Committees for Economic Development Plan to Maintain Employment After War
The Committee for Economic Development CID leads a grass roots postwar plan to avert unemployment. Communities organize their own plans with surveys of industries and consumer needs, aiming to create 53 to 56 million civilian jobs and accelerate reconversion to peacetime production.
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Af Ceo
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National Committee For Economic Development
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Studebaker Corporation
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Fairleigh Dickinson Junior College
Bergen County
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Brief items from Tokyo strike and film relations noted
fragmented OCR text mentions Tokyo strike relations with Gertora Vor and Japanese films. It references American moves, social vote rows, and funding issues. No clear events, dates, or identifiable organizations are readable.
Wry presidential bon mots and quips on Washington lore
A Washington correspondent recalls Calvin Coolidge reacting to Rupert Hughes biographys denials of Washington legends by muttering about the Washington Monument. The piece also recalls Grover Cleveland’s exchange over Daniel Webster’s dictionary and a senator’s remark about Noah and the ark.
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Calvin Coolidge
Washington
Rupert Hughes
George Washington
Coolidge
Washington Monument
Grover Cleveland
Daniel Webster
Senator
Cleveland
Noah
It Can't Be Done and the Alligator Tale
A story Wilson told when facing opposition to his League of Nations plan. A father recounts a bedtime tale of an alligator chasing a turtle, which escapes by leaping a tree. The boy asks how a turtle can spring and climb, and the father replies with a pithy, humorous reply.
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Fuehrer
Hitler
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Jutland
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the Prez
Virginia
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League of Nations
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Elephant as Kingmaker in Ancient Indian Tradition
The article recounts how in ancient India a royal elephant chose a new ruler when a king died childless. Elephants were believed to innately sense rightful successors, placing a garland on the chosen individual after parading through hills and dales. Sometimes a beggar could become king through the animal's choice.
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Elephant
Eleph
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