Pravda rails at American aid as Russia faces war tests
A Moscow Pravda piece denies that rail transport is an Achilles heel of the Soviet Union, arguing Soviet logistics relied on lend lease. The piece notes US help via submarines, Iran, and Murmansk, while critics say gratitude is lacking and anti American sentiment grows in Russia and its leaders.
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Moscow
Pravda
Russia
Soviet Union
Stalingrad
Iran
Murmansk
Berlin
United States
Chaplin Accepts World Peace Prize From Communist Group
Lausanne report says Charlie Chaplin has happily accepted a peace prize from the World Council of Peace. The left wing actor, who spurned U.S. citizenship, is labeled a hypocrite for aligning with Soviet backed peace propaganda and choosing Switzerland as his home.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Charlie Chaplin
United States
World Council of Peace
Chaplin
Charlie
Feedom
States
U.S.S.R
Paul Robeson
Iron Curtain
Kefauver Pushes Rules for Congressional Hearings
Senator Estes Kefauver proposes formal rules to govern congressional investigations, aiming to turn hearings into courtroom style proceedings. The move draws solid Democratic support from 18 senators, with only Wayne Morse dissenting among Republicans allowed by party labels. The strategy appears designed to frame Republicans as lax on the McCarthy Army hearings ahead of elections.
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Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Congress
Red Menace in Guatemala Cited as Local Threat
The article warns U S citizens to study Central America noting Guatemala as a small republic where communism has taken root. It calls the country a simmering issue and potentially a ongoing trouble spot in the Americas.
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United States
Guatemala
Americas
John L Lewis Builds Power Across Labor Finance and Real Estate
The United Mine Workers leader, nicknamed a financial titan, controls unions, banks, and real estate with assets nearing 300 million dollars. His latest move forms a major Washington bank, outmaneuvering ex New Dealers and top bankers, while linking with Eaton and Young in high stake railroad and financial ventures.
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John L. Lewis
Nited
Paritime
F. D
Lewis
Little
Wall Street
Cyrus 8. Eaton
Cleveland
Robert B. Young
Young-Eaton
New York Central Railroad
Eaton
Young
John L
New York
United Mine Workers
UMW Welfare Fund
National Bank of Washington
Truman
National
Hamilton National Bank
American Security and Trust Ate
Daniel W. Bell
Treasury
Bell
Hamton
Eisenhower
James Taylor Adams Narrates tale of Bad Branch mine legends
James Taylor recounts a yarn told by Noah Reedy about Old Man Isaac Maggard and a silver mine legend in Bad Branch. Swift the miner and a group of strangers allegedly followed a buried route to a claimed mine, only to fail as night never ends in that region.
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Boyd Bolling
Boyd
Isaac Magegard
Maggard
Cumberland
Hit
Noah Reedy
Noah
Isaac
Swift
Maggie
Guatemala Leader Faces Rising Tension as Tourists Flee
Washington reports describe Guatemala City under guard with President in a marble palace and soldiers at the gates. The capital's tourist trade collapses as concerns over communists grow, with outsiders waiting for potential violence while locals seek to purge the government and restore stability.
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Washington
Guatemala
White House
Central America
Palacio
Guatemala City
Casa Blanca
Chichicastenango Lake Ati tlan and a changing scene
The piece recalls Lake Atitlan surrounded by volcanoes with lava chunks and free spa stones once used by swimmers. Casa Contenta on the shore is run by a Hawaiian woman and her Mexican husband with fading business. The Palace Hotel has removed greenery and bouquets, guests scarce, as memories of rumba nights with a blue suited colonel hint at looming upheaval.
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Chichicastenango
Lake Atitlan
Casa Contenta
Hawaii
Palace Hotel
Casa Blanca
Arana
Guatemala President Faces Threats After Arbenz Era
An observer recalls Jacobo Arbenz and political turmoil in Guatemala. Army units patrol streets, Arana’s revolt aftermath, and grafted opinions on communism’s fit in the rich nation. The narrator notes the president’s precarious security and cultural contrasts.
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Arana
Jacobo Arbenz
Avenida Sixta
Arbenz and Co
Jacobo
Presidente
Irresponsible advert excess prompts calls for restraint
A reader comments on radio and TV advertising saturating households with loud, repetitive pitches. The letter argues jingles and dramatic interruptions ruin entertainment and provoke consumer backlash, asking why merchants push extreme sales tropes and slogans across broadcasts.
Soap and Brevity Debate on Commercials and Media
A newspaper column laments long commercials and aggressive ad tactics while urging sponsors to join radio and TV listening sessions. It criticizes euphemistic terms like exciting and mocks sensory exaggeration in ads for detergents and oils. The piece cites McCarthy hearings and other public matters to frame media excess.
