Brannan plan eyed as farm vote lure in 1949 politics
The piece notes GOP leaders attack the Brannan federal farm program as a bait for farm voters next year. It discusses extending wartime price supports, McGrath and Brannan pushing for it, and contrasts with the Aiken act set to take effect if Congress does not act. It also covers Roosevelt Jr winning a House seat and housing legislation moving toward a floor vote.
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Brannan
Washington
J. Howard McGrath
National Democratic Committee
GOP
McGrath
Truman
Republican Congress
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
House of Representatives
New York
Sol Bleam
Four Freedoms
Liberal
Rules Committee
A. J. Sabath
D. Il
Sabath
House
Senate
Senate Debates 50 Million Public Works Plan and War Powers
Senator Brewster announces a 50 million dollar public works planning program to address a perceived Democratic depression while Taft seeks a framework for federal grants to states. President Truman shifts strategy away from standby war powers, pursuing a quiet demilitarization and avoiding peacetime mobilization laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Owen Brewster
Senate Republicans
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Taft
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Truman
Congress
Red China and the Mao regime move toward Soviet orbit
The article argues Chinese Communists act as true Marxist Leninists under Mao Zedong and align closely with Moscow. It notes no proven direct Kremlin aid yet, but highlights strong affinity and a growing Chinese state that could extend Soviet power globally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussia
Russia
Moscow
Karl Marx
Lenin
Stalin
Mao Tzetung
China
Government announces price support loans for tobacco crops
The USDA outlines loan rates set at 90 percent of the June parity for flue-cured tobacco and parity-based rates for barley and other tobaccos. Fire cured and dark air cured rates vary. July and October dates set for rate announcements. Loans go to growers within marketing quotas for specified tobaccos. no quotas on other types.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
Department of Agriculture
Eisenhower Opposes Broad Federal School Aid
Dwight D. Eisenhower as a college president warns against expanding federal funding for public schools. He opposes legislation that would make federal money available to all states, fearing national intrusion and competitive boosts for government spending. He supports aid only for areas with truly low tax resources, without abuse or direct interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Commander of
Allied Forces
Senators Seek $2 Million to $4 Million Budget Cut
Nineteen senators from both parties sponsor a resolution urging President Truman to trim federal spending by two to four million dollars for the upcoming fiscal year beginning July 1. The plan targets appropriations for the new fiscal year.
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Congress
Truman
Garble Girls Discuss World Affairs and Mickey Rooney
Dialogue riffs on postwar politics and celebrity mishaps with references to Mickey Rooney and uranium, Taft Hartley act, Hickenlooper ships, and Aly Acheson. Characters joke about the Atlantic pact, Hong Kong, pensions, and a July standings spoof while noting Spenser Tracy and a Dodgers Potsdam pennant race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mickey Rooney
Scott Lucas
Mickey
Mary Margaret at Stadium
Mary Margaret McBride attends a stadium anniversary party with 42 000 plus fans in attendance. The piece praises her versatility as a performer and likens her to a baseball player capable of pitching hitting and fielding with famed charm and control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Margaret McBride
Yankee Baseball Clubs
Mary
Happy
McBride
NBC Club
Stage Screen Radio Spotlight and Big TV Deals
Inez Gerhard notes Dan Duryea’s reputation as a staged and screen heel with a pattern of slaps to Joan Bennett Lizabeth Scott Yvonne De Carlo while Dorothy Lamour is struck in Manhandled. Alexander Knox scores a screenwriting credit in The Judge Steps Out and Ben Johnson rises from stunt man to star in Fort Apache. ABC inks Kate Smith Music Room deal worth about 5 million dollars set for July 4 launch 9 to 11 pm, not affecting Kate Smith’s two CBS radio shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez Gerhardt
Duryea
Joan Bennett
Lizabeth Scott
Yvonne de Carlo
Paramount
Dorothy Lamour
PTA
ABC
Ted Collins
Kate Smith
Kate
Collins
Seasick Clash Aboard Open Atlantic Voyage
On a midsized Atlantic liner Arthur Forbes fights seasickness as waves mount. Mr. Otis Gill mocks him from a dining table two seats away while Forbes stares out a forward port hole. Gill smiles at the youth’s distress as the sea swells.
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Mr. Gill
Forbes
Young Forbes
Mister Gill Faces A Seasick Crisis On Deck
Mr Gill, initially sober, becomes pale and seasick as a strange sensation returns. He staggers to the doorway and disappears up the stairs while the dining salon erupts in laughter as Arthur Forbes cleans his cheeks and grins.
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Mr. Gill
Arthur Forbes
Comfort on the voyage with Gill's talk
Mr Forbes praises a steward for a clever seating plan to soothe a seasick passenger and place Gill opposite the po hole. The steward smiles, noting such an on board character appears on every voyage and is key to passenger comfort.
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Mr. Forbes
Gill
Gili
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A humorous mixed clue list for a crossword puzzle including across and down entries with definitions such as strong flavor spotted affirm land measurement owner of an estate Scots man nickname child biblical name colors and more with varied single word solutions.
Word Puzzle Clues Solve Last Week's Miscellaneous List
A compact glossary item references last week entries including forest forehead strange and a malformed clue for a foot like organ and a malt beverage. The notes appear as a miscellaneous crossword style fragment from a historical page.
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Forest
Forehead
Strange
Footlke Organ
Malt Beverage
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Eisenhower
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Aly
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Martha Brien
Judy Hickenlooper
Columbia
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Stan Musial
Johnny Mize
Bob Porterfield
Harry Brecheen
Olympia
Vishinsky
Spencer Tracy
Dodgers
Potsdam
Old Rockport
Mary Margaret
Miss McBride
Screenradio
Dan Duryer
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Ben Johnson
Joe Young
Gary Cooper
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