Figuring It This Way The Guess Was Good
Humor column by Dudley Early reflecting on a list of Christmas presents for public figures and readers. The piece playfully critiques figures like Uncle Joe Stalin Molotov Truman Forrestal and Captain John Smith while offering wry observations on politics psychology and social trends.
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Austin American
Hassenpfeffer
Aramantha
Joe Stalin
Truman
Forrestal
Prince
England
Blair Cherry
John Smith
Smith
Austin
Texas
A&m
D. E
Ruhr policy risks a new world war and French setback
The piece argues Truman's choice of Benjamin Cohen signals pro war direction in Ruhr policy. It accuses Wall Street and military brass of pushing Germany toward renewed aggression while Britain and the United States push a multinational Ruhr board that aims to protect French interests. France, Britain, and the U.S. risk undermining peace and inviting conflict.
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Truman
Benjamin V. Cohen
United Nations
Cohen
Julian W. Mack
Brandeis and Cardozo
Frankfurter
Ben Cohen
London
Palestine
Washington
PWA
National Power Policy Committee
James F. Byrnes
Paris
Moscow
Byrnes
Marshall
Great Britain
United States
France
Ruhr
Wall
Hitler
Mussolini
Hirohito
Japan
Russia
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Luxemburg
Wall Street
New York Post Corp
Madame Chiang Kai-shek's Difficult Mission to Rebuild Chinese Aid
Madame Chiang Kai-shek, aged 56, travels the United States in a strained effort to restore American munitions to China amid a hostile domestic reception. The article cites past US arms aid to Chiang, family tensions within the Soong clan, and Ming contacts as factors in her waning influence. It notes parallel UN debates and shifting Soviet-American propaganda during World War II era.
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Washington
Chiang Kai-shek
China
USA
Madame Chiang
United States
White House
Roosevelt
Miss Kung
Cordell Hull
Brazil
New York
Wellesley
T. V. Soong
Marling
H. H. Kung
Madame Sun Yet-sen
Sun Yet-sen
Chinese Republic
Martha Washington
Madame Sun
Gerald Tannebaum
Baltimore
Madame Sunlong
CIO
Mayling
General Marshall
West Point
Marshall
Chiang
Soong Dynasty
Vishinsky
Dewey
Unrs
John Foster Dollars
Dulles
Hotel d’Ilena
The
Bell Syndicate Inc
Broadway roundup of stars and reviews from Winchell column
In this Broadway snapshot, stars like Bolger McCarty Tallulah Clark Morley Phillips Carroll and Ferrer win medals in a season of public triumphs. The piece rails at audience fads while praising veterans helping vet hospitals and lampoons current showbiz excesses and gimmicks.
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Bolger
Mary McCarty
Tallulah
Bobby Clark
Rob’t Morley
Margaret Phillips
Madeleine Carroll
Jose Ferrer
Variety Reports
Atkinson
Percy Hammond
Austin Fire Hazards Rise as Holidays Near
The Editor's Notebook warns Austin faces peak fire risk in the cold season and holidays. Businesses unite under Cham ber of Commerce to place plant wardens and boost prevention. Education on fire safety reaches homes and schools, while officials urge careful holiday lighting and storage of flammable materials. An insurance link ties fire loss to premiums citywide. Meanwhile the Army seeks 3,800 nurses for military hospitals with a state quota plan and a January flight-nurse refresher course at Randolph Field.
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Austin
Chamber of Commerce
Army
Air Force
Oscar B. Abbott
Organized Reserves
Texas
American Nurses Association
Randolph Field
Army Nurse Corps Reserve
Texas Tax Patrol Studied As Model By Visiting States
Visitors from other state highway patrols attended the Traffic Institute at Northwestern University to study day by day traffic control, organization, records, equipment, training, traffic engineering and safety education programs of the Texas Department.
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Texas Highway Patrol
Department of Public Safety
Traffic Institute
Northwestern University
Texas Department
Texas
Northwestern Institute
Questions and Answers on Elections Time and Timekeeping
A historical Q and A column covers why some countries hold elections on Sundays for secular voting and attendance reasons. It discusses presidential papers as personal property, accident versus disease mortality rankings, ancient timekeeping devices, and ants diet, noting diverse origins and practices.
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