McMahon bill marks first step toward harnessing atomic energy
Senate passes the McMahon bill establishing civilian control over nuclear research while preserving scientific freedom. The act creates a presidential commission with military appeal rights, a civilian advisory board, and an 18 member congressional panel to oversee the commission.
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United States Senate
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Congress
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Senate
Early Automobiles and Indiana Pioneers in Motoring
The Detroit fiftieth anniversary celebration highlights Indiana’s role in early motoring. Elwood Haynes of Kokomo built and demonstrated the first successful clutch driven car in 1893, now in the Smithsonian. M O Reeves of Columbus created motor cycle style cars, with go-buggies by Reeves Pulley Co. Charles H Black of Indianapolis built an 1891 car with no reverse, exhibited in Indianapolis, facing hostility from horses and required city permits.
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Henry Ford
Indiana
Elwood Haynes
Kokomo
America
Haynes
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
M. O. Reeves
Columbus
Ind
Reeves Pulley Company
Reeves
Charles H. Black
Indianapolis
Children’s Museum
German rearmament plans emerge from Krupp records
Declassified Krupp records shown at the Nuremberg trial reveal a covert 1920 loan of 48 million dollars to rebuild Germany's armaments before Hitler's rise. The documents illustrate munitions development and a surviving general staff network, suggesting renewed German military revival if unchecked.
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Nuremberg
Hitler
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Germany
Weimar Republic
Fortune on the U.S. Economy and Optimistic Paths
Fortune magazine rebuts doom about a five year US downturn. It cites vast natural resources and strong foreign trade prospects as drivers for continued high demand for manufactured goods. It urges industry to shed defeatist views and pursue new construction in highways and public works.
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United States
Fortune Magazine
Navy plans postwar education for reserve officers
The Navy outlined a program to educate 9,900 or more reserve officers and former NCOs for permanent commissions. Officers will study at 52 naval reserve colleges with Navy funding and aviators will train near air stations. After civilian coursework, they receive a year of technical instruction to qualify for promotion on par with Annapolis graduates.
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Navy
Naval Reserve
Naval Air Stations
Washington Calling on World Hunger Policy Debate
Marquis W Washington argues that U.S. aid alone cannot end hunger without a bold shift in farm policy. He cites potential 20 percent boosts in nutrition crop production, fertilizer use, and land reallocation, warning against complacency in a world of scarcity. India faces looming famine and rationing risk as imports lag.
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Clinton Anderson
United States
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Anderson
Food For Freedom
Gardner Jackson
Farmers Union
India
United Feature Syndicate. Inc
The Parent Problem and Grandparent Dynamics
A special bulletin advises grandparents to treat grandchildren as developing individuals and avoid spoiling them. It notes grandparents often intrude on baby care, causing sleepless nights and disrupted feeding, and urges couples to set boundaries and live apart from overly involved grandparents to protect the infant.
Boy Meets Girl and Glass in a Light Verse
The poem speaks of a young man admiring a glass object named Glass, and contrasts leisure with hearty laughter. It also uses a personal vow to care for a rosebush and a neat room, pairing domestic images with reflections on life and death as in a 1946 Edgar A. Guest piece.
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Edgar A. Guest
Health Talks and the Helpful Worker Ethic
The article argues health in the home affects shop performance and urges manufacturers to care for worker welfare. It cites school medical exams and employer programs as examples of helpful meddlesomeness that support wellbeing and productivity.
Public officials on peace and security speak at home and abroad
In Indianapolis Hershel Johnson pledges full U.N. effort to prevent war and build global peace. Columbia Gen Omar Bradley lauds promise and wealth, urging boldness over despair. Washington Sec Robert Patterson marks D-Day with pledge to maintain peace through soldiers. Philadelphia Owen Roberts questions Russia and urges adherence to high principles in world organization.
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Herschel Johnson
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Columbia
Omar Bradley
Tne
Washington
Robert Patterson
D-Day
Philadelphia
Owen J Roberts
Supreme Court
Russia
Pacific
Bible Verse Inspires Doctrine and Instruction
A Bible quote emphasizes that all scripture is given by inspiration of God and profitable for doctrine reproof correction and instruction in righteousness as stated in II Timothy 3 16.
New Castle Sees Hopeful Boost for Downtown Renewal
Local observers note rising enthusiasm for urban improvement with shop owners sharing plans for storefront facelifts interior upgrades and removal of unused top floors. Builders point to paint jobs and fresh exteriors like Lawrence Auto Sales Morgan Motor Co and Chambers Motor Co as signs of renewed confidence.
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South Mercer Street
Morgan Motor Company
N. Jefferson Street
Chambers Motor Company
Chevrolet-Keystone
Great Game Of Politics Great Game Of Politics
A Baltimore Sun era column discusses political maneuvering in 1944, highlighting key figures and power plays shaping the city’s municipal battles. Observers note strategic alignments, party dynamics, and anticipated outcomes amid wartime governance.
How Much Political Damage To Truman?
Washington. June 8. The piece analyzes potential political damage to President Truman from attacks by liberal and labor groups including CIO leaders and ALP liberals. It weighs labor liberal influence, party dynamics in New York, and the risk of a third party or Republican shifts, concluding Truman faces odds against re election regardless of labor liberal pressure.
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PAC
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New York
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ALP
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Labor
Stassen
Dewey
Taft
McNaught Syndicate
Etiquette Hints For A Happy Marriage At Home
Practical guidance advises avoiding rudeness or demands at home to foster harmony in marriage. The piece emphasizes courteous behavior as a pathway to lasting happiness, framing daily interactions as key to relationship well being.
Spring and fall of love in a modern world
A reader recalls a twenty year old engaged to a man who refuses marriage until he earns enough. The narrator, backing wife working, shares his own story of early hardship, sacrifice, and eventual prosperity, saying those frugal days were worth it and would be repeated.
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Jane
Tam
Beatrice Fairfax
Mary Haworth
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Bowles Plan Critiqued as Housing Subsidy Sparks Washington Move
The Lower House approved a four hundred million dollar Wyatt housing subsidy provoking industry officials to predict a rush to Washington for permits amid expected red tape and planning by bureaucrats. Critics say inflationary fears, OPA policies, and government-led schemes will delay results, not produce millions of homes as promised.
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Chester Bowles
Washington
Pew
Wyatt
Chester Bowies
Citerion
OPA
Wisdom and speed mark new painting record
A Persius quote frames a claim that the new house painting speed limit is three minutes. The piece predicts the record will stand until someone dumps a barrel of paint from an airplane onto a house.
Advice on mother in law etiquette and social manners
A column offers guidance on harmonious in law relations advising cordial warmth to a fiancé's mother and noting loneliness as a frequent cause of tension. It suggests a wife should support her husband and let his mother seek companionship while dismissing rude behavior from a neglecting suitor.
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New Castile
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