Blood drives urged to stockpile plasma for war
Defense officials warn of plasma shortages after Korea and call for expanding the Red Cross blood program. Defenses aim to raise whole blood and plasma reserves, with servers from 41 regional centers and 12 community banks to meet civilian and military needs.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
AP Science Reporter
New York
United States
Korea
Okinawa
Oak Knoll Naval Hospital
San Francisco
Department of Defense
United Nations
Kaeson
Japan
Defense Department
George C. Marshall
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Childh Eth
A. H. Schwichtenberg
Armed Forces Medical Policy Committee
Kentucky Derby races with three starters
The Derby has seen only three starters in three years, specifically 1892 1899 and 1905. These years hold the record for the smallest field to reach the post in the Kentucky Derby.
Curbstone Sayings of a Sidewalk Socrates
A patchwork of wry maxims and quips mix satirical takes on fame marriage politics and daily life. Observations touch on trouble invention conversation pills and modern gadgets with a closing bite about optimism and canaries.
Virginia Governor’s Traffic Conference Cited in August Death Toll Drop
Richmond reports say Virginia highway fatalities in August were lower than the previous year for the first time since April, with 82 deaths this year versus 87 in 1950. Officials credit the Governor's Traffic Conference held near Charlottesville and heightened penalties for violations as factors easing the toll.
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Richmond
Virginia
Governor’s Highway Safety Committee
Charlottesville
Ford wall at Dearborn Mid shows longest serpentine brickwork
The Ford Motor Company wall along the Village Road test track is about 8 feet high and 17 100 feet long. It sits on a concrete footer 2 feet wide and 32 feet deep with no bracing. The brickwork uses more than 400 000 Yellowstone red bricks in symmetrical 6 foot radius curves.
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Thomas Jefferson
University of Virginia
Ford Motor Company
Roanoke Attorney Seeks Ouster of State CIO Head
Roanoke attorney James P. Hart urged removal of Rev. Charles C. Webber from the presidency of the State CIO. He said Webber’s actions have set back political progress in Virginia by a decade or more and called for a quick CIO housecleaning to restore respect. Hart chairs the Virginia Commonwealth League, allied with CIO PAC in Virginia.
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Roanoke
State
CIO
James P. Hart
Charles C. Webber
State Cio
Hart
U. S. Senate
Webber
Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth League
Cio-Pac
Lincoln's Last Words At Ford's Theatre
Lincoln never spoke after being shot. His final words were to his wife as she asked what Miss Harris would think of her clinging to him. He replied with the line about Miss Harris and the Senator’s daughter present in the box.
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Abraham Lincoln
M. T. A. Lincoln
Miss Harris
New York
Ford
Chester
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