The Founding Vision Of Congress And Oversight
A reader letter argues Congress must oversee executives under the Constitution. It cites Teheran Yalta atomic oversight, Senate ratification, and the Atomic Energy Commission. The piece praises 81st Congress for diligent, slow legislative practice and resistance to rushed “must” legislation.
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Congress
Senate
Yalta
Soviet Russia
Japan
Manchuria
Kurile Islands
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Congressional Committee
Roosevelt
Remembrance and Ironies From a War-Weary Night
Across America and Europe memories echo a veteran tone. In Frankfort a German flower seller with a rose in his mouth trades for a customer while references to past battles color the scene. In Savoy London late night chatter turns brittle as allies spar about who bears blame for war and warmth. St Lo rises as a symbol of recovery after its war ruins, rebuilt with American aid and courage. Maj Thomas Howie is remembered, his flag carried into St Lo by the 29th Infantry Division, memorialized in a churchyard.
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New York
Europe
Frankfort
Hal Boyle
Allies
Savoy
London
St. Lo
Hitler
Normandy
Maj
Thomas Howie
Howie
29Th Infantry Division
Normandy German War Cemetery Outside La Cambe
Hal Boyle recalls the German military cemetery near La Cambe in Normandy where rows of crosses mark the Reich’s soldiers. The French caretaker, honoring duty without celebration, lets nature reclaim the graves as weeds and flowers drift above the unknown and known soldiers.
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Europe
la Cambe
Normandy
Hitler
Fatherland—Der Fuehrer
Panzer Grenadiers
The
Associated Press
Jeffersonian Wisdom on Economy and Liberty
A forwarded quotation praises frugal governance and warns against perpetual debt. It cites Thomas Jefferson as a great democrat opposed to deficits, urging balance and economy. The piece argues national debt endangers liberty and cites Hoover Commission savings of 3 to 5 billion dollars yearly as a path to reform.
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George S. Benson
North America
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Hoover Commission
Kent State Summer Session Enrolls Record High 3350
Kent State University summer session enrollment reached a record 3,350 students. Registrar Dr. Charles E. Atkinson cited teachers pursuing advanced degrees and about 1,800 veterans as main factors. Two new faculty members were added to handle the surge in elementary education courses. The prior high was 3,153 last summer.
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Kent
Kent State University
Charles E. Atkinson
Atkinson
Van Wert man charged with first degree murder
Celina Ohio Thomas P Reedy 28 of Van Wert charged with first degree murder in slaying of estranged wife Marcile 19. She was shot to death in her home.
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Celina
Thomas P. Reedy
van Wert
Marcile
New Yorkers End 82 Day Brewing Strike
New York City’s brewing industry resumed operations after an 82 day strike ending with aSettlement by seven locals of the C S O United Brewery Workers. About 1,000,000 barrels freed for rapid delivery to 11,322 drinking spots and 14,165 beer licensed grocers.
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New York
C. S. O. United Brewery Workers
Postage Costs To Relay Canton Letter To Lenox Father
A Canton China man sent a letter to his father Wong Jong in Lenox needing 4 820 000 in postage, but in American money the stamps equate to about a half dollar. The unusual surcharge highlights cross border correspondence costs and historical postal rates.
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Lenox
Mass
Canton
China
Man
Wong Jong
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Needlecraft Dept
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Flatbush Station
Brooklyn
N. Y
University of Nebraska
America
Paanieis
Ee Lain
Ied Service
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Federal
Market
Tuscarawas Street
Hoover
Dave Towell, Inc
Walnut Avenue
Canton 2
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