Quips and Quibbles from Public Figures and Diplomats
A series of light anecdotes and sharp contrasts among public figures. The piece recalls battles between Justices Black and Jackson and a long feud between Theodore Roosevelt and Justice Holmes, plus quips about Germany's peace, a $1500 wristwatch sold for $600, and diplomats joking about Russia, France, and Arlington Memorial Day.
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Black
Jackson
Teddy Roosevelt
Justice Holmes
Holmes
Freddy
Broadway Show Season Recap and Notable Quips of 1945-46
A Palestine front correspondent cites censorship fears of revolution in America as British caution. Broadway’s 1945-46 season faced usual reception woes with a slate of flops and a dozen shows touring provinces before Broadway. Notable items include the best bets list, Deep Are the Roots’ success, and backstage skirmishes between producers and critics. Celebrity sightings feature Jennifer Jones, Dinah Shore, Jack Oakie, and Gene Tunney in New York spots.
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State of the Union
Annie Get Your Gun
Anna ‘Lucasta
Ray Bolger
Truckline Cafe
Variety
Jennifer Jones
Hudson and
10Th Sts
Andy Russell
Canary
Dinah Shore
New York
Jack Oakie
Gene Tunney
Geo. Welles
Reuben's
Nancy Carroll
Public interest vs railroads fuels regulatory reform talk
A WNU columnist cites ICC member Clyde B. Aitchison calling railroads “our clients and customers” and questions agency bias. The piece urges stronger public protection and discusses proposals for a unified transportation commission or a broad regulatory body to oversee railroads, air, ships, and other transport. President Truman voiced support for coordinated regulation, while railroads push for higher rates amid reconversion.
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Geass
Interstate Commerce Commission
Clyde B. Aitchison
Senate
House
ICC
Commissioner Aitchison
Senator Wheeler
Montana
Mr. Aitchison
Aitchison
Secretary of Transportation
Truman
United States
Transportation Commission
Wheeler
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Federal Communications Commission
Utah Sets 1947 As Centennial Celebration Year
Pioneer Day US 1947 centennial planned with a wagon train reenactment from Omaha to Salt Lake City. The 1939 legislature designated 1947 for the 100th anniversary of Brigham Young and the Mormon pioneers arrival. centennial commission members listed, celebration aims to mark the historic site and growth of Salt Lake Valley.
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Utah
Salt Lake City
Brigham Young
Great Salt Lake Valley
Intermountain Territory
Omaha
Salt Lake Valley
Herbert Man
John M. Wallace
Ward C. Holbrook
John F. Fitzpatrick
Frederick P
Devoted Lifetime to Making World Clean
MANKATO MINN R G Bachertz age 70 has dedicated decades to broom making a vocation and pastime He has spent 58 years in the business and half a century owning the Mankato broom works He produces five kinds of regular brooms whisk brooms toy brooms and miss or junior brooms and estimates over a million have been made
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Mankato, Minn
R. G. Bachertz
Mankato Broom Works
Bachertz
Great Salt Lake Could Dry Up Within Three Centuries
In Salt Lake City, U.S. Geological Survey engineer Ralf R. Woolley says sustained decline suggests the Great Salt Lake may resemble Bonneville in about 300 years. Since 1850 elevations show a long term loss of about one foot every 15 years, leaving only a remnant of the former lake.
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Great Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Bonneville Salt Flats
Ralf R. Woolley
U. S. Geological Survey
Lake Michigan
Mormfon
Plant Wilt Cure and Athlete's Foot Hope Unearthed
Washington The department of agriculture scientists report progress on tomato wilt with a chemical named tomatin that fights the disease. They note tomatin shows potential against fungus that causes athlete's foot and ringworm, though still in the test tube stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Roosters Motored to Town for Night Life
VALENTINE NEB Mr and Mrs Wm Roe parked their pickup on Main Street one evening and Buck Junod nearby heard roosters crowing He investigated and found three roosters perched on the drive shaft beneath the car their roosting ride into town unexpected and comic.
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Valentine
Nebr
Wm. Roe
Main Street
Buck Junod
First Woman Finishes UT Mechanical Engineering Degree
Mary Porter Fain, a 17 year old freshman in 1942, becomes the first woman to graduate in mechanical engineering at the University of Tennessee. She kept pace with male peers through four years and plans to work in engine design or household appliance research, preferably in the South but willing to move for the right job.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Mary Porter Fain
School of Mechanical Engineering
University of Tennessee
Mary
Miss Fain
Murphy
N. C
Veteran and Serviceman Community Q and A Column Note
Editor note explains a weekly Veterans and serviceman family problems column produced with Washington Bureau of Western News. Readers may address questions to the Bureau at 1616 Eye Street N W Washington D C and answers will be printed in a subsequent column.
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Washington
Western Newsper Union
Eye Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
Veterans Affairs reports record March church services reach 102024
VA chaplains across 83 hospitals serving 18 denominations conducted 297 Protestant services 483 Catholic masses and 1825 other services drawing 30000 attendees. They logged 10465 ward visits 103400 personal contacts 223 funerals 561 external talks 197 welfare cases and 27 baptisms 22 marriages.
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Veterans Hospitals
Veterans Administration
Crawford W. Brown
VA Chaplaincy Service
Practical Domestic Tips From An Old Manual
A column offers quirky household advice from mixing kerosene with a broom to improve dust gathering. It suggests raw turnips for Vitamin C, turnip slivers in relishes, sherbet in apple juice for novelty, sewing numerous pockets into aprons for toiletries, and cross stitches at patch edges to add elasticity.
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Russia
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Ed Howe
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WNU
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Transportation Department
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New Mexico
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Zion National Park
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Internal Revenue Bureau
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Detroit
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