Small Towns United in Rural Development Pattern
Mississippi project sets a national example by expanding rural occupations through farming innovation, power extension, and local mill work. Tupelo leads with a five county plan backed by the Tupelo Daily Journal and local chambers, aiming to diversify farming, boost dairying and horticulture, and create new rural industries for broader regional growth.
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Tupelo, Miss
Rural Community Development Council
Eable Hitch
WNU
Upper South
America
Tupelo Plan
Tupelo Daily Journal
George McLean
The
Daily Journal
Chamber of Commerce
McLean
Tupelo
United States
Women deputies fill Idaho frontier role after resignations
Burley Idaho reports that Deputy Sheriff positions remain held by women. When the sole woman deputy in the state resigned to wed, Sheriff Saul Clark appointed a replacement female officer. Marjorie Philbrook quit to marry state highway patrolman Cleve Johnson, and Barbara Lindsay was given the deputy sheriff post.
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Burley
Ida
Idaho
Saul Clark
Marjorie Philbrook
Cleve Johnson
Barbara Lindsay
Seeds Party Sparks Mock Watermelon Treat in Iowa
In Srenandoah Iowa a focal seed company offered its employer a watermelon snack as a business gesture. The event centered on company seeds and employee relations.
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Srenandoah
Iowa
Focal Seed
Chapel to honor four chaplains of Dorchester sinking
Philadelphia plans a Chapel of the Four Chaplains to commemorate Protestant, Catholic and Jewish chaplains who stayed with troops aboard the Dorchester after it was torpedoed in the North Atlantic on February 3, 1943. The interfaith project aims to open 24 hours daily, with about $160,000 raised for the shrine.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Interfaith Sponsoring Committee
Europe
North Atlantic
Lincoln and the Lincoln Myth in a 1948 Birthday Memory
A reflective piece recalls presidential memory of Abraham Lincoln through a mother and daughter’s Chicago wake scene, the Lincoln Memorial, and public recollection in Washington. It links myth, heritage, and national identity to Lincoln’s enduring presence and calls for action guided by his spirit amid wartime concerns.
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Lincoln
Camelot
Chicago
Hilie Toom
New York State
West
Catafalque
Tory
America
Nazi Soviet Pact Reveals Bitter Prewar Alignments
The State Department released captured German records detailing Nazi Soviet relations from 1939 to 1941. The documents show Hitler and Molotov discussing excluding Britain and the U S from Europe, while Stalin proposed joining the axis for gains in Finland and the Middle East.
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U.S
Russia
State Department
Foreign Office
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
V. M. Molotov
Britain
U. S
Europe
Asia
Africa
Stalin
Finland
Dardanelles
Middle East
Soviet Russia
Balkans
Balkan
Central Asia
Poland
Hoover Plan on Foreign Aid Sparks Bipartisan Debate
Former President Herbert Hoover urged Congress to reject a four year European recovery program and to curb Marshall plan outlays. He warned large aid could spark inflation and drain U S resources, proposing a bipartisan commission to oversee aid and labeling up to three billion dollars in gifts. Roy Roberts of the Kansas City Star predicted Dwight D Eisenhower will likely withdraw from presidential consideration, forecasting a June exit and clarifying he speaks for no candidate.
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Herbert Hoover
U. S
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hoover
State Department
Dwight D. Hisenhower
Roy A. Roberts
The
Kansas City Star
Eisenhower
Roberts
Alf Landon
Shafer introduces bill to build American rubber industry
Representative Paul Shafer of Michigan introduces legislation creating a permanent government regulated American made rubber industry with a 675000 ton annual capacity and a required production of at least 225000 tons yearly. The measure uses the term American made rubber and omits the word synthetic.
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Paul Shafer
Rep
Mich
Holidays on Weekends in 1948 and 1976 Calendar Oddities
A calendar study notes major holidays in 1948 fall on Saturdays and Sundays, affecting time off for workers as government observances extend holidays on Mondays. Christmas 1948 and New Year 1949 land on Saturdays, with Labor Day and Thanksgiving on weekdays. Sunday holidays occur only once every 28 years, last in 1920, next in 1076.
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Old Mill
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