Wallace cancels Hollywood Bowl engagement amid free speech clash
The essay condemns both Henry Wallace and unnamed Hollywood and Washington figures while defending Wallace’s right to speak. It notes Hollywood Bowl cancellation over his remarks, criticizes the State Department for a Europe broadcast praising Wallace, and urges General Marshall to reform the department and remove subversive staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Hollywood
Hollywood Bowl
State Department
Europe
United States
Jackass
Wallaces
Iowa
Henry Wallace
F Wallace
General Marshall
Marshall
Recessions debated amid wage rises and strikes
The piece surveys 1937 38 recession dynamics with rising steel wages and price trends. It cites Bethlehem Steel chair Eugene Grace on wage costs limiting price cuts and compares U S and global responses to recession. It also notes British Labour MP Alfred Edwards proposing abolition of strikes and warns of fascist implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Rogers
New York University
New York
Truman
Eugene R. Grace
Bethlehem Steel
United States
Federal Reserve Board
Truman’s Opening Baseball Throw Sparks Political Gaze
The piece notes President Truman opened the Washington game with a high right hand pitch and then a left handed throw from the port side. It suggests analysts will interpret these gestures as symbolic and political, reflecting shifting party ties and public reading of his actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Washington
Wallace
Democratic Party
Gazette
GI bill expands loan options for war veterans
CAPITOL SQUARE cites World War II veterans may obtain government guaranteed loans for at least 15 purposes. Crayton of the local veterans administration outlines loans for homes, farms, businesses, farming equipment, and working capital. Stephenson notes High Point tax drivers are friendly after arriving by bus and seeking the Sheraton hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul W. Crayton
Veterans Administration Office
High Point
N. W. Stephenson
Sheraton
How To Find a Decent Meal referenced in newspaper
The writer notes a hotel near the bus station and questions a cab driver’s friendliness. P C Smith hopes readers engage with Duncan Hines on good meals in the Saturday Freening Post April 26 issue and calls for collective action on pet peeves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan Hines
Saturday Freening Post
P. C. Smith
Will the Army Make Bums Out of Boys
Washington correspondent reports on Fort Knox run universal military training unit Unitees with 664 teens from 44 states completing two months of a six month course. Gen Devine touts improved conduct discipline and morals while chaplains provide life guidance plus reading and vocational training. The piece argues Congress should act on UMilitary training and Compton commission reviews.
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Peter Edson
Washington
Fort Knox
Congressional Armed Services Subcommittee
Army
Unitee
Universal
U. S
Truman
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
China
Brazil
Robert P. Patterson
John M. Devine
Eighth Armored Division
West Inter
The
Academy
Yale
Devine
Unitees
Post Exchange
Louisville
West Point
Armed Services
Congress
Dewey Forces Win Kansas City Move for Republican Convention
Washington dispatch notes Dewey supporters claim the New Yorker steered the GOP convention from Chicago to Philadelphia to gain a friendlier, more favorable atmosphere. The shift is analyzed as a strategic choice by national committee leaders rather than a pure Dewey victory over Taft. Mississippi and southern delegates are cited as Taft loyalists in long-standing leadership dynamics.
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Washington
Kansas City
Chicago
Philadela
National Committee
Dewey
Taft
Arity Caubtinene
Chica
Diats
Philadel
Phia
Chicago Tribune
Willkie
Reece
Mississippi
South
Bilbo
Dewey Rivalry Signals Shifting GOP Tactics
Paul Mallon notes Dewey aggression rouses Taft faction as Ives votes influence labor committee. He argues Reece can steer presidential bids and geography away from Dewey and that party leaders urge early convention site decisions to preempt factional strife.
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Reece
Dewey
Taft
Ives
Senate Labor Committee
Senate Republicans
National Committee
Soa
Battles and banter of rival New York newspapers in history
A vividly documented panorama of newspaper feuds from Bennett to Pulitzer and Dana. It recalls rivalries, sensational stunts, editor clashes, and mob incidents, naming figures like Greeley Seward and the Sun versus Post battles, with sharp retorts and outrageous boasts.
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James Gordon Bennett
Bennett
Greeley
W. H. Seward
Seward
Abe Lincoln
Sun
The
Post
Evening Gazette
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High Point Enterprise
R. B. Terry
H. A. Cecil
D. A. Rawley
Robert L. Thompson
Associated Press and
Associated Prem
N C
John Budd CO
Lexington Ave
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Clowns
Roosevelt
Bureau of Labor Statistics
B.B
America
England
Alfred Edwards
Labor Party
Edwards
Labor
Capitol Square
By Lynn Nisbet
University
Paul Mallon
Winchell
E. W. Howe
Howe
Alvin S. Peck
Peck
Times
Tribune
Big Town Gazettes
N. Y. World
N. Y. Journal
Washington Newshawks
Politico
Dixie
George Prentice
Prentice
Joseph Pulitzer
Charles A. Dana
Pulitzer
Dana
Charles Ananias Dana
Judas
NY Sun
Henry Watterson
Grant
Herald
W. S. Wilson
Vic Wilson
V. Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Wilson
Mister Breger
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