Bi Partisan Sessions Shape 80th Congress Leadership
President Truman pursues bi partisan talks with congressional leaders to ease cooperation in the 80th Congress. George A. Dondero, Joseph W. Martin Jr., and Charles A. Halleck emerge as key figures shaping public works policy,House leadership, and party strategy amid postwar politics.
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Walter A. Shead
Washington
Truman
Joseph W. Martin JR
Mass
House
Massachusetts
Republican National Committee
Martin
Congress
North Attleboro Evening Chronicle
Tidewater
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Rep
Mich
Roosevelt
Rural highway red light at Natural Bridge averts crashes
In a remote Shenandoah Valley stretch on Highway 11 near Natural Bridge Virginia a red traffic signal warns drivers of a 90 foot span over a 215 foot gorge. Two years in place the device reduced crashes from 28 in ten years including 12 fatalities and injuries to 53. The system uses underground wiring and a detector arm and only turns green when vehicles slow to under 25 mph.
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Natural Bridge
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Highway Department
Seventh Day Cottage Built In One Week by Clark Family
Otis Clark and his uncle Noah from Winters quickly built a modern cottage in Madison California. They purchased a vacant lot examined lumber yards across Sacramento Woodland Winters Madison for supplies. Eight days after starting they moved into the finished home with Noah praising the rapid effort.
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Madison
Calif
Clarks
Missouri
Otis Clark
Noah Clark
Winters
Otis
Sacramento
Woodland
Noah
Petticoat Officials Take Grass Lake Run City Hall
Grass Lake Michigan elects seven women in April to form the first all female village administration led by Helen McCall the first woman president. They ran as a joke but vow to act on local needs with no fixed program while defeating a young men ticket and urging voter turnout. The new slate includes Mae Riethmiller Mabel Hagadon Thelma Snodgrass Marjorie Foster and Iona Wright along with McCall.
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Grass Lake
Mich
Ione Wright
Marjorie Foster
Helen McCall
Mabel Hagadon
Mae Riethmiller
Thelma Snodgrass
Miss McCall
Leon Lockwood
McCall
Iona Wright
Rochelle Ill airport becomes Class 1 field with new runways
Illinois designates Rochelle airport as Class 1 with two gravel runways 2200 feet each and a turf strip 2600 feet. Other notes cover Shelby Montana’s CAA project start May 1 at an estimated 230000, plus Fort Dodge Iowa bond vote and plans for a compact regional airport near Council Bluffs.
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Rochelle
Ill
Montana
CAA
Shelby
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Council Bluffs
J. A. Fergus
Wichita
Kas
Omaha
Verona
C. E. Atterberry
Glen Calhoun
Flying Ices
South Dakota
Jess Randall Ice
Inland - Western Airlines
Rapid City
Black Hills
Jess Ice
Clyde Ice
Hand Looms Revived For Weaving Tweeds
BROWNSTOWN PA In an ancient grist mill on Conestoga creek remodeled in 1855 style a centuries old craft weaving woolen fabrics on hand looms has been revived Walter Desager a native Swiss and former mill operator in Scotland and England supervised five looms built by a Lancaster carpenter from plans by Desager Inexperienced laborers were trained by him The hand loom method though slower yields high quality fabrics for tweed used in men s and women s wear The mill interior includes a Pennsylvania Dutch room for show and employee use.
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Brownstown
Conestoga Creek
Walter Desager
Scotland
England
Lancaster
Desager
Aging woman claims 108 years in interview
In Chattanooga Tennessee Barrett the elderly Black woman says she is 108 years old and notes her father died at 129 and her mother at 119, describing a long concern over a weak heart.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Mattie Barrett
Oklahoma Grants Jury Service to Women
Oklahoma approves a bill extending jury service to women who can vote. Exemption is allowed for women with children under 12 years of age. The measure ends the prior denial of women serving on juries and aligns civic duties with voting rights.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Okla
Mellott
Bainville
Mont
Big Sister VAle Matthews breaks into radio spotlight
Virginia Vale Race Matthews, new Big Sister star and Royal Academy of Dramatic Art graduate, began radio with a bang knocking a script from a colleague. She has Canadian awards, acted with Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Ralph Bellamy, and joined American CBS after a general audition.
