Brannan Pick Approved by Farm Groups in Acreage Policy
Farm organizations back Charles F. Brannan for secretary of agriculture citing alignment on parity law reform and postwar price supports. They foresee Brannan shaping a long range program while Congress acts before year end. Arabs reject U N truce plea as Israel-Palestine tensions rise and U S stance wobbles amid arms and aid discussions with Israel.
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Truman
Charles F. Brannan
Clinton Anderson
Brannan
Congress
Arab Jew conflict intensifies as UN truce rejected
Arab states refuse UN request for a truce and press attacks across the Holy Land. Arabs vow not to quit until Israel renounces its state. Haganah captures Acre, Egyptian planes pound Tel Aviv, and Arab troops claim major Jerusalem gains.
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Holy Land
U. N
Israel
Haganah
Acre
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
GM gives cost of living raise to avert 225000 workers
General Motors averted a threatened strike by offering an innovative pay plan that includes a cent per hour cost of living increase and a 3 cent raise tied to annual efficiency gains. Wages adjust quarterly to CPI changes, with potential public cost passed through.
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General Motors Corporation
Bureau of Labor Statistics
General Motors
United Auto Workers
OPA
Fewer Benefits Lost as Social Security Claims Rise
The Federal Security Agency reports fewer retirees lose access to old age and survivors insurance by delaying claims. O. C. Pogge of the Baltimore bureau notes improved public awareness that benefits are payable only when officially claimed.
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Federal Security Agency
O. C. Pogge
Bureau of Old-Age and Survivor’s Insurance
Baltimore
Obscure Quiz Challenges Front Page Trivia
A reader asks five tough questions about capitals of Arab states, Fleming’s penicillin discovery, GOP nominating history, Truman cabinet counts, and Hartley’s identity. Answers note Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria, Trans-Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Yemen. penicillin germ killing mold. Hoover’s 1928 Kansas City nomination. Truman’s cabinet at sixteen. Hartley Jr. of New Jersey.
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Taft
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Hartley
Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Syria
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Lebanon
Caleb
Egypt
Bana
Yemen
Herbert Hoover
Kansas City
Fred A. Hartley Jr
Rep
N.J
Breakfast Club Host Mon McNeill Marks 15 Years On Air
The Chicago ABC studios celebrate Mon McNeill, toastmaster of the Breakfast Club, on his 15th anniversary June 23. The extemporaneous humorist, without a script, has built a nationwide cult of early morning listeners since 1933.
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American Broadcasting Company
Chicago
Mon McNeill
ABC
McNeill
New Jersey
Socially unhealthy families face low birth rates says Havighurst
Robert J. Havighurst, University of Chicago education professor, told Cleveland delegates at the National Congress of Parents and Teachers convention that two child families are socially unhealthy though fashionable, and a significant portion of the population now has too few children to reproduce.
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National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Cleveland
University of Chicago
Robert J. Havighurst
Broadway Memories and Show World Gossip
A Brooklyn newspaperman roamed Broadway from midnight to dawn gathering material for yarns while hobnobbing with show people. The piece recalls Whitman, a failed New York scrivener turned customs inspector, and mentions John Masefield, W C Fields, John Barrymore, Ernest Truex, and others. It notes Collier’s misnaming Alice Faye and mentions Superman creators settling a case for over $100,000.
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New York
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Moby Dick
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John Masefield
un-American Activities Committee
U.S
Gerald L. K. Smith
Stassen
Taft
Dewey
Jack Benny
Fred Allen
Collier's
Alice Faye
Fay
Superman
Jokesters Prize McCarten for Quiet Quiz Prank
The New Yorker critic John McCarten was rung up and teased by insiders who coaxed him to move his radio closer and asked silly questions in a staged quiz that amounted to a joke. The pranksters remain amused as the gag plays on.
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Latin America
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House
Wyoming
Homer Capehart
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Senate
Capehart
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Reno
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Rene Borgia
Alberto Gandero
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W. C. Fields
Hollywood
New York
John Barrymore
Stork Club
Barrymore
Intelligentsia
New Yorker
John McCarten
Broadway Ragbook of New York Snippets and Satire
A collage of nightlife and politics jests from New York venues. Pointed quips reference FDR era mood, theater scenes, and crowd attitudes. The piece lampoons Broadway shows, a Delancey Street mural sign, a Stork Club block restaurant still unfinished, and Will Rogers jokes about a horse in a Follies buzz.
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Delancey Street
Stork Club
Yoked stock dress pattern offers summer frock options
The article promotes pattern No. 1777 for juniors with a yoked frock in contrasting fabrics and optional ruffle. It notes sizes 11 to 18, yardage for size 12, and invites readers to send for Spring and Summer FASHION with patterns, designs, and free directions. It also highlights Pattern No. 8303 for a date frock with scoop neckline and short sleeves, listing sizes 12 to 20 and required yardage.
Hiyo Silver Race to Old Mine Starts Near Dodgeville
In Dodgeville Michigan a tale of seven barrels of silver abandoned in a mid 19th century mine sparks talk of a looming rush. Miners balked after a pay dispute and left the silver sealed by a weakened shaft. Treasure valued at about 14500 dollars is claimed by Carlos Wenberg of Michigan College of Mining and Technology.
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Hiyo
Dodgeville
Mich
Carlos Wenberg
Michigan College of Mining and Technology
Chicago nominations shaped presidential history
Convention City Abraham Lincoln was nominated for the presidency in Chicago in 1860. This city later hosted pivotal party conventions nominating Grant Garfield Cleveland Harrison Theodore Roosevelt Taft Harding and Franklin Roosevelt.
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Abraham Lincoln
Chicago
Grant
Garfield
Cleveland
Harrison
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Harding
Franklin Roosevel
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