Ethics In Vote Campaigns To Be Scrutinized
Senate subcommittee hearings begin on ethics in government with Senator Douglas leading and Philip Willkie as chief counsel. A Fulbright resolution would create a ten member commission to study and improve official conduct in executive and legislative branches over a year.
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Senate Labor
Douglas
D., Ill
Philip Willkie
Wendell L. Willkie
Fulbright
D. Ark
Senate
House
Congress
Starve And Live To Ripe Old Age Says Statistics
U S Public Health Service warns Americans face early graves from overeating and obesity. Fifteen million are seriously overweight with 95 percent caused by eating too much. Heart disease high blood pressure diabetes liver and kidney issues follow, as fat grows unnoticed until danger appears.
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U. 8
Public Health Service
Morocco unrest looms over French control amid Abd el Krim threat
The report notes Abd el Krim, now 68 and in exile in Egypt, vows France will face resistance if it leaves Morocco. The Arab League plans to push the UN, while Morocco's instability could affect Indo China anti communist efforts, Central Europe forces, and the Tangier administration.
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Abd el Krim
Egypt
Morocco
Arab League
United Nations
Indo-China
Juin
Central Europe
Eisenhower
America
Tangier
Oilerich Near East
Lippmann on War and Peace with the Soviet Union
Walter Lippmann outlines his view of a total war between the Soviet orbit and the Atlantic community. He argues the United States would win militarily but face a protracted, devastating war with widespread collapse, migration, and chaos across Eurasia. He cautions against inevitability and calls for a militaryly defined settlement rather than collaboration. (To Be Continued)
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Tad
Times
Tam
Soviet Union
Atlantic
Western Europe
North America
United States
Red
Europe
Hitler
T.o
Tev Wisike
Stalin
Editorial Comment TAKE IT EASY VOICE
Editorial advocates engaging with the public to show understanding and hope in American propaganda while avoiding unkept promises and military actions. The piece cautions not to promise what cannot be delivered and to balance empathy with realism.
Since You Went Away Today I Walked Down Shady Streets
A reflective poem recalls walking alone on shaded streets since a loved one left. The speaker notes detachment from friends and a lack of desire to stay, passing through a crowd with a gray sky and absent sunshine.
Galo Plaza Lasso of Ecuador Shaped by Democracy
Galo Plaza, Ecuador’s president and former ambassador to Washington, built a modern dairy farming empire and led Quito as mayor and defense minister. He champions democratic governance amid regional turmoil and resisted martial law despite pressure from rebels and critics.
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Washington
United States
Galo ‘Plaza ‘Lasso
Ouador
University ‘of California
New York
Galo Plaza
Peru
Life Magazine
Evita
Peron
India
Nehru
Gato Plaza
Ecuador
University of Maryland
Homer Remsterg
Middletown
Diane
Gale
Galo
Maryland
California
Fot
Chile
Young Plaza
Plaza
Quito
Pearl Harbor
MaceArthur
Now and Then Hanging Out The Mid-Week Washing
A fragmented piece reflects on bootlegging era myths and odd curiosities. It touches on white elephants in Siam lore and a playful critique of numbers and identity in daily life. The tone recalls a casual mid century column of local wit and American regional humor.
Exclusive Hollywood Rumors Stir Casting Minds
Sheilah Graham reports on Livy De Havilland asking about 200000 for a Wald Krasna project while Ava Gardner and Stewart Granger remain set as romantic leads in Beau Brummel after Scaramouche. Debbie Reynolds is linked to Peg on My Heart with a Metro package. Gloria Grahame recalls an elephant incident at a Paramount screening and hints at an Alan Ladd project with Burr and Clark.
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Hollywood
Olivia de Havileland
Livy
Ava Gartner
Stewart Granger
Ava Toves
Betty Hutton
Paramount
Dick Bare
Debbie Reynolds
Debbie
Metro
Upword
Gloria Graname
Nick Raye
Gloria
Movie Stars Share Plans and Prices Across Hollywood
John Wayne vows next film The Alamo will shine with him as star and producer. Vince price hikes to $2000 weekly after Vegas project. Hoagy Carmichael lands a major role with Myrna Loy and Belles On Their Toes. Brian Donlevy faces surgery bills, then heads to Vienna for The Gamma People. Prices and bookings rise as doctors bill high and stars discuss futures with industry partners.
