Little White House Shrine Keeps Summers Quiet For Presidents
Washington writer recalls the Warm Springs infantile paralysis foundation gifting a five room house to Georgia to be a museum and shrine. The two Roosevelt retreats Shangri La and the Warm Springs cottage symbolize wartime privacy and presidential resilience, with Truman to visit a newer private cabin sanctuary.
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Washington
Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Park Avenue
Truman
Mrs. Truman
Presidents and their summer White House retreats through history
The article traces how U S presidents since Buchanan used various summer headquarters near Washington and across the country. It covers Lincoln Cottage, Cleveland Park, Taft era camps, Coolidge Adirondack camps, the Cedars Lodge, Hoover’s Rapidan, and Warm Springs, Hyde Park, and Shangri-lai, noting shifts in residence and policy implications.
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Roosevelt
Warm Springs
White House
Buchanan
Potomac
Washington
United States Army
Arthur
Lincoln
Cottage
Eagle Gate
Soldiers
City of
Lincoln Cottage
Grover Cleveland
Red Oak
Cleveland Park
Cleveland
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay
Beverly
Mass
Wilson
Cornish
N. H
New Jersey
Harding
Coolidge
Lynn
Paul Smith
Kirkwood
Irvin Kirkwood
Black Hills
South Dakota
Rapid City
Wisconsin
Superior
Cedar Lodge
Hoover
Rapidan
Blue Ridges
Commonwealth of Virginia
Dust Bowl Fears Rise As Wheat Boom Drives Land Rush
The piece warns a new dust bowl may return as two dollar wheat spurs western land speculation. Suitcase farmers plow over buffalo grass to plant wheat, buying land at 15 to 25 dollars an acre, while grazing land remains 2 to 10 dollars. Wind erosion and mass exodus fear return of 1930s conditions.
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West
Fair Outlook for Minnesota and South Dakota Corn
July brings warm sun to the corn belt with prospects for a fair sized Minnesota and South Dakota crop. Heavy rains hurt yields while observers note two to three weeks of delay but time remains for a comeback if weather cooperates. Farmers have shifted to shorter growing varieties risking smaller yields per acre.
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Midwest
Minnesota
South Dakota
Corn Belt
Nesota
Paris Conference Fails to Harmonize Nations
The Paris conference of British French and Russian representatives on Secretary of State Marshall's save Europe proposal ended in discord and cacophony, failing to bridge opposing areas of the world in pursuit of international harmony.
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Paris
Marshall
Save - Europe
Moisture floods western Kansas as wheat towers over plains
Famed short grass country in Kansas grows tall as moisture soaks the soil. Rainfall totals soar with 6.28 inches in May and 23.29 inches since September, boosting wheat nearly to shoulder height and making fields appear vast beyond sight. Cattle pastures swell along Arkansas River, sagebrush and cactus thrive, and drivers relish reaching out to pluck heavy grain heads. It is a record-breaking year for western Kansas.
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Garden City
Kan
Great High Plains
Kansas
Colorado Foothills
Arkansas River
Visit of Mar Ivanious in Ottawa amid Europe reconstruction rift
The Most Rev erend Dr. Mar Ivanious, archbishop of Trivandrum, meets baby Claude in Ottawa as tensions rise between Russia and western powers. Molotov opposes a European economic program by great powers, while Bevin and Bidault push for a broad European reconstruction plan. Britain and France likely proceed with a western four year self-help program, seeking American credits and supplies.
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Mar Ivanious
Trivandrum
India
Baby Claude
Dionne
Ottawa
Canada
V. M. Molotov
Europe
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
Molotov
Britain
France
Great Britain
Russia
Marshall denounces Soviet criticism of European recovery plan
Secretary of State George Marshall rejects Soviet charges that U S aid to Europe aims at imperialist domination calling their claim a malicious distortion of the truth. He contrasts American assistance with Soviet self serving aggrandizement in Europe.
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George Marshall
Europe
United States
Favorable Forecast Downward Price Trend Seen
Bankers Trust predicts a downward movement in the price index over the next year as postwar inflation cools. It notes possible temporary rises in some manufactured goods but expects declines in farm and food prices to offset them, with risks from weather and crop prospects.
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New York
Bankers Trust Company
Roy L. Reierson
Bank
Economic Department
Precautions Listed For Polio Outbreak
Polio precautions from Dr. Hart E. Van Riper urge six rules including hand washing and avoiding polluted waters as the polio season peaks from June to September. Last year saw over 25,000 cases, with 1,000 cases reported by June 7 this year, about 192 fewer than the prior year at the same point.
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Hart E. van Riper
National Foundation For
van Riper
U. S. Public Health Service
Fireman Helps Combat Blaze at His Own Home
Lynchburg Virginia Randall Hudson a city fireman off duty assisted extinguish a fire at 215 Lansing Avenue his own residence when flames broke out at the location. He joined neighbors in fighting the blaze despite being off duty.
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Lynchburg
Randall Hudson
Lansing Avenue
Shoplifter Has Original Scheme Ends Badly
Hollidaysburg PA. James M. Butler devised an original shoplifting scheme. He entered two stores, lifted a luncheon set an electric iron and a sweater valued at $20. He returned for refunds. the second store called police.
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Hollidaysburg
James M. Butler
North Dakota Flying Farmers Elect Lorin Duemeland President
Lorin Duemeland of Bismarck was elected president of the North Dakota Flying Farmers and Ranchers association at the convention’s closing sessions. The Dakota Flyer, edited by Geneva Show of Mott, N D, was named the association’s official publication.
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Lorin Duemeland
Bismarck
North Dakota Flying Farmers and Ranchers Association
Dakota Flyer
Geneva Show
Mott
N .D
Aviatrix
Ilnois
Harmon Cranz
Ira
Summit County
Ohio
Akron
Cranz
Parks College of Aeronautical Technology
East St. Louis
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Hagerstown
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Air Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Army Air Forces
Lee A. Harper
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Harper
Laurelville
Chicago
Aircraft Industries Association
Jack Ladinski
Food Corporation
T. D. J. Leech
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CIO
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