How Shall We Use Our Postwar Productive Capacity
The piece argues for full employment after war, urging private capital to fund urban renewal and infrastructure. It notes plans like New York’s Urban Development Corporation to condemn blighted areas and offer tax concessions, aiming to rebuild cities, roads, schools, and utilities while expanding trade with allies. It references a historical list of American dates to illustrate steady progress and national growth.
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Sir Edmund Andros
Connecticut
William Wadsworth
France
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Spain
England
Albany
Benjamin Franklin
James Otis
Blackburns College of labor and study in Carlinville
Visitors to Carlinville Tennessee are urged to see Blackburn College a small Midwestern school that admits only the poor and bright, with students performing 15 hours of daily labor and 15 hours of classwork while coeds plan meals run the kitchen and student workers fill nearly all staff roles. The piece notes the college’s frugal operation and emphasis on self-help.
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Carlinville
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Blackburn
America
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Doctor Hudson
Blackburn In Action
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Justice and Mercy in School Delinquency Ruling
A Nashua New Hampshire court sentenced three Jehovah’s Witness children to a reformatory for school delinquency tied to refusals to salute the flag. The state supreme court reversed, signaling a potential shift toward locally devised solutions. The piece contrasts this with broader wartime urgency and quotes officials on labor, military manufacturing speed, and isolationism versus nationalism.
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Jehovah's Witnesses
Nashua
New Hampshire
State Supreme Court
Love Power Yesterday Chapter V Delaney Gets Curious
Carolyn breaks a dinner date with Ken Palmer to work again and Dr Hale aims to move X-999 to a farmhouse raising explosion fears. Substitute driver Spud Delaney discovers heavy metal parcels guarded by Red Cragin as Carolyn and Hale grow closer, while a citywide blast threatens.
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Carolyn
Ken Palmer
Dr. Hale
Robert
Delaney
Spud Delaney
Metropolitan Transfer Company
Commerce Street
Furniture Factory
Cragin’s
Red
Spud
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Suggestions for better plant care and driving training in the city
A reader proposes that florists include watering and care instructions with potted plants to improve longevity and reduce waste. Others call for a city drivers’ training school with a small fee to teach safe driving for parents and new learners. Additional letters urge national anthem use at sign-offs, Texas shaped highway signs, and a Polk Street railroad overpass to replace an underpass.
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Luella Spiser
Hughes Street
Paul Shea Badger
Polk Street
Lucille Hollingsworth
Harrison Street
Explosion Triggers Midnight Spy Search Near Factory District
Carolyn races from home after a lab blast at Schoenfeld Laboratory. A taxi driver helps chase rumors through southwest streets to a suburban industrial zone. They discover a large furniture plant, a florist greenhouse, a high warehouse, and railroad tracks as investigators hunt for the cause and any espionage links.
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Carolyn
Schoenfeld Laboratory
Disney Pictures Fear and Fantasy Please Children’s Appetite for Scare
Burton Lewis of Walt Disney Productions argues children enjoy being frightened by fantasy sequences in Snow White Pinocchio and Fantasia. He cites letters from kids praising scary moments and notes adults misjudge young viewers. A New York matinee incident shows a child crying despite repeated viewings.
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Burton Lewis
Walt Disney Productions
CBS
Monstro the Whale
New York
Scrambled Quotations Stump Readers in Nimble Wordplay
Readers test their wits by unscrambling mixed quotation pairs. Five lines present twisted proverbs and sayings such as one good turn is the spice of life and early to bed and early to woman's work. The page teases with a Knudsen quip about viewing a medium tank at Aberdeen.
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Gibraltar
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Andalusia
Guadalquivir River
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Miss Tyler
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Carolyn Tyler
Leana
Bob
Leana Sormi
Phil Bennett
Harrison Street
William S. Knudsen
Aberdeen
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New York Times
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