Truman Keeps New Deal Roots In Reconstituted Administration
Washington Digest notes a year of Truman’s retooled federal setup shows many Roosevelt era aides retained in top posts. Byrnes Morgenthau Vinson and Clark blend continuity with new titles while a few shifts signal limited policy change and ongoing reconversion debates.
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WN Service
Eye Street
N.W
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White House
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Southland
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United States Supreme Court
Atete Nortform
Edward BR. Ftete Tinius Jr
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Henry Morgenthau
Treasury
Mr. Roosevelt
Fred Vinson
Vinson
Robert E. Hannegan
National ‘Committee
Robert Patterson
Henry S. Stimson
Department
Navy
Henry A. Wallace
Commerce
Harold L. Ickes
Interior
Clinton . Anderson
Labor
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Tom C. Clark
Paul WV. McNutt
Philippine Islands
William D. Hassett
Washington
J A. Krug
War Production Board
WPB
Senate
Roosevelt Association
Ohio's Story Of Growth From Marietta To Major Industries
The article traces Ohio's early settlement at Marietta in 1786, led by Manasseh Cutler and Rufus Putnam, and surveys the state's rise as a manufacturing powerhouse. It highlights notable figures and firms, from Edison and Wright to Firestone and Goodrich, plus Akron's rubber, Cleveland and Cincinnati clothing, and Lake Erie's transport links fueling growth. It notes state milestones like Ohio becoming a state in 1803 and Columbus as capital in 1816, and recalls historic frontier figures and mounds built by ancient peoples.
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Marietta
Marie Antoinette
France
New Republic
Manasseh Cutler
Rufus Putnam
Muskingum
United States
Grant
Garfield
Hayes
Benjamin Harrison
McKinley
Taft
Harding
Howard Chandler Christy
Morgan County
Buckeye
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van Sweringen
Goodrich
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Seiberling
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Proctor
Gamble
Akron
Cleveland
Cincinnati
East
Liverpool
Union
Lake Erie
New York State Barge Canal
Atlantic
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Virginia
Anthony Wayne
Northwest
Fallen Timbers
Maumee River
Congress
Edward Tiffins
Cristest
Lancaster
Newark
Zanesville
Columbus
George Rogers Clark
Ebenezer Zane
Johnny Appleseed
Byrnes Goes to Moscow Amid Foreign Policy Debates
Western newspaper column notes Secretary Byrnes secret talks before departure, warnings from senators about appeasement risks, and the question whether a Moscow trip with an atom bomb shifts U.S. posture on Iran, China, and the UN. It contrasts big three aims with ordinary allied leaders and recalls Yalta agreements.
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Mohammed
Senate
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Iran
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Munich
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Dunn
Freeman Mathews
John Carter Vincent
Pat Hurley
Hurley
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United Nations Organization
UNO
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Assembly
London
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Stalin
Churchill
Yalta
San Francisco
Potsdam
Ira
White House
Attlee
Bevin
British rat bounty scheme and Chinese rat farms raise funds
In Hong Kong the British dropped a head bounty for rats after failing to curb the rat problem. Chinese entrepreneurs began breeding rats to profit from the bounty. A Japanese women’s federation urges women to give up their kimonos to fund food imports, strip for warmth.
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Hong Kong
The
Japanese Women’s Federation
Dark Ages Tale Tied to Korean, Chinese, Japanese Echoes
The text asserts Koreans spread Chinese culture to Japan and claims Japan would repay by returning the Dark ages to Korea. It then notes Faver Castle in Nuernberg was modernized by a rich wife, and during the Nuernberg trials 200 guests share three bathrooms.
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Korea
Faver
Nuernberg
Ohio's Memorial Markers Celebrate Early State History
Ohio preserves and highlights 46 memorial markers showcasing landmarks and birthplace sites. Notable points include Gen George A Custer birthplace at New Rumley Tecumseh birthplace at Piqua Ulysses S Grant birthplace at Point Pleasant and Thomas A Edison birthplace at Milan plus famed natural sights in Hocking County such as Rock House Ash Cave Cedar Falls Conkle's Hollow Old Man's Cave and the Natural Bridge at Rockbridge.
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Ohio
George A. Custer
Little Big Horn
New Rumley
Cadiz
George Rogers Clark Park
Piqua
Ulysses S. Grant
Point Pleasant
Thomas A. Edison
Milan
Hockey County
Rock House
Ash Cave
Cedar Falls
Conkle’s Hollow
Old Man's Cave
Rockbridge
General Quiz Answers Revealed From Historic Test
A puzzled set of trivia questions and answers covers crimes in the Constitution, eleemosynary institutions, Decatur’s death, impeachment trials, woman suffrage in 1920, ag kraal in South Africa, greyhound racing, bat lifespans, the French telephone, and a quote on conscience attributed to George Washington.
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United States
South Africa
Senate
Robert G. Brown
New York City
George Washington
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Paint Creek Gorge
Muskingum River
Frank J. Lausche
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