No Purpose in Fighting Mina in Washington View
Commentators argue against fighting back daily scuffles with Russia. They urge calm, dignity, and selective firmness from U S officials to avoid escalation while promoting peaceful, strategic responses to Soviet pressure.
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Mina
Washington
United States
Russia
United Beares
Pat Russa
Nissan
Moscow
Tatas
United
Basterma
Lysteria
Pras
Kremlin
Amenean
Jeboof
State Department
Russian Empire
Ail Diether
The Street Firestorm Over Wall Street Critics
The piece rails at Wall Street as blamed for world turmoil and war, noting Henry Wallace's shifting attacks and accusing him of political contradictions. It questions Wallace's anti-business stance, cites his past critiques of capitalism, and suggests he may again miscast bankers as the cause of wars.
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Wall Street
Yoshinski
Moscow
New York
Tlenry Wallace
Wishinski
Starvard University
Forrestal
Lovett
Army
Draper
Wallace
Berg
Bry
Tured
Axis
Poland
Pearl Plarbor
J&p
Erenry Wallace
Flitler
Mussolini
Germany
Connecticut Motor Vehicles Report Warns of Rising Accidents
Commissioner Elmer S. Watson reports that motor accidents and traffic fatalities in Connecticut rose in the first eight months of the year compared with 1946. He urges motorists and pedestrians to act to reverse the dangerous trend as darkness increases and fall approaches, noting avoidable crashes and urging extra precautions to protect children.
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Elmer S. Watson
State Motor Vehicles Department
Connecticut
They Drive You Nuts fretful types in ordinary life
A humorous critique of chronic fretters who fixate on minor complaints. The piece describes their habit of finding fault in weather, food, service, or plans, likening them to pests marked by a frown, restless eyes, and nervous hands, and ends with a wish that their gloomy prophecies fail.
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Plano
Does College Pay? The Case for Investment
The article argues rising college demand may not guarantee higher earnings. It compares wages for noncollege skilled workers with college graduates, noting electricians and carpenters earn $80 to $88 weekly while many graduates earn far less than a $2,500 annual minimum. It highlights high costs of college and crowded campuses, concluding the value lies in cultivated thought rather than guaranteed income.
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Winsted Cithaen
Mcfadden, Inc
Smany
Local Whirligig Jottings From Yankee Town
A fragmentary column notes a Yankee town in Connecticut celebrating historical ties to the Constitution with mentions of Thomas Jefferson, the Charter Oak, and the Freedom Train. It surveys American liberty ideals, press freedom, and town meetings alongside vague references to Russia, Indoctrination, and Soviet doctrine.
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Thomas Jefferson
Charter Oak
Hartford R
Colony of
Connecticut
United States
United States of America
America
Russia
Siberia
Charter Oak and the roots of Connecticut's charter
A historical note recalls the hidden Charter Oak charter hidden by a British governor aiming to seize the infant commonwealth’s document. It traces early colonists from Massachusetts to Connecticut and their choice of liberty and self government under Providence, citing Governor Winthrop and the royal charter draft as political curiosities.
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Britten
Rovern
New Mapland
Commonwealth
U. S
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Winthrop
A Whale of a Difference
A fragment discusses constitutional amendments and state federal laws, warning that dissenting ideas on habeas corpus attract police attention. It draws parallels to Soviet history and Lenin’s exile, noting Russia’s struggle to establish a constituent assembly and the idea of a Freedom Train as a symbol of free government.
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Soviet Union
Our Town IGXAMPHE Builds Two Universities For Recovery
The community under Liberty’s aegis advances recovery from war by establishing two universities and expanding job opportunities for 35,000 local women through the Women’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor. Private capital backs 700 housing units with more planned, while Kiwanis offers expandable housing plans. City spending and taxation rise modestly to fund expansion, pensions, and civil service salaries. Standardized taxes and debt reduction improve credit. Soviet openness is posed as a future test of American democracy against communism.
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Igxamphe
Uegis
Liberty
Ufe
Uo Os
Department of Labor
Kiwanis Club
Oid
Connecticut’s role in global liberty and free enterprise
In Connecticut's Bridgeport region a large industrial workforce drives a weekly payroll of 5.5 to 6 million dollars as the state promotes liberty and progress. The display on the Freedom Train traces centuries of religious and educational growth, contrasts the old world with the United Nations era, and critiques Bolshevik rule as enslaving people more than antebellum slavery.
