No More Blaming the People on Iowa Mental Hospitals
Remarks before the Iowa senate challenge the current board of control and call for reforms in mental hospital administration. The piece argues fault lies with politicians and a closed system, not the public, urging truth from leaders, adequate funding, and a shift to a part time policy board to satisfy a frustrated public.
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Senate
Board of Control System
Iowa
House
Eldora
Laborite
Russians View Washington Peace Talk Hesitancy
In Moscow, the U S delegation includes Secretary Marshall, Ambassador Smith, and generals Clark Draper and Clay. The discussion hints at why Russians doubt Western desire for peace and imagines a Big Four meeting with top military figures in Washington.
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Atlantic
Russia
Washington
Moscow
Marshall
Ambassador Smith
Mark W. Clark
William H. Draper, Jr
Lucius D. Clay
Back in Form United States Faces Delayed War Readiness
Military planners in Washington warned the United States could not wage a full-scale war before 1948. The piece notes the historical pattern of initial unpreparedness yielding eventual success, suggesting to deter aggressors with the thought that challengers consistently come off second-best once action begins.
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United States
Washington
Simonov lauds Eisenstein and other showbiz notes
Soviet correspondent Konstantin Simonov calls Sergei Eisenstein the world's greatest director after praising Ivan the Terrible. The column surveys legal briefs, theater chatter, and film industry moves, including Pat Coleman’s drama tour tale and Robert Stoltz’s composing plans for a Viennese musical.
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Konstantin Simonov
America
Sergei Eisenstein
Ivan the Terrible
Eisenstein
Simonov
Prokofieff
Celebrity Gossip Snippets Stir Garden Variety Headlines
Notes from the era mix wry quotes and brief anecdotes about Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Damon Runyon, Tito, Julius Rosenwald, Robert Ruark, Oscar Levant and others. Items touch on jewelry marks, autographs, celebrity spats, and light theater world intrigue.
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Rita Hayworth
Miss Hayworth
Orson Welles
Mickey Walker
Damon Runyon
Armand Deutsch
Julius Rosenwald
Don Hartman
Deutsch
Tito
Richard O. Patterson, Jr
Patterson
Doubleday
Robert Ruark
Lucky Luciano
Cuba
Oscar Levant
Toots Shor’s
George Solotaire
Solotaire
Levant
Bugs Baer on counting victories and war bets
The speaker quips about overcounting wins and never ending feuds. He argues the atomic bomb should have been kept secret and mocks bets on odds and money. The tone blends wartime bravado with gambling metaphors and quotes from Alex Carr and Wilson Mizner.
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Alex Carr
Wilson Mizner
Greek aid issue muddled by British policy and congressional doubt
The piece argues Truman's Greece and Turkey aid plan lacks a clear form and outcome. It criticizes Attlee's Stated policy as confused and notes British withdrawal from Greece while IMF and lend-lease rumors circulate. Congress shows no set figure on relief. public campaigns raise funds but hearings reveal few concrete numbers.
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Yuase
Ton— Ee
Truman
Greece
Turkey
Attlee
Vandenberg Outlines Greek Situation to GOP Allies
Forty four of the 51 Republican senators attended the off the record session where Foreign Relations Chairman Arthur Vandenberg explained the Greek Turkish crisis and the case for a 400 million dollar loan. Most questioned the advisability of U S intervention in the Near East and worried about funding future moves in Korea Palestine India and other areas. Only Morse and Baldwin supported the president’s recommendations. Vandenberg pressed for written answers to key questions and warned a March 31 loan deadline could trigger an advance of 100 million by the RFC.
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Ashington
Arthur Vandenberg
Senate
G.O.P
Vandenberg
Greece
Turkey
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Ray Baldwin
Connecticut
U.S
Near East
RFC
Taft
Bevin
Byrnes
Vance
Korea
Palestine
India
Labor Bills Split as Truman Veto Looms in 1948 Race
House labor committee splits over one or two bills amid fear of presidential veto. The National Labor Relations Board brief signals CIO and AFL influence. The piece argues for several separate measures to bypass a broad veto and frames the labor issue as a choice between activist policy and individual liberty. It notes Navy ship store procurement concerns raised by Rep. Jack Anderson's hearings with dealers and ship stores.
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House Committee On Labor
Truman
National Labor Relations Board
Senate Labor Committee
CIO
AFL
Cio-Pac
Congress
Labor Board
New Deal Supreme Court
Ton
Jack Anderson
California
Navy
Anderson
Papotos
Office of War Mobilization
Industry
Labor
Agriculture
Byrnes
Washington
Philip Murray
OWMA
Pres
Reader credits health column with stopping laxative abuse
A reader reports over twenty years of reliance on laxatives and physic medicines ended after following the column’s advice. They adopted supplementing with complex foods, stopped all laxatives, and claim improved health and digestion while avoiding further side effects from such drugs.
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Bright’s
Menopause and illness guidance from 1910s column
A reader asks about menopause and feelings during change of life and is told it is a normal cessation with no inherent distress. Another reader shares bedwetting troubles and is encouraged to persevere toward control. A third asks if tuberculosis patients should stay home. advised to isolate and seek sanatorium care to protect others.
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C.R
It's Now A Hollywood Dishlauded as New Clara Bow
A Richmond Times Dispatch piece hails a fresh Hollywood sensation as the new Clara Bow. The writeup notes the whistleingly sharp appeal and compares her screen persona to the famed star, suggesting the younger crowd will be guided to the era by this likeness.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Hollywood
Clara Bow
Fry
Clara
CIO Leader Phil Murray Faces Internal Revolt Amid Wage Pressures
Marquis Childs reports on the CIO turmoil led by Phil Murray as Communist influence roils unions, with 50 locals breaking from Mine Mill and Smelter Workers and Murray urging unity while negotiating wage crises amid rising living costs.
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CIO
Reid Robinson
Maurice E. Travis
Martinez
Calif
Milton Murray
CIO American Newspaper Guild
House
New York
Is Angeles
Phil Murray
Sym Ses
Cleveland 10
Poe
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