Moron's Delight Reflects Germany's Postwar Resurgence
In Berlin and other western zones, German shops overflow with consumer goods, from radios to fur coats, marking a stark rebound from 1946 hunger. The revival includes a thriving free market, reduced black market activity, and rapid reconstruction under occupation, with renewed German vitality driving swift rebuilding.
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Germany
Berlin
Frankfurt Am Main
Weisbaden
Frankfurt
Brandenburg Gate
Moon Adds A 30th Moon To Solar System
A note on celestial changes and Uncle Sam's curb on moonshine sets a satirical tone. It mocks party taxation and hereditary blame while linking jokes about heaven gate and cocktail chatter to current events and social norms.
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Uncle Sam
Texas Tax Fight Looms As Shivers Signals No New Levy
Governor Allan Shivers signals possible year without a new tax while anti tax forces mobilize in the Legislature and industry backed by oil interests to resist or trim any new levy. Lawmakers plan to curb spending and challenge past appropriations in January.
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Allan Shivers
Senate
Shivers
Truman Snubbed by CIO Chief Amid Pittsburgh Visit
In Pittsburgh President Truman faced cold reception as CIO President Phil Murray skipped a presidential reception. The piece outlines CIO tensions, John L Lewis tactics to pressure big coal firms, and looming national labor confrontations with walkouts and upcoming conventions.
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Pittsburgh
Harry Truman
CIO
Phil Murray
Murray
Steel Workers
Truman
John L. Lewis
John L
John
Lewis
Mississippi
Nine Old Men Head Toward Right in Supreme Court Shift
Washington column outlines a court realignment after Rutledge’s death with three camps. Group one comprises Black and Douglas as liberal dissenters. group two stars Frankfurter and Jackson moving right. group three under Reed Vinson and allied justices shaping the majority.
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Washington
Franklin Roosevelt
Supreme Court
FDR
Wiley Rutledge
Hugo Black
William O. Douglas
Frank Murphy
Stanley Reed
Black
Douglas
Holmes and
Brandeis
Felix Frankfurter
Bob Jackson
Jackson
Frankfurter
Roosevelt
Middle-Of
Tom Clark
Vinson
Clark
Harold Burton
Burton
Truman
Senate
Douglas and Frankfurter on the Supreme Court Dynamics
A 1949 Bell Syndicate survey sketches Bill Douglas prodding Felix Frankfurter while contemplating resignation. It notes Vinson's shift to formality and Harvard-linked tensions with younger colleagues altering court culture. Reed’s votes and liberal aims also surface in key AP cases.
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Felix Frankfurter
Supreme Court
Frankfurter
Harvard
Felix
Bill Douglas
Washington
Justice Reed
Associated Press
Fred Vinson
Roosevelt
Vinson
Stone
Bell Syndicate, Inc
The Dog Watch Editor Faces a Hairy Challenge
A Broadway night editor writes a humorous piece about photographer Frank Burke and a squaring newspaper man Bill McMonigle who disputes a hair claim. McMonigle threatens but ultimately shakes hands and shares a cigar after the publication runs.
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Bill McMonigle
William McMonigle
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