Where Do We Go From Here in Postwar Europe
James Marlow analyzes Truman Doctrine aid to Greece and Turkey, noting Congress opposition to more European relief and debating a coordinated European reconstruction plan. He questions how a long term program would be funded and whether it would force Western Europe into aligned, U.S.-led governance against the Communists.
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James Marlow Washington
Europe
Greece
Tukey
Hungary
France
Italy
Congress
Marshall
State Department
Henry Wallace
Harold B. Stassen
Old Maestro draws praise as a new radio humor force
Radio critics hail the old maestro as a harbinger of spontaneity in humor. Tonight and this week feature NBC programs with Tex Beneke and the Supper Club replacement, plus various CBS and MBS listings and ongoing political debate on a possible congressional recess before the July 31 reorganization deadline.
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NBC
Tex Beneke
CBS
al Jolson
John Garfield
Lear
United Jewish Appeal
Ida Lupino
Howard Barlow
Goodman
Borje
Vera Holly
Joan Davis
Jane Wyman
Dame May Whitty
MBS
Guy Lombardo
Atlantic City
Truman
Sherry Faces Lex’s Wedding News After Quiet Confession
Sherry hosts Lex at her apartment as they share drinks and a quiet talk. Lex reveals he and Kay have resolved their differences and plan to marry in June, quashing Sherry’s hopes while confirming their friendship remains.
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Kay Winninger
Lex
Sherry
Helga
Kay
Hersel
Homeless Millions and the Far East in the Aftermath
The article describes nearly a million displaced persons across Europe and the Far East living in camps and barracks. It notes the UN refugee agency and the International Refugee Organization, plus U.S. funding and stalled immigration quotas, as refugees remain homeless and crowded.
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Far East
Europe
Dps
UNREA
Red
International Refugee Organization
United Nations
U.S. Senate
Congress
United States
Growing Tax Exemptions Rise In Real Estate
Tax exemptions on real estate are increasing nationwide as churches schools and hospitals convert or maintain non profit status and governments acquire more property. By 1942 exemption levels reach high shares in Milwaukee New York City and Washington DC while total tax exempt real estate nears 26 billion.
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National Association of Assessing
Underground Oslo power plant carved deep for safety
Oslo engineers build a buried electric station 8000 feet underground with a 14 mile water tunnel to supply generators. Officials say the design protects the plant from air attack and lowers costs, though fear of future war lingers while urging patience and determination to find better ways to settle disputes.
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Oslo
Signs In Towns And Roads Reflect Confusing Wayfinding
A humorous cartoon shows a car cruising a straight empty highway with large route signs every few hundred feet, then entering a city where directions are scattered and tiny signs up high. The piece questions if local signage is clear for summer motorists and guests. It ends with a Bible verse and a meditation on right thoughts bringing comfort.
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Sts
One Killed in Wreck West of Romney
A head on collision on U S Route 50 four miles west of Romney killed 10 month old Billie Joe Hott and injured his mother and five siblings. State trooper H Tribett reported. The boy’s father Samuel A Hott and the other car’s driver were involved.
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Romney
U. S. Route 50
Here
Billie Joe ‘Hott
H. ‘Tribett
Samuel A. Hott
William Graham Dies in Motorcycle Crash on Route 10
A motorcycle accident on State Route 10 near Matoaka claimed the life of William Graham, a mine brake man for the Turkey Gap Coal and Coke Co of Dott, Mercer County. Charles Reinolds of Baltimore reportedly escaped injury, per a trooper.
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Charles Reinolds
Baltimore
Matoaka
Here
William Graham
Turkey Gap Coal and Coke Company
Dott
Mercer County
Henry Morgan Slept On as Radio’s New Star of 1946
In New York on June 9, critics largely agree Henry Morgan should be radio’s new star for 1946 though he humbly says the year’s slow. He rose from local prewar broadcasting to national fame with ABC’s Wednesday night show mixing comedy and satire, remaining sharp toward his sponsor.
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C.£. Baterfield
New York
Henry Morgan
Henry
Allen
Benny
ABC
Noman Armour Nominated Assistant Secretary of State
President Truman nominates Noman Armour to be assistant secretary of state replacing Spurie Braden who resigned. Armour, a career diplomat, formerly ambassador to Argentina in 1939, seen as goodwill gesture toward that country. Also reported are protests over Lie’s immigration note and a Tokyo crime scene involving a U S War Department civilian employee found dead near the city.
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Washington
Truman
Noman Armour
Spurile Braden
Armour
Argentina
Tokyo
Criminal Investigation Vision
CID
Allied
War Department
Street paving plan for Route 50 segment from Pruntytown to Fetterman bridge
The project will repave with two inch plant mix top over brick streets using asphalt concrete and Kentucky rock. City street commissioner John Knotts says manholes will be raised at the most opportune moment, with cooperation from Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas and Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone in raising their manholes.
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Pruntytown
Fetterman Bridge
John Knotts
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas Company
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Funeral services held for James G. Maples
Maples 67 a longtime fruit grower in Martinsburg died in a Richmond sanitarium after months as patient. Botanists estimate about one fourth of world plant species grow wild in Barzil.
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Martinsburg
James G. Maples
Richmond
Barzil, Eit
Evelyn Keyes Adopts Mexican Orphan Son Pablo Albarran
Evelyn Keyes and her husband John Huston are shown with their adopted son Pablo Albarran a 13 year old Mexican orphan in Los Angeles They met him on a location trip in Mexico and Huston legally adopted him after returning to Hollywood
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Evelyn Keyes
Pablo Albarran
Los Angeles
John Huston
Mexico
Hollywood
Evelyn
International
Storms and High Winds Ravage West Virginia Areas
Severe weather swept through several counties, flooding lowlands and blocking routes on U S 60 near Hurricane and U S 35 near Charleston. One chimney was blown from a Fairmont home, and a fire wall collapsed in Clarksburg. A trainer plane at Harrison County airport was damaged, and Mrs Dennis Blake was knocked down by a bolt of lightning in Prosperity.
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Charleston
Eva Brown
Fairmont
Dennis Blake
Blake
Prosperity
Raleigh County
Blakes
New CIO push for union affiliation across two unions
Officers from the American Federation of Telephone Workers and the Western Electric Employer Association urged members to vote for affiliation with the TWOC. The drive involves four palm varieties used in margarine and calls for six weeks of continued coverage from page one.
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Page One
American Union of Telephone Workers
Western Electric Employer Association
CIO
TWOC
United States Steels Decline From 1941 Levels
The United States dropped from more than one million long tons in 1941 to about 60,000 in 1943, and it is expected to climb to about 400,000 in 1947.
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United States
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