City Council Hears Call to Rename Confusing Streets
The council, urged by residents, studies duplications and vague names in High Point streets. A plan and zoning panel prepared a list of replacements but the law and public safety committee has not yet reviewed it. Ferndale Drive's change from Jones Street shows residents can prefer new names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law and Public Safety Committee
Enterprise
High Point
Jones Street
Ferndale Parkway
Rotary Drive
Council
Ferndale Drive
Lindsay Street
Rockford Road
J.B
Herman Welker
Idaho
Joe McCarthy
Wisconsin
London
Paris
Warsaw
Naples
Boise
Butte
Germany
New York
Sheboygan
Appleton
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
Connecticut
Reenwich
Stamford
Waterbury
Torrington
Winsted
New York Times of Life
Congress
Cafe Society
Eklyn
Frank Parker
Frank Costello
Mary Merrick
Jay Randolph
Ramsay Ames
N. Darvas
York Inn
Ava Norring
Zanuck
Hemingway
Lawrence O’hanna
Atlantic City
Mid-West
Congress criticizes armed forces unification delays and waste
Congressman Herbert C. Bonner and staff report that 1949 unification of Army Navy and Air Force remains ineffective. Despite intent, services operate independently, duplicating purchases and wasting millions. Bonner warns more unified controls are needed or waste will grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Air Force
Herbert C. Bonner
Bonner
Congress
House Watchdog Committee
Congressman Bonner
John Q
Uncle Sam
G.B
TV and Children Sparks Debate On Educational Possibilities
The Christian Science Monitor notes a San Francisco mothers club watched four hours of children’s TV revealing 14 sluggings and seven robberies or arson incidents. It cites a New York professor predicting a race to simple programs unless education TV expands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Science Monitor
San Francisco
Mothers’ Club
Monitor
New York VA
One Vote Theme Across U S History
The piece notes a Bureau of National Affairs effort to boost voter turnout via nonpartisan pamphlets to business groups and media. It highlights famous one vote margins that decided key events from the Jefferson Burr 1800 election to state admissions and senatorial outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of National Affairs, Inc
Bureau
Edward A. Han
United States Senate
Indi
STE
Texas
United States
California
Oregon
Idaho
Washington
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
Rutherford B. Hayes
America
Aaron Burr
Jefferson
Burr
House of Representatives
McCarthy and Luce Show Divide In Republican Party
The piece argues McCarthy represents steady party, while Mrs. Luce is an outsider amid Republican divisions. It frames Luce by marriage and profile, contrasting with McCarthy’s consistent political path and public appeal beyond Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Boothe Luce
Connecticut
Joe McCarthy
Luce
House of Representatives
Henry Luce
Wendell Willkie
Mrs. Luce
Park Avenue
Jo McCarthy
McGranery Faces Narrow Window to Clean DOJ
Washington reports Judge James Patrick McGranery will have about four months to overhaul the Department of Justice as reforms lag, with potential help from Congress and ongoing probes into tax cases and the Alien Property custodianship. He earlier warned rapid change is needed to avoid a failed reorganization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Patrick McGranery
Philadelphia
U.S
Neral McGranery
Justice Department
A. G
Stevenson
Judge McGranery
Democratic National Committee
Stephen A. Mitchell
Frank Chelf
mSnae
Chelf
J. Howard McGrath
Colle
Kenneth Keating
York
Ge McGranery
Texas
T. Coat
Washington
Acheson
Secr
Mick” McDermott
State Dept
Truman
FDR
Hstevenson
A. Schlesinger
N. Tregor
Quotes from Eisenhower Ives Green and Truman on liberalism and Taft Hartley
The record rounds up remarks from Dwight Eisenhower Senator Irving Ives AFL President William Green and President Harry S Truman. Eisenhower praises fairness Ives urges reform of the Taft Hartley Act Truman warns Republicans to reform or risk future elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Eisenhower
Irving Ives
N. Y
AFL
William Green
Harry S. Truman
Murder Inc and Mob Talk Roils New York Media
Walter Winchell reveals lurid rumors and gossip involving Murder Inc pricing killings at 250 dollars, Rita Hayworth and Eleanor Holm, political intrigue with Truman and Eisenhower odds, and a flurry of names from the political and entertainment worlds. The column hints at investigations and sensational connections across courts, newspapers, and Hollywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
Ivans
U. S
Mario Lanzas
Rita Hayworth
France
Eleanor Holm
Judge MecNally
T. Manville
Murder, Inc
Georgie
D.A
Walcott
Marciano
Ike
Sit-Down Shower Gains Placed In Tub For Convenience
A humor and lifestyle column notes the rise of the sit-down shower device that attaches by suction cups to tub sides allowing a reclining bath. It surveys voter turnout trends since 1880 and cultural tidbits including film stars, humor gags, and a soap re entry into the U.S. market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Indianapolis Times
Philadelphia
Hollywood
Marilyn Monroe
Clara Bow
Flora
Joe
Dora
University of Illinois College of Dentistry
W N. H
America
England
Also Mentioned on This Page
Canada
the Champ
Flaming Youth of TV
McCarthy
George Sokolsky
McGranery
Peter Edson
NEA
Department of Justice
Walter Winchell
Angier Biddle Duke
Mgr
James Davidson
Reinhold Neibuhr
Theological Seminary
Clayton Fritchey
D Adlai
Flushing
Mort Bossak
N. Y. Post
Communist League
Reds
Wechsler
House un-American Activities Committee
James Wechsler
Joseph Lash
N. Y. Compost
Osman K. Fraenkel
Lawyers’ Guild
Fraenkel
House Un-American Activities Group
Red
Pive-A
Public Enemy
Jimmy Cagney
Mae Clarke
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!