Independent Times Under Giragi Motto Reemerges in Arizona
Columbus Giragi and associates acquire the Arizona Times from Anna Roosevelt Boettiger and announce it will be an independent paper. The veteran publisher, known for Sparks From The Grindstone, pledges bold, fearless journalism while warning colleagues they must stay provocative yet reasonable or risk losing the masthead.
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Columbus Giragi
Giragi
Arizona Times
Anna Roosevelt Boettiger
The
Times
Mr. Giragi
Bill
Phoenix
Columbus
Boettiger
Surplus Forecast For 1947-48 Sets New Record
The year ending June 30 1948 is projected to show a surplus between 5 and 6 billion dollars after a 3 billion deduction for European recovery programs. The June 24 close put the surplus at 8.752 billion, with prior estimates and historic context noted.
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Sam
Congress
Europe
Greece
Turkey
China
Truman
An Old Friend Returns By George E. Sokolsky
A wartime reunion with Kensuke Horinouchi, former Japanese ambassador to the United States, reveals a hopeful, self critical shift in postwar Japan. He praises democracy, condemns militarism, and supports security guarantees with MacArthur’s reforms. The encounter contrasts with European refugee complaints and emphasizes resilience and renewed friendship after conflict.
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George E. Sokolsky
China
Japan
Harry Hopkins
Kensuke Horinouchi
Horinouchi
United States
Ken
Korea
Manchuria
Douglas MacArthur
Philadelphia
MacArthur
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Warning to Groucho Marx on Soviet satire and humor
A St Louis Post-Dispatch column mocks Soviet life and praise for American comforts. It suggests laughter at Russia and notes A N Pavlov calls life in the United States sordid while praising Soviet hospitality. The piece lampoons Cold War tensions and predicts Pavlov may steal the comedians' laughs from Groucho Marx Bob Hope and Will Rogers.
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Henry Wallace
A. N. Pavlov
United States
Long Island
Washington
Russia
America
Pavlov
Groucho Marx
Bob Hope
Willie Howard
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Middle income of American families reported by Fed board
The federal reserve board reports last year’s middle income for American families as 2920 dollars. The Post-Dispatch notes the earnings figure reflects typical household income in the center of the distribution.
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Federal Reserve Board
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Pendergast Machine By Westbrook Pegier
A Tribune columnist details Harry S. Truman s alleged ties to the Tom Pendergast political machine in Kansas City and Jackson County Missouri. It compares the machine s criminal underworld influence to the Capone era and recounts corruption, ballot stuffing, and political coercion, naming figures like Jesse James and Johnny Lazia while foreshadowing a study of 1881 reforms by Governor Thomas Crittenden.
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Westbrook Pegier
New York
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Truman
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City
Jackson County
Capone
Chicago
Pendergast
Senate
Otto Higgins
Kansas City Star
Higgins
Pendergast Gang
Frank Hague
Hague
Maurice Milligan
U. S
Harry Truman
Milligan
Mr. Milligan
Treasury
Johnny Lazia
Lazia
Jesse James
James Gang
Thomas T. Crittenden
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Leap Year Advice From Arthur Bugs Baer
humor column humorist Arthur Bugs Baer offers dating and courtship quips for leap year brides. he mocks waiting for proposals urges decisive action in romance and playful tips on catching a bashful partner before midnight.
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Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Jasper
No Place For Us Old Fogies By Roark
A 1948 column argues Joe Louis should retire from boxing as sports journalism shifts to psychology and law. The piece mocks modern prefight hype, notes Louis Walcott coverage, and laments writers needing broader ties to psychiatry, boxing, football, and finance.
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Rober
New York
Joe Louis
Associated Press
Louis-Walcott
J. L. Morena
Louis
Joe
Walcott
John L. Sullivan
Charley White
Dempsey
C. Roark
Zilberg
Mary Hayworth
Sigmund Freud
Truman quips about Dewey nomination and Washington
In a June 30 reflection, President Truman jokes about being encouraged by Dewey’s nomination and the toll of political reporting. He catalogs staffers’ fates, notes his loss of familiar faces, and foresees post 1948 career moves for aides and officials like Matt Connelly, Charlie Ross, James Forrestal, and George Marshall.
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George Murphy
P. S
Murphy
California
Warren
Leo McCarey
New York
Louis Walcott
Gary Cooper
McCarey
Mr. Murphy
Leo
King Features, Inc
Washington
Truman
Dewey
Charlie Ross
James V. Forrestal
Dillon
Century Association
Meadowbrook
Chevy Chase
GOP
Marshall
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Plain English at Last: Government Sticks to Safe Pipe Care
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item recounts a New York plumber who asked the Bureau of Standards about hydrochloric acid for unclogging drains. Officials softened jargon, then warned plainly not to use the acid as it damages pipes. The exchange ends with a blunt Anglo-Saxon caution.
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New York City
Bureau of Standards
Bureau
O.K
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Chestnut Tree Speech Sparks Pair’s Rural Reverie
In Lisburn the Stand ard notes a playful exchange as a man swears by a grand chestnut tree, claiming it never liked another girl while a woman smiles and teases that the tree is the same. The scene captures a quaint, intimate moment under a shaded arboreal witness.
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Fred
Lisburn
Northern Ireland
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