Americans in China See Peasant Support Quietly Grow
A former serviceman recounts villagers' warmth toward Americans in Tsingtao and nearby areas. He argues US aid in medicine, food, and education could win peasant loyalty, weaken Maoists, and curb Russian influence as transport and fuel shortages strain Red China.
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Tsingtao
Red Army
Major Wang
Lieutenant Ho
Wang
Great Land
America
Mao
Roosevelt
Joseph Stilwell
Joe
Chiang
China
Stilwell
Mao Tze-tung
Red China
Shantung Peninsula
Russia
Bud's Scout Hike Sparks Family Worry and Play
A mother frets over Bud joining an overnight Boy Scout hike while Poke urges independence. Bud resists sleeping on a cot, fears snakes and bugs, and worries about being away from family. The scene shifts to a quiet house with Butch and the baby playing as Sis and Sally style hair. A scare emerges when Bud accidentally cuts an artery, adding tension to a domestic slice of life.
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Poke
Bud
Boy Scouts
Butch
Sis
Sally
Sissy-Pants
Random Thoughts and Notes From a Weekend Letter Column
Reader reflections mix poetry, travel signs, and post office anecdotes. The piece includes Loretta Parker’s quote on a poem, a note on a Gainesville girls program, a Harry Monson clipping about Texas statehood, humorous travel signs from Colorado and Wyoming, and a vivid post office general delivery scene with Riley Wilkison and clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley Wilkison
Riley
R. E. Routh
Sidney Savage
Southern Democrats vow to defeat Truman in 1952
At a Montgomery Alabama meeting, States Righters and Southern Democrats pledged to oppose President Truman. Delegates argued the South must defeat Truman to preserve its standards, opposing the tax cut plan and signaling a split with the national party. The gathering aimed to shape 1952 campaigns with hopes of unseating Truman.
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Truman
Montgomery
Ala
Harry Truman
South
Congress
Mrs. America
House Ways and Means Committee
Reublicans
Federal Reserve sees strong consumer buying outlook
The Board along with administration and economists predicts rising demand for houses cars and TVs this year and next. It notes some buyers overextended last year while job income and credit conditions will influence actual spending. Over a million new house buyers and a similar number entering the auto market are anticipated, with TV purchases tied to new station growth.
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Federal Reserve Board
Radio transmitter for pilots and world dish claims
A compact handheld radio transmitter receiver aids ditched airmen. A globe wandering pundit says requests for national dishes in origins lands are often misunderstood. Birth study shows triplets every 9400 births and quadruplets about 1 in 620000. Stork Diaper Service used a live stork as publicity. Zane Grey began as a dentist before writing. Robert Frost born in San Francisco.
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New York
Zane Grey
Robert Frost
New England
San Francisco
Inconsistencies in Sawyer Lee Dismissal Handling
Washington reports Charles Sawyer faced scrutiny over his abrupt dismissal of Michael Lee on security grounds. The record shows Sawyer praising Lee privately before reversing position publicly, while also defending his decisions on loyalty reviews and export controls. The piece also notes a separate Formosa jet lobby and a bipartisan push to investigate the House Lobby Investigating Committee.
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Truman
Michael Lee
Sawyer
Senate
White House
Lee
MacArthur
Pat McCarran
Nevada
Judiciary Committee
Department of Commerce
McCarran
FBI
Commerce Department
General MacArthur
China
State Department
Army
Atomic Energy Commission
National Security Resources Board
Fred McKee
Pittsburgh
America
New Lobby
William Donovan
OSS
Charles Edison
New Jersey
George Marshall
T. V. Soong
Chiang Kaishek
Nationalist
Chiang
Soong
Hu Shih
Washington
House
Rep
Clare Hoffman
Michigan
Gene Cox
Georgia
Cox
Edward Rumely
Committee For Constitutional Government
Joseph P. Kamp
Constitutional Educational League
Hoffman
Leonard Lyons recounts wartime sculpture pay dispute and showbiz notes
Leonard Lyons surveys postwar show business items. Jean de Marco seeks full payment for a War Dept sculpture halted when the building became State Dept. NBC takes 35 percent in Call Me Madam. Other items include bios of Buchanon, Costello, Welles, Douglas vaccines, and boxing chatter.
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Jean de Marco
Academy of Arts & Letters
War Dept
de Marco
America
State Dept
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Lewis Norpyx
Loretta Parker
Harry Monson
Federal Trade Commission
Baltimore Sun
Texas
Supreme Court
Clarence J. Bauer
Tulsa
Colorado
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Ranch
Colorado Springs
Midway
Yellowstone
Santa Fe
Salt Lake
Omaha
Englewood
Denver
George Santayana
By Neal O'Hara
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Robert S. Allen
Commerce
Charles Sawyer
Harbin
Japan
Formosa
Brown
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Merwin K. Hart
National Economic Council
Post-Hall Syndicate, Inc
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Lyons’ den
Leonard Lyons
NBC
Goldwyn
Westbrook Pegler
Eleanor Roosevelt
Yankees
Art Houtteman
George Kell
Detroit
Houtteman
Kell
Macmillan
Doubleday & Co
Jack Buchanan
London
Buchanan
Lou Costello
Dean Martin
Martin & Lewis
Copacabana
William O. Douglas
India
Himalayas
Orson Welles
Hollywood
Billy Conn
Lee Savold
Freddie Mills
Bruce Woodcock
Conn
Shor
Amsterdam
Arthur Kallman
Max Liebermann
TR Williams
Iei
Flent
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Pyeah
Puust Kid
Mino
MR. Sones
Brad Barry
Cord
Uwick
Southern Brokerage CO
Fisk
U. G. McClain
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