Burke Leads Fast Pacific Destroyer Squadron in World War II
The article recalls Arleigh Burke commanding a green destroyer squadron at 31 knots through Solomon Islands passages. His forces attacked Jap air fields at Bougainville and sunk a cruiser and four destroyers, contributing to eleven sunk ships and twenty damaged in the South Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arleigh Albert Burke
Pacific
Burke
Solomon Islands
Bougainville
South Pacific
Marc A. Mitscher
Balance in dealing with Russia at four power talks
The piece weighs Dulles and Adenauer on how hard the West should press Moscow at a mid June four power conference. It argues for patience and tougher bargaining to secure better postwar terms, cites Russia’s farm shortfalls and heavy industry focus, warns against naive Western optimism, and stresses being firm without blindness.
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Dulles
Adenauer
Bonn
United States
Kremlin
Russia
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Berlin
West
America
Moscow
New Crops and Ocean Wealth Drive Farm Diversification
Babson argues for industrial use of farm products and new crops to stabilize income. The Council for Agricultural and Chemurgic Research promotes coordinating research on crops like timber bamboo, dioscorea, castorbeans, canaigre, acerola, and phylanthus enblinca while highlighting marine resources along 4,800 miles of coastline.
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Babson Park
Mass
National Farm Chemurghc Council
Dearborn
Mich
Henry Ford
Francis P. Garvan
The
Chemical Foundation
Wheeler McMillen
Farm Journal
Chemurgic Council
Council For Agricultural and Chemurgic Research
Council
Columbus
Ohio
Puerto Rico
Hawaiian Islands
New College of Fisheries
Gloucester
Controversy Over Wisconsin Conservation Board Uncertain
In Madison the drive to scrap the six member State Conservation Commission for a three member full time board stalls this session. Assemblyman Lafave probes reform while Voight leads the department amid calls for caution and public prep before any major reorganization.
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Madison
Wis
State Conservation Commission
Anti-Conservation Department
Lester Voight
Voight
LaFave
Catlin
Conservation Committee
Not Honour More by Joyce Cary reviewed in literary guidepost
The concluding Cary trilogy volume centers on Nimmo Nina and Captain Jim Latter during England’s General Strike. Jim narrates as Nimmo and Nina’s old romance resurfaces amid labor unrest and violence. Cary leans conservative in tone, yet crafts vivid character contrasts and a gripping, dramatic narrative.
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Joyce Cary
Harper
Lord
Cary
Nimmo
Nina
Jim Latter
Jim
England
Polio vaccine debate grows as hearings probe mix up
Rep. Wolverton urges building public confidence in polio vaccine amid House Interstate Commerce Committee inquiries. Surgeon General Scheele clarifies vaccine immunization: one shot increases immunity, a second bolsters protection, and a third after seven months adds further protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Wolverton
R-Nj
House Interstate Commerce Committee
J. Percy Priest
D-Tenn
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Roswell Perkins
Oveta Culp
Arthur G. Klein
D-Ny
Klein
Dr. Scheele
Traveling grupo hatred and chaos blamed on vacation mobs
Robert C. Ruark lampoons the traveling grupo as a recipe for endless conflict and hatreds. He cites leaders, jealousy over fun, petty squabbles, money fights, and cultural clashes that ruin trips for half a million Americans abroad and countless others domestically.
Portraits by James J Metcalfe Employes Only Poem
A poem by James J. Metcalfe reflects on service to the public and the private gatekeeping of “Employees Only” spaces. It asks who truly wears the crown of status while shoppers are treated as guests yet workers claim exclusive access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Mr. Millionaire
Field Enterprises, Inc
Khrushchev Speech Highlights Reds' Tactics at Belgrade
AP News Analyst notes Khrushchev beside Tito distorted history of 1948 split. He accuses Soviet leaders of coercion and deception while urging Yugoslavia to retreat from Western flirtations. Tito offers no reply as the exchange underscores East West tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
Belgrade
Tito
Khrushchev
West Germany
Germany
Kremlin
Stalin
Beria
Abakumov
Peanut Monument Unveiling in Early County Courthouse Square
The Atlanta Constitution notes Blakely Georgia completes a peanut monument in the Early County courthouse square. The inscription honors peanut farming in the world’s largest peanut producing county and signals an unveiling during the fall peanut festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Blakely
Early County
Ten Years Ago Mortgaged Building Burn Preparations
The La Crosse Tribune recalls ten years back preparations for burning the mortgage of the Young Women's Christian Association building. Five people recognized for outstanding work include Mrs W R Finch and Mrs Harry Spence among others. The American Association of University Women held its final meeting at Gundersen cottage with new officers installed.
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Christian Assa
W. R. Finch
Harry Spence
G. W. Harnwell
Gundersen Cottage
Jessie Caldwell
Robert Cassidry
William Baker
Helen Braatz
John Alexander
William Graves
Enterprising peddler stalls outside 5 and 10 in Denton Texas
A Denton peddler sets up outside a local five and dime with a tin cup and pencils and a sign reading Formerly in front of Neiman Marcus. The gag line notes that children are a great handicap to dull life, reflecting a light column mood.
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Bennett Cerf
Saturday Review
Denton
Tex
Neiman-Marcus
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