Nebraska Capital City Faces Loss of Air Force Units
A Nebraska shift of SAC bases looms as housing and postwar plans spark talk of moving the 27th Fighter Wing from Kearney to other cities, possibly Texas. The piece recounts flyover bravado, base pressures, and personnel concerns prompting relocation debates.
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Jay
Austin American Capitol
Nebraska
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Austin
Omaha World-Herald
Strategic Air Command
Omaha
Texas
SAC
Kearney
Verification Seen With Louis Johnson
Defense Secretary Forrestal faced renewed talk of resignation after President Roosevelt’s death and the 1944 election. The piece notes White House influence, doubts about unifying the armed services, and Forrestal’s perceived strength as a leader. It ends citing his rugged profile and clipped manner as indicators of toughness.
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Defense
Forrestal
Roosevelt
Lavender
Krug
Dewey
White House
Truman
Secretary of Defense
Washington
Sec. Knox
Navy
Knox
Pentagon
Louis A. Johnson
Franklin’s slipper tub tale and other quick Q and As
Answers cover Franklin’s bathtub origin and usage, sulfur product destinations, oil finishing wood, rolling highway post offices, the slowest flying bird, Bible language, Wilson name change, senatorial election method, Swiss sea level, Mikado meaning, Butler’s posthumous novel, Blankers-Koen as athlete, Buddhist views on life, fastest Atlantic crossing, lunar phases, Forrestal’s Pentagon role, and a 1949 recap of unification prospects.
Showdown Over Mines Bureau Appointment Sparks Labor Talk
John L. Lewis backs strikes threats to block James Boyd’s directorship of the Bureau of Mines, prompting Senate showdown with Truman on confirmations. Amid this, Sol Bloom’s death reshapes House attendance as Kee and Eaton maneuver foreign policy, while Tribune publisher McCormick curiously courts Peron and Latin American diplomacy.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
National Association of Manufacturers
George Sokolsky
Lewis
John Owens
Senate
James Boyd
Bureau of Mines
Congress
Bureau
R. R. Sayers
Interior Krug
Krug
Sayers
The
United Mine Workers
Boyd
Colorado School of Mines
GOP
Eugene Millikin
Colorado
Truman
Sol Bloom
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Sol
John Kee
West Virginia
Charles Eaton
New Jersey
New Democratic
Joseph L. Pfeifer
Brooklyn
USA
Harry Truman
Chicago Tribune
Harry Vaughan
Tribune
Colonel McCormick
Peron
Argentina
Col. McCormick
Latin America
Buenos Aires
General Vaughan
McCormick
Europe
Quito
Ecuador
Red Army
Western Europe
Jack Dubois
Eastern Europe
On Broadways Warnings of Communists Abroad
Editorial warns against Soviet and American Communist influence. It cites Foster and Shostakovich and argues the American Communist Party vows treason, demanding total obedience and readiness for action. The piece claims communists are a disciplined minority ready to enforce their views with force.
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Communist Party
William Z. Foster
Kullo
Henry Wallace
Kremlin
Ussr
Poland
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Romania
Red Army
Lenin
Foster
Austin Fire Record Earnings Prompts Budget Savings
The Editor notes Austin’s fire loss record could yield about $50,000 annually for five years if maintained. Last year’s fire losses dropped to $379,046 from $1,187,765, lowering the five year insurance premium base. The piece highlights city safety steps, insurers’ credits, and critiques postal and government waste.
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Austin
Chamber of Commerce Fire Waste Committee
Texas
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Jennings
Louis Johnson
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Army
Air Force
Stud
Benjamin Franklin
America
France
Jeremy Belnap
Franklin
United States
J. D
Forest Products Laboratory
J. M
A. Postal Service
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New York
Kentucky
North Carolina
K. McK
Wilson
Thomas
Woodrow Wilson
Ray Stannard Baker
Tommy
Tom
T. Wilson
Thomas T. Wilson
T. W. Wilson
T. Woodrow Wilson
Switzerland
Lake Maggiore
Japan
Samuel Butler
Fanny Blankers-Koen
Netherlands
Atlantic Ocean
American Merchant Marine Institute
Gov. Dewey
James Forrestal
New York Post Corp
Mines Bureau
Drew Pearson
Forrest Warren
San Diego Journal
Atchison
Globe
Warren
San Diego
Brotherhood
Wincheil
Broadway
Andrei
Dmitri Shostakovich
Uncle Samville
Russia
Moscow
Shostakovich
Austin Fire Record
Post Office Department
By Herblock
Austin American
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
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