Presidential Travel Is Major Project
Travel for the president requires a vast secret service effort and rapid communications. The piece traces historic protecting routines from Washington era to Franklin Roosevelt and Truman, detailing 24 hour watch, air defense links, and rapid cross‑ocean message tests with Churchill.
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Mitchell Field
Bollings
Shangri-La
Hyde Park
Major McNally
Roosevelt
Washington
Poughkeepsie
White House
Winston Churchill
Australia
United States
US Aid Plan Emphasized At Inter-American Conference
In Petropolis Brazil, George Marshall reaffirmed democratic rights and promised continued US economic aid to Latin America. He called for practical cooperation with sister republics and bilateral pacts to address regional economic issues. Back in Dallas, Mrs. Warren J. Woodard led a protest against long skirts with a parade. In Las Vegas, Senator McCarthy urged Congress to support disabled veterans. In Balmoral Scotland, Princess Margaret Rose received her first military title colonel in chief of the Highland Light Infantry.
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Petropolis
Brazil
U. S
George Marshall
Latin America
Balmoral
Scotland
Margaret Rose
England
Highland Light Infantry
Truman reshapes top U S immigration posts over displaced persons
President Truman orders a three way shift in the U S immigration and naturalization service to address Europe's displaced persons. Ugo Carusi moves to the state department to study critical displacement problems, Watson B Miller becomes commissioner of immigration, Oscar Ross Ewing replaces Miller. The move follows Congress refusal to relax quotas.
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Harry Truman
Europe
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Washington
Ugo Carusi
State Department
Truman
Watson B. Miller
Federal Security
Carusi
Oscar Ross Ewing
New York
Miller
Congress
Next President MacArthur Predicted by Fortune Teller
A 75 year old Japanese fortune teller Kakudo Tomioka predicts General MacArthur will be the next U.S. president. Tomioka places MacArthur among Gandhi for social welfare and says both have effected peaceful revolutions. It is unclear if MacArthur would use the prediction in a 1948 platform.
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Ghandi
MacArthur
Tomioka
Truman budget forecast of large treasury surplus and receipts rise
President Truman announced a near five billion dollar treasury surplus forecast for June and stated Congress trimmed 1947 budget estimates by only 1.5 billion dollars. His mid-year review put tax receipts at 41.667 billion, 2.1 billion above prior forecasts. A labor report suggested ongoing prosperity "indefinitely."
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Treasury
Congress
Bureau of Labor
U. S
Caution to the Winds Sharp Rise in Buying Noted
The U S buying public shifts from economy minded restraint to a liberal purchasing spree across most trade sectors. Economists warn of a potential inflation spiral as confidence grows that prices will not fall soon. Cash abundance and bonds from veterans and state bonuses fuel the trend, with optimism for high activity into late next year.
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U. S
Absorbing 400000 Refugees Faces Political Hurdles
The piece discusses phageacim efforts to pass the Stratton bill admitting 400000 displaced Europeans. It notes broad bitterness and public concern over U S immigration policy, outlines demographics of Europeans seeking refuge, and suggests Latin America as a potential alternative for resettlement through an All-America agreement.
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Phageacim
Stratton
Europe
United States
Congress
Foreign Ministers of
Americas
Latin America
Dangers of the Open Road by H S Phillips
The author rails against a nationwide superhighway linking 42 state capitals and major cities by expressways viaducts and tunnels. He mocks the plan arguing for fewer highways with more stoplights and laments Americans wandering from home. He muses on Russia Stalin and American life with satirical asides.
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United States
Junkets to Alaska Highlight Congress Summer Travel
Drew Pearson notes several congressional groups plan trips to Alaska funded by taxpayers. Senators public lands and small business committees and House interstate commerce and public lands committees will inspect airfield routes and discuss Alaska statehood while some members insist on paying their own travel costs for wives and families.
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Cong
Evan Howell
Illinois
U. S. Court of Claims
Senate Public Lands Committee
Senate Small Business Committee
House Interstate Commerce Committee
House Public Lands Committee
Wolverton
Interstate Commerce Junket
Oddities in the New York Scene by Walter Winchell
A collection of quirky New York notes about secession rumors and emblematic signs at Doctors hospital. It mentions root-adapted street trees sewers, Kidd era wealth origins, a deciphered treasure card, Bryant Park ghosts, early bath precautions, Fort Tryon views, Wall Street’s name origin, feminine street names, and cadaver ferries from Bellevue to Hart Island.
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Doctors Hospital
New York
Bryant Park
Board of Health
Fort Tryon Park
Wall Street
Bellevue
Hart's Island
What About Federal Spending
Walter Shead surveys Federal spending and Truman’s 1947 budget, noting the political football of budget cuts versus claimed savings. He argues both parties exaggerate truths, complicating the public’s view of government thrift and hidden budget maneuvers.
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Truman
Wholesome Orange High School Pot Luck and Rotary Lions Game
The event on the Orange California high school grounds featured a pot luck dinner followed by a ball game between Rotary and Lions teams. The game ended in a 0 to 0 tie and was praised as more thrilling than Chicago professional park games.
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Calif
Rotarians
Lions
Cubs
White Sox
Chicago
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