It Could Be You Before Memorial Day Weekend Traffic Deaths
The National Safety Council estimates 290 deaths from traffic accidents over the Memorial Day weekend amid 30 million cars on the roads. Ned Dearborn urges drivers to increase caution and courtesy to reduce the odds, while a Senate four million dollar foreign aid bill passes casually as a budgetary drop.
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National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
The
Safety Council
Senate
Thief Steals 100 Records as Mule Train Hopes Rise
A New Jersey theft leaves 100 phono graph records missing while the victim hopes the machine plays Mule Train again. Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich is urged to write music with Muse named Joe. A foreign film Bicycle Thief faces a nation plagued by million dollar armored car robberies. Newlyweds insist their marriage was real, not by proxy, with minister Jones officiating.
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New Jersey
Dmitri Shostakovich
Joe
Public opinion on the Marshal Plan and awareness
A poll shows 63 percent know what the Marshal Plan is while 37 percent do not or are misinformed. It finds that greater understanding increases approval and that prior opposition often dissolves as people learn the plan's aims and funding needs.
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America
Truman's four point program outlined with 35 million cost
The article notes President Truman's point four program estimated at 35 million dollars. A steel firm plans a new hot strip mill not to be built on Chicago's Clark Street. An educator advocates ideas and ideals as key teaching tools, while a father cites the hand flat as helpful. A Minnesota golf course flood yields many pond fish. golfers may misstate scores and catches.
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Truman
A Steel Company
Chicago
Clark Street
General Motors risks a billion for higher wages for five years
GM tops a billion dollar plan to raise worker pay over five years, funded largely by continued high auto prices and public spending. If demand falters, GM may cut production, limiting wage gains for workers and potentially triggering broader supply chain strikes and labor tensions.
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General Motors
G. M
G.M
Passage on wage burden and price cuts
The text notes a calculated risk to pass the extra wage burden to the buying public. It states that significant price cuts in the field are unlikely.
Dish Duty Linked to Longer Life Says Heart Specialist
A heart specialist argues men may live longer if they help with dishes after dinner rather than nap. A neighbor boasts he expects to witness a Republican administration. A navy officer is noted for spending $19,000 of another’s funds in six months, a sum the average congressman could spend before breakfast.
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Navy
Roy
Country Lessons in Cooking Draw City Girl Home
A city girl travels to the country to learn cooking while country girls visit the city to discover what is cooking. The lighthearted line plays on role reversal and rural life curiosity.
Women Control Most Family Spending Says University Study
A University of Illinois survey finds women account for 55 percent of family purchases and influence 57 percent of buys. Men allocate 35 percent, while children use 8 percent. Advertisers reflect these patterns, a trend persisting for 30 years.
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University of Illinois
U. of I
A Good Place to Eat Food quality tops what patrons want in restaurants
A nationwide General Foods survey finds customers prize wholesome fresh food most, followed by atmosphere and efficient service. They value reasonable prices and quiet surroundings, while good service ranks below atmosphere.
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General Foods Corp
Mosphere
Correcting the overconfident misleaders
In a reflection attributed to CHRISTOPHER BILLOPP, the piece warns that self assured correctors often misjudge others as they insist on their own view. It advises weighing authorities and references before conceding error, noting the risk and value of courteous dismissal.
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Christopher. Billopp
Second Thoughts by David V. Felts
During convalescence the columnist thanks friends for letters cards and messages from family associates and staff. John Valentine sends greetings from Paris and a Dayton of reading along the Seine. A Chicago contact previews Williamson County history to be written. The Little Woman acts as traffic director and liaison while the writer recuperates and bandages remain.
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Bloomington
John Valentine
Paris
Seine
John
General Assembly
The
Presbyterians
Cincinnati
Chicago
Williamson County
Delayed report signals post surgery recovery stretch
A written note explains the report was intentionally delayed until after more than half of the prescribed immobility period following surgery. It notes remaining time exceeds a week but recovery is nearing completion and thanks others for letters and greetings.
Tangled Web by Budenz Teaches Guilt by Dissociation
The Washington Post reports Louis Budenz's method before the Tydings subcommittee expands guilt by association to guilt by dissociation. He argues any view or action linked to a target proves conspiracy, applying it to Dr. Lattimore and others, while dismissing the technique as legal casuistry.
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Washington Post
Louis Budenz
Tydings
Owen Lattimore
United States Senate
Budenz
United States
Roosevelt Advises Chief On Polygamy During West Visit
Theodore Roosevelt visits an Indian reservation and debates polygamy with a local chief who refuses to give up his five wives. Roosevelt suggests giving up four wives and asks what he can do to help, the chief replies he would choose the wife he wants and have Roosevelt inform the others.
