Democracy in Japan Faces Years of Built Foundations
Washington observer notes Japan's postwar reforms under General MacArthur show progress but are fragile. He warns enduring democracy requires native civic structure, stable economy, and extended education, amid persistent imperial influence and inflationary pressures.
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Washington
Japan
General MacArthur
MacArthur
America
U. S
Germany
Weimar Republic
Turkey
Four Rural Youths Receive Star Farmer of America Honors
The National Victory convention of Future Farmers of America in Kansas City awarded the Star Farmer of America title to William G Carlin 20 of Coatesville Pa Paul H Smart 20 of Versailles Ky Dennis O Heitman 20 of Gardnerville Nev and Brody Lee Koan 19 of Brashear Tex Each winner led large farming operations with notable land restoration cattle hogs poultry and crop enterprises and served in FFA leadership roles The event recognized 15000 farm youths from the United States Puerto Rico and Hawaii and paid tribute to FFA members lost in World War II
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United States
William G Carlin
Coatesville
Chester County
Star Farmer of America
William Carlin
Future Farmers of America
Kansas City
Carlin
F.F A
Billy Carlin
Farm Bureau
Farmer's Exchange
Co-Operative Exchange
Grange
Pennsylvania Association of Future Farmers of America
Kentucky
Paul H. Smart
Versailles
Woodford County
Dennis O Heitman
Gardnerville
Douglas County
Nevada
Heitman
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
FFA
Barbs and politics mix in satirical Salt Lake column
In Salt Lake City Barbs by Bankhage mocks fatless public fads and early news conferences by Averell Harriman failing to reveal secret ties. The piece jokes about Wall Street Kremlin Secretary Wallace and a Florida hurricane. It notes 50 000 deer and elephants at the New York zoo commenting on elections.
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Salt Lake City
Commerce
Averell Harriman
Wall Street
Kremlin
Wallace
Florida
New York Zoo
Michigan One Man Grand Jury Probes Grow Statewide
Michigan’s unique one man grand jury system expands with seven inquiries in six counties and over $600,000 in funds. About 2,800 witnesses testified as nearly 200 citizens including officials and leaders were indicted amid probes of gambling bribery liquor control labor and courts. The system traces to Detroit’s 1880s police court and received Supreme Court validation as late as 1945.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Holiday Turkeys Will Be Plentiful
Chicago reports show over 41 million turkeys will be marketed this year, the second largest crop on record and only nine percent below last year's peak. Despite meat shortages, the poultry institute notes ample birds remain for Thanksgiving and Christmas meals, with more turkeys marketed early.
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Chicago
Cliff B. Carpenter
The
Poultry Institute
More Women Listed As Heads of Families
Washington reports a Census Bureau finding that women as family heads rose from 15 percent in 1940 to nearly 22 percent by V E Day. The shift means about three million more families relied on a woman as the primary breadwinner.
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Washington
Census Bureau
World agency culls secret German data for study
Washington reports the Office of Technical Service is screening about 3.0 billion pages of German secret technical data. From this mass, roughly 3 percent or 90 million pages may be returned to the United States for use by industry, schools, and government agencies. About 100 OTS editors and 600 Germans plus military personnel work on the project.
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Washington
Germany
Office of Technical Service
OTS
Dad Solves Pal Problem Enters School at 31
Gabriel Sabau a father of three begins high school at Crown Point with his children cheering him. He aims to finish four years in 18 months under a speed up program then plans to study at Purdue after graduation. He works nights at a steel mill while his wife handles noon meals, and his eldest daughter Dale Marlene, 10, praises his new companionship.
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Gabriel Sabau
Sabau
Crown Point High School
Saban
Purdue
Sixties Pop Culture Bits From the Street and Screen
A column of assorted notes on Hollywood figures and global curiosities includes Howard Hughes and Ingrid Bergman, Nazi-era reminiscences, and gossip about Sid Slate, Natalie Schaefer, and Don Ameche. Also references to Truman, Howard Koch, and the Dodgers Cardinals race amid a collage of witty quips and social vignettes.
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Erich Remarque
Ingrid Bergman
Howard Koch
H’wood
Natalie Schaefer
Detroit
Natalie
Frances E. Kaye
Howie Pollet
St Louis
Gardswag Oie
Truman
Kaye
Georgia
Fatto Goering
Saxie Dowell
Dodgers
Cardinals
Branch Rickey
Red Sox
Yorkids
First patent suit on self propelled vehicle in 1619 to Ramsey and Wildgoose
Answers claim 1619 to Ramsey and Wildgoose. tornadoes do not directly blow roots off houses. illiteracy defined as inability to write in any language by age ten or over. New York led other states in population since 1810. largest empire unit cited as Canada.
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New York
Englis Ramsey
Wildgoose
Canada
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Mikado
Bankhage
Pennsylvania
W. J. Dryden
Carlin Brothers
Smart
Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation and
Purebred Livestock Breeders Association
Texan
Brody Lee Koan
Brashear
Hopkins County
Tex
Koan
Texas
Koon
Northeast Texas Dairy Association
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Texas F .A, Association
Farmers of America
Sweden
Russia
Stockholm
Howard Hughes
Shermint Billingsley
el Morocco
Perona
Sid Slate
Los Angeles
Sid
Sid Gold
Pal Gold
Fannie Hurst
Norma Shearer
Norma
Don Ameche
Eddie Jaffee
Bill Schiller
State Senate
Lew Parker
St. Louis
Homes ON Wheels
Morgan Motor & Finance CO
Utah
Sts
Milwaukee Railroad
Wash
Ida
Upper
R. W. Renolds
Nion Station
Salt Lake Desk Exchange
West Broadway
Kansas Produce Co
Coffeyville
Kansas
WNU
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