Soldier Viewpoint on Strikes and Soldier Readiness
A reader letter cites President Truman and industrial strife as threats to peacetime recovery. It argues unions hinder wartime gains, praises soldiers returning home, and condemns dock workers delaying loading of ships, urging political action and unity to support the GI effort.
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Truman
Congress
Congressional Record
Hugh Butler
Nebraska
Senator Butler
Chiildren
Oahu
John L. Lewis
Ofttimes
Honolulu
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Fraternizing With the Enemy in a Gender War Column
A columnist argues that no side will win the ongoing war between the sexes and mocks mutual fraternization as a shared failing. The piece reflects on gender dispute dynamics and social commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Tennessean
Truman’s New Year message on strikes criticized
Westbrook Pegler denounces President Truman’s report on strikes as evasive and misleading. He accuses Truman of excusing unions, blaming capitalists, and weakening economic reform while ignoring facts about wage demands, lockouts, and the wartime legacy.
Public unrest Linked to wartime shortages and slow postwar recovery
A Chicago dispatch lays out how deteriorating goods and services, long delays in transportation, and scarce daily necessities erode public morale. It cites rationing relaxation as inadequate, high prices and shortages in foods, tires, and hotels, with lines outside stores and theaters highlighting widespread frustration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jat
Washington
Washington News
Ruman
Congress
MacArthur
Tokyo
Central States
Cotted Moths Migrate North Each Fall
The short note describes cotted moths migrating northward each autumn as winter approaches, signaling a shift in local insect activity and the onset of colder conditions.
Speake School Closes Amid High Water Lookout
Speake school closed Tuesday due to high water as Flint Creek downstream of Five Points rose over the big bridge. Residents report assorted travel disruption and local families visiting relatives amid unsettled weather.
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Flint Creek
Five Points
Paul Callahan
Jack Callahan
Robert Sandilin
Neel
Riley Dean
Frank Owens
Milton Borden
Austinville
Lewis Swindell
Swindell Morris
Lowery
Birmingham
Lee McCaghren
Bert Lowery
Miss Gracy
Mae
Annie Lowery
Oakville
Uranium Atom Size Described as Tiny Diameter
An atom of uranium is described as having a diameter of one one hundred mile lionths of an inch. The text frames the atom as an extremely small unit, highlighting its minuscule scale in relation to everyday measures.
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Bob Beachley
Alf Hitchcock
Metro
James Gleasons
Russell
Gleasons
Navy
Rumors and Society Notes From Oyster Bay to Broadway
Walter Winchell sketches a splashy mix of gossip from Oyster Bay to New York society. Rumors about the Duke of Windsor’s residence, Nancy Van Vleck’s portrait, and a possible royal marriage headline a broad column with anecdotes about politics, theater, and film figures.
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Duke of Windsors
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Woolworths
Nancy van Vleck
H. Smith
Walking Mint
Lindbergh
Eric Johnston
Wm. Tabbert
Treasway
Hollywood and Broadway Lights in Gossip and Gaffes
A collage of entertainment notes mentions Lucille Richard reconciling with P Barry after headlines, Carole Landis awaiting leniency on Scandal in Paris, Clemintine Paddleford’s early rise, a satirical lyric recall from Million Dollar Baby, Miriam Marx at Bennington College on work period, jewel costs at Tiffanys and Broadway stores, East Side mugging linked to a Gangster Squad, two servicemen in uniform facing violence, Joe DiMaggio and Dorothy Arnold’s renewed friendship, Ethel Merman delaying Miami billing, and a perfume named My Reputation in circulation.
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Lucille
Richard
Pearl
Tobaccco Road
P. Barry
Carole Landis
Paris
Clementine Paddleford
New York
Groucho Marx
Dghtr
Miriam
Bennington College
Columm
Tiffany's
Broadway
East Side
New
Joe DiMaggios
Dorothy: Arnold
Ethel Mérman
Colonial Inn
Miami
Harry Richman
Richman
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W. R. Shelton
Decatur
Alabama
Associated Press
Boosant Higses
America
Patterson
Hey
Pacific
Boo
Westbrook
Pegler
Porson
Thuman
Roosevelt
Cen
ARIS
General Motors
Saben Rig
Keene
Thumba
Mr. Truman
Hobbs
Smith
Senate
King Feature Syndicate, Inc
Armed Services
The
Union
Bill Mauldin
Sam
Jackson
Lawrence County
Red Hill
Jessie McCaghheren
Decatur Transit
Lsed van Lines
Walter Winchell
Elizabeth Janeway
Lj G. Ross
Wallace Thorsen
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Sloan
G. M
Thorsen
Grace Moore
Nina Martin
H'wood
Commodore Markey
Myrna Loy
Philip “Murray
Chrysler
Ford
St. “Louis
Henry Tobias
O'Dwyer
City Hall
LaGuardia
Florello
Park Avenue
OPA
Peete Stanley Roberts
Henry Whison
Dianna Lynn
Oleomargarine
Oscar Hammerstein
Jerome Kern
Kern
Oscar
Phillips H. Lord
Seth Parker
South Carolina
Lord
Seaboard
Loyd’s Drug Store
Emope
U.S. and Pennsylvania
U. S. Royal and
Pennsylvania
Joe Hagler
Royal Tire Service
Lee
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