Oxnam Defends Loyalty Against House Un American Methods
Bishop G Bromley Oxnam blasts the House Un American Activities Committee for publishing unverified files and accusing him of Communist ties. He denounces the tactics as damaging and likens them to a new Ku Kluxism while urging an apology and reaffirming his loyalty to family church and country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Un-American Activities Committee
G. Bromley Oxnam
Donald L. Jackson
Calif
Jackson
Oxnam
Communist Party
Committee
Bishop Oxnam
New Face For America Brings Slum Reform Hope
The column argues real estate leaders back slum clearance as economically and socially beneficial. Peter Edson notes Yates Cook’s project for the National Association of Home Builders, citing Baltimore progress and the link between housing conditions, crime, and property values, urging enforcement of decent housing laws nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Peter Edson
Yates Cook
National Association of Home Builders
Cook
Baltimore
Perle Mesta Declines Ambassadorship Leave Pay
Mrs. Perle Mesta interrupts her Soviet Union tour to refuse $7,319.50 in terminal leave pay from the U S government. She praises the spirit of President Eisenhower and Politely defers, continuing a long Russia tour at her own expense as U S minister. Her gesture contrasts with her flamboyant public persona and raises questions about her business stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perle Mesta
Soviet Union
United States
Perle
Uncle Sam
Luxembourg
U. S
Harry Truman
Eisenhower
Mesta
Mrs. Mesta
Russia
Language quirks in greetings spark gendered nuances
A Charlotte News note explains that English offers Dear Mrs Madame and Dear Mesdames forms for single or multiple women. It highlights awkwardness when addressing two or three women or a girls school discussing admissions for a daughter next year.
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Mrs
Madame
Mesdames
Charlotte News
Star Player Troubled by Father’s Demands for Money
A Lamar Missouri Democrat quote notes a star basketball player appears unhappy as his father repeatedly writes for money, highlighting tensions between family expectations and athletics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar
Rehabilitation of Slums Biggest Step To Stop Declining City Property Values
G. Yates Cook leads a national private builders crusade to wipe out slums. From Baltimore origins, he cites success of the Baltimore Plan with 16,000 restored units and 40 inspectors. He tours cities with the Home Builders Association and Federal Housing officials to push slum clearance as a path to higher property values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
G. Yates Cook
United States
Yates Cook
National Association of Home Builders
Trade Association
Janlin
America
Baltimore
Baltimore Health Department
Cook
Texas
Rochester
Memphis
Cleveland
Chicago
Guy Hollyday
Hollyday
Mr. Cook
The
Home Builders Association
Yates
Roosevelt
Secret Police Histories and Power Struggles Across Regimes
George Sokolskiy argues that true secret police exist only in czars era Okhrana and Soviet successors like Cheka NKVD and MVD. He notes Western agencies like FBI CIA act within law, not as police. The piece traces liquidation of leaders such as Beria and repeats claims of head removals across regimes.
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Secret Service
Treasury
FBI
Department of Justice
Congress
CIA
United States
Pentagon
The
Okhrana
Siberia
Lenin
Okhhrana
Dvornik
Cheka
Dzerzhinsky
Uritzky
Petrograd
Czar
Stalin
OGPU
GPU
NKVD
MVD
Lavrenti Beria
Yagoda
Yezhov
Trotzky
Mexico
Krivitzky
Beria
Fouche
Napoleon
Talleyrand
Scotland
Secret Police
Quotes On Truman Visit Reported By Teenagers In Columbus
Teenage witnesses recall Mrs Truman at a Columbus hotel before guards moved them out. A girl cites an interest in a recording job and knowledge about records while sharing notes from the trip. An East Berlin deputy premier notes butter policy in the Soviet Zone and Eisenhower extols liberty of inquiry and speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Truman
Columbus, O
Otto Nischke
East
Berlin
Armistice talks in Korea face uncertain date
Dispatch reports no concrete cease fire date from Red high command as the Korean war drags on. The piece cites shifting Soviet and Chinese roles and recalls past Allied moves from Pusan to the Yalu while taft and GOP loyalties are noted along with providence and a fly and basic wartime anecdotes from Dixie Tighe.
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Munsan
Red High Command
Korea
Rok’s
U.N
Russia
North Korea
North China
K Korea
Apan
South Korea
Pusan
Yalu River
Peach Week in North Carolina Highlighted by Governor
Governor Umstead proclaims Peach Week at a Raleigh press conference after sharing peaches with reporters. The event also salutes Evelyn Hendricks Nash County as outstanding handicapped North Carolinian up for a national award. Sworn in were Ben Douglas as conservation and development director and Edwin Gill as state treasurer.
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North Retina
Hugh Martin
Hawley Poole
State Board of Agriculture
North Carolina
Evelyn Hendricks
Nash County
Miss Hendricks
Umstead
Emery B. Denny
Douglas
Edwin Gill
Brandon Hodges
Conservation and Development Department
Morehead City
C&d
State Ports Authority
State College Development Council
Budget Bureau
A and T College
Greensboro
Winston-Salem State Teachers College
State College
Charles M. Williams
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R. B. Terry
Holt McPherson
D. A. Rawley
C. W. Patterson, JR
Charles B. Loflix
Community Action
George Sokolsky
Joan Benny
Comedian Jack Benny
American Library Association
W. A. Bivins
Taft and
G.O.P
Speed-Demon
Taft
Bob Taft
Senate
Bob
Knowland
Joe McCarthy
Providence
Omega
Delta
High Point
Dixie Tighe
New York Post
News and Observer
Lynn Nisbet
Capitol Square
Ben E. Douglas
Charlotte
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