Vermont’s Name Doubtful and Other Light Notes
The column muses on Vermont’s motto Freedom and Unity while doubting the freedom claim. It notes Arkansas as The Bear State and jokes about animal IQs, then praises bus drivers for calming rowdy schoolchildren aboard. It ends with a jab about baldness as a sign of virility.
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Othello
Vermont
Arkansas
Austin
L. G. Baker
Polio, Inc
Travis County
Baker
Clark Gable
Victor Mature
Lou Boudreau
Chicago Tribune
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Tribune
Bing Crosby
Jim Farley
Leo Durocher
Fair trade rulings curb price fixing across states
Courts in three states strike down minimum price laws for liquor drugs and cosmetics. The decisions uphold individual freedom of contract and restrict government price controls. The piece also notes Texas moves to fund junior colleges and Austin’s Jefferson Chemical relocation bringing 150 scientists to Texas.
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Texas
Edward S. Levine
New York
Doc” Weber
Florida
Louisiana
University of Texas
A&m
Texas Tech
Tunity
Austin Development Foundation
Jefferson Chemical Company
Austin
Jefferson Research
New York City
Port Arthur
CIO Leaders Clash in Private Power Struggle
Victor Riesel reports a heated, off the record confrontation among CIO chiefs in Washington. President Truman and his Secret Service detail were among the few outsiders present as the feud turned sharply insulting toward leftists.
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Washington
Truman
Secret Service Guard
CIO
National Council
Phil Murray
Blair House
Labor unions push Truman to stronger labor law crusade
Amid a rising labor push, CIO and AFL leaders rally around Truman after Roosevelt's New York victory. They expect a new labor law, demand health welfare and public works programs, and plan a 1950 campaign strategy to gain Congress support. Franklin D Roosevelt Jr figures as a mobilizing symbol for the unions.
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Truman
Congress
Franklin Roosevelt, Jr
New York
CIO
Roosevelt
National
White House
AFL
Americans For Democratic Action
David Dubinsky
AFL Ladies’ Garment Workers
Alex Rose
Milton Diamond
Jimmie Petrillo
Mike Quill
Transport Union
Political Action Committee
Quill
Joe Curran
Hedley Stone
CIO Men’s Clothing
Liberal Party
Harry Truman
Mr. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Bayard Swope
Question and Answer: debunking common inquiries
A compilation of Q and A covering abbreviations on invoices buffalo populations the origin of New Deal the kangaroo birth pattern the term mess vitamin C timing for citrus prep the word spinster governor salaries Washington commission Herschel Hoover slogans and more.
Acheson Paris Plan Shapes Postwar Germany Policy
Summary details Acheson’s Paris peace instructions call for Western Germany to join a jointly supervised democratic election with Eastern German parts, and for allied troops to be redeployed or withdrawn with a Rhine-ward line plus a trained German constabulary. Debates unfold over French opposition and American strategy as Senate priorities loom.
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USA
Russia
Germany
Acheson
Vishinsky
Atlantic
State Department
George Kennan
Kennan
Hamburg
Bremen
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Rhine
Paris
Bonnet
France
England
United States
Charles “Chip” Bohlen
Vaudeville Reborn On Broadway Through Showmanship
The Broadway scene pivots on vaudeville’s rebirth as its spirit persists in radio film and television. Stars reflect that vaudeville trained performers to gauge crowds and craft timing, with Ruth Draper cited as an example of a bankrupt act retooled into a headliner.
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Ruth Draper
Pittsburgh
John F. Royal
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