Former UP Librarian Struggles with Turkish Lessons
United Press story from Washington recalls John Bailey, ex-UP librarian now in the Army, detailing miscommunications in Ankara. He and fellow servicemen rely on a Turkish American primer as they navigate hotel orders, taxi rides, and the pace of life under Turkish signage and gestures.
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Harman W. Nichols
United Press
Washington
John Bailey
John
Sam
Istanbul
Johnny
Hackman
Ataturk Boulevard
Davis Tries to Remake Husband for Red Carpet
Bette Davis recalls trying to reform her husband Gary Merrill, even buying him robe and pajamas for trips as he prefers casual wear. Jessica Tandy discusses early acting struggles and finding strong material in The Desert Fox with Rommel as she balances stage and film work in London.
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Hollywood
Bette Davis
Ty Merrill
20Th Century-Fox
Gary
Miss Davis
Jessica Tandy
Miss Tandy
James Mason
Erwin Rommel
Frau Lucie Marie Rommel
East
Army ROTC Summer Camp Mobilizes 21000 Seniors
The U S Army launches its largest postwar ROTC summer training effort with over 21 000 college seniors from all states taking part. Thirty posts and Army hospitals will host the specialized program aimed at readying cadets for future service. ROTC grads served prominently in two world wars and World War II, when about 23 percent of officers were ROTC graduates.
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Washington
U. S
Communists Dismantle East Berlin Landmark
The East German government starts removing Neptune's Foundation, a bronze life size statue base, in front of the demolished Hohenzollern Palace to clear space for the Marx Engles Platz in East Berlin.
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Berlin
Hohenzollern
East Berlin
Engles Platz
Jade as China’s precious stone and its virtues
In China jade is the most popular precious stone valued for its believed virtues of wisdom justice charity courage and modesty according to the National Geographic Society.
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China
National Geographic Society
State Dept Propaganda Arms Expand World Reach
The article outlines how U S agencies including the State Department CIA OSS and ECA wage a wartime style propaganda effort abroad. It details libraries bulletins Voice of America films and student exchanges and the aims and risks of influencing foreign publics behind the Iron Curtain. It notes Fiji’s 1950 population as 293 744.
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Washington
Germany
OWL Office
War Informaton
OSS Office of Strategic Services
Japan
Army
State Department
Eca—Economic Cooperation Administration
CIA
Central
Latin America
Czechosvakia
Hungary
Voice of America
New York
Munich
Tangier
Manila
Eisenhower
Russia
State
ECA
Pri
Navy
Iron Curtain
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