Review of Children's Bureau leadership and oil sands potential
Editorial reflects on the Children's Bureau since 1912 with Katherine Lenroot retiring and Martha Eliot named successor, praising its impact on child welfare and cooperation with private and public programs. It notes Alberta oil sands studies promising oil recovery, potentially easing reliance on Iranian production and spurring US bitumen development.
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Martha Eliot
Alberta
Iran
Money Makers Laid Off Amid Technocracy Push
In inflationary times the Bureau of Engraving cuts 300 workers as part of a technocracy driven efficiency drive. The move aims to save over a million dollars yearly by adopting new green ink and moisture maintaining humidors to streamline production.
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Oil From Tar Sands The United States Estimates Alberta Supply
The United States Bureau of Mines estimates that Canadian tar sands in Alberta Province could supply oil for future energy needs. The assessment notes potential scale and implications for U S energy strategy and imports.
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Bureau of Mines
Alberta
Canada
Bug Dust And Nimble Birds In A Neighborhood Tale
Readable anecdotes describe Beverly Breckenridge and Jim Houtz joking about bird talk at a Park Homes dinner. Other notes recount Mrs Hedrick’s neck jewels sparking a child’s wonder and a Baugues family blood donation tale tied to Korea service. A Lost River vacation vignette follows a man named Bug retreating to mountain cabin life for a week with his wife.
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Truman on 1952 Run Seen as Hard To Beat
Shrewd observers on Capitol Hill increasingly believe Truman will run again and prove tough to defeat. They cite 1948- era Dixiecrat weakness, the decline of the Dixiecrat party, and Truman’s potential to exploit Republican mediocrity and an unsettled civil rights stance.
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Atlanta
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Huey Long
Long
de- Lesseps Morrison
New Orleans
New York State
Henry Wallace
Dean Acheson
Taft MacArthur
Republican Party
Canada protests un reciprocal defense program in hemisphere defense
Special to Central Press reports Ottawa anger over the US Canada defense pact. Canada cites $900 million in Canadian war materiel orders versus $15 million reciprocal orders from the United States, warning of exchange pressures and a squeeze on dollars. Parliament in Ottawa discusses Washington disputes and broader defense finance.
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Canada
Truman Clashes With Senator Douglas Over Judgeships
Washington report details a growing rift between President Truman and Senator Paul H. Douglas of Illinois. Douglas, a former economist and Marine veteran, has battled spending and policy during his Senate tenure while backing Truman on many matters. The piece notes Douglas’s three judicial nominees to the White House faced a rare Truman rejection and hints at potential Senate resistance if Douglas fights the other selections.
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Gettysburg veteran William Magee recalls fateful July years ago
Van Nuys aged survivor William A. Magee, 104, recalls July 1-3, 1863 at Gettysburg as bugler with the 12th Ohio Cavalry. He joined at 13, endured Libby Prison escape aided by enslaved African Americans, and later marched with Sherman. Retired from 33 years of Army service in 1898, still sharp on Lincoln.
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Smooky Joe's New Turn In Bragg's Western Saga
Joe faces a web of betrayal and looming executions as Bar Sixty-Six plans a fall cattle theft and Rogan tightens control over land and water deals. Shorty Dike hints at who fired the death shot while Joe hunts for truth, suspecting Rogan and Pecos Shay amid a ruined frontier.
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Old scientist defies age in hunt for new drugs
At 78, Dr. Duggar keeps working in a lab after retirement rules forced him from UW professorship. A former potato physiology expert, he became a consulting scientist for Lederle Laboratories, chasing a second wonder drug beyond aureomycin. He believes discovery requires time, effort, and not giving up.
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Dugger
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Lederle Laboratories
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