Campaign Maneuvers Split Republicans Eye 1948 Race
Washington reports show Republicans lining up for 1948 with Dewey or Taft as front runners while Truman retains a polling lead. Missouri controversy sparks renewed push to probe the justice department and party tactics. White House stance remains quiet amid campaign chatter.
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Taft
Truman
Warren
California
Stassen
Dewey
Wallace
White House
Tosti
Advertising Council and the meaning of advertising
The piece argues advertising can warn inform and notify, not just sell. It highlights the Advertising Council formed after Pearl Harbor to mobilize ad space and ideas toward public good, urging action on housing health world trade and other societal issues. It emphasizes not profiting but serving the public by guiding grassroots campaigns and providing resources to citizens and organizations.
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Webster
Land of the Free
New York Times
Advertising Council
America
Pearl Harbor
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Council
Aid to Poland Cancelled as Poland Relief Ends
A U S survey found Poland can meet minimum needs this year, so the State Department canceled Poland's share of the 350 million dollar American relief program. Private agencies may supply medical items and supplementary foods to targeted groups if needed. The decision prioritized European country needs and hints at Hungary as next potential relief target amid Cold War tensions.
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U. S
Poland
State Department
Hungary
Gun Toters In Capitol Standoff Prompt Truman Visit
Washington police briefly pondered an assassin when Clifton R. H. Spires of Augusta Ga was found with a concealed pistol inside the Capitol soon after President Truman visited the Senate chamber. He was detained for observation in a Washington hospital after the incident. Truman returned from lunch with former senators and spoke for five minutes recalling old times.
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Washington
Capitol
Truman
Senate Chamber
Clifton R. H. Spires
Augusta
Senate
Sone
Missouri
Reading Public: 49 Per Cent Heard
Gallup poll shows about 49 per cent of Americans had heard of the Marshall plan to rebuild Europe. Of those aware, 57 per cent approved. support would fall if taxes were raised to fund the program.
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George Marshall
America
Europe
Gallup
Marshall
Russia Rejects US Plan for Japanese Peace Treaty
Moscow refuse American proposal to begin drafting a Japanese peace treaty on August 19, insisting the United States act without prior agreement with Britain, China or Russia. The move risks delaying a Far East peace settlement and weakens US Soviet unity, raising questions about proceeding without Russia.
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Russia
United States
Japan
Moscow
U. S
Great Britain
China
Far East
Not All Outgo Peak Foreign Income Reported
Washington reports American direct investments abroad earned a record 520 million dollars in 1946, 18 percent above the 1920s peak and well above 194? levels. Latin America supplied 273 million, Canada 126 million, with Europe Asia Africa and Oceania making up the rest. The petroleum sector led with 170 million, followed by manufacturing about 130 million.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Latin America
Canada
Europe
Asia
Africa
Oceania
Venezuela
Chile
United Kingdom
Cuba
Argentina
Brazil
Mexico
Twelve Die As Emperor Sinks On Lake Superior
Fort William Ontario reports twelve crew members including three women killed when the Canadian freighter Emperor struck rocks and sank in Lake Superior. Twenty-one survivors were rescued by coast guard cutters and boats after the ship went down in about 50 feet of water near Isle Royale. Coroner to investigate collision cause.
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Fort William
Ont
Lake Superior
Great Lakes
Lonely Isle Royale
United States National Park
Michigan
Canada Steamship Lines
Port Arthur
Cook
Edna Schultz
Owen Sound
Coast Guard
Collingwood
Kimball
Isle Royale
Canoe Rock
Isle
Sash Weight Fatal to Woman at Plant Building
In South Bend Indiana a five pound sash weight fell or was tossed from a Studebaker building striking 47 year old Pauline Allen and fracturing her skull. She died en route to hospital. The weight also struck Miss Margaret Karezan on the foot breaking a toe.
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South Bend
Ind
Studebaker Corporation
Pauline Allen
Margaret Karezan
Miss Allen
Karezan
Monkey Free 14 Months In Brooklyn Captured
A 25 pound monkey that fled Brooklyn rooftops for 14 months was trapped by three men with a noose and placed in an ASPCA cage. The animal, once linked to a pet firm, will eventually go to a zoo after its crate broke open on a dock in April 1946.
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New York
Brooklyn
American Society For Prevention of Cruelty
ASPCA
Girls See Doll Floating In Creek Save Brother
Two Rochester girls Lois Eilers and Patricia Esse spotted a large doll-like figure face down in rain swollen Allen's Creek. They waded in to pull him out and found Lois' two year old brother Billy. An inhalator crew revived him within half an hour and hospital officials later listed his condition as good.
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Rochester
N. Y
Lois Eilers
Patricia Esse
Allen's Creek
Brighton
Lois
Billy
Ospital
Wife leaps to death after husband sues for divorce
In St Louis Anita Sarchet 40 leaped from MacArthur Bridge after her husband filed for divorce. A purse note said Tell Louis, he is a free man by God's wish. Her body was recovered by a police boat. Her brother Russell Lehr of Sweet SpringsMo said the couple had been separated for months and he is suing for divorce. The note was to her parents Mr and Mrs Fred Lehr of St Louis.
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ST. Louis
Anita Sarchet
MacArthur ‘Bridge
Louis
Mississippi River
Russell ‘Lehr
Sweet Springs
Sarchet
Lehr
Fred Lehr
Trade-In Cheating by Auto Dealers Exposed in Philadelphia
Philadelphia reports expose unscrupulous new car dealers using underhanded trade-in practices to boost profits. One case shows a 1941 car valued at about 1050 marketed for a $35 trade-in, then sold wholesale for 700. Buyers face withheld repairs under expired warranties and delayed part availability.
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Philadelphia
North Philadelphia
Cashiered Officer Wins Legion of Honor for War Service
Capt. Ted H. Cohen of Binghamton New York, cashiered after a Paris court martial for attempting to create a France to North Africa smuggling route, received France's Legion of Honor at the Washington embassy for World War II air force service. He is with the Army Air Forces at Mitchel Field Long Island awaiting further review by the judge advocate general. He was sentenced last December 28 to dismissal six months confinement and forfeiture of pay and allowances.
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New York
Ted H. Cohen
Binghamton
N. Y
France
Cohen
Army Air Forces
Mitchell Field
Long Island
Washington
Paris
North
Africa
National Guard Reports Record Recruits Toward 1951 Goal
Washington report shows 85,909 officers and men enrolled toward a 682,000 target by January 1, 1951. Maj. Gen. Butler B. Mittenberger, chief of the National Guard Bureau, notes progress since the force was reorganized about a year ago to reach nearly three times the prewar strength of 284,000.
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Washington
National Guard
Butler B. Mittenberger
National Guard Bureau
Judge Fines Himself Two Dollars for Overparking
In Sauk Centre Minnesota Judge W M Parker of the municipal court fined Mayor Walter Otteson two hours overparking. Parker told Otteson the score was even after the judge had just fined himself two dollars for overparking.
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Sauk Centre
Minn
W. M. Parker
Municipal Court
Walter Otteson
Parker
Otteson
Touch Type Self-Taught Guide Promises Home Typing Skills
Advertisement notes that learning to type at home is easy with a keyboard chart and drills to improve speed. It offers a self taught book for 25 cents via Weekly Newspaper Service, 243 West 17th St., New York, N. Y. Include name address booklet title and No. 13.
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West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
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