Industrial West foundation report charts postwar wealth via resources
Six years after its founding the Industrial West Foundation released a 1500 page report on postwar reconstruction. It argues wealth must come from developing raw materials, creating new industries, and employing returning service members. The audit, led by George W. Malone, surveyed total western resources across eleven states plus Alaska Hawaii and the Philippines, detailing 3300 minerals and 250 potential industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Malone
Nevada
Colorado River Commission
Alaska
Hawaii
Philippines
West
Mr. Malone
College Leaders Urge Need For Cooperative Education
President James Bryant Conant of Harvard urges postwar education focus on returning veterans. Colleges must offer practical, blended study aligned with state initiatives, relaxing entrance requirements for ex service members. Tufts President Leonard Carmichael stresses tailored, correlated programs, no uncorrelated electives, plus greater college industry cooperation in New England.
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James Bryant Conent
Harvard
Harvard University
Massachusetts
Conant
Tufts
Carmichael
New England
Walter Winchell gossip round up from wartime New York
A whirlwind of show business chatter featuring the Windsor dukes price talks in Greenwich Conn. secret marriages in Fiorids and television charm of Madeline Leighton. Francis Sinatra honored as Ideal Father 1944, with editorials on Kay Francis Cholly Butterworth and Bruce romances. Dreiser visits for arts award while Steinbeck lauded as a great American writer.
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Hollywood
Kay Francis
Cholly Butterworth
Jorely Virginie Bruce
Anthony Owen
Theodore Dreiser
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Steinbeck
Broadway and Hollywood Gossip Roundup From War Era Notes
A mosaic of entertainment and public life items. Mentions include Mirzaz and West Point tennis, Eisenhower’s son connected sports, the Stork Club era costs and revenues, Al Jolson with Nancy Callahan in a Mexican Hayride setting, and legal notices about park roofs and taxes. Lou Costello overseas bids, George Batrico’s Gold Star, and Justin Pecora mayoral talk surface amid wartime social pages. Dennis Day courting Barbara Hue, Glenn Miller army promotion, and Mocambo drink prices highlight the era’s bustling scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Jolson
Nancy Callahan
Justice Aureilo
Park Central
Jimmie Fidler
Medicos
Hollywood
Lou Costello
George Batrico
Stork Club
Anzio Beach
Pecora
Jack Edwards
Army
Navy
N.Y
American Legion
Germany
Legion
Fred Thompson
Boston
Thal
Hal Block
Dennis Day
Barbara Hue
Glenn Miller
Drimtk
Mocambo
Reagan Houston Withdraws From Citizens League Nominating Panel
In May 1934 L A Light files report Reagan Houston declines to serve on the Citizens league nominating committee amid a seven name slate. Charles M Dickson also says he leaves the state legal executive committee. Mrs Jane A Shaw, long a district bench figure in Oklahoma City and five year Ox Tahoma bar practitioner, now serves as court stenographer and has moved to San Antonio for health reasons.
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Reagan
Houston
Citiens’ League
Toe S. Sheldon
Charles M. Dickson
Feagal
Oklahama
Ox- Tahoma
Ting Ie
Jane A. Shaw
Thirty-seventh District
Bowles outlines postwar policy shift toward private spending
Washington analysis reports Chester Bowles, OPA administrator, urging a measured postwar shift to tax and spending reforms to curb inflation. He proposes government support for high price and wage levels, large exports on credit for world reconstruction, and a substantial public works program funded by taxation, warning against foreign lending and deficit tactics.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
OPA
Yale
Bowles
Treasury
Natoni
John Lewis
Bub
Sun Apts
King Yeaturas Syndicate, Inc
Tm Park
Arthritis and joint pain overview and treatments
The article explains that arthritis and related inflammation cause most joint pain, listing types such as fibrositis bursitis and tendonitis and linking arthritis to diseases like meningitis gout and psoriasis. It notes diagnosis guides treatment and mentions neck stiffness from cervical spondylitis treated with neck support and heat for muscle spasm.
Unconditional surrender debated by British Observer
In 1944 The Observer argues against unconditional surrender as a practical Europe-wide policy. It notes that history shows states rarely surrender unconditionally, favoring conditional terms or sovereignty preservation. The piece contrasts American and British views, warns against forced political systems, and emphasizes long term occupation over annexation.
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Germany
Europe
United Nations
America
United States of Europe
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
King Featuree Syndicate
Tao
Shoulder Pain Relief and Treatment from 1944
Dr H N Bundesen describes measures for shoulder pain relief including rest, sleep on a firm bed, and hands clasped under the head. He notes hot applications and gentle exercises, plus local anesthetic injections around the shoulder joint every few days for severe pain, especially when bursitis is involved.
Those Texans by James Farber Rangers at Matamoros reflect improvised camps
Ben McCulloch and his Rangers were among the first U S volunteers to serve in the Mexican War in 1846. Near Matamoros they improvised shelters from poles brushes and scraps as canvas was unavailable. The piece portrays the rugged living conditions and rough resilience of McCulloch's unit reported by the San Antonio Light.
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Ben McCulloch
Mexico
McCulloch
Matamoros
United States Volunteers
SAN Antonio Light
Antonio Gazette
Broadway
Fifth
San Antonio
Texas
Associated Press
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Industrial West Foundation
Cosset
Alfred P. Sloan Jr
General Motors Corporation
England
Russia
Timbuktu
The
Foundation
Architecture
Leonard Carmichael
Tufts College
Medford
Mass
Walter Winchell
June Walker
Richard Bennett
Mac West
Cathering
Miss Went
George M. Cohan Jr
Bar Bernardino
Bar Bernardino (From the Heavy Artillery
Frankle
Tszt
Petty Dover
di Cleen
Benny Bickers
Dallas
Mirzaz
West Pointt
General Eisenhower
John
Billingsley
L. A. Light Files
Paul Mallon
George E. Sorolsky
Bislin Hss
the Observer
London
General Grant
Stalin
Dr. H. N
James Farber
Paralin
Savalee
Pally
Staten
Dally
Sun
Thagest
Act of Congress
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