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Race Matthews
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
London
Canada
Cedric Hardwicke
Ralph Bellamy
Charles Boyer
Bees and mobs dominate scenes in major studio productions
The article notes the largest mob scenes since Intolerance were made for Keeper of the Bees at Columbia Sunset studios. It mentions 60 000 bees for a Sturges directed mob and a destroyed ship galley set for Assigned to Treasury. Signe Hasso and Anne Baxter are highlighted with Baxter as a strong supporting actress prospect for Letter to Five Wives.
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D. W. Griffith
Columbia
Sunset Studio
Griffith
John Sturges
Treasury
Anne Baxter
20Th Century -Fox
Cookie Bumstead Eyes Third Oscar Picture
Marlene Aames known as Cookie Bumstead on CBS Blondie has appeared in two Academy Award films and hopes to start a third. Ray Milland has invited her to join The Big Clock with stars including Charles Laughton and Maureen O Sullivan.
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Marlene Aames
Cookie Bumstead
Ray Milland
Him
Charles Laughton
Maureen O'Sullivan
Burl Ives Meets Maylia Singing Chinese Folk Songs
Burl Ives travels across the country collecting folk songs while Maylia, Hollywood's new Chinese actress discovery, teaches him songs from her homeland. Their collaboration hints at Burl's advantage over film producers who underestimate Maylia's singing talent.
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Burl
When Jack Barry Invites Robin Morgan to Juvenile Jury
Robin Morgan, the busiest child model in a major agency, is invited by Jack Barry to join his Juvenile Jury. Candy Jones discovered her last year and provided expert training.
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Jack
Barry
Robin Morgan
Candy Jones
Radio sponsors eye new program in same vein
The piece notes sponsors of Ladies Be Seated Give and Take and Meet the Missus considering another radio program of similar type. It mentions Jack Temple brother of Shirley as assistant director on Framed, John Loder recounts an odd moment in Dishonored Lady, Elliott Reid newly free from Paramount joining the Suspense cast.
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Jack Temple
Shirley
Glenn Ford
John Loder
Hedy Lamerr
Dennis O'Keefe
Elliott Reid
Paramount
Storing Butter Tips for Refrigerated Freshness
The best place to store butter is a refrigerator where the temperature stays below ten degrees Celsius or, even better, below zero. This guidance emphasizes keeping dairy products cold to preserve quality and prevent spoilage.
Courade Rite Aimed to Vow Bond During Confinement
The ancient custom Courade required a father to retire to bed and fast or abstain from certain foods at his wife's confinement. The practice likely arose from a desire to emphasize the father's bond with his newborn child.
Distillation products form base for pest control sprays
Distillation products of petroleum form the base for contact sprays used on dairies, food plants, warehouses, public buildings and homes to combat fires and pests. Emulsions from petroleum products control scale insects and other pests in plants. Petroleum sulfonates act as emulsifying and wetting agents.
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Chicago
By-Products & Chemical Corp,incorporated
Taville
Kentucky
Securi
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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Dees
THE
Washington Scene
GOP
White House
George A. Dondero
Public Works
Dondero
West Virginia
Senate
St. Lawrence
Michigan
Detroit
Oakland County
CIO Auto Workers Union
Cio-Pac
United States
Bristol County
Norfolk
Worcester
Middlesex
PAC
Majority
Charles A. Halleck
House Republicans
Harmony
Halleck
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Jasper County
Ind
Indiana University
Rensselaer
Circuit
Indiana
National Republican Congressional Committee
WNU
Jbson
Scottsbluff
Neb
Rockies
Father Blase Schumaker
Vernal
Colo
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Western Newspaper Union
Virginia Vale
CBS
Ted Huston
Warner Bros
Sierra Madre
Humphrey Bogart
Jack Holt
Tin
Walter Huston
John
Henry Carey
Nevada
Jane
the Outlaw
Russell
Kay Kyser
Grace Matthews
Louisiana
BERRY
S U
Sunflower Hatchery
W. Maple, Wichits
Kan
Call Or Write Office Equipment Co
Remington Rand
E. Broadway
Butte, Mont
Schulz
West
Oregon State College
Portland
Oregon
Rogue
Iinois
Centralia
Waowa
Mine Dept. Realty Service Corp
Stark
Zone 4
Portland, Ore
Fox
Billings, Montana
Monarch Bulb Farm
Kalamazoo, Mich
DR. Sullivan
First Avenue
Armstrong Rubber Co
West Haven
Conn
Wally
Pi “Great Falls
Butte
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