Baruch Urges Immediate Price and Wage Freeze After Pearl Harbor
Bernard Baruch calls for instant price and wage freezes and universal profit limits as the nation mobilizes for war. President Roosevelt and Congress hesitate with half measures while Truman favors mild curbs, and political concerns ahead of elections color policy and delay decisive action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pearl Harbor
Bernard Baruch
Roosevelt
Baruch
Congress
Washington
Governor urged to expand highway patrol to 600 men
Editorial argues raising patrol strength from 500 to 600 is insufficient. With 600 officers statewide, about six per county would be on duty 24 hours, many in court or off road, leaving roughly a man and a half patrolling highways daily amid many cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
State Highway Patrol
Jesus
Laura Hearne
Sally
A Shameful Record of McCarthy Era Fallout
An editorials reflects that the McCarthy period ended in partisan Senate feuding and a divided Congress. It notes no evidence supports McCarthy’s charges against the State Department and urges a nonpartisan approach to security inquiries in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCarthy
Wisconsin
State Department
Senate
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Lodge
Congress
Some Day Maybe Sen Paul Douglas Prods for Economy
Senator Paul Douglas of Illinois commits to trimming a large appropriation bill with item by item cuts and reasons. He faces disinterest from fellow lawmakers yet earns praise from outsiders for energy and integrity. His persistence may someday influence policy despite today’s lack of rewards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Douglas
Ilinois
Douglas
Senate
Open Letter to Senator Tydings on Communist Whitewash
An open letter to Senator Tydings rebukes his report on Communists in the state department linking Korea war policy to alleged betrayals. The author defends Isaac Don Levine and Ralph De Toledano as anti Communists, questions editorial mistakes, and urges accountability in foreign policy. It closes with signatures urging bipartisan-informed policy and noting other Allied and U.S. officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Tydings
State Department
Korea
Joe McCarthy
America
Asia
Isaac Don Levine
Ralph de Toledano
Larsen
Will
Isac Don Levine
Hollywood
Times
Levine
Krivitsky
Stalin
Emmanuel S. Larsen
Plain Talk
Senator
Tom Connally
Texas
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Arthur Vandenberg
Glens Falls
New York
George E. Sokolsky
John Sherman Cooper
Kefauver campaign foe or friend figures in postwar chaos
Subbing for Winchell notes Kefauver pressures Dixiecrats and Southern Democrats plan a Kefauver for President push. The piece portrays Kefauver as an independent force against crime cartels, with influence in Congress and a threat to the Administration. It also glosses celebrity gossip, a Willard Will excerpt, and a mix of cultural snippets.
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Kefauver
Tennessee
Summer Talk and Negro Song Reflections in Hometown
In a hometown setting a narrator recalls a quiet day at a funeral home with friends, amid talk of the Korean War and local litigation. He describes summer moments, memories of Black servants and gospel singing, and a mood of peaceful endurance, ending with anecdotes of visitors at Vesuvius.
Walter Winchell Vacation. Lait Columns Alternate Fridays
Column note states Walter Winchell is on vacation and Jack Lait's columns will appear daily except Fridays. Quotation by John Sherman Cooper credits Europe as bulwark of ideas and our greatest hope rests there.
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Martha Sleeper
San Juan
Rosalee Coleman
Riviera
Bob Neal
Texas
Tirza
Plumbers Union
Maxwell Fisher
RAF Hero
Shirley Behringer
Chicago
Bob Fellers
Walter Winchell
Jack Lait
Europe
John Sherman Cooper
State Department
Ex-Patient Urges View of State Hospitals For Mental Welfare
An ex patient writes to defend state hospitals outlining Morganton and Butner facilities. He praises staff courtesy and recreation at Butner and urges openness to treatment, noting fear and stigma around mental illness persist. He recalls personal recovery and urges informed decisions for others facing similar choices.
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Morganton
N. C
Butner
Butner State Hospital
Durham
Winston Salem
God
Ober
B. Whitt
Fisher St
High Point, N, C
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High Point Enterprise
Terry
D. A. Rawley
Charles B. Loflin
Associated Press
Robert L. Thompson
C. W. Patterson, JR
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Mgr
Mr. Baruch
Sen. Tydings
George Sokolsky
Russia
Soviet Union
U. S
Germany
John J. McCloy
Winchell
By Jack Lait
Lady Mendl
Elsie de Wolf
Broadway
Mutual Life
55Th
Doug Leigh
Archduke Franz Joseph
Abe Feder
United Nations
Joe DiMaggio
Gloria de Haven
Gwen Smith
Tom Rundell
Ralph Cabetto
Montreal
Celia Webb
Marlon Brando
Donald Curtis
Nina Foch
Armando
Warners
Humphrey Bogart
Gary Cooper
Rita Hayworth
Cannes
Alexander Shields
Alexandria
Powers
Zia
Gloria Vanderbilt - Howard Perry Rothberg
Lois Wagner
Detroit
Luchow
Carol Mathews
Puerto Rico
Marta Toren
Lars Nordensen
Sweden
Farley Granger
Italy
Geraldine Brooks
Diana Barrymore
Bob Wilcox
George Raft
Danielle Darrieux
Howard Duff
Ava Gardner
Ida Lupino
Art Ford
Cecile Aubrey
Anna Magnini
Renzo Avonzo
Bureau of Narcotics
H. J. Anslinger
Cliffside
N. J
Acheson
High Point
South Korea
Walgreen's
Vesuvius
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