Surplus Property Scandals Stir Washington Debate
Democratic leaders fear exposure of War Assets Admin errors in disposing of surplus steel at Geneva Utah and other plants. The Small Business committee plans hearings to probe distribution patterns, monopoly risks, and the reorganization of the agency to curb corruption and favor competition.
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Baukhage
Washington
D. C
War Assets Administration
White House
Geneva
Utah
United States Steel Corporation
Colorado Fuel and Iron Corporation
Rockies
Chenoweth
Colorado
Small Business Committee
Murray
Aluminum Company of America
Stuart Symington
Egypt
WAA
Robert Littlejohn
Barbs and banter on law, voting, and tolerance
A fragmented editorial piece critiques political lobbyists registration with Congress and asks if they should register with voters. It jests about bars keeping crooks jailed, husbands home for dinner, and a Heidelberg rector's stance on tolerances. The text closes with a playful attack on political disharmony.
Faith Moves Mountains Boychoir School in Columbus
The Columbus Boychoir School grew from faith and effort, opening in 1940 with 48 boys and now 97, pursuing choral training within a standard curriculum. It expanded with Town Hall New York debut, national broadcasts, and a building drive raising over 100000 of 150000. The non profit, tuition free institute gains NCAC management and plans tours and a Chautauqua summer camp.
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Columbus
Ohio
Columbus Boychoir School
Huffman
Harry C. Marshall
Riculum
Town Hall
Siegfried Hearst
National Concerts and Artists Corporation
Boychoir
New York
N.C.A.C
East
Columbus Boychoir
Chautauqua
N. Y
Court sets aside Spinster's will over hatred of men
In Newark New Jersey a court invalidated the will of Louisa Strittmaier who left her estate largely to the National Women's Party and disinherited male relatives. The judge called her hatred of men beyond sanity noting she hoarded money and believed women could bear children without men. Two male cousins and a second cousin inherit.
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Newark
N. J
Louisa Strittmaier
National Women’s Party
Bloomfield
John O. Bigelow
Notes of a Newspaper Man Satire on Justice and War
The piece mocks Justice Department plans to drop a sedition case and rebukes defendants for Nazi tactics while recalling soldiers who died or were maimed fighting nazism. It includes light vignettes about Laura LaPlante and wartime anecdotes from reporters and a Yugoslav leader.
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Justice Dep’t
Ashcan
Laura LaPlante
Laura
Stalin
Russia
New York Novelette and Broadway Torch Song Snips
Brief clippings describe Marianne O'Brien marrying a Camel heir R. J. Reynolds after seeking a millionaire husband. Other items note Broadway shows and nightlife with biting lines about wine and glamour. A Paris gazette mocks Texas as savage and many clubroom quips lampoon contemporary celebrities.
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New York
Chorine
Newlys
Marianne O’brien
R. J. Reynolds
Don Wahn
Paris
United States
Texas
Boston Censors Trim Line From Life with Father Play
Boston censors cut a line from Life with Father after more than a year of performances. The report recalls a prior film ruling to eliminate a scene where a man kicks a girl, noting the change was required only for Sunday showings.
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Boston Blue-Pencilers
Father
Boston
States split on Daylight Saving Time adoption
After daylight saving time became optional for states and localities, six states have statewide use while twenty six ban it in many communities. The split leaves 16 counties with local options. New Orleans in Louisiana observes DST while Evansville Indiana remains non observant.
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Collier’s
Louisiana
New Orleans
Indiana
Evansville
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Heidelberg
Soo Battler
Boychoir School
WNY
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Ioog
Herbert Huffman
The
Radio Institute
Ohio State University
Balkans
Tito
U. S
Leon
Eddie
Tommy Manville
Singapore
Village Vanguard
Copa
Ise
Ger O'Sullivan
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Motion Pictures
Arizona Motion Picture Corp
Valley OF the Sun Motion Picture Productions
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Los Angeles
Calli
Saith
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