Presidents and Panama Canal Ebb of Trust Spurring Rethink
The piece argues President Truman shows unusual candor and good will amid political strains while noting the Panama Canal crisis highlights vulnerability of current locks. It advocates reassessing Southern seas routes, proposing a larger sea level canal across Nicaragua to replace the present canal and enhance security.
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Krock
Truman
Arthur Krock
Atlantic
Pacific
Nica-ragua
Stalin at 68 and the shadow of dictators through history
Current Opinion notes Joseph Stalin will turn 68 on the coming Sunday while resting at Sochi. It surveys longevity of dictators, from Napoleon to Franco, Mussolini, Lenin, and Hitler, comparing lifespans and fates, and weighs the adage that dictators never die in bed.
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Bertram Benedict
Joseph Missarionovitch Dzhugashvili
Tsar Nicholas II
Russia
Stalin
Moscow
Black Sea
Sochi
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Hitler
Mussolini
Vladimir Ilyich Dulyanov
Lenin
Francisco Franco
Spain
Salazar
Portugal
Chiang
Pilsudski
Poland
Ataturk
Mustafa Kemal Pasha
Turkey
Primo de Rivera
Mannerheim
Finland
Horthy
Hungary
Napoleon I
Napoleon III
Oliver Cornwell
Julius Caesar
Diaz
Mexico
Napoleon
Cromwell
Caesar
Franco
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Primo di Rivera
Strength For The Day By Ear Esau And Jacob
Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage and Jacob's deep nature shifts from deception to divine service. The Bible portrays Jacob as unprincipled yet transformable through faith, while Esau remains shallow and lacking moral depth. The lesson notes God relies on Jacob to build a nation, not Esau.
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Esau
Jacob
Rei
Rainfall statistics from Winchester Research Lab data
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour ending at 7 am none. December rainfall to date 1947 is 32.71 inches for the year. annual averages span 24 to 34 year periods with 36.30 inches as the 24 year average. Monthly average precipitation based on 34 years 1913 to 1946 includes January 2.45, February 1.97, March 3.95, April 3.07, May 3.64, June 3.86, July 3.79, August 3.77, September 3.36, October 2.40, and December data omitted.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
Quiz questions from Page 2 of the issue
This item lists seven quiz prompts asking about political parties of Premier Schumen, author of The Hound of Heaven, Marco Polo, Dwight Griswold’s aid mission, Eamon de Valera’s birthplace, a term UMT, list of British sovereigns since Victoria, a soap by product used in explosives, male mosquito size, and the legal name of World War I bonus.
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France
Marco Polo
India
Italy
Orient
Dwight Griswold
Eamon de Valera
Barcelona
Spain
Dublin
Ireland
Brooklyn
N. Y
Outlook for 1947 radio program features Earl Bunting
Earl Bunting president of O'Sullivan Co and president-elect of the National Association of Manufacturers will join other leaders on a special radio program The Outlook for 1947. Edward Y. Baker brother of City Treasurer W A Baker died in New York City. W P Harty of O'Sullivan Rubber Co resigns to start own business. Streams in Northern Virginia swollen near danger points.
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Washington
New York Times
Krock
Harding
Coolidge
McKinley
Truman
Capitol
Earl Bunting
O'Sullivan Co
National Assn. of Manufacturers
Edward Y. Baker
W. A. Baker
New York City
W. P. Harty
O'Sullivan Rubber Co
Virginia
Harrisburg Woman Seriously Injured From Hotel Window Fall
Mrs Elizabeth F Kline of Harrisburg Pennsylvania was seriously injured after falling from a fourth story window at the George Washington hotel. Deeds recorded for sale of 24 building lots Handley Heights west of the Valley pike on Handley school grounds. Police hunt driver who struck crowd on Senseng road injuring Mr and Mrs George Miller and Mr Gorge Stultz.
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Elizabeth F. Kline
Harrisburg
George Washington Hotel
Corporation Clerks Office
Handley Heights
Valley Pike
Handley School
Senseng Road
George Miller
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