Editorial Briefs Roundup Covers Taxes Courts and Politics
An Omaha grand jury stirs talk of a federal tax department scandal with hints of Truman officials. Governors tout tax funding for roads while opposing waste and graft. Blood donor virtue noted as civic ideal. Franco German arms talks seen as peace sign. Arkansas coach pay and release contracts raise questions. Atlantic shares pride in Governor Hoegh and regional roots. Iowa bills include four year term for House members to stabilize leadership.
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Omaha
Federal
Grand Jury
Truman Administration
Iowa
House
South Korea Forms First Full Strength Marine Division
Defense Minister Sohn Wohn II announces activation of South Korea's first full strength Marine division comprising three brigades and about 24 000 Marines. Navy expansion includes 27 ships with two destroyers loaned from the United States, plus F8 fighters and C47 transports, funded by 1955 U S military aid.
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SEOUL
Sohn Wohn II
South Korea
U. S
Korea
Sohn
United States
Atlantic News-Telegraph masthead and subscription rates
The Atlantic News-Telegraph publication details its evenings schedule excluding Sunday, editor contact, and affiliations. It lists subscription rates for carriers in Atlantic and Cass counties, local and statewide mail options, and international rates, reflecting pricing across time blocks and regions.
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Atlantic
Cass
Iowa
U. S
Canada
Eisenhower Truman dapples on UN anniversary amid White House shakeup
Drew Pearson reports a shift in the Washington brain trust while a storm over the dismissal of Mrs. Jane Spaulding, the Negro Woman of the Year, simmers. Ike and Harry to appear together at the UN 10th anniversary, as Capitol cloakrooms buzz with Byroade and Ladejinsky moves and a new air raid warning system nears.
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Egghead Committee
Brain Trust
Ike
Harry
Washington
Miles Lane
U. S
New York City
Ezra Benson
Ezra
Bill Fulbright
Arkansas
Eugene Meyer
Washington Post
Congress
Herbert Bayard Swope
Albany
Averell Harriman
Herb Swope
Harriman
George Leader
Pennsylvania
Stephen B. Sweeney
University of Pennsylvania
White House
Jane Spaulding
Walter Hallanan
West Virginia
Spaulding
Hallanan
Chicago
Taft
Hobby
Max Rabb
Eisenhower
Harold Stassen
Foreign Aid Administration
Wolf Ladejingky
Benson
Ladejinsky
Pennsylvania Avenue
United Nations
San Francisco
Truman
Herbert Hoover
Capitol
McCarthy
Jenner
Indiana
Henry Byroade
Egypt
Byroade
Wolf Ladejinsky
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FDA
Dixon-Yates
Civil Defense Agency
Buffalo
N.Y
Bridgeport
Conn
Celene
Robert Rutherford McCormick
Chicago Tribune
FDR
The
F. D. Roosevelt
Republic
Buchanan
America
Tribune
Lincoln
Grate Fire and Old Friends Return in Verse by Edgar A Guest
In a nostalgic poem EDGAR A GUEST recalls a grate fire and easy chair easing worries while memories of bygone days return. He envisions a voyage to a beloved port and a home formed by parents with schools and church reemerging in the mind.
Restful joys share a grate fire and an easy chair
A simple image contrasts comfort and warmth as two joys settle by a grate fire and a cozy chair. The scene evokes homely contentment and quiet evenings.
Jet Launched From 39-Foot Platform Mounted On Truck
Air Force tests at Edwards AFB California demonstrate zero length launching of F84 Thunderjets from a 39 foot truck mounted platform. A booster system attaches to the aircraft and a crane lifts it to launch position before the engines surge the rocket kick, producing near instant airborne takeoff.
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Baltimore
Air Force
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Air Research and Development Command
Glenn L. Martin
Lovestone Reflects on Fight Against Communism and Labor Role
Jay Lovestone, once a key organizer of the Communist Party, details his anti communist stance and long running battles from 1930s to the 1950s. He outlines leadership roles with the Labor Division of the Committee to Defend America and the International Relations Department of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. He also led the American Federation of Labor Free Trade Union Committee against Soviet influence and co authored campaigns against slave labor and the World Federation of Trade Unions.
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Jay Lovestone
American Federation of Labor
Lovestone
American Communist Party
Stalin
Lovestonites
Communist Party
G.P.U
Independent Labor League
Free Labor Movement
Committee To Defend
America
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
American Federation of Labor Free Trade Union Committee
A. F. of
L. Executive Council
Free Trade Union Committee
Russia
World Federation of Trade Unions
International Free Trade Union News
U.N
Korea
A. F. of L
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
China
Kremlin
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Governors Post Costs Money
Des Moines report notes Leo Elthon served as governor for 53 days after Beardsley’s death. He earned about 1 600 dollars in take home pay, spent roughly 600 on hotel rooms, plus car, meals, and other costs, before leaving office for Leo Hoegh. Elthon stayed active, teaching Sunday school in Fertile and clearing the desk for the next governor.
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Des Moines
Leo Elthon
Leo A. Hoegh
Elthon
William S. Beardsley
Ethan
Fertile
Beardsley
Leo Hoegh
Night Growth of Cornstalk Reaches Six Inches
A cornstalk can grow as much as six inches in a single night, showcasing rapid vertical development under favorable conditions. The fact highlights plants' potential to gain height quickly between sunrises.
Savings Bond Sales Set Peacetime Record in 1954
The Treasury reported peacetime savings bond sales of 4.889 billion dollars in 1954 for series E and H bonds. Holders owned about 38 percent of the bonds, total outstanding at year end was 163.93 million, and net sales exceeded redemptions by 445 million dollars, the largest gain since 1949, with E and H sales up 521 million from 1953.
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Washington
Treasury
The
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