Troy Budget Seeks Tax Relief While Guarding Finances
The Troy Record analyzes the 1950 city budget, noting a forty cent tax-rate cut stands on a solid base of expanded tax rolls and prudent debt management. It highlights capital notes for a new high school and street work, a policy of funding 12 percent of improvements from current income, and a push to retire old bonds while avoiding new debt.
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Troy
Common Council
Stanton
Cain
Bens
Abolishing commencements sparks debate on education
In a column on graduation traditions, the author notes the emotional value of diplomas and questions President Hutchins proposal to end commencements. The piece argues education ends with life, not a calendar event, and warns supporters may resist further reforms.
Truman warns use of Taft Hartley against coal crisis
President Truman signals readiness to invoke the Taft Hartley Act to break the coal deadlock with John L. Lewis, arguing the law is a workable safeguard for national emergencies while accusing Lewis and the union of political maneuvering. He contrasts German and Russian attitudes toward war and notes recent penalties against Lewis.
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Truman
John L. Lewis
Mr. Truman
White House
Lewis
Philip Murray
Steel Union
C.so
Miners’ Union
Justice Goldsborough
Commencements and the College Parade of Change
The piece reflects on Robert M. Hutchins former youth as University of Chicago president now aged about eighty, musing on abolishing commencements. It questions whether universities can prosper without rituals, notes economic and social ties to ceremonies, and imagines the impact on graduates and local merchants if commencements vanish.
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Robert M. Hutchins
Hutchins
University of Chicago
Hatching
Aomel
Britain Labour shifts on steel nationalization plan
The Labor government in Britain adopts a cautious approach to nationalizing the iron and steel industry. The concession allows running reforms while delaying irreversible steps until voters have a new chance to judge Labor promises. Early election seen as potentially prudent to avoid dramatic fallout before mandate ends.
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Montreal Star
Britain
Efert
Letters to The Record on anonymity and unemployment
Readers debate publishing names in letters to The Record, and discuss unemployment insurance rules. A reader questions clam pearl value, while others urge anti trust action against large corporations and discuss pension and Social Security interactions with state unemployment benefits.
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Bill Smith
Anti-Trust
Washington
A&p
Armour, Swift and Wilson
Ters
Wilson & Co
Chester Roth
Nisoanaa
Aca
Tharsfara Ff Hie
National Whirligig by Ray Tucker
Ray Tucker surveys opinions on RFC lending to major firms like Maiser-Frazier and Lustron, arguing no moral basis exists for government financing of one auto firm or prefab housing while others rely on private funds. The piece questions political motives and critiques Bricker and Taft dynamics in postwar Republican circles.
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Washingios
H.E.S
Pomona
Cal
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Maiser- Frazier Corp
RFC
Lustron Corp
Criginal Rec
Jeces HH. Jones
Congress
Sovernment
IMA
General Worton Tames Los Angeles Police Graft
Maj. Gen. William Arthur Worton, new LA police chief, faces a civil service shield and a resistant force as he cleans up graft and crime. His approach includes merit-based firing limits and deputy badges for press, while veterans in the force adjust to tighter oversight and renewed morale.
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Lee
Third Marines
Okinawa
William Arthur Woertem
Morasem
Pitfalta
Los Angeles
General Worton
Gce
Ammet
Mickey Cohen
Sultan
Underworld
Worton
Dick Myer
San Francisco Chronicle
Civil Service
John L. Lewis
Seoma
Jove Sherif Biscailus
Saldowm
Geng Bizcailuz
Los Angeles Police
Marine Corps
Los Angles
Green
Origin of the solar plexus blow and local Los Angeles police notes
The item explains the solar plexus as a nerve center in the stomach and how a blow there can incapacitate. It recounts Hollywood and Los Angeles County policing, Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz’s actions after gang violence, and advises readers to consult veterans’ organizations for questions on war claims procedures and the new War Claims Commission.
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Balbow Island
M. G
Carsom
Worton
Nevada
Bob Fussimmons
Los Angeles
James J. Corbett
Solar
Hollywood
Beverly Hills
Panasena
Los Angeles County
California
Eugene Biscaituz
Sunset Strip
Sherry
Mickey Cohen
Biscailux
Hig
Withessen
Hemming
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Amveta
Washington, D.C
Tiw Commission
Charman Daniel S. Cleary
Veterans Administration
Parmenta
Citary
Bearsning
Commission
Tariff Commission
Balineh
E Streris
North West
Riddles and Proverb Origins Stir Reader Queries
A reader asks about the origins of common sayings and language errors. The column lays out that odious is ancient, traced to John Fortescue and Shakespeare, with Browning and proverbs offering similar ideas, and clarifies capital versus Capitol usage.
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St. Louis
Benjamin Franklin
John Fortescue
Gate Post
H. EB
Red Cotton Night Cap
Robert Browning
Legislature
Congress
Washingtos
Coller
Cole
Naval Historical Group Elects Admiral Leahy
Admiral Leahy, former presidential Chief of Staff, elected president of the Naval Historical Foundation at a January meeting. He succeeds Admiral Ernest J. King, wartime Chief of Naval Operations, with new trustees including Admiral King and banker Vincent, plus Roger Wiliame of Steel Corp and others.
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Washington
Wikliam DP
Leahy
Yexterdey
Naval Historiical Foundation
Ernest J. King
Naval Operations
Letgat Pew
Admiral King
Ferdinand Booermacht
New York
Banxer
Invince
1 &. Steel Corp
Roger Wilame
Newport
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Labor
Zooh Teason
Dick Turner
Army
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Ray Tucker
Lustron
Kaiser
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