Brannan Faces Backlash Over Price Support Enforcement
The article assesses Secretary of Agriculture Brannan enforcing the price support law to the letter on potatoes, cotton, and peanuts, arguing it fuels consumer resentment and raises prices. It notes farm income declines, government purchases inflate payments, and cites tax questions tied to farmer cooperatives urged by the National Tax Equality Association as part of the debate.
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Charles Brannan
Brannan
Canada
House
Ways and Means Committee
Noah Mason
Illinois
Robert L. Doughton
North Carolina
National Tax Equality Association
Congress
The Mattress Alibi in a Westchester Kidnapping Tale
A reformed mob associate recalls a candy-store extortion tale from the East Side. An old man named Bonowitz concealed a mobster in a cellar and mattresses to dodge a robbery, then delivered a lavish escape as the hoodlums planned a murder by a river bridge.
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Man of Extinction
Bonowitz
Dutch Schultz
Jersey
Ronowitz
Westchester
AFL and NAM clash over labor farmer alliance in Washington
NAM charges AFL fielded a political program to unite labor farmers and small business, aiming for control. AFL’s action analyzed three key votes in the 81st Congress, naming 26 senators and 81 representatives as opposing workers’ and small business interests.
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National Association of Manufacturers
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Farmer, Labor and Small Business Alliance
AFL League For Political Action
House
Senate
John Carson
Federal Trade Commission
AFL
Carson
NAM
Congress
Farmer, Labor and
Small Businessman
United Automobile Worker
Robert R. Young
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
New York Central
Bonds Stolen After Late-Night Break-In at Rowland Estate
A caretaker describes a night intrusion in which negotiable bonds were taken from a safe behind the fireplace. A clash left him briefly unconscious and suspicion falls on the caretaker, who recalls tensions with police officer Felix and hints at an internal setup as lights fail and a chase unfolds.
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Rowland
Felix
Chris
Elvira
Nemmnine
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An elderly man braces as a gangster grins and begins undoing chains, delivering a terse line about how the moment felt like being in a mattress.
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Pop
Crossword Puzzle Clue List From Last Week
Last week’s crossword included departures and terms such as depart cipher journeyed disease of sheep macaw Braz Contributed to a common fund ship canal N Eur Jewish month Scarch Born Doctrine chart radium symbol by way of bitter vetch play on words Depart Lukewarm Jewish Refuse to grant
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N. Eur
Studio audiences spark renewed interest in The Goldbergs stars
The CBS Saturday Night broadcasts bring Gertrude Berg and the cast before live studio audiences for the first time in 20 years. Fans request seats to see Molly Jake Rosalie and Sammy, proving the illusion remains strong despite the era. Vanessa Brown joins Three Husbands with Emlyn Williams. Pierre the chimp debuts in My Friend Irma Goes West opposite Jerry Lewis. Cornel Wilde Maureen O Hara rehearse fencing for Sons of the Musketeers. Bob Hawks to marry Mary Rechner after replacement found. The Tattooed Stranger uses New York as backdrop from Bowery to the Bellevue morgue.
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Gertrude Berg
Hydrogen bomb cost doubts and secret funding debate
Scientists told a congressional committee there is no way to fix hydrogen bomb costs until it is built. They said costs would be far less than earlier multi billion estimates because existing bomb making equipment can be repurposed. Officials said the H bomb could be produced for about 80 million dollars and that funding is veiled in a 450 million deficiency bill. President Truman pressed for support and Senate leaders exchanged exchanges over applause and a national science foundation.
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TOM
Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Committee Behind Closed Doors
House
Last Request Sparks Marriage Plot Amid Lunatic Tale
A dying man asks his wife Mary to marry Abner Jones six months after his death, scoring a shock to her and revealing a tense domestic scene. An escaped lunatic story dominates page one as a boy asks his father how lunatics are caught, who responds with comical misconceptions.
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Mary
Stanley
Abner Jones
Lewis Turns Friendly With Photographers After Image Makeover
Washington photographers marvel at the "new John L. Lewis" as he fronts sessions with coal operators and smiles for the camera aided by publicist Justin McCarthy. In a separate clash, George Love of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal calls Lewis’s 400000 miners claim an infamous lie and tells him he is a liar by the clock. President Truman jokes about collecting gavels and Bibles after a gavel gift from Senator Humphrey.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Justin McCarthy
George Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Love
Mr. Love
Truman
Humphrey
Minnesota
Vigo Rasmussen
Minneapolis
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