Taft Opposes Lilienthal Confirmation in Senate Faceoff
Taft remains opposed to David Lilienthal for the atomic energy commission chair, arguing Lilienthal would be too soft on communists. McKellar challenges Lilienthal over TVA personnel linked to Crump, while Taft's stance reflects Republican power dynamics and 1948 nominating politics. A 14 vote margin for confirmation is anticipated, with Vandenburg possibly supporting Lilienthal.
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David F. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate
Taft
Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
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Crump
Memphis
McKellar
Hickenlooper
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Lilientis
Changing Times Reflect War-Era Retail Shifts
The Emmetsburg Democrat notes that during and after the war stores faced scarce stock and high prices but now demand for quality goods at fair prices grows. Buyers push for dependable value while inflation persists and prewar abundance returns as shop stocks rebuild.
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Emmetsburg Democrat
Butter Prices Fall Amid Shifting Market Forces
Butter prices drop from near a dollar per pound to the 60s with a forecast to sub 50 cents by summer. The Cherokee Times notes supply and demand as the key regulator, surpassing any official controls.
Costs Too High in Lyons County Building Trade
The Lyons County Reporter notes rising construction costs, citing a $25 000 Catholic hospital in Huron South Carolina that swelled to over a million dollars. The piece warns widespread high costs threaten future construction and economic decline, calling on building trades to seek solutions. It also mentions Georgia court prayers and a minister’s plea for divine guidance for governors.
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Lyons County
Huron
S. C
Duplicate
Council Bluffs
Georgia
Calf Showdown: A Cow Named Selected Draws Attention
In a lighthearted note, spectators remark on a cow nicknamed Selected, admired for its stature and presence. The chant points to the animal’s distinctive features rather than human qualities, highlighting a playful rural scene.
Ice Cream Per Person Up Then Down Through Decades
In 1946 Marshalltown residents averaged 19 quarts of ice cream per person marking a rise from 1940 and 1934 levels. The Fourth of July sparked vivid memories of annual ice cream treats, a rare summer highlight for many youngsters.
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Marshalltown
Prioritized Disability Claims for WWII POWs in Iowa
Veterans Administration orders immediate attention to disability claims by former prisoners of war from World War II. A VA study links near starved diets in enemy camps to organ damage and nervous disorders, with W E Cutting overseeing claims at 5610 Snell Building Fort Dodge Iowa.
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Pw’s
Cutting
Government board to settle utilities' tie up disputes
The passage notes that a government board should resolve the tie up between light power and transportation while services continue. It criticizes labor leaders for testing public patience and suggests upcoming labor legislation to protect rights amid ongoing disputes.
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Des Moines Register
Nat Finney
Congress
National Labor Relations Act
John L. Lewis
Light, Power and Transportation
Six-car pileup near LeMars injures reputations and damages
Six cars formed a chain reaction on an icy LeMars road. Car 2 struck a ditch after spinning, car 3 assisted and car 4 collided with it, car 5 paused to help, and car 6 spun and struck car 5. Each car sustained up to 250 dollars in damage. The driver of car 1 drove away unaware of the mishap. Separately, Gordon Followill of Corydon lost his right hand in a corn grinder accident.
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LeMars
Gordon Followill
Corydon
High price comparisons from Danbury to Alaska
The piece contrasts local costs with Alaska prices in Anchorage where milk costs 25 cents per glass bread 30 cents per loaf and oranges 1.20 per dozen. It notes that a five dollar bill buys little in the north.
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Danbury Review
Alaska
Anchorage
How Agencies Reported Idle Work in Washington
The Gold Bricks item claims new deal agencies are crowded with employees who have little to do and some do not know their duties. The piece notes a shock at Washington office buildings showing loafing and soldiering.
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Gold Bricks
Rock Rapids
Washington
State Aid for Schools Sibley Gazette-Tribune Opinion
The Gazette-Tribune favors state aid for public education and calls for authorizing state income tax on a 190 percent basis with an additional 50 percent earmarked for state school support. A column contrasts pheasants facing winter with hunter’s autumn gunfire. Fonda Times notes towns want progress that costs nothing or time. An Exchange quip recalls wartime hostess and girls seeking a soldier.
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Sibley Gazette-Tribune
Health for All Prevention of Deafness
Health for All urges parents to prevent deafness in children by preventing contagious diseases and injuries to the ear. It cites common causes such as meningitis mumps scarlet fever measles influenza diphtheria and improper ear care. It advises hearing tests in primary school children and notes help from the American Hearing Society and local affiliates.
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American Hearing Society
Recalled Early Days In Blizzard Rescue From Treat Doctor
Dr H S Berman of Treat traveled during a blizzard to visit a sick child recalling pioneer days. His car met impassable snowdrifts and neighbors brought a tractor to aid, followed by a larger tractor and finally a neighbor team and wagon. The patient Donald McKinney aged 2 improved from pneumonia.
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H. S. Berman
Treat
Donald McKinney
Thirty Years of Service for Algona Linotype Operator
Rudy Guderian marked 30 years of continuous service as a linotype operator at the Kossuth County Advance in Algona. His coworkers arranged a surprise life history feature he only learned about when he read the newspaper he had set type for three decades.
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Rudy Guderian
Kossuth County
Algona
Guderian
Alfalfa Profitably Fit Into Short Rotations Says Expert
Dale Goodell Iowa Farm notes alfalfa can be productive in two year rotations backed by Iowa Experiment Station trials. First two years yield about three tons per acre yearly with neutral soils and lime, phosphorus 200 to 400 pounds of superphosphate, proper inoculation, and locally adapted seed varieties. He cautions current rotation costs are nearly prohibitive.
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Dale Goodell
Iowa
Goodell
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