Little German Girl in Bombed Nürnberg Sees War’s Aftermath
In Nuernberg's ruins a seven year old Hertha Strobl recalls a shattered home under the castle wall. She lists losses from bomb damage, scarce shoes and candy, and dreams of a future chocolate shop while describing life under Nazi era scars and postwar reconstruction.
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Nuernberg
Hertha Strobl
Strobls
Muernberg
Hertha
Strobl
Old City
Albrecht Durer
Julius Streicher
Germany
Frau Strobl
Herr Strobl
Russia
Bavaria
International Military Tribunal
We Bombed First Chorus German Boys
Two young German boys with little fuel to heat a schoolhouse discuss the Nazi war crimes trial. They express that the trial was too lenient and advocate violent retribution, saying they did it to the British and Americans.
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Nuernberg
Farm set by FSA buyer pays mortgage early in life
In 1939 Louis Olive bought a 120 acre Fairview, Florence area farm with a $4,080 FSA loan to buy land and build. Now the mortgage is paid. The Olives expanded crops and livestock, built a home, and followed a live at home plan producing food and surplus for market. Howard Olive pursues vocational agriculture and landscaped the home under a school program.
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Florence
Ala
Louis Olive
Fairview
Mabel Anderson
Farm Security Administration
Olive
Florence Herald
FSA
Howard Olive
Central High School
Name Your Price And You Can Buy Alien Properties
Washington sent James E. Markham as alien property custodian to sell patent licenses and run farms forests camps apartment houses and a 69 million dollar film company. He acts as detective corporation operator wine dealer rent collector custodian royalties diplomat and takes over household possessions of aliens. He invites sealed bids to buy farms scattered nationwide totaling over 46 000 acres with included assets.
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Walter A. Shead
Washington
James E. Markham
U. S
Vast land parcels, air travel interest drive postwar notes
The document lists 24 800 acres of agricultural land valued at 475 000, 460 acres of oil lands at 111 000, 14 070 acres wooded lands at 88 000, and 6 290 acres unimproved valued at 12 000. It notes Pacific coast and middle Atlantic concentrations with 70 parcels in California and other states. The alien property custodian holds 3 622 000 in real estate, rents totaling 174 000 last year, and is selling promptly. Texas leads private airplane registrations. A Gallup poll finds 25 percent of Americans want to learn to fly, with 30 percent of men and 22 percent of women wanting to be pilots. From Youngstown Ohio, three veterans toured the skies before settling, and jet propulsion tech, V 2 analytics, and early aviation discussions populate the text.
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Pacific Coast
Middle Atlantic States
California
Texas
Missouri
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York State
Bund
Gallup
Four Bronxville Couples Learn to Fly on Vacation
Cliff and Mary Rowland and John and Marion Lawson, two Bronxville couples, took two weeks of vacation to learn to fly and all four soloed. Each called the experience the finest vacation they’ve ever had and hinted at flying again next year.
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Cliff
Mary Rowland
John
Marion Lawson
Bronxville, N. Y
Nations Must Submerge Sovereignty for Peace
Washington notes from the United Nations security council discuss how veto power challenges progress toward peace. A Yale expert foresees a clash between veto rights and international collaboration, urging public will and atomic energy control to empower global action. Youth conferences in Portland and campuses may shift opinion toward yielding sovereignty to an international body.
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Hunter College
Bronx
N. Y
Security Council
United Nations
America
Mr. Stettinius
Executive Council
University of Chicago
Atomic Energy
Corbett
Department of Political Science
Yale University
Security Council of the
Portland
Ore
Northwestern States
British Columbia
General MacArthur
Barbs on military dress and zeal for satire
A satirical column pokes at a potential army navy air corps merger and mockingly questions uniforms. It jokes about an invisible guest at the table and contrasts moral flaws with consumer costs, ending with a zany note on international diplomacy and the Bear.
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Army-Navy Air Corps
Army
Air Corps
Sunsuit Pattern 909 Offered For Easy Sewing
A yard remnant and scraps create a sun suit with transfer bibs pockets and pattern pieces for sizes 1 2 3 and 4. High demand means longer wait times for a few popular pattern numbers and orders should be sent to the listed name and address.
Hotels Tailor Rooms To Individual Guest Tastes
A large New York hotel keeps 650,000 guest profiles detailing likes and dislikes and restricts luggage via the main entrance. A second large hotel outfits staff in 83 uniforms, employs 33 languages, and provides on demand room heat even in summer.
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New York
Collier's
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Pauline Frederick Wiu
United States
Alabama
John Dunn
Manchester
Union
Farm Bureau and
AIR
American Farm Bureau Federation
Youngstown
I. E. Holt
F. Devine
P. DeMatteo
Washington, D. C
Hero
Greece
Cessna
Wichita
Kans
Aviation
Washington Digest
By Baukhage
WNU Service
Eye Street
N. W
Baukhage
Bankhage
United Nations Council
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
W. Randolph St
Chicago
Mary Marti McKesson
Bridgeport Conn
Barry
Doen
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