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John Wayne Cables
Ireland
Vince
Hoagy Carmichael
Honolulu
Myrna Loy
Brian Donlevy
Judy
Brian
Vienna
Virginia Grey
Andy de N Vine
Jack Dempsey
T- Gene Autry
Dick Powell
Hee Ot Wells
I Power
Hollywood News Snips Highlight Victor Mature and Stars
Victor Mature returns to RKO with Jean Simmons in Androcles and the Lion while teasing star patience and frugal living. Robert Newton plans July return to Androcles after Arizona therapy. Margaret Sheridan reportedly lands a better Hawks contract and Peck’s leading lady in The Left Hand of God. Lou Costello works on his autobiography. Yvonne De Carlo rests before next project as she shifts focus from finances to career.
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Victor Mature
Jean Simmons
Vic
Robert Newton
Arizona
Androcles
Margaret Sheridan
Joss Howard Hawks
Peck
Lou Costello
Universal
Sour Dollah
Jack Buetel
Yvonne de Cliywood
Welingest
Yvonne
Foreign correspondence in newspapers and its changing reach
Editor George Sokolsky laments a drop from 2100 foreign correspondents in 1945 to 300 in 1950, arguing that wartime coverage fostered swift but shallow reporting. He recalls China in 1916 with seasoned reporters and notes the dangers of homogenized wire service copy and the need for trained, patient foreign correspondents.
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Russell F. Anderson
World News
Michigan Alumnus
Teflow
Mr. Anderson
Wickham Steed
Karl von Wiegand
Anne O
Rodney Gilbert
Nes
China
United States
Japan
J. B. Powell
China Weekly Review
Powell
Russia
Lenin
Trotaky
John Rised
Fifty years ago in the city and nearby events
Reminiscences trace past visitors and local happenings from fifty to ten years ago. Names include John M. McGrath H W Straley J M Sanders Atty Harold Ritz Claudine Floyd Wal Bin Dr W W Harloe James Elmer Brown J Frank Maynard Elmer C Barton Amelia Earhart and events span court business conventions and international incidents in Bluefield Matoaka and Damascus with references to U S consular ouster and regional occupations.
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John M. McGrath
H.W. Stra~ley
Princeton
J. M. Sanders
Harold A.” Ritz
Wyoming’ County
Claudine Floyd
Wal= Bin
W.W. Harloe
Matoaka
West Vilgins Christian Endeavor
Bluefield
Billy Sunday Club
the Tabernacle
J. Frank Maynard
James Elmer Brown
John W. Haldren
Bucau
Elmer C. Barton
Amelia Earhart
Atlantic
Commerce ‘Department
Autoriro
AbUeDe, As
Political Echoes and Unclear Rulings in wartime broadcast
A fragmented transcript notes mixed commentary on price controls by Mike DiSalle and Eric Johnston while critiquing a TV appearance by Gloria Mullett. It ridicules congressional adherence to economy drives and questions local funding and policy measures amid wartime rhetoric.
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Prentice Abernathy
Mike DiSalle
Ric Johnston
Remarks on Honorary Degrees and Public Affairs
A jumbled column lists remarks about honorary degrees for 1951 and mocks figures like Agamemnon Baffleyou. It notes a woman court clerk fired for betting, a lobster boat sinking off Long Island Sound, and references to Judge Medina and federal cases. The piece ends with a sardonic line about Truman and political criticism.
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Agamemnon Artemus
Setauver
Ing Sutofstown
Long Island Sound
Medina
Tom Murphy
Federal
Harry ‘Truman
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Kate Agraey
Madame de Gasarin
Walter Lippmann
U. S
Georgia
Parkersburg
Drew Pearson
This Land
Vale Plaza
Itil
Velasco
Harry Truman
Nelson Rockefeller
Wworld
Piasa
Plaga
Virginia
Guy
Siam
Scot
Iead
Tavish
Sheilah Graham
Geo. Sokolsky
Daily Telegraph
Damascus
H. J. Phillips
Oswald Pericles Fish
Pulvius Wilbur Proudfisn
Bar| ‘Association
Gregory Cuthbert Quonsett
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