Alabama to Play Virginia Tech in October Clash
The note recalls Alabama scheduling Virginia Tech for a fall football game and contrasts it with Washington & Lee. It reflects regional rivalries, with Virginia Tech described as the Gobblers and the piece anticipating a notable Tide-VCU style showdown in the October date, leaving W and L as distant neighbors in spirit.
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Alabama
VPI
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Washington & Lee
V. P
Crimson Tide
Grenada Rejects Plan To Reactivate Camp McCain
Local residents in Grenada Mississippi oppose federal plans to reactivate Camp McCain citing prior inconveniences like camp construction and a dam project. The congressman urged a second look but Grenada voters ultimately turn down the funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grenada
Mississippi
McCain
Municipal Parking Lots Take Shape In Asheville
A Southern city moves into parking lot ownership to ease congestion. Asheville North Carolina opens municipally run lots with a 30 car capacity, charging 25 cents daily or 3 dollars monthly to cover debt. The piece notes debates over private versus municipal operation and cites similar moves nationwide.
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Asheville
N. C
Anderson (Sc) Daily Mail
Speed Limit Reform Proposed to Cut Alabama Highway Deaths
The Anniston Star urges Alabama lawmakers to set maximum highway speeds for autos at 65 by day and 55 at night, with trucks lower by about 10 mph. It notes Alabama lacks a fixed limit and argues high speeds raise fatality risk, while slow moving vehicles also threaten safety.
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Alabama
Anniston Star
Star
Evergreen Courant
Evergreen
Mobilizer Wilson urged to reshuffle tax amortization officials
Washington colleagues launch a blunt probe into tax amortization abuses tied to wartime production. Rep Porter Hardy and a subcommittee demand personnel changes at the National Production Authority led by Frank Creedon, warning of further action if cooperation fails. Wilson concedes need for fixes as the panel pledges continued pressure.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
House
Porter Hardy
Virginia
Wilson
Frank Creedon
National Production Authority
Creedon
Tanforan
Columbus
Ohio
Burger Brewing Company
Cincinnati
NPA
Hardy Committee
Congressman Hardy
Jack Shelley
California
Dick Bolling
Missouri
Walter Riehlman
New York
Smuggling to Russia Reveals War Material Exports
A confidential State Department report via U. S. High Commissioner John J. McCloy estimates 250 million dollars in ball bearings chemicals carbon black nickel machine tools airplane parts steel tubing bomb cases and scrap iron flow behind the iron curtain annually. A November 1949 Düsseldorf meeting linked East German communists with Ruhr industrialists promising an unlimited market for steel products and tools in China Czechoslovakia Romania Hungary and Austria.
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Russia
State Department
U. S
John J. McCloy
McCloy
Dusseldorf
Ruhr
China
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Hungary
Austria
Luck and the mind that shapes it
A reflection on luck as a product of preparation and mindset. It argues that self-belief, attitude, and disciplined effort create opportunity, while dwelling on failures invites bad luck and poor outcomes. The piece urges proactive self-improvement to write one’s own ticket in life.
Ruhr Firms Advertised in Communist Press Despite U S Rules
The passage says Ruhr manufacturers evaded American bans on shipments to the iron curtain by placing ads in Eastern German communist newspapers last winter. It notes Guetthoffnungs Werke and Demag as examples, both large Marshall Plan aid recipients, with reports detailing how to bypass U S restrictions.
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Ruhr
Hitler
Iron Curtain
Germany
Guetthoffnungs Werke
Demag
U. S
Defense to bill halts reservist call ups amid veterans risk
The Defense Department plans a bill to freeze all current reservists in the armed forces reserves with WWII veterans not to be called except in a congressional emergency. Senator Wiley urges Labor Department to probe labor union racketeering and aid the Senate crime committee over hoodlums in the labor movement and Chicago Teamsters violence. Pat Hurley sought special counsel to GOP on the MacArthur controversy to question Acheson, but Republicans will handle it themselves overturning prior strategy.
