Reluctant 1948 GOP bid shapes Taft’s hard work for party
Washington report traces familiar names from Eisenhower’s rise to Taft’s poised bid for the 1948 Republican nomination. Milton Eisenhower’s career and DeWey and Taft’s standing are examined, with insights into Taft’s intellect, conservatism, humor, and practical politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Food Plan Opens Shakily Amid Weeping and Wailing
President Truman’s meatless Tuesdays and eggless Thursdays mark a tentative start to the food conservation drive aimed at Europe. Officials warn the program will last months, with voluntary self denial likely to continue through at least six months and a $580 million cash-raising goal set for December 1 to March 31. Public support is mixed as restaurant patrons resist meatless days, and poultry and egg surpluses complicate parity pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Europe
Charles Luckman
Citizens Food Committee
Clinton Anderson
U. S
Five Questions From Current Events Quiz Answers
Five nations denied U N membership are Mali Finland Hungary Romania and Bulgaria. The inventor usually credited is Guglielmo Marconi. Hirohito’s crest appears on stamps as the chrysanthemum. The Verdun phrase first appeared in February 1916 used by Marshal Petain. The two civil components are the Organized Reserves of the army and National Guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Ohio
Dewey
New York
White House
Clarence Brown
U. N
Soviet Union
Popov
MacArthur
Hirohito
Verdun
Germany
Harry H. Vaughan
Maly
Finland
Hungary
Ru Mania
Bulgaria
Guglielmo Marconi
Henri Petain
Army and
National Guard
Education goes higher danger seen in rising fees
A federal education official warns rising college costs threaten access for many students. Tuition plus fees now cover over half of college expenditures, risking a tilt toward only higher income families as GI Bill support ends and surveys show continued fee hikes since 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Education
G.I
G.I. Legis
Answers to the Ask Me Another trivia prompts
The fake quiz provides five Q A pairs. It states ironclad replies: ice melts at same speed as other actors. the 1666 Great Fire of London burned many houses after starting in a bake shop near Pudding Lane and ended at Pye Corner after three days. the Pawnees called Buffalo Bill Pa haska meaning fair haired. US greeting cards sold totaled 160 million dollars. an octopus swims backwards but walks forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Pudding Jane
Pye Corner
Pahaska
Cody
Also Mentioned on This Page
G.O.P
Baukhage
Washington
Mark Woods
West Point
Be Scon
Aled
Columbia University
Milton Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Murry Butcher
Butcher
Mars
Minerva
Kansas State College
Department of Agriculture
Spea
Senator Taft
Brown
Bia
William Howard Taft
Robert Taft
New Jingland
Pepper
Talt
Raukhage
International College of Surgeons
Chicago
Comintern
State Department
Department
Great Britain
Britain
America
Lation
John D. Russell
Higher Education
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
Mission St
San Francisco
Calif
Jolivs
Camfy
Minty
Utah By-Products CO
Salt Lake City
Utah
Ogden
Logan
Garland