Truman Inflation Battle Highlights Republican contrasts
The piece argues President Truman overstated wartime controls and contrasts Republican and Democratic views on price controls and inflation. It notes the wartime price system collapsed without broad authority and discusses monetary restraint measures, credit tightening, and housing starts as economic context. It ends by warning eviction notices may return to ordinary status soon.
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Truman
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
United States
Congress
Fire and Pests Threaten West Upland Forests
An Idaho forest trek details how fire and insect pests endanger Payette National Forest amid rugged wilderness. The piece underscores forest guardianship, soil erosion risk from grazing, and the need to protect the West’s timber heritage for farms and new industries.
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Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
National Forests
Fish Creek
Chamberlain Ranger Station
Lodge Pole
Wartime Parley Aided Soviet Aims
Mark Sullivan argues that U S policy and wartime conferences with Roosevelt Stalin and Churchill shifted leverage to Russia. He cites Teheran and Yalta decisions, unsettled records, and changing popular attitudes from 1940 to postwar expectations. He warns that Russia's aim to world communization influenced actions and public support.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington
Russia
Roosevelt
Stalin
Teheran
Yalta
Hitler
Lendlease
Churchill
New York Herald
United Nations Arms Commission debate over disarmament
Dewitt Mackenzie reports that the UN Arms Commission split nine to two with Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine opposing disarmament. Western powers insist peace and confidence precede disarmament, citing atomic control and a world peace force as essentials. Montgomery urges 150000 reserves, warning that true peace requires readiness amid ongoing Cold War tensions.
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United Nations Arms Commission
Russia
Ukraine
Lake Success
Britain
Viscount Montgomery
Imperial General Staff
England
Montgomery
Moscow
United Nations
U. N. Arms Commission
Playroom Spectacle: Televisions and Records Reign
In Mt Kisco the narrator converts a derelict ball room into a high-spirited home theater and prize room. He details adding a pool table, Capehart, a long playing record player, and a television. The setup becomes his personal Loew's State and Carnegie Hall with nightly entertainment. The piece notes upcoming Milton Berle and Deems Taylor appearances and compares costs to an automobile.
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Mt. Kisco
Eleanor
Westchester
Loew’s
Yankee Stadium
Texaco
Henny Youngman
Milton Berle
Milton
Taylor
Deems
Disney
The
Bell Syndicate
Public Forum on Race and Interracial Understanding
Readers critique Communist and third party tactics in addressing racial issues. Raymond Bowman argues for sober appeals to reason and Christian tolerance, praising American Negro achievements while warning against agitation that inflames hatred. 719 Loma Ave.
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Press-Telegram
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Democratic Party
Booker T. Washington
George Washington Carver
Richard Wright
William Grant Still
Marion Anderson
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
Benny Carter
Joe Louis
Soviet Union
Sweden
Switzerland
United States
Charles Howard
Town
Howard
Community
Siberia
Just Folks Poem on Political Flap and Unity
A verse by E A Guest mocks campaign rhetoric from both parties. It notes mutual boasts of virtue while urging Americans to remember shared loyalty to the starry flag. The poem ends with a wry quip about political dance and a jab at alimony reform.
Swordfish after long fight marks Tuna Club record
Dan Baker and his son Dick posed with a 280-pound swordfish at Santa Catalina Island dock after a 3 hour 45 minute battle. Major General Oscar Westover approved 350 Army Air Corps planes over Long Beach following the Chamber of Commerce push tied to the Legion convention in Los Angeles. San Francisco delegates to the Pacific Southwest Exposition received a grand welcome from 오래 families connected to Los Angeles history. R Lee Wilson departed for Vancouver to join wife and son at Point Grey. State Treasurer F W Richardson returned from Sacramento with 9 million dollars in state franchise accounts.
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Dan Baker
Tuna Club
Santa Catalina Island
Oscar Westover
U. S. Army Air Corps
Long Beach
Chamber of Conmerce
American Legion
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Wilmington
San Pedro
R. Lee Wilson
Vancouver
Robert Lee Jr
Poem Birthday Card for Five Year Old Kristina
A loving children’s birthday verse expresses joy for Kristina reaching age five. The poem wishes happiness and a life filled with silver and gold, smiles, hugs, and kisses, and praises her as a bright future star surrounded by friends.
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Kristina
Record Breathing Trial Sets New Limit
The Oakland Tribune notes a new breath holding record of fourteen minutes and two seconds, praising the feat as impressive and contrasting it with shorter endurance times seen during intense events like the Berlin crisis.
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Berlin
Oakland Tribune
Unseen Taxes Withholding Reaches Five Year Mark
The withholding system of collecting income taxes is five years old this month and has seen 49 billion dollars paid into the federal Treasury. Proponents tout its advantages as painless and efficient, saving government costs while reducing individual budgeting burdens. Critics warn the mechanism hides profit, making workers forget earned income and potentially fostering complacency during high federal spending. Oakland Tribune analysis notes psychological drawbacks.
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Oakland Tribune
Dinner Story Sparks Millinery Question
A city boy points to growing flowers and asks his father what kind they are. The father replies he does not know and jokes about being in the millinery business.
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