Gallup Top Ten Admired Figures Reassess Postwar Fame
Dr George Gallup’s postwar survey shows Harry Truman topping the list with Eisenhower Marshall Churchill and MacArthur maintaining high ranks. Newcomers include Hoover Einstein and Stassen while no movie stars or entertainers appear in the final ten.
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George Gallup
Dr. Gallup
Truman
Cleveland Indians
General MacArthur
Winston Churchill
General Eisenhower
Marshall
Pope Pius
Dewey
Hoover
Eleanor Roosevelt
Harold Stassen
Kenny
Albert Einstein
Harry Truman
Byrnes
Stassen
Einstein
World Federation
Soak The Rich Debate On Federal Tax Burden
Economists challenge claims that high federal appropriations will fall on the rich. They note taxes come from wages and salaries and that 83.1 percent of income goes to those earning under 5 000 a year while those making 25 000 or more receive 6.7 percent of the national income. The implication is that low income groups bear the tax load and any tax increase raises their burden.
New Year Bowl Pick With No Football Insight
Henry McLemore writes from a rare position of ignorance about the New Year bowl games after a season spent in China and Japan. He jokes he will guess all games correctly and notes the absurdity of his past data gleanings while praising his good health and appetite for Monday Morning Quarterback Club luncheons.
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China
Japan
Dow
The
Daily Worker
Quarterback Club
Jane Wyman raises film price to 175000 per project
Hollywood gossip notes Jane Wyman now commands 175000 per movie, roughly double her prior fee, and discusses how higher pay may reduce available roles. The column also covers Anne Baxter John Wayne Ingrid Bergman and other industry sketches and anecdotes from The Hollywood Parade and Idol Chat.
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Hollywood
Jane Wyman
Miss Wyman
Johnny Belinda
Warner Brothers
Ingrid Bergman
Jane
Our Children By Angelo Patri
A meditation on how thoughts precede actions in children and how environment and experiences shape thinking. Emphasizes tracing sources of misconduct to influence a child's thoughts, urging teachers and parents to foster good thoughts through surroundings and examples.
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Our
Angelo Patri
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Bowl game picks for New Year’s Day matchups
The column lists expected winners for a string of bowl games including California over Northwestern in the Rose Bowl Oklahoma over North Carolina in the Sugar Bowl Clemson over Missouri in the Gator Bowl Oregon over SMU in the Cotton Bowl Texas over Georgia in the Orange Bowl Oklahoma A and M over William and Mary in the Delta Bowl Nevada over Villanova in the Harbor Bowl Wake Forest over Baylor in the Dixie Bowl. An eight game parlay is noted as a teaser rather than a bet.
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California
Northwestern
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Missouri
Clemson
Southern Methodist
Oregon
Georgia
Texas
William and Mary
Oklahoma A
Villanova
Nevada
Baylor
Wake Forest
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Dr Martha Eliot wins 1948 Lasker Award for EMIC program work
Washington reports Dr Martha M Eliot, associate chief of the U S Children s Bureau and APHA president, has won the 1948 Lasker Award for administrative achievement in organizing the EMIC maternity and infant care program during World War II. The program served over 1.5 million service families, and EMIC care continued into 1949 for pregnancies by mid 1947.
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Washington
Martha M. Eliott
U. S. Children’s Bureau
Lasker Awards
American Public Health Association
APHA
Eliot
Children’s Bureau
United States
The
U. S
EMIC
World Health Assembly
Geneva
Switzerland
Radcliffe College
John Hopkins
Boston
New Haven
St. Louis
Yale Medical School
Mopsy Q A Quiz of World Knowledge and Trivia
Gladys Parker presents quick Q A on Spice Islands pepper production and modern regional outputs. It notes the Netherlands East Indies as the Spice Islands and Pepper as a leading product while tin and rubber rise in importance.
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Spice Islands
Netherlands East Indies
Isles
New Iberia robbers Get Ten Years In Angola Prison
Two New Iberia men Charles Romero and Tuerling Benoit were sentenced to ten years in Angola State Prison for the Oct 11 Club Forrest robbery on the New Iberia Abbeville highway. They pleaded guilty and were arrested in New Iberia.
