Trials, history, and hope in the Nuernberg shadow
The article argues the Nuernberg trials serve as a complete legal record for aggressive warfare and future international law. It notes Justice Jackson’s absence from Washington, contemplates future convictions, and envisions a peaceful United Nations-led victory over war. It closes with reflections on Washington as a final home for statesmen and presidents.
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Nuernberg
Jackson
ALS
Army
Special
Washington
Supreme Court
Allied Military Tribunal
Operation Justice
United Nations
Barbs by Bankhage on business boom and union clashes
The piece questions the CIO AFL battle to organize the South and its impact on consumers. It jests about inflation and prosperity and compares social tensions to a loose cannon, using a dog metaphor to critique policy and behavior.
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Cio-Afl
South
Colorado Wheat King Triumphs Again for Colorado
Luther F. Givens of Sterling Colp. won the Pillsbury national wheat title with Wichita hard red winter wheat. The contest at Chicago was run by the International Crop Improvement Association with state stations and colleges judging. Colorado has now claimed the national honors four times in five years.
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W. J. Dryden
United States
Colorado
Luther F. Givens
Sterling
University of Minnesota
J. C. Hackleman
University of Illinois
A. L. Clapp
Kansas State Agriculture College
K. E. Beeson
Purdue University
Givens
Lena
Colorado Wheat
Montana Grain
George Hofmann
Iliff
Leo Lindstrom
Jesse Powers
Henderson
Montana
L. E. Peterson
Victoria
Wheat King
Logan County
R. E. Condon
Platteville, Colo
Surplus Goods and Land Available for U S Farmers
War Assets Corporation announces no strictly agricultural equipment will be deemed surplus though some tractors and trucks may be repurposed for farm use. About 70 000 acres of surplus farmland remain for sale as demand outstrips supply. A hemp and flax mill once run by CCC at Hartford Wisconsin is for sale and large stocks of telegraph and telephone gear are at U S Signal Corps depots in Chicago Lexington Kentucky Ogden Utah Atlanta Georgia and Bellmead New Jersey.
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War Assets Corporation
Department of Agriculture
CCC
Hartford Wis
U. S. Signal Corps
Chicago
Lexington
Ogden
Utah
Atlanta
Bellmead
N. J
Born and Lived 71 Years on Same Farm
Fairmont Minn. The longest resident on a local farm was FS E Carlson born December 1874 near Dunnell who still lives there with his wife and son marking over 71 years on the same farm. Ellsworth Ziemer born 1895 and C L Peterson born 1890 also remain on farms where they were born, but Carlson holds the record.
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Fairmont
Minn
Harrisburg honors 1945 PA potato champ Mervin Hanes
Mervin Hanes of Stewardstown produced 656 bushels of potatoes on a measured acre to become Pennsylvania's champion potato grower for 1945. The award was presented by the growers' cooperative at a dinner in Harrisburg.
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Mervin Hanes
Stewardstown
Pennsylvania
Hanes
The
Growers’ Co-Operative
Indian Fighter Dies at Tulsa at 105
William Franklin Knight, a veteran of six wars and a survivor of frontier conflicts, died in Tulsa at 105 after a life spanning stagecoach duty, Wells Fargo service, and buffalo hide shipments. Born on a steamboat in Louisiana Missouri, he rode for government messages and worked until age 99. No immediate relatives were found.
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Okla
General Custer
Geronimo
Jesse James
William Franklin Knight
Louisiana
Texas
Wells-Fargo Express
St. Louis
Knight
Fort Worth
el Paso
One Third of U S Population Lacks Library Access
Two lawmakers Sen Lister Hill and Rep Emily Taft Douglas propose federal grants to states for rural library work. The plan would provide 25 000 annually per state with possible 50 000 state matched funds and annual reports. 586 counties lack public library service, Texas has 150, Kentucky 63, Louisiana and Mississippi 35 each. Only 11 states have full county library coverage.
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Washington
United States
Lister Hill
Alabama
Emily Taft Douglas
Illinois
House
Senate
United States Commissioner of Education
Texas
Kentucky
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Mississippi
Connecticut
Delaware
Iowa
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Oregon
Rhode Island
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Osage Ranchers to Hold Meet in June
The 10th annual Osage Cat tlemen's association convention will be June 21 and 22 in Pawhuska Oklahoma. Gart ner Drummond president says cattlemen from several states will attend for barbecue, a cowboy dance and talks on modern ranching. Accommodations may be tight due to anticipated large turnout.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Osage Cattlemen’s Association
Southwest
Gartner Drummond
Drummond
Fifth Avenue Glitters From Toy Factories To Radio City
A vivid portrait of Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue’s past and present. It describes landmarks from the Empire State Building to the Frick and Metropolitan museums, Radio City, and grand mansions, noting the avenue’s cosmopolitan mix, historic quiet on Sundays, and anecdotes about John Barrymore and Jed Harris amid a bustling, glamorous era.
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Treasure Island
Camille
Yadar
Metropolitan
The
Frick
Empire State
Radio City
Heywood Broun Breaks Pencil Amid Stage Review
A Broadway reviewer Heywood Broun once hid his boredom by scribbling notes through dull shows. He stopped memoing during a second act and the producer noted the change. Broun replied he had broken his pencil, ending the quip with a dry grudge.
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John Barrymore
Barrymore
Westminster Abbey
Heywood Broun
Braun
Witty Lines From Late Night Spots Echo City Buzz
A collection of quips from Singapore and New York venues tugs at nightlife mood. Snappy barroom one liners reference atomic bombs a bore expert insurance stocks and office hierarchies.
Doyle and Chaplin banter over shared incomes
A glimpse of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle recalling a quip with Charlie Chaplin about splitting earnings for life. The anecdote contrasts with Gribble's coinage of a term replacing outdated racial labels and notes on Broadway humor and a playful Woollcott anecdote in Atlantis city surf.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur
Charlie Chaplin
Alec Woollcott
Alec
Atlantis City
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