Marshall Appointment Signals New International Leadership
The Marshall appointment reshapes U S leadership with a political ally of objective military insight. The piece argues his China report shows a liberal path for unity and good government, while praising his nonpartisan stance and potential to revive Byrnes policies amid postwar tensions.
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Washington
Marshall
Byrnes
Churchill
War Council
China
Truman
Kuomintang
Chiang Kai-shek
Experts prove accidents and mishaps cross many fields
A string of anecdotes shows so called experts in safety law dentistry weather and divorce cases suffer slips. From a tractor mishap in San Luis Obispo to a crutch bound speaker in Providence and a detective robbed citrus store the miscues underline the fragile line between expertise and error.
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San Luis Obispo
Calif
James Merson
California State Polytechnic Institute
James C. Carmack
Providence
R. I
San Francisco Authority
Charles Tressler Lark
Hackensack
N. J
Francis Curry
New York
Frank Heines
Curry
S. D. Flora
Topeka
Kans
Barnett Mindlin
Chicago
John Langhout
Mindlin
Langhout
Springfield
Ill
Sangamon County
New Liberal Arts College to Open with 100 Best Books Study
Pittsfield Massachusetts announces a new non-denominational liberal arts college for 300 students funded by Paul W. Mellon. Dr Stringfellow Barr will head the institution on a 700 acre Stockbridge lake estate near Tanglewood. The program centers on a prescribed reading of 100 books from Homer to modern day with a 30 member faculty and 30 buildings already on site.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Liberal Arts, Inc
Stringfellow Barr
Stockbridge Lake
Barr
Homer
St. John’s College
Annapolis
Paul W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Liberal Arts College
Dan R. Hanna
Tanglewood
Serge Koussevitzky
John E. Parsons
New York
Helpful Thieves Dig Auto Out of Snow in Bayfield
In Bayfield Wisconsin Douglas Knight’s car stalled in a snow ditch. Thieves rediscovered the key and dug it out. They returned the car intact but used all gasoline and antifreeze, then left it back in the ditch the next day.
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Bayfield
Wis
Douglas Knight
Knight
Sews for Victory in Albany County
Mrs. Winifred Coulter an 81 year old dressmaker receives a medal for war service with the Albany county Red Cross chapter. She has logged 4027 hours of sewing and completed 2998 garments since Pearl Harbor.
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Laramie
Wyo
Winifred Coulter
Albany County Red Cross
First Chinchillas Thriving on Georgia Farm
STILSON GA Chinchillas, whose pelts may fund a $35,000 coat, thrive on H G Lewis’s chinchilla farm the state's first. Lewis reports 17 animals arrived from California and none have fallen ill.
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Stilson
Deep South
H. G. Lewis
California
Lewis
Flying Doctor Pippin Promotes Air Travel as Time Saver
Dr B I Pippin, Richland Center Wis, advocates aviation to escape daily cares and notes air travel saved him nearly six months in 24 years. He flies to Reedsburg hospital and to medical conventions, and has long promoted flying since 1922. In Marengo Iowa, three high school youths including Peggy Olson earned pilot licenses with instructor Dale Griffith. Despite surplus aircraft, prewar types remain in demand with Beech Howard Spartan Stinson and Wacos fetching high prices. Executive transports like Lockheed 10s 12s Beech 18s Grumman amphibians remain popular. two place light planes suffer most.
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B. I. Pippin
Richland Center
Wis
Reedsburg Municipal Hospital
Marengo
Iowa
Peggy Olson
Dale Griffith
Beech
Howard
Spartan
Stinson
Wacos
Executive Corporation
Grumman
Peak Freight Year for Independent Air Freight Association
Independent Air Freight Association lines expect to haul 220 million ton miles of freight in 1947, over twelve times 1946 levels as the first operating year finishes. The five lines include Flying Tiger with an Army contract for two daily flights to Tokyo and Hickam Field, Slick Airways, U S Airlines, Willis Air Service, and Flamingo Air Service.
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Independent Airfreight Association, Inc
IAA
Flying Tiger Line
Tokyo
Hickamfield
Hawaii
Slick Airways, Inc
U. S. Airlines, Inc
Willis Air Service, Inc
Flamingo Air Service, Inc
Georgia election probe shadows federal politics
Washington reports the justice department shelved a secret FBI probe into Talmadge election intimidation and racial discrimination in Georgia. The case stalled due to Talmadge illness, Herman Talmadge resistance, and fears of alienating liberal support. The piece also notes potential shifts in Georgia diplomacy policy under Marshall and ongoing tax fraud cases, church groups studying labor peace, and Pentagon staff changes.
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Washington
Georgia
Justice Department
Talmadge
FBI
Supreme Court
Eugene Talmadge
Herman Talmadge
Justice Boys
State Department
Marshall
Jimmie Byrnes
Charles Evans Hughes
Byrnes
Hughes
General Marshall
Foreign Office
Treasury
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