White House telephones through history and Hayes era
A compact look at how telephones transformed White House communication from Hayes era to Truman. It notes the 1878 first instrument, the evolution under Cleveland McKinley Roosevelt and Roosevelt, the 1930s branch exchange, and Louise Hachmeister the famed operator, with rising long distance use and Truman’s reliance on phones and a television set as a modern amenity.
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Russian Enigma Illustrated Boris Krelovy in Washington
The article recalls Boris Krelovy, once of the Soviet news agency Tags, stationed in Washington for about three years. It notes his numerous American contacts, absence of ideological influence on him, and his likable, genial nature. A hostess accuses him of refusing to explain why his government acts, claiming Americans are too stupid to understand communism. The piece reflects on Russian attitudes and the quote from Kipling about foreigners and misunderstood speech.
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Nome
Tags
Washington
Russia
Sam Welles
Time
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Boris
Jenne
Kipling
Earth
Birthday of Atom Follows Hiroshima Attitude Debate
The second anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic blast prompts bells and prayers as residents plan a peace memorial. Across the globe experts warn of looming risks while U S officials condemn Hungary’s new regime after the Thuransky case. Orson Welles faces a bullfighters’ challenge and the Aleutians are integrated into North American defense strategy under Eisenhower.
U S Wheat Acreage Goal Raised to 75 Million Acres
Washington officials say 1948 wheat acreage could reach 75 million acres, the fourth largest on record, driven by high prices and sustained international demand. The department cautions against plowing sod lands ill suited for farming and notes market price may dictate plantings more than goals.
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Department
United States
Oddities in Three Big Burg Radio City Employees
A quirky note on Walter Winchell style and New York history. It mentions three Radio City workers picking cigarette butts, Rockefeller Center’s 2015 plan to transfer to Columbia University at no cost, and vintage price trivia. The piece touches on sunlit blue glass health beliefs, slavery abolition, and New Amsterdam’s aliases, with cultural curiosities about Maiden Laws and the Little Church Around the Corner.
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Radio City
Rockefeller Center
Columbia University
Doom to Veterans Loans Hurts G I Bill Access
The RFC authority to buy mortgages guaranteed by the G I Bill expired and was not renewed in full. Banks lack an outlet to dispose of these veteran loans, hindering home financing nationwide. Sen Sparkman proposed a late effort to restore RFC purchase power.
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Congress
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G.I
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Alabama
Treasure Hunt of Long Ago via Vanishing Americanisms
William O Keefe, once a reporter, recalls a morning paper publisher who moved a half ton safe to reach a nickel beneath it and quipped I wouldn t have moved it only I thought it was a dima A friend refuses a drink saying perhaps is that your breath while a wag adds is that your stagger This fragment references jokes and old time phrases titled Vanishing Americanisms with brief examples and headlines about house to let summer vacation and all you can eat for 1 25
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William O'Keefe
Military weaknesses of Russia in air and oil noted
Paul Mallon argues Russia is militarily vulnerable despite vast land, citing air exposure and oil reliance. He warns against overemphasizing size, urges focus on atomic and missile defense and air defense rather than offensive measures. The piece reflects concerns about congressional appropriations and strategic priorities.
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Russia
Hitler
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Leningrad
Stolen Fruits Are Sweetest in Neighborly Dispute
LuRING recounts boyhood lessons in Iowa about stealing watermelons. Decades later a backyard vine straddles two properties and a neighborly quarrel over ownership ends with the narrator eating the melons to settle the question. He muses that future wars would be hard on ground troops.
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