Nehru Talks Inter Asian Bloc At Bombay Conference
Pandit Nehru calls for an inter Asian relations conference to unite the east culturally economically and politically in a powerful bloc He urges closer relations with Russia and stresses peaceful alignment while warning about risks of bloc division amid world tensions The statement prompts questions about the fate of the one world ideal and the East West rivalry posing a complex geopolitical balance
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Bombay News Dispatch
Pandit Jawaharlel Nehru
All-India Congress
India
Russia
Nehru
Pandit Nehru
Bombay
The Patten House Dinner and a Hidden Plan
Mary Patten discusses a forthcoming profile by Neil Winslow for a fiction piece and the risk of revealing family history. Charie confronts tension between love and security as Trent Reaper arrives, while the two women debate honesty, privacy, and marriage as a path to peace.
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Nettie
Mary Patten
Mrs. Patten
Charie
Trent
Neil Winslow
Vogue
Colonial Club
Bulletin
Iteraceon
Betna
Selene
Olite
Mather
City to adopt council city manager form for Grafton
The new charter board favors a city manager government for Grafton arguing it will give modern efficiency and progress. Public support runs toward replacing the current commission style, with the board praised for drafting a potentially satisfactory charter ahead of voter presentation.
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New City Charter Board
Grafton
Tosofar
Palestine problem and Jewish settlement debates in America
The piece surveys Jewish views on Palestine and the Zionist return, weighing home country versus a Jewish state. It notes cross currents of nationalism, empire, Islam, and oil, with W C Lowdermilk proposing a Jordan Valley Authority to aid Arabs Christians and Jews. It argues that joint projects reduce ideological rifts and insists large Jewish migration cannot be left to wander Europe.
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Palestine
Zion
Syria
Lebanon
W. C. Lowdermilk
Trans-Jordan
Tie
Jordan
Europe
Pillar
Veterans in Politics and Lessons From War Returnees
A collage of wartime politics cites McMinn County Tennessee veterans who toppled a entrenched machine, Arkansas veterans uniting to curb local bosses, and broader concerns about veteran influence on public policy. It also touches on postwar normalization, Japan’s wartime alliance efforts, memories of 1946 vacations, Manila Bay silver, and a Bible verse for today.
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McMinn County
Tennessee
Arkansas
South
United States
Radio Tonight Changes and NBC CBS Lineup
Listings note Bing Crosby stars with Ingrid Bergman in The Bells of St Marys on Screen Guild Players August 26 on CBS. Aldrich Family returns to NBC September 5. Cavalcade of America resumes with Passport to Freedom starring Paul Lucas on August 26. NBC 8 Don Voorhees orchestra 8:30 Benny Goodman CBS 1:30 Fighting Senator 9 Screen Guild Players ABC 1:30 The Fat Man 9 Question for America.
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Jean Meegan
C. E. Butterfield
New York
Bing Crosby
CBS
Ingrid Bergman
Cavalcade of America
NBC
Paul Lucas
Donald Voorhees
Benny Goodman
Screen Guild Players
ABC
Question
America
MBS
Bulldog Drummond
Efee Ae
Reluctant loan tale links bandleader to police officer
Testimony details loans between bandleader Mrs Rebecca Sima and Lt Sima and Keeney the music store owner. Keeney described a pattern of small loans and repayments including a $35 loan to Mrs Sima and a $76 debt noted in October 1944. The testimony mentions timelines and a pending repayment. A stray line notes a mosquito feeding, closing the record.
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Sima
Keeney
Rebecca 7
Tme
Kucher
Washington Move Aims at War Time Foreign Missions
Special report notes U S pressure to speed removal of war time foreign purchasing missions due to housing shortages and space needs in Washington. It cites government desire to limit foreign agents and mentions Earl Browder’s status as a commercial trader rather than a DOJ agent. It also covers VA scandal containment and new joint congressional economic policy committee leadership. West Coast shipping groups urge limiting Pacific routes for American President Lines amid competition.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Earl Browder
Department of Justice
Browder
Joseph C. Mahoney
Wyoming
Joint Congressional Committee On
Robert Taft
Ohio
Robert la Follette
Wisconsin
Ope Arene
American President Lines
U.S
Maritime Commission
Grandpappy Jenkins Confuses Breakfast Details With Market Rumors
A garbled note mentions Grandpappy Jenkins claiming two showers and grapefruit for breakfast while errant headlines discuss shoes vanishing from markets. The piece riffs on political figures and unknown names, mixing absurd details with partial references to Romney Hythe Dover Sandwich and ex mayor La Guardia’s reception, ending with a quip about pretzels.
Roach Doom Gets Em All
Fragmented ad and news copy discuss Roach Doom products claiming high effectiveness while a price control law curbs increases. The item notes 2.5 percent boosts for refrigerators and higher ceilings for building materials, coal, wool, and cars being considered, with dealer-specific adjustments possible.
Decontrol board progress noted after long session
A spokesman said the decontrol board made substantial progress after a Sunday session that lasted over ten hours. The panel had two or three issues still to decide but gave no hint of outcomes. A violence incident followed when four white men confronted a house on Mt. Olive Road, injuring local residents as gunfire erupted.
Posse Across Mississippi Hunting Craft Brothers
The shooting left four white men wounded and two state troopers fired upon as forces search wooded areas for the Craft family. A Craft brother captured in Magee by state police with bloodhounds en route from Jackson. An auto loaded with white passengers tried to pass a truck with negroes on highway 20 near Smith Simpson county line when a gun was fired from the truck. No injuries reported to the Mize marshal.
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Craft Brothers
Magee
Bigland
Jackson
Craft
Magee City
Ellis Bishop
Highway 20
Smith- Simpson County
Mize City
Advertising Hearing For Public Service Permit In West Virginia
Leal Advertising seeks a permit to operate as an eight contract carrier within Paylor County under Mason Brothers at the Harrigan County Court House in Clarksburg. The Public Service Commission of West Virginia will hear the application on the 26th day of 1948 at 9:00 a.m. WS T. Objections may be made before the time set.
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Harrigan County Court House
Clarksburg
Public Service Commission’ of
West Virginia
Paylor County
Mason
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LaGuardia
Roach Doom
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Edgar A. Murray
Detroit
Smith
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Glaston Sullivan
Mt. Olive Road
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