National safety drive gains pace with state vonferences
James Marlow reviews the 1949 industrial accident toll and the progress of the national safety program. He notes 15,000 killed, 79,400 permanently disabled, and 1,870,000 total accidents with a $4.5 billion annual loss, while governments and industry push for safer workplaces through state governor conferences and a new national safety conference led by the Labor Department.
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Truman
Labor Department
Secretary of Labor
Tobin
The
Department
Bureau of Labor Standards
The Splendide Bride and a Lethal Cookbook
Miltiades Brown, a Boston professor’s son, marries Gloria, a Radcliffe graduate who loves Greek drama. They move into a crowded Brookyn high rise, where her pastry failures and social isolation contrast with a lethal cookbook mystery surfacing through strange neighbors and a homicide unit investigation.
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Miltiades Brown
Mt. Vernon Street
Beacon Hill
Boston
Splendide
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
Lieutenant McGann
Homicide
The
Eighth Avenue
Park
Eric
the Navy
Gloria
Miltiades
Manhattan
Radcliffe College
Professor Brown
W. Shakespeare
Willy
Federal reorganization plan progress and remaining hurdles
The Hoover Commission findings shape Truman’s 21 reorganization proposals with 5 killed by the Senate and 16 now in effect. Hoover notes only one plan calls for major surgery, the Maritime Commission move to Commerce, while 14 major reforms await action to realize potential annual savings of about 3 billion dollars.
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Congress
Truman
Hoover Commission
Senate
Herbert Hoover
Commission
Maritime Commission
Commerce Department
Hoover Group
State Department
Armed Services
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Treasury
Agricultural Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Communications Commission
NLRB
House
Baruch warns against too much government in age of Socialism
Bernard Baruch at the New York City College of Business and Administration warned that growth of government threatens human rights feared in Soviet Russia and Socialist England. He criticized deficit financing price controls and legalized inflation, urging a return to individual responsibility and less government intervention. The Ohio State Journal notes Baruch, 79, remains independent minded and influential.
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Roosevelt
Truman
New York City College of Business and Administration
Bernard Baruch
Baruch
Soviet
Russia
Socialist
England
Ohio State Journal
Prophetic Musings on Inventions and Human Labor
The excerpt ponders the impact of gas engines on horses and humans, asking what future inventions might do to people. It warns that provoking a woman creates a new evil angel and hell, suggesting moral peril alongside technological progress.
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Hell
Buttonhole Makers Face Shortages in America
Boyle's Column reports a crisis as hand buttonhole makers, or gimps, grow scarce with only about 3500 left, many aging. John Rappert, a renowned 42 year old master, supervises 18 gimps at Stuarts. he boyishly defends the craft and urges teaching the next generation.
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New York
America
John Maxmillian Rappert
Rembrandt
Bappert
Hungary
Rappert
Stuarts
Smuts Birthday Shadowed by South Africa’s Rightist Government
The piece contrasts Jan Christian Smuts, wartime leader and statesman, with an extreme rightist South African government that dampened tributes to his 80th birthday. The writer argues the event reflects broader political shakiness and stresses the need to cut losses and forget petty regrets.
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South Africa
Jan Christian Smuts
Smuts
Winston Churchill
Britain
Food for All: Global Nutrition and Distribution
Dr Edwin P Jordan discusses world population growth and food distribution. He notes surplus in some regions versus hunger elsewhere, explains limits of arable land, and stresses need for proper diet with minerals and vitamins to prevent starvation. He calls for broad interest and action to ensure adequate nourishment.
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United States
Malthus
Europe
Fewer April Layoffs Reported in Manufacturing Plants
Washington officials report April saw fewer layoffs in manufacturing plants than any month since October 1948, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Washington -—-P
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Evening Television Schedule Highlights Across Stations WLW C Channel
Television listings show a sequence of programs on WLW C Channel and others. Notable items include Kukla Fran AlIe at 6 and 7:00, Kay Kyser at 8, Martin Kane at 9, and Broadway Open House at 10. WTVN offers Captain Video, Lone Ranger, and Stop the Music with multiple daily blocks. WBNS TV lists Kukla Fran Ollie at 7 and sports and news blocks throughout the evening.
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Kukla
Frank
Alie
Ohio
Joe Hill
Stud
Kay Kyser
Martin Kane
B'Way Open House
Photo News
WTVN
Carnival of Music
Pictorial News
Cartoon Theater
Wbns-Tv
Channel 10
Fran
Ollie
Telenews
Alan Young
Quiz Hall by Wilton Fe Hall
Mens and women quiz withTen point scoring and a set of ten questions across topics from animals to history. Includes multiple choice and true false prompts with an provided scoring key and misprinted answer line.
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Wilton FE. Hall
Poland
China
Alcatraz Island
Farm Bureau backs oil imports against tariff hikes
The American Farm Bureau Federation urged against raising tariffs to curb fuel oil imports. In a letter to Senator Neely, the farm group said actions reducing petroleum imports would not serve U S interests. Venezuela is the main supplier, with the United States running a large export surplus in 1949.
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Washington
American Farm Bureau Federation
Neely
D-W.va
Senate Labor Subcommittee
Farm Bureau
United States
Jack C. Lynn
Bureau
Venezuela
Lynn
U. S
Governor Urges Patrol to Speed Permit Processing
Governor Frank J. Lausche asked the State Highway Patrol to accelerate handling of drivers permit applications. He cited multiple complaints about delays and directed Supt. George Mingle to organize staff to prevent undue holdups in processing.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
State Highway Patrol
Supt
George Mingle
Patrol
Representative William Lemke Dies at 71 in Fargo
William Lemke, 71, longtime North Dakota congressman and 1936 Union Party presidential candidate, founder of the Nonpartisan League, has died in Fargo. The veteran politician led a faction of the Republican Party in North Dakota.
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William Lemke
Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
Union Party
Nonpartisan League
Republican Party
Radio Listings Show Evening to Night Schedule Mix
Radio schedule outlines daily and Friday June 2 programming across networks CBS NBC and AB, listing news reports dramas comedies music and kid shows with times from 6:00 pm to 5:00 am including Duffy's Tavern Suspense Drama Dragnet and Perry Como Club plus serials and variety acts.
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NBC
WLW
Cincinnati
ABC
WCOL
Columbus
WSAZ
Huntington
CBS
WBNS
WCHS
Charleston
WPAR
Parkersburg
MBS
WHKC
WMOA
Marietta
Abe
Cbs Network
Abe Network
Mbs East
Mbs- Wes
Nbe
Jeff Clark
Nbe Beulah
Cbs News
Jack Smith
Counter Spy
Henry Aldrich
Abe F.B.L
Gregory Hood
California
Abe Mr. Keen
Hollywood Theater
Murder & Music
Abec
Geo. Barnes
Cbe
News
Variety
Arthur Godfrey
Luick
Abe Bob Poole
Hollywood
Abe Hannibal Cobb
Abe Queen
Buddy Bowers
West
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Boyle
Hal Boyle
Edwin P. Jordan
Wlw-C
Cbs-Tv News
Chet Long
Morey Amsterdam
Nitecappers
Studio K
Blackie
Wsaz-Tv
By Galbraith
WEA Service Inctm
Joan of Arc of France
Kleig
Dallas
Chicago
Miami
Jiggs
Thibbiy
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