Berlin students target politics not sports in postwar university life
At Berlin university 3,000 students mix lessons with harsh political lessons as parties infiltrate campus life. Fresher students, wary of propaganda, note teachers’ failures to resist party influence, while a Red Army captain lectures in hopes of shaping opinions. Many fear a drift toward dogma despite calls for independent judgment.
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Berlin
Berlin University
Germany
Tthe University
Red Army
Average Per Capita U S Income in 1945 Reaches Record
The Commerce Department reports the 1945 average per capita income rose to 1150 dollars, up 2 percent from 1944 and 575 dollars higher than 1940. New York leads at 1595 dollars. Mississippi at 556. South Dakota records 16 percent gain. Michigan shows 6 percent decline. Estate payments list Iowa at 1109.
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U.S
Washington
United States
Commerce Department
New York
Mississippi
South Dakota
Michigan
Iowa
Transfer of Lighthouses to Coast Guard in 1939
In 1939 the bureau of lighthouses moved from the department of commerce to the U S coast guard in a major restructuring. The change centralized maritime safety operations under a single federal agency.
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Bureau of Lighthouses
Department of Commerce
U.S. Coast Guard
Teetotaler touts six hangover cures in Chicago
W B Casterline, a teetotaler and president of a firm marketing a four tablet remedy, told delegates at a Chicago convention he can fix six hangover types. He described the mild broken compass to the atomic hangover and promised the pills work based on tests and his experience.
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Chicago
W. B. Casterline
Fragmented sample discussion amid tense appraisal
Casterline distributes a sample to a man with red eyes and a pained expression, reflecting on explosions as a chain reaction and a shadow of death. The dialogue hints at a grim, possibly experimental context, with a focus on No. 5.
Bouquets of Flowers Not for You, Sergeant
Chicago AP report details bouquets delivered to a police station as Desk Sergeant Steven Berkowitz investigates and learns a sender claimed unrequited love. a temporary patrolman admits sending flowers to a young woman on his beat who always returned them.
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Chicago
Steven Berkowitz
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H. McCormick
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