Washington Digest GOP Sweep Frees Truman From Burdens
Washington columnist reflects on Truman’s political freedom after the 1946 Republican victories. He recalls past forecasts, the shift in power, and the brewing 1948 Republican dynamics guided by Vandenberg and Taft faction tensions.
Barbs And Bits From The Travel And Tech World
Baukhage recalls Take along a spot remover for travels while Five years ago Aircraft Industries noted altitude in feet and now miles may herd prices. Pullman pilots face clothlike head bags and a nose bag for the shorers. A party chasing a win backs a least popular candidate.
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Bed and Beans: Barter Theater’s Pioneering Story
Abingdon Virginia chronicles the Barter theater founded in 1933 by Robert Porterfield who offered bed and board in exchange for work. The first show opened with a pig as a trade for the initial ticket, creating a lasting barter economy that funded the company amid the Great Depression.
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Children Rent Pets To Learn Habits
Milwaukee Wisconsin designed program by the Wisconsin Humane Society shelter rents small animals to schools to teach care. Fifteen guinea pigs hamsters and white mice twenty rabbits six Japanese waltzing mice two opossums are loaned in pairs with cages and two weeks of dry food provided. Schools in Milwaukee city and county may borrow. A leaflet covers habits feeding and cleaning needs. The service supports the public school educational program begun in 1945.
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Wisconsin Humane Society
New Animal Service
Ancient Cherry Tree in Madisonville Yields Abundant Crop
Thomas H. Mitchell a Madisonville farmer cites a 112 year old cherry tree growing on an Indian burial mound. The tree stands 50 feet tall with an 84 foot branch spread and annually bears a large harvest including 4000 gallons of cherries in one year.
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Thomas H. Mitchell
United States
Fe Tales of the Town and Broadway Gossip
A fragmentary column surveys Broadway couples and showbiz figures. It recalls a wild Reno marriage, a split, and a regathered union with parents and wealth figures. It touches on politics and cultural notices, including Eleanor Roosevelt and stage outfits.
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