Capital City Essay on Communism as Political Doctrine
A piece reflecting on the continuing appeal of communism as a political philosophy after the Korean crisis. The author critiques dialectical materialism and the belief that society and state exist for the common good, arguing that individual freedom and Western revolutions show the path to leadership and moral purpose.
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University of Texas
South Korea
Engels
Marx
Lenin
Stalin
Russia
Sam Adams
Boston Harbor
Tom Paine
Czar
NKVD
Kremlin
Erwin D. Canham
Christian Science Mentor
Yale
Edmund W
Sinnot
Lebanon
United States
Charles Malik
Soviet Union
Malik
West
The Once Over Agent Fritz Puts Blitz on Red Potatoes
Satirical piece features Potsy the Potato Bug confessing to sabotage of Soviet crops with wartime style bravado. The mock testimony includes aliases, training in Meadowbrook, and a plan to undermine Czech potatoes before being foiled by a red cabbage mishap and a Russian court. The spoof ends with a note on Americanisms and Daytona Beach race track news.
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Potsy
Kremlin
Patsy
Gerald
Suy
Gus
Spud Blitzer
Meadowbrook
L. I
Joe
Washington
Pentagon
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslvakia
Allan Shivers Seeks Full Two Year Governorship
The editors praise Allan Shivers for steady leadership in Texas during a year of war mobilization and fiscal crisis. He rebuilt mental health and education funding, pursued state economic reform, and formed a broad citizen commission to modernize administration while opposing a general sales tax or income tax.
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Allan Shivers
Texas
Shivers
Senate
O'Daniel-Stevenson
Jester
Legislative Council
Legislative Budget Board
Quiz Column Reveals Quick Facts On History and Science
A series of trivia Q and A covers topics from love birds and the globe theatre to geysers and Siamese twins. It notes the Globe Theatre fire in 1613 and its 1649 demolition, and records the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier dedication on November 11, 1932.
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R.E.O. A
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Arlington, Via
Wickersham's Payrolls Offer Peculiar Quirks
In Oklahoma, Congressman Victor Wickersham faces a payback scandal over inflated salaries and kickbacks. The FBI probes reveal workers Lloyd Matthews Steve Fisher and Phil Symcox received unusually high checks, with the congressman pocketing portions. Matthews later West Point appointment and denials fuel questions about office funds and payoffs. the affair highlights alleged payroll irregularities amid political tensions in 1950.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Thomas
Victor Wickersham
Mangum
Wickersham
FBI
Lloyd Matthews
Matthews
Aubrey Witt
West Point
United States Treasury
Fisher
Symcox
Georgia
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Pearson
Congressman Wickersham
James W. Taylor
Taylor
Herd Equipment Company
Oklahoma City
Steve Fisher
Phil Symcox
Cordell
Okla
Broadway Gossip Sparks Buzz and Backstage Bets
Bigtown Heartbeat captures a fast moving mix of Hollywood and Broadway notes. Princess Gabriella Pacelli lunches with Theo dore’s, Oscar Hammerstein II borrows six bits from a St Regis doorman, and Ruth Sitarr becomes Terese Hunter in a cast shift. Memos of a Midnighter hints Judy Holliday’s film role shift, and Ellaine Roosevelt tops off a tab in a pet shop as Fala ages.
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Bigtown Heartbeat
New York
Gabriella Pacelli
Pope
Theodore’s
Oscar Hammerstein II
St. Regis
Guy Kibbe
Elliott Roosevelt
Gigi Durston
Vickie van Patten
Mr. Roberts
Mary Malone
Riley
Saratoga
Ann Mace
Dorothy Pinto
Norma Amigo
Ruth Joseph
Dodgers
T. Brown
Ann Ward
Libby Holman
Newspaper Notes on AP News Rights
The notice states that the Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches for republication in this newspaper. It emphasizes AP ownership of the local reporting and syndicated material.
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Associated Press
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India
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Austin Statesman
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