Harvey Wheeler School Students Present World Music Concert
West Concord reports the Harvey Wheeler school held its annual spring concert Music Round the World. Kindergarten toy orchestra first grade operetta Boy and the Billy Goats Three and a Unit on Shelter songs showcased homes worldwide. Seventh to twelfth grades performed folk pieces and solos by Edward Cullinane Edward Stevens with Barbara Kelly Edgar Robbins Robert Witherell and Dane Gill.
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West Concord
Harvey Wheeler School
Edward Cullinane
Edward Stevens
Glee Club
Barbara Kelly
Edgar Robbins
Robert Witherell
Dane Gill
Wor
Charles Yerémian
Gertrude L. LeQuinn
Sudbury Pupils Present Music Recital Under Mrs Moody Hostess
Mrs Willa Astill Moody hosted a June 10 recital featuring pupils of Mrs Willa Astill Moody. Performances included Bach Solfegritto Cornelia Post Clementi Sonatina Allegro Chopin Waltz in D Flat Janice Burland Porter Sonatina in D Ad dante Allegretto Jane Flynn Boccherini Minuet Traditional Frey Country Gardens Joyce Olson Massanet Toreador Song May 2 Tschaikowski Wa Olson Jane Flynn Porter Prelude in F Durand Waltz in E Sh Claudia Fulton Chopin Prelude Etude in Octaves Rachmaninoff Prelude in C Sharp Minor Granados Era Barbara Eaton Brahms Duet with Hungarian Dance Shirley Tallant and Willa Astill Moody.
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Cornelia Post
Clementi
Chopin
Janice Burland
Porter
Dante
Jane Flynn
Boccherini
Frey—Country Gardens
Joyce Olson
Massanet
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Durand
Claudia Fulton
Shirley ‘Tallant
Rachmaninoff
Granados
Helen Johnson
Mozart
Barbara Eaton
Brahms
Shirley Tallant
Willa Astill Moody
Bedford Birth and Legion Delegates Report
Bedford announces the birth of a daughter Judith May to Mr and Mrs Charles Vhcito on June 3 at Emerson Hospital Concord. Delegates from Auxiliary American Legion Post 221 attended Swampscott convention. Anthony Hunt Hamilton Post 221 met in Town Hall. Paul Webber resigned as adjutant, Robert E Pike elected. Albert Larsen named drill team leader. Army laundry items from last year described as hanging on a big wash line.
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Charles Vhcito
South Road
Judith May
Emerson Hospital
Concord
Auxiliary American Legion Post
Swampscott
John ‘E.~ Scullane
Harles
St. Hume
Earl. S Atwood
Thomas Poleo
Bedford A. L. Post
Bedford
Anthony Hunt
Hamilton Post
Paul B. Webber
Robert E. Pike
Albert Larsen
Weekly News Analysis on Agriculture and Aid Bills
Analysis notes funding cuts in agriculture and a Greek aid bill signed by Truman. Mentions ICC approving a train fare boost and includes Western Newspaper Union editorial commentary on parity and spralees in a column.
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Truman
ICC
Western Newspaper Union
Spralees
Union
Fe Ualen
Stormy Weather as 32 Percent Farm Aid Cut Looms
The house appropriations committee recommended a 32 percent cut in agriculture funds for the coming year, slashing over 383 million dollars from the president’s request. Critics led by Clinton Anderson and Democratic congressmen vow opposition into the next elections, arguing the cut harms soil conservation programs veterans and low income families. The measure would end the Agriculture Adjustment Administration by July 1 1948, replacing it with selective funding reductions amid ongoing farm aid debates tied to the Truman doctrine and Near East containment.
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Department of Agriculture
Truman
Clinton _ Anderson
Étion
Welee Anderson
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
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House’ Appropriations
Rail Fares Up Ten Percent On Major Eastern Lines
Interstate Commerce Commission approves about a 10 percent rise in basic passenger fares for 60 railroads east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers. One way coach rates advance from 2.2 to 2.5 cents per mile, sleeping car rates from 3.3 to 3.5 cents, with coach round trips up about 15 percent and Pullman round trips up about 4 percent. Railroads cited a deficit of 54 million dollars in Passenger Train 2 operations last year as the reason for the increase.
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Interstate Commerce
Commission
Mississippi
Ohio
Potomac
Aid Bills Contrast Greek Turkish Relief and Foreign Aid
The Greek Turkish aid bill provides 400 dollars to Greece while the foreign relief measure authorizes 250 million dollars for Austria Greece Italy Hungary Poland China and Trieste to combat hunger and illness amid Cold War tensions.
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Congress
Greece
Austria
Italy
Hungary
Poland
China
Trieste
Opposition to the EE Act draws criticism in Congress
The measure faced widespread backlash from some congressional factions who argued the act set a tonal direction and policy course that they believed would have broad implications for governance and society.
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Congress
Polio Case Trends Spark Health Service Caution
Officials say current polio outlook remains uncertain though last year saw about 25,000 cases, far below the 27,363 peak in a previous year. The paralysis situation is under close watch as health services evaluate potential patterns.
Knutson pushes 1948 income tax cuts aim
Harold Knutson Republican congressman from Minnesota argues for another 1948 tax slash stating congress will vote year. He aligns with wider GOP push to reduce tax burdens to ease debt payments while stressing job maintenance and economic incentives for all.
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Harold
Knutson
Minn
Congress
House
Peace abolition of capital punishment in Russia amid postwar strength
Soviet authorities announced the immediate abolition of capital punishment citing Russia's growing strength and a stable peace outlook. Moscow radio quoted that the international situation after Germany and Japan's capitulations supports peace for a long time. Herbert Hoover criticized Russia for alleged pressure through economic channels to thwart postwar peace and reparations.
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Russia
Moscow Radio
Germany
Japan
Herbert Hoover
United States
No Potatoes Surplus Halts as Europe Refuses Deliveries
John W. Mmaway of the Agriculture Department potato branch told the international emergency food council that thousands of bushels must be destroyed because Europe will not buy them. Refrigeration delays shipping, dehydration could allow exports, and the U S offered potatoes to European countries at cost of ration pains, with a raw product value around seven cents per pound.
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Europe
International Emergency Food Council
John W. Mmaway
Department of Agriculture
Americas
Nazis Executed In Largest World War II Mass Hanging
American court convicts forty nine guards and foremen of the Mauthausen camp for mass murder. More than 700000 victims of all nationalities were executed in Landsberg prison yard. The trial spanned two days with 22 men hanged on day one and 27 on day two.
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Mauthausen
Landsberg
New Plastic Fabric Promises Waterproof Household Use
A new translucent waterproof fabric boasts strength and easy laundering. It may replace shower curtains drapes bibs and other fabric items in kitchens and baths. The report notes potential uses and the material’s resistance to most acids and alkalis.
Concord Coach Plans to Join New Pilgrim Cross-Country League
Concord High School track coach W Harold O Connor plans to attend a Winchester meeting Thursday aimed at forming a new cross-country league in Greater Boston. The group may name the circuit the Pilgrim Cross-Country League including Concord and nearby towns.
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Concord
W. Harold O'Connor
Concord High School
Winchester
Boston
Pilgrim
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