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Milwaukee Journal
Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Why Worry Your Place Will Be Filled Before Procession
H. C. Kirkpatrick quotes Will Rogers in Lenox Time Table reflecting on humility. The remark underscores that pride should yield to humility as life continues beyond us.
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Will Rogers
H. C. Kirkpatrick
Lenox
Lewa
Worry Clinic Bullets Bullheadedness as a Fault
Kathleen R says her fiancé is talented but stubborn, a trait she fears when carried to extremes. The column argues that determination aids justice but pure bullheadedness harms homes and businesses, citing stalled change and old methods failing in modern firms.
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Kathleen R
Dr. Crane
Balzac
Venice
Formr
Prisoner Escapes Through Hidden Treasure Vault
A prisoner tunnels toward freedom only to end up in the doge’s treasure house. He adapts quickly and uses the gold to bribe guards, constructing a path to the surface. The tale emphasizes flexible thinking as crucial when facts change.
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Doge
Boundaries of belief and open minds in faith
A discussion advocates balanced thinking between fixed doctrine and openness to new ideas. It cautions against bull headed rigidity or excessive relativism, using water as a metaphor for productive belief with clear guiding bounds.
Atlantic Force Again Approved By Atlantic Pact Ministers
The idea of an integrated North Atlantic defense force is approved by foreign ministers of pact nations. A permanent deputy committee chaired by an American will expedite rearming, with a plan for wartime shipping mobilization. Europe must share costs. Germany rearmament faces French veto risks. France Britain Netherlands US all facemilitary and external obligations.
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London
North Atlantic Alliance
United States
Great Britain
Netherlands
North Atlantic
France
Indochina
Belgium
Germany
Soviet Union
Keller invites Rose Lovers to Rose Cottage visit
Kent E. Keller Democratic candidate for Congress invites rose enthusiasts to visit Rose Cottage Ava Illinois from June 1 to November 1. The longtime flower lovers venue displays over 300 named varieties of roses at Rose cottage.
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Kent E. Keller
Congress
Rose Cottage
Ava
Ill
Typical Communist Tactics Organize Heckling Demonstration
An article describes a New York meeting connected to African solidarity for Berliners. It claims East German Communists ordered a disruption with a 5000 strong audience, police cleared approaches, and General Clay condemned the tactic as intolerant and a threat to freedom.
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New York
Daily Worker
Clay
Public meeting on anti totalitarianism hosts diverse survivors
The Common Cause sponsored gathering was led by Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney with speakers including James Burnham, a Reich expulsion survivor, Jeannette Wolff and Mrs William Dick Sporberg, and General Lucius Clay. Messages from American union leaders and West Berlin mayor Ernst Reuter were read.
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Common Cause
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Commerce
James Burnham
Third Reich
Jeannette Wolff
West Berlin
William Dick Sporberg
National Council of Jewish Women
Lucius Clay
Ernst Reuter
Anti Nazi demonstrators mass at Town Hall clash
An anti Nazi rally drew around 800 to 1,000 protesters from major papers and 5,000 from Daily Worker. They crowded Town Hall chanting slogans as police ordered dispersal. Mounted officers finally cleared the area and closed the street to pedestrians, amid danger to speakers near the hall.
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The
Herald Tribune
the Times
Daily Worker
Town Hall
Communist Fronts Tactics In Terror Plot Allegations
The speaker cites common Communist techniques including labeling a meeting Nazi, staging an act of terror and presenting themselves as victims, and organizing these acts under a so called front named The American Jewish Labor Council. The council is described as a successor to the Jewish Peoples’ Committee and deemed a Communist front by the attorney general, with Ben Gold of the Furriers’ union named as a known Communist.
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American Jewish Labor Council
Jewish Peoples’ Committee
Ben Gold
Furriers’ Union
Demonstration Tactics Exploiting Jewish Cardholders
A narrator recalls how a demonstration was labeled Jewish while the name mirrored the American Jewish Labor Committee to confuse the public. A taxi driver and others dismissive of Jewish unions view the event as a Communist trick, revealing pervasive anti Semitism.
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American Jewish Labor Committee
Day by Day Family Seeks Summer Balance after Roys Arm
A mother notes the impact of Roys broken arm on family chores and summer routines. She describes roving helpers Little Girl and her own adjustments to tasks from dandelion gathering to dishes and planning quiet rest periods for bored children. She muses on refreshing memory and study habits for the upcoming school year.
United States to Bear Burden of Atlantic Defense Costs
A high American official signals increased outlays for the U S air force and navy and higher arms shipments to continental allies. Defense and State officials know this, but are discouraged from speaking. Future acts will show if Atlantic ministers' strong statements are funded.
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United States
Atlantic
North Atlantic
Defense
State Departments
White House
Budget Bureau
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