Pennsylvania relief fraud probe cites eight million yearly loss
A state commission cites about 8 million dollars a year in relief fraud in Pennsylvania. Findings trace over-payments unjustified caseloads and lax eligibility enforcement. Former Attorney General T McKeen iChidsey warns lax relief practices erode moral fibre. Earnings data show up 22.8 percent in PA mines mills and stores 1947 to 1950.
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West Virginia officials rail at tank truck exemptions
The 50th Legislature’s weight limit exemption for tank trucks drawn fire from State Road Commissioner Ray Cavendish who vows repeal. He cites unfair favoritism while noting broader highway fee disparities and welfare cost rises, urging a bipartisan probe. Cavendish aided the motor vehicle code’s passage, now criticized.
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Australia bans on Communist Party face high court defeat
The Australian High Court rules six to one that the commonwealth constitution cannot wipe out the Communist Party or bar it from holding key posts. The decision marks a blow to Menzies government as it campaigns on anti-Communist lines ahead of an April election. The piece contrasts with McCarran Act debates in the United States and argues that banning beliefs challenges democracy.
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Bug Dust Says Delilah In Samson Film Was Rewritten
Bug Dust notes Cecil B. DeMille’s Samson and Delilah morally rewrites the Bible as Delilah becomes a virtuous heroine. He suggests the change improves drama for modern audiences but preserves the legend’s origin as a pagan affair. A separate bus line error and pinecrest misprint are also mentioned.
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Robins herald spring and garden club Arbor Day effort
Thomas F Stafford notes robins fat and healthy signaling spring. He cites a robin diet split of 40 percent insects and 43 percent wild fruit. Garden clubs promoted Arbor Day with Mrs E E Bibb Jr planting 250 white pine trees to improve future water retention and beauty on the Bibb farm near White Oak.
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Regionally Speaking Military Men in News Overseas and at Home
Multiple local service members advance in training and postings amid postwar assignments. Cpl. Carl Hornsby Jr. enjoys five days rest in Japan after Korea service with the 17th Infantry Regiment. Pvt. Tennant, Davis, Pettit train at Lackland Air Force Base. Marine Pfc. Bob Prowse earns sharpshooter medal. Nine area men begin at Great Lakes Naval Training Center. Pvt. Samuel White joins the 401st Air Drive Division at Camp Breckinridge. John R. McKay serves aboard the Malabar. Pvt. James Crews assigned to Ft. Monmouth. Glenn Sanders transfers to Norfolk aboard the Tarawa. Yale founder Talmage Sigman’s son returns from leave in Wales. Lt. Manuel KortRright receives Bronze Star in Korea.
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Carl Hornsby
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Hornsby
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Anthony Smolsky
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Clyde S. DeHart
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Kenna Martin
Ralph Wood
W. Lacy Wood
Crab Orchard
Henry E. Dillon, Jr
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William W. Harris
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Time gap in Western defense risks Kremlin advance
A Frankfurt analysis argues time is running out in Europe as Soviet power builds up and Western defenses lag. It warns of a possible showdown by 1952 53 and notes that mobilization and satellite forces could enable a swift Soviet attack unless Western allies repair gaps and prepare for a longer struggle.
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World Today outlines Britain Festival welcomes visitors May to Sept
London reports four celebration packed months as Britain opens to the world. The Festival of Britain will feature American ties with British science, architecture, craft, music and drama. Highlights include Sulgrave Manor, Penn’s grave, West End plays, Pitlochry season, concerts and religious music, plus summer courses at English and Scottish universities.
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Festival of Britain marks centenary of Great Exhibition
Central Press reports the Festival of Britain, financed by the government at 31,640,000 dollars, to celebrate one hundred years since Queen Victoria opened the Great Exhibition of 1851. Four London galleries will feature the story, with two major shows in Glasgow and Belfast and arts festivals across 23 towns and many villages in the U K.
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Truman at six years in White House amid changing leadership
President Truman marks six years in office amid shifts in public support and rising Cold War pressures. The piece notes wartime leadership, postwar prosperity, and debates over his foreign policy including the Marshall Plan and the Atlantic Pact, with domestic criticism and political setbacks highlighted.
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Huey Long the Cinnamon Kid of Korea War Newsroom
Hal Boyle recalls Huey Long, an eight year old Korean orphan he and colleagues befriended in Seoul and Taegu during the war. The boy, nicknamed The Cinnamon Kid, bonded with reporters, faced hardship, and repeatedly ran away to orphanages, leaving Boyle reflecting on what more he could have done.
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Mr Byculla by Eric Linklater review
A diary like note on the novel Mr Byculla shows how Sir Simon Killaloe sells art to fund his wastrel son Ronnie under murder clouds. Dr George Lessing, his wife Claire, and Ronnie’s past affair tie to a mysterious dream world explored by a psychiatrist.
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