Nisbet Sees Kerr Scott Strengthening in State Politics
Capitol columnist Lynn Nisbet argues Governor Kerr Scott grows stronger politically since last summer’s Democratic nomination. The piece weighs potential primary battles with Hoey, Graham, and labor’s plausible candidate, noting shifts in support and the stakes for 1950. A broader tax overhaul and tech investment themes frame the discussion.
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Capitol
Lynn Nisbet
Morever
Nisbet
Raleigh
Tate
Murphy
Capitol Quare
Tata
Kerr Cott
Frank Graham
Hoey
Everett Jordan
Scott
Graham
Anse
Govrnor
Overnor
Labor
Joey
Na Scott
Taxation concerns loom over U S growth says McCabe
Federal Reserve System chairman Thomas B. McCabe warns that high income taxes may curb American venture and growth. He notes the 1948 U S tax bill at 54 5 billion or about 25 of national income and argues government must not starve productive enterprise.
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Thomas B. McCabe
Rct
McCabe
Ennsylvania
Census Bureau
U. S
Statistics and wage productivity clash in union debate
The piece argues for a standard measure of productivity to resolve wage disputes between steel workers and employers. It cites Philip Murray and Robert R. Nathan supporting the unions while Jules Backman presents opposing figures. It urges a formal metric from a national agency to avoid misleading counts.
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Philip Murray
CIO
Steel Workers’ Union
Robert R. Nathan
Jules Backman
Backman
National Labor Relations Board
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Weather Bureau
Capehart proposes bus co pilots after Indiana crash
Indiana Senator Capehart suggests placing co pilots on major interstate buses as a safety measure after a fatal bus crash that killed 15. Critics call the idea featherbedding and warn it would invite further disputes among drivers and lawmakers.
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Capehart
Indiana
These Days by George Sokols ly at Tanglewood with Bernstein
The essay reflects on a generation shaped by World War I and the Great Depression as George Sokols sky ponders youth anxiety. He praises Leonard Bernstein and the Boston Symphony for expressing a mood of uncertainty in Symphony No. 2 The Age of Anxiety and questions society’s failure to empower young people.
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1917
Woodrow Wilson
Tanglewood
Leonard Bernstein
Boston Symphony
Beethoven
Tchaikovsky
Night crash on Montheu Avenue shocks neighborhood
A late night crash in a Washington DC driven car left the vehicle wrecked in 232 Montheu Avenue. Neighbors reported the sound and officers noted the driver appeared sleep deprived rather than intoxicated. No injuries were reported to the two occupants.
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Montheu
Washington, D. C
Carrie L. Wel H
Montheu Avenue
Mad House Notes on 5 percent hearings and reform
Washington editor George Dixon argues congressional probes may seem trivial but can drive remedial legislation. He cites 5 percent investigations, McCarthy views, and calls for registration of manufacturers reps, salary disclosures, and duties. He notes VP Barkley penned a pencil letter to Mrs Harley.
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Vaughan
Senate
Maragon
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Washington Register
White House
Barkley
Carleton S. Harley
St. Louis
Veep
Senate Chamber
Fresh water mollusks and old ships in brief notes
Pertinent facts touch on freshwater mussels and clams, a statistic about British ships under 20 years, a line about onion cultivation in China, U S financing in 1928, Buffalo Bill being made a colonel by Nevada’s governor, a garden mole’s small eyes, a poem line about The Charge of the Light Brigade, and a street remark about a husband’s death after an automobile incident.
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Draghis
New York
Draghi
Parma
Italy
Enrico
Cecilia
Maria
Enrico Draghi
Sobieski
Free
Manhattan
Adolf Hitler
Jack
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Nevada
FATE OF PEARSON KLAN DEBATE SPARKS ACROSS COASTS AND TV
Drew Pearson challenges Dr. Samuel Green to a public debate on Klanism arranged by Lawrence Spivak of Meet the Press. Green accepted, then reportedly dropped dead after the talk request. The column also notes Puerto Rican immigration and political figures like Vito Marcantonio, plus a string of Broadway show business anecdotes and casino activity.
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Pearson
Ku Klux Klan
Samuel Green
Atlanta
Los Angeles
California
Ellen Arnold
Lawrence Spivak
The
American Mercury
Meet the Press
Pearson and Creen
Green
New York
Spivak
O.K
Larry
Georgia
Dr. Green
Mare
Little Spain
East Harlem
Columbia
Lait
Lee Mortimer
Puerto Rico
Daily Worker
Crossword Clues From The National Banner Pages
A mixed set of horizontal and vertical crossword clues listed from a newspaper page. Clues reference scales, metals, animals, directions, and classical terms with answers such as tungsten chemical symbol W and goddess dawn Eos, among others.
Notable Chicagoan Targeted by Café Capers and Jail Tales
Howard Seymour orders a Washington cafe caper to recover two Swiss cuff-links. Laurence Tierney, jailed before, tangled in an East Side cafe clash and fled from a washroom attendant. Guido Orlando, once in New York charity scandal, markets uranium stock in Paris. Columbia plans Jolson film sequels.
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Howard Seymour
Washington
Caperer
Laurence ( Dillinger) Tierney
Guido Orlando
Europe
Park Avenue
Paris
Quotation Snippets on Culture and Policy Figures
A collection of quotes features critic Hugh Corbett on American sophistication, Rep. Mike Monroney praising Brannan Plan ideas, and Gen. Jonathan Wainwright urging defense spending over aid to Europe. The remarks reflect views on consumer prices, Treasury expenditures, and national defense priorities.
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Hugh Corbett
U. S
U. S. Treasury
Mike Monroney
Oklahoma
Brannan
Jonathan Wainwright
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United Steel Workers
George Sokolsky
W. A. Bivins
Maryland
Baltimore
Jonathan Caldwell
Mad House
George Dixon
B.C
A.D
United States
Light Brigade
Broadway
Jack Last
Vito Marcantonio
U.S
Heriberto Rivera
Jimmy Jemail
N.Y
Daily News
Marcantonio
New York City
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Frank
American Labor Party
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Kay Starr
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Adams
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Goddess of the Dawn
Jolson
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