Hot Potatoes Await Diggers in Midyear Economic Review
President Truman's midyear report from the Council of Economic Advisers and the Bureau of the Budget summary on federal outlays face inflationary outlooks. The budget notes a $2.5 billion cut amid larger defense and foreign aid spending, while price trends point to higher living costs with June data due. Political blame games shadow the economy as wage and price pressures mount.
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Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Bureau of the Budget
Congress
John Taber
House Appropriations Committee
China
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Idaho Faces Tax Reform After Peabody Education Plan
The state wrestles with tax income allocation for a sparse population and seeks a Peabody survey to streamline government. The piece argues for an impartial, expert review of Idaho's tax and administrative structure to avoid piecemeal fixes.
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Idaho
Peabody Institute of Tennessee
Peabody
Peabody Survey
State Government Reform Questions Spark Editorial Debate
The piece argues for simpler state administration, fewer agencies, and unified tax and law enforcement goals. It questions cabinet selection, liquor sales, and equitable tax assessment while citing a 1946 education survey as a model for future savings and efficiency.
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Pocatello
McCammon
Great Lady Eleanor Patterson Dies Recalled by Son-in-Law
The writer reflects on Eleanor Patterson ex mother in law known for scathing newspaper columns and ties to Joe Patterson. He notes her influence on the Tribune dynasty and her role in founding the New York Daily News and Washington Times Herald. He recalls her Dupont Circle home designed by Stanford White and her early life in Washington.
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Washington
Eleanor Patterson
Time Magazine
Cissy Patterson
Nme
J Oe
Joe
Cissy
Eleanor
Chicago Tribune
Bea
Tribune Machine
New York Daily News
Washington Times-Herald
Dupont Circle
Chicago
Stanford White
K. Thaw
Cissy Patterson and Washington Society in Dupont Circle Era
The piece recalls Cissy Patterson’s Dupont Circle home and social circle, noting Joe Leiter Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Evalyn McLean kinships. It describes early Washington expansion around Dupont Circle, Patterson’s journalism influence, and a city grown beyond its historic limits.
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Joe Leiter
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Cissy
Walsh Castle
Evalyn Walsh McLean
West
Washington
Dupont Circle
League of Nations
Calvin Coolidge
Robert McCormick
District of Columbia
Patterson
Cissy Patterson
Banked praise and books clash with bank mortgage biz
Robert Ruark notes banker Baynard Kendrick dedicates a best seller to the Bank of Romney in West Virginia. The piece mocks the bank's promotional pamphlet and wonders about literary hype in finance while quoting officials and reacting to the era's Broadway style publicity.
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New York
Baynard Kendrick
Kendrick
Bank of Romney
W. Va
Romney
Mr. Kendrick
Mr. K
Literary Guild
Ford
Greenwich Village
Drovers and Drivers Bank Trust Co
Park Ave
Corn Exchange
Escrow
Jonesy
Paulette Goddard
Rex Harrison
Paris
Mac
Washington recalls and recalls the 80th Congress
Washington walls echo with anger as lawmakers return from a frenzied special session. Representative Estes Kefauver faces a tough Tennessee primary against Tom Stewart’s seat, with Ed Crump of Memphis backing opposition as liberal New Deal advocates defend change in the South.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Murray Bay
Canada
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Cape Cod
House
Congress
Rep
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Senate
Tom Stewart
Kefauver
South
Change
Ed Crump
Memphis
Crump
Kefauver Campaign Amid Smear Ads Across Tennessee
Marquis Childs notes Crump funds statewide smear ads labeling Kefauver as a Red with hints of communism. Kefauver campaigns across all 95 Tennessee counties in a rugged frontier style, seeking votes on his record amid a three candidate race and rising Republican hopes with Carroll Reece’s senate bid.
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Kefauver
Crump
Memphis
Vito Marcantonio
Wallace
Ross Crump
John A. Mitchell
Cookeville
Senator Stewart
Stewart
Tennessee
Hunter
Kenneth McKellar
Solid South
Carroll Reece
Thomas E. Dewey
Reece
Congress
Senate
Adah Isaacs Menken the striptease translator of Homer
Adah Isaacs Menken born New Orleans 1835 and died Paris 1868 rose from a teen dancing girl to a famed 19th century celebrity. She translated Homer’s Iliad at age 13 and gained notoriety for her provocative stage performances and marriages.
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Adah Isaacs Menken
New Orleans
Paris
Helen of Troy
Cleopatra
Lola Montez
Adah Menken
Cuba
Mexico
Adah Menken a Kinseyesque life of ink and kiss and click
The note recalls Adah Menken a photographer figure of the 1860s who mingled with writers and statesmen in Europe and London She raced from stage doors to Paris apartments hawking photos with luminaries like Dickens Rossetti Swinburne and Dumas Her life ended in Paris in 1868 with Longfellow at her bedside and a fortune from kiss and click images linger in print
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Walt Whitman
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Adah
Europe
Napoleon III
Duke of Edinburgh
Oscar
Sweden
Greece
Dickens
Rossetti
London
Aandre Dunmins
Ms Taroy
Paris
Alex
Champs Elysses
Dumas
Swinburne
Adah Menken
Longfellow
Edgar Allen Poe
Gypsy Rose Lee
Novice columnist and readers seek aid amid travel tale
The piece notes sinus troubles of a local writer and compares to Sam Hanson. It mentions scarce care facilities for elderly residents near G City, raises a plea for information about Wesley Williams, and recounts a Western Air Lines incident where a pilot yielded time to let a sick girl fly to Salt Lake City, enabling her safe return home.
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Sam Hanson
Sam
Pocatello
Advice From The Doctor Rheumatic Fever Overview
The article explains rheumatic fever a serious illness often affecting children and youth. It notes unknown causes hinder prevention and treatment, describes typical joint pain fever and rapid migration between joints, and warns of potential heart involvement with possible heart murmurs. Bed rest during the acute stage is advised.
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A fragmentary note presents unclear names and events with limited readable details. The context and participants remain uncertain, making a precise summary difficult.
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John C. Heenan
America
Mazeppa
Mark Twain
Billy Rose
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Mand
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