Editors Roundtable: a Trade Problem In Japan's Peace Treaty
A roundup of editorials from multiple papers weighing Japan's postwar trade options within its peace treaty. Editors discuss masking deals with Nationalist or Red China, Southeast Asia gains, and the balance of Western versus Asian markets amid concerns of economic and political costs.
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Japan
Britain
China
ST. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Senate
America
Oakland
Calif
Boston
Mass
Tokyo
United States
Pat
Red China
Southeast Asia
Exalted Priesthood Through A Better Covenant
A Bible verse from Hebrews emphasizes that Christ has received a more excellent ministry as mediator of a superior covenant founded on better promises, highlighting greater access and enduring support for believers.
Two Florida Postcards Show Different Moods of Sunshine
A columnist notes two Florida postcards from neighboring towns with nearly identical weather seven days long. One reader laments rain while the other savors sun, illustrating how climate lives in the people. The piece then shifts to a reader who, after 30 years of marriage, mourns her husband yet must count memories and family as life’s priceless gift.
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Florida
Lyons Den Highlights Weight Loss and Opera Ties
Leonard Lyons reports on figures from politics and entertainment. Samuel Becher discusses weight loss with Alfred Hitchcock, and a Caruso anecdote recalls Richard Conried’s Met Opera connections. A NBC feud over Rudolph Halley delays a school discussion, while Somerset Maugham's Encore prompts a three-story choice.
Grab Bag Of Easy Knowledge The Answer Quick
A mixed quiz style item with trivia questions and loose biographical blurbs. It asks about the horn of plenty, the solar corona, the Battle of Shiloh, a nursery rhyme character, and Gandhi's early profession, then darts through birthday cues and historical figures including Laplace Briand Gorky Madrid Masaryk and Calhoun, ending with a clues cluster about a movie hopeful and a Czech diplomat.
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United States
Shiloh
Johnny Green
Mahatma Gandhi
India
Nunan Testimony Highlights Tax Get Rich Tale in Closed Hearing
Washington column reviews former internal revenue commissioner Joe Nunan testimony at the King Tax Fraud subcommittee. Highlights show his outside income rising from 13,206 to 77,450 during 1944 1947, attendance at a Costello party, Iaunching law clients to McGrath and Justice Clark, and questions over tax practice and itemized deductions.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
King
Joe Nunan
Internal Revenue
Nunan
Frankie Costello
Copacabana
Costello
New York
McGrath
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
Adrian de Wind
de Wind
Robert Kean
New Jersey
Kean
Political Quotes and Notices in a Fragment
A collection of quoted remarks spans topics from AI patronage and Marxist labels to party corruption and age disclosure. Names include Senator Alexander Wiley and MIT professor Dit Straik. The fragment also references actress Sylvia Sydapy and a 2952 political race.
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Dit Straik
Communist Party
Progressive Party
C. B. Baldwin
Private life of a test pilot monkey at White Sands
Henry McLemore profiles a monkey test pilot and his family as a mouse and a group of simian and human characters banter about space launches. The dialogue and zany adventures unfold from Venus to Mars, with a moonbound call to the proving grounds and a wedding anniversary hint.
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Henry McLemore
P. Henry
Army
Iig
White Sands
N. OF
Silo
Iowa
Jocko
Bronx
Ethel
Jupiter
Proving Grounds
Focka
Mouse
Inauguration Telecast and Early Rail Era Facts
A historical note recalls the first US presidential inauguration telecast on January 20, 1909 during Truman's era, mentions Peter Cooper born 1783 who built the first American locomotive the Tom Thumb, and notes paraffin coating on snow shovels to prevent sticking as a winter tip.
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United States
Truman
Peter Cooper
Moonbound Jocko and The Mouse Visit A Lunar Night
In a surreal scene a mouse and Jocko the man converse with monkeys and mice as room and board chases them with brooms. A day later Mrs Jocko hears swishes indicating Jocko is en route. They drift into a playful moon bound moment high above Earth as they imagine people on the moon.
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Jocko
Mouse
Try And Stop Me By Vernon Gomez
Vernon Gomez the eccentric southpaw of yesteryear Yankee lore jokes about a Yankee Stadium home run record after a playful interruption. A debt scam unfolds when a man asks for 320 with a dying mother, prompting a stern reply. Two Catskill hotel proprietors report travelers sleeping under beds due to leaks, signaling odd travel season woes.
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Vernon Gomez
Yankees
Yesteryear
Yankee Stadium
Jimmy Foxx
Gomez
Potter's Field
Comez
Catskill
New York
Sam
Myron
Five Years Ago Headlines Trace Local Changes
Garbage service expanded to Leger and Busch Terrace as seven candidates sought the Senate post. Citizens formed a foundation. education and charity funded $80 million. Dr. Harry B. Naylor named exalted ruler of the Tri-Cities Elks Lodge. Kim Glass, Harris County tax collector, planned resignation to run City National Bank project in Houston. Diana Dickerson, 18, died downstreet in La Porte. Joe Sheok injured in Mont Belvieu traffic crash. Elden Berry elected Baytown Methodist junior board chair.
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Harry B. Naylor
Tri-Cities
Elks Lodge
BPOE
Kim Glass
Harris County
City National Bank
Houston
Diana Dickerson
la Porte
Joe Sheok
Mont Belvieu
Lynchburg-Cedar Bavog Road
Elden Berry
Baytown
Turkey talk from Ankara to Istanbul in wartime style
A correspondent writes from Turkey describing travel chaos at Istanbul and Ankara, noting diplomatic humor, American observations, traffic, industry, and attitudes toward democracy and communism. He compares Turkish modernization, tax reform, and living standards, while praising progress and urging more thoughtful aid.
Stratospheric Dreams and Dazzling Gems in Aside Notes
Fragmentary report blends science fantasy with cultural tidbits. Jean Piccard pursues a stratospheric ascent while Mars curiosity looms. Britain or Scotland’s Stone of Scone and precious gems headline alongside Egypt and King Farouk’s yacht updates. The piece threads between science, music in schools, and Batista’s Cuba, offering a mosaic of contemporary curiosities and ambitions.
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Scotland
Scone
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