Presidential Veto Record Puzzles Congress and Public
Washington notes 분석 shows Truman used I forbid 74 times to 79th Congress while Democrats held power. Comparisons cite FDR 631 vetoes via pocket and standard methods, Cleveland 584, Grant 92. eight presidents never faced a veto upset. The piece discusses veto power as a Roman law term and majority rule tensions.
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Distant Dutch elm disease Threatens historic DC elms
A writer laments the loss of elm trees from DC streets and the White House grounds due to Dutch elm disease and other blights. He notes reduced federal funding for control research, the Morristown lab at risk, and the historical value of elms planted by presidents.
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Hartley Charges Big Business Big Labor With Violating Law
Representative Hartley accused coal operators and the United Mine Workers of collusion in negotiating the latest soft coal contract. He cited a nonDUes checkoff clause as a legal violation and said the agreement shows evils of industry wide bargaining. Hungary and four other Communist led governments refused Paris conference invites over Marshall plan concerns.
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Bulgaria
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France
Finland
Albania
Farm assets and income surge since 1940 war boost
A National Industrial Conference Board report shows farm assets rising from 537 billion to 1015 billion dollars between 1940 and 1946 and gross farm income increasing 124 percent. Cash receipts from farm marketing climbed 8.3 to 20.8 billion, while real estate led assets, up to 566 billion in 1946. Princess Elizabeth and Lt Philip Mountbatten announce engagement for autumn. King George VI supports the match and may seek higher income for Elizabeth with a possible dukedom for Philip after marriage.
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Navy resignations rise as officers swap for civilian jobs
During the past year more than 1,700 naval officers resigned commissions at Annapolis to take higher paying civilian posts, a rate described as alarming. In the same 10 months the army lost 259 West Point officers this way, a drain the service can ill afford.
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Oil Exports: License Granted for Russia Shipment
A special export license allowed petroleum product shipments to Russia after Rep. Weichel urged a license refusal. Weichel had telephoned William Foster urging halting of 248000 barrels loaded on three West Coast tankers.
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Farm income up 30 percent in first half of 1947
Agriculture department reports farmers earned about 11.7 billion from sales and roughly 12 billion with government payments in the first half of 1947. Meat and dairy receipts led gains, crop receipts rose about 20 percent, and June marketings reached two billion dollars, up 30 percent from 1946.
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First Americans Park Ruins Fascinating Indian Story
WNU features recount the prehistoric migration of peoples into North America. Archaeologists believe early settlers crossed from Asia via the Bering Strait and spread south and east. The copper colored peoples eventually occupied North America and beyond long before Columbus.
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National Parks Preserve Ancient Indian Ruins Across Regions
National Park Service preserves Mesa Verde and 14 national monuments in Utah Colorado Arizona and New Mexico plus Mound City group in Ohio Ocmulgee in Georgia and Old Kasaan in Alaska. The article traces early Native cultures from Folsom Man to pueblo life and explains tree ring dating at Mesa Verde Canyon de Chelly and other sites.
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Mound City Group
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Ocmulgee National Monument
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Old Kasaan
Alaska
Pueblo Bonito
Chaco Canyon National Monument
Canyon de Chelly
Canyon del Muerto
Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Flagstaff
Ariz
Wapatki
Walnut Canyon
Tonto, Tuzigoot
Montezuma Castle
Navajo National Monument
Smokies Ranked Favorite East Vacation Spot
Washington reports Great Smoky Mountain National Park as a premier eastern retreat. The park spans 54 miles with a maximum width of 19 miles and features Clingmans Dome at 6642 feet. Fishing draws sportsmen as 600 miles of trout streams are restocked annually. Free naturalist-guided field trips are offered in summer.
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Original Stitchery Pattern Transfers Now In Stock
Advertisement notes transfer of 16 motifs by 215 inches to 344 by 1214 inches for bathroom decor. It touts an improved pattern-visual with charts and photos and complete directions, priced at 20 cents, with ordering details to follow.
Princess Der Ling's Golondrina Court Memoir Retreat
The late Princess Der Ling kept a nightly court on Golondrina island off Lower California in 1928 29. She built a palace and hosted about 300 entertainers and attendants to inspire and aid her memoir writing about her days as a Chinese Imperial Court lady in waiting.
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Lower California
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