Business leaders warned of government encroachment at Tucson luncheon
William E. Hammond of the U S Chamber of Commerce urged Tucson business circles to push for more political influence the luncheon attendees included many local Tucsonans The piece argues chambers and businesses have relied on federal funds and warns against regimentation and dependence on Uncle Sam while urging a return to private initiative and freedom of opportunity for individuals.
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Tucson
Chambers of Commerce
Mr. Hammond
Hammond
Uncle Sam
Lome
America
Business
Samuel
Ten commandments of telephone etiquette adopted by Schenectady
City authorities publish ten telephone etiquette commandments for public employees. The sixth urges polite listening and avoiding interruptions, underscoring that all are public servants. The move aims to make city hall telephones welcoming to citizens and improve relations between officials and residents.
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Schenectady
N. Y
City Hall
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Hoover Aide Hoover's Food Policy and Truman Courtesy
George E. Sokolsky argues Truman's invitation to Herbert Hoover is a lifting action that may spur service. He contrasts Hoover's wartime food relief leadership with postwar policy, detailing price controls, subsidies, and the costs of food administration in World War I and II. He accuses others of smearing Hoover and highlights Hoover's humane focus on feeding the hungry.
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George E. Sokolsky
Truman
Herbert Hoover
White House
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Mr. Truman
Food Administration
OPA
American Relief Administration
UNRRA
United States
Europe
Four Star Admiral Turner Honored For Amphibious Leadership
The promotion of Richmond Kelly Turner to four star admiral is seen as fair tribute to the air branch and his role in amphibious operations. Turner, a 1927 naval aviator, directed the War Plans Division before Pearl Harbor and earned the Distinguished Service Medal for Guadalcanal landings. Subsequent actions at New Georgia, Munda, Eniwetok, Kwajalein, Tarawa, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa followed as he combined planning skill with combat leadership.
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Richmond Kelly Turner
Navy
Navy Department
Pearl Harbor
Kelly Turner
Guadalcanal
New Georgia
Munda
Eniwetok
Kwajalein
Tarawa
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Consult Fighting Men by Westbrook Pegler
Pegler argues against collective German guilt and warns that warfare rhetoric risks echoing Hitlerism. He questions U.S. punitive aims toward Germans and condemns propaganda from exiles and critics while urging consultation with combat veterans before condemning an entire people.
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Germany
King Features Syndicate
Elie Drilling The Top Sergeant By Bugs Baer
A light column describes a K P parade scene on Park Avenue with a top sergeant in custody of a woman admirer. The piece jests at military bravado and romance while noting the sergeant’s nerves and the narrator’s uneasy reaction to the wedding bouquet image.
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Elie
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Park Avenue
Hades
King Features
How to live peaceably with Russia in a new world
Washington dispatches analyze how to coexist with the Soviet Union as a primary power. The writer argues for mutual rights and reciprocal open presses while condemning one sided justice and appeasement. He urges intelligence in handling policy and rejection of Moscow propaganda to reduce suspicions and avoid war.
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Washington
Russia
London News
Moscow
Earl Browder
France
Browder
United States
New York
Stalin
Roosevelt
Truman
Joe Davies
London
Harry Hopkins
Davies
Hitler
Communist Party
Daily Worker
China
King Featu Syndicate
Washington Scene by Geo WASHINGTON
A Washington columnist notes White House thoughtfulness for families of public figures and recalls a memo about Mrs Knox. He retells a whippoorwill observation and adds a subway fare anecdote from two female tourists bound for the senate office building with a joke about a dime fare.
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Geo Washington
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Matt Connelly
Col
Harold Vaughn
Connelly
Mrs. Knox
Capitol Staff in a Dither Over Unclaimed Surplus Funds
A chaotic scene at the Capitol follows an incident where a rider dropped money and left two women who fled with a quarter. Officials struggle to decide which fund should receive the lost cash while noting it is illegal to keep it. A cynical quote from A A Fox of the surplus property office questions clarity in handling unknown consumer goods.
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Dixon
Capitol
Senate
George
A. A. Fox
Commerce Department
Office of Surplus Property
Congress
Mr. Fox
King Feature Syndicate
Texas Enrollments Rise in Portuguese Classes
Trend to Portuguese at the University of Texas shows large enrollment growth. Dr. E R Sims states the romance languages chair that winter term had 40 students and spring session rises to 53.
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Austin
Tex
University of Texas
E. R. Sims
Texas
Burglars In Luxurious Houston Eat Then Escape
Burglars who broke into a Houston restaurant ate fried chicken and cheese, drank some beer, and then fled with $50 in cash seven cases of wine 100 pounds of peas six cans of peas and a duck.
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Houston
Tex. U.P
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