I D Better Be Right Complacency Seen In Postwar New Orleans
Samuel Grafton argues in a New Orleans visit that the war is effectively over, with few servicemen around and minor shortages. He describes a complacent, inward turning republic focused on aviation boosters and sulking over distant global problems, amid small infrastructural changes and everyday life.
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Samuel Grafton
New Orleans
Birmingham
Ala
Republic
Russia
A Study in Degree Truman Draft Proposal vs. People's Rights
In Washington May 31 the essay argues Truman’s emergency draft plan, though drastic, mirrors historic duties to the community. It defends conscription as a necessary tool to avert national paralysis from strikes or external threats and frames it as within democratic authority in extreme peril.
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Truman
Ernest K. Lindley
Washington
Congress
Mr. Truman
Amarillo Post Subscription Rates Announced
Notices show second class mail status at Amarillo Texas and rate schedule for daily and Sunday editions. Rates list one year twelve dollars outside Amarillo, ten dollars twenty cents in town, plus monthly and weekly options for other papers and Sunday only.
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Amarillo
Texas
News and Globe
Stettinius May Quit UN Post as Byrnes Clash Deepens
The article reports President Truman faces a split in Washington over Dean Acheson era issues amid Stettinius resignation pressure. It notes Byrnes strong Congress ties and Truman support, making Byrnes retention likely. If Stettinius leaves, speculation points to Eleanor Roosevelt as his successor.
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Avenue
Capitol Till
Stettinius
Byrnes
Truman
UN Security Council
United Nations
United States
Council
Iran
State Department
Eleanor Roosevelt
YMCA Aquacade thrill at Exposition Park
Reporter BOB HOPE recalls the second annual YMCA Aquacade at Olympic Stadium Exposition Park. Esther Williams hands out awards and kisses a host. humor about water stunts and a cold pool perishes amid showbiz chatter. a separate note mentions a £12,000 jewelry theft in a New York home highlighting burglary in society.
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Bob Hope
Olympic Stadium
Exposition Park
YMCA
Oklahoma
Aquettes
Esther Williams
King Features Syndicate Inc
New York
Gallup Poll Finds Large Majority Hold Unflattering View of Lewis
George Gallup reports five of six Americans hold negative opinions of John L. Lewis while about 13 percent express favorable views. The poll cites harsh comparisons and calls him a dictator, with 69 percent unfavorable and 18 percent no opinion.
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Lewis
John L. Lewis
Lions Den and Public Figures in Passing News Snippets
A collage of brief notes names Charles Poletti and Paris locations, Jimmy Dykes’s firing, Jack Benny jokes on Mary’s gown, a cigarette brand packaging hint, Park Avenue tower plans, LaGuardia remarks by Harry Hershfield, Truman’s June trip, Wallgren’s quote on rail strike, Union Square stock listing, and Bernard Baruch’s wartime funding.
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Jack Benny
Benny
Mary
Bergdorf
Goodman
Park Avenue
Harry Hershfield
LaGuardia
Truman
Northwest
Wallgren
Washington
Psychology and a chair spoil a country life in the county
Mrs Poke Bennett debates crop profits and furniture fixes with Poke as he dreams of city lamps. The talk touches on wheat, expenses, and a new chair cover while he mulls modern methods and nostalgia.
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Poke
Grandma
New Prussian Threat Noted
London reports The Daily Express published a Postbag letter by a German scientist in Britain alleging German officers in Allied-occupied Western Germany form a secret society aimed at restoring the greater Reich. The author signs as K. B. and cites backing by Germanys wealthy families.
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London
U.P
Daily Express Today
Britain
Germany
Greater Reich
Daily Express
Fatherland
Wehrmacht
Committee Recommends Changes to Congress Procedures and Pay
A joint congressional committee led by Sen. Robert M. La Follette concludes Congress suffers from modern ills and urges overhaul of legislative procedures. It also recommends higher salaries, longer vacations, and more staff support for members.
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Congress
Washington
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Army turns over 16 million pounds of surplus cherries
The Army Quartermaster Corps handed 16 128 000 pounds of surplus canned cherries to the Agriculture Department and will not purchase from this year’s pack, the War Department announced.
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Washington
Army Quartermaster Corps
Agriculture Department
War Department
Virginia Congressman Named Interim Senator Succeeding Glass
Thomas Granville Burch a Democratic congressman from Virginia's Fifth District since 1931 was named interim United States senator to succeed Carter Glass who died in Washington on Tuesday.
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Richmond
Thomas Granville Burch
House of Representatives
Virginia
United States
Carter Glass
Washington
Thief Drops Loot as 73-Year-Old Woman Pursues
In Houston on May 31 an elderly 73 year old woman, Sadie Case, chased a thief who stole her lawnmower. She shed her shoes and pursued for four blocks, shouting for help without success, causing the thief to abandon the mower. She recovered the mower and returned home.
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Houston
U.P
Sadie Case
Grand Jury Indicts Chicago Breweries in Beer Ring
A federal grand jury in Chicago indicted four Chicago area breweries and distributors and nine individuals for overceiling beer sales totaling 342500 dollars over two years. The probe targets black market operations expanding into southeastern and southwestern states.
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Grand Jury Indies Brewers
Chicago
Ill
Chicago Area
National Education Association selects Frijoles Canyon as teacher vacation center
The National Education Association announced Fri joles Canyon as one of four vacation centers for visiting teachers this summer, with the location in New Mexico.
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Albuquerue
U.P
The
National Education Association
Frijoles Canyon
Industry unions forge first nationwide arbitration system
Publishers and unions in the newspaper business created the initial nationwide system of industrial arbitration nearly four decades ago, shaping labor dispute resolution across the industry.
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War Industries Board
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