Inside Labor These Laborites Making Friends All Over World
In St Paul AFL leaders claim US State Department aided Chinese Communists while planning anti Communist actions. They assert India can lead Asia against communism and report efforts to counter Red influence in Africa, Japan, France, and Germany. AFL agents work on labor bureaus in Bombay and Brussels with Irving Brown and Serafino Romaaldi guiding efforts.
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ST. Paul
AFL
New York
Central Park
Ronnie Reagan
Lee Bowman
Richard Carlson
Screen Actors Guild
Meat Cutters
Liston Oak
Voice of America
US State Department
State Department
China
Congress
India
Asia
Capone
T-Men
Burma
Assam
Africa
Federation
International Committee
Jay Lovestone
Stalin
Moscow
Bombay
Irving Brown
Brussels
Serafino Romaaldi
Democratization League
Japart
Paris
Russia
Munich
Fight Promised on Natural Gas Drain in Texas
Representative W R Chambers of Brown County vows to renew his fight in the January Legislature to slow Texas natural gas exports. He cites federal permits allowing two billion cubic feet per day in new gas pipelines and argues taxation could limit exports while boosting state revenue.
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W. R. Chambers
Brown County
Texas
Federal Power Commission
Esc
Chambers
Texas Railroad Commission
Federal Over Commission
House
Senate Committee
Senate
West Texas
Pennsylvania
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Convention Spending Brings Cash to Fort Worth
The Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce calculated that convention visitors spent an average of about $21 per day in the city, higher than common estimates. If applied broadly, this could suggest a substantial annual boost in convention dollars for Fort Worth and similar cities, validating organized convention programs.
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Texas
Fort Worth
Austin
Translating Broadwayese for Reader's Digest Editions
Billy Rose muses on translating American slang for foreign editions of Reader's Digest. Maurice Chevalier reworks phrases into French, revealing the challenges and humor of cross language adaptation, while noting the magazine's global reach and appeal.
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Reader's Digest
Helsinki
Section du Reader's Digest
Pierre Denoyer
Maurice Chevalier
Times Square
Maurice
Answers and questions from a historical quiz feature
A compilation of questions and answers covering Prohibition era life and notable topics. It quotes estimated deaths in enforcing Prohibition, Petain's status, fish nutrition, the phrase shoulder to the wheel, a dictionary booklet offer, plane accident causes, Liechtenstein’s size, and early coffee history.
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Webster
Austin American Information Bureau
Street
N.E
Washington, D.C
Arabia
Deep Freezers Yachts and Planes Tie to Bennett Scandal
Washington column reveals Bennett bought four luxury yachts and three Navy Grumman JAF6B planes without bidding and sold to the government, with links to General Vaughan and the Truman era. It notes missing committee action and cites a 1945 letter urging Maragon to inquire about yacht bids.
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Washington
Clyde Hoey
North Carolina
Vaughan
John Maragon
White House
Rogers
Sen. Hoey
David A. Bennett
Bennett
United States
Senate
Gen. Vaughan
Sen
Hoey
Harry Vaughan
Washington, D. C
John
Maragon
Carnan
Caroline
Maritime Commission
Mary Barrett
Harry Truman
Potomac
Saugatuck
Mich
Florida
Nedra B
Albert Verley
War Assets Administration
Paul Mather
H. R. Greenlee
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Broadway season previews mix hits and misses
The autumn 1950 Broadway show season opens with three entries and fewer shows on the boards than last year. Highlights include Maurice Evans' Double Bill in the suburbs, Blackouts needing $26,000 weekly to break even, and Mary Martin noting easier days in the touring Pacific.
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Maurice Evans
Variety
Angels of
Mary Martin
S. Pacific
Pacific
Les Ballets de Paris
Abbott & Costello
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General de Gaulle
Ile d'Yeurison
Ance
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D.T.C. A
Robert Burton
E.H
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Pinky
Irma
Times
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Gary Cooper
Navy
Warner Brothers
Anna Magnani
Hollywood
Fitz Freres
Olivia de Havilland
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Stephen
Annie Rooney
Madeleine Carroll
John Cromwell
Glammerville
M. Berman & Co
London
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Liberty
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