Federal aid proposal for public schools gains momentum
NEA backs a bipartisan bill to provide 700 million dollars yearly in federal aid to public schools after two decades of discussion. A House vote may be delayed while leadership weighs priority. The NEA cites a postwar school funding crisis easing but not solved, with teacher shortages and pay rises but rural pay still low.
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NEA
Washington
Senate
House
Joe Martin
Sbeogubbean Fioor
Charlie Halleck
National Education Association
Neanly
U.S
Mississippi
New York
Federal aid plans push school spending toward national average
The article notes 21 states spend below the national average per pupil and explains proposed federal aid to all states, with extra funds for poorer ones contingent on minimum spending. It contrasts Senate and House per pupil amounts and discusses broader funding goals for education amid a mix of state tax plans and non-education expenditures.
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Maine
West Virginia
Jeans
Nebraska
Oklahoma
North Dakota
Floris
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Idaho
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Senate
New Books in Arts Library Highlights Catalogs and Guides
A list of new library acquisitions including AMERICAN FIREARMS by Stephen Van Rensselaerx a detailed catalog of American gunsmiths manufacturers and patentees with descriptions. KNOW YOUR CAT by J H Hicksey and Priscila Beach offers practical cat care guidance for city and country conditions. THE SOUTH by Look magazine is a travel handbook in pictures maps and text for vacationists. JOURNALS OF ANDRE GIDE by A P Guide covers fifty years in the life of the Nobel laureate. MAN IN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION by Fritz Kahn explains physiology for lay readers with accessible insights.
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Stephen van Rensselaerx
J. H Hicksey
Priscila Beach
City and
Coun
South
Look Magazine
Lousiana
Andre Gide
A. P.guide
Thic
Fritz Kahn
Poems by Julia Yohn Pickett issued by Roebuck Publishers
Julia Yohn Pickett, daughter of William Yoke Sr and Mrs Yohn of near Westminster, and a Baltimore nurse, has published Smiles And A Few Tears through Roebuck Publishers in Baltimore.
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Julia Yohn Pickett
Roebuck Publishers
Baltimore
William Yoke
Tate
Truman asks Congress for 570 million to aid China
The Nation reports President Truman requested 570 million dollars from Congress to assist China amid ongoing civil war and a deteriorating economy. It notes China’s long history of conflict and foreign pressure from Britain, Japan, and internal dynastic changes, through to 1941 events like the Boxer Rebellion.
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Jerry Korn
James Marlow
Washington
Truman
Congress
China
Christ
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Turbulent Rise and Rupture: Sun Yat Sen to Chiang Kai-Shek Era
A sweeping but flawed chronicle of modern China from the late Qing rebellions to the rise of Sun Yat Sen and Chiang Kai-Shek, detailing warlord era struggles, civil wars with communists, WWII resistance to Japan, and inflationary turmoil under a collapsing republic. It notes U.S. efforts and local associations amid ongoing political strife.
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Sun Yat-Sen
Sun Thais
Chiang Kai-Shek
Cones
Sun Yat Ser No Yat-Sen
Changs
Kuomintang
Truman Sint
George C Mashafi
China
Marshall
Chipsse
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