Drew Pearson on Supreme Court Seizure Power and Steel Row
The analysis surveys eight justices and executives who backed emergency seizures of private property from Montgomery Ward to Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor. It contrasts precedents with Mr Dooley’s adage to follow election returns, noting possible shifts as steel seizure arguments unfold.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Fred Vinson
Roosevelt
Montgomery Ward
United States
Sewell Avery
Vinson
Sherman Minton
4Th Circuit Court of
Clark
Robert Jackson
Army
California
Jackson
Perlman
Korea
Hugo Black
Pacific Coast
Pearl Harbor
D Roosevelt
William O. Douglas
Frankfurter and
Reid
Stay Where It Is for Alabama Auburn Football Game
The piece argues against moving the Alabama Auburn annual game from Legion Field Birmingham to a home and home series in smaller towns. It notes strong attendance and excellent student conduct, with top gate receipts since relations resumed, and urges keeping the game on neutral ground in Birmingham year after year.
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Birmingham
Increase in Automobile Insurance Rates Prompts Public Critique
The article argues that last year’s rate hikes will recur adding about 300 million dollars annually in premiums nationwide. It cites more accidents and harder claim settlements as the main drivers and endorses lower costs for safe drivers while charging more for accident-prone ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Canada poised to raise newsprint prices over pull of greed
The piece argues Canada will lift newsprint costs by 10 per ton, a move blamed on greed with consequences for US newspapers. The American Newspaper Publishers Association may seek reprisal, despite State Department concerns, aiming to protect advertisers and subscribers from higher prices.
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Canada
United States
American Newspaper Publishers Association
ANPA
U.S. Department of State
Can't Do It Alone Byrnes Warns South May Bolt in 1952 Election
Governor James F Byrnes labels the South a potential bolt threat if major parties do not give it greater consideration in candidate selection and platforms He says a third party could form and notes support depends on other southern leaders He cites 1948 bolt vote as a caution and discusses party prospects in 1952
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James F. Byrnes
South
Byrnes
Examinations and Your Practical Life Progress
Young people face exams as an inevitable part of schooling. Preparation reduces nerves and improves performance, and results reflect what you have learned. Even if you fail, identify the trouble, study it, and improve as you move forward in life.
Oriental Prisoner Abuse Exposed After War
A Merry-Go-Round condensed account describes brutal treatment of American POWs in Jap camp No 17 Fukioka district. Knight died after starvation and beatings while Pavlockus perished on the 38th day amid torture and rope suspensions.
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U. S
Fukioka
Pomeroy
Ohio
Knight
Kazak Leader Claims Millions Killed by Communists in Sinkiang
Ali Beg, a Kazak leader active against Communism for 15 years, alleges that more than eight million Muslims have been killed by Communists in Chinese Sinkiang. He says Kazak migrations moved from Sinkiang through Tibet into Kashmir amid Communist occupation.
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Srinagar
Kashmir
Ali Beg
Si Sinkiang
Sinkiang
Tibet
We Americans, Servants to a Parliament of Party
AS Pegler laments a shift from representative government to a system where Congress and bureaucrats control earnings and punishing forms. He contrasts U S tax and pension rules with France and Britain, denounces internal revenue, and calls for a revolution to curb graft and the power of a self serving elite. The piece rails against Truman Eisenhower and looming Social Security deficits.
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United States
House of Commons
M. P
House of Lords
Congress
Internal Revenue
France
Leavenworth
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
Washington
State Department
Ulcer myth shifts from badge of success to tension factor
Hal Boyle notes a change in the view of ulcers from a sign of rising fortunes to a product of tension. He observes that ulcers were once seen as an external reward for effort in Hollywood and advertising, but now the idea is that stress causes ulcers, making the ailment a common concern.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Horatio Alger
Poppy Day Funds Back Veterans Welfare
Dimes and dollars dropped in Poppy Day boxes for the American Legion Auxiliary will aid disabled veterans and children of veterans. Volunteers, with no campaign costs, make poppies locally in Decatur and explain that nearly all contributions fund rehabilitation and welfare programs.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Louise Hine
Decatur
Auxiliary
Libyan Typhus Outbreak Spreads Across Cyrenaica
Libya's health ministry reports a typhus fever outbreak with over 80 cases in four weeks across Cyrenaica, including Agedabia and Tobruk districts.
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Tripoli
Libya
Cyrenaica
Agedabia
Tobruk
Potato plants Linked to Nightshade Family
The white potato plant is related to the nightshade and belladonna families.
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West Virginia
Taft
Stassen
Ike
Drew Pearson
Arlie
Davidson
Critter
Pegler
Brown
Hal
Don’s Floor Service
Don Williams
St. E
J. H. Smith
A&s
Appliance Co
E. Moulton ST
la T
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Glenn
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