Press Ad on Subversive Ideologies Seeks American Defenses
In a late issue the Daily Telegraph prints a state agency warning against European ideologies abroad and subversive movements at home. It cites Elliott Roosevelt's Moscow speech and a House committee on un American activities. It calls for eradicating foreign influences and defending American rights and policies.
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Congress
New York City
Moscow
Washington
Elliott Roosevelt
America
Raven Jesamay quoted lines about chastisement and healing
The brief note cites Job 5 18 about God wound and heal. It adds a quip by John Pomfret on RAVEN not always angry when He strikes and chastises those He likes. The source text blends scripture with a proverb-like reflection.
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Raven
John Pomfret
Ote
Bluefield Growth Hinges On More Railroad Frontage
A city planning note argues Bluefield must expand railroad frontage to attract warehouses and factories. It criticizes current street layouts for crowding main lines and warns that shortage of rail access drives firms away, hindering wholesale and industrial growth unless new highways and sidings are built.
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Bluefield
Staté Line
Twin Cities
Bluefields
Reversed Limitations On Government And People
Robert R. Young, Newport businessman and railroad director, cites an Atlantic Monthly critique of government usurpation of power. He argues the Constitution placed limits on government, not people, and laments 175 years of politicians reversing this. He notes Roosevelt era overreach and urges a return to fundamental limits to preserve liberty.
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Atlantic Monthly
Robert R. Young
Newport
R. I
Mr. Young
Roosevelt
Congress
Administration Will Put Reds Under Microscope
President Truman proposes a government wide inquiry into employees suspected of subversive leanings. An independent agency is tasked to report findings by February 1, considering future responsibility for issues exposed and potential agency changes.
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Truman
Roosevelt
Congress
Pew
Fourth Branch of Government From Truman Speech
President Truman called for Republican and Democratic cooperation while denouncing the long established fourth branch of government. He cited executive order backed agencies that regulate industry and wield judicial power, urging removal of this costly bureaucratic layer to restore constitutional balance and accountability.
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Truman
Congress
Vanderberg
Byrnes
Mefenvan Bi
Courts
Lfe
Executive
Chiang Kai-shek retirement signals potential step down
Editorial notes Chiang Kai-shek hints his political career may end with the new constitution. Observers weigh retirement, a bid to drive continued leadership, or a calculated move to shore up power against communists. If he leaves, Stalin would be among the last wartime leaders still in power.
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Éné
Chiang Kai-shek
Kuomintang
China
Chiang
Han Chiang
Josef Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
Mussolini
Hitler
Marshal Petain
de Gaulle
Columbus Evening Dispatch
Inexplicable Tale Sparks Sydney Ring Risen Mystery
Fragmentary lines hint at a revived Sydney Ring mystery as a character awakens to unknown forces and a cart is left unfixed. Readers are urged to trace a magical origin amid cryptic imagery and era smoke.
Tax row and labor plots shadow Lewis era mine deal
Drew Pearson reports Treasury is reexamining the John L. Lewis United Mine Workers income tax return tied to the Carl Elshoff mine closure in Springs, Illinois. The probe centers on a 1943 potential prosecution over $300,000 paid by Lewis to Elshoff and whether notes predated the loan claim. The piece notes past decisions not to prosecute and raises possible new scrutiny if limitations allow. The column also touches on broader labor and political tensions, including steel profits, Braden versus Messersmith over Argentina policy, and Andy Higgins tax troubles.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Springsfield
Ill
Carl Elahoff
Treasury Department
United Mine Workers
Treasury
Carl Elshoff
Morgenthau
Elshoff
Lewis
Joan
Treasury- Justice Departments
STEEL
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Emory
State Department
Spruille Braden
Byrnes
George Messersmith
U. S
Argentina
Braden
Messersmith
Peron
Jimmy Byrnes
Andrew Jackson Higgins
New Orleans
Andy Higgins
Inelde
South America
Higgins
Businessmen For Roosevelt Committee
Philadelphia
FDR
Henry Morgenthau
Andy
Roosevelt
Dewey
Hugh Fulton
Truman Committee
Harry Truman
Argsotina
Thao Cio
Western Union
Ford
G. M
Truman
Missouri
Manhattan Bookstore Talk In Dec 3 Scene
Hal Boyle reports a bustling Manhattan bookstore with readers and clerks amid shelves of sociology and romance. Aunt Sarah debates titles for her nephew Jim and his wife Mary, hearing playful but blunt catalog chatter about popular novels and scandalous sensational works.
