Tucson Condemnation War Hinders City Gas Electric Service
The City of Tucson fights a long running condemnation suit against Tucson Gas Electric Light and Power, blocking nearly $2.5 million in upgrades needed to meet doubled demand as population grows. City leaders angle for a possible temporary withdrawal to permit essential expansion while debates over municipal ownership and private management continue.
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Ariz
Jaastad
Federal Light & Traction Company
SEC
Chamber of Commerce
Houston
Tax Cut Passes Senate Likely To Reach White House
The $4 billion income tax reduction for about 48 million taxpayers has cleared the Senate and goes to the White House for approval. President Truman may delay relief until the 1948 election year, weighing political considerations against relief timing. The measure passed the House and Senate by bipartisan margins.
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White House
Truman
House
Compact Homes Offer Easy Living in Small Spaces
A brief item notes new compact homes designed for convenience with floor plans allowing direct movement from living room to bedroom, highlighting streamlined layouts and efficient use of space.
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Lowden
Victory garden spirit lingers as 1947 planting urged
The Christian Science Monitor urges families to plant victory gardens in 1947 to aid world food supply, stabilize farm prices, and gain personal pleasure from growing lima beans carrots parsley lettuce and tomatoes.
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Christian Science Monitor
Medal of Merit for CIO Leader Murray Sparks Debate
The War Department announced awarding a Medal of Merit to Philip Murray for labor service in World War II. The piece questions the practice of civilian decorations and accuses officials of favoritism, corruption, and political influence linking to cases like Joe Curran and Eleanor Roosevelt allies, arguing that such medals cheapen genuine honors.
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Westbrook Pegler
New York
Philip Murray
CIO
War Department
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Murray
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Stimson
Patterson
Joe Curran
National Maritime Union of the Cio
Robert Patterson
Pearl Harbor
Abraham Lincoln
Spain
Johannes Steel
Phil Murray
Johannes Stahl
Steel
Gailmor
Curran
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Let That Little Fellow Up By Bugs Baer From 1947
In a 1947 King Features piece Arthur Baer recalls Ty Cobb’s fierce style and fan-like legends about his aggressive play. The column mixes memory of Cobb’s notorious spikes and a charity game at Lake Oscawana with anecdotes from reporters and contemporaries.
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Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Ty Cobb
Eddie Foster
Ball
Cobb
Washington
Mike Flynn
Tom Kirby
Kirk Miller
Christy Walsh
Lake Oscawana
Georgia Slasher
King Features
No Slave Labor Measure Says Washington on June 4
David Washington analyzes the conference bill on labor reform, arguing it fails to protect the right to work and to cross picket lines. He notes the act’s safeguards apply mainly to union rights, not individual workers, and warns rulings will shape its impact. He compares it to the Wagner Act and questions federal policing of labor disputes.
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David Washington
William Green
AFL
Philip Murray
CIO
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
Union
White House
Whooping cough blamed for lifelong quirks in Washington column
In a humorous Washington piece a writer recalls early illness and later misadventures blamed on whooping cough. He notes psychiatric experts in St Paul link the disease to mental disturbances and recounts childhood escapades from Canada to Niagara Falls with the circus, a Sunday school teacher, and even a cow incident.
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St. Paul
Canada
Mary
Lily
Niagara Falls
Art Bond
Malcolm
Footprints on Sketches Mark Picasso Early Studio Life
A Milwaukee Journal account recalls Pablo Picasso as a young artist sharing a room with a daytime office clerk friend. The clerk slept in the bed while Picasso worked nights, leaving paintings scattered across the floor and sometimes underfoot on the way to the door. Years later, as demand for the artist’s early works surged, footprints on cane vases were cleaned away.
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Pablo Picasso
Picasso
Milwaukee Journal
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