Taft Committee Report Slams Delayed Action and Thin Proposals
Washington critique of Senator Taft and his Joint Committee on the Economic Report depicts a late and thin final document. It notes repeated delays, reliance on western subcommittee findings, and limited measures to curb high costs with suggestions like Victory Gardens, more farmers markets, and education on meal planning.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
United States
Joint Congressional Committee On
Taft
Taft Committee
Congress
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Mid-West
Arthur V. Watkins
Utah
Ralph Flanders
Vermont
Joe Ball
Minnesota
Watkins
Victory Gardens
Bureau of Internal Revenue
GOP
Subscription Rates At The Messenger Office
The notice lists home delivery and mail rates for The Messenger. Carrier delivery costs 25 cents weekly, with prepaid annual and multi period rates. Mail prices vary by location within Ohio West Virginia and outside areas, with different year and month charges.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Athens
Igis
Fatal Electric Shock Kills Youth in Ravenswood Area
Del bert Barnett, 23, of Cottageville, killed by 2400 volts when a metal pipe he held touched a high tension line while unstopping a septic tank on the Lloyd Pinnell farm. His father Carl Barnett was injured. both treated by local men and Ripley doctors. Funeral services were held in Mason County. Surviving are his widow and several sisters.
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Ravenswood
Delbert
Bud) Barnett
Cottageville
Carl Barnett
Barnett
Lloyd Pinnel
Fred Bare
Ed Matics
E. D. Staats
R. C. Starcher
Ripley
Mason County
Eleanor
Ada
Charlene Barnett
Mildred Cottrell
Fairmont
Emma Durst
Near
Baptist Church
Melvin Dale Bishop
Camden Clark Hospital
Parkersburg
Robert Gillett
Meigs County
Spencer
Camden Barnett
Charleston
Rockcastle
Lida Barnett
Copley, O
Ina Kay
Sally Meadows
Red House
Lorene Stover
Kenna
Hoyt Barnett
Sandyville
Ottie Barnett
Alfred Barnett
Ellenwood
Alvie Barnett
Winfield
Clinton and
John Barnett
E. E. Hill
Dunbar
Stella Jacobs
Sistersville
C. C. Archers
Home and Family Life
Ravenswood Parent-Teacher Association
Ravenswood House
Robert Gillet
D. K. Somerville
John Hall
Joseph Short
Margaret B. Carmichael
William L. Pinnell
Selma Harris
W. T. Blake
Marguherita Green
L. M. Monroe
C. E. Cavender
Eleanor Wooster
Lillian Dye
Laurie Smith
Otho Clem
Orville Hughes
Fonda Bailes
Glenn Smith
Gillet
Miss Wooster
Monroe
Coit R. Rowley
Marguherita Geren
Vivian Means
Robert Manning
Virginia McCoy
W. H. Moore
Paul Cox
Harold Smith
W. F. Turner
Arthur Stevenson
Francis Lincicome
Solon Chambers
Vernon McCoy
R. K. Park
Kelly Somerville
Edwin Safreed
Virginia Wheeler
Fred Hartley
Hartley Run
C. F. Shimp
P. B. Harris
Bremen
J. S. Lytle
Nellie Mae Harris
Harris
Mr. Lytle
Columbus
Asa Palmer
Gladys
H. C. Hysell
Dana Paul Wooster
Ravenswood Hospital
William Mason
Hillsboro
Public Forum Letter on Labor Strife and Cooperation
A reader argues that labor and industry wage a costly conflict and urges cooperation to avoid a repeat of 1930s job losses. The piece cites union clashes, court limits, and the need for balanced power, urging fair treatment for all and long-term peace.
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Coal and Iron Police
Pennsylvania
Baldwyn Felts
Don Chapins
West Virginia
Hocking Valley
National Guard
Charles J. Wolfe
Nelsonville
Editorial warning on communist influence in American colleges
The Saturday Evening Post article by Frederick Nelson warns that colleges and textbooks underreport capitalism and praise communism and socialism. It argues some educators distort truth to portray communist systems as superior, risking democracy and free enterprise.
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Saturday Evening Post
Frederick Nelson
America
Soviet Union
Brookings Report Opposes Compulsory Health Insurance
The Brookings Institution urges against federal compulsory health insurance in a Senate health reform study. It argues for government focus on public health research, health education in schools, preventive medicine teaching, facility upgrades, and care for the indigent, describing it as a sound, non bureaucratic program.
