One Diplomat Knew Better: Scratch One Tyro Diplomat
Washington diary recalls a would‑be diplomat who abandons a possible foreign service career after a chance encounter with John Watson Foster and a meeting at the National Press Club. The narrator shifts to a journalist’s life, deadlines, and a back door into foreign affairs.
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Tyro
St Ip
Washington
Eighteenth Street
Europe
Foreign Service
State Department
Court of St. James
Quai
Varsay
Sam Blythe
Pr Rempeion
John Watson Foster
Connecticut Avenue
Associated Press
David Lawrence
Roberts
Paris
Machiavelli
Metternich
Civil Service Announce Nautical Scientist Openings
The U S Civil Service Commission posted an exam for Nautical Scientist jobs in Washington DC and nationwide with salaries from 3397 to 5905 dollars. Most jobs are in the Navy Hydrographic Office. others in the Coast and Geodetic Survey and other agencies. Applications due December 31, with early consideration by August 4.
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Concord
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Washington
D. C
United States
Hydrographic Office
Department of the Navy
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Department of Commerce
U. S. Naval, Coast Guard
National Maritime Academy
Commission
Henry O. M. Helsher, Sr
Walden Street
Civil Service Regional
Civil Service Commission
Distinguished Combat Leader Heads Trieste US Troops
Major General Bryant E Moore leads Trieste United States Troops guarding the Free Territory with a lean force. The garrison includes the 36th Armored Unit and 15th Medium Tank Company plus an MP platoon and support elements as part of the multinational arrangement under UN oversight.
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Bryant. E. Moore
Trieste
United States
Moore
Thisdebe
Sander
Tria
Javia
Ordnance
Soa Moore
Ebm
Thoreau, Rotary, and town notes at Concord meet
Readable notes from an annual Concord gathering mention the National Thoreau Society, Governor's Day events, Rotary Club members with long attendance records, local personalities, and ongoing town happenings. The item blends cultural reflections with community updates and light local lore.
Massachusetts Changes and Milestones of 1947
Massachusetts commerce and industry show growth with retail sales at 3.906 billion and buying power of 5.916 billion in 1947 while payrolls rise 150 percent. The state adds 17 new industrial concerns in Q1 1948, Dutch elm disease spreads to 93 towns, Port of Boston freight increases, WBZ radio mast tallies, and aviation registrations rise as planning boards approve subdivisions.
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Massachusetts
Department of Labor and Industries
Commonwealth
Army
Climatic Laboratory
Lawrence
Monsanto Chemical Co
Everett
Boston
WBZ
Brighton
New England
Civil Aeronautics Commission
State Planning Board
Rockport
Old Customers in Again
Birmingham, Alabama report notes Billy Shepherd a familiar figure to nurses in local hospitals. He has endured asthma, meacles, heart trouble, infancy paralysis, anemia and a tensilectomy with 13 prior hospital trips. His 13th visit followed an accident while replacing an iron sewer cover when it slipped and mashed two fingers.
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Birmingham
Ala
U.P
Billy Shepherd
Billy
Sergt Dolan Discharged After 22 Months Service
West Concord Sgt John C Dolan Jr son of the Reformatory superintendent and Mrs Dolan of 222 Elm Street returned home last Thursday after 22 months in the service and has been discharged. He may resume schooling. Dolan graduated from Concord High School in the 1946 class and enlisted soon after.
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West Concord
John ¢. Dolan, Jr
John C. Dolan
Elm Street
Dolan
Concord High School
Boston by Willian o the Horn
Fragmentary OCR mentions a Boston related item, with names and roles, unclear dates or outcomes. The readable bits point to a legal or sheriff context and a valuation, but specifics are indistinct.
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Boston
Willian
Air Purifier Claims Quick Germ and Odor Removal
New detent small scale air purifier advertised to cleanse a room in minutes. It highlights rapid reduction of germs and odors, suggesting easy setup and portable use for personal spaces.
Fresdain Gallon Favorite Beans and Tomatoes Boost Home Gardens
The article extols American grown bush and wax beans as prime home crops, noting flavor and tenderness from blossoming to shelled stage. It warns about proper canning of snap beans to avoid botulism and mentions the Mexican beetle as a pest, with D. T. advice for control.
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America
Bern
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Washington Digest
University
State
Lansing
Samson
Hitler
Plaschke
Aren Plaschke
Joncee
Civil Service
Navy Dept
U. S
Walden Woods
Henry David Thoreau
National Thoreau Society
Company H
Cone Ee
First
Carlisle
Emil Pedersen
Bob Lawson
Robert J. Dunne
Dempsey
Belknap Court
Amy Dempsey
Acton
Freddie Giusti
Love Lane
Nantucket
Concord Rotary Club
Tom Sanborn
Colonial Inn
Tom
Jaffrey
Concord Club
Joseph C. Wheeler
Rotary
Dianer
George
Victor A. Friend
Melrose
Otis M. Whitney
Keith Martin
Walden Pound
White Pond
Walden
Cord Board of Selectmen
K. of C
Stan Moszka
Antrim
N. H
Trinitarian Congregational Church
Lincoln Grange
Sherman Davis
Town Hall
Martwell
Lincoln
John Hartwell
Richard I. Furbush
Waltham
House
Bay State
Furbush
George Camougis
Concord High
Independence Court
Cupid
Royal Red Sox
Fenway
Dave Perriss
Monument Street Bridge
Old North Bridge
The
Massachusetts State Planning Board
Beacon, Street
Mass
Sergt
Spor
Maynard Cled
Maynard
Commonwealth Ave
Tel. Con
Edward C. Construction Co
Framingham
Hudson Sales & Service
McKellar Motors
Mainery
Concord Con
William Newsham
John. H. Olsen
Acton, Pare Oy
William Dc
D. Corr Thoreau
Lawton
Appliance & Nce Co
Walden St
Berlin
South St
S. SP
Tim E. J. Bartlett
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