Food and textiles dominate postwar recovery efforts
The piece outlines Hoover era views on feeding Europe’s undernourished children plus needed funds, Poland and Austria crisis details, and wartime controls on textiles to boost cheap clothing output. It notes diverging relief efficacy in Europe, and links high divorce rates postwar to social stress while citing Henry A. Wallace urging party loyalty in Congress.
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Herbert Hoover
Truman
Europe
Hoover
Poland
Germany
Reich
Austria
Vienna
U. S
Yugoslavia
U.S
Dictionary to Feature Common Slang and Jerk Definition
The article notes a forthcoming 150000 word abridged Funk and Wagnalls dictionary listing the term jerk defined as an unpopular person. It previews other entries including dive swing music jargon, cornpone banality expressed in jazz, cheesecake photos, and snafu meaning situation normal all fouled up.
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Funk and Wagnalls
Food shipments will help write the peace in Europe
A Washington perspective argues food aid to Europe and Asia can shape postwar peace. It cites Soviet commentary on German rations, warns of food shortages driving unrest, and notes how distribution, governance, and morale affect political outcomes and credibility of Western powers.
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Europe
White House
Atlantic
Egypt
Asia
United States
Moscow
Tavestia
Germany
Italy
Russia
Berlin
Izvestia
Fight Over OPA Extension Sparks Senate Battle
Washington reports an intense fight over the crippled OPA extension bill now before the Senate after House approval. Bowles urged business and consumers to back strong price controls to curb inflation, challenging NAM and Chamber of Commerce positions. Rent ceilings fall in Sarasota, packers accused of buying strike in Kansas City, Armour rebuttal from Chicago.
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Civilian Production Administration
OPA
Washington
CIO
House
Senate
John Q
Chester Bowles
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Bowles
N.A.M
Chamber of Commerce
Sarasota
Fla
Roger G. Flory
Rex
Kansas City
Chicago
W. 5S
Clithero
Armour and Company
Spring Football Scramble Across Southeastern Programs
Grantland Rice notes a robust spring camp scene across Florida, Georgia, Alabama and the Carolinas with 125 to 175 players per delegation. He cites Georgia coach Wally Butts optimistic about 1946 with Trippi in the backfield, while Alabama and Oklahoma A and M face potential losses of Gilmer and Fenimore to the draft. Florida, Florida USA, Miami and North Carolina show strong recoveries as Notre Dame and Army loom large in spring practice context.
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Georgia
Alabama
Carolinas
Wally’ Butts
Bulldogs
Wally
Trippi
Oklahoma A
L.S.A
Harry Gilmer
Bob Fenimore
Gilmer
Sammy Baugh
Fenimore
Army
Doc Blanchard
Ray Wolf
Miami University
Holy Cross
Snuffy Stirnweiss
North Carolina
Justice
Chapel Hill
Carl Snavely
Argo
Bob Neyland
Tennessee
Wallace Wade
Duke
Neyland
Wade
Frank Thomas
Henry Frnka
Tulane
Notre Dame
Frank Leahy
Leahy
Kelly
Mello
South Bend
Notre
Tom Hamilton
Navy
Hamilton
Marine Admits Jap Bank Theft
Marine Pie Earl L Brown of Clarksburg West Virginia confessed to robbing a Japanese bank of 580 000 yen about 38800 dollars while posing as an army bank examiner. He led a theft involving four bank clerks acting as guards and was arrested in a downtown Yokohama hotel.
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Yokohama
Marine Pie
Earl L. Brown
Clarksburg
W. Ve
Army
8Th Army
Matine
Criminal Investigation Division
Otis J. Carter
Los Angeles
Calif
Brown
Totsuka
Yokohama-Koshin Bank
Tokyo
Bankera
Yokosuka
Blind man shoots mother in law over divorce dispute
Oklahoma City report states T Guthrie a 42 year old blind second hand store owner fatally shot his former mother in law Elizabeth Hinds 60 while his blind ex wife stood by Guthrie told police he blamed the mother in law for his marriage troubles which ended in divorce He went to retrieve 800 dollars he claimed she owed for a capitol soft drink stand Guthrie held without charge in city jail asst county attorney George Lipe said the wife and mother both gave similar accounts of the events
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Oklahoma City
Okla
T. Guthrie
George Lipe
Guthrie
Lipe
Elizabeth Hinds
State Capitol
Dreams Son In Trouble Found Dead In Accident
A coroner's jury investigated the deaths of two fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico. Nellie Lanina of St Petersburg reported a pre dawn dream her 80 year old son Ray was in trouble. Ray and 52 year old Frank Nisher of Nokomis were found dead as their pilotless boat ran aground near Treasure Island. Carbon monoxide from the open engine pit was deemed the most likely cause.
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Sarasota
Gulf of Mexico
Nellie Lanina
St. Petersburg
Ray
Lanius
Frank Nisher
Nokomis
Treasure Island
North Koreans Press 12 Acre Farm Limit Criticism
Press reports from northern Korea say the peoples committee in the Russian occupied zone has begun a land reform program calling for confiscation of holdings over 12 acres. Dr. Syngman Rhee, leader in the American occupied half, charged Russia desires to communize the country.
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Seoul
Korea
People’s Committee
Syngman Rhee
Russia
Judas Goat Led Sheep to Slaughter at Stockyards
An unusual occupation features Judas goats used in New York and Chicago stockyards to lead flocks to slaughter. The goats enter with the herd and emerge alone, guiding sheep past the pen line toward the slaughterhouse fate.
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America
New York
Chicago
Sampson Method Promoted to Eradicate Canada Thistle
Emmet County Weed Commissioner reports a sworn statement endorsing the Sampson Method to destroy Canada thistle. Adverts claim high prices, no chemical or plowing needed, and a full method with guarantee for $5 sent to Lloyd Sampson in Estherville Iowa.
Kellogg's All-Bran Praised In Patient Letter Testimonial
A reader testimonial extols Kellogg's All-Bran as a wholesome daily cereal that aids constipation due to lack of bulk in the diet. The writer urges daily consumption with ample water, suggests trying it in muffins, and offers refund details if not satisfied.
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Tam
Kellogg's
Wellman Thrush
Ekellogg
Kellogg Company
Battle Creek
Mich
Dow
Heartless thieves steal six suits while husband slept
Philadelphia report: Mrs. James S. Miller told police she watched a burglar take six of her husband’s suits as he slept to avoid waking him amid his heart ailment.
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Philadelphia
James S. Miller
Radio delays hit overseas flights due to northern lights
Airlines officials reported overseas air travel slowed by several days because radio communication was disrupted. They attributed the problem to the Aurora Borealis, the northern lights, which interfered with radio signals used for international flying.
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New York
Airlines
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