Naive President of Our University Under Suspicion
The piece critiques a House Un-American Activities report calling the Southern Conference for Human Welfare a Communist front. It questions timing and argues UNC President Frank Graham is naive and possibly compromised, urging his retirement for the university’s sake. It defends Graham while noting concerns about his associations and the committee’s conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Un-American Activities
United States
House of Representatives
Southern Conference For Human Welfare
Henry Wallace
Washington
Dies Committee
Consolidated University
Frank Graham
Communist Party
Russia
Germany
Herbert Bonner
North Carolina
High Point
Bonner
Graham
International Labor Defense
Dr. Graham
University of North Carolina
Ceasar
Christlikeness as Core Christian Virtue
W.A.B argues Colossians 3 11 13 calls believers to clothe themselves with compassion kindness humility gentleness and patience Forgive as Christ forgave and put earthly desires aside Kingly ethics of Jesus Beatitudes guide true Christianity Forgiveness and love unite the church beyond ethnicity and prejudice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Colosse
Phrygia
Asia Minor
Paul
Rome
James Moffatt
Apostle
Jerusalem
High Point
New York
Jesus
W.A.B
Aluminum glut or shortage sparks policy maneuvering
Washington. The debate over aluminum supply persists as industry leaders Reynolds and Kaiser push for government buyout amid a postwar surplus. Alcoa faces antitrust baggage while the Commerce Department weighs a declared shortage and stockpile sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Edson
Washington
NEA
U. S
Alcoa
Aluminum Company of America
Reynolds Metals Co
Permanente Metals
Henry J. Kaiser Comor Dea
Office of Metals Distribution
Department of Commerce
Metals Reserve Corporation
Metals Reserve
IDEA
Reynolds
Kaiser
Sarmy-Navy Munitions Board
Munitions Board
Munition’s Board
Reynolds and
Department of Justice
WAA
Neynolds
Kaiserli
Alcoas Attornega
Alion
Economics in Washington fuels 1948 political framing
Paul Mallon reports on how economic debate has become a political tool as Truman Taft policy clashes surface. A business group warns that administration tax and price strategies may worsen inflation while urging broader spending cuts and Federal Reserve action to restore price equilibrium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Taft
Congress
White House
Truman-Snyder
Federal Reserve Board
Presidential vetoes and the checks and balances system
The article argues that the president has a constitutional veto power over congressional bills and describes the two thirds override process, the ten day signing rule, and the budget and taxation limits. It contrasts American checks and balances with England's parliamentary system and notes occasional public and political risk to the presidency. It also mentions that the banana tree may be among the oldest cultivated plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
England
Herbert Hoover
Laurette Taylor and other stage legends in memory
A nostalgic survey recalls Laurette Taylor and peers such as Violet Heming Dorothy McGuire Elsie Ferguson Ethel Barrymore Judith Evelyn Florence Eldridge Enid Markey Grace Valentin Judith Anderson Mady Christians Dorothy Gish and Mady Christians. It notes career highs, wartime rescues, and enduring stage craft in early Hollywood and theatre history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurette Taylor
Laurette
Hartley Manners
Judith Evelyn
England
America
Athenia
Judith
Florence Eldridge
Fredric March
Percy Hammond
Dorothy Gish
Mary Surratt
Trivia Q and A from a historic quiz compilation
Readers are presented with a set of Q and A prompts and answers covering American battles, cattle raising in Long Island, Jefferson’s Library, the Vinegar Bible, Poona badminton, government bulletins, the whooping crane, Nobel laureates, and the Jewish nation’s history. The format mimics a clipped quiz page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Long Island
Montauk Point
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Binghamton
Scranton
Behind the News
Paul Mallon
George Sokolsky
George E. Sokolsky
Winchell
Mary Martin
Venus
World Herald of Omaha
Nebraska
Violet Heming
Miss Heming
Dorothy McGuire
Elsie Ferguson
Elsie
Ethel Barrymore
Hollywood
Ethel
Miss B
Eth Barrymore
Lapeer & Jee
Michel Mok
Margaret Sullavan
Katharine Hepburn
Enid Markey
Enid
Grace Valentine
Grace
Judith Anderson
Rebecca
Juliet
Mabeth
Adelaide
South Australia
Mady Christians
Rudolph
Irving Place
Mady
John Burgoyne
Saratoga
Gettysburg
Library of Congress
Thomas Jefferson
John Baskett
Oxford
Poona
North America
Canada
Texas
Jane Adams
Pearl S. Buck
Emily Greene Balch
Mister Breger
Dave
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