Veto Pre Marriage Cooling Off Period Proposal Stirred
Hollywood gossip column notes Janis Carter advocates a six month waiting period before marriage to deter impulsive unions. Readers respond with mixed support, including a psychologist backing the idea while some fans feel she harms her image. Carter argues the delay would foster more careful, lasting commitments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia MacPherson
Hollywood
Janis Carter
Miss Carter
Miss C
Planes to Reach 1700 Miles Per Hour by 1960
Douglas Aircraft engineers Harold Luskin and Harold Klein outlined a future jet plane capable of 1700 mph at the 1950 ASME meeting. They forecast a pencil thin, sharply nosed aircraft with a turbo jet engine, reduced drag, and a fuselage profile near sonic speeds to connect London in about two hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. Ellis
New York
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Harold Luskin
Aerodynamics
Harold Klein
Douglas Aircraft Company
London
Luskin
Supersonic Flight Requires Efficient Jet Engines and Inlet Design
Luskin argues engines must deliver three to four times thrust per weight for supersonic flight. He notes that thrust depends on design and proper installation, with inlet efficiency critical at high speeds. An aerodynamicist must craft adjustable scoops to ensure the engine ingests only what it can digest at each speed.
Mexico City Sees 100000 Leave for Government Workers Vacation
Mexico City reports that 100,000 people left the capital to avail themselves of the annual government workers early summer vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Propose New Bureau To Do Our Thinking Says Fulton Lewis
Fulton Lewis Jr argues the State Department seeks a multi million dollar independent propaganda bureau to influence public opinion. He recalls the Office of War Information and warns of balloon messaging and heavy handed censorship under Truman era plans. He notes Barrett’s drive to educate the US on foreign policy and counter McCarthy era attacks while lamenting potential new government control of thought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Washington
State Department
Russia
Edward Barrett
Voice of America
Barrett
Office of War Information
OWI
DWT
National Conference On US
Truman
State Acheson
Joseph McCarthy
Acheson
Department
McCarthy
Millard Tydings
Maryland
Scripps-Howard
Hearst
Communists As Eliminate Buddhist Taoist Roles In China
Dispatches from Ta Kung Pao report that Buddhism and Taoism face suppression under communist rule in China. Monks nuns and Taoist priests abandon robes to farm land. temples become government offices schools or factories. Clergy barred from duties. many join production. some sent to indoctrination camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
China
Ta Kung Pao
Red
North China “University
People’s Revolutionary “University
White Cloud
Peking
Etiquette Q and A on weddings and dinner manners
Emily Post answers readers on gifts for a wedding anniversary, proper etiquette for tipping soup cups, whether formal invitations imply evening dress, who may host a shower, how to mark gifts, and how to handle a small cup of applesauce at table.
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Mrs. Post
Bell Syndicate
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Globe
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Brock
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Schenley
Schenley Dist. Inc
Emily Post
Dresden
Nichols
Mark Galloway
Fitee
BRS
Gunn Bros. Thrift
Gunn Bros
Amarillo - Borger Pampa
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Hereford
Furr
Koes
Armour’s Peanut Butter
Libby
Corn Mayfield
EAS Rose Brand
Armour's Star
Lh. Jai
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