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Brookings Institution
Senate
Critics decry postwar alien and sedition laws in 1948 politics
The column condemns new Alien and Sedition acts proposed by the 80th Congress led by Mundt bills. It warns the Senate proposal on aliens reporting to the Justice Department and expands deportation powers as a step toward internal control. It argues such measures threaten civil liberties and echo totalitarian practices. The piece notes Attorney General’s role and links to earlier federal overreach and the Freedom Train.
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South
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
80Th Congress
Henry Wallace
Mundt
House
Senate
United States
Department of Justice
Soviet Russia
U.S
Moscow
FBI
Germany
Sam Simmons on Economics and the Uplifting of Our Free System
The piece argues that many leaders lack understanding of production and distribution while critics often come from least informed groups. It contrasts professors and clergy with everyday workers and urges comparison with managed economies to show the superiority of a free economy.
Great Strides in Child Survival Since 1910
Edwin P. Jordan notes child death rates have fallen about 80 percent, with measles drops around 93 percent. Improvements cover most infectious diseases, scarlet fever, diphtheria, diarrhea, pneumonia, and influenza, but automobile accidents remain a leading threat to children.
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Edwin P. Jordan
M. D
Ito
Hospitals for long term arthritis care remain scarce
The article notes a lack of hospitals able to treat chronic arthritis patients for extended periods. It cites that several large cities are attempting to address this gap, but no solution is in sight.
Weygandt To Speak At Ohio State Commencement
Two thousand seniors will receive their degrees at Ohio State University on June 11. Chief Justice Carl V. Weygandt of the Ohio Supreme Court will deliver the address.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Carl V. Weygandt
Ohio Supreme Court
Girl fatally injured in truck crash near Steele Subdivision
Betty Woolridge, 21, died after the truck she rode in overturned in the Steele Subdivision near Cincinnati yesterday. Rescuers treated another passenger and investigated the accident scene.
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Cincinnati
Betty Woolridge
iSteele Subdivision
Radio Program Schedule Snapshot From 1930s Era Card
A dense, era style radio grid lists daily time slots and programs across networks and stations. Entries include news reports sports music comedy drama variety and serials with many named shows hosts and actors such as Lum and Abner Beulah Show Dennis Day Abbott and Costello Gabriel Heatter and Gordon MacRae along with repeats and time blocks.
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Abe
Abc-Enat
Abe-West
Mbs-Enat
Mbs-Weat
Abe You
Cbs
Chicago Orchestra
Cbs East Lum
Abner
Cbs West
Abc
Lowell Thomas
Abe-Hbasic
Beulah Show
Cbs News
Abe Fulton Lewis, Jr
Abe Jack Smith
Song
Cbs Daily
Abe Newa
Rollin Trio
Abe Bob Crosby
Mbs
Kaltenborn
Abe Ed Murrow
Cbs Sports
Dennis Day
Gildersleeve
Vox Pop
Billy Rose
Abeo
Your
Abbott & Costello
Abe Gabriel Heatter
District Attorney
James Melton
Ebs
Nbo
Whistler
Bing Crosby
Opinionaire
Jimmy Durante
Gordon MacRae
Abc West
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Fred L. Oxley
Robert A. Moore
Ray Lowther
Ray Kidder
Elmer Hogue
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Robert Murray
Herman Melrose
Delbert Balderson
W. O. Flaharty
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Fisher
Chancellor Hotel
the Public Forum
the Messenger
Judge Goldsborough
Seth
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Lucy
Tom Blake
Betsy
Jessica Blake
Jessica Gordon
Honey
Mary Relie
Jessica
Tom
Red
Lacey
Jess
Titusville
Robert Browning
By Jay, Franklin
Sam Simmons
Economics
By Galbraith
NEA Service. Inc
T. Mre
U.S. Pat
N. Y
Ozark Valley
Fred Waring
Arthur Godfrey
Cbbs
Hollywood
Ben Alexander
Abe Kate Smith
Happy Gang
Abe Queen
Martin Block
Paul Whiteman
Cbs Treasury
Robert “Q.’’ Lewis
Dbs Kiddles
Lum
Cbs East
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