White House porch tale over Adams river swim retold
News analyst cites a famous anecdote about John Adams swimming in the Potomac and a journalist who allegedly sat on his clothes. A reader corrects the tale, noting Anne Royall’s era and writings, and questions the interview claim while confirming the broader charm of the old story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baukhage
Washington
White House
Washington Fine Arts
Ing
Somenaie
Truman
Adams
Canal Bank
Mr. Truman
Daniel J. Kelly Jr
South Bend
Ind
John Quincy Adams
Potomac
Anne Royall
Huntress
Paul Pry
The Tithe Debate and a War on Poverty of Faith
A London Herald dispatch from Romney Marsh profiles Archibald Ed win Waddell, a 92 year old farmer facing bankruptcy over tithe payments and calls a tax and church levy a social evil. The piece traces tithe history from feudal times to 1996 and notes mental strains on farmers and clergy, then shifts to unrelated notes about Romania and a dentist transplanting wisdom teeth.
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Congress
London Daily Herald
Romney Marsh
Kent
Archibald Edwin Waddell
Waddell
South Threatens Split Over Truman Civil Rights Plan
The Democratic split over civil rights grows with Southern leaders threatening a Dixie convention to back a separate presidential ticket. Key points include calls for a federal anti lynching law, a fair employment practice unit, ending Jim Crow in transport, and ending state poll taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
National Commission
Allen J. Ellender
Dem
Permanent Commission Civil Rights
Joint
Congressional Committee On Civil Rights
Justice Department
District of Columbia
Alaska
Hawaii
Jackson
Miss
Walter Sillers
Mississippi
House of Representatives
South
Mr. Truman
Administration pushes nationwide self rationing plan
The administration failed to secure congress for rationing and price controls and turned to voluntary food conservation. Representatives from 18 consumer, producer and distributor groups met with Secretary Clinton Anderson to outline a nationwide self rationing drive to curb living costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Brannan
Citizens’ Food Committee
Cabinet Food Committee
Department of Agriculture
Brannan
Congress
Clinton Anderson
Miss United Nations 1948 Named in Washington Contest
Miss Nora Martins daughter of Brazilian ambassador Carlos Martins wins Miss United Nations 1948 in Washington. The event highlights diplomats not being old fashioned. In New York Sam Yachter a landlord faced tenant heat and hot water complaints and offered to transfer his building but received no offers.
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Washington
Nora Martins
Carlos Martins
United Nations
New York
Sam Yachter
Journey to the Moon and the Dawn of Interplanetary Travel
The piece outlines growing belief that moon and planetary travel may occur within years. It notes the British Interplanetary Society and engineers pursuing rocket power for peaceful space exploration, including deploying scientific instruments and satellites before crewed missions.
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British Interplanetary Society
Earth
Moon
Mars
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John Adams
Bauehage
Kathleen Brandl
Washington, D. C
Conched
Church of England
Romania
King Michael
U. S
Agriculture Department
Journey TO
The
St. Moritz
Switzerland
Bibi Torriani
USS
New Jersey
East River
New York Navy Yard
Gravesend Bay
Brooklyn
Newport
KR. I
Western Hemisphere
Preservation Society of
Benedict Arnold
Rhode Island
Bola E. Croker
Tammany
Croker
Pensacola
Fla
Spanish Sea
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