Ickes Quips on Truman Travel for Philippine Ceremony
The piece mocks Harold Ickes for urging President Truman to travel 6000 miles to inaugurate the Philippine Republic while the nation faces OPA dissolution and scarce price controls. It argues Truman should stay in Washington to press Congress for equitable price controls.
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Fice
Philippine Islands
Philippine Republic
Ickes
Mr. Truman
Washington
Truman
Pacific
Congress
Murphy and Dillon Reappointed to State Posts
Governor Tuck announced the re-appointment of W. Tayloe Murphy as State Treasurer and Jesse Dillon as Secretary of the Commonwealth. Murphy, a Lan caster and Richmond counties farmer and former delegate, has served since June 1, 1942. Dillon, from Franklin County, joined state service in 1928 in the Tax Commissioner's office.
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Virginia
Tuck
W. Tayloe Murphy
Jesse Dillon
Commonwealth
Murphy
House of Delegates
Lancaster
Richmond
Dillon
Franklin County
Tayloe Murphy
Govenor Tuck
Great men struck liberty's blow 170 years ago this nation began
Reflects on the 170th anniversary of independence and the founding fathers who pledged lives fortunes and sacred honors to liberty. Celebrates the Declaration of Independence and the United States leadership in wars and humanitarian acts including Philippines autonomy. Emphasizes enduring national pride and global influence.
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Philippines
Declaration of Independence’s enduring legacy remembered
The passage reflects on republican ideals as the ultimate form of government guiding liberty seekers. It credits the signers of the 1776 Declaration of Independence for bequeathing a global legacy beyond their era.
Memorial Day Flags Blocked by Veterans Stand Against Black Market
In New Haven, Connecticut an American Legion Post failed to obtain flags for hero graves on Memorial Day as veterans refused to pay inflated black market prices. The writer praises the stance against price gouging and offers a sharp wish for consequences for the marketeer.
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Times
American Legion
New Haven
Conn
Sun exposes flaws in unemployment relief system and fraud
The Baltimore Sun details a costly unemployment relief program in Maryland including high claim examiner fraud, overpayments of nearly 56 million dollars, five million payments issued, and only a handful prosecuted. It argues the system disincentivizes work and calls for stronger investigations and prosecutions, noting Virginia actions as a partial corrective.
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Baltimore Sun
Thunders
Sun
Maryland
the Sun
The
U. S
Virginia
Independence Day Observance Quiet in City Tomorrow
A stay-at-home Fourth of July is planned with no public events, following the Office of Defense Transportation request to avoid travel. Fireworks at a rent control mass meeting lit the City Hall court room. A storm's lightning struck A. J. Todd's barn tree, killing two pigs and stunning two others. Children will join a Safe and Sane Fourth with parade, free movies, and ice cream.
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Office of Defense Transportation
A. J. Todd
Green Spring Road
Answers to Questions from the War Department Page
A collection of Q A items on salaries, early church naming, travel reimbursements, WWII burials in China, GI Bill eligibility for Auxiliary Military Police, and Chopin Prelude played by Greer Garson. Includes figures on court reporter salaries and official salary ranges in New York.
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New York
China
United States
Auxiliary Military Police of the Army of the United States
J. Macb
Auxiliary Military Police Army of the
Unitedes Military Police
Auxiliary Military Police Army
Greer Garson
M.A. A
Miss Garson
Chopin
How's Your I. Q quiz questions from a newspaper page
A list of ten quiz prompts including asking for the Army chief, the Equality State, a South American nation, flag bunting order, Stettinius's organization, Thames pronunciation, peach production truth, a Supreme Court ruling on bus segregation, the atomic bomb fortress in Hiroshima, and a proverb completion about man and physician at forty.
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Soviet Russia
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
U. S
Thames
England
California
Georgia
States
Supreme Court
Hiroshima
Jamboree Tournament to allow firecrackers at Winchester Club
President Roosevelt dedicated Shenandoah National Park today, opening 180000 acres to public use. The Jamboree Tournament will permit firecrackers and other noise makers tomorrow afternoon at the Winchester Country Club near the Blue Ridge mountains.
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Winchester Country Club
Blue Ridge Mountains
Roosevelt
Shenandoah National Park
America
City council seats filled as heat climbs to 102
At 2 PM the downtown temperatures reach 102 degrees. William R. Willis and Albert C. Brown take their seats as the new city council members. Frank Sperry collapses from heat while harvesting near Middletown.
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William R. Willis
Albert C. Brown
Frank Sperry
Middetown
Strength For The Day Reflections On Ownership And Sharing
Earl L. Douglas D D presents a moral about unselfish use of world resources through a parable of a boy who asks for the moon and ocean. The piece cites St Paul and asserts all things are ours to share and to use, with brief Q A on bee life and wheat weight in the U S Department of Agriculture context.
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John Kendrick Bangs
St. Paul
Corinthians
Wheat Bushel Weight Ambiguity Clarified
The note states there is no fixed minimum or maximum pounds per bushel of wheat, indicating variability in measurement standards rather than a strict unit.
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United States
Department of Ag
Riculture
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Winchester
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National Representatives , Inc
E. 44Th St
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Harold
Mr. Murphy and
Mr. Dillon
Milwaukee Journal
Roanoke World-News
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Haskin Service
St. Ignatius of Antioch
Smyra
Jesus Christ
Honolulu
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War Department
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I. Q
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J. W. Grove
S. Loudoun St
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Sulu
Lassen
Northern
R.J. Scott
Earl L. Douglas
D. D
Argus Research Corporation
Abbott, Proctor & Paine
New York Stock Exchange
East Main Street
Hr. McCormick
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