Prosperity Built on Backlogs and Optimism After War
After World War II the United States enjoyed a surge from pent-up consumer and industrial demand. High employment, rising wages, and abundant savings supported rapid buying of autos, radios, and homes while backlogged production strained factories. Five years on, backlogs faded but consumer numbers grew with returning servicemen’s families and ongoing investment. The piece argues the economy could continue thriving with confidence and urges sustained optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Franklin Roosevelt
On Loyalty Oaths Supreme Court Upholds Taft Hartley Oath
The Supreme Court by Chief Justice Vinson permanently sanctions the loyalty oath in the Taft Hartley Act. It holds the provision does not infringe First Amendment freedoms and questions why labor leaders refuse to swear loyalty. The court notes adults should display loyalty as Americans.
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Supreme Court of the
United States
Fred Vinson
The
Supreme Court
Taxing wake up call in a dawn ramble through rising costs
A humorous meditation on universal taxation as a wake up routine. The narrator notes how every daily expense from light to coal to soap and milk is taxed, tallying amounts for a car, telephone, television, refrigerator, mortgage, and entertainment. The piece ends with the assertion that taxes follow you from morning to night, leaving little free except air and sun.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
Bud
Mama
Treasury
Sam
Dream Castle
Miniature
Butte Shows Both Grit and Growth in Copper Capital
HAL BOYLE portrays Butte Montana as a town of former roughness now tempered by civic pride. miners bring muscle and loyalty yet kindness blends with caution. the piece highlights a strong high school band drawing regional attention and plans to attract Toscanini to conduct, signaling cultural growth amid rough with pride heritage.
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Hal Boyle
Butte, Mont
America
Red Light District
Mte
Butte
Pasadena
Portland
Washington
Discrimination Bill Faces Senate Fight Over FEPC Teeth
The Nation Today notes a Senate bill to create a five member FEPC to bar hiring discrimination based on color religion or national ancestry. Southern Democrats threaten filibuster and House compromises limit enforcement. President Truman pushes civil rights measures though Congress delays.
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James Marlow
Washington
Senate
FEPC
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Fed
House
South
Truman
Congress
Truman Democrats
Truman Administration
Joseph Martin
Rep. McCormack
Massachusetts
Jane Russell on faith films and fashion in Hollywood gossip
Hollywood star Jane Russell discusses reading the Bible daily, playing bad girls for empathy, and balancing faith with acting. She contrasts Colleen Townsend’s path with her own, citing love and understanding as core morals while noting stage attire and personal style. American egg production data for 1949 accompanies the piece.
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Hollywood
Jane Russell
Jane
Christ
Vincent Price
Robert Mitchum
Colleen Townsend
Coke
Colleen
Acheson Trip Abroad Signals New Yeast in Policy
Stewart Alsop reports that Secretary of State Dean Acheson leaves for Europe with ideas aimed at ending policy stalemate. Acheson backs stronger Atlantic cooperation, an Atlantic high council, and greater German integration with Western defense, while stressing ongoing consultation with Britain and France.
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Acheson
Stewart Alsop
Washington
Dean G. Acheson
Europe
Paris
London
National Security Council
Truman
Soviet Union
Atlantic
Germany
United States
Defense
Louis Johnson
Johnson
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
John McCloy
John Foster Dulles
Mystery of Stella and the ex midshipman
Fifteen-year-old Anthony O'Connell deserts a British ship and renames himself Zachary on the English coast at Torbay. Meanwhile ten-year-old Stella Sprigg questions her paternity as her foster family at Weekaborough Farm struggles with a hidden past and a missing link to her real mother.
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Anthony O’connell
Torbay
Zachary
Stella Spriggs
Sprigg
Father Sprigg
Stella
Father Spri
Hodge
Mother Sprigg
Madge
Solomon Doddridge
Sol
Weekaborough
Stella and Hodge See A Moonlit Intruder
Stella and her puppy Hodge steal milk to the stable where cats drink in silence. A sudden cold fear rises as a dark, thin face peers through the moonlit window. StellaNames the intruder softly, courage keeping her still until she can identify him as Bony.
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Stella
Hodge
Grandson Freddie Goble Honored at Surprise Party
Mrs Georgie Doles hosted a surprise birthday party for her grandson Freddie Goble. Guests included Georgia Hunter Grace Bongalis Anetta Walker Patty Adams Rosa Adamis Doris Adams Nancy Lonker Shelba Lankey Harley Walker Jr Scottie Hunter Jimmy Bongalis and Minnis Brown with refreshments and games provided by Mary Brown Golder Adams Mae Bongalis Faye Goble and Georgie Coles.
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Scottie Hunter
Jimmy Bongalis
Minnis Brown
Mrs Pittman Honored At Brooklyn Ladies Circle Shower
Mrs Buster Pittman was honored at a birthday shower during a Brooklyn Community Hall Ladies Circle meeting held Thursday night at the church. In the president's absence the session opened under Mrs W H Foard who gave an talk on John 5. The meeting closed with The Lord's Prayer. Next gathering planned at Mrs Riley's home in May.
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Pittman
Brooklyn Circle
Register
Brooklyn
Buster Pittman
Ladies Circle
Brooklyn Community Hall
W. H. Foard
John
Foard
Riley
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Boyle
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Dulles
Gentian Hill
Love
Father
Plymouth
Martha
Bill
Eliza
Ives
Plymouth Sound
Doctor Crane
By Elizabeth Goudge
Mother
Mrs. Doles
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