Nation faces permanent war footing and high taxes
The text argues that national defense in a perpetual wartime climate demands heavy military spending and tax increases. It warns against waste and profiteering in industry, notes dangers of air sector cartels, and calls for coordinated action among the State Department, Defense, Atomic Energy Commission, NSRB, and military leadership to align government aims.
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National Defense
State ‘Department
Department of ‘Defense
Atomic Energy Commission
National Security Resources Board
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Air Power and Defense Unity in Postwar Policy
By George E. Sokolsky argues the persistent quarrel over unifying defense agencies, centered on W. Stuart Symington and the Air Force. He warns the Air Force could dominate defense, strains with Navy and Army, and calls for balanced national defense, condemning atomic bomb politicization and praising Groves/Lilienthal critique.
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Department of Defense
James Forrestal
Louis Johnson
Congress
W. Stuart Symington
Air Force
Symington
Army
Navy
Zephyr the electric brain aims to end all homework
Across America New York readers hear about Zephyr the electric brain a machine built by Dr Harry Huskey for the U S Bureau of Standards UCLA. The device will translate three languages and perform 16000 additions and 4000 multiplications a second promising to free families from tedious tasks and let parents play gin rummy while Zephyr handles work. It is pitched as a future household marvel costing around 200000 as a pilot model and signals a leap beyond existing appliances.
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New York
Hal Boyle
Adam
Papa
Nama
Zephyr
Harry Huskey
U. S. Bureau of Standards
University of California At Los Angeles
Einstein
Zephyr the wind machine promises to replace straw bosses
Hal Boyle jokes about Zephyr a weather predicting machine replacing minor executives and dust-collecting clerks. The home version, budgeted at $200,000, would balance bank ledgers and halve taxes, sparking satire on gadgets, industry, and high costs.
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Zephyr
California
Economy in Government Spending Warned By Benson
By George S. Benson argues the public shows little concern over wasteful federal spending. He cites Hoover and Truman testimony on military outlays, warns of a $14 billion deficit by 1951, and urges widespread public education on costs and taxes to curb pork and uphold thrift. He cautions that without economizing, prosperity fades into poverty.
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Hoover
Georces
Sens
Truman
America
John Q
John
Bank President Wounded as Assassin Is Killed in Courthouse
In Jasper Arkansas bank president J W Moore 62 was seriously wounded by a gunman identified as Albert Herman Mayer 34 Mayer who had recent ties to Chicago and Roland Ark fled into the Newton County courthouse where he exchanged fire with Sheriff Russell Burdine and others Mayer was shot in the neck and died Mayer reportedly sent a “crazy letter” to the Jasper courthouse demanding 10000 Moore 62 is head of Newton County Bank and is hospitalized in Harrison Arkansas Mayer previously bought and sold Newton County property at a loss and had written residents claiming fraud Moore is father to Prosecutor Gene Moore and Dr Lex Moore both from Harrison The shooting began when Mayer fired on Moore and Roscoe Phillips a real estate dealer who witnessed the event
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J. W. Moore
Newton County
Harrison, Ark
Moore
Mayer
Russell Burdine
Burdine
Jasper
Roscoe Phillips
Phillips
Geneva Steel Sets March Production Record at Provo Plant
RECORD HIGH PROVO Utah The Geneva Steel Co major plant in Utahs war born steel industry set an alltime production record in March Open hearth ingot production amounted to 117898 net tons New marks also were set in other divisions.
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Provo
Utah
Geneva Steel Co
Drivers License Tests Vary Widely Survey Indicates
A survey by the American Optical Co shows 14 states do not bar insane people from licenses and 16 states permit feeble minded or epileptics. Nine states omit automatic disqualification for drug addicts or habitual drunkards, seven allow men tally deficient to drive, and four require no exam. Vision standards vary, with five states needing no acuity test and 20/70 or better in some states. night-vision tests are rare in 3 of 48 states.
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United States
The
American Optical Co
States differ on color blindness and depth tests for drivers
The report notes a split in licensing tests with 29 states requiring color vision tests while only six states mandate depth perception testing for drivers. This contrast highlights uneven driver assessment standards across the country.
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National Security Council
Forrestal
Johnson
Soviet
Russia
China
Leslie Groves
David Lilienthal
Frankfurter
Dean Acheson
King Features Syndicate
Junior
Associated Press
George S. Benson
Byrd
Arkansas
Ark
Ozark Mountain
Albert Herman Mayer
Chicago
Roland, Ark
Gene Moore
Harrison
Lex Moore
Arkansas State Police Commission
Craig Carroll Hickman
Edmund Hickman
Grand Rapids
Mich
Akron
Blodgett Memorial Hospital
Ady
Canton
Peoples
Gray
Hug
Eagle
Liz Py
Rae
Aclal
Aring Vuree Ceu Pay
A. Ie
Shore
Lh. Limhin Nelly Citting Company
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Weuerae
Pace Cen
Paceee Avenue
Bo' Canton
Tieken Noucer Geen Verry
Web
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Tuscarawas
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation
Jobe
2Nd ST. NE
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Onfsto
Timken
Ohio Medical
Blue Cross Hospital
Timken Roller Bearing Company
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