How To Keep Up With the Joneses
HAL BOYLE notes a neighborly tale of Jones and the pressures of keeping up with appearances. Smith Brown and Johnson scheme to move Jones away then observe a fresh Jones replace him, showing vanity spurs debt and desire. A moral: if you cannot beat them, join them. A Cambridgeshire nursing home adds a two way patient nurse talk system.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Smith
Brown
Johnson
Jones
Joneses
Jonsese
Forks through the centuries and a donor strike
A 12th century Italian woman reportedly used a small gold fork to avoid greasy fingers, a practice that never spread widely. In 17th century England a dandy was mocked for using a fork, but forks became common after mass production lowered costs. Separately, Graz blood donors went on strike after learning Vienna donors received higher pay.
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Gers
England
Graz
Austria
Vienna
McCarthy Delivers Massive 169 Page Senate Speech
In the US Senate Senator Joe McCarthy read from a two pound three ounce 169 page manuscript on communism and the State Department. Despite the others leaving for sunshine a dozen remained listening as copies flooded the press galleries.
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Joe
Washington
US Senate
Joe McCarthy
Wisconsin
Chamber
Man
State Department
George C. Marshall
Dean Acheson
Appleton
Wis
Kenneth S. Wherry
Nebraska
Senator McCarthy
New York
McCarthy
Speech Preparation Basks In Monumental Effort Then Takes Toll
A speaker recounts the monumental effort spent preparing his address, noting delivering it left him hoarse and affected the general’s ears. He hints that rebuttals will follow later. This 1951 United Features Syndicate item reflects postures on performance and reception.
Reds De Glamorize Hungarian Names in Budapest Shops
In Vienna the Hungarian daily Fuggetien Magyarorszag attacks Budapest perfume labels for using cosmopolitan names like Old Lavender Chipre and Chat Noir. The paper questions why such names are favored over Hungarian terms and suggests a shift away from foreign branding.
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Vienna
Budapest
Fuggetien Magyarorszag
Diapers Marketed Under Hollywood Slang Noted in Ads
The article mentions note papers sold in boxes labeled Mirabelle Metropole and Bellevue and even diapers advertised under the OK term. The slang term is described as a familiar Hollywood underworld phrase.
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Mirabelle
Metropole
Bellevue
Hollywood
New Guinea Aliens Seek Citizenship in Unusual Numbers
Alien residents of New Guinea are applying for citizenship in large numbers after the territory’s transition from mandate to territorial status, signaling a shift in legal status and local identity dynamics.
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New Guinea
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