Atomic bombs as policy tool sparks strategic crisis
The editorial argues the atomic bomb forfeits decisive power, risks international security, and undermines U.S. military planning. It notes limited bomb supply, contested delivery, and warns that reliance on atomic force threatens political and military bankruptcy, urging defense and dispersion instead.
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Ruhr
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France
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State Loyalty Bar set to enforce oath in Texas legislature
The Edttor's Notebook reports a Texas Loyalty Measure drafted by Rep. Marshall O Bell to create an ex officio Loyalty Board and require publication of its findings. The bill bars state payments to listed individuals and mandates sworn affidavits for all state employees and educational workers.
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Communist Party
United States
United States Department of Justice
Inside the Reuther assassination case and labor politics
FBI crime experts and Michigan police doubt higher-ups behind the Reuther assassination will be caught despite recent arrests. Detained suspects in Pontiac face weeks in jail as unions and mob-linked gambling are questioned. The piece links Michigan CIO leaders to a national gambling ring and hints at broader labor political struggles in Hollywood and U.S. unions amid Cold War tensions.
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Labor, Politics and Glamour Stir October Tents Across Nation
A survey outlines pro Truman aircast plans featuring Bogart Bacall Reagan and others to woo labor listeners while unions face potential strikes. Labor leaders join campaign trains with PAC chief Jack Kroll as registration rises in several states. Toledo uses wage boosts for workers. press tensions flare over miners publicity.
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Ronnie Reagan
Alexis Smith
Melvin Douglas
Tallulah Bankhead
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Minneapolis
Hubert Humphrey
Republican Party
Fred Waring
Robert Montgomery
Tex McCrary
Jinx Falkenberg
Irene Dunne
Ginger Rogers
PAC
Jack Kroll
Ohio
Wallace
New York Labor Committee
CIO
Phil Murray
New York
West Virginia
California
Texas
Washington
Massachusetts
Top Hat and White Tie Review Crowds Broadway
Winchell surveys a busy first night of reviews with Tallulah Bankhead and Ted Andrews praised for stage prowess. Critics debate Coward versus 1931, while Betty Smith and Roosevelt biographies attract attention. Highlights include Love Life, Julia Misbehaves, and Kaufman flops.
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Noel
Bankhead
Coward
Bob
Tennessee Williams
Ted Andrews
Margaret Phillips
NY Times
Atkinson
Miss Phillips
Mr. Andrews
Nanette Fabray
Ray Middleton
Broadway royalties and reviews pace 1940s theater scene
Broadway ports Tennessee Williams earns 7500 weekly royalties as Summer and Smoke tours four months of theater parties. The Empire Theater hosts Life With Mother while a six-person mail team handles a flood of orders. A round of reviews and industry chatter follows, with critics panning John T Flynn and coverage of American Magazine and political forecasts.
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Tennessee Williams
US Mint
Empire Theater
Mother
Why Bourbon Whisky Is Named After Bourbon County
The text notes Bourbon whisky derives its name from bourbon county in the northeast, linked to Indian corn. It also contains garbled lines about election precincts and references Guy de Maupassant, citing his short story The Necklace as highly regarded.
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Bourbon
Guy de Maupassant
Weight Control booklet outlines diet without medicines or aids
An authoritative pamphlet explains how foods affect weight including vitamins calories and carbohydrates. It guides daily menus and presents weight tables for men and women by age. Send 15 cents to The American Bureau 316 Age St Washington 2 DC.
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American Bureau
Washington 2
Minimum Wage Reform Stalled by Republicans in 1946
The article reports that Congress failed to raise the federal minimum wage beyond 40 cents per hour, despite 1946 pledges. It notes Utah Senator Elbert Thomas proposed 75 cents, Taft’s committee blocked action, and a Myers compromise was defeated. The Senate Labor Committee cited complex issues and adjournment as causes. It also mentions the current state wage of 16 dollars per 40 hour week and cites harsh wartime prisoner conditions in solitary confinement.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Republican Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Utah
Elbert Thomas
Taft
Labor Committee
Pennsylvania
Francis Myers
Senate Labor
Tee
Economic gains lift Southern incomes in postwar years
The Commerce Department reports national per person income rose from 680 in 1929 to 1323 in 1947. The South led regional gains with a 157 percent increase from 344 to 883 dollars, closing the gap as industrial expansion continued.
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US Commerce Department
South
East
Indus
Progress in the South Boosts National Prosperity
The Memphis Press Scimitar notes new progress in the South and urges focus on economic development. The piece argues that improving living standards, housing, health, education, and intergroup relations will raise national prosperity. It states stronger southern output supports broader purchasing and production across the United States.
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South
Memphis Press-Scimitar
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