Freedom Train uncovers nation’s democratic ideals on tour
The Freedom Train embark on a 30,000 mile year long tour from Philadelphia visiting 300 communities in 48 states. It carries 128 American documents from the Constitution to the Emancipation Proclamation, protected in fireproof cases with marines guarding display.
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Our
Liberties
Philadelphia
Marine Corps Guard
City Hall
William Penn
WIN
America
San auMegias
United Nations
National Shrine On Wheels
Jefferson
George Washington
Lincoln
Great Britain
United States
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
John Jay
Reversed Process Leaves Teacher Held After School
Philadelphia report details Miss Betty Johnston a 38 year old Taggart elementary instructor kept after school for two hours. She marked papers then failed to notice doors were locked and phoned police. Patrolmen arrived with a ladder but she refused to descend. A later search found the janitor with the key.
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Philadelphia
Betty Johnston
Taggart
Miss Johnston
Barber displays 500 antique straight razors collection
Plymouth Massachusetts barber Leo Dohesani decorates his shop window with over 500 old-fashioned straight razors. The display includes a blade said to have been used in Greece seven centuries ago, highlighting the owner’s passion for history and craftsmanship.
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Plymouth
Mass
Leo Do #hesani
Greece
Repentant Outlaw Turned Minister Preaches Across Wyoming
Jenks D. Harris, once a 14 year old outlaw, served a 11 year San Quentin term for robbery. He rebuilt his life as a minister, preached to convicts for six years, and since parole 16 years ago, travels by plane to underserved communities. Earlier, he was drawn to outlaw roles in Hollywood and led a bank robbery gang inspired by a film plot.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Jenks D. Harris
San Quentin
Harris
James Brothers
Hollywood
Dewey Eyes White House Amid Political Maneuvering
The piece surveys Thomas E. Dewey as New York governor, detailing his rise, ambitions, and the Republican push for the 1948 presidential nomination. It notes rival stop-Dewey efforts, Taft and Stassen dynamics, and Dewey’s prosecutorial record shaping his image and traction with party leaders.
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Washington
New York
Thomas Edmund Dewey
Taft
Warren
California
Stassen
New
Dewey
al Smith
White House
Byrnes backs get-tough line on Russia and Germany
Former secretary of state James Byrnes proposes a 10 step peace plan for Germany and a possible war if Russia blocks a treaty. Refugees flee Soviet zones toward Sweden amid reports of forced mobilization. AFL to abolish 13 vice presidents to allow affidavits under Taft-Hartley, leaving Green and Meany as top officers.
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James F. Byrnes
Russia
Byrnes
U. S
Red Army
Germany
Big Five
U. N. Security Council
Security Council
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
San Francisco
AFL
Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
William Green
George Meany
Labor
Preparations for German reparations dismantle plants
British and American military governments announce plans to dismantle 682 German industrial and war plants across their zones to hasten European economic recovery. The metal chemical electrical engineering shipbuilding and power facilities would be affected. The move faces a key question whether to destroy Germany’s war potential or rebuild peaceful industry while inviting German substitutes for equivalent loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
U. S
Britain
Vanishing Americanisms in Rural Telephone Service
A piece on the shift from party line rural telephones to a new community rotary dial exchange designed for small communities with 300 to 400 subscribers. The system promises fully automatic service for various line configurations, separation of toll and local calls, and long term maintenance without human intervention, but cannot trace a doctor in emergencies.
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Walter Winchell
Dial
Aine
Rotary Exchange
Benjamin Franklin
Farm and Ranches for Sale and Machinery Exchange
Classified listing from Elizabeth Frey Estate Tripp Dakota and others offers 20 acre improved farms with water and outbuildings, 100 acres cultivation, 80 pasture near oil highway 4% miles northwest of Tripa. Also farm machinery including Massey Harris Wisconsin motor tractors and John Deere Deering motors. Various residences, roads, and roadsides noted across several counties.
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Wisconsin
Massey Harris
John Deere A
McCormick Deering
Tripa
Elizabeth Frey
Tripp
Dakota
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Andrew Jackson
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New Orleans
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Tom Dewey
Owosso, Mich
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Losiders
New York State Industrial Union Council
CIO
Saratoga Springs
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Hunstler
American Bar Association
Dutch Schultz
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Iron Curtain
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Texdoe Gor
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Alexandria
Eutryone
Wintehatl Publishing
Morilgas
Holat
Rapolr
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Minnesota
Chicaxa
Farm Machinery & Equip
Black Hawk Tractor Co
Sterloy, To
Ann Arbor
Oliver
Andrew Steensma
Bigelow
Minneteree Grain
Mmanufacturer
Roller Bigs
Cushman Engines
Young Mfg. CO
Shambaugh
Minn
Scott County
Wallace Miller
New Prague
Ben Dietz
Winnebago
Minnesotan
Bennett
Burlington
Tuncdon
Missouri
Iowa
Praite Farm
B. F
Ferguson
Keasauqua
Clarke County
Towa
Leroy Shields
F.C
Somers
Moeller & Son
Clinton
Walter Wegner
Gladbrook
Henr Lenberger
Rock Rapids
Medical Corps
Cherokee State Hospital
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Mindo
Bondo
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George Seed CO
Mit
Missouri Popcorn CO
Havti
Waulert & Guntaler
Saint Loulet
U.S. Savings. Bonds
WMLN
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