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Washington outlines expansion acts to spur employment
The article describes proposed measures in Congress including a full employment act, a veterans economic development corporation, and government aided expansion. It notes $40 million for site acquisition, a $15 billion fund for loans, and potential new public works, warning such plans risk higher future budgets despite aims to curb unemployment.
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Veterans’ Economic Development Corporation
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Conant MacArthur Seen Guiding Japan Policy Against Russia
The piece argues Communists gain little in Japan yet prepare to bind the country with a strong American backed stance led by General MacArthur. It warns Japan Okinawa the Philippines and Australia must be protected as Moscow seeks a four power pact including Russia Red China and Britain. It presents MacArthur as the decisive voice against Russia and a firm U S position.
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Australia
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Mexico Canal Instead Of Panama For Defense Reasons
The piece discusses a proposed 140 mile sea level canal across Mexico using the Coatzacoalcos bed for 90 miles with no locks. It argues bombing defenses and saving 2000 miles travel for ships, costs 3.5 billion dollars, and notes U S funding and engineering roles led by lawmakers like Senator Dennis Chavez.
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Wage hike debate in Dr Crane column case study
Pete H a 26 year old bookkeeper argues for a salary increase after a co worker received a $5 weekly raise. Dr Crane analyzes value added by experience and new skills, noting merit must rise with contribution not years served. The piece discusses when pay should advance based on upgraded duties and abilities.
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Dr. Crane
Washington Happenings Secretary orders Navy cut in half
Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson orders the U S Navy reduced to about half its prewar size, maintaining four major class aircraft carriers for next fiscal year, effectively creating a single carrier task force for global operations while channeling funds to the U S Air Force.
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Navy budget cuts redefine carrier force strength
Secretary of Defense orders next year’s budget with a 50 percent cut to the Navy air arm and reductions across naval components. The plan targets Major carriers, carrier air groups, Saipan class carriers, Marine aviation, anti-submarine, patrol squadrons, cruisers, destroyers, and submarines, signaling a major shift in naval missions despite safeguards in the unification law.
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Pacific
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U. S. News and World Report
Marine Corps
Ex-GI Seeks Path After War No Clear Purpose
An ex-GI tells THIS MORNING he feels like a failure and cannot find his path. He laments money shortages and questions how to pay essentials while chasing adventure stories and medals.
Morse Pie Cracker and Word Wizard of Radio
Carlton E Morse, a balding 48 year old, bakes his own apple pie with pears and a dash of rum. He is best known for writing One Man's Family for NBC for 18 years, a record in serial drama, with 18 active characters now in its third generation.
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Oklahoma
Navy budget cuts spark debate over defense strategy
The proposed 50 percent reduction across the defense budget draws criticism even from General Eisenhower who opposed some cuts. The plan centers on using strategic bombers to win future wars while risking sea lanes without adequate land based fighters, bombers, or escorts to protect ships and supplies to European bases.
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Pearl Harbor
Offered him a Cigaret and Drink Reflects a Town Dilemma
The narrator recalls offering a cigarette and a drink to a man who refused the drink and poured out his heart. The passage echoes a recurring local tale of prematurely aged men in their twenties and thirties facing a troubling dilemma.
These Boys Went Through the War Adventure Transformation
The piece reflects on war as adventure that forged boys into men. It notes patriots becoming veterans, leaving farms offices and classrooms to face vast duties. It portrays land sky and sea as theirs, with acts of glory and exploration.
United States Navy and Air Force face strategic moth ball outlook
The article likens the new concept to the Maginot and Siegfried Lines and warns the next war may be fought by a single force. It notes only about 131 planes from American shores, with additional bombers and fighters based overseas relying on sea lanes. It argues cutting the Navy reduces protection for convoys without four carrier task forces and questions carrier modernization.
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After Victory the Nation Sees Quiet Days Return
The war ended and the celebratory mood faded as people grew tired of listening to tales of conquest. Everyday life settled in with its own troubles and problems resurfacing after momentary triumph.
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Salary increases bought by new virtues and talents
The piece argues salary raises come not from cash but from developing new virtues and talents over time. It urges continual self-improvement, night courses, and personal growth to reach the top, noting the need to stop coasting and progress beyond today.
Voices of the Lost Heroes and Everyday People
A speaker reflects on how yesterday’s heroes became ordinary workers and job-seekers today. He describes a long conversation with a visitor, sharing the core idea in a concise summary of social change.
All life is a battle heroism beyond medals
A speaker urges a boy to value everyday work as heroic progress. History and statues are static while life moves forward. Prosaic tasks done well, with care and skill, advance society and grant security and happiness.
