Truman Begins Busy Four Years and Senate Test Vote
Inauguration week highlights Truman’s burdened start as he faces domestic push to fund armament and abroad anti communism tasks. A GOP Senate test on inauguration ticket tax exemption failed to pass after a House victory, drawing jeers from Democratic leadership and anger toward Virgil Chapman.
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GOP
Senate
Bevin
Olive Branch
Congress
Harry Truman
Missouri
United States
Andrew Jackson
Washington
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Barkley
House
Kentucky
Virgil Chapman
Chapman
Army tightens rules on G I s marrying German women
Army authorities and chaplains suspect German girls use marriage to escape occupied Germany. The move aims to curb marriages to protect draftees expected to arrive soon in Germany.
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G.i.’S
Germany
United States
Political clashes and Bevin shifts overshadow Senate chamber
The scene features Chapman sparring over tax policy and party lines with Byrd Johnson Maybank McCellan Robertson and Russell joining the no votes. Bevin signals openness to release Cyprus Jewish immigrants and peace talks with Israel. The purge targets Rankin and Herbert for backing the states rights ticket, signaling a hard road for southern old-liners.
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Chapman
Senate
Dewey
Warren
Truman
Barkley
Kentucky
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Johnson
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Robertson
Russell
Ernest Bevin
Palestine
Britain
Cyprus
Rhodes
Israel
U. S
England
America
Bevin
Great Britain
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un-American Activities Committee
John A. Rankin
F. Edward Herbert
Louisiana
Rankin
Amvets seek 67 billion veterans bonus from Congress
Amvets plans to press Congress for an immediate veterans bonus possibly costing up to 67 billion dollars. The group will carry its proposal to lawmakers soon, while a similar measure from the Veterans of Foreign Wars sits in the House hopper led by Rep Rankin of Mississippi.
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Amvets
Kentucky youth nets perfect Air Force IQ score
William M Belew an 18 year old from Simpsonville Kentucky achieved a perfect score on a new Air Force intelligence test the first ever by a tester. the exam env employers three sections vocabulary arithmetic and spatial perception with 45 questions in 40 minutes Belew a Simpsonville high school basketballer and diamond performer stands six feet tall and weighs 160 pounds He may pursue a military career or switch to accounting.
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U. S. Air Force
Kentucky
William M. Belew
Simpsonville
Army
Air Force
Louisville
Belew
Doughton Ready For More Tax Cuts In Big Peacetime Budget
Washington profile of Rep. Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina the octogenarian Ways and Means chairman who debates the $41.858 billion peacetime budget. The piece highlights his horse trading lore his farming roots his bank career and his steady rise from state senate to federal power and his expected scrutiny of proposed tax and social security measures despite the strong opposition from Charles Halleck and John Taber.
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D. C
Robert L. Doughton
North Carolina
Representative Doughton
House of Representatives
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
Knutson
Congress
Doughton
Rabbit
Lina Hills
Laurel Spring
N. C
Mail
Taft
Ways and Means
Robert L. Coughton
Carolina Hills
Charles Halleck
Ind
GOP
John Taber
House Appropriations Committee
Grandma's Sayings and Nu Maid Margarine Ad
An old style advertisement notes readers can send sayings to Grandma at 109 East Pearl Street Cincinnati Ohio for a chance to win $5 for accepted ideas. It promotes Table-Grade Nu Maid margarine with promises of improved smoothness and flavor and a new sealed package. The piece references payments to Mrs A Shoemake Louisville Ky and Mrs F Anderson Louisville Ky and encourages kindness deeds.
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East Pearl Street
Cincinnati
Ohio
Best Voices Among 1948 Telephone Operators Picks
Telephone operators on York select the nation’s best voices for 1948 with top honors to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Ted Collins for sincerity. Joe DiMaggio and Mrs. Alfred Gynne Vanderbilt billed as most courteous, Rita Hayworth and Richard Ney noted for sensual appeal, and Jose Ferrer with Sister Elizabeth Kenny praised for expressiveness.
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York
Eleanor Roosevelt
Ted Collins
Boston Yanks
Joe DiMaggio
Alfred Gynne Vanderbilt
Rita Hayworth
Richard Ney
Jose Ferrer
Elizabeth Kenny
Fancy Pipe Rack Is Simple to Build
A wood carving style pipe rack can be made with basic steps. Trace the pattern, cut three pieces, glue, sand, paint or stain, then add leather ears and nose band. No skilled carver needed and a 25 cent coping saw suffices. Send 25 cents to East Bird Pattern Company, Pleasantville, New York.
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East-Bird Pattern Company
Dept. W
Pleasantville
N. Y
Exterior Lighting on Singer Building Heralds 1907 Innovation
The Singer building tower in New York was first lit on its exterior in 1907, marking a pioneering use of exterior illumination for a large structure.
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Singer
New York
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