Health stamps honor tuberculous heroes at Christmas
HOPE stamp collectors bought a full sheet of Christmas seals highlighting four tuberculosis heroes Laennec Koch Trudeau and Holbeit. The feature recounts Laennec’s stethoscope invention Koch’s discovery Trudeau’s Adirondack sanatorium work and Holbeit’s Denmark tax idea. The editor urges year round sale to support tuberculous care and notes pamphlets by Dr Clendening available for 10 cents each.
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Laennec
Paris
Robert Koch
E. L. Trudeau
United States
Saranac Lake
Trudeau
Adirondacks
Einar Holbeit
Christian
Denmark
Clendening
Logan Clendening
Commuters To Pay More Fare
The Interstate Commerce Commission allowed Southern Railway to end commutation fares between Washington and Virginia stations, raising commuters to higher regular coach rates. Protests from Springfield Ravensworth Burke Sideburn Fairfax Clifton Manassas Bristow Nokesville Virginia prompted a review before approval.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Railway Company
Virginia
Springfield
Ravensworth
Burke
Sideburn
Fairfax
Clifton
Manassas
Birstow
Nokesville
Expenditures of A A A Reported
Washington report details Agricultural Adjustment Administration spending for July 1 to December 31, 1938. Total disbursements reached 247 million, including 114 million in price adjustments to cotton growers and 23.9 million in cane and beet sugar producer benefits. Administrative outlays totaled 10.16 million. State expenditures included Maryland 274 thousand, Virginia 1.72 million, West Virginia 538 thousand.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
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