Conference Seals Pact Space as Nations Forge Free World Defense
In Washington during 1950, twelve NATO members led by General Marshall gather to shape a wartime alliance against communism. The interdepartmental talks aim to mobilize resources, enhance armament, and position American forces along a European front from the Elbe toward a new era of united defense.
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Washington
Constitution Avenue
Free World
United States
Europe
Iceland
Canada
United Kingdom
France
Netherlands
Republic of Portugal
Belgium
Luxemburg
Italy
Denmark
Norway
Geogge C. Marshall
Defense
Marshall
Elbe River
Epochal 1950 events mark US defense leadership rise
The text cites two landmark 1950 events sacred to U S policy. The Marshall Plan's Europe economic union and the UN Army's Korean War leadership under General Douglas MacArthur, which boosted UN prestige and allied unity.
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Economic Union
Europe
Marshall
United Nations
Douglas MacArthur
Free World
World leaders debate fate of freedom as UN speech echoed
The article lauds President Truman's UN address as a historic state paper and recalls Albert S. Goss of the National Grange who died before delivering an address in New York. It notes FAO struggles and the American view that FAO must act, not merely collect statistics.
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Albert S. Goss
Waldorf- Astoria Hotel
New York
Washington
National Grange
Mr. Goss
Christmas Seals Fight TB Across Nation
The National Tuberculosis Association continues its Christmas seals sale to fund tuberculosis research and rehabilitation. TB remains the nation's most costly communicable disease, claiming over 40,000 lives annually in the United States.
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National Tuberculosis Association
United States
From Culver City to Stardom and Christmas Seals History
Film star prospects emerge from a meeting in Culver City with Alan Ladd leading to Rory Calhoun’s Fox contract and roles like Rogue River. Peggy Dow faces weight pressure on Harvey set, while Virginia Huston lands Tarzan's Peril Jane. The piece also traces Christmas seals origins from 1907, Denmark to America, and explains how 75 percent of proceeds fund tuberculosis work through local and national associations.
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Ro’ Calhoun
Culver City
Calif
Alan Ladd
Rory
Sue Carol
20Th Century-Fox
Coast Guard
Selznick
Rogue River
Ventura Pictures
NTA
Sunset on the Rim Sparks a Hidden Romance
Joan Roberts, heir to immense wealth, and Lanky Andrews, a cowboy with Moorish charm, share a sunset on Howling Coyote Mesa. A kiss sparks tension after she slaps him, revealing raw emotion over class and affection in a desert encounter that headlines would have loved.
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Westchester
Death Valley
Joan Roberts
United States
Lanky Andrews
Wagon Wheel Ranch
Howling Coyote Mesa
Joan
Lanky
Harvard
Mojave
Desert
Andrews
Laney
Crossword Puzzle Clue List and Grid Prompts
A dense list of across and down clues for a crossword puzzle including Tibetan priest, family terms, seeds coverings, arithmetic, farming terms, and various geographic and linguistic hints. Numerous abbreviations and parenthetical notes indicate language origins and multiple answers for positions and definitions.
Know-It-All Louie Meets His Match in Justice Tale
Billy Rose recounts the East Side tale of Know-It-All Louie a boastful man who meddles in cars and crime. He misguides criminals faces a fatal electric chair misfire and finally dies after proposing a bigger fuse as a final suggestion.
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Billy Rose
Louie
East Side
Allen Street
P.S. 20
Nick the Carp
Nick
Frivolous Bleak Jokes from a Busy College Room
A collage of campus humor scenes. A wife laments lost love while money sorrows resurface and a husband apologizes for costly mistakes. A boy recounts his first schoolday with mis-spellings, a dialect writer dream, and a co ed flirtation with kiss marked papers.
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Inez Gerhard
Peggy Dow
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Tenn
Mama
Virginia Huston
Jane
Frances
Mrs. Samuel
Emily P. Bissell
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Del
Philadelphia
Einar Holboell
Jacob A. Riis
America
the Fiction Corner
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Houl
Apex
W. Pruss
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Ptas
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Broadway
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Complete Pattern
West Adams
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Cat
Johnnie
John Smith
Dean
St. Benerry Ee
Dr. Pierce
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Scott
Bob Poe
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