Our Shameful Failure in Meeting Blood Drive Quotas
The High Point blood drive failed to meet the Red Cross quota for Korea war relief. The bloodmobile aimed for 200 pints daily, up 25 pints from prior targets, but only 55 pints were collected by late yesterday. The two day goal of 400 pints appears unattainable, prompting questions about public duty and future participation.
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High Point
Red Cross
Armed Services
Korea
Elizabeth
Cock of
Edin
Pos
Nandor Montenuovo
Hungary
Budapest Red
Oul Sartre
Paris
Britain
Germany
Presidents and ghost writers who penned papers
Columnist Neal O'Hara questions the ghost writer theory for Washington Jefferson Wilson and Monroe doctrine. He argues Washington likely wrote less and Jefferson and Wilson largely penned their papers with Calhoun influencing policy and Adams drafting key declarations.
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Neal O'Hara
Washington
Jefferson
Wilson
Alexander Hamilton
O'Hara
Henry Cabot Lodge
Newspaper Privilege Debate Lies in Federal Ruling
The New York World Telegram reports Judge John C. Knox acknowledged a possible privilege for newspapermen similar to lawyer and doctor confidences. While current federal law offers no such protection, state courts and several states with whistleblower laws show journalists can disclose sources under protection, aiding investigations and governance.
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John C. Knox
Knox
Newburgh
Bult
Supreme Court
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
The
New York World- Telegram
Margaret Truman Receives Warm Britain Welcome
Margaret Truman earns praise for social grace during her visit to Britain. Her curtsy to the Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret drew approving looks and is cited as evidence of her poised reception abroad.
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Margaret Truman
Britain
Princesses
Elizabeth
Pigeons at Pentagon Stall News Release
A Pentagon Air Intelligence unit restricts reporting on a pigeon nest in Room 4B-931 as staff had sought to publicize the sighting. Navy Capt. Robert C. Brixner tended the birds until Col. William Wil issued an order prohibiting further release of information. Senator Harry P. Cain is mentioned in context but details are unclear.
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Washington
Air Intel E
Pentagon
Naval Branch
Air Intelligence
Navy
Robert C. Brixner
Stan
Birds
Col
William Wil
Rease
DiSalle
Solon
Cain
Mike
House Agriculture Committee
Agriculture Committee
Roy deGroot
Kenneth deCourcy
London
deCourcy
England
de Courcy
Professional taxation debate warns of educated workers obsolescence
A Congress debate led by Clifford Davis and Frederic R. Coudert Jr. examines why highly educated professionals such as doctors, lawyers, engineers, and architects should be able to build old age protections. The discussion notes long training, late earnings, and limited pension options for physicians and professors, urging study of national implications and potential shortages of scientists.
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Clifford Davis
Tennessee
Frederic R. Coudert, Jr
New York
Congress
Mr. Davis
United States
Quotes on guilt, parenting, and war profits from Baruch and Pratt
The piece compares a child’s self punishment for disliking parents to broader questions about moral responsibility and wartime costs. Dr. Dallas Pratt cites guilt as a driver of self punishment in children while Bernard Baruch questions prioritizing petty profits over the immense costs of global conflict.
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Dallas Pratt
New York
Secret list links Hiss defense fund to top figures
Smutty pages reveal McCarthy era chatter on Alger Hiss defense contributors and related un American Activities probes. Names like Mann and MacArthur surface amid notes on Navy ships and Pearl Harbor fears.
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Institute of Pacific Relations
Alger Hiss’ Defense Fund
Sen. McCarthy
Un-American Activities Comm
Thomas Mann
Erika
Manhattan College
Gen
Las MacArthur
Navy
Joan Crawford
Oil Clash With Iran Triggers Washington Reflections
Washington notes say Truman seeks peace to settle Iran oil nationalization dispute but warn British imperialism and American support have fueled the crisis. Iranians decry Anglo-Iranian Oil Company control, lack of reform, and call for a stronger Iranian government and land, health, and tax reforms.
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Washington
NEA
Truman
Iran
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
United States
Ali Razmara
Russia
U. S
Sir William Fraser
Texas
Middle Cenare
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John C. Calhoun
John Quincy Adams
Calhoun
Adams
Oklahoma City
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George VI
Harry
Burscwey
Harry P. Cain
George Sokolsky
George Dixon
Senate Ladies Club
William E. Borah
Idaho
Edwin F. Ladd
North Dakota
Bernard Baruch
Alger Hiss
Walter Winchell
Chas
Blair
Pole
Alaska
Norway
Stalin
Fannie Brice
Ann Sothern
Richard Egan
Mike Wallaces
Buff Cobb
CBS
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Nat's Lawyers Guild
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Panama Trust Bank
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Mt. Sinai
Miami Beach
Senator Wiley
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Runyon Fund
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Eddie Joys
Mindy Carson
Peter Edson
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