Luckman's Hour Ladder but Wiser Man
Charles Luckman quietly left public life after two thankless months as chair of a sham Citizens' Food Committee. The committee promoted by Truman produced little beyond criticism from Drew Pearson and a Senate hearing that labeled Luckman a front for British interests. He departed Washington amid scorn, leaving Meatless and Eggless days a fading memory.
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Charles Luckman
Citizens’ Food Committee
Truman
Luckman
Washington
Food Committee
Drew Pearson
New Deal
Senate Agriculture Committee
Tom Linder
Georgia
Young Luckman
British Empire
Herbert Hoover
White House
Mr. Truman
Correction Needed as Justice Takes Over Meyers Case
The correction is urged as the department of justice takes over the case of Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers amid a Senate war investigations exposure of wartime activities. Critics question why the army air forces and income tax collectors ignored duties and call for overhauls to prevent future infractions and preserve wartime sacrifice.
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Department of Justice
Bennett E. Meyers
Senate War Investigating Committee
Army Air Forces
Meyers
Arnold
Air
United States Air Force
Bankers oppose Truman consumer credit controls in senate hearing
The American Bankers Association argues against consumer credit restrictions claiming installment buying has little effect on inflation and controls would drive people from savings and war bonds. The piece warns police state rhetoric paints these measures as desirable compared to freedom of action.
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American Bankers Association
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Kenton R. Cravens
Rotary plan for world student exchange gains Iowa support
Iowan Attorney William Waterman leads Rotary International effort to fund a two way world wide student exchange. Rotary has raised about 500000 and aims for 2000000 to foster peace through education with grass roots financing and broad organizational participation.
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Mason City Globe Gazette
Iowa
Rotary International
William Waterman
Davenport
Rotary
Waterman
American Association of University Women
Mr. Waterman
American Medical Association
American Bar Association
Washington
Miss Vining Endorses Japanese Education Reform
James R. Young profiles Elizabeth Gray Vining, the American tutor to Japan's Crown Prince Akihito, who argues that the Japanese people back their rapid postwar educational changes. Critics question the Emperor's power and motives, flagging wartime cruelty and the monarchy's role.
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Elizabeth Gray Vining
Philadelphia
Japan
Crown Prince
New York
Miss Vining
Hirohito
North Carolina
New Jersey
Akihito
Prince Ito
Korea
Tokyo
Bataan
Nanking
Chichijima
Manchuria
Russia
King Features Syndicate
Quotes on Communists influence and housing program
James F Byrnes warns of Soviet backed organized Communist groups shaping European policy and dominating Europe. Norman P Mason claims housing is no longer in emergency status with an active building program nationwide.
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Europe
James F. Byrnes
America
Norman P. Mason
National Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association
Public Defender System Supports Equal Justice Says Justice Lumbard
Quotes from Governor Dewey and Justice Lumbard highlight concerns over Soviet intimidation and unequal justice in courts. They advocate public defender expansion to assure fair treatment for all citizens regardless of wealth.
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J. Edward Lumbard, Jr
Supreme Court
The La Follettes and the Wisconsin Idea review
Madison reviewer John Wyngaard assesses Edward N. Doan’s The La Follettes and the Wisconsin Idea. The critique finds a pro La Follette bias, selective material, and authorial admiration that lessen objectivity, noting minor factual errors and uneven treatment of opponents, while acknowledging readable style and historical scope.
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Madison
Wis
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Commonwealth
la Follette
Edward N. Doan
la Follettes
Wisconsin Idea
Doan
University of Wisconsin
Goodland
Robert M. Follette Jr
Wage-Hour Law Overhaul Presses Congress in Election Year
Washington lawmakers hear broad proposals to modify the nine year old wage hour law that established a 40 hour workweek and a 40 cent hourly minimum. Employers call the law outdated and inflationary while labor groups seek higher minimums and broader coverage. The debate centers on a potential repeal or revision and how exemptions should be handled as Congress plans a bill early next year.
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Washington
Congress
House
Labor
AFL
CIO
Dewitt MacKenzie on Palestine Partition and Peacekeeping
The UN approves partition of Palestine provoking Arab opposition and calls for a UN led peacekeeping response. Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha and Faris El Khoury warn of forceful resistance while Damascus riots underscore volatile tensions. Palestine remains a holy land central to all faiths and international interest.
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Palestine
Holy Land
Britain
Cairo
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Seven Nation
Arab League
U. S
Damascus
Faris el Khoury
el Khoury
United States
Russia
Christendom
Can't Be Party Girl And Career Girl Too
Margaret Truman says in a radio interview she learned she cannot be both party girl and career girl. She remains committed to a singing career and hopes to pursue opera, stating she will continue as a performer and may enter opera.
