These Days By George Sokolski Reviews Britain's Postwar State
The British Embassy notes Britain’s economy shows production above 1938 levels with unemployment under 2 percent and longer hours but rising costs. It cites a large dollar deficit funded by US and Canadian aid, warns of socialist experiments and Chinese ties, and recounts an American traveler’s customs encounter over pounds and currency rules.
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England
North America
U. S.A
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Hongkong
London
Paris
America
New York
France
Italy
High Point Police Leadership Questioned in Letter
A local businessman writes anonymously praising some officers but faults leadership in High Point police. He cites Sergeant J. O. Pike and argues lack of effective leadership from Chief Stoker and City Manager Hinson. He urges the city council to shake up the department top to bottom to improve discipline and morale.
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High Point
Charlotte
J. O. Pike
Stoker
Hinson
High Point Police Department
Rankin’s Bid for Multi Billion Dollar Veterans Bills
The piece profiles Representative Rankin of Mississippi as pushing a series of costly veterans related measures. It notes his past success with a 65 billion pension bill and his current push for a veterans bonus estimated between 14 and 60 billion. The article suggests Democratic leaders may seek a rule barring a Rankin from chairing any committee to curb his influence.
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House Committee On Veterans’ Affairs
House
Senate
Rankin
House un-American Activities Committee
un-American Activities Group
Mississippi
Eyebrows War Reflects Coal Negotiations
Acheson allegedly has the second best eyebrows in Washington while John L. Lewis shows a trained, expressive brow. The piece notes how eyebrows convey mood in bargaining over coal contracts, with Lewis displaying an arching scowl and strategic expressions to project strength.
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Christian Science Monitor
Dean Acheson
Washington
John L. Lewis
Acheson
Lewis
Air Force promotions hinge on wings not diplomas
Machinist's Mate Michelangelo Rembrandt Kelly argues Air Force regulation values flying wings over college diplomas for mission chiefs. He cites official rules allowing two years of college or equivalent for non flying officers, while top flying officers need only wings and broad knowledge of air force procedures.
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Washington
Michelangelo Rembrandt Kelly
Air Force
Mr. Kelly
Rey
Navy
Clarence W
Rafferty
Kelly
Slats Rafferty
Pentagon
Retirements and reflections on public service and discourse
The piece honors Sergeant J O Pike of the High Point police for 26 years of service as a motorcycle officer and schoolboy patrol leader, praising his fairness, leadership, and loyal public service. It also shares a modern parable about advertising caution, a note on free speech risks to business, and a Jaycee democracy campaign in Evansville Indiana.
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House
John McCormack
Claude Pepper
Florida
Capitol
Pepper
Senate
J. O. Pike
High Point
New York
Sergeant Pike
Harvey Karter
Nash Jewelry Store
Quotes on labor, missiles, and mood from postwar leaders
Rep Dewey Short asserts no anti labor stance while noting a mule’s northward trek across a corn row all day. Louis A Johnson stresses freedom as a weapon stronger than atomic arms. Emerson Schmidt warns against hoarding dollars amid economic caution.
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Dewey Short
Missouri
Louis A. Johnson
Show Biz Scribbles and Rumors From New York
A scatter of entertainment notes covers MGM deals with Ezio Pinza, Burns and Allen Paris plans, Gypsy Rose Lee earnings, Lunt and Fontanne Broadway opening, Pat Rooney's vaudeville tour, and Irving Berlin reshaping Miss Liberty. Dispatches mention Richard Poston in Cape May stock, Ida Lupino producing Not Wanted, and rising TV and radio reach with 68 stations and 39 million sets.
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MGM
Ezio Pinza
Coast Columms
Burns & Allen
London
Gypsy Rose Lee
Manade AM Lunt
Lynn Fontanne
Pat Rooney
Pat
Irving Berlin
Mary McCarty
Chas. Dillingham
Sardi's
Museum of Model Art
Ten Mth Street
Irving Thalberg
John Gilbert
Renee Adoree
Karl Dane
Tom O'Brien
Mr. Whiskers
Fifth Avenue
Margaret Sullivan
Columbia
Millicent Scott
Tin Pan Alley
Miss Scott
Southern Music Co
Copa
Rivers
F. Sinatra
Stork
DeMille
Ringling Brothers Circus
Morton Downey
Ida Lupino
Pinky
DeRochement
California
Bix
Larry Richman
Reno
Barnum & Bailey
U.S
CBS
Capitol
Sopher
The
Riviera
New York
Tall Clubs of
America
Grand Central Depot
Patricia Murphy
Colony
Happy Chandler
Marge & Gower
Paula Langston
New Yorker
Chicago
Romeo
Suh Avenue
Wilma
57Th Street
Sacred Animal and Mystic Terms Quiz Scramble
Puzzle listing mixed clues and stray letters across varied categories. Readable terms include river names cosmic symbols and verbs, while several entries appear garbled or partial. The page presents a word association grid with miscellaneous answers and partial spellings.
Odd Fact Fragments From Natural World
An array of brief curiosities notes carbon monoxide risk from cars a blue whale growth facts Kalapana Hawaii black sand and a Labrador Eskimo Bible library claim and sea season laurel tree sap flammability.
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Kalapana
Hawaii
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George Sokolsk
High Point Enterprise
Terry
Af Rawley
Charles B. LO
Associated Press
Rankin’s
George Dixon
Carroll L. Wilson
Atomic Energy Commission
Capitol Hill
Truman
Congress
Evansville
Ind
Jaycee
Jaycee Americanism Committee
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Emerson P. Schmidt
U. S&s. Chamber of Commerce
Winchell
Broadway Report
Horizonta
Ireland
Nova Scotia
Asia
Peo
Pravious Puzste
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Labrador
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