Weekly News Analysis on Truman Welfare Plan and Austrian Pact
The Western Newspaper Union analysis surveys President Truman's push for a welfare department and NSLI dividends for veterans, while noting the Big Four nations reach agreement on an Austrian treaty. The column frames these moves as pivotal in domestic policy and postwar diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Western Newspaper Union
Council of Foreign Ministers
Russia
Germany
Berlin
Austria
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
U.S
Dean Acheson
Europe
Welfare More for Less Promotes a New Department Proposal
President Truman proposes a major reorganization including creating a department of welfare with a cabinet rank chief. He also suggests transferring agencies to streamline government and move key bodies directly under the president. The plan mirrors Hoover commission ideas but offers no immediate spending cuts, aiming for long term efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Department of Welfare
U.S
Labor Department
Defense
National Security Council
National Security and Resources Board
Post Office Department
Maritime Commission
Civil Service Commission
Public Roads Administration
Commerce Department
Hoover Commission On
Hoover Commission
VA to pay 2.8 billion in WWII GI life insurance dividends
The Veterans Administration announced that about 16 million veterans who held national service life insurance will receive an average of 175 each as dividends beginning next January. The payments come from an eight billion surplus and earnings, with eligibility for policies in force at least three months and issued before January 1, 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans’ Administration
Washington
G.I
Chlorophyll Toothpaste Promises Decay Prevention
A toothpaste with water soluble derivatives of chlorophyll is announced by Dr. Gustav W. Rapp of Loyola University’s dental school and assistant B. F. Gurney. The paste aims to eliminate conditions thought by dental authorities to cause decay and highlights chlorophyll’s green life essential role and prior successful uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustav W. Rapp
Loyola University
Dental School
B. F. Gurney
Rapp
Gurney
Universal Man Goethe Bicentennial in Aspen Draws World Guests
Visitors from many states and foreign lands converge on Aspen Colorado for the Goethe Bicentennial Convocation and Music Festival June 16 with Albert Schweitzer as lead lecturer. The event pairs a convocation with a music program highlighting Goethe's influence and early writer parallels to the atomic age. The festival features an impressive roster of scholars and performances based on Goethe's works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unior
Aspen
Colo
Albert Schweitzer
Equatorial “Africa
Goethe
Indicted Prominent Auto Maker Faces Mail Fraud Charges
Indictment charges Pres ton Tucker and five others with mail fraud and conspiracy in violation of the Securities and Exchange Act. Tucker counters with allegations the SEC halted Tucker car production, which planned a rear motor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Tucker
Tucker
Securities and Exchange Act
Securities and Exchange Commission
Harvard Rejects Communist Hunt Cites Free Study Broad Liberty
Harvard officials defend academic freedom and warn against harassment or intrusive scrutiny in the wake of anti Communist investigations. They argue that pushing such inquiries threatens the university’s freedom and integrity, saying the harm of uncovering a single clandestine party outweighs any benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Odest University
Republicans pledge housing bill to replace federal program
House Republicans said they would introduce a housing bill to substitute for the administration’s program. The measure would include plans for privately owned homes and some low rent properties. It would embody most of the administration’s slum clearance ideas.
Predators called competitors in Maryland game notes
The Monthly News Flashes urges new predator definitions in Maryland wildlife, labeling woods predator known as skunk, Brer Fox, Cooper's Hawk, Great Horned Owl and Bandit Crow as dangerous figures. It compares them to gangsters and notes the crow’s persistence beyond death in hunting lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monthly
Maryland Game and Inland Fish Commission
Woods Pussy
Skunk
Fox
Cooper
Jesse James
Marksman’s trick using three microsecond exposures
Technicians at Western Cartridge Company filmed a rifle firing feat with a Model 52 heavy barrel target rifle and 22 caliber ammo. The trick involved scraping the tip of the highest match while additional matches were added to heighten difficulty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Cartridge Company
Sewing Circle Patterns Junior Frock for Sub-Teens
Junior fashion pattern for a gay contrast yoked frock in two fabrics. Size 12 fits 11 to 18 with sleeves trimmed by three buttons. Pattern 8359 covers sizes 11 12 1 14 16 18 using 234 yards of fabric and a small contrast piece. Send for Spring and Summer FASHION-64 pages with patterns and free pattern inside. 25 cents.
