National and local politics mix in scattered reports
The column surveys varied items from US loan politics to a Tennessee TVA dam plan and a Washington election, noting FBI vigilance in Mississippi and Georgia, a Senate ballot dispute over a withdrawn candidate, and a Dothan Eagle take on Roosevelt family influence and voter choice in Washington.
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Memphis
FBI
Mississippi
Georgia
Congress
TVA
Gore
McKellar
Tennessee
Jimmy
Anna Boettiger
Washington
de Lacy
Costigan
Mallon on Russia and postwar world cooperation
Paul Mallon argues for continued Western cooperation with the Soviet Union through the UN and treaties, urging progress despite Russian resistance. He blends calls for peace structure with insistence that the United States proceed unilaterally if necessary to advance its aims.
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Mallon
Russia
Soviet Union
Broadway Buzz and Celebrity Doings Across Cities
Walter Winchell gossip columns note Betty Price set to wed J. Dimaggio around Oct. 1 and Joyce Culbertson to marry a Naval officer next month. Reports cover Lord Inverchapel’s bagpipes and Belgian prince’s abdication concerns, Hollywood marriages, and tax chief Lustig’s sentence reactions amid a flurry of society, arts, and political tidbits.
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Betty Price
J. Dimaggio
Ely Culbertson
Joyce
McClure Syndicate
James Lenahan
Yale
Wilkes-Barre
Washington
Taft
Siassen
Minnesota
Wm. C. Osborn
Metropolitan Museum of Art
St. Luke’s
George Garrett
David Gray
U. S
Eire
Fritz Mandl
Hedy
Argentina
F. LaGuardia
UNRRA
White House
Westbrook Pegler on Japanese American Relocation and Racism
Westbrook Pegler argues the 1942 mass deportation of about 100000 American Japanese to inland camps was justified by wartime fear but condemns racial prejudice. He cites Dewitt orders, Supreme Court opinions, and critiques Frankfurter and Black while noting loyalty and patriotism among Japanese Americans and native communities.
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New York
Pacific Coast
Japan
Henatiox
J. J. Dewitt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Justice Black
Justice Frankfurter
Roosevelt
Dewitt
United States
Frankfurter
Austria
Justice Murphy
Snowfall to Rain: Ten Inches Equals One Inch Water
A rule of thumb notes that ten inches of snow carries about one inch of water content. This conversion helps estimate rainfall equivalents during snow events for hydrology and weather forecasting.
Coffee's Early Form Resembled Chocolate Bar
A historical note states coffee originated in a form akin to a chocolate bar rather than as a drink. The idea of brewing coffee evolved later, shifting from a solid edible bar to an amber-colored beverage enjoyed widely.
Peace and war realists face the world after Paris
Washington July 16. A veteran commentator argues Russia is neither foe nor friend but a real factor in world peace. He warns treaties may matter little and urges vigilance to avoid a new Pearl Harbor while advocating a pragmatic path beyond war propaganda and toward an armed peace.
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Washington
Russia
Brooks Atkinson
New York Times
Atkinson
Moscow
Paris
UNO
Truman
Gettysburg
Britain
Munich
Pearl Harbor
Christ
Earth
Heaven
Local Notes and Social News from Athens and Nearby
Miss Nancy Martin of Athens completes Peabody term and rests at home for vacation. Early Phinizy heads to Arkansas in September for cotton trade business. Attorney Charlie Eyster attends circuit court in Cullman. Gladys Garrison marries P. L. Jones of Savannah on July 15. Misses Turley and Scheer finish six weeks at Peabody in Nashville. Wilma Ross of Albany visits Huntsville weekend. Mabel Eubanks returns from University of Alabama summer session. Mrs. R. T. Sheppard to return from Gadsden afternoon.
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Nancy Martin
Athens
Peabody
James Love
B. F. Martin
Phinizy
Arkansas
Charlie Eyster
Cullman
R. T. Sheppard
Gadsden
S. R. Garrison
Gladys
P. L. Jones
Savannah
Mary Turley
Trixie Scheer
Nashville
Alice Hatton
Cincinnati
Wilma Ross
Albany
Huntsville
Mabel Eubanks
University of Alabama
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Luce
Janice Gimbe
Police Gazette
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Marie McDonald
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Los Angeles
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T. H. White
Putnam
the Ozarks
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Howard Hughes
Hughes
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Crown Prince
Shanghai
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Tom Baker
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M. Falkenburgh
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Candy Jones
Canada
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Doris Duke
Honolulu
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Life
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Dorothy Palmer Hines
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Harlem
Lord
Patricia Corbett
D. J. McDonald
CIO Biggie
Secretary of the Navy
New York Places
Army of Hatcheck Dolls
Tommy Lyman
Opa
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C. Oliver Iselin
Frances P. Sears, Jr
Harvard
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Scarsdale
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Buckingham Palace
20Th Century-Fox Int'l
London
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Hitler
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B'nai B'rith
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