Cosmos Club Membership Confirmed By Austin Engineer
Austin resident John Alexander Norris confirms a Satur day Evening Post profile of Cosmos of Washington D C noting the club’s selective ethos and intellectual camaraderie. Norris, a civil engineer and former state water official, says the article is largely accurate and recalls Cosmos history and notable members.
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Saturday Evening Post
Cosmos
Washington, D. C
Austin
Sat Eve Post
John Alexander Norris
West 11Th Street
Norris
State Board of Water Engineers
Possum Kingdom
Milton Lehman
Library of Congress
Washington
Lafayette Square
Embassy
Massachusetts Avenue
Dolly Madison
Tayloe
Andrew Jackson
Mark Cosmos
Alexander Graham Bell
Robert E. Peary
Adolphus Greely
Vannevar Bush
Arthur Compton
James B. Conant
David Lilienthal
Taft
Wilson
Hoover
White House
Mr. Norris
Labor Leaders Plan Anti Red Action to Truman
AFL CIO and allied labor chiefs told President Truman they will press an international labor diplomacy bid to curb Communism. The group led by Dubinsky Meany Reuther and Wall plans to outline a global strategy during a White House meeting.
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Commie
Stalinitis
America
Truman
White House
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
Ara
AFL
David Dubinsky
Matthew Wall
Saxtor Aes Meany
CIO
Walter Reuther
Mr. Truman
Labor
J. Oldenbroek
Free Trade Union Confederation
Vincent Tewson
Mexico City
Arctic
World Commie
Europe
Marseilles
Reds
Moscow
Agenta
Red
Atlantic
Oldenbroek
Karachi
Questions and Answers and Notes on History and Politics
A compendium of trivia and historical facts covers the Swedish crown jewels, the origin of totem, solar distances at solstices, early aluminum items, USS Hornet reunions, and the publication history of A Visit from St. Nicholas. It also discusses postwar anti communist labor actions, Marseilles waterfront politics, and a forthcoming Pakistan India Karachi labor conference.
Texas Tideland Policy Battle Shapes Next State Steps
Texas legislators clash over responding to the U.S. Supreme Court tidelands ruling while debating a compromise with the federal government or a bid to restore title in Congress. The issue affects the public school fund and may influence politics for years.
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United States Supreme Court
Congress
Supreme Court
Texas Property Defense Association
House
Allan Shivers
Ben Ramsey
William ©. Douglas
Tidelands
Douglas
S. J. Isaacks
el Paso
United States
Republic of Texas
Truman
Continental
Natur
Errors of Command Set Off Debacle In Korea
The column argues military errors, not troops, caused Korea setback. It cites Wake Island decisions, MacArthur plans, Truman hesitancy, and State Department cautions, noting suppressed or uninvestigated mistakes and criticizing McCarthy’s accusations. It ends promising another column on Korea defeat.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Sicily
McCarthy
MacArthur
8Th Army
Wake Island
National Guard
Attila
Braid
Tass
Truman
Yalu River
Roosevelt
Churchill
Chester Nimitz
Pacific
Mindanao
Gulf of Leyte
Omar Bradley
Henri Bonnet
State Department
Bradley
Connecticut
Yalu
Nehru
India
Peiping
Mao
Mao Tse-tung
38Th Parallel
The
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Broadway Lights and Nightly Theater Buzz on Opening Week
Walter Winchell surveys Broadway chatter from press reviews and public gossip. He highlights strong notices for Darkness at Noon at the Alvin Theater, praise for The Family revival, and mixed reactions to other shows. He also notes Ike Eisenhower’s sanitation habits and a quip about actors and bans in Boston.
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Alvin Theater
Phila. Inquirer
Linton Martin
The
Quakers
Bernardia Alba
H. Barnes
Herald-Tribune
G. Kaufman
Edna Ferber
Alsieman Chapman
AP News Rights Statement
Astandard note from the Associated Press explains that AP owns exclusive rights to local news and dispatches republished in the paper. It asserts AP’s entitlement to republication of all local news printed and AP news dispatches.
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