Defeat of Wheeler Marks Passing of Able Legislator
Washington digest notes the defeat of Montana senator Burton Wheeler by Leif Erickson and reflects on Wheeler’s career, integrity, and pacifism. It recalls Wheeler’s ties to Truman and the Interstate Commerce Committee, and includes anecdotes about OPA debates, political allies, and notable Washington figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeler
Bavese Age
WNT Service
Eye Street
N.W
Washington
D.C
Truman
Montana
Burton K. Wheeler
Leif Erickson
Harry Truman
Interstate Commerce Committee
Harold McGrath
Senate Radio Gallery
Sen
George Norris
Kenneth Wherry
Norris
Ellison
Cotton Ed
Smith
South Carolina
Henry Ashurst
Senate
New Mexico
Ashurst
William King
Utah
Lytm Frazer
North Dakota
Hns
Jerry O'Connell
Erickson
Jerry
Ing
O'Connell
Senator Wheeler
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
OPA
Bridges
Senator Bridges
Bird proof windshield approved by Civil Aeronautics Authority
Boukhage notes a bird proof windshield approval and Musings on future car safety spur curiosity about a bird proof automobile. The piece cites aging demographics and a lack of central heating in 20 million homes, while referencing historical clothing readiness and a 1948 context.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Like Father Like Son War Brides Equal Across Generations
Metropolitan Life Insurance statistics show about 92,500 World War II marriages to foreign brides versus an estimated 4,000 to 8,000 during World War I. Despite higher totals, foreign marriage rates were similar due to longer wars and more soldiers overseas. Most brides came from Europe and the Mediterranean, with Great Britain leading at 75 percent.
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Coblenz
U.S
Exgls
Hollywood
America
United States
British Isles
France
Germany
Australia
Philippines
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
U. S
Great Britain
Italy
Belgium
Ireland
Europe
North Africa
Blood Test Used To Fix Maternity In Animal World
The American Veterinary Medical Association reports a study by two French veterinarians using blood grouping to determine which mare out of two, Tanny and Clairette, is the mother of a colt named Robert. Robert's serum belongs to group 0, while Fanny is AB and Clairette SA, marking a practical application of blood typing in equine maternity disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hollywood
American Veterinary Medical Association
Itanny
Clairette
Robert
Fanny
Soil as Great Laboratory for New Drug Production
The Capper's Farmer article by Alden Stahr and Dr. Boyd Woodruff calls soil a vast laboratory where many drugs are produced by microbes and fungi. It traces penicillin and other miracles, notes diverse soil organisms, and warns of many diseases still unconquered, including the common cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alden Stahr
Boyd Woodruff
Capper
Stahr
Woodruff
Outmoded New Jersey laws linger on statute books
Ancient blue laws persist in New Jersey with odd penalties such as a driver of a horse being intoxicated facing a fine and jail. magisterial ball and chain orders for tramps. dangerous hatpins as disorderly conduct. penalties for witchcraft, false divinity, funeral wreaths, junk dumping. lawmakers meet yearly but ignore these outdated rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
God
Trial of Mihailovitch a Propaganda Stunt
The piece condemns the Mihailovitch trial as a Soviet propaganda show staged by Tito and Communist judges. It argues the defense was weak and torture dominated the proceedings, while Russia blocks genuine peace efforts through vetoes and seeks to advance its own agenda in Yugoslavia and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schwellenbach
West
Labor
Potomac
Puget Sound
Labor Department
Selirellenbach
United States Senate
Lew Vachwellenbach
Edgar Schwellenbach
Supreme Court
Senate
Twentieth Century Foundation
Mihailovitch
Washington
Communist Party
Red Army
Russia
Moscow
Jan Valtin
Tito
Yugoslavia
Balkans
Foreign Affairs
Chetnik
Ozana
Tito Army
Belgrade
U.N
Danube
Finland
Italy
Austria
Germany
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Tag
Solon
Glen Taylor
Taylor
Boukhage
Metropolitan Information Service
Pacific
New Zealand
G.i.s
Paul Mallon
Pay Mallon
Western
State Department
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