US May Lift Some of Burden Of School Job
The NEA says two major hurdles to federal aid to education have been overcome as Congress moves toward action. Texas faces changes that may shift costs, with hearings set Feb 6 on Senate approved bills, including transportation aid for non public schools, raising debate over parochial schools and textbook funding while federal direction could reshape state policy.
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Quotations From Leaders On Democracy And Defense
A compilation of statements from President Truman Senator Lester C Hunt Dr Ralph Bunche Herbert Lehman Arthur Compton Oscar Ewing and General J Lawton Collins emphasizing democracy free government and defense themes. The remarks address democracy poverty and unemployment air power and the atomic era with critical views on wartime lessons and political responsibility.
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Germany
Lester C. Hunt
D-Wye
Ralph J. Bunche
Texans Hopeful for Alaska and Hawaii Statehood
The piece argues Congress should grant statehood to Alaska and Hawaii on merit, not as leverage against others, noting the territories’ role in U.S. expansion and national security. It calls for local self-government and addresses tax and school funding implications for hospital financing and the Gilmer-Aikin school program. It also discusses park equity for Negro citizens, urging money and policy decisions to provide substantially equal facilities across the state.
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Hawaii
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Hildalgo County
Texas
The Pole's Hat Trick in a Nazi Camp Tale
A Warsaw scientist recalls a grim 1944 concentration camp lottery that used two leather disks to pick victims for experiments. A Czech ally swaps disks to trick fate, and the Pole swallows a disk to secure a final meal and avoid a fate in the gas chambers.
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Carnegie Hall
Warsaw
East Germany
Moscow
Kremlin
Red Army
Sian
Questions and Answers Almanac Q A Roman motto and lawyers pay
The Q and A presents Latin abbreviations S P Q R meaning Senatus Populusque Romanus, the translation The Senate and the people of Rome. It notes lawyer median income in 1949 and privately practicing averages. It also asks if scientists found white mice in Alamogordo New Mexico and answers they were light colored field mice, not lab stock. It promotes Uncle Sam's Almanac 1950 with weather and calendar data and official facts. A list of ten most popular songs since 1900 is provided with composers.
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Senate
Rome
Sands
New Mexico
Austin
American Information Bureau
Street
Washington
Secret Manchuria Poker Game In Moscow Elevates Asia Stakes
A month long secret poker match between Stalin and Mao in Moscow may decide Manchuria’s fate. Mao seeks full sovereignty, insisting Russia honor its 1945 treaty. Stalin pushes for autonomous Manchuria under a Moscow-friendly ruler Li Li-san. Meanwhile Soviet advisers infiltrate China’s Communist leadership as tensions rise.
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Moscow
Josef Stalin
China
Mao Tze-tung
Manchuria
Mao
Washington
Stalin
Li Li-san
Russia
Yugoslavia
Tito
State Department
Broadway Notes and Reviews From The Stagedoor
A collage of Broadway chatter from The Stagedoor column covers lyrics, stage show bankrolling counts, and critic takes. It highlights The Enchanted and The Velvet Glove performances, Walter Hampden’s diction, and various film reviews including My Foolish Heart and South Sea Sinner, plus a defiant note on Howdy Doody sponsorships.
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George S. Kaufman
Walter Hampden
the Cinemagicians
Susan Hayward
Bob Taylor
Arlene
South Sea
Shelley Winters
Tropics
George Raft
Virginia Mayo
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