City power strain and political crossfire loom in editorial
The piece warns that oncoming room air conditioner demand may overwhelm an aging city electrical system and calls for a total revamp of wiring and distribution. It notes a transformer failure on Park Avenue and Marie Place, praises electricians, and links energy concerns to a looming reelection battle between Snow White and Robert Jones in Maine and Wisconsin political clashes.
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Monroe
Park Avenue
Marie Place
City
City Electricians
United States Senate
GOP
Maine
Snow White
Robert Jones
Joe McCarthy
Wisconsin
Senate
Reece Committee Probes Foundations in U S Life
The article discusses Congressman Carroll Reece's investigation into the Ford Rockefeller and Carnegie foundations. It notes editorial support for the inquiry, cites alleged socialist links, and praises the committee's work while urging continued scrutiny and public disclosure of foundation activities.
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Harold Velde
Carroll Reece
Reece
Cox
Ford
Rockefeller
Carnegie Endowment For Peace
Rockefeller Foundation
Institute For Pacific Relations
Free
China
Ford Foundation
Robert Maynard Hutchins
Carnegie Foundation
Reece Committee
John D. Rockefeller
Henry Ford
Courtship and Wedding Customs From Colonial to Modern Times
A humorous survey of old New England courtship practices such as the courting stick and bundling, contrasts with modern dating, legal quirks, and shifting social norms, noting how 18th century matchmaking met the realities of travel, technology, and weddings this June.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Papa
West
California
Maryland
Boston Evening Post
Lewis Expands UMW Reach Across Banking and Waterfront
John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers extend influence beyond coal to Washington banking through a Hamilton National Bank acquisition and NBW merger talks, and to the New York waterfront with a marine division aimed at enlisting tens of thousands of crewmen. The moves follow decades of union reshaping and strategic power plays in national labor and finance.
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Washington
John Llewellyn Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
UMW
New York
Washington, D. C
Hamilton National Bank
National Bank of Washington
NBW
Hamilton
Washington Bank
American Security and Trust Company
Lewis - Umw-Nbw
Iil
New York Harbor
International Longshoremen's Association
American Federation of Labor
IT. L. A
William Green
AFL
AFIT
CIO
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Old Cars in Sydney Showpiece on Australian Streets
The author notes Sydney streets teem with Roaring Twenties and postwar cars, listing relics like 1924 Dodge touring car and models from Moon, Dort, Essex and Whippet. Prices in pounds reveal the strong appeal of antique autos, while references to Franklin, Diana, Templar, Saxon and others evoke a broad collection of era vehicles.
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Sydney
Australia
Jack Benny
Maxwell
America
Studebaker - Rockne
Reo
Oakland
St. Martin's Place
James Melton
United States
Charleston
Our Bible How It Came To Us film headed for release
A nine year effort by the American Bible Society and scholars yields a major motion picture titled Our Bible How It Came To Us. It traces Bible origins through translations and ends with the Standard Revised Version printing. The film cost 230000, uses 258 actors, and opens with Nazareth as Jesus reads.
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New York
American Bible Society
Nazareth
Jesus
The
Bible Society
Margaret Hills
First Bible Society
Britain
Johann Gutenberg
Reston Essay Sparks McCarthy Clash Over Times Stance
Westbrook Pegler critiques James Reston and the New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger over editorial coverage of Senator McCarthy. The column accuses Sulzberger of abandoning old standards, embracing “new form of journalism,” and using bias to shape news, while praising Reston for noting McCarthy’s rising influence yet fading prestige.
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New York
James B. Reston
Washington
The
New York Times
Arthur Xorck
the Times
Joe McCarthy
Reston
McCarthy
Times
Arthur Hays Sulzberger
Sulzberger
Adolph Ochs
American Association For Education In Journalism
Graduate School of Journalism
Columbia University
Ochs
Stalin
Hitler
Mussolini
London
Paris
Northcliffe
Roosevelt
Colorado
Columbia
Times That
John T. Flynn
Freeman
America
England
Times Sunday
Book Review
Conservative Times
Scotland
Ilinois
Norway
Chile
United States
Who's Who
Which MLB stadium has the largest seating capacity
The Municipal Stadium at Cleveland Ohio seats 73 811 making it the biggest in Major League Baseball.
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Municipal Stadium
Cleveland
Ohio
Monroe News-Star History and Mission Statement
The Monroe News-Star traces its founding in 189 to 1929 1938 leadership under publishers Ewing and Branham advertising network. It declares independence and impartial reporting as a local daily serving Monroe with AP news and regional ads.
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John D Ewing
Wilson Ewing
Monroe
News-Star World Publishing Corporation
North Second Street
Monroe Newa-Star
Shay Tt Ueieee
We Party Polidise
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la France
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Truman
Daryl Chessman
John L. Lewis
Fulton Lewis
Henry McLemore
John Cameron Swayze
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Westbrook
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M’carthy
Monroe News-Star
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William H. Bronson
Richard Hale
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