Wise appointments reshape veterans bureau leadership
President Truman names Carl R. Gray Jr a veteran administration head with strong business experience while praising Gen Omar Bradley for his wartime service. The piece argues the VA needs executive, industrial leadership not more military officers and notes the agency’s expansion since World War II.
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Omar Bradley
Truman
Veterans Administration
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Bradley
Eisenhower
MacArthur
The
Army
Congress
Debate on European aid and Marshall plan in Congress
The speaker argues for immediate billions in aid to Europe to counter Soviet influence. He urges rapid action, decries isolationism, criticizes past aid as wasteful, and calls for qualified officials to run the program with minimal politics.
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Congress
Rome
Europe
Jesus Christ
Russia
France
Italy
President appoints General Bradley to be chief of staff
The piece praises General Bradley for being named chief of staff and notes the challenge of stabilizing the system with a brilliant leader and capable assistants. It mentions the rumored VA top spot for General Vaughn and asserts Bradley’s military talents are urgently needed.
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Gray
General Vaughn
Bradley
Community Socials and Family Celebrations Highlight Franklin News
The Franklin area reports multiple gatherings this week including a chicken dinner for the Hobbs newlyweds Thaylon and Mrs. Ruby Hobbs. Guests included numerous Hobbs relatives and neighbors. Other events note birthday anniversaries, a Twin Falls trip for Atkinson parents, and Phyllis Biggs Hogan winning a $25 radio phonograph prize on a Ogden quiz program.
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Bill Hobbs
Thaylon Hobbs
Franklin
Darrin Cutler
Ogden
Douglas Wright
Bertlett Cormish
Clair Comish
A. R. Durrant
Roy Doney
Myron Comish
Gordon Atkinson
Alvin Atkinson
Twin Falls
Melvin Fullmer
Ella Naef
Melba
Naef
Fern Palmer
Morgan
Utah
Mary B. Lowe
Douglas Oliverson
Oliverson
Dan Flitton
Merle van Orden
Smithfield
Verna Smith
Beth Rasmussen
Bert Marshall
Kendall Corbridge
Joyce Stokes
Sacrament Gem
Geraldine Doney
Nan Parkinson
Rozan Hawkes
Alice Woodward
Pranks and One Liners from Mayors and Clerks
A humorous collection of speeches and jokes about marriage wages raises and energy firms. The items include a clerk boy exchange about four watt bulbs a salary request from an employee and a mayoral joke about friendship between women.
Salt flavor boost via light sprinkling on steak
The dialogue shows Joe proposing a method to improve salt flavor by sprinkling lightly over a large steak. Jonnie and Jimmie pretend to be elephants in a zoo asking their mother for a play interaction and peanuts and candy as a reward.
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Joe
Moe
Jonnie
Jimmie
Mother
Bridge Bombing Shocks Lady Driver and Soldiers
A fragmented wartime dialogue shows a lady driver asking to cross a bridge again as a bomb has just blown it up. Two soldiers deny access and mention a cafeteria menu with beans apricots bread butter milk and an egg salad sandwich.
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Thawad
Humorous bits from a road to modernization
Cartoonish exchanges note rubber tires in sausages mock autos replacing horses. A man recalls fire policy on property while a police joke riffs on radio station IDs. A girl driver and a boy rising a grade add light punchlines to a hot day.
Clever Joke Exchange About Wheels and a Coach
Tommy teases his little brother by saying a football coach has four wheels. English Cousin responds with a laugh and asks how many wheels the coach truly has.
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Tommy
Parting Shot: dollars blown in by care of pennies
A terse note warns that funds will be used up by careless saving and urges thrift to protect heirs. It emphasizes small savings and prudent handling of money to secure future generations.
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General Electric
Preston Hosts Miss Cleo Smart and Lois Hartvigsen Visit
Miss Cleo Smart of Salt Lake City and Lois Hartvigsen of Logan spent Wednesday with relatives and friends in Preston.
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Cleo Smart
Salt Lake City
Lois Hartvigsen
Logan
Preston
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Independent Newsspaper
Leland Chatterton
Vern Morris
Ott Chatterton
Pressman
Shirley Chatterton
Advange
National Advertising Representative
NAS
Idaho State Editorial Association
Wrtau
New York
San Francisco
National Editorial Assn
Idaho
Ruby Hobbs
Almeda Hendricks
Donald Hobbs
Leonard Hobbs
Eugene Hobbs
Ned Biggs
National Farm Loan Association
Cooperative Land Bank Credit
National Farm Loan Assn
Clifford Warr
Sec’y Treas. Bank Bldg
Preston, Idaho
Joe Marsh
Ma. Hoskins
Ma Hoskins
Harpo
Doc Hollister
United States Brewers Foundation
George Washington
Adam
Dayton
Lady Driver
Johnny Marzette
Franklin Fannie
Little Willie
Sullivan
General
Electric
Zaidizens
Admiral
Mutual Benefit We Insurance Association
Mutual Benefit
Idaho Mutual
Idaho Mutual Benefit Association
Who Mutual Benefit Association
Boise, Idaho
Idaho Mutual Benefit
Association Idaho Mutual
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