Echo of Bombs Influence on U S Science Funding Debate
BAUKHAGE argues that the Hiroshima bomb echo stirred Congress to fund a national science research foundation. He records mixed expert views, praising trust in human ingenuity while warning against federal control of research. The piece notes social science criticisms and links to Kielce and Detroit Pogroms as cautionary examples.
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WNU Service
Eye Street
N.W
Washington
D. C
Hiroshima
Pacific
Congress
Senate
National Scientific Research Foundation
Nagasaki
American Association of University Professors
Theodore Koppanyi
National Research Foundation
Kielce
Poland
Detroit
Possession as Law in Expropriation and Capitol Delays
A column parodies possession as law in Vienna and Philadelphia scenes, noting expropriation fears as peace talks loom. It mocks congressional tardiness delaying the OPA bill, cites a July deadline, and mentions Chester Bowles and atomic information outreach amid political theater.
Wheeler Defeated In Montana Democratic Primary
Veteran Senator Burton Wheeler lost a Democratic primary in Montana as Leif Erickson edged ahead. Observers cite postwar sentiment, CIO PAC opposition, and railroad faction influence. Wheeler thanked supporters amid 24 years in the Senate while Georgia’s Gene Talmadge pursues a white supremacy campaign in a concurrent race.
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Montana
Burton K. Wheeler
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Cio-Pac
Railroad Brotherhood
Leif Erickson
Wheeler
James V. Carmichael
Talmadge
U. S. Supreme Court
Georgia
Ellis Arnall
Set-aside terminated as wheat price control ends
Government ends the wartime set-aside requiring farmers to sell half their 1946 crop. final price control bills still allow certificates to protect producers from price rises for nine months. Officials favor shifting set-aside to terminal level, while export procurement and 250 million bushels remain under the program.
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Senate
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Department
Pegged Tables in Two Handy Sizes for Easy Setup
By Ruth Wyeth Spear patterns 293 for the tables and pattern 28% for the chair offer two pegged tables in large and small sizes. The larger table resembles a vard table and the low coffee table doubles as a seat. Anyone who can saw straight and drive screws can make both items. Patterns include cutting diagrams and nine rated directions with complete materials lists. Port paid, 250 for both patterns or 250 each.
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Ruth Wyeth Speara
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Baukhage
OPA
Veterans’ Groups
Consumers Councily
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Capitol
Capitol Hill
Chester Bowles
National Committee On Atomic Information
House
Politics
Beat Wheeler
Gene Talmadge
Civilian
CPA
Justice
Nicolai Redin
America
Lloyd Black
Redin
Europe
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Wills
Fleischmann
U.S
Sloan
Willy Necker
Wheal’ Ing
U. S. Coast Guard
Eveready
National Carbon Company, Inc
East 42Nd Street
New York
N.Y
Union Carbide
Carbon Diopore
Poe Teglatared
Erereads
Ft National Carbon
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