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Senator McCarthy
Stevens
Joseph Welch
Hollywood Notes on Corvettes and Creative Captains
Sheilah Graham reports Corinne Calvet lingers in Rome to costar with Jeffrey Stone in The Three Musketeers. Bing Crosby replaces his son Gary on CBS radio after a crash. Greta Peck suffers a family loss while Gregory nears arrival. Mult langue cast on Helen of Troy in Italy. Dick Barstow works on Judy Garland numbers for Born In A Trunk. Edith Head to fit Grace Kelly for Catch A Thief in Paris. Grace lands loan-out leads at Paramount with The Country Girl and Rear Window. Fred Astaire returns home with wife Phyllis after illness. Joan Crawford’s Cassie shifts from Jennifer Jones. The Barefoot Battalion chronicles Greek children raiding German lines in WWII.
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Corinne Calvet
Rome
Jeffrey Stone
Jeffrey
Johnny Anderson
Barbara Lawrence
Bing Crosby
Gary
Bing
CBS Radio
Greta Peck
Gregory
Warner’s
Helen of Troy
Italy
Dick Barstow
Judy Garland
Darryl Zanuck
Daddy Long Legs
Fred Astaire
Leslie Caron
Edith Head
Grace Kelly
Paris
Cary Grant
Grace
Edith
Harold Mirisch
Phyllis
St. John’s Hospital
Fred Ay
Joan Crawford
Cassie
Jennifer Jones
Joan
Jennifer
Barefoot Battalion
Hollywood Flashes and Star Gossipy Notes From London
Stars and headlines move through wartime ties and London set talk. Maria Costi, OSS ally, stars in a country release next month while Ray Milland and his wife sail to Hollywood. Gilbert Roland enjoys VIP treatment as French Line and 12 Mile Reef shine in London.
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Maria Costi
OSS
Ray Millands
London
Hollywood
Ray
John Huston
Allied
Humphrey Bogart
Billy Wilder
Marilyn Monroe
Robert Taylor
Ursula Thiess
Bob
Tevis Morrow
Dorothy Me
Rome
Gilbert Roland
Savoy Hotel
Thames
Waterloo Bridge
Cleansing Hollywood of Communists Two-Phase Effort
Geor ge Sokolsky reviews a two phase Hollywood anti Communist program begun in 1951. The effort aimed to cut Communist influence and treasury in film work and to rehabilitate former Communists into positive Americanism. It notes Roy Brewer shifting from labor to management as pivotal and warns of renewed Communist infiltration amid reduced Congressional scrutiny.
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Hollywood
Motion Picture Management
Communist Party
Brewer's
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Senator McCarthy
Timelines recall past events across five decades
A wrap of dated notes lists events from fifty to ten years ago. Highlights include Borden’s return from Childress, Bandy’s Charleston trip, the Senate naval bill of 14 million dollars, Huerta’s reshaping, Coolidge’s tax cut signing, the Rev Bays earning a Doctor of Divinity, Gov Ralph’s death, transit company acquisitions, shuttle planes in Russia, and Tito's defense by Yugoslav forces.
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W. J. Borden
Childress
R. Bandy
Charleston
Coolidge
J. A. Bays
Bland Street Methodist Church
University of Chattanooga
U.S
Russia
Marshal Tito
California Primary Heating Up with Red Scare Attacks
In a Washington dispatch, Minnesota Congressman Walter Judd tells Bangkok diplomats to write him with problems, while California politics stir as Senator Kuchel attacks Democrat Sam Yorty as a Red. The California primary era moves ahead with McCarthy tactics, AFL splits, and touches on Gov. Knight’s FEPC stance amid race and labor tensions.
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Thiland
Judd
State Department
California
Tom Kuchel
Sam Yorty
Yorty
Kuchel
Senate
McCarthy
Joe
Harry Dexter White
Kuche
J. Edgar Hoover
Thomas Pitts
California A. F. of
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AFL
Hearst
Golden Bear
Jimmy Roosevelt
Steve Mitchell
Jimmy
George E. Johnson
Gus Johnson
George
L. A
Lee Haney
GOP
Roulson
Los Angeles
Goody
Knight
Supreme Court
FEPC
Stanford
Teamsters
Rain Is Soft Silk In Pasque Petals Poem
A poem by Beryl Stewart depicts rain as soft silk. Vivid imagery features gray satin sky jade velvet trees silk beads and moire while children and homespun roofs appear amid the wet lanes and puddles.
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Beryl Stewart
Pasque
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