Grass roots country dominates U S government says study
An analysis in The American Press December issue shows 76 of 96 Senators or 79 percent come from rural majorities and 54 percent of Representatives represent more rural counties. It notes 42 Senators and 132 Representatives have weekly newspapers as their hometown papers and that rural voices steer lawmaking.
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American Press
Rhode Island
Connecticut
America
Coal From England Heralds A Coal Crisis
A 1947 shipment figure is cited, then a Boston firm awaits British coal after work stoppages. The piece blames John L. Lewis for forced mine shutdowns, noting miners lose pay while operators push output. It warns fuel shortages push users to alternatives, risking coal's economic role.
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England
Boston Coal Company
Welch
John L. Lewis
Lewis
War Taxes Should Be Repealed Across Transport Items
Congress should repeal wartime excise taxes on many goods and on rail, bus, and plane tickets. Labor unions, manufacturers, retailers, consumer groups, economists, and Secretary Sawyer support repeal. Taxes were emergency measures, now harm sales and employment, reducing retail trade and living standards.
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Congress
Commerce Sawyer
Soviet claims on inventions spark morale debate
The article cites Edmund Stevens and a Soviet magazine to claim Russians invented many key technologies before others. It argues such morale boosting propaganda reflects official aims to vindicate national pride and boost confidence, while noting distrust of Soviet distortions. It also recounts a tale of British Communist wit and Bedell Smith's Moscow experiences about democracy meanings and Western misreadings in diplomacy.
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Yablochko
Yakobi
Marconi
Popov
Wright Brothers
Mozhaisk
St. Petersburg
Wrights
Kitt
Hawk
Edmund Stevens
Christian Science Monitor
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Literary Gazette
Moscow
England
Stalin
Walter Bedell Smith
Saturday Evening Post
Secretary Marshall
Politburo
Nulgehbers and Friends Invite Celebration
Nulgehbers and friends extend heartfelt invitation to join a celebration on January 20, 1921. The note requests attendance and marks a cheerful gathering with likely local community ties.
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Nulgehbers
Man's windfall leads to sidewalk dispute over Clarke place
Slim Henderson bought the Clarke place and gained title to the sand to the street. He began removing sidewalk for a lawn but then pledged to keep the sidewalks for the common good after a confrontation at Andy's Tavern. The piece notes a friendlier viewpoint post dispute.
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Slim Henderson
Slim
Clarke Place
Britain’s price fixing contrasts with American free enterprise
A Reader's Digest piece by Henry J Taylor argues Britain has long run a system of price fixing by manufacturers, middlemen, and retailers, effectively a control of scarcity. The Portland Oregonian editorial cites the contrast with the US, where competition and price cutting drive abundance versus Britain’s constrained market.
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Henry
J Taylor
England
Taylor
Britain
Portland, Oregonian
Coal at the Year s End Under Monopolized Labor Threat
Near year end the coal supply showed strain as demand rises in cold weather. Major users including railroads faced uncertain futures while miners and families suffered a bleak Christmas due to sector shutdowns. Critics blame John L. Lewis for a nationwide labor monopoly blocking mining and raising costs, urging Congress to enforce antitrust laws to curb the power of the coal unions.
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John L. Lewis
Congress
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