Huge Profits and Plans Divide Nations in Postwar News
The article reports Chicago tax data showing four million dollars in delinquent taxes paid by black marketeers since March. It notes a U.S. plan to attack the black market with Att. Gen. Tom Clark and FBI aid, plus Truman urging Pan-American defense cooperation with South American nations. It covers UMW strike tensions, Alcatraz escape attempt, Arab Jewish Palestine tensions, and France and Four power diplomacy on peace treaties and Trieste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Internal Revenue
Treasury
Revenue Bureau
Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Att
Tom Clark
OPA
FBI
Washington Squirrels and Quack Grass Reappear in Columns
Washington columnist muses on the White House grounds as a gray squirrel lingers amid limp carnations and shaded grass. Readers respond with letters from Minnesota to Alabama praising crabgrass as mulch and sharing poems about lazy gardening and the value of quack grass mulch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potomac
Sturgeon Lake
Minn
White House
Akron
Ohio
Agronyron
Robert L
Pop
Flame Cultivator Demonstrated For Weeds In Cotton
In Covington Tennessee W C Harris demonstrates a flame cultivator powered by butane mounted on a tractor to weed 50 acres of cotton with no hand labor. The two row model skims ground with four burners per two rows and avoids burning by waiting until cotton is 6 to 8 inches high. The device reportedly costs four cents per acre and can clear 20 acres daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington, Tenn
TVA
W.C. Harris
Mississippi Delta
Harold B. Jones
Jones
Covington
Tennessee
Record-shattering rise of baseball crowds and star power
A postwar surge floods baseball with record attendances as Yankees, Tigers, Cubs and Dodgers loom for all-time highs. Fans chase tickets amid a $2 billion wagering boom. the piece reflects on past sports greats and questions for the season, from Yankee pitching to Red Sox rivalries and Braves leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankee Stadium
Larry MacPhattl
Yankees
Tigers
Cubs
Dodgers
Babe Ruth
Jack Dempsey
Bobby Jones
Bill Tilden
Tommy Hitchcock
Devereux Milburn
Walter Hagen
Rogers Hornsby
Earl Sande
Red Grange
DiMaggio
Williams
Nelson
Hogan
Arcaro
Blanchard
Davis
New York
England
Yankee
Red Sox
Indians
Senators
Tiger
Steve O'Neill
Leo Durocher
Cardinals
Dick Wakefield
Hank Greenberg
Pesky
Doerr
Rizzuto
Gordon
Phillies
Athletics
Joe Gordon
Bobby Doerr
Billy Southworth
Braves
Boston
Quipping Post and Celebrity Anecdotes Thrive in Night Life
A collage of wry remarks and backstage chatter spans celebrities, press quirks, and social scenes. Shaw’s aversion to exertion, Jose Iturbi and Ann Sheridan misnaming, a Buenos Aires consulate moment, and a string of pithy quips from notable authors paint a portrait of postwar nightlife, gossip, and sharp humor.
Kellogg's All Bran Ad Promotes Gentle Constipation Relief
An old Kellogg's advertisement urges replacing harsh laxatives with Kellogg's All Bran daily plus water to relieve constipation. It touts the product as a gentle regulating food and highlights fiber rich whole grain content, iron, calcium, phosphorus, vitamins, and protein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg's Allbran
Kellogg’s
Kellogg's
Battle Creek
Omaha
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Truman
Alcatraz
Pan-America
Congress
Chapultepec
U. S
South America
United Mine Workers
UMW
John L. Lewis
Paul W. Fuller
Knowlands
Calif
Barkley Dem
Lewis
Coy
Bert Burch
United Front
Palestine
Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
Arab League of the
Kaishek
Gouin
France
Commission
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Paris
Ruhr
Rhineland
Big Four
Balkan
Trieste
Italy
Jugoslavia
Molotov
Russia
Tito
Yugoslavia
Tripolitania
North Africa
Britain
Sen. Vandenberg
Byrnes
Washington Digest
Baukhage
Wnou Service
Eye Street
N.W
Bankhage
Grantland Rice
George Bernard Shaw
Sandow
Shaw
Gardner
Ann Sheridan
Jose Iturbi
Hollywood
Ann
Jose Shurbert
Ann Schlepperman
Buenos Aires
Gonzales
Joe Kelly
Zachary Scott
Greater New York Fund
Nicol Smith
Siam
OSS
Washington
Smith
Abe Lapidus
Clark
Sulter
Horace Greeley
John Powers
M. Carter
B. Lytton
Gene Fowler
Susan Cooper
Ben ‘Hecht
Oscar Wilde
Lerry Finley
Evelyn Knight
Schopenhauer
Anon
Army
Hiroshima
Mike Jacobs
Louis Coon
Gloria Carnera
Lucille Simmons
Sandra Rambeeu
Stat St
Chris Morley
Reuben
Anchor Room
Mas
Ruth Wyeth
Bedford Hill
Sioux City
Ishop
Bishop's
U.S
Omaha Standard
Bowen
Omaha Standard Ad Blues
Smaork
Ee Clea
Lydia R. Pinkham
Pinkham
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