Mencken Reflects on Dissent as Illness Cuts His Pace
In a rare interview Baltimore's H L Mencken, 74, discusses television, Hollywood, and his reduced reading due to a cerebral hemorrhage seven years earlier. He continues to judge films, preserves a vast correspondence with figures like Sinclair Lewis and Theodore Dreiser, and plans publication of selected letters while managing daily tasks with his brother August and aide Emma Ball.
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Henry L. Mencken
Baltimore
H. L. Mencken
Hollywood
Sinclair Lewis
R. Scott Fitzgerald
Mencken
Hopkins Hospital
Bread replaces rice as Japan widens wheat use
Tokyo reports millions more slices of bread consumed in Japan amid rice shortages and rationing. Ambassador Koto Matsudaira predicts Japan could become largely bread based in 30 years, while U.S. aid and a new wheat pact aim to boost imports despite high bread prices for workers.
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Tokyo
Japan
Koto Matsudaira
Canada
Toronto
Uncle Sam
William J. Ternohlen
U.S
United States
On Guard Against Communism Weekly roundup of Red propaganda themes
The Gazette summarizes Communist line from official publications and directives in the US and abroad. It reports on bills increasing penalties for Smith act violations, urging letters to senators, and mockery of Eisenhower's peace ship plan. It notes abuse targets Dulles Knowland Burdett and media witchhunt themes.
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Communist Party
Kremlin
Portant
Reds
K.O
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Daily Worker
Herbert Brownell
McCarthy
Justice Department
Harley Kilgore
D-W. Va
Eisenhower
Madison Avenue
White House
Bonn
London Daily Worker
Dulles
Russia
William Knowland
R-Calif
Formosa
Eastland
Winston Burdett
Harvey Matusow
His Plan To Move Started Big Argument
In Houston, James Milton Waters, 23, threatened to move to Oklahoma City prompting a confrontation with his wife. He attacked her hair with a butcher knife, admitting the act to hurt her feelings. He claimed her hair was dyed. she insisted it was natural. Waters was fined $250 for aggravated assault and Mrs Waters seeks a divorce.
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Houston, Texas
James Milton Waters
Oklahoma City
Prisoner Sentenced to 30 Days for Drunkenness Joke
Luther Britt, jailed after an arrest for public drunkenness in Wilmington, joked his address as prison farm No 303. He received a 30 day sentence to serve at prison farm No 303.
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Maryland
Hollins Street
Mencken
Wilmington, N. C
Luther Britt
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Theodore Dreiser
Joseph Hergesheimer
Branch
August
Boston
Jimmy Carter
Tommy Collins
Leipzig
Jack Lotto
INS
Merican
U.S. Senate
John Foster Dulles
Eastland Committee
3Rd Avenue
First Street
Ky Foot Comfort Store
JMC
Sogo
Smulekoff's
Smulekoff’s
Mengel
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