Troy Record Opinion on Coal Crisis and Elections
The Troy Record argues the coal shortage demands municipal action and rationing, praising local officials and criticizing federal inaction. It also analyzes postwar voting patterns, arguing for expanding voting rights to balance electoral power and warn of one party rule and potential communism.
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Troy
Coal Conservation Commission
Conservation Commission
Municipal Commission
Ahern
Dewey
Washington
Our Road To Socialism and Labor in Britain
Analysis argues that U S government planners and Democratic leaders favor a British Labor Party victory to aid Democratic prospects in the United States. It claims A D A supports labor win, warns that Congressional approval of Truman plans would push the U S toward socialism, and urges vigilance against a Republican gain.
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Democratic Party
Labor Party
Truman
Digland
Americans For Democratic Action
Roosevelt New Dealers
England
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Pass
Senate
A.D.A
Congress
United States
Democratic
Britain
Philippines
Hong K Kong
Indonesia
Acheson
Asia
Burma
Siam
Ceylon
India
The Vanishing Vest in Menswear History
The piece argues the vest is not extinct but declining in visibility through the 1940s style shifts. It cites WWII fabric restrictions, sport coat and two piece suit trends, and necktie fashion as factors, while noting the vest remains in demand for workers needing lower pockets for watch chains and tools.
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Avery
Ora A Grea Raat
War Production Board
The Electoral College and the Presidential Vote Debate
A discussion on the Electoral College weighing two sides. It notes past presidents like Tilden Hayes Cleveland Harrison and Roosevelt Truman and argues for a majority national popular vote. It critiques regional biases and contemplates reform toward a nationwide majority mandate.
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Samuel J. Tilden
United States
Rutherford B. Hayes
Tilden
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Ohio
Truman
Dewey
Lengthening Life Span Prompts Hope Amid Global Tensions
A 1948 government life expectancy report cites the U S average at 672 years and frames medical progress as a beacon beside ongoing arms development. The piece links longer lifespans to humanity’s survival, noting fears over hydrogen weapons while praising science’s ongoing search for remedies and defense.
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United States
Albert Einstein
National Whirligig by Ray Tucker on atomic fears and power grabs
The column blends warnings from Einstein about hydrogen bomb dangers with a critique of U S policy and a sweeping critique of a proposed federal takeover of rural electric grids. It cites Truman era programs, REA loans, and House actions, arguing that a nationwide power grid could shift ownership to the Interior Department and undermine private and cooperative energy producers.
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United States
Russia
Washington
Congress
Soviet Union
Department of Interior
Harold L. Lekes
Truman
Missouri
Arkansas
Crlcuimbia River
St Lawrence
Clarence Cannon
Jamin SL. Witten
Misseipm
Arkantar
Tate
Hower
Senate
Bennie
Moannori
Oklahoma
Texas
Rea-Intevien
Atc Ate
Teeemarice
Atkane
He ‘Heaér Ap
Kenny
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
REA
Arta. Ag
New York
New Jersey
New England
Netsark
Trea Daxparert
Mately Anance Thie
Federal Matuetre
Elmer Thomas
Truman warns over atomic leaks and new foreign policy plan
President Truman, amid London atom secrets fallout, warns of heightened Russian war production and the need to rewrite American defense plans. The piece surveys Balkans unrest, Albania and Bulgaria dynamics, French Indochina, and Southeast Asia fears as diplomats in Bangkok debate a new U S foreign policy blueprint.
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Washington
Incheon
London
Truman
Russia
A.S.A
Balkans
Europe
Bulgaria
Turkey
Albania
Mediterranean
Saseno Islands
Adriatic
Penne
Rayburn
Mall of
Bia Tezas
Acheson
Ho Cai Minh
Edmund Gubison
Indo China
U. S
Philippines
Southeast Asia
Bangkok
Chuck” Linckman
Hkablé
Boas
Rinso
Lux
Fepaodent
Litebuoy
Chatman
Were German Notgeld Notes Real Money During Inflation
Charles F. French discusses German notgeld issued in 1920s inflation years. He notes most notes stayed crisp and cheap denominations, often under 2 marks, with varied images and legends. He explains notgeld complemented coin shortages and that plain marks faded in value as inflation surged, while regular currency remained ornate but issued higher denominations as the crisis deepened.
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Germany
Polls and Letters on War Prevention and World Government
Readers submit letters to The Record urging openness on signatures while debating a constitutional path to a stronger United Nations. The exchange mentions the Smith Harlow Hotel fire in 1911, the Jay Street factory, and warnings about world governance, urging amendments or conventions for peace and summed political action in New York and beyond.
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New York
United States
Hiroshima
Fremen
Legisla
United Nations
Cali
Senornia
Connecticut
Florida
Maine
Walter J. Mahoney
New Jersey
North Carolina
Buffalo
Assemblyman
Congress
Call x
Constitutional Convention
Pria
Mary
Messrs
Richard Goodman
Mahoney
Steingut
Noil Troy
Renouncing violence against absolute power and world peril
A discussion of the impossibility of defending against absolute power and the need for renunciation of violence. It argues limited power measures cannot avert ultimate danger and cautions that without a fundamental shift, humanity faces self destruction and the annihilation of life on earth.
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Einstein
Albert Einstein
Earth
Ocuse
America
Atlantic Union
United Nations
Acheson
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