Deep Freeze Gifts Stir Washington in January June Combo
The column outlines gifts of home freezer units to White House figures and others, noting no legal violation but questioning propriety. It ties the affair to broader worries about influence and a shifting political morality. It also covers AFL plans to fund a million dollar 1950 drive targeting Taft and Donnell in the GOP, and a Syrian coup leading to a civilian coalition cabinet under Hashim El Atassy.
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Washington
White House
Harry Truman
United States
Vinson
U.S. Supreme Court
James K. Vardaman
Harry H. Vaughan
Truman
Vaughan
Eit
President Truman
John Maragon
Syria
Hassni Zayim
Col
Sami Hennaui
Zayim
Hashim el Atassy
National Bloc
Senate votes down welfare cabinet plan 60 to 32
The Senate defeats President Truman's federal welfare department proposal with cabinet status in a 60 to 32 vote. The Hoover commission linked plan faced GOP and Southern Democrat opposition and a constitutional veto risk, ending efforts to fold education health and social security into a new department.
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Senate
Truman
Department of Welfare
House
Federal Security Agency
Hoover Commission
Whch
Ohio
Taft
Hoover
Lucas
Illinois
Barkley Linked to Widow in Nationwide Buzz
Vice President Barkley wide attention for courting 87 year old Mrs. Carlton S. Hadley of St. Louis. Public interest surges as he poses for photos and attends events with her, while MacArthur remains a PR challenge amid senate probe tensions. Ambassador Alan Kirk’s Moscow meeting described as courtesy call with Stalin.
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Barkley
Rita Hayworth
Aly Khan
Carlton S. Hadley
St. Louis
Veep
Paducah
Culpepper
Virginia
Alan Kirk
Russia
Joe Stalin
Moscow
Kirk
Stalin
Belgium
Wheat Demand Slips, Says National Industry Board
The National Industrial Conference Board warned of reduced wheat demand as the year starting July is projected to show the lowest domestic consumption since 1941. The finding highlights a shrinking market for wheat amid waning overall consumption.
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National Industrial Conference Board
Farm price support grows as wheat stocks rise
The report notes April 1 wheat stocks were higher than in most Aprils except 1942 and 1943. The 1948-49 harvest could be the third largest ever while the US holds more than a quarter of last year’s crop, turning farm price support into a national issue. Emergency measures have been considered.
Year-Long Bet Promises Deluxe Car in Ashland
Don Haynes of Ashland Oregon wagers 1000 dollars against rancher D M Mauldin to spend a year in a deluxe car the bet ends next February Haynes possesses a girl and a lost road side photo she would receive a new car if she proves her identity Navy delays pockets until June 1952 and eyed zipper replacement for sailors pants ending bell bottoms
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Serking
Don Haynes
Ashland
Ore
D. M. Mauldin
Haynes
Navy
Uncle Sam
Stiff Collars and Cuffs Tailored by Persistent Laundry
A humorous scene recounts ongoing battles with a laundry that starches shirts despite explicit instructions. A narrator and spouse argue about starch, noting collars ironed to rigid blades and cuffs requiring chisels. The couple contemplates changing laundries.
Everlasting arms and starch antics in a playful essay
A mixed selection of verse and humor riffs on divine protection and laundry woes. The piece opens with a devotional poem about God’s everlasting arms, then moves to a satirical mock interview about starching shirts, followed by a comic note on education and video lectures, hinting at televised courses and a future diploma landscape.
Rosemary Pettit Stars In Warner and Curtiz Projects
Rosemary Pettit born in Tulsa Oklahoma rises to film work after studies in California and New York. She appears in The Lady Takes a Sailor and Young Man with a Horn following summer stock in Princeton New Jersey. Paul Henreid promotes polio awareness and discusses his family’s experience during Rope of Sand. Joan Crawford and her son Christopher praise her courage as lizards travel with family. Helen Hayes returns to radio and plans summer stock then Broadway if successful. Jamie, last in the family acting line, appears in The Corn Is Green in Welsh form.
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Idreity
Rosemary Pettit
Hollywood
Tulsa
Ohlo
California
New York
Bits
Michael Curtiz
Warners
Man
Princeton
N. J
Paul Henreid
Paramount
Burton
Henreid
Joan Crawford
Christopher
Joan
The
Wilds
Helen Hayes
Electric Theatre
Wimpole Street
Mary
Jamie
Pringle Camp Dream Turns Into Guests and Plans
Doug Pringle signs a lucrative contract for Midweek Fiction illustrations and plans a Spur Lake camp with Aggie. They host guests weekly turning the camp into a social hub as soon as funds permit, then convert a workshop into a second bedroom and studio for visiting friends.
Studio visit and arrivals disrupt the Pringles
Aggie accommodates visitors to Doug Pringle in his new studio as August brings the Hollands and the Brants. Mrs Holland eyes the studio while Doug is away on business. Doug later returns praising a busy downtown room suited for real work.
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Pringles
Doug
Aggie
Hollands
Steve Holland
Mrs. Holland
Brants
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues Mixed
A mixed list of across and down crossword clues with numbers and partial entries for fuel strike with hand to 83 sweet poteto.
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Brazil
Bostow
Asia
Confederat
Ashes General
Porthog
Young
Last Week's Answer Answer te pussie No. 13 40 Point
The fragment shows a column item titled Answer te pussie with a numeric 13 40 and the word Point. It lacks clear context or full sentences to determine a valid news item.
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Grace Noll Crowell
Everlasting
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