March of Dimes Drives In 1947 polio Fight
The National Foundation for Infantsile Paralysis reports 1946 saw the worst polio year, fueling a nationwide March of Dimes campaign from January 15 to 30. It details fatalities, regional outbreaks, funds allocated to local chapters, and ongoing research and public education efforts to prevent future epidemics.
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National Foundation For
Foundation
National Foundation
Foundaion
Mississippi Valley
Minnesota
Florida
California
March of Dimes
College students to get planned "time to think" days
Cedar Rapids Iowa relief plan lets students take a day off to study discuss with faculty or think through problems. The president Byron Hollingshead says faculty will hold informal conferences on campus with library rooms open. A future goal includes a week off before finals.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Coat College
Byron Hollingshead
Hollingshead
New Device Tests Drunk Drivers in Michigan
Michigan state police will equip all patrol cars with an intoximeter by mid March. The device aims to reduce miscarriages of justice from sick or injured drivers and provide a foolproof on scene test to prove intoxication, with later technician verification.
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East Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Caesar J. Scavadara
Longer Life Pays Cash Dividends
Chicago economist Frank G. Dickinson of the AMA notes longer life in the United States boosts lifetime earnings. Life expectancy rose from 42 in 1900 to 61, with 80 year olds of 1900 valued at $27,400 in foregone earnings and 1640s figures around $29,900. Prospective earnings for a 36 year old rose from $25,000 to $26,209.
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Chicago
Frank G. Dickinson
American Medical Association
United States
Dickinson
Plastic Buffalo Memorial Planned on Cedar Mountain
Sculptor Lawrence Tenny Stevens plans a monumental plastic buffalo 150 to 200 feet tall on Cedar Mountain as a memorial to Buffalo BI. The figure would feature an elevator inside the body plus a lunch room curio shop and maybe a cocktail lounge.
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Wyo
Cedar Mountain
Lawrence Tenny Stevens
Adda
Large Field of Candidates Looms for GOP Nomination
Washington report on 1943 presidential race weighs Dewey Bricker Martin Warren Stassen Taft and Vandenberg as leading contenders. It argues Taft and Vandenberg may unite to defeat Dewey, with regional strengths shaping delegate dynamics and the nomination outlook. Labor-curb talk remains muted as Republicans prepare strategy in Congress.
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GOP
Washington
Tom Dewey
Dewey
Bricker
Ohio
Martin
Seu Warren
California
Vandenberg
Taft
Albany
United Nations
Senate
Landon
Willkie
White House
South
Kelley
Chicago
Cook County
New York
Republian
Hague
New Jersey
Boston
Warren
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain
Midwest
Pennsylvania
Loss of color leaves sport duller as big business rises
A columnist laments the fading crowd appeal in modern sport. Stars like Ruth, Dempsey, Hogan and Williams once drew vast attention. today vast pay and publicity shift focus to the spectacle and wealth rather than standout personalities. The piece argues color is tied to ability and natural presence, and wonders if times are changing for the better or making sports duller.
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ECORD
Babe Ruth
Jack Dempacy
Bobby Jones
Bill ‘Fliden
Man o'War
Tommy Hitchcock
Earl Sande
Dizzy Dean
Walter Hagen
Exterminador
Knute Rockne
George Gipp
Hurry-up
Yost
Bob Zuppke
Pepper Martin
Frank Frisch
Leo Durocher
Dodgers
Leo
Ted Williams
Ted
Joe Louis
Joe
Ben Hogan
Byron Nelson
Gene Sarazen
Stan Musial
Stan
Eddie Dyer
New Rochelle
Frisch
Johnny Kieran
Kieran
Dempsey
Jones
Hitchcock
Grange
de Spiced
Hagen
Waddell
Zuppke
Joe Loula
Meg Menn General Quiz Questions
A reader quiz asks five items: 1 Hobson's Choice implies two choices. 2 Huguenots is a Dutch term for a French Protestant group. 3 what makes the stars twin is binary or double star nature. 4 the siege of Troy lasted ten years. 5 which bug swims bottom up is the water boatman insect.
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Troy
The Answers 1 You Have No Alternative
The list mentions The Protestants and The density of the afr along with Ten years. The back swimmer swims on its back described as the only water bug that does so, implying a curious remark or trivia.
Faithful Model of Sir Drake's Ship Inch Long
The Hampshire collection at the Institute of Marine Engineers in London features 18 miniature ship reproductions at 1 inch to 64 feet. Notably, Drake's Golden Hind is one inch long, so small it can be hidden behind a half dollar.
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Hampshire
Institute of Marine Engineers
London
Collier’s
Francis Drake
Chopsticks Survives as One-Finger Piano Parlor Trick
Collier's notes Chopsticks is the sole survivor among many one-finger piano pieces from the 19th century. First published in Glasgow in 1877 the tune spread worldwide and influenced composers such as Liszt and Rimsky-Korsakov.
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Collier's
Glasgow
Liszt
Rimski-Korsakov
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Instrument OF Mercy
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Congress
Meg Menn
Sir Drake
A&l
U. S
Finntham
Plokham
Come Pound
Tdia E. Pinkbam
Prince Albert
Owen Albert
Ry Thien
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