United States Superliner Aims Transatlantic Speed Record
The United States, built at 70 million dollars, is designed to outrun all merchant and naval vessels. In trials she logged hours of speeds well over 34 knots with a bow wave minimal and a straight wake, signaling a remarkable hull design and propulsion. Expectation is she will reclaim the transatlantic speed record from the Queen Mary on her July return from Europe.
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United States
Maritime Commission
England
Europe
Space Problems In The Comic Heroics And Real Space Medicine
An Air Force space medicine expert notes weightlessness seen by jet pilots for seconds offers hints for longer space exposure. Radiation threats appear less dire for high altitude fliers, but meteorite hazards demand radar-assisted navigation for ships like Polaris.
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Venus
Air Force
Deadly risk of abandoned refrigerators prompts reader cautions
Reader letters call for action after two Reading Pennsylvania brothers aged four and five suffocated in a discarded icebox. The piece urges warnings to owners, harsher penalties for neglect, and safer refrigerator designs that open from inside. It also notes ongoing dangers in yards and dumps and contrasts production focus with culture in Pravda commentary.
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Reading
Russia Eyes Berlin Shift As Gromyko Opens London Mission
Western officials monitor Moscow moves after Andrei Gromyko is reassigned to London while Russia seeks to reshape German policy. The Kremlin aims to win West Germany’s alignment and pressures for neutral or rearmed positions amid Bevanite gains in Britain. Sweden protests Soviet air incident as tensions rise in the Baltic region.
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Washington
George Zarubin
Andrei Gromyko
London
Zarubin
Gromyko
Germany
Aneurin Bevan
Britain
United States
Ruhr
Kremlin
West Germany
Moscow
East Germany
Sweden
Baltic
Stockholm
Russia
One Man's Opinion By Walter Kiernan
Walter Kiernan critiques the South Korean regime under Syngman Rhee for shutting off Voice of America during wartime. He argues that allies should support wartime measures and criticizes peacetime controls while noting the broader conflict and policy tensions.
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Walter Kiernan
Voice of America
Men of America
Rich and Poor Golfers Reflect on Earned Skill
The verse contrasts wealth with integrity, noting a rich man hoards money yet learns too late that success comes from what could be done though not from what should not. It claims misfortune is visible and friendship can arise from fearlessness, with a reflection on earned skill.
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Edgar A. Guest
Quota Bill Deepens Split Among Nationalities in 1940s Debate
The McCarran-Walter immigration bill divides Democrats and angers many nationality groups as it ties quotas to a 30 year old base. Senators McCarran and Humphrey are cited amid broader concerns over refugees from Poland and Czechoslovakia and the effect on Asia Pacific nationals including a Philippine exception. The White House faces pressure from both parties while the Philippines protests a blanket Asiatic cap.
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Senate
Republcan
Pat McCarran
Nevada
Francis E. Walter
Pennsylvania
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
John Blatnik
Mesabi Range
Humphrey
Blain
Poland
Czechoslovakia
United States
Pittsburgh
Indiana
Democratic Party
Truman
State
Justice Departments
Passport Division
Immigration Service
Justice
Philippines
State Department
Senator McCarran
Mississippi Governor Hugh L White Chronology
Hugh L White born August 19 1881 in McComb Mississippi. He started in the lumber trade with his father and remained a lumber dealer. He served six years as mayor of Columbia Mississippi. He was elected governor in 1935 serving 1936 40 advocating tax exemption for homesteads. He was reelected governor in 1951 for a four year term.
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Hugh L. White
McComb
Miss
Columbia
Mississippi
Gee Whiz Pills and Elderly Digestion
Granddad asked a druggist for a bowel remedy. He received Compound Cathartic Pills and the nickname Gee Whiz arose. The piece notes aging slows body functions and cautions cathartics may do more harm than good.
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Granddad
State Police Urge Safe Driving to Cut Traffic Tragedies
State Police urge motorists to keep vehicles in safe mechanical condition and focus on driving. They remind drivers to treat others as safe peers and slow down to prevent injuries and deaths on highways.
Bible Verse Thought On Prayer From James 5 16
The quote highlights the power of prayer by a righteous person and frames prayer as effective and potent in the believer’s life. It emphasizes faith, earnestness, and moral integrity guiding supplication.
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James
Foraging With Nature Its Glory A Comical Dig
A narrator discounts sensational nature diet claims and recounts an experiment foraging in the woods. He gathers ferns cat tails and greens only to end with a digestive misadventure and a lesson to eat what others do while taking nature for its glory.
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Centralis Park
Brooks
M.d.’S
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
New Castle Maggie Introduced: 1917 Overland Touring Car
A nostalgic note describes the arrival of a 1917 Overland touring car named Maggie in New Castle. The seasoned Akron resident now travels to Pennsylvania with a conservative green dress and black trim, preferred daylight, and modest appetite, after years entertaining children nearby.
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New Castle
MacArthur Keynote Speakership Weighed by Political Pressures
Washington report notes Senator Martin plans to urge General MacArthur to back party unity at the GOP Convention. Martin argues for broad Republican support on central planks including a strong 80th Congress record, foreign aid policy, and a Democrat corruption critique, while urging the General to avoid favoritism in the nomination process.
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Washington, D. C
MacArthur
Martin
Pennsylvania
Philippines
Taft
Eisenhower
Saltonstall
Knowland
GOP Concord
Cain
Gabrielson
Looking At Life By ERICH BRANDEIS
Brandeis reflects on Memorial Day at Roosevelt’s grave with Eleanor Roosevelt and dignitaries. He recalls Harriman’s speech and the walkout by Russian delegates, condemns insults to guests, and urges diplomats to study manners to reduce friction in conferences.
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Erich Brandeis
Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
United Nations
Hyde Park
W. Averell Harriman
Mutual Security Agency
Lawmakers and officials weigh arms race and war crimes claims
Wyoming Senator Joseph O Mahoney warns the United States trails Russia in armaments while Major General Milton Reckord notes World War II POWs faced a defeated mindset on Koje Do. Benjamin Cohen of the United States counters Soviet germ warfare charges at the UN Disarmament Commission.
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Joseph O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Senate
Soviet
Russia
Baltimore
Milton A. Reckord
United Nations
Benjamin V. Cohen
UN Disarmament Commission
Jacob Malik
Security Council
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