Old Statesman echoes of moralities and wartime notes
A nostalgic survey recalls The Statesman Jan 4 1878 with quirks on a Triplets birth in Texas and an eastern war report. Captain Harvey Payne solves Marine recruit logistics at San Diego, two planes fly out with 32 men, a photographer and wire service follow-up. James Rand II discusses radiation from heat and new fabric coatings for warmth topcoats and future travel.
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Tashekar
New York City
Beechers
Austin
Chicago Tribune
A. W. Terrell
Tribune
Senate
Alabama
Harvey ©. Payne
Marine Corps
San Diego
Capt
Payne
Lindbergh Field
Birmingham
Moore
Air National Guard
Washington State
Wetl
Press Association
Don
James H. Rand Il
Cleveland
Felix the
Rand
Felix
Pearl Harbor Day Reflections and Texas Traffic Safety Push
The piece ties Pearl Harbor Day to current global peril and urges action from the Texas Friday Traffic Safety Conference in Austin. It argues enforcement alone fails without public conscience, calls for stronger laws, education, and local programs to reduce fatal traffic crashes across Texas.
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Seaych
Austin
Allan Shivers
Texas Safety Council
Texas
Labor Orientations Fight Commie Inroads In Hong Kong Ports
A critical view of U.S. controls on strategic war material to China cites Hong Kong labor groups, pro Communist networks, and a Labor Federation aligned with Asia anti Communist unions. It argues for stronger port and diplomatic action to curb Soviet Chinese military support.
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United States
Department of Commerce
Hong Kong
Macao
China
Mao Tse-tung
Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee
Peking
Mac
Des Voeux Road
Loon Key
Queen's Road
Aneares
Washington
Shau Ki Wan
Rou Tou
Wai Chow
South China Trade Bureau
Mem
Korea
Singapore
Asia
Orient
American Federation of Labor
International Committee
Pakistan
Far East
Reds
Malayan Trade Union Council
All-Pakistan Confederation of Labor
Questions and Answers from a Historical Q and A Column
The column covers various queries from science to language facts. It notes water weight figures from a standards bureau, seed counts in berries vary by fruit size, composer of Take You Home Again Kathleen, a discussion on atmospheric humidity and sky color, censorship in motion pictures, Navy and Marine Corps reserve enlistment requirements, and the origin of the term hermetically sealed tracing to Hermes and alchemy.
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Kathleen
Thomas Westendorf
Chicago
Germany
Women’s Reserve Corps of the Navy
Marine Corps
United States
Parties and Games booklet guides for all occasions
The booklet Parties and Games offers ready to use ideas for hosting parties and games for teas showers anniversaries and more with separate chapters on children's events. Order by sending 18 cents to the Austin American Information Bureau Washington D C.
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Austin
Attlee Truman reviews on war policy and A-bomb use
The piece compares Attlee and Truman as liberal leaders with different foreign policy support and notes Churchill's influence on Attlee. It details Major General Gavin's push to use the Hiroshima type bomb tactically in Korea to destroy massed troops, its proposed tactical effectiveness, and concerns about retaliation and public opinion. It cites battlefield losses and argues cost considerations for limited stockpiles.
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Washington
Attlee
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Clement Attlee
Churchill
London
Korea
James M. Gavin
82Nd Airborne Division
Secretary of Defense
Gen
Gavin
Hiroshima
Russia
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Okinawa
United States
Far East
Europe
Air Force
Sacramento
Calif
Robert F. Travis
United Nations
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Broadway Memos of a Midnight World Gossip Roundup
Walter Winchell on Broadway notes reconciliations among George Abbott and Mary Sinclair, Betty Chappel wed, Jo Swerling seeks Tallulah for a new show, and Margaret Lockwood may marry a banker. Updates on Toscanini, DiMaggio rumors, Evelyn Alexander and Kefauver ties, plus fashion and society blips from New York and on the coast.
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George Abbotts
Mary Sinclair
Lee Savold
Betty Chappel
D. Garroway
Wm. Wilks
Cincinnati
Jo Swerling
Tallulah
Margaret Lock
Jack Warner
Florida
Yuletide
Garbo
Collier Young
C Courtneys
Jackie Copeland
Fran Keegan
Toscanini
Italy
Broadway
Ean Martin
H. Cullman
Evelyn Alexander
Kefauver
H. Walker
Tennessee
Abbe Lane
Cugat
Oliver Graces
Shipping
Long Island
Jamaica
Kew Gardens
Gov. Dewey
J. Hagerty
Mary Martin
Golden State
Engand
J. DiMaggio
Eegy Sanold
Cosmopolitan
J J. O'Connell
Betty Alexander
C. Wolf
Ritz Towers
Madison
Dolores Ziegfeld
H. Green
City Hall
M. Lavelle
Libby Dean
Auriol
France
Barbara Barb
Squibb
S. Garys
M. Berle
Jose Ferrer
America
Marie Wilson
Las Vegas
Alan Nixon
Jolson
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