McCarran Bill Aims Broad Overhaul of U S Immigration Law
Senate debate looms as Senator Pat McCarran proposes a sweeping 200 page bill to recodify U S immigration law. The plan preserves the 1924 quota system while loosening entry for Japanese Koreans and Pacific Islanders and tightening bans on many other groups. It adds new grounds for exclusion and deportation and challenges to citizenship, with stricter enforcement and possible loss of residency.
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Nevada
Pat McCarran
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McCarran
United States
Herbert Lehman
New York
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Communists press for postwar talks on Korea and Formosa
US officials resist linking a future Far East conference to a Korean settlement. They favor broad participation by nations with stakes in Asia and insist on guarantees for Korea while keeping Formosa and Indo China issues separate. The article notes the need for a unified Korea and questions Communist willingness to accept a general settlement.
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Formosa
Korea
Far East
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Ton
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India
Indo- China
Malaya
Philippines
Indo-China
Asia
Political farce yields plan to declare war over water rights
A satirical report depicts a fictional cabinet meeting in which officials consider declaring war on Senator Anderson over water for New Mexico. The piece also notes awards for Carl Vetter, with anecdotes about servicemen events and a social diplomat scene involving Martin Vogel and guests at party gatherings.
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Lee
Nce
Martin Vogel
Tes Ieee
Ng Ee Ton
American Admiration for Queen Elizabeth II Across a Nation
The piece urges that American affection for the British royal family stems from dignity and discipline, not birth. It notes Prince Philip and Elizabeth II’s 15 years of marriage, exile choices, and efforts to stay connected with their people, praising Victoria's lineage and the royal house as unifying to empire and democracy alike.
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Elizabeth II
Duke of Windsor
Windsor
Victoria
Europe
Gladstone
Disraeli
Edward VII
Great Britain
England
Canada
Scotland
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Philip
Washington
Blair House
Rom
India
Russell H. Conwell
Temple University
America
Lectur
Quotes on resistance and rights across nations
A string of quoted statements covers resistance to autonomy by governments, warnings from Pope Pius XII and Zsa Zsa Gabor on social dynamics, and a note on health policy and President Truman’s health commission. The mix shows political skepticism, peace hopes, and social commentary.
Public Showbiz Roundup From El Morocco to Broadway
Subbing for Winchell Billy Rose with Furness abroad at El Morocco as public appearances resume, Joyce and Ernst linked to headlines. Milestones include Bertie, Berle and Hamilton Moscow chatter, Strauss mentions, and a Damon Runyon Ball planned at the Waldorf for February.
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Joyce Wrist
Ernst
Billy
Tai Ie
Crea Reneest
Rosalind Russell
Bell
Book and Candle
Anita Loos
Cancer America
Napoleon Laureano
Damon Runyon
Folly and Wisdom In Southern Ways
A compact column mixes superstition jokes with editorials and a small town vignette. Noting voodoo charms in Charlotte policing, it parodies fear of hexes, ladders and Friday the 13th while citing a Christian Science Monitor critique of Truman’s term and a factory world-progress editorial. A mournful circuit rider closes with a Cornet anecdote.
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Greensboro News
Charlotte
Frank N. Littlea
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