Big business spurs growth amid safety concerns and vetoed bills
The column argues big business drives American prosperity despite federal pushes to protect small firms. It cites President Truman vetoing the Basing Point Bill and references FBI spy cases, transit strikes in Pittsburgh and Los Angeles, and Mayor Bowron facing Shriners convention logistics. The piece also mentions anticipated social security legislation for those over 65 and rising old age pension figures.
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Congress
Mr. Truman
Los Angeles
Fletcher Bowron
Shriners
Bowron
A Medal for Leo and the Rise of Air Force Propaganda
Stephen Lee, a civilian publicity director for the U S Air Force, received the Air Force exceptional service award from Gen Hoyt S Vandenberg. The piece portrays Lee as a master propaganda strategist who shaped Navy perceptions, drafted speeches, and managed a vast network of writers, shaping postwar air power policy and funding.
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Air Force
U. S. Air Force
Air
Lee
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Military Department
United States
Stephen Lee
U. S. Navy
Navy
U S. Air Force
Naval Aviation
House
Armed Services Committee
Reader’s Digest
Air Force Publicity Office
Navy Department
Steve Leo
Leo
Stuart Symington
National Security Resources Board
Garden Words From a New Zealand Child in Tribune Feature
A Chicago Tribune note quotes a child’s essay on gardens from New Zealand with many misspelled plant names. The passage lists flowers such as lilys, popys and Chatham Iland lilys, then describes Mumy's garden with grany bonets roases camellias blue bells and other blooms, noting some items are missing.
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New Zealand
Jaranem
Mumy
Chicago Tribune
Pension estimates grow with wages and coverage
An inflation adjusted pension outlook notes about 10 percent growth in 20 years. In 1949 average monthly annuities were $25.30 for a single retiree, $41.40 with wife, and $50.60 for a widow with two children. The piece warns of fire danger as forests are dry and urges caution after picnics.
Traum Moves In as Psychologist at International Ajax
Dr. Emil Traum arrives as a morale and personnel consultant to International Ajax under George Spelvin. The arrangement sparks conflict as Traum taunts Agnes Wynott with a night test and Spelvin defends the project, praising American womanhood amid a tense culture clash.
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George Spelvin
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Rasputin
Marcellus Camp
Marcellus
Mr. Camp
International Ajax
Spelvin
Middle Atlantic
Agnes Wynott
Mr. Spelvin
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Girl Scouts
Big Brass
Census Noses Counted. Vaughan Warns of Trend
Bill Vaughan notes in the Kansas City Star that the official census may undercount in many communities and warns of a possible trend toward fewer noses per capita.
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Bill Vaughan
Kansas City Star
Hydrogen bomb and cottage pudding comparison noted
A reader quip likens a hydrogen bomb to cottage pudding by saying neither contains its named ingredient, a playful aside from the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Mason of Illinois Says Family Pays 31.60 Weekly Taxes
Illinois Representative Mason states a four person family pays about 31.60 in taxes weekly. The comment links tax burden to spending narratives and money flow.
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Mason
Illinois
Kansas City Star
Capitol menus mirror regional pride as lawmakers tote goods
In Washington and at the Capitol, lawmakers haul local produce to showcase home states. Sam Rayburn frets over the chamber becoming a supermarket as beans, onions, peaches, and other items arrive from Boston, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Oregon, and beyond, with free food gifts and playful cards noting the origins.
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Sam Rayburn
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Louisi
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Maryland
Oregon
North Carolina
Illinois
Iowa
Montana
Michigan
New York State
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Mississippi
Tennessee
Ohio
Side by E V Darling notes and brief items
A collage of whimsical verse and quick blurbs spans Molly Hill’s fragile infant health and a dramatic Star of my heart ambulance scare. Side Lights jokes, brief quips on Aga Khan blade myths, Ipswich tailors, and pronunciation debates follow with short, punchy items.
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Molly Hill
Glasgow
Scotland
Molly
Star
Aga Khan
Rita Hayworth
Try And Stop Me By Bennett Cerf
Henry Morgan enters a side street grocery and finds Groucho Marx ahead of him trying to provoke a laugh from an unresponsive clerk. After a string of unsuccessful quips, Groucho leaves. The clerk later learns the customer was Groucho Marx.
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Henry Morgan
Groucho Marx
Groucho
Morgan
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