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New Iberia, la
New Iberia
Angola State Prison
Club Forrest
New Iberia- Abbeville
Edward Meaux
Charles Romero
Tuerling Benoit
Custody Fight Over 3-Year-Old Intensifies
Los Angeles December 29 A cross country custody dispute centers on three year old Vickie Jeanne Snyder. Her mother Jeanne Braget 21 was jailed on kidnapping charges after voluntarily surrendering to police and declaring intent to contest adoption. The child is with juvenile authorities while the child’s grandparents Harry M Snyder and his wife in Harrisburg Pa had accepted custody after adoption. Braget and her husband John Braget 35 of Tacoma Wash drove west after the incident. District Attorney Carl B Shelley says the adoption by the grandparents is legally binding, nullifying Braget’s parental rights.
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Los Angeles
Vickie Jeanne Snyder
Jeanne M. Braget
Pomona
Vicki
Harry M. Snyder
Harrisburg
Harry H. Snyder
Santa Monica
Calif
Carl B. Shelley
Midwest storm slows travel and cuts power
A wind snow and rain storm blankets the Midwest slowing transportation and crippling communications. Nebraska and Kansas towns lose ice damaged telephone lines with Kearney Power out after a line break as drifting snow and 30 to 50 mph winds churn across Nebraska Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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Chicago
Midwest
Nebraska
Kansas
Kearney
Neb
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
North Central
Lower Michigan
Canada
Weather Bureau
Mason City
Green Bay
Wis
Lower
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Louisiana
Gulf of Alaska
Washington
Oregon
California
Gulf States
Big Piney
Wyo
Bismarck
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Piedmont Airliner Makes Forced Landing Near Tri-City
Fifteen passengers and three crewmen escaped injury when a Piedmont twin engine airliner made a forced landing a mile and a half from Tri-City airport in snow covered fields. Co Pilot James Craig said Pilot H H Hutchinson landed after loss of oil pressure in the right engine caused mechanical trouble en route from New Bern to Cincinnati via Lexington with a stop at Winston Salem. Winds 28 to 34 mph.
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Johnson City
Tenn
Piedmont
Tri- City
Here
James Craig
H. H. Hutchinson
Cincinnati
Lexington
New Bern
N. C
Winston -Salem
Tri-City
R. D. Hager
Piedmont Airlines
Speech Association Convention Debates Teaching Public Speaking
At Washington the Speech Association of America gathers nearly 1000 members for its 38th annual convention. Debates focus on improving everyday conversation and teaching speaking from grade school through college, with 56 speeches and 10 roundtables on topics from general semantics to evaluating Rutherford B. Hayes.
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Washington
Speech Association of America
Carrie Rasmussen
Madison
Wis
Karl F. Robinson
Northwestern University
Robinson
Rutherford B. Hayes
Dr Baur Named Santha Delegate at Imperial Darbar event
Dr H H Baur was named imperial representative with Montez Baur as alternate to the 29th Imperial Darbar of the Santha Nomads of Avraduka in San Diego on August 14, 1949. The women's branch also sessions. Officers for 1949 include Inez Brown princess Eugene Shows treasurer and others. Knights of Pythias and Kharassan and Pythian Sisters hold meetings at Castle Hall in early January 1949.
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H. H. Baur
Montez Baur
Santha Nomads
Avraduka
San Diego
Calif
Darbar
Rajah
Rani
Inez Brown
Princess
Eugene Shows
Virgie Roark
Scribe
Callie Crow
Louise Fleet
Eva Hislop
Katie Smith
Hazel Boudreaux
Tempie Heywood
Sarah Shows
Stonewall Lodge No
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
el Miro
Knights of Kharassan
Monroe Temple
Watch Service Marks New Year at Central Baptist
A watch service will be held at Central Baptist Church on 3400 Lee Avenue Friday night December 31 starting at 9 00 p m and continuing into the new year. Sponsored by the training union the evening will include song service religious and missionary films humorous skits refreshments and a prayerful transition as the old year passes. All are invited to attend.
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Central Baptist Church
Lee Avenue
Training Union
Christian Fellowship
Word Puzzle Clues and Classified Matchup
A jumble of cross clue prompts and brief descriptors including metal fasteners rim of a wheel starlike god of love bending terms and related odds ends. The list links simple words with terse hints forming a dense puzzle strip.
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