Public opinion needs leaders and program for national welfare
Allan Nevins argues in the New York Times magazine that public opinion evolves through three forces: a national welfare minded leader, a compelling program, and moral appeals identified by Carl Schurz. He warns against sectionalism and demagoguery and cites historical missteps in Reconstruction and postwar policy as lessons in pursuing noble, universal aims.
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Allan Nevins
Columbia University
New York Times
Britain
America
France
Pitt
Peel
Gladstone
Jackson
Lincoln
Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Carl Schurz
Faneuil Hall
Dumbarton Oaks
San Francisco
South
Jersey cattle shipment to Canada from Channel Islands
The first post war shipment of pedigree Jersey cattle will depart the Channel Islands for Canadian stock farms. Precautions are in place to safeguard the cargo, described as probably the largest and most valuable consignment of Jersey cattle ever to leave Jersey.
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Jersey
Channel Islands
Canada
Washington Scene Shows Confusion Amid Red Blue and Black Warnings
Observers report a confusing Washington scene with red warnings from extremists, black market pressures on scarce goods, and blue stock market turbulence signaling a $4 billion skid. Yet golden summer sunshine and mass getaways, including President Truman, contrast with a maze of political and international uncertainties challenging paths to peace and security.
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Washington
Russia
New York
Notable Facts From Antiquity To Modern Inventions
A survey covers Etruscan dental innovations and bronze bridge teeth, Broadloom carpet width, oxygen intake by submerged maggots, elm water yield on hot days, waterproofing matches with shellac solution, and the prominence of agriculture in Canada. It notes margarine’s 1870 French origin, the Manchu imposed Chinese queue, Elizabethan fish eating laws, and the vast potential of organic chemicals from oil.
Relics Unearthed At Canterbury Hotel Site
Excavations on a blitzed Canterbury hotel site reveal a pink concrete floor bathroom and a red tesselated living room from a Roman house. Finds include cooking pots and a yellow and green flagon from the 13th and 14th centuries. The report also notes ancient Egyptian use of lassos in desert hunting.
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Canterbury
England
Canada National Parks Welcomed Over A Million Visitors
Preliminary figures show August visitor totals push Canada's national parks toward a prewar peak. Through August more than 600000 people toured parks in 1945 with 261000 visiting in August alone, boosted by enhanced campgrounds and amenities.
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Canada
National Parks of Canada
J. A. Glen
Waterton Lakes Park
Alberta
Kootenay Park
British Columbia
Riding Mountain Park
Manitoba
Prince Albert National Park
Saskatchewan
Wooden Shoes To Be Carved For Winter In Amsterdam
Saskatchewan reports flood of wartime wood orders as Netherlands plans sabots from poplar. White spruce leads 1944 timber value while forests span 251900 square miles with 20 species. Reforestation and nurseries aid protection. pulp and paper plant may be built using north pulpwood and south sodium sulphate.
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Regina
Amsterdam
Saskatchewan
Netherlands
United States
Europe
Canada
Wheat Country
Prince Albert
Lake Champlain
Resources Department
CIO Leaders Break With International Labor Office
Chicago Philip Murray president of the CIO says the federation has no further interest in the International Labour Office after Schwellenbach recommends an AFL man as US delegate. Murray told a reporter the CIO will have nothing more to do with the ILO.
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Chicago
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
C.I.O
International Labor Office
Schwellenbach
American Federation of Labor
United States
United Steel Workers
Murray
Ll.o
Control Commission Leaders Would Establish Democracy Among Germans In British Zone
British control commission seeks to reestablish democratic thinking among 22 million Germans in the British zone. About 34 newspapers under British license circulate 4.5 million copies, with Germans running most papers. The Berlin Telegraph leads licensed German press with 400,000 daily. British oversight limits harsh criticism of Allies and military government. Radio in Hamburg remains British controlled. plans call for 40 information centers across the zone and Berlin to provide democracy and Commonwealth materials.
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Control Commission
British Zone
Ross Munro
Erlin
British Control Commission
Orissn
Hamburg
British Information Organization
Berlin Telegraph
Germany
Telegraph
Berlin
Christian Democrat
Empire Press Union
Indian Army Finds New Uses For Old Gear Slogan
New Delhi reports Indian Army salvage depots embrace Nothing is Useless to stretch scarce resources. Linen maps become bandages while old mosquito netting turns into curtains or hospital covers. Worn greatcoats cool water and tins become bowls lamps and trays.
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New Delhi
Nickel name history tied to copper ore origins
In Saxony miners first coined kupfer nickel from Old Nick for a worthless alloy tied to copper ores. The term Pak tong described a white metal the Chinese exploited commercially. A German scientist in 1851 isolated the metal and named it nickel.
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Saxony
Ontario Road Bulletin
Warm quilted slippers pattern 7401 offered
The notice promotes making cozy tootsies slippers with easy directions and charts. It highlights sizes small to large and invites readers to send twenty cents to the Household Arts Department of the Winnipeg Newspaper Union with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Faroes Vote For Independence From Denmark
Residents of the Faroe Islands, located between Iceland and the British Isles, voted recently on independence versus continued Danish sovereignty. Signposts on the northwest frontier of India carry drawings due to many natives’ illiteracy.
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Copenhagen
Faroes
Iceland
British Isles
Northwest Frontier
India
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