Bogart Says Modern Gangsters Run Big Business
Humphrey Bogart argues that today’s gangsters are more likely to be big business men who pay taxes rather than film-style mobsters. A Washington dispatch notes Senate investigators look into a New York bank allegedly owned by gangsters and probe evidence of mobsters running legitimate ventures nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humphrey Bogart
Senate
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Bogart
Washington Dispatch
New York
Deaths of Jimmy Coutsos and Charlie Beckas Stir Decatur
Excellent citizens Jimmy Coutsos of Manchester and Charlie Beckas, partners in running the Palace Cafe since 1911, are mourned in Decatur. The cafe was a beloved gathering place where locals discussed politics and civic affairs. Both men were generous, patriotic, and deeply active in the community, their loss felt by score of friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James S. Coutsos
Manchester
New Hampshire
Decatur
Jimmy Coutsos
Charlie Beckas
Palace Cafe
Palace
Jimmy
Charlie
Decatur Seeks 20,000 Census Milestone
The Daily urges 122 people to return data to the Census Bureau to determine if they should be counted on April 1 and reach the 20,000 mark. Decatur submitted 280 names but 158 were already counted, leaving 122 for verification as the final census figures are awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
U.S.A
Census Bureau
Hope Of The World United Nations Faith In Peace
The piece argues the United Nations offers the path to world peace, contrasting it with the failing League of Nations. It quotes Warren Austin defending Russia’s UN membership as a means to pursue peace, urging patience, firmness, and moral force to sway Soviet leadership without expulsion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
League of Nations
League
Russia
Warren Austin
U. S
Austin
Associated Press
Gertrude Taylor
Washington, D. C
U. N
Jakob Malik
Mervens
Panama Canal defenses urged for urgency
Drew Pearson reports Panama Canal defenses neglected with no fighter planes in the area and an unscouted offshore submarine. Private pilots repeatedly landed at Howard Field, exposing security lapses. Pentagon parries low Canal priority while sabotage fears persist and rapid defense readies continue. Also notes GPO eavesdropping, small government staff, and the Standards Bureau computer speeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Panamanian
Panama Canal
Panama
Canal Zone
Air Force
Lawrence Breece
Howard Field
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Canal
Living Today and the Dangers of Procrastination
A reflective meditation on choosing immediate pleasures over long term goals. It argues that today shapes tomorrow, warns against delaying intentions, and notes how opportunities slip away as one grows older. It then critiques Secretary of Defense Johnson for shortsighted military forecasts contrasted with events from 1949 1950 and a remark by Dewey Short on Korea.
Truman rejects plan for a national wartime super agency
President Truman told agency chiefs in a secret meeting last week he will not create a super agency to run wartime controls. He warned such a board would demoralize staff and waste time and money while urging each head to deliver in his own field. The session was part of a broader plan for a war team of agency heads, cabinet members, and the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Federal Communications
Wayne Coy
General Services
Jess Larson
Political satire targets ties and aides in playful briefing
An NBC type report notes Presidentials aides including John R. Steelman and Stu Symington teased for attire as political staffers respond to rumors. The piece blends humor about neckties with names of senior officials and the Nation al Security Resources Board chief, reflecting a light political moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt Connelly
John R. Steelman
Stu Symington
National Security Resources Board
Dirksen Campaign Oratory Ties With ECA Conflicts
Everett Dirksen touts campaign line to unseat Scot Lucas as Senate majority leader. He reportedly declined a $20,000 ECA job in 1949 to gauge direction, while courting the agency for influence. The ex-Congressman shifts between isolationist stance and ECA backing, aligning with Hoff man before later blasting both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOP
Everett Dirksen
Scot Lucas
Senate
Dirksen
Beardstown
Ill
White House
ECA
Agency
Paul Hoffman
Hoffman
Truman sketches pipeline canal to solve West water and power woes
In talks with Senator Knowland and Representatives Havenner and Shelley, President Truman previews a bold public power program. He cites river-basin development to generate ample power and proposes a Columbia river pipeline canal from Oregon to Southern California to ease water disputes, arguing Oregon irrigation would be met first and that much water and power could fund the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOP
Knowland
Havenner
Shelley
California
Congress
Truman
Columbia River
Oregon
Arizona
As Pegler Sees It on Democratic Fifth Column in New England
Boston August 22 As a by product of the Vermont inquiry Pegler notes Democratic fifth column activity in Republican territory. He targets Mrs Smith Maine Senator Aiken Vermont Senator Lodge Massachusetts, and critiques Vivien Kellems Connecticut and Prescott Bush. He links Bowles Harriman Benton and AdA to Democratic influence, arguing party sabotage and socialist leanings in New England and Vermont press. He cites Rutland Herald and Vermont figures, concluding with a Birmingham AP lead on creeping republicanism in the Democratic Party.
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Boston
Vermont
New England
Smith
Maine
Aiken
Lodge
Mass
Arthur Krock
Truman
Harry Hopkins
Mr. Bush
Vivien
William Benton
Benton
Connecticut
Gac
Park Avenue
New York
Chester Bowles
Americatus For Democratic Action
Harding
Coolidge
Roosevelt
Buck
Bush
Wall Street
Senate
House
Miss Kellems
Brien McMahon
Washington
Calvin Coolidge
Owen Brewster
Congress
Rutland
Bethel-Randolph
Hester McCullough
Greenwich
Conn
Rutland Herald
Tom Stokes
Marquis Childs
Tom
Harry S. Truman
Bureau of Mines
Ray Clapper
A. P
Birmingham
Democratic National Committee
War reporters in Korea face grim toll and fear
Tokyo dispatch recalls the brutal strain on war correspondents in Korea. Many killed or captured, others returned with dirt, thirst, and trauma. They question optimistic Western reassurances, fearing a long winter battle and confronting alienation as locals fade into the landscape.
Menhaden Oil Used As Lubricant In Industry
Menhaden fish oil is employed as a machine lubricant and in leather tanning, aluminum casting, and the manufacture of linoleum and oil cloth.
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Drew Pearson
Tom McNamara and
Fred Blumenthal
GPO
Government Printing Office
Federal Communications Commission
Council of Economic Advisers
U.S
Bureau of Standards
Johnson
Defense Department
United States
Soviet Union
Dewey Short
Missouri
Far East
Korea
Washington Pipeline
Public Power Program
Pegler
International News Service
Tokyo
INS
Carl Mydans
Dodge
Correspondents Club
Ibly
Paris
Rome
Berlin
Gene Aker
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