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Peat as Energy Policy Fails to Spark Congress Support
The piece argues against peat bills seeking 3.5 million dollars to survey and promote peat as a national energy source. It notes peat’s inferiority to coal, risks to coal miners, and questions Russia’s peat push, urging synthesis of coal to oil instead and urging peat to be left unused.
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Congress
Secretary of Interior
Dersons. Shybekay
Minneapolis
Shybekay
Russia
America
Periodic Size-Up on Russian Aims and World Conquest Threats
The piece assesses Soviet stockpiling of food, fuel, and military gear and questions Kremlin motives and timing for potential conflict. It warns of a possible blitzkrieg south through the Middle East into Asia and urges rebuilding armed forces for an impending clash in the mineral-rich Orient.
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Russia
Kremlin
Middle East
Orient
Formosa
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Malaya
Philippines
East Indies
India
Asia
Dusty fields reveal soil as key to farming
Soil Conservation Chief Hugh H. Bennett warns poor land breeds poor people and animals. Experiments by William Albrecht show cattle prefer nutritious hay stacks, while misfiring land leads to pests and more deer road casualties. The piece urges soil testing and mineral balance including calcium and cobalt to restore land vitality.
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Hugh H. Bennett
William Albrecht
University of Missouri
Ohio State Agricultural College
Newcastle
Louis Bromfield
Atlantic Monthly
Talking Magazine: New Radio Show Aids Blind Listeners
Brooklyn lawyer David Margolis created The Talking Magazine, a weekly half hour on WNEW featuring readings of current magazines and reports often missed by news broadcasts. Broadway stars read articles, taped for later broadcast, to help the blind stay informed and connected.
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Cynthia Lowry
Hal Boyle
New York
David Margolis
Brooklyn
Margolis
Cindy
Manhattan
WNEW
Ted Scott
Cott
Broadway
Patricia Morison
Me Kate
Mildred Dummock
Frederick March
Hoover Commission would merge VA and federal hospitals
The Hoover Commission urged unifying VA Army Navy and Public Health Service hospitals into a single Government system led by a new United Medical Administration. An advisory board would guide policy, while the plan kept VA certification for veterans seeking admission.
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Hoover Commission
James Marlow
Washington
Hoover
Veterans Administration
Army, Navy
Public Health Service
Veterans’ Hospital
Armed Service
United Medical Administration
Army
Navy
Air Force
Ivas
Tydings Eyes Campaign Of '52 from Many Spots
Senator Millard E. Tydings, long a Senate veteran from Maryland, courts the 1952 political arena while steering Armed Services and Foreign Relations portfolios. A World War I veteran and Atomic Energy advocate, he remains a power broker despite mixed liberal and labor support. His push includes influence on Truman administration battles and disarmament talks.
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Inccallal
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Maryland
Free State
Truman
White House
Barkley
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Congress
Hague
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
FDR
Edwin W. Pauley
Navy
Truman Confidence Grows After Five Years In Office
Washington coverage notes Harry S. Truman has grown more self confident since taking the presidency on April 12, 1945. The piece traces his shift from underdog to assertive leader, highlights the Fair Deal, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, and Atlantic Pact, and outlines major and pending policy items and elections outlook.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Little Missourian
Harry S. Truman
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mr. Truman
U. S
White House
United States
Harry Truman
Roosevelt
Truman
Ambitious tycoon Prescott seeks power in Andersburg
In Andersburg Penn a driven builder William Prescott plots the largest house to secure wealth and influence. Ursula Wende, torn by fascination and revulsion, witnesses his plan and his strange conviction that children redeem society. Amid rumors of his forest land grabs and shady financing, Ursula confronts a dangerous, growing love.
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William Prescott
Andersburg
Penn
Ursula Wende
Wende
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Ursula
Mr. Prescott
Oliver
Miss Wende
Little Oliver
Ursula Urges a shadowed vow in Prescott tale
In a tense confrontation Ursula accepts an unwanted marriage proposal from Mr. Prescott who seeks a mother for his children and control of a household. He admits harming Chauncey Arnold to rescue the American Lumber Company and vows to wed Ursula, who tremulously agrees. The next morning she finds an emerald ring from Prescott.
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William Prescott
Andersburg
Arnold
Michigan
Prescott
Mr. Arnold
Ursula
Chauncey Arnold
American Lumber Company
American Lumber
Mr. Prescott
Oliver
New York
Mercer group to hold annual meeting in courthouse
Mrs Eva B Connis executive secretary of the Mercer County Tuberculosis and Health Association announced the annual membership meeting will be held Monday April 24 at 730 pm in the courthouse.
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Register
Princeton
Eva B. Connis
Mercer County Tuberculosis and Health Association
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