Battle Ready Departure Echoes in Quiet Farewell
A fragment reflecting a man departing with resolve and readiness for conflict as he leaves, his head held high and demeanor defiant, suggesting themes of courage and impending confrontation.
Fellow travelers and political ideology in America
The speaker questions the prevalence of ideological diversity among Americans, noting that while free thought is protected, few people he meets identify as Communists. He observes most Americans he knows do not align with radical ideologies and suggests such views may fade with time.
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Whose interests lure headlines in a sea of infatuations
The writer notes puzzles behind how many headlines involve writers artists actors musicians and famous scientists due to infatuations with alienisms and zealots. He cites roughly 75,000 Communists among 90 million adults, about one in 1,200, implying low but notable exposure to communism in American life.
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Exhibitionism and Communist associations in public figures
The author muses that investigators often find Communist ties when probing private lives of prominent artists and thinkers. He attributes this to exhibitionism, a desire to attract attention through unorthodox behavior and rhetoric.
Noted Disturbances in Social Adjustments and Tendencies
The passage contrasts normally adjusted people who tolerate harmless stunts with artists or intellectuals who live in private worlds with neurotic primadonnas. It recalls youth activities and a narrow circle of offbeat friends who seek status by flouting conventions and adopting extreme political views.
Gilliland Resigns to Lead Lyons Village Schools
Cleveland AP reports Chesterland schools superintendent W Land Gilliland resigns after six years to head Lyons Village Schools in Fulton County. He leaves amid ongoing district transition and will assume new duties in Lyons Village Schools.
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Fulton County
Prolific Cast Keeps Roles, Family Galore For Morse Program
Six of seven actors from the program’s first broadcast still play their original roles. Live cast members have 22 children over 18 years, while Morse and Patricia are childless. Mrs. Morse says the show mirrors her husband’s family, with his parents recently celebrating a golden wedding anniversary. Morse rises at 6:30, writes by 9:30, and now needs a chart to track his expanding mythical family.
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Patricia
Morse Keeps One Man's Family Alive On Air
Morse reveals his radio soap "One Man's Family" keeps evolving as characters age and marry. He notes fan protests after killing a character and says his wife is his toughest critic while sharing hobbies of collecting silver and wine. The couple owns two 1805 Napoleon Brandy bottles valued at $150 each stored safely.
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Morse
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Mrs. Morse
Rose Dandelmo Dies at 100 in Warren
Rose Dandelmo, a centenarian resident of Warren, died yesterday. She would have turned 101 in December.
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Rose Dandelmo
President menaces Congress and public on taxes and books
The speaker attacks the 80th Congress as a do nothing body. He questions mandates from last November and critiques budget taxes and social programs. Acheson cites China policy while Dewey contemplates quitting a Senate bid and corruption concerns surface amid defense contracts.
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Reporting City Complaints Avoids Confusion and Vindictiveness
Dave Regan argues for direct reporting of city issues with specifics on alley locations and responsible addresses. He warns against vague hints and personal grudges, urging brief precise statements to help officials take action and hold responsible parties accountable.
Genévieve Kemble Thursday Astrological Forecast
A shrewd course of action may advance ambitious projects held up by static conditions. A keen sizing up of hidden factors may melt away jealousy or enmity through tact and sagacious hunch. Birthdays may bring surprising turnarounds and spectacular progress through insight and inner guidance.
Origin of the silkworm and lend lease timelines
The exchange notes that silkworms do not occur wild today but originated in the Orient. It states Lend-Lease began with President Roosevelt signing the bill on March 11, 1941 and ended when President Truman terminated it on August 22, 1945.
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Longest-serving U S Representative Joseph Cannon
Joseph Cannon of Illinois served in Congress from 1873 to 1923 with two defeats in 1891 93 and 1913 15, totaling 50 years in the House the longest tenure in U S history.
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Joseph Cannon
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Three Highest Paid Industrial Workers in the Nation
The bituminous coal miners lead weekly earnings among wage earners, followed by construction workers and then those in printing and publishing, making up the top three highest paid groups in the country.
Park Play Frolic Draws 1000 Children at Sunset Park
Five city parks entered about 1,000 children in the annual park play frolic contest at Sunset Park. The Silver Shield went to representatives of Mary Oglesby Park.
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Chamberlain Named Lieutenant in Signal Corps Reserve
Joseph E. Chamberlain, son of Lee Chamberlain, earned a commission in the Signal Corps Reserve as the sole recruit of 350 to meet the required standards.
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Lee Chamberlain
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