Stassen Proposes 1940 UN Convention To Rewrite Charter
Harold E. Stassen calls for a major United Nations convention in 1940 to amend and rewrite the charter and strengthen the UN. He argues the convention can be called under the current charter without a veto and urges eliminating or modifying the veto to enable effective peacekeeping. The former Minnesota governor hopes the Truman Administration will lead this reform.
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United States
United Nations
Minnesota
United Nations Charter
Stassen
Ed Nations
Esteem Them Exceedingly Highly for Their Works
A fragment cites Thessalonians urging believers to esteem others highly for their deeds. The brief reference appears within a religious text snippet, signaling a prior exhortation to honor notable acts and contributions.
Supreme Court voids Dire conviction over unlawful search
The Supreme Court, in a seven to two ruling, overturned Michael Dire of Buffalo NY conviction under the Second War Powers Act. Police had searched Dire after arresting the driver for counterfeit stamps and found stamps in his clothing, but the Court ruled the Fourth Amendment barred the search and invalidated the evidence. Justice Jackson cited the founders’ intent to limit pervasive police surveillance.
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Michael Dire
Buffalo
N. Y
Dire
Frank Buttitta
Supreme Court
Airlines Weather Mixed 1947 Growth and Losses
Air Transport Association reports airlines in the United States enjoyed their largest business year in 1947 yet posted losses due to high operating costs. International freight and passenger totals rose strongly while domestic passenger traffic barely grew, signaling mixed results for the industry.
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United States
Air Transport Association
Airlines see potential profits as safety gains liven travel
The passage notes airlines may boost profit if passenger business grows like international lines. It cites a drop in the overall fatality rate from 3.54 to 1.08 per 100 million passenger miles in 1947, but a rise on domestic routes from 1.24 in 1946 to 3.21. More people will fly if confidence in arrival at destinations improves.
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ATA
Charles Michelson, partisan smear artist of Hoover era
The piece portrays Charles Michelson as a shrewd Washington journalist who used sharp phrasemaking to ridicule Hoover and Republicans. It argues his smears were an entertaining side effect of the era's politics, reflecting the public mood and the campaign tone rather than shaping the 1932 defeat.
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Washington Star
Charles Michelson
Hoover
America
Michelson
Washington Scene
Times
Beginning of Wisdom: A Wall Street Journal Joke
A young George grows interested in girls and jokes that it's the girls who change, not him. His mother smiles at his changing view on romance as he returns home with tales of a new admirer almost daily.
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Wall Street Journal
George
Wisecrack Origins Highlight Timeless Wit
Richmond News Leader notes that truly clever jokes originate from better minds long ago, arguing modern quips echo ancient wit and wisdom across centuries.
Mass scout gathering planned by local executive
Herbert Wilkins announced a mass scout gathering for May. J Rex Bowen, scout for the Brooklyn Dodgers, arrived to scout local talent. Plus notes on community events and local honors from Lynchburg and surrounding areas.
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The
Lions
J. Rex Bowen
Brooklyn Dodgers
Nancy Butler
Lynchburg College International Relations Club
Mozart Symphony Club Formed by Local Music Enthusiasts
In 1898 local music enthusiasts organize the Mozart Symphony Club led by Prof. Harry Homes. Four year old Ruda Green, daughter of Mr and Mrs Philip Green, suffers serious burns after falling against a stove at home. Morgan Orndorff of Hayfield supplies the local telephone company with 44 and 51 foot poles.
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Mozart Symphony Club
Ruda Green
Philip Green
Morgan Orndorff
Hayfield
Strength For The Day A Tract For The Times Genesis as Modern Book
A concise sermon argues Genesis remains relevant amid science and time. It portrays Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, and Babel as enduring patterns in life, noting Jacob and Esau and Abraham as archetypal figures whose descendants form a global faith. It concludes Genesis is a truly modern book.
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the Times
Garden of Eden
Cain
Able
Tower of Babel
Jacob
Esau
Abraham
God
Quiz questions from a vintage newspaper page
A list of seven quiz questions covering topics from the United Nations to World War I, with items asking about a UN organ voting to partition Palestine, last party conventions, Brittany Peninsula location, WWI German advances, loom free fabric, Pershing rank, India’s economic character, Arthur Rank’s industry, a WWI regulation called General Max, aluminum ore source, and a note on smallpox contagion.
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United Nations
Palestine
Brittany
Berlin
Soviet Russia
John J. Pershing
India
Arthur Rank
SSS Tonic Promises Sleep Relief From Digestive Troubles
An ad describes stomach gas sour food taste disrupting sleep and appetite. It promotes SSS Tonic as essential to restore gastric juice flow, aid non organic stomach disturbances, and improve anemia, energy, and mood, urging readers to buy at Reeves Drug Store.
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SSS Tonic
Reene Drug
Monthly rainfall totals and year to date figures
The record shows 24 hour rainfall up to 7 am at .44 inches with year to date totals of 1.91 inches for 1948 and 1.91 inches for the period 1913 to 1946. Monthly figures list January 2.46 February 1.94 March 2.91 April 3.02 May 3.67 June 3.92 July 3.82 August 3.76 September 2.57 October 3.31 November 2.44 December 2.38. Courtesy of the Winchester Research Laboratory.
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Winchester Research Laboratory
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