Campaign era chatter and capital curiosities flash through press
A kaleidoscopic LondonBrooklyn style column riffs on 1947 and 1948 politics. It reviews wire taps, aviation plans, senator theatrics, and oddities from Washington to New York including Morse antimonopoly push, Taft yawns, Mayflower lobby asks, and jokes about milk as alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Express
Brooklyn
White House
Navy
U. S
Andrew May
House Military Affairs Committee
Taft
Senator Morse
Senator Langer
Washington report weighs costs as Truman faces 1948 campaign
Fears of depression linger on Capitol Hill as the veterans housing program stalls and State Department woes persist. Unemployment nears 2.5 million, rent costs may rise 15 to 50 percent, and new housing faces a bleak outlook for veterans. Other notes cover Truman’s 1948 bid, Marshall, Biddle, Bradley, and labor union questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleman
Mexico
Yankee Stadium
Veterans Hospital
Flamingo
Bell Phone Lab
Hollywood
Washington
Capitol Hill
Veterans
State Department
OPA
Congress
WAR and Peace Dept
Marshall
Vandenberg
Francis Biddle
U. N. Social and Economic Council
Biddle
Summer dessert recipes from a homestead kitchen
A dated domestic column presents fruit and cream based desserts perfect for warm days. It lists apricot sherbet, orange ice cream, butterscotch ice cream, marshmallow delight, grapefruit sponge, fresh peach cream, and variations using preserves or fruit. Also includes cleaning tips for pewter, curtains, artificial flowers, and shellacked surfaces.
Leadership in Washington Amid Tax and Reform Debates
A written editorial analyzes how both major parties hinder national leadership through premature politics. It argues for cooperative leadership, joint statements, and timely actions before Congress adjourns, warning that constant polling and election aims erode effective governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Gallup
Roosevelt
OPA
Lynn Chambers Menu Highlights Lamb Patties and Sides
A Lynn Chambers menu features broiled lamb patties scalloped potatoes tomatoes with cream gravy perfection salad biscuits with jam and a grapefruit sponge dessert.
Good Housekeeping Tips For Cooking Vegetables
Lynn offers practical kitchen tricks to cut odors when cooking cabbage or onions by using half milk half water. She suggests using excess liquid for cream sauces or soups and shares a method to crisp baked potato skins with a metal sponge. She also advises open pan cooking with minimal water to retain color in green vegetables and careful timing.
Dainty Party Dress Pattern for Young Daughter
Pattern No. 8125 offers a dainty scalloped frock for girls ages 1 to 6 with a one piece cut and draw strings at neck and waist. Includes colorful ribbon bows. size 2 uses 134 yards of fabric and 234 yards of ribbon.
Waxing and carding bureau drawers for wood finish
Cleaning advice suggests washing bureau drawers with soap and water to remove odors. Apply wax with a clean cloth, letting the wood absorb a non sticky coat. Wax seals pores for a hardwood look on soft woods and may help footwear comfort with a powder puff in shoes.
Card keeps paired snap fasteners for later use
Instructions advise punching a small hole in a card to hold each pair of snap fasteners together. This keeps the two halves matched and prevents loss during removal from discarded clothing.
Cleaning hints for garments and line drying
The note explains telling the cleaner about garment spot history if possible. It suggests pinning hankies on the line above sheets to speed drying and prevent sheets from blowing away, saving line space. It also advises a ammonia tea mix for black or dark blue felt cleaning.
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Department of Agriculture
American Legion
Legion
Judge Advocate
New York-Jersey
Stalin
Cal
Henry Wallace
Weekly
Liz
Duchess of Winter
London
Bernard Baruch
Hobo News
New York
O’dwyer
Bill
Sam
Screw Dutty
Pacific
Eddie Kean
Bob Unger
Manhattan
Park Avenue
Dale
Lexington Avenue
Vanderbilt
51St
5Th
Collyer
Harlem
3Rd Avenue
Arnold Custer
Administration
Society
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Oklahoma Oil
Perle Mesta
Washington Society
Mesta
Trumans
Morris Cafritz
Democratic Party
Democratic National Committee
War Department
Gop
Bradley
Omar Bradley
Veterans Bureau
Omar
Clinton Anderson
AFL
CIO
Justice Dept
Tom Clark
Clark
Western Newspaper Union
Paulmallon
Lynn Chambers
Lynn
Sistiner
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
By Stig
Powerhouse
Kelloggs
Fleischmann
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