Marya Remembers First Meeting Louis at Hull House Music
A vivid reminiscence of Marya at Carnegie Hall recalling her dinner with the Alvanis and friends from Hull House. She and Louis, then shy and twenty, shared music and memories as the group urged her to sing again, while the evening pulsed with art and warmth.
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Music Left on a Train
Marya Ames recalls a young violinist Louis Alvania, a shy genius who captivates her and becomes a rising star. After war years, Marya reunites with Louis when he debuts at Carnegie Hall, cherishing artichokes, chestnuts, and memories of music left on a train that forever link them.
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Red Flag of Communism Threatens World The United States Faces Ideology
A Washington column argues communism is a religious ideology not a mere political party. It cites church statements from Lam beth and World Council of Churches, condemning Marxist doctrine as anti God and anti human. The piece warns that anti Communist action and awareness could curb the red flag’s global danger.
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Farm taxes rise again despite value gains
Census Bureau data show farm taxes per $100 real value increased to 96 cents in 1947 from 90 cents in 1945 and 1946, still well below the 1930 national average of $1.30. Land values continued to rise with the July 2 index at 174, double the 1935-39 level, and a 10 percent value increase for the year ending July 1.
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Census Bureau
We Lack at Words on the Eightieth Congress Record Pace
The 80th Congress produced a massive Congressional Record totaling 33,197 pages and over 50 million words. The Senate logged 1,480 hours and the House 1,223 hours, totaling 2,683 hours of debate. Members spoke at roughly 18,600 words per hour or about 310 words per minute.
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Samuel Colt Early Life and Pioneering Inventions
Samuel Colt was expelled from Amherst and sent to sea where a paddle wheel sparked the idea for a revolving pistol cylinder. At 14 he built a working model, later left his father's dye works to pursue fortune as Dy Colt. In 1872 he submitted a gun plan to the patent office and received a patent in 1880. He later invented a submarine mine and died wealthy at 48.
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