Vacation travel boom spreads across America and beyond
Americans plan longer vacations with more travel by car air and sea as the 1951 summer season expands from May to November. 72 million will travel, spending about 10 billion by car and 15 percent above 1951. Rail service remains weak while air and sea demand grows and new highways attract tourists nationwide. A 1951 Bible verse closes the piece.
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Political experts predict presidential nominees in Washington
Washington columnists debate likely GOP and Democratic nominees as previews echo past forecasts. Eisenhower leads the GOP, Stevenson favored for the Democrats, with Taft and Warren as runners-up for president and vice president respectively.
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Wisconsin GOP splits over Kohler Taft Eisenhower split
Wisconsin politics show deep strains between Eisenhower and Taft factions as Gov. Kohler seeks unity and pledges support for the Chicago convention nominee. Rivalry strains GOP prospects and echoes 1948 intraparty tensions as Taft loyalists push back against Eisenhower backing.
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Summerfield walks line between Ford and Chrysler over Ike speech
Washington gossip notes Republican Committeeman Arthur Summerfield torn between Ford and Chrysler as Detroit speech plans shift to back Eisenhower. Separate items report on Steelworkers court fight over Taft Hartley cooling off and labor tensions with U.S. Steel, plus Gen Clark accused of padding Korea battle reports.
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Clay Says West Can Beat New Berlin Blockade
Gen Lucius D Clay former U S military governor of Germany says the West can repel another Berlin blockade by airlift if needed. He notes Berlin’s self sufficiency and reserves, recalls 1948 49 airlift, and urges quick Bonn Peace Contract ratification.
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Griffin Named La Crosse YMCA General Secretary
Ten years ago Frank H. Griffin was interim executive secretary of the Sheboygan YMCA and is chosen as La Crosse YMCA general secretary succeeding Wilson P. Watkins. The report lists local honors from the UW convocation and notes council actions on wage reductions and flour distribution supervised by Clarence Voves.
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Ted) Griffin
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Plight of white collar workers voiced by Babson
Babson Park Massachusetts voices concern for middle class professionals including teachers doctors clerks and clergy whose incomes have not kept pace with inflation. He cites salary changes from 1935 through 1952 and argues inequities with production workers heightening risk to the nation if management fails to address these wage gaps.
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Senator Langer proposes income survey for all congress
The North Dakota senator suggests extending a personal income questionnaire to every member of Congress. He notes it would need congressional consent and may not pass, but argues a check on lawmakers' incomes could reveal truths and affect future elections.
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Responsibility for Vanech’s rise blamed on Clark and McGrath
Washington notes assign blame for A. Devitt Vanech reaching the second highest DOJ post to Associate Justice Tom Clark and his successor James Howard McGrath. Vanech, who failed bar exams in DC and Virginia but entered via Tennessee, climbed from investigator to assistant attorney general in charge of lands, then deputy AG under McGrath. The Truman era struggles to fill top defense posts continue with C E Wilson’s vacancy, a new advisory committee on tool production, and Harold S. Vance leading.
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