Congress stalls as Truman faces late summer decision on tour
Washington report notes President Truman delaying a cross country speaking tour until Congress evaluates his program. Lawmakers drag their feet on major items including taxes, defense funding, and foreign aid, with a summer recess unlikely before September.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
Europe
General MacArthur
Mr. Truman
India
Swimming Prodigy Dennis Mee Shane Faces Leukemia
Dennis Mee Shane, a four year old from Reseda California, diagnosed with leukemia, has six months to two years to live. Once a child wonder who swam pools at 17 months and appeared in Pasadena Roses parade in 1945 he now endures repeated blood transfusions. He has been moved from his parents home to live with grandparents in Los Angeles for hospital access.
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Reseda
Calif
Dennis Mee Shane
Pasadena
Dennis
Glen McShane
Roy Denniston
Los Angeles
Mugsy
Air power alone cannot defend the United States
Editorial argues that defense requires ground sea and air forces plus overseas bases and alliances. It warns against relying on air power alone and notes the high costs and limits of strategic bombers, stressing joint force and basing networks overseas.
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Capitol Hill
United States
America
Strategic Air Command
Europe
Middle East
Russia
U.S
Soviet Union
U. S
Hope for Cure of Rheumatism
Atlantic City June 8 Hope rises for preventing and curing rheumatic diseases as four Washington researchers link an unusual microbe called L organism to rheumatic fever arthritis and rheumatism. They suggest targeted drugs and antibiotics may directly attack the germ or modulate immune response.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Washington
Thomas McPherson Brown
George Washington University School of Medicine
Mt. Alto Veterans’ Administration Hospital
America
American Journal of the Medical Sciences
Ruth H. Wichelhausen
American Rheumatism Association
George Washington University Hospital
William Merchant
Lucille B. Robinson
Konrad Dobriner
Sloan-Kettering Institute For Cancer Research
New York City
Ridgway and MacArthur Compared in Handling Japan
A reader argues that General Ridgway is praised too highly for Japan policy and asserts General MacArthur set a stronger precedent. The writer notes Ridgway assumed command later under different conditions and credits a fair predecessor who paved the way.
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Matt Ridgway
Japan
General MacArthur
Ridgway
Education that shapes character beyond books
Dr Patri argues that schooling alone cannot guarantee safety or virtue. True education must couple facts with spiritual values and practical life needs, guiding students to act for the common good. Conscience defines true education, and imitation shapes children as parents learn to model behavior.
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University School of Business
Dr. Patri
Rainmaker Sued by Indian Chief Over Water Damaged Hay
Yakima Washington June 8 Chief Kintus Tecumseh Wenatchee Indian farms on Yakima reservation sues the Big Bend Water Development Co alleging artificial rain ruined his hay crop. He seeks $800 claiming his field produced water soaked grass rather than hay.
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Yakima, Wash
Kintus Tecumseh
Yakima Superior Court
Yakima Reservation
Washington
Big Bend Water Development Company
Give the Voter a Hand aids turnout study
The League of Women Voters promotes informed participation to lift turnout from the 1950 level of 43 percent. A pamphlet titled Give the Voter a Hand outlines nonpartisan voting guidance, voter education, and steps to energize new registrants and young voters through local workshops and school programs.
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League of Women Voters
Voters’ Service Branch
League
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Answers and Facts From History Trivia
A Q and A compilation explains Old Ironsides wood from red cedar live oak white oak and pitch pine sourced from the Carolinas and Georgia. It discusses coconut palm origins and global spread by currents. It notes Max Schemlig won a world heavyweight title on a foul in 1930 and that Clark Mills’ General Jackson statue was America's first equestrian sculpture. Britain’s Roman rule lasted about three and a half centuries.
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Joshua Humphreys
Carolinas
Georgia
Asia
North America
South America
Africa
General Jackson
Clark Mills
Teen ager critique and praise from Hal Boyle notebook
Hal Boyle weighs teen-agers against old stereotypes noting their mix of caution and ambition. He contrasts past youth icons with today’s teens, cites a Korean War example of courage, and ends by noting the vice president’s salary and tax free allowance.
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United States
Aluminum Company weighs plant sites in Texas and Louisiana
The Aluminum Company of America considers sites in Louisiana and southern Milan County Texas for a new 100 million dollar plant. Rep. W R Poage disclosed the preliminary look last night but no decision has been made. Two Catholic sisters were sentenced to 10 years in Nanking for counter revolutionary activity. One sister was French and the other Portuguese.
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Ken Murray
Mr. Murray
Waco
Texas
The
Aluminum Company of America
Louisiana
Milan County
W. R. Poage
Taipei
Formosa
Nanking
China Union Press
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Monroe
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
the Beanbam CO
New York
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Detroit
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News-Star
Morning World
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Rainmaker
Baby
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N. Y
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Mopsy
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Oye Farrar
Max Shemelig
Jack Sharkey
Britain
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Lee
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Flapper
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