Left Wing Challenge to Attlee Shakes Labour Move
The piece notes a Labor Party leftward drift in Britain with a vote favoring delaying iron and steel nationalization. Attlee’s cabinet faces internal pressure as 81 to 77 backed delay, abstentions near 100, signaling discontent with moderate socialism and fears of wider socialization. The commentary warns of radicalism threatening economic recovery and production.
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Great Britain
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Churchill
Labor Party
Clement Attlee
Attlee
House of Commons
Associated Press
London
British
Britain
Relief Load in Prosperity Prompts Uniform Relief Debate
Los Angeles County relief aid reached 4 153 208 dollars in June 1947, about 500 000 more than June 1946. Growing population and waning savings help explain rising expenditures, while high California relief rates attract new residents from other states. A federal state uniform relief rate is proposed to curb outflow and stabilize funding.
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Los Angeles County
Los Angeles
California
United States
Europe Makes Some Progress on Industrial Conditions
European industrial conditions show improvement but remain weak in places, with 1939 wartime baselines and 1947 figures across Belgium Denmark France Netherlands Norway and Sweden. US civilian employment hits a record 60 079 000 as overall prosperity hinges on industrial production and workers' efficiency. Rental control precedents traced to 1470 by the Los Angeles Housing Expediter chief counsel.
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Europe
Christina Ssionce Monitor
Monitor
Belgium
Denmark
France
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Census Bureau
United States
Los Angeles
China Rebound Amid War and Famine Aftermath
The article surveys China teetering between ruin and revival as millions starve yet reconstruction begins. It cites Dr Chen Chih-smai of Columbia and China’s UN FAO deputy as observers, noting the rice bowl’s destruction in Hunan, famine, and the impact of Japanese destruction on farming, livestock, and supplies.
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China
Chen Chih-smai
Columbia University
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
Xhina Magazine
Japan
Hunan
Chan
Changsha
Pat
Wengyang
Kwantung
Kwangsi
Dr. Chen
Canton-Hankow
Yangtze
Pearl Rivers
Chiang Kai-shek
Chen
America
Stalin
Truman
Marshall
Jenn
Savings is Strange Word at Capitol in Lawrence
Washington report questions why officials treat the people's money as limitless and criticizes the fiscal priorities of Congress. President Truman calls for an analysis of what counts as savings versus projected spending for the next fiscal year, while Democrats argue Republicans failed to cut promised savings.
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Washington
Administration
Truman
Budget Bureau
Congress
Democratic National Committee
Republican Congress
Brough
Gloried Country and City Skies in Morning Light
E A Guest laments urban sprawl obscuring dawns while praising countrysides where lakes and lawns gleam gold at sunrise. The poem contrasts smokestacks with sunlit nature and hints at Congress adjournment leaving investigations to occupy coming months.
Shortest airline in the world busy, records show
Ten years ago today Department of Commerce data highlighted Wilmington Catalina as the smallest airline by route yet the busiest. The decade mark noted 250 to 300 quail letters shipped daily from Long Beach. Alta Williams scaled Mount Rainier amid vast ice and snow. Thirty years ago, former Long Beach lifeguards Davie Wormley Al MacDonald George Warshall trained for service, polo and aquatic races in Long Beach. C J Curtis announced a deed gift to Long Beach Harbor waterways.
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United States Department of Commerce
Wilmington
Long Beach
Alta
Williams
St. Regis
Mount Rainier
United States
Davie 'Wormley
al MacDonald
George Warshall
San Pedro
Uncle Sam
C. J. Curtis
Los Angeles Dock & Terminal Co
Citys Commissioners
Long Beach Harbor
Aunt Het Warns Against Blaming Babies for Attention
A fragment quotes Aunt Het cautioning against blaming babies for crying, expressing fear of being helpless and left alone, unable to interact beyond touching her toes.
Uncle Tom Has Best Lawyer in Town
The text notes Uncle Tom smiling at loss of soul while a top local lawyer tends to his affairs, highlighting confidence in his legal representation amid impending trouble.
