Europe Council Rejects Irish Partition Debate
The Council of Europe Assembly overwhelmingly rejected Ireland's bid to debate its partition issue. Britain opposed the move, while Churchill urged free debate and envisioned a future European Parliament. The assembly would limit topics to economic roles, social security, and cultural cooperation unless agenda proposals win two thirds.
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Council of Europe
Ireland
Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
England
Scotland
Wales
Assembly
Committee of Ministers
Britain
Winston Churchill
First Assembly
Council
Marshall Plan Organization
European Patent Office
Churchill
There Is No Such Thing As a Free Lunch
An economist’s nine word rules the balance of industry and wages. The essay argues that free lunches do not exist in economics, tracing how investment, dividends, and prices influence national policy, steel costs, and education funding amid postwar inflation and debt. It cautions against tax and price tricks that shift the bill to workers and schools.
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William J. Casey
Steelways
American Iron & Steel Institute
United States
Veep Barkley dates Mrs Hadley amid airport dedication
St Louis August 12 UP Vice-President Alben W Barkley 71 and lively headed to Paducah Kentucky to dedicate an airport named after him with Mrs Carleton S Hadley a 37 year old St Louis widow. Both denied plans to elope though rumors persisted they would. They called themselves friends. Barkley said he was protecting a charming woman from rumors. Mrs Hadley said no marriage in Paducah nor St. Louis this weekend. Mrs Hadley will bring one of her daughters Anne 17. Hadley’s late husband was chief counsel for the Wabash rail road.
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St. Louis
Alben W. Barkley
Carleton S. Hadley
Paducah
Barkley
Hadley
Washington
Congress
Newshawks
Anne Hadley
Psychology professor commits suicide in church in Arkadelphia
J C Stewart 65 a psychology professor and dean of men at Ouachita College was found dead behind the pulpit of First Baptist Church Arkadelphia after a self inflicted gunshot. A .22 caliber rifle lay nearby. The note said a man planning death by own action can be sane and cited ill health with three months to live. No inquest. Stewart left a widow and a daughter.
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J. C. Stewart
Ouachita College
First Baptist Church
Stewart
Arkadelphia
Sherif Andrew Widener
Byron Price
Veteran Farm Adviser Ousted in Marion County
Salem Indiana August 8 veteran farm adviser Fred J Blackburn Marion county farm agent was dismissed after 31 years with the board voting 10 to 5 Earl Purdue chairman gave no statement on reasons for ouster while dissension over hiring a younger adviser with modern techniques was noted in the board. In a separate Illinois note Glenn C Smith county farm adviser resigned after 14 years serving Hardin and Pope counties to take a similar post in another Illinois county with location undisclosed.
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Fred J. Blackburn
Marion County
County Farm Breau Board of
Earl Purdue
Blackburn
Illinois
Glenn C. Smith
Hardin
Pope
Golconda
Collins Named Chief of Staff
Washington Aug 18 AP Gen Joseph Lawton Collins selected to succeed Gen Omar Bradley as army chief of staff. President Truman named Collins to the post yesterday. Bradley nominated to chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Senate approval required. Pentagon also named Gen T Handy to command Europe, replacing Gen o D Clas.
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Joseph Lawton Collins
7Th Corps
Europe
Omar N. Bradley
Truman
Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate
Army
Louis A. Johnson
T. Handy
O D. Clas
Dividend impact of price and wage tweaks in industry
An eight million dollar dividend increase raises per share to six dollars, a 20 percent rise. This shift would likely attract more investment into industry, with every new dollar in manufacturing generating about 1.40 dollars of new goods annually and boosting payrolls, enhancing downstream employment over time.
Generous Return Rates Boost Public Satisfaction in Telephone Industry
The text argues for higher private returns, noting AT&T earned about 7 percent, reducing average bills by about 30 cents compared to 3 percent. It highlights growth from 14 million to 30 million phones since 1936 without tax money, and wages rising from 42 to 57 cents per dollar in bills while government taxes rose from 12 to 22 cents.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Earthquake Toll in Ecuador Rises to Over Six Thousand
President Galo Plaza Laso reports estimated property damage at 67.5 million dollars and dead at more than 6,000 from the Aug. 5 quake. He cannot fix exact casualties, but U.S. relief mission estimates push past 4,000 toward six thousand-plus. A stray line notes Mexican Indians using fireflies for light.
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Quito
Ecuador
Galo Plaza Laso
U. S
U of I Medics Awarded 15000 Grant for Betatron Study
Chicago August 13 AP The U S Public Health Service awarded a 15000 grant to the University of Illinois College of Medicine. Funds will study effects of the 22 million volt betatron X ray beam on bone and cartilage. The betatron, an instrument of high energy X rays and electrons, was invented by Prof Donald W Kerst. Illinois was the first college to receive the instrument for cancer treatment and research.
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Chicago
U. S. Public Health Service
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Donald W. Kerst
University of Illinois
Illinois
Monster of Gooseville Shot At In Calf-Tearing Beast
A Gooseville farmer L E Switzer sighted the so called Monster of Gooseville in a cornfield near Alton. He fired a .22 pistol and wounded the beast, though it escaped as deputies followed bear-like tracks. The animal reportedly killed a calf and terrorized the area prompting a manhunt.
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L. E. Switser
Here
Switzer
Ailton
Madison County Sheriff's Office
Alton
Gooseville
Navy Names Three Women Doctors to Intern Posts
Washington reports the Navy has detailed three women physicians as internes at naval hospitals for the first time. Suzanne W. Brown of New Market Virginia to Bethesda Maryland, Hannah H. Pendergast of Boise Idaho to Chelsea Massachusetts, and Mary W. Tilden of Jamestown North Carolina to Great Lakes Illinois, all commissioned as junior grade lieutenants in the naval medical corps.
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Washington
Navy
Naval
Naval Medical Corps
J. G
Suzanne W. Brown
New Market
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Medical College of Virginia
Hannah H. Pendergast
Boise
Idaho
Nava Hospital
Chelsea
Mass
Vermont University School of Medicine
Mary W. Tilden
Jamestown
N. C
Great Lakes
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