Army Air Force Birthday Address Calls For Stronger Air Power
The fortieth anniversary of the Army Air Force is marked with a look back at four decades of service and a warning that future conflicts will be fought in the air. The piece notes WWII’s decisive role, the growth from a tiny unit to millions of personnel, and urges recruitment, training, and continued air research while stressing that air power equates to peace and national security.
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United States Army Air Force
America
Free Nations
Germany
Japan
United States
Signal Corps
Army Air Force
Southern California tourism drives postwar growth and campaigns
Long Beach advocates a strong tourist industry as a key regional income source. The All-Year Club pushes campaigns to draw visitors year round, citing 1946 figures: 2,045,000 tourists who spent about 130 million dollars in Southern California, with Long Beach receiving a share. Despite housing shortages, postwar adjustment boosts tourism’s role alongside high industrial activity and employment.
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Long Beach
California
New York City
New England
Europe
United States Department of Commerce
Department
Republican Solidarity in Congress Held Without Precedent
Washington summary of congressional behavior notes rare party unity by Republicans on the labor and tax bills. It highlights minimal dissent in both chambers, with only a few senators and representatives opposing party lines on key roll calls. The piece credits Taft and Martin with strong leadership and close party consultation. Copyright 1947 New York Tribune.
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Senate
Dlt- Neult
Langer
North Dakota
Motse
Oregon
Aiken
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Malone
Nevada
Morse
House
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Taft
Martin
Sen. Taft
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Hartley Threatened by Communist Pressure Over Public Life
This column argues Representative Hartley faces harassment and intimidation from Communist influences and union pressures fueled by President Truman's administration. It warns that his opposition to closed shop laws and industry-wide bargaining could trigger further political persecution to push America toward one-party socialism. Through strong language, it portrays Hartley as a principled defender of competition and liberty endangered by a concerted leftist campaign.
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Fred A. Hartley
Truman
Hartley
Congress
Republi
John F. Dilje Co
Just. Folks. By E. A. Guest Inf luence on life and friendship
A reflective piece on how life flows beyond our plans and how two people influence each other. It notes that life contains toil and pleasure and that love and memory shape destiny as relationships grow, for better or worse.
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Ten Years Ago Today in Long Beach Theater and War Honors
Ten years ago Barbara Parmley led the Long Beach Flayers Guild production Rebound. US Army engineers approved a new Atlantic Ave bridge over the Los Angeles River near North Long Beach, meeting flood control rules. Twenty years ago Miles W Midough, Long Beach businessman, received the War Cross for valor in World War I, signed by Mussolini and conferred by Italy for driving ambulances to the front on August 17 1918 at Asiago. Twirl y years ago City Commissioners confirmed Tom Patch as auditorium janitor. Clarence Long of Ontario, formerly Long Beach, enlisted in the field artillery after responding to the call.
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Barbara Parmley
Long Beach
Miles W. Middough
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Asiago Flotesa
Tom Patch
Clarence Long
E. C. Long
Ontario
Ohea
Aunt Het On High Notes And Radio Quality
A columnist rejects overreaching vocal feats claiming big notes matter less than radio sound quality. The piece muses on technique and audience reception without naming performers or events.
Poor Pa Bets On Bettys Marriage Plans
The speaker doubts the young man will marry Betty yet acknowledges an eventual match. The emphasis shifts to family dynamics with Ma highlighted as more involved than the young man in the courthouse or courtship context.
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Betty
His Choice George Bernard Shaw
While lunching in a London restaurant an orchestra played a loud tune Shaw asked to play on request and urged them to play dominoes until he finished noting his witty demand as quoted by The Argonaut.
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George Bernard Shaw
London
Shaw
Argonaut
Nationalization reshapes Britain's business elite
DeWitt Mackenzie discusses Britain's move toward state control under Attlee. The plan nationalizes electricity, coal, inland transport and more, affecting 20 percent of business. Critics warn of higher costs and slow adaptation, while supporters see unification and a new economic era.
Dinner Stories and a Suburban Scoop
A cub reporter seeks newsroom guidance while neighbors discuss a new incubator and its odd performance. The editor points to subscribers for advice as Mrs Newbride expresses concern that the incubator has not hatched any eggs yet.
Modest Texan helps Philadelphia win 1948 national convention
At a Long Beach convention, Texas boasts about distance while delegates favor Philadelphia. A lanky Lone Star state delegate quips that Texans travel far enough that location is a breeze, and the Philadelphia chamber wins the bid for the 1948 national convention.
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Philadelphia
Philly
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Corn at Night and the Racoon Crop Report
A nocturnal meditation on corn’s growth under moonlight. The poem imagines corn rising taller in the night and a raccoon emerging from the woods to offer a quiet, hopeful crop report about near ripe ears.
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New York Herald Tribune
Sudden Date Portraits by Metcalfe Sometimas
A playful verse traces a man finishing work then meeting friends for an unexpected date. He phones his wife, returns to the group, and they discuss world problems with pencils and chalk. He leaves briefly to call home and fears a cold reception and dinner when he returns.
Uncle Charlie and the slogan theft adventure
In a New York tale, Uncle Charley boasts of a big invention plan while his wife Frieda hosts a chaotic night. A contest for Vegtable Company slogans lands Charlie in jail after stealing can labels with friend Marcus. Melvin the pharmacist funds the label-buying spree, and the family ends with Sauerbraten and potato pancakes as a surprise vegetable.
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New York
Earth
Charley
Frieda
Charlie
Popular Mechanics
Melvin
Spire State Building
Alten
Aldey
Prieda
Tin
Veirbest Vegetable Company
Marcus
Cassady
Buxbaum
Marcts
Wlilie
Billy Rose
Readers' Opinions on Forum Current Affairs
A collected set of reader letters to the Press-Telegram comments on public issues in Long Beach. George C. Porter complains about neglected trees and city dumps, urging cleaner streets and better laws. Alice Foster questions bus strike fares and driver wages. Robert B. Mitchell defends drivers and faults City Lines. Lowell A. Bennett advocates jobs for men over 40. praise by H. Harris Wood salutes religious page coverage.
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Treen
Press-Telegram
Long Beach
Broadway
Termino
Belmont
George C. Porter
Los Angeles
California
Alice Foster
Scribee
Robert B. Mit
H. Harris Wood
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