Truman Recruits Wyatt for Housing Task Force
President Truman presses Louisville lawyer Wyatt to join federal housing efforts, offering the pivotal role after Wyatt initially declines a civil aeronautics post. Truman cites housing as the era’s top issue and urges Wyatt to relocate to Washington, stressing readiness to support him.
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Ington
Truman
Heith
Wilson
Gyer
Louisville
Wyatt
Eral Hannegan
Civil Aeronautics Board
Zim McGranery
Civil Aeronautics
White House
Golden Age of Sport Returns After World War II
The piece surveys postwar prospects across major sports, predicting heavyweight boxing showdowns between Joe Louis and Billy Conn, Army football strength led by Blanchard and Davis, and the comebacks and aging stars in baseball golf and polo seeking renewed public interest in 1946 and 1947. It notes the unlikely return of 1920s-era icons and the rise of younger hopefuls while warning of slow welcomes for new champions.
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Ruth
Jack Dempsey
Bobby Jones
Bill Tilden
Red Grange
Rogers Hornsby
Tommy Hitchcock
Man O’ War
Walter Hagen
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Byron Nelson
Ben Hogan
Joe Dim
Louis
Conn
Army
Navy
Blanchard
Davis
Joe DiMaggio
Hank Greenberg
Joe Gordon
Bobby Doerr
Marty Marion
Terry Moore
Yankee
Cardinal
Dave Ferriss
Red Sox
Wakefield
Tigers
Stirnweiss
Yankees
Cardinals
al Newhouser
Sox
Giants
Nelson
Hogan
Snead
McSpaden
Haas
Stranahan
Middlecoff
Doering
Givan
Bill Johnston
Veterans Q and A on Navy Service and Benefits
A newspaper Q and A column answers readers about naval duty eligibility for relatives, discharge points, and coast guard pay. Questions cover insurance, dependency, furloughs, service time, remaining in school, and postwar bonuses for veterans.
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Spokane
Navy
Diggs
Va. A
U. S
Coast Guard
Plridge
Coalard
Hinsdale
Ill. A
Veterans Adm
Red Cross
Uth Pacific
Ian Island
U. S. Naval Base Ta
H. G
Vernonia
Oregon
Japan
Sunbury
Congress
Sion
M. K
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Ike
Senate
Dwight Eisenhower
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Germany
Marshal Zhukov
ORF. Aul Secon L
Hitchcock
Milburn
Grantland Rice
Dreamboat
LaGuardia Field
New York
Clarence 8. Irvine
G. B. Stanley
Ruth Saltzman
Steve Saluga
Morgantown
W. Va
Gerald Thee
Dover
Minn
Joe J. Krupar
Cleveland
Forrest Broad
Reading
William McAuliffe
Scranton
Frank del Brocco
Baltimore
Steve Wilbanks
Corinth
Miss
M. D. Spradlind
Miami
Okla
Leo Schlitgen
Engadine
Mich
Vaughan Hospital
Maywood
Ill
Michael Schirmer
Jessie Schirmer
CWO
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Pacific
Little Michael
Blalock
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Tonya Jones
Honolulu
Pomerania
D Bureau
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Union City
U.S
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Price McReims Drug CO
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Pinkham
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