Opportunities and oddities in postwar public life
A long feature mixes editorials on labor gangsterism, Henry Ford as a symbol of opportunity, cancer control progress, and Greece’s royal dowry in a broad 1940s American newspaper voice. It argues for reforms, reflects on Ford’s legacy, and notes U S foreign aid debates tied to Greece and Turkey.
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Wagf Tonight
Fulton Lewis Jr
MBS
Cecil Brown
Sports Review
Crime Club
Opinion
Aire
Cabriel Heatter
Juance Triumph
Griff Williams
Orch
Joe Ludy
Mutual
Malone
AP News
Art Tatum
Harrington
Henry Bluestone
Blackwood Brothers Quartet
The
Dinning Sisters
Market & News
Light Court
Goodyear Band Review
Hee AP News
American Cancer Society
Tom Mix
Breach of Faith on Alcohol Near Schools in Alabama
The recissitive interim committees urged the ABC Board to refuse licenses to sell intoxicating beverages within two city blocks of schools. The report argued that such sales undermine wholesome schooling and called for accountability, insisting beer be kept away from school areas to uphold a respectable legalization system.
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Bama
Alabama
Labor Bill Faceoff Shapes Senate Panel Clash
The Senate labor committee fixed the main outline after weeks of backroom fighting. Taft Morse Jenner push a tougher bill with veto risk, Morse arguing for public welfare and separate passage of key provisions.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Bob Taft
Oregon
Wayne Morse
Truman
Taft
John L. Lewis
Joe Ball
Minnesota
William Jenner
Indiana
Taft-Ball
Jenner
This Afternoon by John Temple Graves in Mesa West
Mesa Arizona hosts a Rawhide Roundup with bearded cowboys in sombreros and locals in old west dress. Phoenix joins in with the Sons of the Pioneers celebration, while Graves reflects on Western flair, fashion, and democracy’s taste, urging neater dress and cultural pride.
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Mesa
Arizona
Mexicala
el Portal
Junior Chamber of Commerce
A Ee
Phoenix
Green Valley
Barbs And Bits From A Witty Newspaper Page
A mixed collection of lighthearted quips and oddities jars with playful wordplay about dining runs and idle optimism. The item mentions a New York man charged with speeding claiming tax payments and notes spring’s early calm amid changing windows.
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New York
Journalists on US scholarships face penny-pinching Congress
Sven Erkstrom, correspondent for two Swedish newspapers, has aided coverage in the United States. In 1947 the Bell Syndicate notes constraints from Congress limiting journalist scholarships to the USA, hindering projects journalists wished to pursue.
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Partment
Congress
USA
Sven Erkstrom
United States
The
Bell Syndicate
World Today: Four Ministers Break Deadlock in Moscow
The Big Four foreign ministers in Moscow moved past a deadlock on German reparations and government form by shifting to other topics. They opened with the volatile Polish German frontier issue tied to the Oder line and Silesia, amid questions about who should decide Germany’s future and how to curb militarism.
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Moscow
Germany
Russia
Molotov
America
Britain
France
Oder River
Poland
Hitler
Radio Network Schedule Highlights and Odd Spellings
A dense listing of radio programs across networks with show times and hosts, including Mystery of The Week, News Commentary, Duffy’s Tavern, Dinah Shore, The Big Story, and others. The page ends with Kansas state spelling variations such as Acansis and Kansaws.
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Cbe
Smith Songa
Skip Farrell
H. V. Kaltenborn
Dennis Day
Abe Jaca Carson
Abe Lum
Abner
Abe
Condemned to Die The Everglade Kite Faces Extinction
The Everglade kite relies entirely on a single snail for sustenance. Habitat loss and snail decline threaten the bird with extinction as the species linked to the fragile Everglades ecosystem teeters on the edge.
Military spending contrast sparks 1917 industry shift
The ordnance department of the United States Army spent seven times less than the total spent by American industry since 1776. A new development in the metal industry involves cleaning by bombardment with a method used to prepare mirrors.
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Ordnance Department
United States Army
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