Washington Happenings on steel price and wage pressures
A Washington analysis argues President Truman must decide within days to avert a steel strike. It details the Wage Stabilization Board's 22 cent hourly raise to about $2, costing steel firms roughly $1 billion yearly, and a potential $10-$12 per ton price rise, constrained by Capehart rules to about $2. The piece criticizes government influence on wages and prices, warning of a broader inflationary cycle and waning public interest protection.
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Washngton
America
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
Steelworkers’ Union Policy Committee
Capehart
Office of Price Stabilization
Charles E. Wilson
Key West
CIO Steelworkers
Washington
Small World Dinner At Creole Marys In Mobile
In Mobile, Alabama, the narrator visits Creole Marys with editor George Cox and Bill Hearin Jr. They dine on crab gumbo, oysters, shrimp, deviled crabs, and cake for $1.80 per person. Mary’s daughter in Connecticut turns the encounter into a unexpected cross‑country connection.
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Mobile
George Cox
the Press
Bill Hearin, Jr
Creole Mary's
O.k
Bill Hearin
Bellingrath Gardens
Mobile Bay
Mary
Television and the lure of the living room hero
Hal Boyle muses on televisions impact from golden era stardom to daily chores. Readers see how screens reshape attention and even pets, suggesting sponsors push ads and perhaps drop programs. Households report TV eyes and cats jealously guarding the set.
Kremlin Peace Proposal for Germany Is a Calculated Trap
Editorial argues Russia seeks to lure Germany into a unified armed state with economic freedom and troop withdrawal pledges. The piece warns Western powers must counter the Kremlin deception aimed at weakening NATO cohesion and German resolve. It cites Austri a treaty delays and Panmunjom as examples of Soviet obstruction.
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Russia
Germany
Kremlin
Poland
Saar
Adenauer
Kurt Schumacher
Social Democrats
Britain
France
Europe
Soviet Union
Moscow
Truman May Decide 1952 Bid At March Dinner
The article notes a March 29 Jefferson Jackson dinner in Washington where President Truman could announce his plan for the 1952 campaign. If he renounces a nomination then it would be seven months before Election Day, a timing never seen since Washington. It discusses risks of signaling other candidates as Kefauver Russell and Kerr contend for the Democratic field.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Truman
Democratic National Committee
H.S.T
Coolidge
T. Roosevelt
Democras
Kefauver
Russell
Kerr
Insanity Myths and Heredity Debunked by Dr George W Crane
Dr George W Crane discusses Opal B and her fiancé, noting insanity is not inherited. He compares mental illness to a wrecked car caused by life choices, cites syphilis alcoholism and education as factors, and urges temperate living and informed sex education to prevent nervous breakdowns. He promises a bulletin on prevention.
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Opal
Indianapolis Speedway
Fragmented Punchline Sketches From a City Page
Short quips mix humor and social quips about a stolen bus in Los Angeles and random observations. A Paris artist claims the big toe reveals character while a grain of rice bears 100 words. A census prompts identity and public attention as a new apartment blocks birds and noise.
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School of Paris
Day of challenge and planning for progress
Genevieve Kemble notes a day likely to begin with crowded, perplexing situations but promises improvement through practical direction and reorganization. Seek discrimination and sound judgment, rely on a friend in crises, and consider delaying decisive leaps to ensure progress and fulfillment. A child born today shows strong mental and moral gifts but may delay decisions.
State Dept suggestion boxes empty backs and all
George Dixon notes the State Department’s fancy suggestion boxes have no backs or bottoms, causing ideas to fall to the floor and be swept away. He also critiques a letter by Joe E. Lewis and comments on Phyllis Moore Gallagher reading Sydney Smith with a 1802 sermon on taxation. The column laments high taxes, including death duties, and mentions a Federal Trade Commission petition by AFL members.
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Washington
State Department
State
Smith
Union groups probe burial costs linked to taxes
The text notes union groups plan to investigate high burial costs. It mentions the FTC attempted inquiry and suggests undertakers push prices due to industry taxation. A speaker chides crude remarks and refers to the tax as stiff.
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FTC
Gallaghen
Residents plan countermeasures over roadside rubbish problem
Middletown outskirts residents report they will gather dropped garbage and return it to the homes of offenders. They also consider printing the offenders' home addresses and car licenses on pamphlets to circulate locally. A lost honey colored cocker spaniel was found after being hit near Sutphin Street and Arlington Avenue and is under veterinary care. owner urged to reclaim dog.
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Middletown
Stanley Rothman
Sutphin St
Arlington Ave
Friendship Wall of Lt Comdr Cronenwett Draws Brick Gifts
Lt Comdr Wilson R Cronenwett head of the Motion Picture Branch at the Naval Photographic Center built a 234 foot wall in his Washington backyard from used bricks. After a lightning strike the project collapsed. Neighbors, officials and even White House and Ft Knox bricks arrived. Cronenwett, a Northwestern and Catholic University student, served as gun camera chief in WWII and later recorded Churchill Truman talks on the Williamsburgh yacht. He is married to Agnes and has two children Connie and Christine.
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Washington
Wilson R. Cronenwett
Comdr. Cronenwett
Motion Picture
Naval Photographic Center
White House
Felix de Welden
Agnes
Civic Threater
Muskegon, Mich
Connie
Christine
Winston Churchill
Truman
Williamsburg
Catholic University
Jerry O'Toole
Pacific
Questions And Answers From The Nativity To Antioch
The piece presents two clues about the Nativity date from Herod’s reign and Caesar Augustus taxation in Bethlehem. It also notes bat wings lack feathers and are made of skin, and identifies Syria as the country of the ancient city of Antioch where Christians were first called by that name.
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Christ
Herod
Caesar Augustus
Mary
Joseph
Bethlehem
Nazareth
Antioch
Syria
Easter Seals support explained by Dr Edwin Jordan
Dr Edwin Jordan outlines how Easter Seals funds aid the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults. The organization serves 228000 handicapped people yearly with facilities in 48 states plus DC Alaska Hawaii and Puerto Rico and employs nearly 2000 professionals. Ninety cents of every dollar stay in the local state, with camps clinics and education programs nationwide along with research and placement services. The National Society address is 11 South LaSalle Street Chicago Illinois.
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National Society For Crippled Children
District of Columbia
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
National Society
The
South LaSalle Street
Chicago
Ilinois
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Erich Brandeis
Connecticut
Peraps
Conneticut
Bridgeport
Hal Boyle
New York
Caesars
Coliseum
Rome
Way RA Cok Et
George W. Crane
Opal B
Los Angeles
Genevieve Kemble
George Dixon
Washington Scene
Joe E. Lewis
Phyllis Moore Gallagher
Sydney Smith
Federal Trade Commission
AFL
Dave Regan
Jane Eads
Navy
Cronenwetts
Hollywood
Edwin Jordan, M. D
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