Some Things Are Worse Than Being in the Army
Washington. A BACKHAGE column argues the upcoming draft will be a nudge rather than a wallop as many eligibles enlist for regular service. It notes exemptions, attitudes, and the role of propaganda while contrasting wartime morale and Army reforms with past practices.
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Backhage
Washington
National Guard
Tiose
United States
Pearl Harbor
Vj- Day
Rome
Orson Welles
Italy
Senor
Rita Hayworth
Berlin Crisis Deepens as Berlin Blockade Persists
The Berlin standoff sharpens as Soviet plans for a new constitution for a German republic and economic links to the East unfold. Western leaders resist Western Germany’s federal plan while power cuts hit the Western sectors. airlifted coal resumes deliveries amid fears of a rapid shift in postwar control.
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Berlin
Germany
German People’s Congress
Russia
Ber- UN
Palestine War Resumes as UN Truce Fails and Bernadotte Quits
Ardent combat resumes between Arabs and Jews after a failed four week UN truce. Bernadotte pressed extensions but a political agreement was impossible. Trans-Jordan opposes reparation of borders, and fighting erupts as Bernadotte departs Palestine.
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U.N
Palestine
Truman
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Israel
Folke Hernadotte
Bernadotte
Arab League
Trans-Jordan
Holy Land
Economic aid shows $762,747,140 approved for Europe and China
An agency report credits three months of activity under the Marshall plan style program with recovery shipments valued at $762,747,140 approved for Europe and China. ECA Administrator Paul Hoffman cautions the balance will be used gradually, with a small fraction of yen gains noted for the quarter.
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Ad Eumstrative
Europe
China
Jial Wn Amour
ECA
Paul
Dewey Faces White House Tasks If Elected
The article outlines potential first-term duties for Gov. Thomas F Dewey if he wins the presidency. It discusses replacing hundreds of federal officials, coordinating department policies, streamlining government, and selecting a cabinet to reflect national representation across foreign and domestic affairs, spending, and social programs.
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United States
Thomas F Dewey
New York
Washington
Congress
Pal. Icieg
Prices Rise to New High as Consumer Index Climbs
The Consumer Price Index for mid May jumped six percent from mid April, hitting a new all time high. Purchasing power of the dollar fell to 61.3 cents in May, down 0.5 from April and 74.7 percent from June 1923, according to the National Industrial Conference Board data.
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Nationa Industrial Conference Board
Federal Judge Goldsborough halts rail strike with permanent injunction
Federal Judge T Alan Goldsborough issued a permanent injunction prohibiting a national rail strike after government seizure of the rails. He warned the nation would face economic and political upheaval if the strike persisted. An ensuing conference led to a settlement with a wage increase of 1 543 cents per hour and changes in operating procedures. President Truman praised the leaders for their breakthrough.
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T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
John B. Steelman
Trumanay
Headliners in New Orleans births and an odd tale
In New Orleans Mrs. Morris Champagne gave birth to a son at Baptist hospital, then Mrs. Joseph Liquor had a daughter 24 hours later, and Mrs. Ss R Staggers delivered a daughter. In Butte Deputy Sheriff Robert Russell was treated for burns after demonstrating safe handling of firecrackers to youngsters. In Kansas City Clyde E Paine, irked by a shift change, invented a noisy electric fan to lull himself to sleep. In Milwaukee James Beard attempted a payphone trick, got wrong numbers, and was arrested walking the street in a rage with the receiver at his neck.
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New Orleans
Morris Champagne
Baptist Hospital
Joseph Liquor
Ss. R. Staggers
Butte
Robert Russel
Kansas City
Clyde E. Paine
Milwaukee
James Beard
Churchill Memoirs Dates and Donkeys Mark Ma n y 1930s Parodies
A compact roundup notes Life editors correcting Churchill memoir dates, emblem campaigns for voters, MGM seeking a child star for roles outgrown by Margaret O’Brien, and a fired narcotics agent who falsely arrested a sports writer. It strings together Midtown vignettes, Hollywood musings, and critics’ quips about films, managers, and witty barbs from the era.
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Churchill
MGM
Margaret O’brien
Yankee
Fragmentary note on a large pier and items sold
A garbled excerpt mentions a five rail large pier and an auction style line about items like dressings and bottles. It references Caseware and a few bales, with stray phrases about a dog, cat upholstery, and a rubber lamp. Overall details are unclear due to damaged text.
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