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Sarah Applegate
Manhattan
Europe
Horace
Fuddy
Ann Sarah
Eldon Eyewash
Jim
Mary
Reno
Sarah
Meemie
Aunt Rarah
China
Algiers
Tom Swift
Paradise Flats
The Bobbsey Twins in the Atom Age
A street scene debate about "normal folks" in modern literature. Aunt Sarah rants about shelf trash and vows to write a real tale of ordinary people, while a saleslady longs for a clean story about a married couple facing ordinary troubles.
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Aunt Saran
Sarah
Cear
Bobbsey Twins
Teh
O'Donnell on The Best Years of Our Lives
Cathy O Donnell recalls fear and pressure as she shot her first film The Best Years of Our Lives. She played the sweetheart of a sailor who loses both hands and faced dire nerves during the pivotal early scene with director William Wyler and star Harold Russell.
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Cathy O’donnell
Mise O'Donnell
Harold Russell
Miss O'Donnell
William Wyler
Wyler
Misa
O’Donnell recalls Wyler admiration and late career start
O’Donnell confesses she did not hate Wyler calling him the greatest director. The piece traces her early life from Siluria Alabama to Greensboro and Oklahoma City, with schooling in shorthand and typewriting, stints as a stenographer, and a dramatic course at Oklahoma City University that steered her toward acting. Her persistence with theater and writing poetry shapes a lifelong pursuit.
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O'Donnell
Wyler
Miss O'Donnell
Ann Steely
Siluria
Ala
Greensboro
Oklahoma City
Business
Oklahoma City Induction Center
Cathy ODonnell Bounces Through Goldwyn Screen Tests
Cathy ODonnell, discovered by Samuel Goldwyn, signed then exiled after a screen test. She studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, toured in Life with Father as Mary, shaved pounds through rest at a desert resort, and aims for Hollywood fame.
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Miss O'Donnell
Ben Medford
Goldwyn
Cathy O'Donnell
Ann Steely
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
New York
Mary
Teresa Wright
Boston
Miss O’donnell
Hollywood
Alan Ladd in Four Hours to Kill remake at Paramount
Hollywood gossip via Sheilah Graham notes Alan Ladd’s schedule tightens as Paramount plans a remake of Four Hours to Kill from Norman Krasna play Small Miracle. Ladd hoped for a January England vacation with wife Sue Caro after their baby’s birth, but work and housing constraints loom.
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Hollywood
Alan Ladd
Alan
Paramount
Norman Krasna
England
Sue Caro
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Canada
Audrey Totter
Turhan Bey
Film-Making Slate Seeks Ladd Roles and Royal Wedding Tie
A chaotic clipping notes film plans and gossip: Ladd projects and a potential wedding between Joan Blondel and Mike Todd around Christmas, Benedict Bogeaus involved, Van Johnson’s father visiting after a $100,000 house move, Vivien Leigh sought by Sidney Franklin for a project post commitments, James Mason arriving in New York and likely to visit Hollywood, with former Paramount boss in Europe claiming an agreement for Mason and future projects.
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Joan Blondel
Mike Todd
Joan
Benedict Bogeaus
van Johnson
Hollywood
Van
Vivien Leigh
Sidney Franklin
England
James Mason
New York
Holywood
Paramount
Europe
Mason
Washington Dims of Government Ask for Swift Reform
Washington observers fear Congress will swing Republican next month and enact union reforms, including contracts and financing rules, while addressing strikes in utilities and public services. Industry leaders warn against rushed action and warn that efforts could provoke a longer economic struggle.
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Washington
Congress
Hollywood
Fifty Years Ago in Daily Telegraph Notices
Daily Telegraph item recaps multiple dated notes from fifty to ten years ago. Mentions William Spencer of Bottom Creek Coal and Coke, J W Overstreet of Southam Express, Arnold's Edom visit, and other residents traveling or relocating. The fragmentary text cites funerals, moves, business trips, and family visits across Bluefield Meadow View Thaxton Welch Catlettsburg and Philadelphia.
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William Spencer
The
Bottom Creek Coal and Coke Company
Arnold
Edom
Tent
J. W. Overstreet
Southam Express Company
Thaxton
T. Williams
W. C. Minnick
Bluefield
Meadow View
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Induction Center
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Appal Chian Power Company
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