Record Brownie Official Confirms Alaska Bear World Record
Brownie official confirmation given to Bob Reeve of Anchorage for a giant Alaskan Brown Bear killed near Cold Bay on May 26, 1948. The bear weighed 1800 pounds with a 12 foot 4 inch width and 10 foot 4 inch length, shot with a Model 95 Winchester 405 caliber at about 270 yards using 300 grain soft point bullets. First shot broke the left hip, second penetrated both shoulders and killed the bear instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Reeve
Anchorage
Alaska
Cold Bay
Reeve
Oldest in Family Gains Ground in Banter
A playful exchange pits a father and son over ageing and ambition while a teacup humor and aging jokes circulate. A girl defends prenatal influence with a quip about her mother being struck by a phonograph record before birth.
Fishermen chase legendary muskelunge Minnie Methuselah
Jamestown area anglers despair of catching Minnie Methuselah a 42 inch muskelunge in Chautauqua Lake. State conservation officers last netted her in 1945 after learning her size. Minnie tagged 230 and a price on her head remains with merchants offering rewards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Chautauqua Lake
State Conservation
Household Tips on Cleaning and Drying Fabrics
This note offers practical advice on keeping household items clean. It suggests washing floor mops in boiling soapsuds weekly with soda to loosen dirt, and a quick method to dry stockings by squeezing, rolling in a turkish towel for five minutes, then air drying.
Practical Household Tips From a Past Column
A kitchen doorway rubbers box suggestion notes a wood receptacle to keep rubbers and galoshes dry and reduce linoleum cleaning. A needle threading tip advises cutting thread on a slant to guide it through the eye. A tip recounts a mother labeling college trunks to recover items after sending a child away.
Percolator Coffee Brews Briefly After Amber Water
The instruction notes a short percolation time of five to ten minutes once the water turns amber. It emphasizes controlling extraction to avoid overbrewing and maintains a quick, efficient process.
Mountain Rest Joke in Married Couple Exchange
A humorous exchanged quip shows a husband urging rest in the mountains and a wife retorting that the air might not agree with her, followed by his jab about it being the first thing that wouldn’t. The light dialogue captures domestic humor.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dayton
Richard L. Porteh
Goodclean
Columbia
Capitol
Decca
Woules & Ulmee CO
Miles City
Mont
E. P. Ekegren, Inc
Harlem
Montana
Minneapolis-Moline
Horrigan Farms Prosser
Call Prosser
Inquire Rocket Corporation
SES
Rochester
Minnesota
Nelson Kenton
Oklahoma
Oxfly Cabinet Shop
Main Street
Parrish & Geant
Canyon City
Ore
Federa
Crater Lake
John Grant
Fort Klamath
Oregon
Cement Laboratories
Filedner
Portland
Bell & Howell
Ampro
Victor
DeVry
Keystone
Cali
Northern School Supply CO
Great Falls
J. W. Brown
Rox
Columbus
Ohio
W. J. Pryor CO
Webster
Oakland 9
John Deere
Q. M&. Wold CO
Billings
Chevrolet
Bouse Chevrolet
Bec
Coeur d'Alene
E. M. Scott Hayden
Idaho
A. C
Skagit
E Davis Machinery CO
Portland, Oregon
St. Aulsten
Mass
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Jr
White House
President Truman
Young Roosevelt
New York
Sol Bloom
Mr. Truman
Congress
HOUSE
Senate
Capitol Hill
Keating
N. Y
Man
Johann von Goethe
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers Union
Red Hunt
Sportsmans Mono
Jim Rhody
Betty
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
Brownie
George Washington
United States
Woody
Walter Lantz
Rogue River
Grants Pass
Lantz
Woody Woodpecker
Ousehold
Akes
Nursing
R. N
G.L
America
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!