Casual Comment by W. A. Bivins and Frontier Notes
A series of humorous and reflective observations includes a remark from Hank Hustle about surviving hard times by stealing then relates a Portland riff on gasoline rationing. It questions peace talks with Vinegar Joe and recalls wartime market shortages and clerks who faced customers with bravado. It ends noting Latin American currencies named after historic figures and items from coal coking.
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Hank
O. K
Portland
Ore
Associated Press
Eager
Johnny
Walter
Willie
Stanly News and Press
Emperor Hirohito Showa and the Peace Myth Behind War
The article portrays Hirohito as a divine figurehead who chose the name Showa promising peace, yet his reign saw Manchukuo, the China incident, and Pearl Harbor. It notes the real power lay with military leaders who shaped Japan’s aggression while Hirohito largely followed their lead and maintained ritual reverence.
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Hirohito
Japan
Europe
Manchuria
Manchukuo
Peiping
China
Park Harbor
United States
Pearl Harbor
Britain
Chungking
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Pacific
Kichisaburo Nomura
Saburo Kurusu
Ayers
Censen
Imperial Palace
Tokyo
General II
Nogi
Meiji
Junshi
Hayama
Orient
Domei
Ise
Yasukuni Shrine
U. S. Students Lend Hand Across Seas
American students and sponsors adopt liberated European schools to rehabilitate postwar education. The Save the Children Federation coordinates 700+ underprivileged U S and European schools with funds and supplies via Dr John R Voris and Dr Alfred E Stearns. Already 75 schools in France Belgium and Holland are sponsored and Loomis Windsor Conn leads by adopting L Ecole du Montcel near Versailles.
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Richard Tompkins
UP Newsfeatures
New York
Europe
Appalachian Mountains
Save the Children Federation
Madison Ave
John R. Voris
Save the Children International Union
Geneva
Alfred E. Stearns
Phillips Exeter Academy
World Education Service Council
Voris
Starns
H. Claude Hardy
White Plains
N. Y
France
Belgium
Holland
Loomis
Windsor
Conn
Versailles
Dr. Voris
Netherlands
Asthma Spasms Palliative Brought Quick European Fame
The development of a palliative form for easing cough and breathing difficulty from bronchial asthma gained rapid European recognition and is now sold in the United States as Bel- Din. The product claims to ease pressure and suffocation, with caution to use as directed. The Montrose Sales Co. offers a sample piece and requests 10 cents to cover mailing and handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
United States
Montrose Sales Co., Inc
Montrose
Califf
Cloth Processing Program Aids Schools With In-Kind Gifts
Dr. Voris explains a system that procures and processes usable clothing at about 20 cents per pound. Sponsors’ cash contributions start at 150 dollars, with the federation guaranteeing the combined cash and commodity value to sponsors’ supported schools will exceed the cash provided. Randolph Macon Woman’s College in Lynchburg sent 1000 dollars to an orphans home at Coyle Foret, France.
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Dr. Voris
Randolph Macon Woman's College
Lynchburg
Coy le Foret
France
Benny Seeks Piano Playful Moment With President
Comedian Jack Benny visited President Truman in Washington Aug 18 and joked about playing a duet with a fiddle if a piano had been available. He recalled joking with Truman about keeping time at a National Press Club event and mentioned a European trip where he just missed the president in Berlin.
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Washington
Jack Benny
Truman
Benny
National Press Club
Europe
Mr. Truman
Berlin
Reconstruction office advisory board chairman attends event
O. Maxartner, chairman of the advisory board of the office of reconversion, attended the event as part of the official delegation.
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Iment
O. Maxart ‘Ner
The
Office of Reconversion
Flag adopted for Pan American union pennant colors
A pennant flag adopted in 1907 represents the Pan American union and embodies all colors of the 21 western hemisphere republics.
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Pan-American Union
Hemisphere
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Mary Brushoff
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Mary
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Swell
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Venezuela
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Colon
Costa Rica
el Salvador
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Sucre
Ecuador
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Balboa
Panama
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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Philip Robin
Winston-Salem
Architectural Forum
American Builder
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Kyoto
England
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Nagako
Kuni
Hece
Tefu
Hisa
Taka
Yori
Akhito
Yoshi
Suga
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U. S
Velvet
Plaillee
Millinery Dept
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