Borrowed Trouble Foretells Population Collapse in America
University of Maryland geographer O E Baker projects that after 2000 the United States will experience population decline to around 100 million. He warns of a growing elderly demographic amid high living standards while Oriental peoples, Russians included, double in number. He fears envy and potential weaponized pressure from affluent nations seeking American luxuries.
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O. E. Baker
University of Maryland
United States
Mr. Baker
Baker
America
Britain Faces Severe Economic Strain Patient White Paper Released
A pre session white paper warns Britain is in an extremely serious economic position with worn out factories, manpower shortages, and rising debts. It urges higher output to balance imports and exports, with wage gains only where productivity justifies them and no national wage policy to curb strikes. A bottle shortage hits dairies and beverage makers, prompting a PR campaign to collect empties as bottle makers struggle to source materials.
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Britain
U. S
Turn in Empty Bottles to Help Nation
The passage notes that many homes hold six to two dozen empty bottles and urges citizens to turn them in. It suggests the action would cost nothing and yield significant aid, highlighting the broad, communal benefit of participation.
Marshall asserts nonpartisan stance for state secretary role
General Marshall states his new role as secretary of state is non political and that he will not engage in partisan matters. He emphasizes a bipartisan foreign policy, speaking for the nation rather than any party, strengthening his position as a future negotiator.
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Baltimore Sun
Marshall
Congress
General Marshall
Editorial writers face heavy duty at Columbia seminar
Editors gather for four week seminar at Columbia aimed at improving fair and objective news. Sevellon Brown of The Providence Journal Bulletin stresses the keystone of reporting as comprehensive and objective coverage of world nation and community news to sustain constitutional freedoms. The piece underlines that editorial pages guide but must rely on honest facts from news columns for public trust.
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New York Times
New American Press Institute
Columbia University
Sevellon Brown
Providence Journal-Bulletin
Brown
Strength For The Day The Fifth Wheel In Society And Religion
Esr L Douglas D D argues the steering wheel is essential in both industry and society. He asserts that socialists ignore leadership while religious agnosticism rejects God as a guiding force. The analogy compares steering responsibility to preventing a social and moral ditch.
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Proletariate
God
Quiz Answers Reveal From Page Four
Below are corrected responses to the Page Four quiz questions. Topics cover diplomats, literature, fashion bans, diplomacy, natural disasters, presidential lineage, sports honors, state governors, world leaders, and wartime guidance.
Navy plans atomic test at Bikini Atoll in 1946
News notes from this year report the Navy staging an atomic bomb test against ships at Bikini Atoll. Also listed are local arrivals Sipe and Ritter, a marriage in Winchester, and other historical briefs from 1937 to 1922 noting theatre, weather, and public notices.
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Navy
Bifini Atoll
Ernest W. Ritter
Winchester
Pfc
Willard Sipe
Berryville
Seattle
Wash
Nancy Lee Seabright
Franklin Grove
Court-martial service by enlisted men sanctioned
The Military Justice Committee recently recommended allowing enlisted personnel to serve on general and special courts-martial, marking a proposed expansion of their duties within the military justice system.
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Ory Committee On
Large Sums Are Spent In County For Good Roads
Frederick County recorded a record 1946 expenditure of 276628 dollars by the State Highway Commission for road improvements. The program added 11 miles of new hard surface, 16 miles of heavy surfacing with 500 tons per mile, 45 miles lightly surfaced, 97 miles spot surfaced, and 15 miles of already paved second surface.
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Frederick County
State Highway Commission
Frederick County Improves Secondary Roads In 1946 Plan
The highway department reports major work on bituminous roads and two new bridges totaling 100 feet. It also adds 52 miles of ditching and 2100 feet of pipe to improve drainage and all weather access for school bus and rural routes in Frederick County as part of a 19 million dollar state expenditure in 1946.
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Highway Department
General Assembly
Frederick
Sreheesse
Frederick County
John J Kiger Elected Vice President of Alexandria Bank
John J. Kiger was elected vice president of the Alexandria National Bank. The announcement notes his longtime association with the bank and his rising leadership role within the Alexandria financial institution.
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John J. Kiger
Alexandria Bank
Alexandria
Board Elects 1947 Officers and Directors
The bank selects its 1947 Board of Directors and officers. Mr. Kiger, a former resident, returns to the city and has many relatives and friends there.
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Ional Bank
Mr. Kiger
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