Universal fingerprinting urged to curb crime and aid identifications
The piece argues for a universal fingerprinting law, noting its potential to identify missing persons, buried bodies, and amnesia victims, and to improve crime prevention. It cites Iowa and Maine pilots, wartime ID practices, and hospital footprinting to prevent newborn mixups. The author condemns prejudice and links enlightenment to progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Nebergall
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Maine
State Bureau of Investigation
State Department of Public Instruction
Division
United States
Call for universal fingerprinting law and central clearing house
The piece urges national adoption of a universal fingerprinting law and a central clearing house for prints. It cites the Suzanne Degnan case to show how fingerprints can prove guilt or innocence and why a shared database is crucial even when no match exists at the time of arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ean
Suzanne Degnan
Senate panel rejects White House expansion proposal
The appropriations committee turned down a 1.65 million dollar plan to enlarge the White House to handle increased business. Motives are mixed with aesthetic objections and concerns about unnecessary expansion, while some see the rejection as a sign of frugality or as a critique of growing government activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Appropriations Committee
White House
Congress
A Service Deserves Payment Even If a Pastor Performs It
A reader argues pastors should be paid for funeral services as for weddings, sharing examples of ministers paying expenses or serving for free. The piece cites stories of funeral conductors traveling long distances and often receiving no reimbursement, urging fair compensation in line with supporting pastors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise
Press Association
Out of the Past by Tantalus reference
A brief quotation from T. Adams compares a covetous man to Tantalus, pining in plenty yet remaining thirsty.
UNO Picks a Spot Near Reedy Tarn Farm in Connecticut
The speaker mocks UNO choosing a site near a sanitarium district and a bird sanctuary, claiming the aim is to squeeze goodwill from turnips and praising the area around Reedy Tarn as a cabbage patch name from Langdon Smith poem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langdon Smith
UNO
Truman's Surplus Sales Estimates Remain Pessimistic
Raymond Moley argues the 1946-47 surplus property receipts are understated and conservative. He notes SPA projects 5.2 billion abroad and 2.8 billion at home with 15 billion in ships to be sold, while consumer goods and plant values loom large, suggesting stronger market demand could avert deficits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strik
Ing
SPA
Kansas City
Uncle Sam
Boston Cars Versus Parking Spots Hit 100000 to 6500
The city hosts about 100000 autos and only 6500 parking spaces. If Boston delays car use restrictions, the imbalance will grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Monitor
Boston
Inequities in Army Disability Pensions Spur Push for Reform
Drew Pearson highlights the pension gap between army officers and enlisted men. A colonel declared totally disabled due to ulcers earns retirement pay for life with tax-free status, while a wounded GI with meaningful losses faces lower, configurable pensions and annual VA checks, prompting calls for congressional action. The column also notes embassy intrigue and political shifts around Greek elections and U.S. Senate reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Pentagon
Washington
Veterans Administration
Congress
Army
We Shirked Our Food Duty and Faces of Shortage
Marquis Childs argues that Europe and Asia face famine due to unkept grain relief and mass starvation risk. He notes Britain’s rations fall below wartime levels while the United States remains largely unlabeled in rationing. He blames the agriculture department for failing to set aside relief food, with transportation blamed as a constraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seeene
Europe
Asia
Great Britain
UNRRA
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Department
Henry Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
AAA
Romania recognition amid Cold War appeasement debate
The piece argues Truman and Byrnes eased toward recognizing Groza's government in Romania as part of a broader deal with Moscow and London. It cites Vishinsky Harriman and Kerr pressuring for a larger cabinet while Groza resisted. Ethridge report is noted as potentially revealing future historian interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dabei Sem
Petru Groza
United States
Russia
Truman
Brown
Harriman
State Byrnes
Vishinsky
Bucharest
Romania
Great Britain
Clark Kerr
Groza
Constantin Bratianu
Ion Mihalache
Interior and Justice
Ethridge
Balkans
State Department
Wiseacre talk and patient advice from Dr Brady
In this question and answer column Dr Brady addresses readers in CANADA and the United States about the so called Wiseacres and public health. He notes the damp weather and kids indoors during rainy seasons and mocks overeducation. He offers practical guidance on pregnancy breakfast snacks and suggests not using codeine for coughs. He also discusses a soap craving and home ventilation remedies and ends with fitness guidance for a high school student in need of arm and chest exercises.
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McVeagh
United States
America
Sophoulis
Lincoln McVeagh
Canada
Ol’ Doc Brady
Wiseacre
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FEPC
Robert Quillen
Quillen
Paul
Kaiser
T. Adams
Bugs” Baer
Connecticut
George Clark
van Johnson
By Raymond Moley
Moley
France
Germany
Drew Pearson
G.I
S. A
Ed Terry
Theodore Bilbo
Mississippi
Terry
Bilbo
Ross Collins
Senate District Committee
Joint
National Memorial Stadium Commission
District of Columbia
New York
Stadium Commission
Sen
Jim Mead
Pearson
Marquis Childs
Childs
By Constantine Brown
Harrimen
Emil Hartieganu
Peasant Party
Mihai Romnicianu
Liberals
Byrnes
Moscow
Louisville Courier- Journal
Mark Ethridge
Sofia
Mr. Ethridge
Roosevelt
Yalta
Potsdam
Ussr
Combined Food Board
National Association of Manufacturers
Taft
Ohio
Wm. Brady
Personal Health
Cherinette
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