Welch Gains White House Support for San Francisco Bay Bridge
The piece highlights Representative Richard J. Welch of California leveraging White House backing to press for a new bridge linking San Francisco and Oakland despite Navy opposition. It notes OPA tensions in Congress, Bowles and Porter debates, and public reaction to price-control shifts with Truman family anecdotes and a study from Wharton on OPA.
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Hardhitting
Richard J. Welch
California
Welch
Hoover
Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Congress
Dick Welch
San Francisco
Oakland
Navy
Bay Area
Truman
OPA
House of Representatives
Senate
Paul Porter
Chester Bowles
House
Porter
Bowles
Chester
Old-Fashioned Winters Return Urges From Weather Chief
The Weather Bureau says colder winters are returning in 50 year cycles. Elmer Twitchell laments modern softness and recalls hardy winters, urging old fashioned conditions to toughen citizens and reduce complaints about minor inconveniences.
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Grandpop
United States Weather Bureau
Elmer Twitchell
Henry Ford and Clara Ford 58 Years of Journey
A quip filled excerpt celebrates Henry and Clara Ford’s 58 years together noting mileage in weathered companionship. The piece links dieting jokes to Ford marriage milestones and mocks wartime belt tightening rhetoric. It also comments on 1947 hobos convention choice and a playful political jab on belts and pants.
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Henry
Clara Ford
Henry Ford
Clara
America
Miami
Gulf Stream
Record crowds push baseball into Golden Age of sport
Grantland Rice notes a tidal wave of interest flooding baseball with Yankees and Tigers near two million attendance and stars from Ruth to DiMaggio drawing fans. He compares postwar craze to a Golden Age while predicting higher gate totals and huge betting sums, then lists questions facing each major team for the coming season.
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Yankees
Larry MacPhail
Tigers
Cubs
Dodgers
Louis Conn
Yankee Stadium
Babe Ruth
Jack Dempsey
Bobby Jones
Bill Tilden
Tommy Hitchcock
Devereux Milburn
Walter Hagen
Rogers Hornsby
Earl Sande
Red Grange
DiMaggio
Williams
Nelson
Hogan
Arcaro
Blanchard
Davis
New York
England
Yankee
Red Sox
Indians
Senators
Tiger
Steve O'Neill
Leo Durocher
Cardinals
Giants
Mel Ott
Bob Feller
al Newhouser
A. L
Ted Williams
Joe DiMaggio
Dick Wakefield
Hank Greenberg
Pesky
Doerr
Rizzuto
Gordon
Phillies
Athletics
Joe Gordon
Bobby Doerr
Billy Southworth
Braves
Boston
Feltman’s at Coney Island Sells After 72 Years
The famed Feltman’s restaurant at Coney Island changes hands after seven decades of operation. The writer recalls the first visit to the big city, its city-block size, twelve eateries and several bars, and a full dinner for 1.25 dollars with beer at five cents a schooner and cocktails two for a quarter.
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Feltman's
Coney Island
Big City
Kellogg's All-Bran Promotes Nutritious Wheat Fiber
Nutritious All-Bran is made from the outer wheat layers and provides over one third of daily iron needs per ounce. It also supplies calcium and phosphorus for bones, vitamins to prevent deficiencies, and protein for body tissue growth. Get All-Bran at grocers. made by Kellogg's of Battle Creek and Omaha.
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Kellogg’s
Battle Creek
Omaha
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