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Defense Department
Congress
Wiley
Wisconsin
Labor Department
Senate Crime Committee
Chicago Teamsters’ Union
Pat Hurley
China
MacArthur
State Acheson
Acheson
GOP
Sena
Arizona's Democratic Machine Faces Long Record of Corruption
A Tucson jury failed to reach a verdict in the Bryce H. Wilson case. The piece denounces Arizona politics as immature and corrupt, cites numerous convictions of Democratic officials, and argues reform is insufficient without broader state competence and war-driven industries.
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Tucson
Arizona
New York
Boston
Jersey City
Kansas City
St. Louis
White House
Florida
Kefauver
Howard Pyle
H. S. Hendricks
Sullivan
Frank E. Tippetts
Gila County
Herman Lewkowitz
Lewkowitz
Tippetts
Democratic
Hyde Park
Independence
Ambassador O'Dwyer Comes Through Despite Fire From Labor Leaders
The Kefauver inquiry fallout reaches Ambassador O'Dwyer as accusations surface that he blocked a Mexican note seeking the transfer of strikebreaking Mexican workers in California. The column reports he instead relayed the note to Washington within 24 hours, prompting federal inquiries and hearings in Calexico to identify nonstruck areas for worker relocation.
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William O'Dwyer
Kefauver Crime Committee
California
Ambassador O'Dwyer
Imperial Valley
Frank O’dwyer
Imperial Valley Farmers Association
Mexico
United States
Mexico City
O’dwyer
State Department
Washington
Labor Department
Calexico
O'Dwyer
Government is Your Business referenced in Father Keller book
The column parodies a forthcoming book by Father James Keller noting a letter about loyalty checks and praising the State Department. It discusses Czechoslovakia restricting travel, radio free Europe broadcasts, and reports from escapees, plus A-bomb tests at Eniwetok, civil defense safety, and opinions on atomic artillery and road lighting reducing traffic fatalities.
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New York
INS
James Keller
Washington
State Department
Czechoslovakia
Radio Free Europe
America
Burhania
Ana Pauker
Lomnice
Bohemia
Hungary
Eniwetok
Atomic Energy Commission
Civil Defense
Red Cross
P. S
Korea
Fox seeks five real kin of biblical figures for promotion
In a promotion for David And Bathsheba Fox wants five authentic blood relatives. Reported names include Darby Moss of Media Pennsylvania Eugenia Anne Hearne of Jacksonville Texas Carl Tolles Baldwin of New Haven Connecticut Mrs John R Lindahl of Cincinnati Ohio and Ethel S Ginther of Brooklyn New York.
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David
Bathsheba
20Th Century Fox
Darby Moss
Media
Eugenia Anne Hearne
Jacksonville
Tex
Carl Tolles Baldwin
New Haven
Baby Tucker Develops Teeth at Record Pace in Carlsbad
In Carlsbad New Mexico six month old Robert Verne Tucker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Tucker, reportedly has eight teeth, well ahead of typical milestones for infants twice his age. Observers note he had four teeth at four months and continues to grow rapidly.
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Carlsbad
N. M
Robert Verne Tucker
Bobby
Robert L. Tucker
Chicago Board of Trade ends six day week
The Chicago Board of Trade will close Saturdays from June through October. no further Saturday sessions until October 6 after a close vote by members. The move ends the six day week tradition, one of the last major markets to stay open on Saturdays in summer.
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Chivagy
Chicago Board of Trade
Grain Exchange
Ethiopia’s Kingdom's Ancient Roots Span Two Millennia
The Ethiopian Kingdom stands as a 2000 plus year-old civilization with enduring cultural and political legacy across Africa.
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Washington Pipeline
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Maine
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T. W. Cunningham Construction Company
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John L. Sullivan
Osborne
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Maricopa County
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Navajo County
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A. F. Dickerson
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