Americans Not World’s Top Spenders in Paris Scene
Paris dispatch notes Indian maharajas still lead in luxury spending ahead of Argentines and Brazilians. American millionaires rank fourth, with high francs spent by Indian and South American elites. International set rebounds postwar, tourists flood Paris as season wanes.
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Paris
Jewel and Couture
India
Paris Couture
Reading
South Bend
International
United States
Switzerland
Louis Bromfield
France
City of
Light
Texas Tightens Oversight of Alcohol Under Local Option
The Editors Notebook notes Texas strengthens liquor supervision under a local option system. It highlights enforcement by the Liquor Control Board, stricter permit rules, and broad public support for regulated, taxed sale while guarding against a return to statewide prohibition. Cross-border drinkers from dry Oklahoma state lines pose border challenges, but Texas firms say the regulatory framework will hold.
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Oklahoma
Texas
Liquor Control Board
Texas House
Murray Refuses Fourth Round Wage Increase in Steel Talks
The 1949 narrative reveals CIO leader Philip Murray rejecting a proposed fourth wage rise for millions of workers amid Washington talks with President Truman and steel executives. Board recommendations on pensions prompted a wage offset plan, but Murray stood firm against contributor-funded welfare, risking a large-scale strike as Truman weighs behind-the-scenes pressure.
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Philip Murray
Washington
Cy Ching
CIO
Murray
White House
Truman
Steel
Phil Murray
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Ezra van Horn
Lewis
Bridges
Poison ivy and related plants native to North America
The questions cover poison ivy poison oak and poison sumac as strictly North American plants found from the United States into Canada and Mexico. Historical notes include early references to Jamestown Virginia in 1609 and indigenous knowledge.
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United States
Canada
Mexico
Jamestown
Today’s Booklet Offer on Law Writing and Tax History
A Dallas format questions the reader about divorce laws in South Carolina Virginia repealing anti hitchhiking laws and GI Bill provisions. It promotes a Home Law Book revised to date by sending 20 cents to Austin American Information Bureau in Washington DC. The snippet also covers early sales tax origins in PA 1821 and WV 1921 and clarifies clothing industry practices with retailers and manufacturers.
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South Carolina
Virginia
Austin
United States
Pennsylvania
Delaware
West Virginia
British tried to block Truman atom reveal report
Pearson recounts British efforts to prevent President Truman from announcing that the Soviet Union had the atomic bomb. British officials pressed for a delaying tactic or leaking the news to a paper, but Truman persisted, stressing the public’s right to know.
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Washington
Truman
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Russia
Brien McMahon
Connecticut
Broadway Gossip Sparks Turbulent High Society Scene
A rapid-fire column traces Broadway egos and power moves, naming Garbo's links with Valentina, Gable and Lady Sylvia, plus Peggy Ann Garner’s management shift. It notes Anne Shirley’s rumored romance, Judy Garland’s replacement on a show, and Bevin dining with union head Dubinsky, all amid hotel crowds and last week’s theater buzz.
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G. Garbo
Valentina
George Schlee
Garbo
C. Gable
Sylvia Stanley
Peggy Ann Garner
N. Y
Mgr
E. Collins
Arline
Connecticut
Eisler
Tepee
D. Zanuck
Annabelle
Paris
Spain
Freres Ritz
M. Berle
E. Roosevelts
Anne Shirley
Adrian Scott
Chas. Lederer
John LaTouche
Pat Donovan
Judy Garland
Peasy Lee
Bing Crosby
Peggy Raves
Mary O'Connell
el Morocco
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Labor Day
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Little Eva
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BY Victor Riesel
Mr. Truman
New York Post Corp
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M.S.A
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D.Z.O. A
Longfellow
Westminster Abbey
London
D. K
Drew Pearson
England
Ciada
State Department
New York
Roger Makin
Acheson
Makin
McMahon
Hiroshima
Vishinsky
Vandenberg
Gene Millikin
Colorado
Sumner Pike
Capitol Dome
Millikin
John L. Lewis
Welfare Fund
Bell Syndicate, Inc
S. Pac
Majestic
S. Pacific
Mr. Bevin
D. Dubinsky
al & Dick's
54Th St
Union
Noronic
Miriam Hopkins
Michael Ellis
Guy Rennies
Helena Shurgot
Myron McCormick
Chesterfield
A. B. Hine Jr
Holiday Mag
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Leslye Joslin
Ed Beatty
State Dept
Voice of America
Nancy Noland
Swank Bones
Meddidge
Buzzards Bay
Cafe Society
Okair
Billie Holliday
Pat Casey
Ace
Springfield
Mass
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Renee
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