Washington Calling By Marquis Childs on Rural Electrification
Washington sees the fight over federally developed power heating up as the 1940s political campaign nears. The private power industry pressures to discredit REA programs while co ops push for government loans and self generation to keep rates fair. Key figures include Truman, Senator Aiken, and Taft with North Dakota co operatives shaping the debate.
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Washington
TVA
Bonneville
Grand Coulee
Pacific Northwest
America
Rural Electrication Administration
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
American Farm Bureau
The
Grange
James Patton
Farmers Union
Truman
George Aiken
Vermont
REA
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Minot
N. D
Taft
North Dakota
P. J. Donnelly
Farm Bureau
National Board of the Electric Cooperative Association
Athhough
Dakotas
Power Company
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Oberlin Graduates Plan European Tour On Shares
Two Boston University journalism graduates, William E. Sheehy and John T. Coates, will tour Europe this summer funded by selling $1 shares to subscribers. They will travel from Montreal on a Greek freighter, visit the Festival of Britain and stop in several European countries before Italy. Dividends to stockholders will be post cards or visits from relatives. they may send stories to hometown papers. Other Oberlin items note a student recital by Barbara Culp and a piano recital by Richard Alan Blankston, plus a garage fire at Myers Motor Co destroying a pickup and a birth notice for Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Collins.
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Boston
Boston University
Europe
Y. William E. Sheehy
Waterbury
Sheehy
Coates
Britain
Germany
Austria
France
Italy
Oberlin
Barbara Culp
Warner Concert Phall
Culp
Conservatory of Music
Arthur Becknell
Chloe
Mozart
der Jager
Brahms
Wolf
Niles
Wyman-Brockway
Bercouse
Auvergne
Canteloube
Richard Alan Blankston
B. A
Warner Concert Hall
Bach
Bereeuse
Chopin
Bartok
Beethoven
Myers Motor Company
Horse And Buggy Days Make Trucker Sigh
Marcus Roggenburger has 35 years accident free driving for a downtown store and recalls horse drawn wagons. He now drives a one and a half ton truck but preferred the buggy with a gold stripe and yellow wheels. He says horses had brains and knew when to stop while many drivers today do not.
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Philadelphia
Marcus Roggenburger
Roggensburger
Eaton Reunion and Camp Christian Plans Highlight Local Notes
Mr and Mrs Ford Hill and Mr and Mrs Elton Hill attended the Chapman reunion at Columbia park. Allen Carpenter Carol Carpenter Joan Carpenter Ruth Burgenhein Dick Fishburn and Margery Grills plan to attend the Young People’s Conference at Camp Christian Minerv al Springs August 12 to 19. The A C Youngs returned from a three week vacation visiting relatives in Minnesota Michigan and Indiana. Cubs Visit Brookside Park Zoo in Cleveland with Den 4 and mothers Dorothy Petrokowski and Twila Hill. Mrs Eliza Sanders celebrated her 81st birthday with daughter Mrs Harry Tompkins and families at a noon picnic. Local notes also mention the heart of the Penicillin synthesis and a discussion of federally built dam subsidies.
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Minn
Pearl Coulter
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Young
K. F. Gruber
Charlotte Young
Cadillac
Mich
Mr. Young
Zoo
Dorothy Petrokowski
Twila Hill
Brook,side Park Zoo
Cleveland
Births and Dismissals Featured in Local Notices
A list of births announces a son to Mr and Mrs Laverne New berger a daughter to Mr and Mrs Artis Rucker and a son to Mr and Mrs Leo Park. Dismissals include Mrs Archibald Byrne and daughter Mrs Charles Williams and son Vincent Hart Linda Jo Barber Alfonso Patrick Mrs Ruth Rizer William Krebs George Delafield Mrs Walter Cox Mrs Albert Wragg Mrs Harold Johnson and Otis Tucker. It Will Too Dont let home mishaps make you miss happiness.
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Carl Soboslai
Laverne Newberger
Artis Rucker
Leo Park
Archibald Byrne
Charles Williams
Vincent Hart
Linda Jo Barber
Alfonso Patrick
Ruth Rizer
William Krebs
George Delafield
Walter Cox
Albert Wragg
Harold Johnson
Otis Tucker
Adirondacks at War on Black Fly Post
In the central Adirondack region black fly control uses DDT to extend the resort season. Since control began, proprietors say the vacation period length has grown by about two months, aiding tourism and local economy amid ongoing aerial spray efforts.
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Adirondacks
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