Capehart amendment and price ceilings spark debate
The piece argues that price control efforts risk burdening consumers while protecting high cost producers. It notes the Capehart amendment allows cost based ceilings pre Korean War and after, weakening price stabilization and posing enforcement challenges. It warns of potential gridlock and urges vigilance against embracing guarantees of profits. It concludes with a traffic wreck near New York illustrating civil defense readiness concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Senate House
America
U. S
Christ is Everything and Everywhere, A Moral Call
W A B reflects on Colossians, urging believers to accept Christ's authority, serve a single Master, and live courageously for the Master's cause. He argues Christ is all and in all, challenges moral decay, and cites Esther and Jesus to urge proactive faith and social duty.
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Christ
Moffatt
Paul
Rome
Colosse
John
Jesus
Hell
Ralph Waldo Emerson
W.A.B
Confessions From A Cluttered Mind On Odd Hobbies And Whaling News
A humorous column riffs on hobbies like ships in bottles, taxidermy, and odd paper clippings. It weaves in notes on temperance, government material plans, a dog writer, Norwegian info on whales, and a Cape Town conference, concluding with political jibes about Democrats and Republicans.
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Methodist Church Board of Temperance
Home Building News
National Association of Home Builders
W. P
Bill) Atkinson
Washington
New York
Ssenonaian
Henry East
Archie
Farley Granger
Shelley Winters
Mr. Granger
News of
Norway
Norwegian Information Service
Capetown
Acs
Democratic Nat Committee
William M
Hearst battles and a journalist’s view across generations
Sokolsky recalls William Randolph Hearst as a radical youth and powerful publisher who built broad circulation through immigrant communities in New York. He notes Hearst’s loyalty to American institutions, fights against monopolies, and insistence on editorial independence even in old age.
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William Randolph Hearst
New York City
Beverly Hills
Hearst
League
James G. Phelps Stokes
Robert Hunter
Rose Pastor Stokes
Charles Edward Russell
Wall Street
East Side
Mr. Hearst
America
New York
the Mirror
King Features
Pera
New York Air Limousine Ties to Rogers Interview Tale
A Stamford Connecticut Gazette column recalls a 34 years ago interview setup involving New York air limousines and plans to interview Roy Rogers. The piece weaves in 1917 prophecy by Jack Lait about Europe, emigration, liquor bans, and future city populations, alongside gossip about Denise Darcel and Claude Binyon Jr. and Houston rodeo star Roy Rogers.
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Stamford
Atlantic
Pacific
Neipal
Britain
New York City
Chicago
N. Y
Johnson
Lywood
Glenn McCarthy
Roy Rogers
Houston
Hope
Jane Russell
Dale Evans
Pennsylvania GOP Fight Shapes 1952 Convention Delegates
Pennsylvania’s 70 delegates to the 1952 Republican convention are at stake amid a long state legislative session and debate over tax and debt policy. Duff opposes a flat income tax while Fine and Owlett push tax plans as factions within the party clash over reform versus machine influence.
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Washington
NEA
Pennsylvania
Chicago
James H. Duff
U. S
Edward Martin
Gov
Duff
House
Senate
Philadelphia
Fine
G. Mason Owlett
Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association
Rero
R. Grundy
Gov. Duff
Owlett
Republican Party
Ohio
New Jersey
Erie
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R. B Terry
Robert L. Tho
Eee
D. A Rawley
O Crease
Patterson, JR
Adv
Bretar
Niall
Iepatene
the High Point
N. C
Enterprise
Catskill Mountains
Ivan
Fenton
By Joe Leslie
Sokolsky
George Sokolsky
Rogers
By Jack Lait
Sherman B
Sonja Henie
Sansar
Macy’s
Denise Darcel
Yaneepec
Morales
Cuernavaca
Denise
Pete Crosby
Mexico
Claude Binyon, Jr
Honolulu
Arlene Fried
Columbia
Monace
Pretty and the Wolf
Runyon Cancer Fund
Shirley Yamaguchi
Regper
Peter Edson
Martin
Grundy- Owlett
Steve Hannegan
Grundy-Owlett
Clai Duff
Aeington
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