Veteran Senator Wheeler Obituary Marks Long Career
WNU service commentary recalls Burton Wheeler’s defeat by Leif Erickson in Montana and reflects on Wheeler’s career. The piece contrasts Wheeler’s integrity and pacifism with critics while noting Truman’s loyalty and Wheeler’s political impact. It cites past figures Norris Ashurst and Wherry as veterans and reflects on Wheeler’s enduring profile in Washington.
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WNU
Eye Street
N.W
Washington
D. C
Truman
Montana
Burton K. Wheeler
Leif Erickson
Wheeler
Harry Truman
Interstate Commerce Committee
Harold McGrath
Senate Radio Gallery
Sen
George Norris
Kenneth Wherry
Norris
Ellison
Cotton Ed
Henry Ashurst
Senate
New Mexico
Ashurst
William King
Utah
Lynn Frazer
North Dakota
Jerry O'Connell
Erickson
Jerry
O’connell
Standard
Senator Wheeler
Labrador in the senator’s cab steals the spotlight
During OPA senate sessions Styles Bridges and wife hailed a cab after a rain. A large Labradors hops into the back seat, drips on Bridges, and a corpulent lady declares she is a registered Democrat. The scene ends with Bridges’ recognition and a political race note.
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Senate
OPA
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Bridges
Washington
Senator Bridges
Senator’s claim on rising prices draws attention
A Washington Post reader recounts a description of senatorial wives facing higher costs, noting Mrs. Glen Taylor buys groceries for a large family. The narrator recalls misreading a reporter’s phrase about an 18 year old versus a 138 day old baby while referencing cigars sent to radio correspondents.
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Washington Post
Glen Taylor
Radio Correspondents Gallery
Rumor of Schwellenbach's Labor Dept Fate Rises in Puget Sound
A persistent rumor suggests Labor Secretary Schwellenbach may desert the Potomac for Puget Sound amid pressure for changes in the labor department. His popularity in Washington state, where he carried every county in 1934 and whose political influence echoes in his brother Edgar’s recent Supreme Court victory, underscores the speculation.
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Labor
Schwellenbach
Potomac
Puget Sound
Labor Department
United States Senate
Lew Schwellenbach
Edgar Schwellenbach
Supreme Court
Peace Talks Liberalized and G I Furlough Pay Plan
A Paris conference debate expands roles for smaller nations to discuss peace treaty drafts for Germany's satellites. Molotov offers a compromise allowing full treaty discussions. Separately, a car and truck output dip looms as 80 tool and die workers strike at Dur a division Toledo prompting mass layoffs at Studebaker and Hudson. Congress approves bonds for unused furlough pay for G I s with over 50 and five year maturity, cash for smaller sums, bonds usable against life insurance.
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Germany
Greece
Yugoslavia
Ukraine
Molotov
Dura
Detroit Harvester Company
Toledo
Ohio
Studebaker
Hudson
G.i.s
Congress
U. S
National Service Life Insurance
Erie Basin Metal seeks tax court refund ruling
Erie Basin Metal Products Inc denies War Department claims of excessive profits on war contracts and petitions the U S tax court to bar a refund demand of 358874.58 for the year ending November 30 1943. The Garsson munitions empire is under Senate scrutiny led by Mead with May pressed for influence. Separate note says German POW relief by the International Red Cross Committee in Geneva plans to collect 3750000 for relief through 1950, while IRCC notes include a 27 million card index for 15 million prisoners and 107 million letters safely delivered.
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War Department
Erie Basin Metal Products, Inc
U. S
Garsson Munitions Empire
Senate
Mead
Dem
N. Y
May
Combine War
Washington, D. C
Garssons
International Red Cross Committee
Geneva
Switzerland
IRCC
Farm Plan Stresses Local Aid In 1947 Conservation Program
The 1947 agricultural conservation plan shifts emphasis to local farm and ranch ownership, allowing up to 10 percent of county funds for non listed practices while the rest funds farmer chosen methods. A $300 million program, authorized by the 1947 appropriation act, supports soil building, water conservation, and seed harvest, with administration costs. Dave Davidson notes success hinges on local planners and farmers.
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Department of Agriculture
Congress
Dave Davidson
Field Service Branch
Production and Marketing Administration
Davidson
ACP
Forever Amber saga and other 1940s Hollywood notes
Virginia Vale notes casting for Forever Amber with Linda Darnell defeating Gene Tierney, plus Peggy Cummins and Cornel Wilde projects. Plans to restart Amber in September with Otto Preminger directing, and Cagney’s The Stray Lamb production with Audie Murphy. Mentions Irene Dunne, William Powell, Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray in The Egg and I, Von Zell radio transition, Guy Madison breakout, Mary Meade in Earl Carroll Sketchbook, Margalo Gilmore on stage and radio, and Wen dell Corey’s theater move. Also mentions Terry and the Pirates, It’s Tough to Be a Star, and Dennis Morgan updates.
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Virginia Valeo
Linda Darnell
Gene Tierney
Amber
20Th Century-Fox
Peggy Cummins
Cornel Wilde
Bruce Carleton
Otto Preminger
John Stahl
William Cagney
the Stray Lamb
Audie Murphy
G.I
Cagney
Murphy
Hollywood
Columbia
Dennis Morgan
Kirstin
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Union
James Cagney
Amurphy
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Clarence Day Jr
Irene Dunne
William Powell
Claudette Colbert
Fred MacMurray
Harry von Zell
von Zell
RKO
Guy Madison
Sailor
Jennifer Jones
Dorothy McGuire
Mary Meade
Republic
Margalo Gilmore
Connie Wakefield
Wendell Corey
Yardley
Corey
New York
McGarry and His Mouse
NBC
Home Furnishings & Appli
A. G. Brauer Firrat Comrane
White US
State Board of Education
ST. Louis
Wahlert & Guntzler
Alden Novelty Co. Ee Nees As
Ieee Seals
Veadley
America
Ohto
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