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Margaret Truman
Washington
Miss Truman
Ella Neahs
New York
Europe
Berlin
C. M. & St. P. Railway Company
Minneapolis
A. S. Willoughby
GOP Sharpshooters eye June convention amid intra party bickering
Washington reports rising friction within the Republican ranks as the June national convention nears. Many GOP lawmakers are potential presidential contenders and may trade barbs to gain advantage. Critics aimed at Senator Taft after he stepped into the spotlight following President Truman’s anti inflation plan.
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Washington
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Surplus Priorities In Question as WAA Nears Closure
Congress may be asked early in 1948 to wipe out veterans and other priority claims on surplus property so the War Assets Administration can cease operations by June 30. The agency argues the complex system slows sales and will become more burdensome as the stockpile shrinks.
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Washington
Congress
War Assets Administration
WAA
Aid and Duty to Stop After Road Accidents
The article stresses motorists must stop and aid anyone injured in an accident. It explains carrying or arranging medical help if needed or requested, viewing aid as humane and necessary. It warns that hit-and-run drives face revocation and public disgust, urging universal compliance despite fear.
Tax tinkering could snowball in Congress say experts
A congressional tax leader warns that any one tax revision may not pass alone but could gain support as it moves forward. He notes most members have personal provisions to add and recalls limited support for extending community tax benefits in 1948.
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Washington
Ohio Milk Output From Cattle Records
Ohio's 1 115 000 cows produce 2 572 000 000 quarts of milk annually. Beyond fresh milk the industry yields 60 019 000 pounds of creamery butter 23 415 000 pounds of cheddar cheese and 30 087 000 gallons of ice cream.
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Ohio
Haskin Service Answers Readers Questions
Questions and answers from The Haskin Service feature in The La Crosse Tribune. Includes coal saving by south facing windows, New Orleans elevation and flood levels, atomic age start date July 16 1945, and notes on hats with no nap and wide brims.
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New Orleans
New Mexico
Is the Great Wall Built Entirely of Masonry
In some sections the wall uses masonry while other areas fill the gaps with stones and earth.
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China
David and Jesse: Unknown Wife of David’s Father
The question asks for the name of David’s mother. It states that David was the son of Jesse and that the name of Jesse’s wife is not recorded in Scripture. No other named figures or details are provided.
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David
Jesse
Minor parties' share of presidential vote since 1924
Since 1924, all minor parties combined have polled from percent to 2 percent of the total popular vote.
People and Numbers Quiz: Hamlet's Lines and Rail Ties
A quiz reveals Hamlet has 1,569 lines per Professor Rolfe, while railways in 1946 averaged 2,997 crossties per mile giving 21.1 inches center to center. Rain odor comes from ozone formed by electrical discharge and air purification. Thomas Dixon died in Raleigh, North Carolina, on April.
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Rolfe
Thomas Dixon
Raleigh
North Carolina
Size and fame of the English Lake District
The Lake district covers about 700 square miles in northwestern England. Its celebrated mountains and lakes inspired poets such as Wordsworth Coleridge Southey and Thomas de Quincey while visitors like Gray Shelley Scott Keats and Tennyson left their marks on the region.
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Lake District
England
Wordsworth
Coleridge
Southey
Thomas de Quincy
Gray
Shelley
Scott, Keats and Tennyson
Hiroshima Reconstruction Progress Highlighted in Postwar Update
Sixty five percent of wrecked buildings in Hiroshima have been rebuilt. A peace festival commemorating the August 6, 1945 atomic bombing anniversary was held on August 6, 1947.
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Hiroshima
Japan
M.A.Y
New Words And Foreign Place Names booklet offered
A brief notice promotes a booklet titled New Words And Foreign Place Names containing over 500 modern terms and 350 foreign places with pronunciations. It describes wartime language shifts and urges readers to order for fifteen cents postpaid from the La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau in Washington DC.
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la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
Eye St
N. E
Washington, D. C
Street or Rural Route City State
Mail to Washington D C.
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State
Washington, D. C
Ten Years Ago in The Tribune Files Leads Off
Highlights include Raymond Servais named clerk for the Social Security Board in Baltimore. Bowling action at La Crosse sectional shows McKillip and Wais advancing to semis with tight scores. Frohsian society elects officers, and other local notes from Madison and Richmond. Also mentions ship Curlew sale and university letters for La Crosse men.
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Raymond Servais
Jackso Street
Julius Servais
Social Security Board
Baltimore
Clement J. (Mac) McKillip
Art Gilles
Errol Olsen
Wenzel
Pete) Wais
la Crosse
Recreation
McKillip
Andy Anderson
Anderson
Gilles
Les Koblitz
Olsen
Bill Bonadurer
Wais
Joe Wittinger
Julius E. Kaulfuss
North Dakota
Emma Kaulfuss
Richmond
Curlew
Government Fisheries
F. J. Fugina
Winona
Ralph Scott
Ed. Evans
Harold Bryant
George Bunge
Rudolph Blatter
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