Little White House and Shangri la Summon Presidents
The article recalls Warm Springs as Roosevelt’s healing symbol and the original Little White House where he died. It notes a later wartime retreat Shangri la in Maryland, its modest cost, and security secrecy. Truman’s future use is described for a private, two-person cabin retreat in the woods offering privacy.
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Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Little White House
Washington
White House
Maryland
Shangri-la
Dollar Pool
Solarium
Pennsylvania Avenue
Truman
Mrs. Truman
Friends Visit Bishop in Ottawa as Dionnes Cheer
The Most Rev Dr Mar Ivanious of Trivandrum meets baby Claude Dionne in Ottawa. Marshall reacts to Soviet criticism of the European recovery plan, calling Moscow’s charges a malicious distortion of the truth. Dispute centers on whether a broad Western reconstruction plan or a self help approach should lead Europe with British and French backing.
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Mar Ivanious
Trivandrum
India
Baby Claude
Dionne
Ottawa
Canada
Marshall
George Marshall
Europe
United States
Russia
N. Molotov
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
Molotov
Britain
France
Presidents and their summer White House retreats through history
Since Buchanan era presidents have escaped the heat along the Potomac. Cleveland built Red Oak in Cleveland Park. Taft, Roosevelt, Wilson, Harding and Coolidge pursued varied retreats from Swampscott to Adirondack camps and Black Hills lodges. Hoover bought Rapidan. Warm Springs and Shangri-la followed. the next president may choose a dream house without tax cost.
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Buchanan
Potomac
Washington
United States Army
Arthur
Lincoln
Eagle Gate
City of
White House
Lincoln Cottage
Grover Cleveland
Red Oak
Cleveland Park
Cleveland
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Sasamere Hill
Beverly
Mass
Wilson
Cornish
New Jersey
Harding
Coolidge
Swampscott
White’Court
New England
Rockhound
Lynn
Paul Smith
Kirkwood
Irvin Kirkwood
Black Hills
South Dakota
Rapid City
Wisconsin
Superior
Cedar Lodge
Hoover
Rapidan
Blue Ridges
Commonwealth of
Dust Bowl fears loom as wheat gains spark Western farming
The piece notes a dust bowl risk if rains stop and land speculation surges in the West where $15 to $25 an acre buys wheat land. Suitcase farmers race to plant then vanish, while grazing land remains cheap. Minnesota and South Dakota report hopes for corn but warn heavy rains have hurt yields. An international conference on Marshall’s save-Europe plan fails to harmonize views, echoing broader global tensions.
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West
Midwest
Minnesota
South Dakota
Corn Belt
Nesota
Favorable Forecast Sees Downward Price Trend Ahead
Bankers Trust predicts a decline in the overall price index over the next year as postwar inflation cools. The report notes some manufactured goods may edge up briefly, but farm and food prices should fall, aided by ample savings and strong employment, barring weather shocks or crop declines.
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New York
Bankers Trust Company
Roy L. Reierson
Bank
Economic Department
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Fla
Francis E. Townsend
R. C. Townsend
Homer D. Angell
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Ore
Allegheny River
Harmarville
Pittsburgh
Wheeling Steel
Harmar Mine
Eleanor
Eleanor Roosevelt
Ceneral Federation of Women’s Clubs
Paris
Clash
Save- Europe
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