Rural towns on cusp of major changes and revival
Earle Hitch outlines a shift to a new rural era driven by large scale scientific farming, decentralization of industry, and rising demand for skilled labor, capital, and community life. He cites pastors, foundations, and civic groups shaping reorganization, with projects like rural homesteads, seed testing, processing cooperatives, and farm support policies guiding small towns toward a vibrant civic center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
American Friends Service Committee
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Rockefeller Foundaion
Farm Bureau
Farmers’ Union
National Grange
Agricultural Colleges
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Congress
World Varieties Smash Hit in 1947 News Diary
A diary style roundup covers January to December 1947 with broadcasts from Roosevelt’s bedroom and Poughkeepsie, visits to the White House and United Nations, the Truman doctrine, talks with ambassadors, flying saucers hype, and travel between Washington Florida and Vermont. Notable figures include governors, senators, and journalists, with references to Greece Turkey aid and the Marshall Plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
House of Representatives
Congress
Truman
Senate
Bilbo
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Joe
Martin
Senator Vandenberg
Hitler
Otto
Hapsburg
Austria
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Poughkeepsie
Smith Brothers
Palestine
Elizabeth
White House
Stephen Palmer
First Presbyterian
Lockport
N. Y
Attlee
India
Senators
Flanders
Vermont
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Robertson
Virginia
House
Greece
Turkey
Nat
Nathaniel Peffer
Columbia University
China
Chiang
Daytona Beach
Pensacola
Saipan
Birmingham
Anniston
Washington
Maurice Evans
Ophelia
State Department
Upper Darby
Oak Park
Richmond News Leader
WRNL
Smithfield Ham
Lucas
Iinois
Florida
Navy to Close Historic Arms Dump on Iona Island
After 47 years as a key link in sea defense Iona Island near Rip Van Winkle country is offered for rent by the Navy. The 323 acre site could be repurposed for manufacturing labs or institutions but cannot expand and high explosive handling safety remains a constraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iona Island
American Sea Defense
Rip van Winkle
Navy
Uttla Islands
Doan
Panama Bases Denied Threatens U S Canal Security
The Panamanian national assembly rejected a treaty giving the U S rights to lease and man 14 military and airfield sites around the canal. With 2,000 troops to withdraw, officials fear weakened defense around the canal and possible UN involvement. Rep Albert Engel links the defeat to Communist influence and suggests an Atlantic Pacific canal alternative if Panama remains resistant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
National Assembly
U. S
Panama Canal
Jiminez
Panamanian
Canal
Canal Zone
U. S.-Panama
France
Albert Engel
Rep
Mich
House Appropriatens
Researchers warn of postwar science staff shortage
Officials say a scarcity of scientists in key military research fields hampers the nation’s program. They reject the idea that antiwar sentiment is the cause, citing economic factors and a desire for freedom in study. The greatest gap is in scientist administrators who can organize and direct large projects, with long range plans to fix the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atomic Energy Commission
Evolutionary roots of 48 Auto among former car makers
The 48 Auto, a sleek model hailed as a product of survival of the fittest in industry, traces its lineage to 55 years of American automotive progress. Many now-defunct firms contributed innovations later adopted widely, including Pierce in 1904 steering column, Brush springs, Hupmobile unit power plant, King center gear shift, Pierce-Arrow fender headlights, Dusenberg four wheel hydraulic brakes, Rickenbacker air cleaner, and Franklin covered running boards, with remains of these early advances still shaping today’s cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Pierce
Brush
Call Springs
Hupmobile
King
Pierce-Arrow
Dusenberg
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Franklin
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S.A
Earle Hitch
WNI
Rural Life Movement
Eugene Smathers
Big Lick
Tenn
Baker Brownell
Montana
Rockefeller Foundation
C. E. Baker
University of Maryland
Monsignor
L.G. Ligutt
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
Seno Testers
World Varieties
Atom
U. N
Indian River
Richard Blub
Philadelphia
Wally
Wallgren
The
Stars and Stripes
United Businessmen's Association
Mexico
Aleman
Dr. Loudon
Netherlands
Bogg
Moscow
Ee Mare Sun
Paul Ward
Washington Post
Ferdinand Kuhn
Ohio
William Hassett
Louis Tuckerman
Bureau of Standards
State Marshall
Harvard
Chisholm
New York
State
Mount Mansfield
Tropical
Bill Benton
Voice of America
ABC
United Nations
Flushing
General Assembly
Assembly
Njets
Stassen
Barkhage
Porkey
Jacob Werner
Baltimore
Anderson
Agriculture Secretary
Senate Appropriations Committee
President's Council of
Ecanomic Advisers
Grain Opera
Clinton Anderson
Appropriations Committee
Edwin W. Pauley
Army
Kenneth Royall
Anderson's List
E. Eaking
Lake City
Iowa
Collie Golden Sable
Sramian
Arnold Roum
Decorah
Farm Machinery & Equip
Stewart Road
Muscatine
Automatic Gravel Company
Richter Willow Springa
Dexter
Nifatia
R.B
Cora Cook - Bruart
United Laboratories, Inc
Cleveland
C. C. Anderson Riceville
Writer's Digest
East
Twelfth ST
Cincinnati
ONI
Tpilmb
Colony Fuolo Bervig E
Amana Lowa
Ana
Brian Verbrugge
Armstron
We Melo Abe
Omza Waukesha Motor
Art Finken
Woodhine
Misc
Wayne Gilman
Bradenton
Fla
Clinton
George Plagmann J Ames
B. McDermott - Remsen
Love
Lydia
Pinkham
Cydia E. Pinkwan
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