Mexican President Aleman Feted By 800000 in Washington
Crowd estimates near 800000 welcomed Mexican President Miguel Aleman at the Washington airport and along Constitution and Pennsylvania avenues. The visit followed Truman’s Mexico trip and boosted the good neighbor policy as Aleman sought support for Mexico’s irrigation and industrial public improvement program and its resource wealth including minerals and oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Washington
Miguel Aleman
Constitution
Pennsylvania
England
Aleman
Mexico
Rio Grande
Beckley Parking Project Seeks Federal Grant
Beckley planned a new parking building sought a $6,000 federal grant to survey and blueprint but was refused for under requesting funds. The survey cost was doubled then sent again to the Public Works Administration and denied for the same reason. A third request for $25,000 is now under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Public Works Agency
Washington
Gamle
PWA
Wastful Costs of Federal Works Programs Reassessed
The piece argues that the Federal Works programs from 1934 to 1946 produced unnecessary costs and waste. It contends grants to states and localities reached 43 billion dollars, urging governments to finance future improvements locally to save money and avoid hidden taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T O
Federal Treasury
Penny saves fuse plug causes costly fire loss
Fire destroyed a residence chicken house and garage after someone inserted a penny into a fuse plug to save a nickel. Fire Chief Bernard Martin said the resulting blaze ruined the property valued at about 15000. He urged residents to ignore penny revived fuse plugs to avoid danger and expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurl Hutchinson
Iminus
Dls
Roy Farrow
Bernard Martin
Babe Ruth Tops A N P A Luncheon Guests At Waldorf
A.N.P.A. gathering in New York featured Babe Ruth receiving a thunderous ovation after being introduced as the King of Swat. The event also included a staged Soviet envoy who mocked American press freedom, revealed as an impersonation, drawing guarded reactions from publishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Hodel
New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Associated Press
King Features Syndicate
Bureau of Advertising
A.N.P.A
George Heard
Truman
Herbert Hoover
Duke of Windsor
Robert Young
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Taft
Ohio
King Features
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Swat
Babe Ruth
Babe
Ruth
Baer
Ivan Ivanovitch
Soviet Russia
Pravda
Communist Party
Ivanovitch
Patterson-McCormick
Chicago Tribune-New York Daily News
Olson
Johnson
Gotham
Hearst
Hearstlings
Porters Say Babies Are Born On Trains In Remarkable Stories
AP interview with Chester Walker, a veteran Pullman porter from Indianapolis, discussing passenger behavior, tipping patterns, and two dramatic maternity moments aboard trains. He recalls delivering a baby in New York’s Grand Central and another in Pocatello, noting most births occur in lower berths on long trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
Pllman
Indianapolis
Pullman
George
Chester Walker
Walker
Lincoln
Nashville
Tenn
Grand Central Sation
New York
Pocatello
Idaho
What We Do For Greece Could Change History
James Marlow surveys two studies on Greece the Porter commission report and McNeil’s The Greek Dilemma. The reports portray a poverty stricken nation still politically unstable with reliance on foreign aid likely for years. Greece’s history from 1908 to postwar civil conflict frames current aid and policy debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
James Marlow
Washington
Dinsta
DyVussia
Special Economic Commission
Paul Porter
William Hardy McNeil
J. B.lippincott
McNeil
Porter
Peo
Porter Commission
Greece's New King Faces Turbulent Nation After 11 Years
Greece has installed its fifth king since independence with Paul on the throne. The monarchy collided with shifting governance as events from Otto to George I and beyond shaped a volatile history. The line traces back to Denmark amid crises over World War I and II and the republic era that followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide Kerit
Greece
Paul
Dardanelles
Turkey
Denmark
John Capo d'Istria
Otto
Louis I of
Bavaria
Great Britain
France
Russia
Otlo
William George
Schleswig
G George I
Holstein
Sonderburg-Glucksburg
Athens
George I
Salonika
Constantine
Switzerland
Alexander
Constanting
George
Pittsburgh Brewery War Draws Union Power Forces
A long, heated clash between the A F of L Teamsters and the Brewery Workers Union in Pittsburgh shows a labor monopoly via distributors and rail blocks. Pickets, boycotts, and courtroom threats crippled supplies and construction, with bombings tied to union action and resistance to NLRB election efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Labor Committee
Pittsburgh
A.F. of L. Teamsters Union
C.so. ‘Brewery Workers
Teamsters
Brewery Workers Union
Mead J. Mulvihill
Brewlers Association
A. F. of L. Long
A.F. of L
Teamsters Union
Ga Distributors Association
Distributors Association
C.I.O
Pennsylvania
United States
Martin
A. F. of L
Mmoreover
Tat
Musicians’ Union
Wheeling
W. Va
Lesher
Hludge
Mulvihill
New York Sun
NLRB
House
Stalin Bevin Talk Reveals Soviet Misperceptions On Germany
London reports describe a Moscow conference dialogue between Premier Stalin and Foreign Minister Bevin during the coal crisis. The exchange shows Stalin misreads four power aims, limited briefing from aides, and a push to broaden the Anglo-Soviet treaty while preserving Soviet influence and limiting Western civil liberties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Alsop
London
Moscow
Josef Stalin
Ernest Bevin
Soviet Union
West
Stalin
Bevin
Ruhr
Germany
Europe
James F. Byrnes
V. M. Molotov
United States
Sir Maurice Peterson
Sir Oliver Harvey
British Foreign Office
Vyshinsky
Russia
Vychinsky
England
Hollywood Daisy in Movies Is Really a He
Rita Johnson dines in Beverly Hills wearing a new black straw hat that draws comments from a young patron. Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake star in Blondie in the Dough as the series marks its eighth year with Larry Simms remaining a cast member at age 12. The canine star Daisy is revealed as a male. Penny, a natural brunette, continues bleaching her hair while fielding a fan letter about family life. Warner Brothers offers 16 millimeter prints of Louis Hayward’s Tarawa film for Navy viewing.
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Gene Handsaker
Hollywood
Rita Johnson
Beverly Hills
Rita
Penny Singleton
Arthur Lake
Larry Simms
Daisy
Penny
Homer A. Varian, Sr
Steubenville
Ohio
Tarawa
Louis Hayward
Warner Brothers Studio
Hayward
Navy Department
Bureau of Public Relations
Washington, D. C
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Thomas F. Stafford
Boyle
National Assembly
Romania
Brewers Union
Bevin Stalin
Red Chief
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