Show Interesting I News From Here There ThereAn An open safety pin which had lodged in the lung of 2 2 year old Donna Lee Boyce of Hiawatha Kansas was removed after a two and a half hour operation op ration at the University of Kansas Medical Cen ter in ili Kansas City Mo It is assumed assumed assum assum- ed that the pin had been in the childs child's lung for or several months m from the fact that she complained of pain in m her chest last Jast July The presence pre ence of of the th small open pin was revealed by y X XRay X Ray An unusual unu f r accident occurred at ata a basketball game at a basketball game at Darlington Maryland Mrs Eli Eh Knight was struck on the head by a basketball and sustained in in- injuries injuries injuries juries that resulted in her death as the th result of a blood clot She was 63 od o k f f i iA A young mm man walked into in o the in in- internal internal internal revenue office in Joplin Missouri filled out his income tax return and in the space marked exemptions he wrote Watch this space after listening himself and wife Asked by the bureau chief what he meant by the notation the young man replied Ive just sent my wife to the hospital and Ill I'll have another exemption soon Influenza of flu is striking Amer Amer- Americans Americans this winter at a rate higher than is normally expected the United States Health Service re re- re ports There are the Health Service ice reports no indications of an epidemic as yet Since early in August cases have been re reported re- re reported ported compared to for the corresponding period in 1946 Most of the cases occurred in the southern and southwestern states New York City's inch snow snow- snowfall snowfall fall cost a total of to clean up This is a record amount for a storm clean up The United States Rubber com corn company pany contends that of the country's synthetic rubber plants to private ownership should be b held up until the country's stock stockpile stockpile stockpile pile of synthetic rubber is built up to make the nation secure in the event of another emergency An adequate stock pile of natural rub rub- rubber ber is deemed necessary because no synthetic rubbers have been produced that are capable of re replacing re- re replacing placing natural rubber in a number of critical products The American Meat Institute con contends contends tends that the predictions that meat will be in such short supply next spring as to necessitate ration rationing ing and price controls is ed The surveys the Meat Institute contends show that the supply will be but one half ounce less per per per- person person person son than last year |