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Connecticut
Bridgeport
Europe
New York
London
New World Order
United Nations
Old World
Russia
Soviet Union
Lincoln
Inheritors of the czarist throne push one party rule
The passage criticizes successors who claim a perfect formula for ruling and deny intellectual freedom within their own party. They aim to suppress rights abroad, shaping a world order under a single dictatorship.
Real reasons Republicans and Administration approach European aid
The piece explains GOP concerns about funding via budget surpluses or borrowing and inflation risks, along with Administration fears of confronting a Congress without a viable plan. It notes Luckman’s campaign doubts and mentions Nobel Peace Prize funds and a Pan American plan to eradicate yellow fever in Western Hemisphere forests.
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Administration
AFL Fireworks Loom Over AFL Convention San Francisco
The National Labor Relations Board may ease AFL leaders’ pressure to sign non Communist affidavits before the AWL convention in San Francisco. Fireworks are expected as NLRB General Counsel Denham’s order to 15 AFL executive council members stirs tension. John N. Lewis of United Mine Workers blocked signing, keeping AVF unions from NLRB services, provoking calls to reverse Denham amid fears of a party rift and revenge on taft hartley opponents.
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AFL
National Labor Relations Board
American Federation of Labor
AWL
San Francisco
NLRB
Denham
A.F.L
John N. Lewis
United Mine Workers
AVF
NLRRB
Lewis
House
Senate
British plan to tax stock market profits debated
An insider says Chancellor Dalton weighs taxing profits from stock market speculation as an anti inflation move. Union lenders believe Labour would tolerate higher taxes if targeted at middle and upper income classes.
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Britain
Dalton
P84 Jet Fighter Set to Fly Within a Week
The Air Force expects to fly its P84 jet fighter in about a week, marking the first production plane with a swept-back wing. Earlier jet bombers will carry wing loadings over 100 pounds per square foot, and the Wright Brothers' first plane carried 142.
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Wright Brothers
Air Force
Spain seeks credit for American cotton shipments
Spain made an indirect approach to the Fx port-Import Bank for credit to finance cotton shipments to Spain for processing as aid to western Europe dominated attention. No formal application was filed after initial approaches drew a cool reception due to Spain's tainted standing in American foreign policy and a likely unfavorable outcome.
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Spain
Europe
Fxport-Import Bank
Britain to seek greater dominion defense contributions
Commonwealth prime ministers will travel to London in November for Princess Elizabeth’s wedding and plan talks on defense and economics, aiming to secure stronger imperial defense financing and cooperation.
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Britain
Dominions
Commonwealth
London
Elizabeth
President Air Policy Panel Likely to Recommend Studies
The President's Air Policy commission, with a January 1 deadline, is expected to push for broader studies across aviation fields. An in-depth review of the Civil Aeronautics Board is anticipated among its recommended analyses.
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Air Policy Commission
Civil Aeronautics Board
Burma's Kyaw Nyein warns bandits to surrender or face shooting
Burma's home minister Kyaw Nyein admits government failure to stamp out banditry and orders bandits to surrender by October 15 or be shot. The crackdown targets individuals illegally possessing arms and engaging in bandit activity across the country.
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Palestine
Baghdad
Iraq
Salih Jabar
Alyaghda
Burma
Kyaw Nyein
1947 Grand List Being Compiled In City
Tax Assessor William F Connellys office has begun compiling the 1947 Grand List set for January inclusion in the budget recommendations. All residents and entities liable to city tax must file a personal property statement on a City Hall room 7 form. Failing to file risks a 10 percent penalty and loss of appeal rights to the Board of Tax Review. Exemptions cover real estate autos factory stock and fixtures and business equipment. Taxable items include furniture jewelry animals except dogs cattle and boats.
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William F. Connelly
Comptroyer
City Hall
Board of Tax Review
Proverb List of Six Things the Lord Hates
A poem listing six grievous faults the speaker says the Lord hates. It cites a proud look a lying tongue the slaughter of innocents a wicked heart swift feet that hasten mischief a false witness that sows discord among brethren and friends and foes.
Regional Weather Forecasts for New England and Coast
The forecast calls for sunny and warm conditions across Connecticut Massachusetts and Rhode Island on Sunday with continued warmth into Monday. Maine New Hampshire and Vermont expect light mountain showers but otherwise fair and warm. Winds from Eastport to Block Island shift to southwest 20 to 30 MPH Sunday with generally fair air and visibility.
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Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Eastport
Block Island
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