Tax audit ends in four figure refund for honest filer
A well known man recounts a pleasant experience with an Internal Revenue Service auditor who checked his books and found he had overpaid. The routine review cleared in one afternoon and a four figure refund was issued, proving that clear records and honest reporting ease the process. The piece urges welcoming auditors as helpful partners for compliant taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Bureau
Roz Russell
Sister Kenny
Olivia de Havilland
Juliet
G. B. Shaw
Barbara
Hollywood
J. Benny
Legion Rebukes Parker Over Duke Title Controversy
Louis Parker, ex State department commander of the American Legion, charged subversive activity at Duke University. The North Carolina Legion executive committee rebuked him for damaging the university and its faculty with baseless charges. Duke officials maintained calm, and Parker admitted he had heard FBI checks but touted unfounded claims. Duke stands vindicated and protected from unwarranted stigma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Parker
Duke University
Parker
State Department
American Legion
North Carolina Department of the American Legion
FBI
Duke
Communist Party
Margaret Culkins Banning Fights Pulp Magazine Tarnish
The piece profiles Margaret Culkins Banning and her campaign against lurid pulps and misused titles that distort her writing. It notes her survey of U S magazines, her testimony before a House committee on sex and crime literature, and her denunciation of magazines known as girlies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Culkins
Banning
House
Eisenhower gamble on labor signals balance of Big 4
The piece argues Eisenhower's cabinet picks hint at a shift among Big Business Big Labor Big Government and possibly the Military. It notes Walter Reuther's CIO rise and Durkin's AF of L appointment as a gambit to balance interests, with Taft criticising a LaborDemocrat shift. It urges cautious optimism for labor policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Reuther
Eisenhower
United States
Washington
America
Labor Post
Local Deception Warned After Worthless Checks Passed
A man posing as a friend of the editor circulated worthless checks and victims were targeted to help the stranger. The paper warns readers to beware and deters further misuse of local kindness.
Labor power wanes under Democratic rule amid union shift
The text argues that collective bargaining has weakened as local labor leadership cedes influence to industry wide and professional union managers. It notes the NRA era aimed to abolish bargaining via a government arbiter, and after its unconstitutionality the administration pursued continued government control in labor relations through the Wagner Act and the NLBR.
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Eee
NRA
National Labor Relations Board
Wage Board
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
Truman
Sewell Avery
Montgomery Ward
C.lo
National Labor Board
Harold Ware
NLRB
William B. Wilson
National Union of Miners
Woodrow Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
James J. Davis
Amalgamated Association Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of America Union
William N. Doak
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Forrestal Handbook Key to Ike's Postwar Policy Efforts
The three volume top secret briefing by James Forrestal began under Truman and reached Eisenhower as a crucial country by country guide to U.S. foreign policy. Forrestal led the NSC effort to assemble it, finishing a crude draft before his death. it was later refined for Ike and remains highly valued by state and defense officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Eisenhower
U.S
James Forrestal
Department
National Security Council
Joint Chiefs of Staff
NSC
Forrestal
State Department
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Sittng Dows
Council
Pentagon
Quotes on liberty and politics from writers and diplomats
A collection of remarks by Kathleen Windsor Dr Alberto G Paz and Perle Mesta. Windsor cites puritanical standards and authorship hardships Paz discusses liberty and internal threats to the United States Mesta frames foreign policy as an American policy beyond party politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Alberto G. Paz
U. S
Luxembourg
Perle Mesta
Lanza Praises Own Image as Davis and Monroe Star
Walter Winchell notes Mario Lanza and Bette Davis in film advances and stage shows, with Marilyn Monroe and Doris Day among stars. The piece mentions The Seven Year Itch funds, You Belong to Me, and a shift toward straight plays over musicals while teasing TV shows and film trends.
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Bette Davis
Newsweek
Valentine
Marilyn Monroe
Joe D
48Th Street
Actors Equity
Equity
Teevy
Joni James
Vivian Vance
Bill Frawley
Doris Day
Patti Andrews
Eileen
Hazel Flagg
Madison
Hollywood
Steve Cochran
Helen Hayes
Doctor Grayson Found Real Wisdom In Life
A tribute to Dr. C S Grayson who died Sunday. The article recalls his farm roots and debtors friendly practice in High Point and Knoxville, his late life as a physician serving the poor, and his modest, unassuming character. It also notes political commentary and light columns about bank notes and a humorous jail cell quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cc. S. Grayson
Knoxville
Tenn
University of Tennessee At Knoxville
Southern
Atlanta
Washington
High Point
Grayson
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Legion
Lke
Labor
George Sokolsky
Ike
Peter Edson
Douglas Laveca
State
Defense Departments
Kathleen Windsor
New York
Mario Lanza
Walter Winchell
Robert Carson
Shirley Temple
Shirley
John Wayne
Danny
Thomas
Omnibus
Bishop Sheen
Meet the Press
Helen O'Connell
Mommy
Santa Claus
Como
Celluloidia
Ann Blyth
Mitch Miller
NBC
Techni
W. A. Bivins
Wage Stabilization Board
Cordell Hull
FDR
Davy Jones
St. Simons Island
W. E. Conner
Conner
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