CAA Faces Credibility Test After Record Airline Disasters
The editorial warns that two consecutive deadly crashes involving DC-4 and a LaGuardia incident threaten commercial aviation. It urges the Civil Aeronautics Authority to tighten weather rules, reassess aircraft size and power load ratios, and restore public confidence to avert economic harm and further loss of life.
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LaGuardia Field
New York
Eastern Air
Maryland
CAA
Income tax cut explained for 1947 effects and steps
Key points on the proposed 1947 income tax cut note that it is not law yet and would take effect July 1 if approved. It covers three groups: wage earners, people 65 or older with increased exemptions, and those paying quarterly estimated taxes with guidance on adjusting payments and refunds.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Roosevelt's Voice Echoes as War Duty and Faith
A reflective piece honors Franklin D. Roosevelt noting his wartime leadership and enduring influence. It recalls his inaugural pledge to unite the nation, the call to duty, and the enduring appeal of courage amid adversity. The poem excerpt and Dover Beach excerpt juxtapose hope and doubt in modern faith.
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Arlington Cemetery
Isles of the Pacific
Japan
India
Europe
North Africa
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
United States
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Dover Beach
Matthew Arnold
Arnold
Darwin
Memorial Day Choices from a Family in Kansas City
On Memorial Day the McSwitch family contemplates acts of gratitude beyond laying flowers for their Civil War ancestor. Clarence plans to visit veterans, give roses, share cigarets, and give support to those he met, while his wife stays home to cook. Junior asks about saddle itch.
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Kansas City
Junior
Amos McSwitch
Daddy
Mama
Clarence McSwitch
McSwitch
Draft Board
Grandfather McSwitch
Ilsther
Sam
Jim
Pacific
Veterans Hospital
Mara
Dad
CIO PAC to spend millions to influence Congress
The note discusses a revived CIO-PAC plan to spend between three and six million dollars in months to influence public opinion and sway congressional votes on labor legislation. It cites press coverage from the New York Times Washington Star and Herald Tribune, questions membership numbers, and notes broader local movements amid speculation about Communist influence.
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Washington
Cio-Pac
South
New York Times
CIO
Philip Murray
New York
Jack Kroll
Washington Star
PAC
The
New York Herald-Tribune
Murray
N. Y. Times
Newburyport Price Plan
Dunkirk Society
A Critique of Britain's Palestine Policy and Allied Promises
The author denounces Britain's Palestine policy as immoral and stupid, accusing Churchill and the government of breaking promises and deceiving allies. He argues the world’s moral force defeated Hitler and warns against repeating risky alliances, citing Goering, Jutland, and British leaders' actions.
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Britain
Palestine
Hitler
Tohenzollerns
Great Britain
Pote
Lar
Freedom For
Churchill
Athens
England
Italy
America
Americans rally for world peace amid anti British stance
A New York column laments British policy during World War II while defending U S support for the Four Freedoms. It cites Dieppe and Dunkirk memories, condemns anti British actions, and urges unity against Nazi aggression. The piece mentions the Runyon cancer fund, donations, and broadcast notes from Steve Ellis at WMCA.
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Steve Ellis
WMCA
Polo Grounds
Runyon Cancer Fund
Damon Runyon
Columbus Circle
Celotex Corp
Joey Adams
Runyon Fund
Copacabana
Chicago
Billy Rose
Runyon
East River
Geddit
Len Lyons
Early Jamestown glass furnace built by Dutch and Polis makers
Historians cite Jamestown 1607 as the site of America's first industrial venture a crude glass furnace started by eight Dutch and Polis glass makers among the colonists. The U S automobile industry approves a plan to standardize bumper height to ease parking and reduce bumper locking.
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Young
America
Jamestown, Va
U. S
The Man of Peace Amid Global turmoil and UN’s fragile hope
A meditation on peace after war, tracing efforts from Vienna to Versailles and San Francisco. The piece recalls the League covenant, the United Nations, and the veto’s power while warning that conquerors arise in every era. It contrasts Hitler’s death with ongoing ideological wars and calls Americans to cherish liberty.
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Joshua
Vienna
Versailles
League of Nations
Manchuria
Ethiopia
Genghis Khan
Napoleon
San Francisco
United Nations
United Nations Organization
Nations of the World
Hitler
United States of Europe
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Winchell
Wheeler
Jutland
Goering
Buckingham Palace
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Alexander
Cunningham
R.A.F
8Th Army
Ajax
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el Alemain
Caen
Dunkirk
Poland
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Romania
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MacDuff
Hecht
Franco
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