Personal crisis reports rise after end of war
AASON L. BLAKE reports that postwar reconversion, job losses, housing shortages, and readjustments push personal crisis cases up. Death by own action declined during wartime but rises quickly after peace, with insured urban men showing sharper increases.
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Aason L. Blake
New York
Suelde
Stiya Dry Louis
Laub
Wtatistichin
Metropolitan Life Figuranee Gq
Suurtiite
Dublin
United States
Duty Jin
Woman Guards Big 4 From Press
Katharine Shekwoo profiles a press handler and security for a major conference in New York. The piece paints Maggie, a veteran press liaison, as she keeps reporters at bay and coordinates briefings while officials depart and return to the hotel.
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Katharine Shekwoo
New York
NEAI
U. S
Newamen
Honealyves
Auilotomai
Atha Bis
Tin Ag
Michael J. McDonnell
Gross
James Byenes
Byrnes
Maggie
Personal crisis reports rise in cities but fall later in 1949
A Detroit study shows suicide attempts rose in early 1949 among urban men, driven by health and domestic troubles, with love affairs modest. By year’s end, money worries and social stress persisted, while rural areas remained far lower. Experts caution ongoing mental health work is needed to curb suicides.
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Chine
Duhlin
Insu
Dublin
Detroit
Dulin
Oyalin
Electricity Rationing Planned by French Ministry
Advisory notes from INS report that France will enforce electricity rationing starting Monday due to critical code shortages. The Ministry of Production proposes shutting private homes for two consecutive days weekly and three days for non-priority industries under the plan.
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Avis
INS
Ministry of Production
Westchester Offers Mohansic Park for UN Headquarters
Westchester County officials offered Mohansic Park as a free site for the United Nations permanent headquarters to offset land grants by New York and San Francisco. County Executive Herbert G. Gerkish authorized the gesture, valuing the 1 092 acre tract at about 3 million dollars in the pres seal, ta a plant.
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United Nations
New York
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Yoste of Supervisors
Herbert GC. Gerkish
Estend Gratis
U.N. Headquarters
Mohansic
U.N. Headquarters Commission
Piladelphi
San Francisca
Boston
Aren
Greenwich News Highlights Socials and Library Week
Greenwich updates include Mrs Leslie Olver visiting Washington and a luncheon at the Willard’s Mountain Chapter DAR. Local families entertain, a Tag Day for devastated countries is noted, Book Week at Greenwich Free Library promotes “Books Are Bridges” and world cooperation. An automobile accident injures Mrs Odewall. she is treated at Mary McClillan Hospital. Liberty Post American Legion dinner features Joseph De Lafayette and others as speakers.
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Jack Young
LeRoy
Plattsburg
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Willad’s Mountain
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Tonorrow
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Vermum
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Quebec
Esperance
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Sored
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Thomas Eddy
Joseph Wilson
William Bain
Misa Flora Satliard
George
Sneping
Rena Gdewalt
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Mra
Frank Mosher
Greenwich
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White Swan Holtel
M. Rogers
Mary. McClillan Hospital
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Odewall
Liberty Post
American Legion
White Swan Hotel
Joseph de Lafayette
Ballston Spa
L. Earlford
Elsie Beally
Auxiity
Harold Douglas
Granville County
Paul Sheffer
Oistick
Homer
Silkworth Woted Ag
Conwrittes
Floyd An’hoeayn
Valley Falls Clarifies Family Illness and Travel
Valley Falls residents report Chester Darknard confined to his home under care for health issues. Margaret Egeland also confined to home due to grip. Helen White remains home ill for a week. Brest Spegner bin has returned from Orlando after his mother’s death. Joseph, Mary Ellen and Dorothy are listed among local names in the notice.
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Valley Falls
Chester
Darknard
Margaret Egeland
Helen White
Brest
Paralyzed Veterans Drive 20,000 Miles for Tests
Brmingham, Alas, UK reports paralyzed patients from the waist down driving special automobiles at the Cushing Veterans Admission Hospital. Daily test routes have enabled 42 patients to pass state driving tests.
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Brmingham
Alas
State to Foster Art and Science Education in New York
The State Board of Regents plans expanded higher education after the war, funding 3,500 students with extensions and evening courses to double enrollment. The initiative aims to prepare youths for citizenship, home life, and community roles through arts, sciences, and applied study, aligning postwar needs with new cultural and technical competencies.
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New York
Wilwenton Papurlauht
Allalig & Lang
Jeu
Ayelan
Hamton
Buffalo
Tien
Hlalne
New Yorke
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