First White House telephone history under Hayes and beyond
The piece traces the White House adoption of the telephone from Rutherford B. Hayes era through FDR, highlighting early limits, the 1930s switchboard with Louise Hachmeister Mackie, and growth to over 44 000 calls daily by wartime and postwar years, noting Truman's heavy use and lingering TV novelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Truman
Republican Congress
Rutherford. Hayes
Ohio
House
Senate
Hayes
Garfield
Cleveland
McKinley
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
New Deal
Louise Hachmester
Tmackie
M Beng
Lous One
Friends of Roosevelt Headquarters
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr
California
Wackie
Hachmeister
Capitol Hill
Russian Enigma and Boris Krelov in Washington
A Time magazine fragment discusses Boris Krelov, a Soviet news staffer in Washington for three years. It notes his cordial, trusted image despite steadfast Marxist-Leninist ideology and his refusal to reveal Soviet motives. The piece reflects on Russian-American misunderstandings and includes a Kipling reference.
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Boris Krelov
Tuss
Washington
Russia
Sam Welles
Time
Moscow
Boris
Krelov
Atomic anniversary recalls Hiroshima in quiet reflection
A two year mark since the atomic blast in Hiroshima draws bells to toll and residents to silent prayer as they plan a peace memorial on the bomb site. Across the globe reactions range from fear of new bombs to hopes for usable power by 1952.
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Hiroshima
Japan
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
United States
Adting
Robert Oppenheimer
Russia
U S Sets 1948 Wheat Acreage Goal At 75 Million
Washington reports the Agriculture Department backs a 75 million acre wheat goal for 1948, up from last year. Officials note high prices and strong world demand push planting, but warn against overextending unsuitable lands.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Department
United States
Deadlock Over Korea Plagues U S Russia Ties
General Archer L Lerch military governor of Korea warned reserve officers that U S relations with Russia in Korea face deadlock over recognition of political parties. He cited backfired agrarian reforms, border incidents, remaining Japanese in the south, and Russia controlled industry with electricity flowing to the American zone. He doubted Koreans could be regimented into communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archer L. Lerch
Korea
U. S
Russia
Lerch
38Th Parallel
Oddities in the Big Burg by Walter Winchell
A compact reminiscence notes three Radio City workers picking up cigarette butts in New York's Big Burg and recalls historical quirks. It mentions Rockefeller Center’s 2015 fate, old costs, and urban legends about Manhattan's names and landmarks.
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Walter Winchell
Radio Cuty
Rockefeller Center
Columbia University
Manhattan
New York
New Amsterdam
New Orange
Lower Manhattan
RFC funding cuts block G I Bill home loans for veterans
The 80th Congress ended RFC mortgage purchases, halting G I Bill home loans. The prior extension expired June 30, and new law reduced RFC loan authority from about 18 billion to 2 billion, removing small business and farm loan purchases. Banks lack outlets, veterans face hard odds obtaining housing loans. Sen. Sparkman proposed extending RFC authority.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Veterans’ Administration
Congress
G.I
John Sparkman
Alabama
Treasure Hunt of Long Ago and Vanishing Americanisms
Humorous reminiscences about a long-ago treasure hunter who moved a half-ton safe for a nickel and told of a drink-rejected companion. Includes snippets on weather, a dining quote, and a joke about listening to radios, with brief misread headlines and a literary note by J. 3. W.
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William O’keefe
Military weakness of Russia outlined by Paul Mallon
Paul Mallon argues Russia is militarily vulnerable despite vast size. He notes air and oil vulnerabilities and warns against overreliance on land area. He urges focus on atomic defenses and air and missile protection over offense to counter threats from bombing rockets.
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Congress
Russia
Hitler
Moscow
Leningrad
Watermelon Dispute Over Yard Grown Melons
A neighborly quarrel over whose watermelons grow in a back yard becomes a humorous tale. The speaker recalls a childhood lesson on stealing fruit but now tends a vine planted in another garden, sparking a comical debate about ownership and boundaries.
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Uring
Iowa
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President Hayes
Executive Mansion
Bankhage
Louise Hachmeister
Albert Fowler
Glen Rock
N. J
Bert Parks
Paterson
Kipling
Earth
Atom
Hungary
Budapest
State Department
Yugoslavia
Stephen T. Thuransky
Thuransity
U. S. Legation
Vienna
Ministry of the Interior
Oarson Welles
Mars
Fortunio Bonanova
Tijuana
Mexico
Bonanova
Welles
Reef Fund
Shady Side
Sunny Side
Aleutian Islands
Dwight Eisenhower
Aleutians
Hisenhower
U.S
DREW _ PEARSON
Maden Lane
Walter Shead
H. 1
Phillips
Paul Mallon
Wright. Patterson
North Pole
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