Singaporean Straits: starvation amid booming postwar wealth
In Singapore General Hospital ward, malnourished workers tell of chronic poverty as cost of living rises. Patients, many earning about S$2.54 to S$3 a day, rely on chapathi and dhal. doctors warn that malnutrition is widespread despite booming commerce and new riches. The Straits Times notes past prosperity and urges government scrutiny.
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Straits Times
Ony
Singapore General Hospital
Singapore
Singapore Straits Times
Paegathy
Pangathy
U.S
Singapore Free Press
Alaska Reemerges as Major Export Hub
Alaska, once derided as Seward's Folly, returns to prominence with exports of gold, salmon, furs, lumber and other products valued around two hundred times their original purchase price, signaling a surge in resource wealth and trade potential.
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Alaska
More Women Than Ever Now Serve As Representatives
Washington reports the election of Elisabeth Kee to the House increases female representation to nine in the House and one in the Senate. Kee, a West Virginia Democrat, will fill her late husband’s unexpired term and join current members Frances Bolton, Margaret Still Church, Katherine S. George, Cecil M. Harden, Edith Nourse Rogers, Ruth Thompson, Edna F. Kelly, and Reva Beck Bosone, with Margaret Chase Smith in the Senate. A rail section may weigh as much as 156 pounds per yard.
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Washington
Elisabeth Kee
House of Representatives
Congress
Kee
West Virginia
House
Senate
Francesa Bolton
R- Ionio
Margaret Still Church
R-Id
Katherine S. George
R-Ny
Cecil M. Harden
R- Ind
Edith Nourse Rogers
Rmass
Ruth Thompson
It-Tich
Edna F. Kelly
Accident Cases At The Hospital
Betty Beckiay of Roesswear Avenue fell from her bike and sustained knee scrapes treated in the emergency room and released. Maitland Starkey of 1000 Columbia Road received a forehead laceration and was discharged. Virginia Lidie of 400 Carrolton Avenue suffered a foot laceration and was discharged.
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Betty Beckiay
Roesswear Avenue
Maitland Starkey
Columbia Road
Virginia Lidie
Carrolton Avenue
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