Deadwood Deadheads and Deadbeats Debate Over Postal Rates
A Senate committee backs higher first class letter and postcard postage plus newspaper and magazine rates. The speaker argues for better postal service with fair funding, urges ending free government mail and subsidies to airlines and railroads, and calls Congress deadwood delaying reform.
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Senate
Post Office Department
Postoffice Department
Congress
Truman
White House
Congressman
You Are Criminals And So Are We
A lengthy editorial parodies a KanNapolis Independent survey claiming most residents have committed crimes. It contrasts Kannapolis and High Point, questions drunk driving, fraud, tax violations, sex crimes, cheating, gambling, and liquor laws, and ends noting many are not pure enough to cast stones.
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Kannapolis
America
The
Independent
High Point
West Point
Judge
Angels of Justice
Virginia Senator Clarke Defeated in Democratic Primary Trickery
Virginia Senator Andrew W. Clarke lost by 101 votes in a Democratic primary surprise after a Pittsburgh region style scheme resurfaced from Pennsylvania coal country lore. John A K Donovan defeated Clarke 7 569 to 7 468 amid allegations of a sly political ruse linked to historic “Butch” McDevitt schemes.
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Washington
Virginia
Andrew W. Clarke
Potomac
Pennsylvania
Ilkes-Barre
John J.butch McDevitt
Senator Clarke
U. S
Harry F. Byrd
John A. K. Donovan
Falls
Clarke
Butch
Butch” McDevitt
Wilkes-Barre
Luzerne County
Invisible control accusations in American politics sparked debate
A correspondent argues for open inquiry into alleged invisible control by Jewish and other groups around Franklin D Roosevelt figures, urging FBI and congressional scrutiny while defending Baruch and Frankfurter and condemning anti Christian racism and covert propaganda. The piece notes public exposure via transparency, cites National Blue Star Mothers aims, and recounts a Wilkes Barre anecdote of a propagandist and a famous union of political misdeeds.
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Sokolsky
al Smith
United States
al al Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bernard Baruch
Felix Frankfurter
Sam Rosenman
Anna Rosenberg
Henry Morgenthau
FBI
House Committee On
unAmerican
McCarran Committee
Hitler
Baruch
Woodrow Wilson
United States Supreme Court
Our Land
Hugo Black
William O. Douglas
Frankfurter
Hiss
Stanley Reed
National
Blue Star Mother of America
Stalin
Israel
Palestine
United
Ternational Y
Marx
Lenin
Political cynicism may drive voters to totalitarian ideals
Quote from Philip Willkie son of the late GOP presidential candidate warns that complacent voters could turn to leaders who oppose free government if parties and campaigns seem corrupted.
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Philip Willkie
GOP
Mosquito Infestation Grips New York Amid City Growth
A New York summer brings a surge in mosquitoes after decades of relative quiet. The piece notes pests proliferating around new construction that traps rainwater, plus a flurry of society hints from Ed and Pegeen Fitzgerald, Babe King, Marlene Dietrich, Ethel Merman, and others as events and opinions swirl through Manhattan society.
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Manhattan Island
Big Burg
Jersey
One World Views and Political Satire Across Cold War Lines
A collage of postwar analysis contrasts Wendell Willkie’s One World optimism with Churchill’s iron curtain, noting Russia’s totalitarian drift, looming East West tensions, and hopes for peaceful trade. It also surveys editorials from the Christian Science Monitor on Truman Taft dynamics, and a light column on vacations and life reflections with brief anecdotes.
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Wendell Willkie
Russia
Ace
Winston Churchill
Stockholm
Christian Science Monitor
Truman
Taft
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C. W. Patterson, JR
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Chick E AV Coop
M. Lewis
National Blue Star Mothers of America
Invisible Control United
George Sokolsky
George Dixon
Daniel J. Flood
Wilkes- Barre
New York
Cardinal Spellman
Pegeen Fitzgerald
Babe King
LaHiff
Fred Perry
Gambler-Sporsman
Ethel Merman
Bob Levitt
Meng
Marlene Dietrich
France
New Airport
By Jack Lait
Rochester
Eagles
Marlene
Runwon Cancer Fund
Iceland
Greenland
Crystals
Arctic
Rosemary Vines
Aes
England
Alcatraz
Ams Cub Room
Sterling "Neel
Yul Brynner
David Green
Cornell U
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Capri
J Ward
Minnea
Green
Truman Vs. Taft
W. A. Bivins
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Piedmont
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