisions.
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Washington
Ohio
Army
Army Départment
Offeis
Douglas MacArthur
John W. Bricker
Army Department
John M. Verge
Proclamations Naming January 1948 Farm Safety and Carver Week
Governor Herbert issued two proclamations declaring January 1948 as Farm Safety Mobilization Month and naming the January 11 to 18 period as George Washington Carver Week. He cited farm accident losses and praised Carver’s influence on global welfare. Pfc Thomas P Zarris was praised by Gov Green as the Illinois National Guard recruiting champion for enlisting 281 men in two months.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
George Washington Carver
Herbert
Carver
Earth
Chicago
Pfc
Thomas P. Zarris
Illinois National Guard
Dwight H. Green
Zarris
Guard
Refugees Seek To Join The Foreign Legion
Paris reports refugees from Germany and Central Europe flock to the French Foreign Legion, which accepts about 200 of 1,000 weekly applicants. Germans form a large share of recruits from Central Europe, many displaced Sudetens or those losing faith in their countries. The Legion limits numbers, screens pasts, and pays six francs a day for first-year training in North Africa under a five-year contract.
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Paris
Mic
Marseille
S.S
Legion
North Africa
Indo-China
Madagascar
Europe
Junior Red Cross Members Busy On Varied Projects
Junior Red Cross members in the Elyria chapter work on Christmas projects for patients in local institutions including Valeda hospitals and Pleasantview Sanitorium. Students from Elyria Oberlin and Franklin schools contribute stuffed toys, game tables, lights, cookies, and gift packages for Navy men and local homes, with about 500 place favors planned.
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American Red Cross
Elgria
France
Hamilton
East Carlisle
Elyria
Red Cross
Prospect
Oberlin
Ely School
Franklin School
Ridgeville School
Navy
High Seas
Pleasantview
Oberlin School
City Family of Four Needs Between $3 004 and $3 458 a Year
Government study shows a typical city family of four would require between $3,004 and $3,458 annually to live modestly at June 194%. The Bureau of Labor Statistics based figures on 34 large U S cities, noting price rises since estimates, and cites a four person family led by a 36-year-old working man with a 12-year-old daughter and eight-year-old son. A budget summary titled City Worker's Family Budget accompanies the report.
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Asparitas Mandato
Badausa
Amationn Familier
Bureau’ of Labor
Clague
Sénaté-Housé Economie
Ewat Clague
Alsionét
Clagué
Ciy
Jenis
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Little Boy Blue
Bugs Bunny
Petunia
Pene
Leet Tekes Ay
Porky Pig
Likly-Rockett
Broad Street
Home Sweet Home
Sweetheart
Schwinds Picture Store
Cleveland
Flyrna
Elyria Savings and Trust Company
Mercy Chicago
Fd. Ward Jr. Kelly
Friends’ of Mercy Committee
Mércy
Lake Front
Chicago Pladium
Paul Berta
Pauline King
Berta Pinyard
Cleveland ST
Kaplan
Frazers
Kaisers
Kaiser
Kaiser-Frazer
Kaiser and Frazer
América
the Frazer
Helm Kaler Sedens
Flith
Prines Werth
Bisah
United States
Kaiser-Fraver
Pletely
Soren
Duphesie
Gil
Weadey
Tina Veebh
Vee
Earl J. Lange
E. Broad Street
McAlpin Sales & Service
Mein Street Greften
A. B. Jones
Mein Street
Wellington
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