Arizona land and water post faces senate confirmation
The Arizona senate must confirm Don Lockwood of Casa Grande as land and water commissioner. The Citizen urges careful hearings, highlighting the office as pivotal to state lands and water policy and urging integrity over political clout.
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Land and Water Department
Arizona
Garvey
Mr. Lockwood
Lockwood
Arizona Senate
Senate
Land Department
Land and Water Commissioner
O. C. Williams
John H. Page and Co
Williams
State Land and Water Department
Desire Under The Palms Argues For Arizona Agricultural Continuity
The piece defends keeping the University of Arizona agriculture college on its Tucson campus despite political pressure. It asserts the college should serve taxpayers and economic interests, rejects relocation as a solution, and suggests Tempe should focus on producing qualified teachers to fill a national shortage.
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Maricopa County
University of Arizona
Agricultural College
State University and Colleges
College of Agriculture
Tucson
Tempe
Arizona
Nation debt weighed on workers like silver neck weights
A Tax Outlook graphic depicts the national debt as $4,400 per worker in solid silver, forming a neck chain that would total 40 325 pounds for all workers. The illustration aims to show the burden of government debt on the labor force.
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United States
Spelvin Continues Defense Of All Things American
George Spelvin testifies before a Washington committee that he is a one hundred percent American who enjoys golf, ball games, and Kentucky bourbon. He condemns discrimination while admitting limited club access and defends his right to hate phonys and crooks, blaming Roosevelt for national danger.
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Westbrook Pegler
George Spelvin
Washington
Maryland
Bosky Brae Golf and Country Club
Bosky Brae
Colored Elks
Hopi Council
Hip Sings
Four Brothers
United States
Bessarabia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Soviet Russia
Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Roosevelt
Japan
Hitler
America
Washington, D.C
King Features
Try And Stop Me by Bennett Cerf and John Chamberlain
Cerf recalls a cliche game that frustrated Sinclair Lewis who struggled to write without cliches. A Viennese publisher heard golf banter at a Long Island club, where a player made an explosion shot to a birdie three. Crowninshield narrates the punch line about getting out of that one.
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Winston Churchill
Bowery
John Chamberlain
Sinclair Lewis
Lewis
Chamberlain
America
Frank Crowninshield
Long Island
Crowninshield
Bennett Cerf
King Features
Washington officials calm on employment sag
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch notes officials in Washington remain unalarmed by the employment sag. It may matter if the officials themselves were experiencing the sag, though none appear troubled.
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Washington
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
He Ain't No Emperor Says Writer From Hospital Bed
Rober Washington reports from a Washington hospital about President Truman and criticizers. The writer argues Truman protects aides from criticism and worries about press freedom while noting political loyalty over accountability and the risk of autocratic behavior.
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Rober
Washington
Truman
Pearson
Axis
Sally Givou
General Motors
United States
Harry
S.O.B
FEPC
C. Roark
Marry
Brickbats
Mr. Truman
Ed Pauley
Uncle Harry
Missouri
White House
Nurse
Washington Scene at $100 Jefferson-Jackson Dinner
Washington columnist notes the $100-a-plate Jefferson-Jackson dinner with Claude Wickard and Perle Mesta. He mocks campaign posturing, cites vested interests, and recalls reactions from Roy St. Lewis and John L. Lewis while wryly commenting on champagne wishes and maidens.
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Washington, Mar
Claude Wickard
Roy St. Lewis
John L. Lewis
Mr. St. Lewis
Tabitha Talcott Pratt
Perle Mesta
Vacations With Pay for Jobless Ohioans
Ohio's unemployed residents could receive 20000 in unemployment compensation while living in Florida or California over the past two years. The piece suggests shifting offices to better serve vacationing claimants and proposes raising the weekly maximum to 25 from 21 for 26 weeks. It also asks for year round payments and a mileage allowance.
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California
Florida
South
West Coast
Frank J. Lausche
New York
Miami
Ohio
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Hollywood
Honolulu
Canada
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Why Is That Man Beating the Fat Lady with His Stick
A Texas concert tale recalls a boy asking why the conductor hits the fat lady. The mother hushes him then explains the conductor leads the orchestra. The joke reveals audience misreadings of orchestral motions during a full symphony concert.
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Texas
Pes Iing
This Week
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Homer Joseph Dodge
George Dixon
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