Thought for today from Revelation and Newman
A Saturday meditation begins with Revelation 21 7 about inheriting all things and God being one's father. The piece contrasts heavenly throne imagery with earthly scenes and rest, invoking Cardinal Newman’s reflections on knowledge and blessing.
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Taft Hartley Law Seen Blocking Maritime Strike
The piece discusses how the Taft Hartley Law could delay or curb a potential NMU led strike and block Communist influence. It notes Truman and Curran may benefit from injunctions, while NMU leftists push for broader action. The article links the crisis to ERP aid and U.S. foreign policy, urging bargaining while courts decide the closed shop issue.
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Convention in Philadelphia Sets Stage for GOP Convention
The Philadelphia story next week centers on the Republican convention as forces of the GOP converge on the city. Committees shape the opening and planning process while thousands are employed to ready the great auditorium for the event and media coverage reaches millions.
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City decides not to sell Tate Park property
The council chose to retain Tate Park land after opposition failed to mount a challenge. The planning report supported the decision, aiming for possible future development of Tate Park and Elm Street School land with a focus on thorough study over sentiment.
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Reds Go Underground In Cincinnati Jibe
A Russian writer Kozelsky told Young Communist readers he recently visited Cincinnati and quipped that everything except the air is Taft property. He notes Comrade Kozelsky learned Reds are not subversive but appear to be going underground given their NL standing.
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Tabor Committee Skullduggery in Congressional Spending
Washington analyst blames the Taber House Appropriations Committee for overstepping powers by rewiring foreign aid and welfare laws. It cites cuts to Marshall Plan funds, tax and asset transfers, refugee aid conditions, and vetoes on public power, warning costs to the U.S. Treasury.
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Death Valley National Monument and Extremes
Death Valley National Monument spans eastern California and southwestern Nevada, about 140 miles long and four to 16 miles wide. Badwater sits roughly 830 feet below sea level, the lowest land in the western hemisphere, with shade temperatures reaching 134 degrees. The region covers nearly two million acres of primitive desert. Quintuplets are extremely rare, with only a few cases worldwide per hundred years.
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Tragedy and Transpositions in a Rural Journal
A reader notices a vacation note from W A Bivins and reflects on a United Airlines Mt Carmel crash with 86 dead including two infants. The piece also relays a playful transposition of a Paris strike paragraph and a quip about Dr Kam Preston Few teaching English at Trinity Durham, with a sign painter cited for Keep Off The Grass.
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The Accidental Fame of Cyrus Edson
A classroom scene hints Cyrus Edson later becoming a famed physician. An anecdote recounted by the Wall Street Journal describes his intense concentration on patients, leading to a humorous moment when a paying patient was unrecognized.
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Coffee and Tobacco Aid Under ECA Philosophy
The article critiques the Economic Cooperation Administration policy linking coffee and tobacco aid to European and Chinese recovery. It argues coffee is a morale builder and questions how beverage subsidies translate to rebuilding industry, railways, and docks. It notes tobacco taxes and farmer interests, and suggests the policy redirects US funds as aid via commodity purchases.
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New York Nightlife Headlines and Hollywood Gossip
Wild notes from a New York late night column recount sightings of Irene Dunne Jane Russell Lana Turner Milton Berle and Kirk Douglas among others. Gossip covers restaurant chatter fashion escapades stage news and upcoming wedding plans with names like Rockefeller Hamilton and Rom anoff cited along with film and Broadway mentions.
Questioning Tobacco as a Weapon for China Crisis
The writer mocks the idea that loading China with tobacco would aid its economy or fight communists and warlords. He questions how tobacco could rehabilitate Chiang Kai-shek’s currency and chides Life-Time-Fortune experts for unclear ECA plans in China. He parodies colonial era rhetoric by invoking Pocahontas.
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Horizon CAL in Fie 1 4 Pictured actor 20 Group of 11
Puzzle like OCR fragment lists clues and partial answers across topics including actors, directions, harvest, anatomy, and geography. It shows numbered word clues with missing letters and irregular spacing, indicating a challenge or crossword style page.
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Times Sq Ticker Notes Theatre Arts Nudity Riot Rumors
The column mentions Jessica Tandy and M. Brando in Streetcar seeming to spark controversy at the post office. Ken Kling promotes a new book How I Pick Winners as a sure bet. Dizzy Gillespie headlines the Royal Roost and NBC Friday Band of America targets listeners. A name change trial for PM appears with Today New York Press and New York Star cited. Forbes owners plan Nation's Heritage launch graphic heavy with biweekly issues at 150 dollars yearly.
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Manhattan Murals and Humorous Store Signs
A garish warning on a truck cautions against looking up until flat on their backs. Delancey Street clothing shop advertises airplane submarine prices. Two girls in white photograph each other on St Patrick’s steps after Communion. A delicatessen sign quips If you don’t smell it we sin’t got it.
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Brooklyn Novelette and Afterword Satire Sparks in 1960s Gossips
A collage of scandalous vignettes and reveal events from Broadway and sports culture. Jackie Robinson’s first handshake snub is recounted with Henry Durocher’s reflection and the cameras setting up a Dixie hardware feud. The column teases Bar Association politics, FCC hearings, socialites, fashion notes, and humorous misadventures among Hollywood figures.
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Hutchison on M slavery versus freedom in current era
Dr. Ralph C. Hutchison president of Lafayette College argues the central issue today is slavery against freedom not communism versus democracy. He notes while the Marshall Plan helps, it fails to address fundamental problems facing the era.
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Ralph C. Hutchison
Lafayette College
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