Inconsistency on Truman War Powers Stance Stated
A reader argues the paper oscillates on Truman’s power, but asserts support for granting wartime emergency powers. It contends Truman’s public opinion response drives advisement, and stresses the need to criticize him when warranted to influence a stronger successor in two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Harry S. Truman
United States
Roosevelt
Louis Johnson
Dean Acheson
Yre Hope
Dr George M Cooper dies after 27 years in NC health service
Dr George M Cooper longtime North Carolina assistant state health officer died yesterday. He led the State Health Department for years as acting head and was praised as a great public health officer and public servant. He faced barriers to permanent promotion partly due to outspoken style and progressive deafness, yet remained devoted to the profession and state.
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George M. Cooper
North Carolina
Cooper
State Health Department
Dr. Cooper
Freeze Needed Not Voluntary Price and Wage Freeze
A columnist argues that a voluntary restraint on prices and wages is ineffective and likely to produce gray or black markets. A mechanical, enforceable freeze is needed, akin to meat quick-freezing, with government authority to enforce retroactively and a wartime draft parallel.
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the Economic Stabilization Agency
Chinese Red delegation pays for seats at Radio City Music Hall
General Wu and his party visit New York and demand best seats. Management refuses privilege based on paid entries, and the diplomats finally pay to stay. The incident prompts speculation of biased treatment and possible Moscow Peiping reaction.
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America
General Wu
New York
Radio City Music Hall
Wai
Public call for swift mobilization and policy overhaul
The author argues the nation must recognize war footing and mobilize manpower and production, condemning past missteps like August 15, 1945, and the Yalta leaders. Dean Acheson and other officials are urged to resign, while Charles E. Wilson is trusted to manage supply if given real authority. A broader appeal calls for a Tangible leadership figure to reclaim global influence.
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Philippines
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric
Wilson
Hardihood
White House
Manpomwer
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Yalta
Soviet Russia
Philip Jessup
Dean Rusk
Foulproof Taylor Sought for Washington Headlines
Washington humor column recalls James Taylor known as Foulproof for asking editors to strike him. The 63 year old Brit inventor of safety gear chased sports writers, even clashing with Dan Parker and Gov. Dewey’s aides. The piece jokes about importing him to Washington as a security figure.
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Washington
James Taylor
Taylor
New York Mirror
Dan Parker
Fonalpraof
Mir. P
Aig
Mrs. Taylor
Manchester
England
Fordham University
IMS
Albany
Fred Archibald
State
United States
Dewey
Lockwood
Senator McCarthy
Quotes on war, modern reading, and daily life
A collage of quotations critiquing Soviet tactics, gender roles, modernization, and world conflict. Notable voices include UN delegates, Dr Weller Embier, Lord Vansittart, and Defense Secretary George Marshall. The excerpts touch on war inevitability, Western Europe uncertainty, and housing costs.
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Weller Embier
Cooper Union
More
Europe
Lord Vansittart
Korea
Defense
George Marshall
Broadway Theatre Scene Sees Mixed Hits and Flops
New York reviewers note that the season shows a mix of successes and disappointments. Bell, Book and Candle thrives in week four starring Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer while Call Me Madam remains a hit, and several new productions like The Cellar and the Veil, Lets Make an Opera, and The Last of the Buccaneers receive restrained or negative notices.
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George M. Cohan
Bell
Book and Candle
Rex Harrisons
Lilli Palmer
Celeste Holm
Ethel Merman
Perle Mesta
Margaret Truman
London
Aisleman Chapman
Mary McCarty
Pearl Bailey
Valerie Bellis
Jules Munshin
Howard Barnes
King Lear
Louis Calhern
National Theater
Katharine Cornell
Captain Cavallo
Buffalo
Variety
Clur- Tan
Che
Odets
Winchell
D.M. White
Boston Universit Division of Journalism
New York
The
Herald Tribune
Gazette
James Thurber
Community Christmas trees and unity in giving
Reflection on Christmas funds and community benevolence urges one agency to consolidate drives under a single chairing body. Recounts past community trees from 1915 to 1918, notes radio and phone contributions, and recalls local leaders and scouts who organized decorations. Also includes a wartime Paris scene and a critic’s quip about farm ownership.
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Baring-Gould
England
Hi Nteather
Sisters Association
Civic Dis
Community Chest
Ways and Means
Tate Park
Carlton Kirkman
Fred N. Tate
Southern Railway
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Moscow
Peiping
George Sokolsky
State Department
Machiavelli
Joseph P. Kennedy
Asia
Joe Kennedy
Parker
Claymore
George Dixon
John F. Dulles
World Today
Walter Winchell
the Cinemagicians
Clifton Webb
Anna Magnani
Jack Benny
NBC
M. Berle
Jeevy
Robert Q. Lewis
Patti Page
the Hartmans
ABC
John Hersey
New Yorker
New Republic
Time-Life
H. Luce
Newsweek
U.S
Flair
Katharine Hepburn
Woman's Home Companion
W. A. Bivins
Weaver Marr
O. Arthur Kirkman
Clarence Schultheiss
Thornwell Haynes
Harry Howell
Howell
Weary Marr
Paris
Ameriky
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