Judge Murphy to Direct Administration’s Clean Up Drive
New York federal judge Thomas F. Murphy is tapped to lead President Truman’s bipartisan commission to clean up the current administration before the coming election. A veteran investigator and former director of the criminal section at the U S attorney’s office in New York, Murphy also once headed New York City’s police department. Critics say corruption over recent years threatens the Democratic Party’s re election prospects. The piece also notes ongoing Korea talks and budget concerns, including postwar spending and material cost issues.
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Government acts to boost labor amid farm shortage
John W. Gibson chair of the Displaced Persons Commission announces a revitalized refugee sponsorship program to alleviate a looming farm labor shortage. He says participating Americans must ensure housing and transport and that refugees will not become public charges. Washington reports the action follows Agriculture Department estimates of a peak shortage next summer.
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Displaced: Persons’ Commission
Yoisélyn
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Spon
Department of Agriculture
Gibson
U.S
Washington
D. C
Harvey Girls: Harvey Opens First Topeka Restaurant in 1876
The Harvey enterprise began when Fred Harvey opened a small restaurant in a red depot at Topeka Kansas. Over seventy five years this modest start grew into a vast system of resorts hotels restaurants shops and newsstands spanning from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Coast and Gulf of Mexico. The tale reads like a Horatio Alger pioneer saga with Harvey as a London youth who left for America at age fifteen.
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Fred Harvey
Topeka
Kansas
Harvey
Great. Lakes
Pacific’ Coast
Gulf of Mexico
Pred Harvey
Horatio Alger
West
London
America
Harvey era scandal and Harvey House expansion timeline
A garbled 20th century theatre and Harvey's dining empire summary describes Frederic Murch, the original cast returning for a film, and the Harvey brothers' continuation of the Fred Harvey company. It notes the 1948 Pulitzer Prize win, New York Drama Circle Award, and Mutual Broadcasting System’s New Year’s Eve lineup with Bette Davis, plus Harvey Hotels and restaurants from Santa Fe to Chicago. It also mentions the company’s diamond jubilee, leadership by B.S. Harvey, and expansion plans including new restaurants in major cities and at terminals.
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Avon
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Topeka
Fred Harvey
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Daggett Harvey
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Union
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City
Los Ans
Albuquerque
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Mowido Municipal
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Fred “Harvey
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Michigan Avenue
Higan
North Side
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Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues From an Extract
A garbled list of across and down crossword clues with mixed letters, errors, and partial phrases. The readable items hint at general puzzle entries including names, plants, medieval items, rivers, and common words, but the text is too corrupted for precise answers.
The Doctor's Holiday in Bodneville
In western North Carolina a weary surgeon, Dr James Keenan, travels to the mountain hamlet of Bodneville at a frightened girl's request. A tense night unfolds on the mountain road and cabin porch as memories of home echo, the man and woman form a fragile bond, and the prospect of staying in the mountains grows stronger with each remembered moment.
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Treet
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Grassroots Fragments on Political Machines and Jobs
Readers discuss how political machines like Tammany Hall and Pendergast shaped elections. The piece hints at corruption, vote buying through civilian jobs, and fears for democracy as campaigns urge support for Truman. It reflects early warnings about government payoffs and the danger to employment and industry.
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