Few Legislators Authors Of Bills They Introduce
Washington readers hear a veteran radio insider discuss public policy and lobbyists. He notes lawmakers, lobbyists, and administrators shape lawmaking, citing La Follette and Sabath measures and a Taylor resolution as signs of hope amid heavy lobbying pressure. The piece blends quotes and reflections on Congress, publicist responsibility, and postwar political reform.
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Burt
Washington
Radio Center
Senate
OPA
Congress
la Follette
Sabath
Illinois
Mechlin
Taylor
Idaho
Ono
Barbs and Bold Notions on War and Publishing
The piece lists topics from forest land and timber prices to Earl Browder planning a Russian book house in New York. It muses on pro American Russian publishers in Moscow and jokes about Miss Truman tea visits, with a quip about a navy cross.
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Washington
Evelyn Baker
James Magee
Custer
Belle Fourche
S. D
Black Hills
Harry Truman
Earl Browder
New York City
Moscow
Goldwyn
Brooklyn
Miss Truman
Annapolis
Land Prices Soar and Fears of 1920s Repeats Loom
The article surveys farm land price surges across the United States, noting 71 percent above the 1935 39 average and fears of a crash similar to the post WWI era. It urges farmers to boost yields on existing land through soil improvement and careful fertilizer use while banks warn against speculative borrowing.
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California
Maine
Indiana
North
South Carolina
Kentucky
Tennessee
Colorado
Wyoming
Ohio
Michigan
Georgia
Mississippi
Arkansas
Montana
Middle West Soil Improvement Committee
State College
American Bankers Association
Polio Epidemic Prep Urged Across All Communities
Dr. Thomas Parran warns areas without prior infantile paralysis outbreaks may be most vulnerable to polio. He urges universal epidemic preparedness, inventorying local resources, and collaboration with the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to avoid fear and ensure care. The June Hospitals piece discusses cycles of epidemics and calls for proactive planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Parran
U. S. Public Health Service
Hospitals Magazine
American Hospitals Association
Parran
AHA
General Hospital
National Foundation For
Woman Churns 21 000 Pounds Butter by Hand in Century Old Tool
EVERTON Missouri Mrs Gala O Fletcher uses a brass bound churn that is a century old to hand churn 21 000 pounds of butter. She began at age four on a wooden box and explains the churn produces sweet butter by keeping cream briefly and working it to remove milk drops.
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Everton
Gala O
Fletcher
Jimmy Gardiner
Texas
Gardiner
Cartier's
Water Resistant Matches For Civilians From War Era
U S match firm announces waterproof matches usable after four hours submerged. Developed for amphibious and jungle warfare, they withstood tests and were shipped to fronts in 1943. Civilians will buy eight boxes per package, each box holding forty matches with a money back guarantee.
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U. S
War Department
The Cinemagicians and Broadway Babble in Heat
The column surveys films and stage chatter from Smoky to Diary of a Chambermaid and The Hoodlum Saint with crowd notes on Sylvia Sidney Paulette Goddard and Bill Powell. It also covers theater talk from Tallulah Bankhead at Greenwich and a joke-laced Press Box critique of know how.
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Fred MacMurray
Fred
Sylvia Sidney
Paulette Goddard
Bill Powell
Esther Williams
Thomas B. Sherman
St. Louis
W. Lippmann
William S. Hart
Bill Hart
Hayloft
Tallulah Bankhead
Greenwich
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Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D. C
Kenneth Crawford
Crawford
Rayburn
South
Fred Vinson
Lewis Schwellenbach
Capitol Hill
Washington News
Magee
Baker
Navy
White House
Mr Vinson
United States
John Snyder
Truman
Treasury
Treasury Department
John Steelman
John Sullivan
Sullivan
Bankhage
WNU
Chinery
The
National Safety Council
T. Fuller
J. Baker
J. Eliisom
Ida James
J. Gart
Palestine
J. Cannon
Louis
E. Cuneo
G. J. Nathan
Norman Grant
Carnegie Hall
Norman
Virginia
Sahara
Broadway
Gramercy Park
Sth
St. Moritz Hotel
Cafe de la Paix
Ean
Business & ‘Invest
OPPOE
Capp Pagan Bee Pee
Alexandria
Agents Metal van Wes
Provident Bids
Tacoma
St. Mark's
Lassemarn
St. Mark's Hospital
Salt Lake
Harold
Brown - Sullivan
West Broadway
Salt Lake City
Utah
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Qare
Eis
Gore
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Lydia B. Pinkham
Pinkham
Edleine
Are
Ted
Dean
Doans
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