Is there anything wrong in that
An opinion piece criticizes the Truman era for improper conduct by officials and lawmakers. It argues public figures accept and dispense favors, undermining propriety, dignity, and moral standards. It contrasts 1951 Washington with earlier regimes and warns against normalized corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RFC
Florida
Murray
Montana
White House
Harry Vaughan
Truman
Congress
Australia
Washington
Harding
Capitol
European critics misread American capitalism and maturity
The piece rebuts European claims that the United States upholds outdated capitalism. It highlights America’s welfare safeguards, higher wages, and dynamic growth compared to Europe’s social systems. It argues European critics confuse U.S. economics with old European capitalism and urges travel to understand America’s vigor.
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America
U.S
Britain
Europe
U. S
Marines uncover mass killing on Korean front
Marines discover a brutal massacre of American soldiers amid a convoy ambush near Hoengsong. Bodies lie in flooded paddies among trucks and field guns. many victims burned, ankles tied, shot in the head. The Marine officer says such killings reflect Communist lack of moral constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoengsong
G.i.’S
Freshman Congresswoman Faces Language Debate on Brannan Action
In Washington Ruth Thompson of Michigan criticizes Brannan for language about agriculture and motherhood while YWCA defends farmers. The column mocks political rhetoric as a harmful trend and warns against diminishing national character through bland imitations and false authorities.
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Washington
Conane
Ruthcony
Thompson
Michigan
Brannan
Department of Fature
YWCA
Department of Agriculture
Ashurst
Arizona
United States
Andrew Jackson
Grant
Quotes on westernization and politics from various figures
The excerpt presents quotes urging adoption of Western political and economic practices and criticising Yalta architects. It includes Dr Edwin McNeil Poteat urging loyalty to America and Dems and Reps, Sen Joseph McCarthy on streamline ideas, Albrecht Goertz on the purpose of streamlining, a meteorologist’s question about rainmakers, and Harold E Stassen’s remark on ideologies aligning with the American machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cain
Abe
Edwin McNeil Poteat
Raleigh
N.C
Yalta
America
Joseph McCarthy
Wis
Harry Wexler
U. S. Weather Bureau
Radio Commentators and the Need for Records
A reader critiques post midnight radio disc jockeys for spreading unverified lies about Americans. He argues for qualifications transparency, calls for permanent archival records of broadcasts, and warns stations against defamation without accountability. He notes lack of FCC recording rules and links late night radio to saloon promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
FCC
Baroe Cay Oat
Washington Small Town Banker Takes on RFC Clean Up
Elmer Harber, a Oklahoma banker with deep ties to the state’s institutions, was drafted by President Truman to help reorganize the RFC. He argues reforms mirror small-town lending practices, citing staff cuts and branch reductions to save costs while keeping lending to small businesses despite political scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nea
Mana
N.d
Iam
W. Elmer Harber
White House
Moses
Mt. Siam
Truman
Elmer Harbor
RFC
Fulbright
Lastron
Harber
Oklahoma
Harker
Shawnee
Mr. Harber
First National
Seminole
Okla
Can National Bank
Liberty National of
Oklahoma City
RFC Board
Hoover
Jesse Jones
Putnam Shopper Snips and Society Bits
A scattered column combines gadget notes like a magnet can opener and mirrored cameras with social vignettes. It recalls Hart Danks’ estranged marriage, wedding fashion, St Peter street in Minnesota, and a punchy jab at public figures and cinema advances.
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Hart Danks
Danks
Boston
The
Troy
N. YY
St. Peter Street
St.Paul
Minn
Srucats
Mich
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Amélin Cen
Chine Wvyriu
Harold E. Stassen
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