Know Your Congressman To Make Democracy Work
A civic review urges voters to study congressional records beyond final votes. It highlights reading amendments, recommitta, and committee actions to gauge real support or opposition. Emphasizing accessible hearings and press reporting as tools for informed judgment.
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House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
National Citizens’ Political Action Committee
Nc-Pac
House
Lowell Mellett
The Greatest Deception in World War II Invasion
The final report on D-Day describes the Allied deception that misled German forces. A five pronged plan staged fake landings near Le Havre Boulogne Cherbourg with planes ships and balloons to mask the actual invasion site. The Allies crossed the channel unopposed and achieved a pivotal victory.
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Eisenhower
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Calais
15Th Army
Cap d'Antiter
le Havre
Boulogne
Cherbourg
Channel
Wheat Harvest Aims To Ease World Famine In 1946
The 1946 harvest in the south and southwest progresses quickly as elevators fill. Officials note shipments may meet or exceed the 400 million bushel export commitment, with July prospects strong. The report covers autos exports controls, U S tax history, Nebraska and Iowa women recognition, and petroleum research plans with a Dallas meeting and Chicago follow up.
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Department
War clause invalid in double indemnity case
In Chicago United States district court Judge William J Campbell ruled that a life policy double indemnity should be paid to John P Hooker for his son Marine Captain George K Hooker who died in a training accident near Auckland New Zealand in 1943. The war clause was deemed invalid as the death resulted from routine training not combat. Separately New York reports record life insurance held by American families reaching 163 billion dollars by midyear with strong gains in ordinary policies and a recovered group life market.
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Chicago
United States District Court
William J. Campbell
John P. Hooker
Winnetka
Ill
George K. Hooker
Hooker
Auckland
New Zealand
Marine Corps
Company
Life Insurance Company
Campbell
New HiGh New York
Institute of Life Insurance
Institute
Farm Safety Week Set for July 21 to 27
Farmers and workers are urged to observe Farm Safety Week from July 21 to 27. President Truman proclaimed the week to eliminate at least one hazard daily on farms. Agencies and organizations including the Agriculture Department and National Grange join in safety education nationwide.
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Truman
United States Department of Agriculture
National Grange
National Fire Protection Association
The
Farm Equipment Institute
American Farm Bureau Federation
Riddle of Ring Around Neck of Bear Is Solved
In Hemlock Washington a black bear with a white ring around its neck stirred talk of tame or freak. Joe Szydlo shot the bear and proved the ring was paint from a toppled bucket. The bear likely got paint on its head while raiding garbage pails and could not wash the neck.
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Hemlock
Otfers
Joe Szydlo
Eight Tractors Replant Two Illinois Fields After Tornado
NAYLOR TEXAS. A tornado west of Gran wer ruined crops on Louis Hanzelka Julius Cepear fields. Six neighbors with eight tractors replanted both farms. The crew worked from dawn to night, plowing and planting with Hanzelka Cepear and seven others guiding the operation. The ground was then planted to cotton and feed.
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Ore Day
Naylor
Texas
Granwer
Louis Hanzelka
Julius Cepear
Hanzelka
Cepear
Paul Repa
Albert Repa
Adolph Naizer
Willie Pekar
Louis Hajda
Hunt Gourbec
Prospector Pleads Bombing Mountain At White Sands
A gold prospector owning a mountain near the V-2 test area asks Lt. Col. Turner at White Sands proving ground to strike and blow up the mountain to save digging. Colonel Furner said the request cannot be granted.
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White Sands
N. M
H. R. Turner
White Sands Proving Ground
Furner
New Amphibian Seaplane Base Opens in Wolfeboro NH
Aviation notes cover a completed amphibian and seaplane base in Wolfeboro New Hampshire to serve year round visitors to the lake region. It also lists pilots and airports in Hartsville North Carolina Salmon Idaho Estes Park Mileposts and a Dayton helicopter demonstration.
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Wolfeboro
N.H
New Hampshire Lake
James E. Wolfe
Hartsville
N. C
Fair Haven
Grant Eldredge
Salmon, Idaho
India
ATC
Idaho Mountains
Sportsmen's Pilot's Association of Colorado
Estes Park
TraMec
Chicago
Bias Aircraft Lands at Hagerstown Municipal Airport
The PY-19 with new cross wind landing gear lands on the bias at Hagerstown Maryland municipal airport under guidance from John Gless of the CAA. The PY-10 built by Fairchild in Utah appears in Parowan Times telegram from Lt. Simon Benson in Berlin urging Parowan to build an airport as Benson plans return. Lyle Nelson testifies at Jordan Montana incident, citing misbranded cattle seen from his plane at 10 to 18 feet altitude and 35 to 45 mph.
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Hagerstown
Johm Glesse
CAA
Fairchild
Utah
Parowan
Simon Benson
Berlin
Germany
Benson
Parowan Goon
Lyle Nelson
Tris
Jordan
Mont
Questionable Quiz Snippets From Ask Me Another
A garbled set of trivia prompts asks about Canada's provincial count, Roman names for Calanda, and state department origins. It also queries animal testimony in court, ostrich behavior, a Bryant poem bird, and bullet drop versus rise in fast planes, all in a fragmented, OCR-like format.
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Canada
Rock of Gibraltar
Calonda
Department of State
William Cullen Bryant
Robert of Lincoln
Answers and clues from a curious quiz list
A compact list presents items including The Answers, nine provinces and two territories, soft limestone, the first day of the month, the department of foreign affairs, the bloodhound, a note about worm foraging, the bobolink, and a physics-like statement on bullet spin and wind effects.
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Department of Foreign Affairs
Bobolink
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