State Bureau of Investigation faces limits on city access
Opinion piece argues Iowa state investigators may not enter municipal areas without local or gubernatorial orders. It weighs opposition from Chief Joseph E. Young and Gov Blue on extending the bureau, urges higher governor salaries, and notes legislative hesitancy to fund a governor’s residence.
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Joseph E. Young
Sioux City
Iowa Association of Chiefs of Police
Young
Bureau
State Department
Iowa
Governor Seeks State Home for Iowa Chief Executive
The piece urges the legislature to provide a residence for Iowa’s governor during office. It notes the state’s historical failure to supply a governor’s home, recounts Gov Blue’s term with repeated moves, and argues the practice wastes the governor’s time and demonstrates legislative shortsightedness.
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Fe Sa
Iowa
Blue
Eagle Grove
Highway Commission Commends Engineer for Quick Slippery Surface Action
Iowa Highway Commission maintenance engineer W H Root is commended for promptly addressing slippery surfaces on Highway 30 west of Cedar Rapids. The commission notes wartime pressures and ongoing efforts to remedy highway defects as a core government service.
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W. H. Root
Iowa Highway Commission
Cedar Rapids
Ten Years from Now Union Letters Threaten Wage Standstill
A series of satirical letters reveal union and employer tensions over an imagined contract. George W Whifflepool warns of 15 hour weeks and double time on Mondays and Tuesdays while Gadget International leaders threaten strikes and wage controls amid bank woes and legal limits. The exchanges lampoon labor conflict in a fictional corporate showdown.
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George W. Whifflepool
Ca Cc
Ello
Aphorisms on Portable Wisdom from Out of the Past
The aphorisms describe portable wisdom as the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling. R. W. Alger notes the value of compact ideas for daily life and reflection.
Gromyko Filibuster Stalls Parliament After Long Testy Session
Bug eyed Garrulous Gromyko dominates the debate with a three hour long monologue about a recipe and picnic spreads. Sir Alex Cadogan directs the quiz while Norm Makin advocates moderation and sweetness in habit forming topics as the session closes without resolution.
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Norm Makin
Australia
Gromyko
Truman Economic Report full of propaganda says wage costs rise
Reporter David Lawrence criticizes President Truman’s postwar economic report for bias and ties wage adjustments to broader policy. He cites wage growth in 1940 to 1946 across private building, mining, and manufacturing, arguing that rising wages fueled housing costs and price rises, while the administration avoided acknowledging wage-driven inflation.
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Ashington
Truman
Cede Kash Dean
Ean
Congress
School system in peril as inflation drains funding
Marquis Childs argues the U.S. school system is deteriorating under inflation. He cites wartime and postwar data on teacher shortages, surging unemployment, and collapsing enrollments at teachers colleges, warning that continued funding gaps threaten national education. He urges Congress to act rather than delay.
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Asemeree
80Th Congress
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
Ohio
The
Ohio Education Association
National Education Association
Digitalis Debate and Vitamin B Complex Heart Remedy
Dr William Brady argues digitalis is ineffective for heart trouble and promotes vitamin B complex as a superior substitute to improve heart nutrition and function. He notes foxglove’s historic use for dropsy and its late acceptance as a heart medicine.
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Digitalis
William Withering
Shropshire
England
Withering
Britain
Advice on kissing babies and infection spread in medical Q and A
A reader asks if it is safe for parents and friends to kiss a young baby and whether infections can spread. The response warns against kissing babies and notes illnesses like sinus and throat trouble can spread, then briefly discusses sterilization methods for minor injuries and tools.
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Supreme Court
John L. Racket
Mr. Racket
Whifflepoof
Byrnes Wins Nasty Paris Talks With Quiet Strategy
In 1946 Paris peace talks James Byrnes used patience and calm to outmaneuver Molotov. He faced Soviet pressure but the result shifted toward Yugoslav and Italian positions as Byrnes signaled a pragmatic endgame. The Polish wartime context frames the broader postwar settlement and memory.
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Byrnes
Oratov
Moscow
Paris
New York
Molotov
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Kardelj
Labor rulings reshape the Constitution through three landmark cases
A historical review outlines Lochner Adair and Parrish as early limits on labor regulation, then details a dramatic shift in 1937 as the Supreme Court accepts federal and state labor protections. The piece notes Justice Hughes and Roberts reflecting on constitutional meaning and liberty.
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Supreme Court
Adair
United States
Owen Roberts
Joseph Lochner
Utica
New York
Ust
Lochner
U.S
Congress
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