Freedom Train message and city life reflections
A New York style account links the Freedom Train to civil rights safeguards and open trials, noting bail fairness and right to counsel. It condemns road hazards, memorializes Gale Bernstein’s death in Brooklyn, and sketches local reactions and mayoral action.
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New York
America
William O’dwyer
Brooklyn
Gale Bernstein
Gale
Avenue K
East 14Th Street
Col’m
End to Friendship with United States Seen by British Report
Washington reports the British secret service has submitted a confidential dossier to the Foreign Office detailing Soviet Politburo deliberations. Stalin reportedly resisted the shift but was overruled as Russia plans to woo Arabs over Palestine, challenge the Marshall Plan, and sow chaos in Europe to advance oil-rich Near East influence.
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Washington
Secret Service
British Foreign Office
Russia
Soviet Union
United States
Stalin
U. S
Palestine
Near East
Europe
Army Cooperation Remains Hard as Services Stand Apart
After the war the army’s ground and air services remain separated with infantry flying its own planes and the air corps debating forming ground regiments for anti aircraft defense. Cooperation between the services proves difficult despite calls for unity.
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Air Corps
Food Costs Double Over at Agriculture Building Figures
Bureau of agricultural economics researchers project 1947 U S food bill near 36 billion dollars, up from 13 billion prewar levels. Economists cite higher earnings and greater consumption, while price rises account for more than half the increase. Depressed era spending tracked at 11 billion dollars annually.
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Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economic
Harriman Seeks Boost for Europe Under Marshall Plan
Industrious Averell Harriman proposes a phased push to revive Europe via the Marshall plan. He urges 5000 US experts to work with Europeans, improve efficiency, and redirect materials while addressing wasteful channels. President Truman stresses American public cooperation once the truth about Europe’s needs is conveyed.
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Averell Harriman
Wall Street
Europe
Harriman
Ruhr
U. S
Truman
Marshall
Agriculture Anderson
Commerce Harriman
Steelman
Red Cross
Salad ideas and recipes for a fresh healthful course
A feature on salads outlines why salads stay popular, with recipes for Frozen Banana Salad and Ginger Ale Pear Salad. It emphasizes serving salads with the main course, party dishes, and special occasion platters, plus tips for chef’s and coleslaw style greens and dressings.
Lynn Chambers Menu and Salad Preparations Featured
A vintage menu excerpt lists Cream of Mushroom Soup Roast Chicken Sweet Potato Balls Green Lima Beans and Lemon Pie with Biscuits. It expands into varied salads including Cole Slaw Carrot Slaw Slaw Deluxe Pineapple Slaw Spanish Slaw and two molded salads Grape Salad and Mixed Fruit Salad with detailed preparation notes and optional additions.
Creative Power of Faith Lesson for October 19 1947
Dr. Newton urges readers to study Hebrews 11 1 3 and 11 4 40 to see how Abraham and other pioneers acted by faith. The piece stresses faith as creative power guiding youths, with examples like John Wesley and Martha Berry and a call for parents and teachers to direct intermediate students toward God’s will.
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Minster
Abraham
God
John Wesley
England
Martha Berry
Miss Berry
Mt. Berry
Few Barred for Throwing Games Since 1876
Historical note lists only 15 players ever barred from the major leagues for throwing games or concealing plotting. It includes four from Louisville in 1877, seven from the Chicago White Sox in 1919, and two from the New York Giants in 1924.
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Louisville
Chicago White Sox
New York Giants
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Harry Hopkins
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Edwin Gilbert
Hollywood
Sgt
Marion
Johnny Floren
MacArthur
Paradise Bootery
Bevin
Gail Garber
Bur. Jesque
Buenos Aires
Broadway
Lynn
Lynn Chambers
Western Newspaper Union
Dr. Newton
International Council of Religious Education
I Housekeeping
Aveda
Frau
ACME
Acme White Lead & Color Works
Detroit
Michigan
Feader
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