Proposal for Four-Year House Terms With Staggered Elections
The article endorses a Constitutional amendment to extend House terms to four years while keeping staggered elections every two years. It argues this preserves protest power, reduces constant campaigning, and aligns with Senate six-year terms. It urges immediate action by Congress to pursue approval by two-thirds and state legislatures.
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House of Representatives
Ike
GOP
Colbert
House
Senate
Congress
Meany Elevated as AFL Leader at 58 Grasping New Burdens
The piece hails George Meany as the new president of the American Federation of Labor, leading about 8 million workers. It cautions him to set aside personal ego, overcome past disagreements, and unite labor behind the majority will for national harmony.
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George Meany
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Mr. Meany
AFL
GOP
Labor
Meany
Tummy Ache in Children as Alarm in Abdominal Pain
A medical note explains that abdominal pain in children can signal brain disorders or other serious causes. It outlines difficulties in diagnosis compared with adults, listing appendicitis bowel obstruction and colitis as possibilities, and describes pains around the navel with back-ward radiation and knife-like sharpness.
Brain wave tests used to study children's abdominal pains
Dr H N Bundesen notes patterns of sudden attacks with sleep resemble epilepsy. Researchers test children with an electroencephalograph to record brain waves for spasms and assess relief from abdominal pain after typical epilepsy treatment.
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Cupsright
Bible Passage Quotation With Erroneous Verse
A dated quotation misattributes a Bible verse and adds a distortion about dogs and evil. The line claims John 3 19 but alters the text and presents a paradoxical moral claim without scriptural support.
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Ohn
Sokolsky Parents and Schools Debate on Moral Education
George E. Sokulsky argues parents must supervise their children's education and moral training. He notes rising independent and parochial schools as alternatives to secular public schooling and cites James B. Conant on the limits of secular education. He warns against removing religious context from schooling and advocates aligning schooling with traditional moral values.
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George E. Sokolsky
J. Edgar Hoover
James B. Conant
Harvard
America
Saturday Review
Conant
Marx
Lenin
Stalin
King Fea
Government control of press risks tyranny, Hearst warning
When governments oversee the press true reporting fades and tyranny darkens the horizon. The quote warns that people lose sight of government actions and danger grows with each step toward autocracy.
Pegler critiques British writer on United Nations in New York
The London Daily Mail writer Iddon earns Pegler’s ire as he portrays the UN in New York with a hostile gaze. Pegler notes Iddon’s anti American tone and his British press flare, detailing UN critics, Feller, Lie, and McCarran, amid a British delegation reception.
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Don Iddon
London Daily Mail
America
United Nations
East ‘River
New York
Park
Chambord
Third Ave
South America
Daily Mail
Madden
Iddon
Europe
Feller
Sen
Pat McCarran
Pat
London Mail
Trygve Lie
Lie
Earope
United States
Sen. McCarran
Mr. Iddon
Alger Hiss
Sir Gladwyn
Lady Jebb
Make Your Own Interests for Women at Home
Elske Robinson urges women to create fulfilling lives without wealth by picking up arts like painting or flower arranging. She suggests affordable steps such as studying watercolor or oil painting and enjoying personal growth at home despite financial constraints.
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Elske Robinson
Paris
Hollywood
Grandma Moses
New York
Jerry
Summer
Connecticut
King Fea. Syn., Inc
Miss Victory of San Antonio Tours New York Before Finals
Aged 10 and 20 years ago items note Miss Helen Frances Kreuder known as Miss Victory of San Antonio sightseeing in New York ahead of leaving for Chicago to compete in Hearst papers women wartime workers contest. Also items recall streetcar to bus conversion efforts in 1932 and honors for Bell Telephone operator Verda Townley for storm service.
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Helen Frances Kreuder
Miss Victory
San Antonio
New York
Chicago
Women War Workers
Hearst Newspapers
Claude V. Birkhead
Seventy-third District Court
O. B. Colquitt
John 4. Cunningham
Riverside Park
C. C. Crosson
William Aubrey
Duval West
John d. Stevens
W. C. Rigsby
J. A
Midtown Prowl and Murky Tales From 1952 New York
A montage of Midtown mischief includes Roy Wright’s 38 revolver hold up of a cabbie after a $6 fare, rambling gossip about media figures, a staffer caught with a small package, and local rumors of prank reservations. The piece blends crime, showbiz chatter, and urban vignettes from the era.
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Frederic R. Coudert Jr
Fime
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L. A
Mister Breger
Winchell
Walter Winchell
Mth
Roy Wright
Wright
Dore Schary
MGM
Mr. Big
Mr. Truman
Eric Johnston
56Th
Dave
Vivian Cervantes
Phil Moore
la Vie Emr
Rose
Telandtel
Bob Merrill
Marie Ricchi
Agnes Ayers
Dolores Gray
H. Elmer Barnes
Fred Killian
Clark Univ
Worcester
Mass
Frank O'Leary
Mad. Sy. Garden
New York Mirror
E . Bacring
Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Switzerland
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Mussolini
TN. 8
Egg Rock
Niger River
West Africa
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