Educators and citizens face a crisis of American understanding
George E. Sokolsky argues that American education has become over specialized and administratively run, leaving many people ignorant of how the government works. He cites a cleaning woman as emblematic of widespread unfamiliarity with the Constitution, the presidency, and national tradition, warning that this distrust endangers the nation.
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T.rom
Charleston
S. C
Tru- George E. soKoisky
South Carolina
Alabama
United States
Union
America
Gen. Eisenhower
Harold Stassen
Nicholas Murray Butler
Charles Eliot
Arthur Hadley
Mark Hopkins
David Starr Jordan
Booker T. Washington
Woodrow Wilson
King Features Syndicate
Return of World War II dead arrives in Brooklyn
A somber welcome in Brooklyn as 6 785 sailors and soldiers return home aboard the Barney Kirschbaum. The crowd hears taps and a final prayer as a sobbing mother laments her lost child amid flag draped coffins and a solemn memorial scene.
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Hal Boyle
Barney Kirschbaum
World War II dead return home to quiet pier scene
Hal Boyle describes the somber sunset homecoming at a long pier where families bid farewell as 140,000 of 160,000 American WWII dead are being transported home. Flags, grief, and distant drums mark a scene repeated over two years, with most bodies already back.
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The
Associated Press
Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler
The column targets William Z Foster and Eugene Dennis as traitors for backing Maurice Thorez in a Soviet aligned pledge. It asserts treason and warns of mass detentions, invoking past Japanese internment and condemning U S legal limits while praising punitive measures against communists and pro Soviet supporters.
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Truman
William Z. Foster
Eugene Dennis
Communist Party
Maurice Thorez
Westbrook
France
Foster
Dennis
United States
Thorez
Russia
Foster and
Washington
Congress
New York
New Jersey
Canadian Mennonites Quit Paraguay Farms
A group of 47 Dutch Mennonites from Winnipeg returned to New York by plane after going to Paraguay last spring to farm. Diedrich Wieler said the 1,700 Mennonites faced jungle clearing, mismatch with local farming, and government instability with three administrations in a year. Some have already returned to Canada and more will follow.
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New York
Winnipeg
Can
Paraguay
Diedrich Wieler
Altona
Manitoba
Canada
Rushed 2-piece frock pattern 4896 for Jr. Miss sizes
Pattern 4896 offers a high bodice rippled peplum and back skirt bow in a 2 piece Jr. Miss frock. Size 13 requires 3 7/8 yards of 39 inch fabric. Send 25 cents to The Canton Repository Pattern Dept. 243 West 17th St New York NY.
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Anne Adams
Canton Repository
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Whipping Post Used for Wife Beating in Delaware
A 43 year old man, William H Wright of Smyrna, was whipped 10 times at the New Castle County whipping post for beating his wife Lillie. Chief Justice Charles S Richards sentenced Wright to 10 lashes and one year in prison.
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Wilmington
Del
New Castle County
William H. Wright
Smyrna
Lillie
Charles S. Richards
General Sessions Court
Life Insurance and the Tompkins Family Portrait
A family feature shows Jay and Kay Tompkins balancing frugality with forward planning. The piece highlights neighborhood swaps for clothes, saving for appliances, and a life insurance plan to secure their future, illustrating how independent family effort builds security and peace of mind.
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Jay
Kay
Tompkinses
Institute OF Life Insurance
East 42Nd Street
New York
N. Y
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Poland
Netherlands
Belgium
Foster and Dennis
Hollywood
DeWitt
Arizona
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
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Auss Jones
Tay Va Asure
DIAL
Harter Bank
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East Tusg
BAY Government
Jay Tompkins
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Kay Tompkins
U.S
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Ann
Sally
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