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My. Vich
Uncle Tom
Defining Genius Across Genders in New Book
The Omaha World Herald cites Walter Bowerman in Studies in Genius noting Webster’s male centric view while identifying 27 women among 1000 geniuses. He defines a typical male genius as 5'10" and 175 pounds with 5.54 children, and names Lillian Russell Emily Dickinson and Mary Baker Eddy as examples of female genius.
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Webster
Philosophical Library
Walter G. Bowerman
New York Life Insurance Company
Poes
United States
Bowerman
Lillian’ Russell
Emily Dickinson
Mary Baker Eddy
Omaha World-Herald
Congress Needs Dignity in Hearings and Rules
A critical essay argues that congressional hearings often devolve into sensational circus acts with perjured tactics and public smears. It praises disciplined chairmen like William P. Cole and notes failures requiring stricter rules to protect the institution and witnesses.
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Senate
J. B. Morgan
Congress
Indiana
Texas
Dr. Wirt
Gary
Ind
John Connor
House Rules Committee
Roosevelt
House
William P. Cole
Truman
Inlyone
Dinner Story Misread by Judge in Citizenship Test
A jurist testing citizenship queries asks Tony about the president and the view president. Tony answers correctly, then jokes he cannot be president because he is six and busy at the fruit store. Newlyweds travel by train and plan to appear long-married by sharing duties.
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Tony
United States
Tunnel Builders Through Rock Across Ages In Istanbul and Estes Park
A tabloid note recalls a 2700 year old limestone tunnel in Istanbul carved by heroic workers who advanced three inches daily. It contrasts with Estes Park Colorado crews who recently punched 80 feet in 24 hours, setting a stone record for speed.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Rockies
Estes Park
Colorado
Lime
du Pant Magazine
Telephone Portraits by Metcalfe
A brief reflective piece extols the telephone as a bridge to friends and relatives and a tool for business, dating, travel plans, and even state affairs. It emphasizes personal connection and practical uses while noting the phone’s reach when one is alone.
Praise for Baby Food Stocks and the Gravy Train
A spoof tip sheet discusses buying shares in baby food firms as a sure path to wealth. It jokes that a growing birth rate and rising profits will fuel rapid stock gains, urging readers to stash Baby Food preferred shares and wait for big lunches with Rockefeller.
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New York
Willie
Wall Street Journal
Buzzard
Perry Como
Bon- Wits
Pal
John L. Lewis
Sen. Bilbo
Latah
Rockefeller
Billy Rese
Public Forum Letters on Civil Liberties and Privacy
Readers weigh in on police highway searches and civil liberties, praising privacy and denouncing Gestapo like methods. James G Chapling argues against mass searches, recalling wartime sacrifices for freedom. D Brooks notes dangers from smoking in stores posing fire risk in urban centers.
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Press-Telegram
Civil Liberties Union
Brock
California
Americas
United States
James G. Chapling
Willowbrook
Calif
Better Service Needed Editor Press Telegraph
Commuters ask for tangible gains after a bus strike settlement. Writers note wage gains for employees prompt fare hikes by 20 percent and urge improved service with more frequent routes. The letter laments lack of commuter benefits and requests slips at every corner and regular service. Myrtle Younger Man.
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Press-Telegram
Myrtle
No Smoking Ordinances Spread to Retail Stores
No smoking rules spread to retail stores. Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and Cleveland have adopted ordinances prohibiting smoking in department stores employing 25 or more persons. Retailers in other cities push to protect workers from hazards as Long Beach department stores see crowded shelves daily.
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Ediley Press-Telegram
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Long Beach
Bus Strike Settled and 335 New Buses Added
The community welcomes a settlement of a nearly two month bus strike with wage readjustments accepted by the company. A fare increase is pending and 335 new low floor buses will join the service to improve operations. The writer notes the responsibility of operators and hopes for continued growth and harmony in local transit.
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Naval Service
Ludon
Dgn
United Nations adopts English and French as working languages
A Sacramento Bee report notes that the United Nations in San Francisco settled English and French as the two official working languages. Spanish, Russian and Chinese are official but require translation requests. In 1946 speeches, 75 percent were in English, 8 percent Spanish, 7 percent Russian, and 1 percent French.
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San Francisco
United Nations
U. N
Sacramento
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Metcalfe
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