Congressmen Will Turn on Steam By J Marlow
In Washington May 2 Associated Press reports Congress is at the half way point of the session with slow progress. Big bills are in committee hearings as lawmakers jockey and argue. Action has been limited to rent control and continuing the Marshall Plan, with major measures stalled in House or Senate and filibusters lingering in civil rights debates.
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Congress
Eigen
Senate
House
Truman
Europe
Polygamy Proposed To Balance Surplus Women
An American Mercury piece by Ralph Linton discusses global responses to excess women. It highlights polygamy as a practical solution, noting its use in Madagascar and suggesting Western interest from career women.
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American Mercury
Ralph Linton
Sterling
Yale University
Madagascar
Linton
Ten Wives for a Happy Home Polygamy Viewpoint
Hal Boyle humorously imagines a ten wife household each with a distinct skill from career success and nursing to cooking and entertaining. A doctor notes the drawback for a husband is the lack of days off, reducing it to a crack at polygamy versus monogamy.
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Dr. Linton
the Associated Press
Questioning China aid figures and naval transfers
The writer challenges official Chinese aid totals and the way the State Department books charges. He cites prior estimates of military aid around 1.0 billion dollars, discounts naval vessel transfers as wartime costs, and suggests charging China at 10 cents on the dollar. The result would be roughly 177.99 million in military aid after adjustments.
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China
United States
State Department
Chinese puzzle misreads aid and risks national defense
By George E. Sokolsky laments US China aid figures and accuses figures like Currie Lattimore Stillwell and Marshall of undermining wartime effort. He calls for congressional probes into who directed Gen Marshall on China policy and warns of a dangerous propaganda machine funded by taxpayers. He notes the need for accountability before a broader defeat endangers defense.
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George Marshall
Congressional
Gen. Marshall
China
Ben Cohen
Tommy Corcoran
T. V. Soong
G.I
King Features Syndicate
Voice From Grave Deposition Links Fields Heir to Estate
William Morris, son of the late comedian W C Fields, testifies in Los Angeles County Superior Court that Bessie Poole, a former Follies girl, is his mother. He seeks a share of Fields estate citing a letter from Poole to his grandmother Mrs Bessie Adelaide Witherell of Onset Massachusetts.
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Los Angeles County Superior Court
William Morris
W. C. Fields
Follies
Bessie Poole
Fields
Bessie Adelaide Witherell
Onset
Mass
Western Reserve Receives 2.5 Million From Will
From the 3 million estate of John H. Hord, late investment banker of Russell Township, 2.5 million will be distributed to Western Reserve University's school of medicine and to various philanthropic, religious, and educational groups. The medical school at Western Reserve University will ultimately receive 1.68 million under probate terms admitted today.
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Chardon
John H. Hord
Russell Township
Western Reserve University
School of Medicine
Cleveland University
Medical School
Judge Morgan Cleveland Dies After 40 Years Service
Judge Daniel Edgar Morgan, a 71 year old Cleveland appellate court leader, died at his Cleveland Heights home after a lengthy illness. Funeral at Amasa Stone Chapel Western Reserve University. Survived by widow Wilma and daughter Mrs Armand B Leavelle of Palo Alto. Appointed to the Court of Appeals in 1939 by Gov Bricker, he was known for a 1931 city parks make work line charity and an anti lynching demonstration.
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Cleveland
Daniel Edgar Morgan
Cleveland Heights
Amasa Stone Chapel
Western Reserve University
Wilma
Armand B. Leavelle
Palo Alto
Calif
Morgan
Court of Appeals
John W. Bricker
Judge Morgan
Senator Hunt Opposes Federal Health Plan in Cleveland
In Cleveland on May 1 Senator Lester Hunt of Wyoming said the compulsory health insurance bill before Congress will fail, predicting about 25 Senate votes. He argued that such a plan should be state based and spoke at a Cleveland Dental Society meeting.
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Cleveland
Congress
Lester C. Hunt
Wyoming
Cleveland Dental Society
Senate
Cleveland Strike Averted at Triplex Screw Co
A new contract averts a strike by about 350 workers at Triplex Screw Co in Cleveland. The agreement provides a five cent hourly wage increase and three paid holidays, ending the labor dispute.
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Cleveland
Triplex Screw Co
Pronunciation notes from a book review feature
A columnist critiques usage and pronunciation in modern prose and public speech. Topics include derisive versus derisive, ko-tay-shun vs ko-TAYshun for quotation, incidently versus incidentally, Shaw stack- a- vitch Shostakovich, and ye Olde Shoppe pronunciation with thorn history and the evolution of the definite article the.
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H. V. Kaltenborn
Herbert Hoover
Barkley
Shaw- Stack-Uh-Vitch
Shostakovich
Webster
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India
Hal Boyle
Dean Acheson
George E.soxotsky
Mr. Acheson
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Britain
Japan
Lauchlin Currie
Owen Lattimore
John 8S. Service
W. Walton Butterworth Jr
Vinegar Joe
Western Reserve
Will
Bricker
Earl L. Smithepublican
Earl L. Smith
Sen. Hunt
Elmer L
Blackheads
Novak N. Marku
Democratic
Fourth Ward
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Ohio
American
Ohio State
Stark County
MARKU
DR. Pennington
N. Xacsce
Perc Eal
Bre
Westinghouse
U.S. Pat
Ted Malone
ABC Network
Frank Colby
Colby
Paul Gallico
the Bell Syndicate, Inc
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