ECA Survival and Senate Cuts Shape European Aid Debate
The European Recovery Program survives for another year as opponents fail to halt it. Senate action trims the aid total while funding for farm surpluses and Spain loans faces scathing criticism. Threats of renewed opposition linger amid calls for stronger democracy in Germany.
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Economic Cooperation Administration
Senator McClellan
Arkansas
Senate
Spain
Kem
Missouri
Republi-ce
Briand
France
Free German Election Signals Return to Freedom
In the western zones about 24 million Germans voted in the first free election since 1933. Right wing Christian Democrats and Free Democrats lead, with Social Democrats close behind, forming a coalition potential. Communists earned six percent, a fourth straight European setback for communism. Voter turnout reached about 75 percent and results were seen as orderly.
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Christian Democrats
Free Democrats
New Assembly
Social Democrats
Germany
Europe
Italy
France
West Berlin
Soviet Zone
New York Rolls Back Rates for Young Drivers
The State Insurance Department increases liability premiums by 15 to 20 percent for drivers under 25. The measure aims to curb the high accident rate among young motorists and may set a model for other states to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
State Insurance Department
New York
Vaughan saga raises call to reassign Truman aide
Senate hearing reveals Maj. Gen. Henry Vaughan summoned Maj. Tighe Woods to the White House to obtain scarce materials for a California race track. Six days later Vaughan's friends received the items meant for veterans housing, prompting questions about the military aide's employ.
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Tighe Woods
Senate
Harry Vaughan
White House
California
Vaughan
Truman
Unity of mankind through science and shared profits
Quote from Chancellor Robert M Hutchins of the University of Chicago praising science based communication to promote unity and urging profits reach wage earners. Allan S Haywood CIO organization director comments warn private enterprise harms itself when hoggish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
Allan S. Haywood
CIO
These Days By George Sokols ky
A Greenwich Connecticut case highlights a woman’s stand for free speech against Communist front affiliations. Mrs Hester McCullough objects to performers linked to subversive groups, faces a $100000 libel suit and attached assets, and seeks support to fight for her rights.
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Hester McCullough
Greenwich
Connecticut
Greenwich Community Concert Association
Larry Adler
Paul Draper
Ram
McCullough
Greenwich Time
Attorney General
United States
House Committee On
UnAmerican
Tenney
California
Adler
Draper
Ward French
Frederick Schang
Columbia Artists’ Bureau
Senate Prayers By Lobbyist Stir Public Interest
An unidentified lobbyist sought to influence legislation as Rev R Orman Roberts the San Francisco pastor who registered to lobby attended as guest chaplain in the Senate. The piece notes Roberts sought to sway support for a Temple Methodist Church purchase and discusses concerns about influence peddling and the rise of 5 percent graft rumors.
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Washington
Senate of the United States
R. Orman Roberts
San Francisco
Federal
Internal Revenue
Senate
Roberts
Frederick Brown Harris
Louie
Johnson
Brannan
Vaughan
Norse Roots in Week Names Reflected in Sunny Sundays
A reflective reminiscence traces how European pagan names shaped the days of the week after Charlemagne. It recalls Hometown in the Gay Nineties where Saturdays faded into chores and tub nights, church, and Sunday rambles by creek and nuts.
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Europe
Woden
Hor
Vulcan
Saturn
Middle
Town Creek
Profit sharing as solution to historic farm debt woes
A narrator recalls old rural credit practices where laborers paid in kind or weekly on Saturdays. Droughts and floods left many with debts uncollectible, prompting store closings. With living costs rising, the author asks if a saturation point exists and suggests profit-sharing as the best remedy.
Stewardship and Giving in a Church Appeal Poem
A sermon urges self inventory on stewardship and charitable giving. It questions handling weekly pay, rainy day funds, and surplus, then links future homeless children in Europe to a church appeal. The piece asks if the reader is a cheerful giver or a reckless spender and hints at a poem on stewardship.
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Europe
America
Walter
World-shaking bill triggers DC medical fee hike debate
The scene includes varied snippets noting Brazil's area, pearl colors, and a DC podiatry fee proposal rising from $2 to $5. Senator Aiken questions whether podiatry is unique to DC while Senator McGrath explains foot ailments draw patients to the district amid a tense legislative moment.
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Island
District of Columbia
Aiken
Vermont
McGrath
Vest that launched a lifetime of stories
An reminiscence recalls Walter Howey a famed Chicago editor and newspaperman. The narrator recounts Howey's career from Des Moines to New York and Chicago noting his inventive press methods and a $17 vest that became a personal symbol. He hopes a Walter Howey biopic may come later as a legacy for Howey’s wife and son.
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Howey
Motion Picture Association
Walter Howey
Chicago
Walter
Chicago American
Young Howey
Arthur Pegler
Westbrook
Des Moines
Pegler
Minneapolis
Ft. Dodge
Iowa
Newspapr
New York
Boston
New York Mirror
Mighty
American Weekly
Sere
Feathered Friend
A crossword style clue list features horizontal and vertical entries for bird related terms. Many entries reference classical, linguistic, and chemical hints with definitions like prophetess and Greek letters alongside common words.
Noted Figures Haunt El Morocco Night Scene
Leon Henderson observes as witnesses report cutting in on Zasu Pitts and S Ward at El Morocco while the Jelke brothers Johnny and Mickey court, Johnny with Peggy Abe and Mickey with Robin Mortimer. Socialite Brad Dresser circles Ruth Woods as Pat Dane, ex Mrs Dorsey, pairs with David May, heir to a great store, and Marty Melchior maneuvers as Ruth Rutherford Day’s ex-husband.
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Leon Henderson
Zasu Pitts
S Ward
el Morocco
Rich Jelke Brothers
Johnny
Mickey
Peggy Abe
Robin Mortimer
Brad Dresser
Ruth Woods
Pat Dane
Tommy Dorsey
David May
Reat
Ann Rutherford Day
Marty Melchior
Katherine Windsor Faces New Novel Buzz and A Lively Career
Katherine Windsor is linked to a forthcoming novel described as bold enough to make Amber blush. Mary Jane Saunders, famed for Little Miss Marker, stars in Sorrowful Jones with Bob Hope, earning 150 a week during a revival. Columbia Pictures signed Saunders after the film's early success, while a Greek shipping magnate eyes Malta and Joe Fischetti plans a Chicago to East move to be with her amid uncertain risk.
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Katherine Windsor
Amber
Mary Jane Saunders
Miss Marker
Shirley Temple
Sorrowful Jones
Bob Hope
Parapuns
Beore
Columbia Pix
Moppet
Y Maley
Joe Fischetti
Chicago
Halper plans bill to probe organized crime in New York
State Senator Seymour Halper announces a bill to form a joint committee to investigate organized crime in New York State. He argues hoodlum-tycoons threaten local authorities and aims to examine corporate laws enabling criminals to gain control of industrial firms.
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Seymour Halperin
New York State
New York
Jessie Paulson
California
Woodland
Paulette Goddard
Kidna
Rita Hayworth
Bob Schiffer
Mexico
Anna Lucasta
Clayton, Jackson and
Durante
Mike Todd
Winter Garden
Marguerite Chapman-Bently
Ryan Whatsis
Marria
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Free World
Bad Boy
George Sokolsky
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Daily Worker
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Congress
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North Dakota
Senator McGrath
Rhode
Brazil
Broadway
Jack Last
Swank
Joseph
Ontario
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Brad
Persia
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