Welcome for San Antonio's new city manager Steve Matthews
A civic welcome honors Steve Matthews as the new city manager and thanks Maj. Gen. George Rice for temporary leadership. The piece highlights Matthews's anticipated stable, efficient government and the need for goodwill, while noting Rice's stabilizing role during a difficult period.
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Steve Matthews
San Antono
Matthews
George Rice
Rice
Gen. Rice
City Hall
Fashion Forecast: Fall Styles Unveiled In New York
In New York city fashion editors glimpse upcoming costume collections as wartime budgets loom and women anticipate changes in silhouettes. The era’s trends promise shifts in bustline, hemline, and shoulder-line amid global tensions and social shifts.
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Nature
New York City
Anniversary of July 18 through the years
A chronology of events dated July 18 across years from 1885 to 1945 includes plans to annex highway strips, a divorce filing by Buster Keaton's wife, losses from milk spills, a naval advisory lineup with Ford Edison and Wright, a push to power city towers, and a sale ad for men’s wear.
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P. L. Anderson
Buster Keaton
Hollywood
Eanie
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
Orville Wright
Naval
Austin
Water and Light Commission
L. Wolfson’s
San Pedro
Draft law test in Miller case sparks constitutional debate
Westbrook Pegler argues Mrs. Lucille Miller’s challenge to the draft law is a constitutional test, not mere defiance. He notes her confinement for observation was improper, cites Pound and Einstein examples, and warns that ruling unconstitutional could cause damages to drafted men and families.
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Lucille Miller
Bethel
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Harry Truman
Miller
Ezra Pound
Pound
Italy
New York Times
Sen. McCarthy
Times
Mrs. Miller
Roosevelt
Britain
Germany
Einstein
House
Guffey
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Editorial Praise for GI Bill Anniversary
H V Higley administrator Veterans Administration writes to Harold G Kern general manager Hearst Publications praising the eleventh anniversary editorial on the GI bill. He commends editors for highlighting veterans achievements and views them as a constructive national force.
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Harold G. Kern
Hearst Publications
Kern
Hearst
America
U. S
H. V. Higley
Veterans Administration
Washington, D. C
Hormone Cortril Touted To Fight Occupational Skin Diseases
Health Talk reviews promising results for cortril, a hydrocortisone ointment, in treating occupational dermatitis and related skin conditions. Reports from the American Journal of Surgery and physicians in Canada Argentina and Norway claim rapid relief and broad effectiveness across diverse ailments, including infantile edema and insect bites.
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America
Cortril
American Journal of Surgery
Frederick Katz
Montreal
Canadian Medical Association
Isaac Zeleer
Argentina
B. Leland
E. Paulsen
Norway
Texas entry question by James Farber quiz
A quiz item by James Farber discusses whether Texas could avoid joining the United States. It notes that most writings from 1833 to 1846 show Texas wanting to join, with few exceptions, and argues that union required a treaty born of free will between two sovereign powers, not war.
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John L. Sullivan
Jim Corbett
Gene Tunney
Joe Louis
Humane Societies
Jack Dempsey
Vishinsky
John Foster Dulles
Carmen
James Farber
Texas
U. S
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Agriculture Department
Sokolsky
George E. Sokolsky
Communist Party
Molotov
Nehru
Frank Costello
Estes Kefauver
Westbrook Pegler
Pegler
H. N. Bundesen
M.D
King Fea. Byn., Inc
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