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California Lawmaker Seeks Report on Atomic Heat Feasibility
Representative Havenner asks the Atomic Energy Commission to report on the feasibility of heat production from atomic powered plants as fuel oil shortages loom. MIT President Compton argues peaceful atomic power could emerge in about two years with practical tests following, noting coal may remain cheaper where plentiful.
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Prices fall in commodities spark mixed public weigh-ins
Opinion runs high on commodity price declines as leaders clash over implications. Truman warns inflation remains a problem, Taft sees a chance of stabilization, and NYSE chair says prices may have peaked while food costs trend down. Farm states protest selective declines despite overall drop.
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Boylan
Theew York Stock Exchange
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Press earns broad praise as traders rely on papers
A historical column argues the press is praised for truthfulness as traders like Ed Pauley and E. T. Maynard credit public news for decisions. It recalls 1929 and World War II-era readers who acted on what the papers reported, noting traders across markets follow reported events closely.
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E. T. Maynard
Poland
Kansas
Chicago
Washington
Compliment Club urges daily praise in family study
Dr George W Crane reports a 30 day social psychology experiment the Compliment Club. Agnes a housewife recounts how praising others transformed neighbors in four year stake and even inspired a Sunday School launch. The diary notes reduced self focus and kinder behavior at home.
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Crane
Benjamin Franklin
Supreme Court War Power Ruling Raises Liberty Concerns
David Lawrence in Washington warns the Supreme Court decision on war powers threatens peacetime liberties. He argues Congress could resume rationing wage and price controls, with critics saying the ruling could enable extended federal control under wartime powers. He cites Justice Douglas and Justice Jackson opinions and notes ongoing Cold War and un declared tensions with Russia.
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Russia
Germany
Europe
Truman
America
Answers And Answers From History Q and A Series
The questions cover Magellan's circumnavigation taking three years with 18 survivors returning to Spain after Magellan’s death in the Philippines. Other items note U S schoolchildren giving France a Lafayette statue in 1900 and the composer Amy Weedforde Finden as author of Indian Love Lyrics.
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France
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Austrian jumps world long record at Planica
Joseph Brach of Austria set the world long jump record with a 350.96 foot leap at Planica in Yugoslavia in 1938.
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Joseph Brach
Austria
Planica
Yugoslavia
Origin of great living religions in Asia
The text asserts that the great living religions of the world originated in Asia. It notes Christianity also originated in Asia but developed in the western world.
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Asia
What Distinguishes a Cathedral from a Church
A cathedral is the bishop's church as it houses the official throne of a bishop. The term cathedral comes from the Latin cathedra meaning throne. Any building used for worship is a church, but a cathedral is defined by its episcopal seat.
Kilkenny Cats Tale Ends in Fabled Fateful Fight
The legend holds that the Kilkenny cats fought until only their tails remained, a vivid image of their epic demise and lasting fame in folklore.
DeMille and the Bagpipes: A Love of Epic Bombast
The critic praises Cecil B DeMille while lampooning his epics and the Campbells in a lively column. It riffs on film lore, bagpipes, and wartime music while quipping about Gettysburg and Braddock and declaring DeMille as a maestro of bombastic cinema.
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Boon
Oregon
DeMille
Braddock
Pittsburgh
Hans Wagner
Old King Cole
Crecy
Waterloo
Dunkirk
Adopting a Child Through Foster Means True Environment
Erich Brandeis relates a reader’s letter on adoption fears and shares a railroad family’s experience with two adopted girls. He argues heredity matters less than environment, noting the Carrolls chose care and love at St. Vincent's Chicago, and that good parenting shapes character.
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George J. Carroll
St. Vincent's
Chicago
Carroll
Anthony and suffrage history in 1872 voting case
The article notes Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting in 1872, asserting the 14th amendment granted her rights. It highlights her role as founder and later president of the National Woman's Suffrage Association, which organized the 1848 Seneca Falls conference. A U S Women's Bureau conference this month evaluates progress since that Declaration of Sentiments.
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Susan B .Anthony
Anthony
National Women's Suffrage Association
Seneca Falls
N. Y
Sena Falls
US Womens Bureau
Grudge Leads to Long Road to a Pardon
A correspondent recalls Cain and Abel era guilt in a postwar tale. Jim and Red plan a theft, Red betrays him, Jim is jailed for life. Frank, Jim’s devoted brother, fights for a pardon for nearly twenty years. A parole-board lawyer volunteers to help, and Jim is freed. The victim was shot in the back.
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Parole Board
Oaim
Women workers and rights denied not needed says Frieda Miller
Miss Frieda Miller director of the Women’s Bureau says a 1948 declaration of women’s rights will not come from the conference. She notes gains since 1848 including professions, jury service in most states, property rights, guardianship, and tax treatment. Today women form 28 percent of all workers with 46.2 percent of the labor force married, single, or widowed as of 1947 Census projections.
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Women’s Bureau
Miss Miller
Centur
Women's Bureau
Follow the Leaderitis and Fashion Foot Pain
Dave Regan humor column reflects on why people follow customs from wristwatch wear to ham preparation. It notes fashion trends pushing taller heels and tighter toes, and a shopper who finds new shoes painful yet follows fashion, ending with a complaint that the palms of her feet are killing her.
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Shore
Wallace third party offers cure all for discontented groups
Henry Wallace's third party platform aims to address underpaid workers with a dollar an hour minimum wage, curb inflation, abolish poll tax and Jim Crow, advocate antisynch laws and fair employment, repeal Taft-Hartley, and oppose the universal military training program. It also appeals to labor, liberals, pacifists, isolationists, and Zionists, with a foreign policy seen as following a Communist line. Rex Tugwell cited as influence, and Howard, Henderson, and ADA links noted.
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NEA
Henry Wallace
United States
Chicago
Progressive Citizens’ of America
Greece
Turkey
Wallace platform targets underprivileged in national appeal
The piece critiques the Wallace movement for courting the forgotten as voters and notes its funding from small contributions collected in transit and rallies. It highlights confrontations within Wallace leadership including Wallace's clashes with Truman and attacks on M Co. B. Baldwin and ties to past figures like Elmer Benson.
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PCA
Chicago
Fromlifornia
Pullman
Truman
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Form Rity
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Minnesota
Farmer-Labor
Father Coughlin
Gerald Smith
Civic Association report shows assets of 153075.11
Blair M. Clerk presented a financial report to the Civic Association board noting assets totaling 153075.11. In a separate accident at the Hamilton Coke and Iron Company plant, George Rice was buried alive for two minutes when a seven foot ditch collapsed. colleagues rescued him.
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Hamilton Coke and Iron Company
Dust storms dodge topsoil. campaign cigars for non-smokers
The note praises Uncle Sam for preventing dust storms from eroding soil and jests that campaign cigars should be saved for men who do not smoke.
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