Little White House Becomes Georgia Shrine For Presidents
The Warm Springs Infantile Paralysis Foundation turned over the five room Roosevelts cottage to Georgia to run as a museum and national shrine. Built in 1932 for 8700 dollars it housed Roosevelt last days and his final words in the living room. Shangri la near Maryland served as another wartime retreat named by Roosevelt and used by Truman for privacy.
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Washington
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Park Avenue
White House
Maryland
Shangri-la
Truman
Mrs. Truman
Lynn
Paul Smith
Kirkwood
Irvin Kirkwood
Coolidge
Black Hills
South Dakota
Rapid City
Wisconsin
Superior
Cedar Lodge
Hoover
Rapidan
Blue Ridges
Commonwealth of
Presidents and their summer White House hideaways
The piece traces presidential summer retreats from Buchanan to Hoover and beyond, noting Lincoln Cottage, Cleveland Park, Sagamore Hill, Shadow Lawn, Shadow Lawn’s Shadows, and later sites like Coolidge camps, Virgina and Georgia retreats, and the idea that future presidents may choose private dream-houses without extra cost to taxpayers.
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Potomac
Washington
United States Army
Arthur
Lincoln
Cottage
Eagle Gate
City of
White House
Lincoln Cottage
Grover Cleveland
Red Oak
Cleveland Park
Cleveland
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay
Beverly
Mass
Wilson
Cornish
N. H
New Jersey
Harding
Coolidge
Swampscott
White Court
New England
Rockunc “Ebast
Dust Bowl fears linger as wheat boom reshapes West
Western farmers and bankers warn that plowing virgin range for $2 wheat could revive the dust bowl era. Suitcase farmers move in with tractors while land values rise to 15 to 25 dollars per acre. Corn outlook may recover. weather and erosion risk loom large.
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West
Outgrowing Its Name Kansas Farmland News
Revel in moisture graces western Kansas as wheat fields surge tall and lush. Moisture soaks ground 8 to 12 feet deep while May rainfall hits 5.28 inches and the wheat season total soars, creating vast fields and record growth across the short grass country.
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Garden City
Kan
Great High Plains
Kansas
Colorado Foothills
WU Wesley
Corn Prospects for Minnesota and South Dakota Fair Crop Hope
As July opens, Midwest farmers see fair prospects for corn in Minnesota and South Dakota but warn that a long period of favorable weather is essential. Frequent heavy rains must stop to let saturated fields dry and planted acreage in Minnesota recover.
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Kesota
South Dakota
Midwest
Minnesota
Corn Belt
Conflicting Plans Halting Western Europe Reconstruction
The rift between Russia and Western powers widens over Europe reconstruction. Molotov opposes an imposed economic program for smaller nations while Bevin and Bidault push a broad rebuild plan. Britain and France back self help, likely proceeding without Russia with a four year framework, seeking American credits and aid.
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V. M. Molotov
Europe
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
Molotov
Britain
France
Great Britain
Russia
Marshall denounces Soviet critique of European recovery plan
Secretary of State George Marshall rejects Soviet claims that U S aid to Europe is imperialist in motive. He denounces Moscow charges as malicious distortions and contrasts U S world aid with Soviet grandizement in Europe.
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George Marshall
Europe
United States
Favorable Forecast Downward Price Trend Seen
A Bankers Trust report on The Price Level predicts a likely downward price index move over the next year as postwar inflation eases. It notes possible brief gains in some manufactured goods but expects declines in farm and food prices, aided by high employment, strong savings, and liquid assets, with risks from weather and crop prospects.
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New York
Bankers Trust Company
Roy L. Reierson
Bank
Economic Department
Precautions Listed For Polio Outbreak
Dr. Hart E. Van Riper urges six simple rules to prevent infantile paralysis during summer outbreaks. Wash hands before eating keep flies from food avoid polluted waters avoid over tiring and follow physician advice on tonsil adenoid operations and cold-water shocks. Through September is peak time with last year the worst in three decades and current cases under last year's pace though still counting.
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Hart E. van Riper
National Foundation For
van Riper
U. S. Public Health Service
Fireman Helps Fight Blaze At His Own Home
Lynchburg Virginia Randall Hudson a city fireman was off duty yet helped extinguish a fire at his home 215 Lansing Avenue in a quick response. Neighbors reported the incident and no injuries were noted.
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Lynchburg
Randall Hudson
Lansing Avenue
Shoplifter Original Yet Ends Badly In Two-Store Scheme
Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania reports James M. Butler attempted a two store shoplifting spree. He took a luncheon set an electric iron and a sweater valued at twenty dollars. A second attempt aroused suspicion and police were called.
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Hollidaysburg
James M. Butler
North Dakota Flying Farmers Elect President At Convention
Lorin Duemeland of Bismarck elected president of the North Dakota Flying Farmers and Ranchers Association at the convention’s closing sessions. The Dakota Flyer edited by Geneva Show was named official association publication. The first annual Illinois air tour visited 16 communities on a 731 mile route to raise awareness for local airport authorities.
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Lorin Duemeland
Bismarck
North Dakota Flying Farmers and Ranchers Association
Dakota Flyer
Geneva
Harmon Cranz
Ira
Summit County
Ohio
Akron
Cranz
Parks College of Aeronautical Technology
East St. Louis
Ill
Bentham Skeleton Attends University College Board Meetings
Jeremy Bentham’s skeleton has attended the University College London hospital board meetings for over a century. Died in 1832, the physics of his will directs the chair and seating positions remain as in life, with the skeleton present at each session.
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Jeremy Bentham
Bentham
University College In London
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