Meat inspection staff urged as key to public health
The piece argues against 10 percent cuts in federal departments, warning the meat inspection service, with 2929 workers and 2180 inspectors, cannot be slashed without harming food safety. It notes 1949 data of over 13 billion pounds processed and 84 thousand animals condemned, urging exemptions and broader economy without risking health or defense.
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Eighty-First Congress
Bureau of Animal Husbandry
Department of Agriculture
Atlantic
Maine
Florida
Congress
The Quiet Place Beyond the Rugged Hill
A former California miner recalls a hidden green patch beyond a rough mining trail. He describes a small, peaceful spot where work, struggle, and hostility fade, offering healing and quiet for a weary life. He longs for that calm space to be possible for everyone.
Little Place of Peace Inspires Quiet Refuge
The author extols a secluded green spot beyond the Alls as a sanctuary beside God. Amid cruelty and neglect elsewhere, this Eden like haven offers food for body and spirit. City visitors climb a mining trail to rest in peaceful blue skies and birds over a potato patch.
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Alls
Meran
Eden
King Fea Syn
Bible Verse Reflection: Ezekiel's Vision of Dry Bones
The excerpt cites Ezekiel 37:1 14 states the bones of Israel are dry and life doubtful then speaks of restoration and hope. It presents a meditation on faith resilience and divine revival amid hardship.
Investigation of Pearl Harbor Minority Views in 1950
This piece reflects on congressional inquiries into Pearl Harbor and related cases, noting incomplete records, forgotten testimony, and delayed memory. It recalls Roberts, Wheeler, and Truman era debates over access to files and the honesty of investigations, urging preservation of evidence and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Amerasia
Fuchs
Arthur Adams
J. Peters
Fears Harbor
Roberts Commission
High Command
Washington
Hawaii
Justice Roberts
Iles
Roberts
Ios
Fruman
Calvin Conlidge
Teapot Dome
Sen
Burton K. Wheeler
Wheeler
Sen. Walsh
Department of Justice
Truman
Tydings
Buchanan
King Few
Hearst Papers Aim for Public Welfare Rather Than Private End
The Hearst newspapers pursue public welfare over private gain, asserting their mission centers on serving the common good rather than private interests. The remark underscores a commitment to societal benefit in their editorial stance and operations.
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Hearst
Broadway Heartbeat Gossip From Walter Winchell
Walter Winchell column recalls Edna Ferber and other stars in a breezy Broadway round up. Ambassadors, actors, and socialites mingle in city scenes from Madison Avenue to the Sun. Moran gossip highlights include DiMaggio’s gray hair and Sinatra’s troop-show ban.
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Broadway
Edna Ferber
Mme
Vijaya Pandit
India
Madison Ave
Giuseppe DiMaggio
Sumner Welles
Futon
The
Blue Angel
Ty Power
M. Roberts
London
Linda
Rome
Otes
Jane Pickens
Broadway gumshoes and presidential echoes in a clipped skit
A dense 1950 New York Mirror column blends showbiz chatter and political jabs. It recalls DiMaggio autographs rushed to LaGuardia for a kid, Rathburn’s refusal to testify against Bridges, and the antiwar chorus. It also lampoons social register snubs and riffs on films, radio, and theatre.
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Washington
San Francisco
Griffiths
DiMaggio
LaGuardia
Mervyn Rashburn
Sam
Bridges
U. S
Qur Alley
Henry Youngman
Roosevelt
Chandler’s
The
Social Register
FBI
Whiskers
Harry Bridges
Rathburn
Gov't Men
F. J. Donahue
Donahue
Controlling Anemia and Liver Extract Treatments
The text outlines four types of anemia including pernicious and macrocytic forms treated with liver extract folic acid and vitamin B12. It describes injection regimens, dosage adjustments, and when to substitute folic acid, plus notes on pregnancy related terms and menopause associated symptoms.
Floods Wreck Central and South Texas Rivers Reach Towns
Ten per sons drowned and five million dollars in damage marked a historic flood weekend as Guadalupe Lavaca and Colorado rivers burst their banks inundating cities and rich farmland across central and south Texas in late June. Five fragments of earlier notes show July 1 1810 to 1900 events including a San Antonio Kiwanis club report and a Texas Bar association convention planning.
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Central
South
Texas
Guadalupe
Lavaca
Colorado
Texas Baralan
San Antonio
San Antonio Association
International Kiwanis Clubs
Portland
W. W. McAllister
Paul G. Villaret
Letters to The Horror Line by Alice Jones
Editor's column discusses Pegler's cynicism and courage, examining how private life and public belief collide. The piece debates honesty, cowardice, and the impulse to hate under talk of a mythical reporter, reflecting on American attitudes toward personal life and public discourse.
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the’ Light
Hidih
Sin Pegler
Alice Jones
Phone Rates June 30 195q Editor The Light
City debates latest phone rate hike amid election timing questions. Don Politico notes talks between city leaders and the telephone company hint at a 33 percent increase. Public reaction awaits City Hall action and outcome.
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the Light
Don Politico
City Padres
Offiai
City Hall
A.M. Pearson
Leukemia Treatment from the Clinical Lab to 1950s Cure
In twenty years of clinical laboratory work Egber notes leukemia outcomes depend on blood transfusions, X-ray therapy, arsenic, and vitamins. He argues diet, liver and spleen health, and organ function are key, while substituting compounds from glands has never cured disease. He advocates traditional country doctor remedies as possibly longer lasting. 2 JOHN DOE
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Egber
The
Light
John Doe
The Tidelands Debate and Texas Congressmen
A reader commends a June 13 Light editorial The Tidelands Decision and criticizes Congressmen Lucas Gossett and other Texas lawmakers for backing President Truman and his vetoed resolution. The letter questions sincerity and accuses political posturing of louder than words. John P Pfeiffer signs.
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the Light
Tidelands
Lucas and Gossett
Texas
Truman
John P. Pfeiffer
Baering Down On the News By Arthur Baer
Long Island commuters face rail delays and a trestle fire across Jamaica Bay as a rail line, needed at high tide, remains unreliable. Regulators urge resumption of improved service and modernization of the 1896 schedule to meet 1929 standards amid winter blizzards and ongoing disruption.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Long Island
Jamaica Bay
Public Service Commission
Ger
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Elsie Robinson
George E. Sokolsky
Walter Winchell
Bronx Tunnel
Cop Graham
F. Sinatra and Co
M. Berle
Anna Roddy-Aden
Damed Palace
Jeevy
Admiral Kimmel
Siam
Prince W. Watthayakon
Thailand
June Thompson
Mits Nbc
New York
Police Dept
Sing Sing
Graham
T., Weatherly
Satchmon Armstrong
Hop City
Batti Page
Three Suns
Kirby Stone Five
Tony Bennett
Bob Hope
Alan Dale
Zanucis
Jane Coyl
Florence Batley
Gloria Swanson
Fitzpatrick
Lake Tarleton Club
Pike, N. H
Deanna Durbin
Vaughan Paul
Dorothy Douglas
Shuberts
Rudy Vallee
Erickson
Underworld
U.S
New York Mirror
KABC
King Fed
L. A. Light
Cont Merce
Houston
Mister Breger
the Tidelands
Baering
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