New York State a Land of Firsts and Vast Variety
A sweeping portrait extols New York's vast farms and diverse landscape. It cites 13,479,142 residents, industrial dominance with 94 of the 100 largest firms in New York City, and a broad array of products from metals to diamonds. It highlights agriculture, port commerce, and famous locales from Lake Placid to Niagara Falls while praising state parks, resorts, and urban wonders.
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Edward Emerine
New York
Manhattan Island
Times Square
Greenwich Village
Fifth Avenue
Wall Street
Niagara Falls
Adirondacks
Catskills
Lake Piscid
Mount Marcy
Bowery
Valley of the Mohawk
Niagara Frontier
Union
Ecenionies
New York State
Long Island
New York City
George Washington
United States
Buffalo
Binghamton
Rochester
Syracuse
Utica
Yonkers
Thousand Islands
Ausable Chasm
the Palisades
Howes Caverns
Lake George
Money Island
Brighton
Manhattan
Riis Park
Rockaway
Long Beach
Jones Beach
Southampton
Staten ‘Island
Albany
Great Lakes
Fort Ticonderoga
Upstate
Truman Draws Battle-Lines Against Red Expansionism
A long Washington piece analyzes President Truman’s “Democracy’s Monroe Doctrine” address and the global split it created between pro American and pro Soviet blocs. It notes bipartisan reactions in Congress, foreign observers weighing capitalism versus communism, and Kiplinger’s March issue outlining Communist aims including revolutionary overthrow and a Soviet style dictatorship. The article discusses potential legal action against the Communist Party and cautions about underground activity if banned.
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WNU Service
Eye Street
N. W
Washington
D. C
Harry Truman
Wall Street Journal
Congress
Lodge
White House
America
Soviet Russia
Russia
United States
Demos
Kremlin
Uncle Sam
Eugene Dennis
Kiplinger
G Street
Washington, D. C
New York as Glamour City of Nation and World
The article extols New York City as a glamour capital beyond state lines, claiming it is the nation’s metropolis and the world’s leading center of wealth, trade, manufacturing, and culture. It highlights Central Park, major monuments, and the city’s universal allure drawing youths across states and beyond.
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New York
New York State
New York City
Central Park
Liverly Grant
Tama
Washington Arch
Life Insurance Per Family Rises in 1945 Survey
A survey by life insurance firms shows the average U S family held over four policies by end of 1945 with about 4000 dollars of protection. The 1945 protection surpassed 1940 levels by over 20 percent and matched roughly the 1945 national income average of 4300 dollars.
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0. S
United States
Vanishing Crane Highlighted By Rare Whooping Bird Declines
A column note on the whooping crane references two national magazine pieces estimating the remaining birds at 29 to under 40. The Fish and Wildlife Service reports counts under 40, with the birds confined to the coast region of southern Louisiana and Texas.
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Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior
Louisiana
Texas
Barbs by Bankhage: odd notes on industry and humor
The column notes an aluminum bodied Los Angeles car, asks how it would look scrambled, mentions Oregon learning tourism tricks for smiles per gallon, and jokes about rodents in Hollywood preferring flowers to cheese. It cites a Pittsburgh chimpanzee drinking sherry every other day and ponders alcohol’s effects on humans.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Pittsburgh
Gun Owners Refine Frearms and Trade Listings
Refined firearms guidance with notes on blue and brown guns and revolvers. Includes contact details for Slench and P. Chubb of Walla Walla and Salt Lake Desk Exchange in Salt Lake City. Describes offices dealing in office furniture typewriters adding machines sales and cash registers.
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P. Chubb P.O
Walla Walla
Washington
Ofice
Salt Lake Desk Exchange
West Broadway
Salt Lake City
Utah
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Champlain
Samuel de Champlain
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Coney Island
New Netherland
Fort Nassau
Castle Island
New Amsterdam
Peter Stuyvesant
Duke of York
New World
Saratoga
Champlain Valley
Fort Montgom
Lake Placid
Saranac Lake
Thomas EB. Dewey
Owos- 80
Mich
New York County
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Emsyly
Truman
Baukhage
Schwellenbach
Communist Party In
Broadway
Irifth Avenue
Kansas
Michigan
Missouri
California
Bankhage
Madison Equipment CO
Madison
Tent
Bonner Cedar Co
Tian Blin
NI BD CO
State St
Cleo D. Wright
Uth East
Murray
TOLL
FOX Studios
Tilings
Montana
U.S
Kellogg's
Paris
Ferry-Morse Seed CO
Detroit
San Francisco
Lydia B. Flukham
Pinkham
Lidia E. Pinkham
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Meacedes Gine
Doan
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