Ancient Port To Defend Rights In Kent Confederation
Hythe, Hastings, Romney, Dover and Sandwich formed a Cinque Ports confederation defending medieval privileges. Kent council proposals to merge Hythe, Folkestone, and Elham threaten their local rights. Town Clerk Roddis seeks Churchill help to block modern centralization.
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Hythe
England
Traian
English Channel
Kent
Hastings
Romney
Dover
Sandwich
Britain
R J, Roddis
Kent County
British teachers to attend German study course in Burnewick
About 80 British teachers and nine members of the inspectorate will take part in a vacation course for German language instruction in Burnewick in the British zone this summer. Prominent Germans will lecture on present day conditions in Germany.
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Germany
Hamburg
Burnewick
Inspectorate of Schools
Cost of Expanded Social Security vs Railroad Retirement
Clarke Beach analyzes the Truman social security plan by comparing it with the railroad retirement system. He notes proposed tax rates, future funding needs, and the relative benefits and earnings limits, highlighting differences in coverage restrictions and government participation.
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Clarke Beach
Washington
Truman
Council
Edward R. Stittinius, Jr
Railrod
Femme Fatale of Royal Air Force Jinxed Bomber Squad
Dr D Stafford-Clark relays the tale of a WAAF officer dubbed the Femme Fatale who dated many bomber fliers until two were killed. Crew mates called her a jinx and a captain banned her from dating on risk grounds.
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London
D. Stafford-Clark
Royal Air Force
Journal of Mental Science
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
WAAF
Police thankful husband lacked trigger finger in Albany
Albany officers say a husband found his wife in bed with another man and held a loaded rifle on them. Detectives Gordon Stokes and J A McDonald responded to a noon call and restrained the couple, noting the lover’s movements and the husband’s intent.
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Albany
Gordon Stokes
J. A. McDonald
Finished manufactures account for seventy percent of exports
A historical report notes that finished manufactures constitute about 70 percent of American exports, reflecting the era's trade balance and industrial output. It discusses the prominence of manufactured goods in national commerce and hints at the economic shift toward industrialization.
Miners to Return Monday After Two Week Protest
Miners plan to march back to coal pits east of the Mississippi on Monday ending a memorial protest lasting two weeks. The stoppage cost an estimated 55.56 million in wage losses and included four days of activity by soft coal miners before observing John Mitchell Day.
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Pittsburgh
Mississippi
John Mitchell
Mitchell
United Mine Worker
Credit Pablish
Pennsylvania
New Kensington
Waynesburg
John L.lewis
UMW
James Boyd
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Lewis
Senate
Boyd
Spawning Salmon Face New Age Test Under Scientific Rule
Maywood, March 26. Salmon heading upriver to spawn next spring face an added hazard as scientists require age data from the 1949 catch. Age is read from scales under a microscope revealing rings like a tree, indicating whether the fish spent time in fresh or salt water and aiding quality tests of the new pack by the American Can company.
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Maywood
Rainmaking Experiments Called Unending Tower of Babel
In Johannesburg on March 26 Rev. J. J. Jordaan dismissed experiments in artificial rainmaking as an unfinished Tower of Babel. He spoke as authorities reported a unanimous decision or stance on the issue, criticizing the project as never reaching completion.
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Johannesburg
Tower of Babel
J. J. Jordaan
Folsom Attacks State Senate in Huntsville Speech
Governor James E. Folsom criticized the state senate in Huntsville calling lawmakers cowards while backing his pension plan and TVA style watershed development. He urged older residents to support his programs including road building and teacher pay, promising a Folsom administration will push his agenda.
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Huntsville
Ala
James E. Folsom
State Senate
Rain control debated by Dutch Reformed Church members
In a historic parle about church action two South African communities resolved to petition the prime minister for laws prohibiting weather experiments. They argued scriptures show only God can command rain and stressed divine sovereignty over natural events.
Folsom assails Senate as cowards in Alabama remarks
In Scottsboro and Collinsville the Alabama Governor labeled the Senate cowardly for not acting on his program and praised supporters including Jackson and Rep. John Snodgrass. He warned voters to ask legislators next spring if they backed the Governor or opposed him, saying he has faced more opposition than before.
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Scottsboro
Senate
Folsom
Jackson
John Snodgrass
Snodgrass
Collinsville
Alabama
Papa
Little words most used in Chicago study
Dr Ernest Horn of Iowa notes in a Childcraft article that ten words dominate a 5,000,000 word corpus. The top terms are I the and to a you of in we and for with only four multi syllable words among the fifty frequent items.
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Chicago
Ernest Horn
University of Iowa
Literacy Gap and Mail Volume Slash Indian Postal Reach
In 1948 India with 325 million people, only ten percent literate, handled 226.3 million letters and post cards. Indian post offices sold stamps and stationery valued at 46 million dollars last year.
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Indian Postal Report
New Delhi
India
iIndian Post Offices
Hat size claims spark debate over standard D measurement
Hat makers assert the typical American man wears a size D hat, prompting industry debate about standardization and fit diversity across brands and regions.
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