Towering Budget for Presidency Typifies Truman Spending Spree
The piece critiques the Truman White House 1952 budget, noting a rise to 2.6 million dollars with 293 staff, far surpassing Harding Roosevelt Coolidge Hoover budgets. It argues the presidency has become a board of specialists and accuses the administration of spending while urging economy.
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White House
Truman
U. S. News and World Report
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Roosevelt
Mr. Truman
Congress
Anti Acheson Drive Splits House Republicans Over State Dept
The Move to impeach Secretary of State Dean Acheson gains support among Republicans who cite public distrust and policy concerns. California State Sen. Tenney reports 10 000 postal cards telegrams and letters backing impeachment while critics say Acheson’s coldness hinders public trust amid crucial foreign policy issues. The article notes Tran’s unpredictable stance as West policy confounds observers.
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House
Dean Acheson
State Department
Acheson
Himelf
California
Jack B. Tenney
Tenney
House Republicans
Monorail plan advances after Warren signs enabling bill
Gov. Warren signs legislation creating the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority to build a suspended monorail from Long Beach to Van Nuys with feeder buses. Officials view it as a practical high speed solution to the region’s traffic, financed by user fares and revenue bonds totaling about 66 million dollars, though material supply and financing remain major hurdles.
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Gov. Warren
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Warren
San Francisco Bay Bridge
Senate study questions RFC loans to Kaiser Frazer car firm
A Senate Banking subcommittee report questions the Kaiser Frazer loan of 74 million dollars and analyzes whether public funds should promote competition or shelter private monopoly risk. It notes Kaiser Frazer employment, dealer investments, and stockholder impact while suggesting private capital and taxation as deeper answers.
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Wasilington
Erry
Senate Committee On
Fulheight
Arkansas
RFC
Kisser- Prager
Lown
Subcommittee
Kaiser Frazer
Kaiser-Frazer
Kaiser-Trazer
Kaiser-Frazer Company
Endless Chain of Inflation and Farm Price Supports
The piece discusses how rising wages and production costs push up consumer prices, creating an endless inflation chain. It describes parity price as the government's base from which farm support prices are set, with the Department of Agriculture buying large crop quantities to keep prices high and trigger another round of price increases.
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Screamie Danamic
Department of Ag
Riculture
Department
Two Logical China Policies Conceived but Disaster From Indecision
A Washington Post column recounts John Paton Davies Jr. facing a State Department Loyalty Board hearing, arguing two logical China policies existed. The author, a former adviser in Chungking, contends Davies supported aiding Chinese Communists while Stilwell favored Chiang Kai-shek, and blames a policy vacuum after Stilwell’s dismissal for the ensuing disaster.
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China
Washington
State Department Loyalty Board
John Paton Davies Jr
Conrad I. Snow
State Department
Davies
Germany
Sen. McCarthy
Sen. McCarran
Chungking
Joseph W. Stilwell
T. V. Soon
Chiang Kai-shek
Stilwell
America
Mao Tse-tung
Kremlin
Albert C. Wedemeyer
John Davies
Cenyright
New York
Hersidfener Triblune, Inc
Soaper Says on Courts and Cautionary Tales
A column by H Wade riffs on modern courts replacing judges with machines, quips about founders and a playful jab at a Muncie woman who fired a shotgun at a helicopter. It references legal amendments, migratory fowl laws, and a long history of wedding reportage, poking gentle fun at old editorial conventions.
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Muncie
Faith as the Gift and Path in Galatian Teachings
A compact reflection on faith as the means to receive the gift of salvation, referencing Galatians and Colossians. It asserts faith as confidence in God’s free gift and vows God’s wisdom and oversight amid many beings, invoking Mark Hopkins and James Hervey.
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God
Mark Hopkins
James Hervey
JUST FOLKS By A GUEST
A verse recalling a shared effort between a speaker and a boy seeking work. The speaker explains trying to help, confronted by whispers of servitude, a worker dying, and a crippled youth’s hopeful smile that grants strength. The poem likens effort, restraint, and wisdom to daily tasks and the elusive feel of rain.
Long Beach aviators oppose Daugherty Field closure
Private pilots warn that closing Daugherty Field to civilian aircraft would hinder pilot training and hamper local aviation. Local news notes include a Lakewood Village model airplane speed contest, a 24 hour Long Beach Harbor patrol, a 500000 highway improvement fund for suburbs, and the Edison School board accepting the new facility on Dalsy Ave.
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Daugherty Field
Long Beach
Lakewood Village
Long Beach Harbor
Coast Guard
Long Beach Lodge OF Elks
Board of Education
Thomas A. Edison
Old Swimmin Hole Editor Press Telegram
A reader laments the Colorado Lagoon nicknamed the old swimmin hole. The piece mocks its slimy brew like algae and silt while proposing remedies such as closing unused trenches, adding sand, and pumping fresh water from the nearby Marine Stadium to renew the lagoon. The author ends with a cheeky invitation to swim, noting last one in has more sense.
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Press-Telegram
Colorado Lagoon
India
Ganges
Fatcher
Marine Stadium
Sestern
Five Logical CNO Choices At First Stunned By Delay
Washington naval circles speculate on who will be the next chief of naval operations as Adm Forrest Sherman’s untimely massing unsettles the field. Favored candidates include Adms Radford Conally McCormick Fechteler and Carney with Fechteler or Carney viewed as likely picks. Fechteler, nephew of Latrobe Roosevelt and son of Adm and Mrs Augustus Fechteler, born 1896 in San Rafael, is Naval Academy graduate and current commander in chief Atlantic Fleet. Carney, Vallejo born 1895, Naval Academy class of 1916, admiral, served in the Pacific and was chief of staff to Third Fleet commander Adm Haisley.
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Forrest Sherman
Washington
CNO
Arthur Radford
Richard Conally
Lynde McCormick
William Fechteler
Robert Carney
Adm
Fechteler
Carney
Latrobe Roosevelt
Navy
Augustus Fechteler
San Rafael
Calif
Naval Academy
South Pacific
Atlantic
U. S. Atlantic
NATO
R. E. Carney
Vallejo
Pacific
Third Fleet
Haisey
Lazy Summer Dream in a Quiet Garden
A reflective verse about a lazy summer day with no ambition to work. The speaker longs to lounge in a chair on velvet grass, breathe easy air, and drift to an exotic, peaceful place where no one disturbs or demands. References to chores and a quiet life frame the mood.
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