Warclaw Conference Sparks Fierce Western Culture Debate
In a volley of harsh critique, George Sokolsky recalls the Warclaw meeting and a Waldorf Astoria conference thread. Soviet delegates chaired by Alexander Fadeyev push for continued talks while condemning American writers and Western values. The piece lambastes what it calls obscurantists and warns of future camps as passions flare in Cold War rhetoric.
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Warclaw
Breslau
United States of America
Alexander Fadeyev
Paris
Waldorf-Astoria
New York
Ilya Ehrenburg
United States
Franco
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Adam
Vatican
Fast
Chaplin
Caldwell
Man Who Takes Frank Graham's Place at UNC
UNC trustees began the search for a new president to replace Frank Graham. They floated Controller W. D. Carmichael Jr. but he distanced himself, noting the job requires both strong administration and liberal principles. The editorial urges a president who is an able administrator and genuinely liberal, serving all NC citizens, not just the privileged.
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University of North Carolina
Frank Graham
Graham
W. D. Carmichael, Jr
Carmichael
Eisenhower
Columbia
Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Cross Bearing in Discipleship and the Call to Sacrifice
W.A.B. discusses Jesus teaching on true discipleship, stressing loyalty to him over family or possessions, the necessity of bearing the cross, and the readiness for hardship, even martyrdom, in following Christ. He cites Luke and Acts to illustrate fearless commitment and finishing one’s spiritual course with joy.
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Jesus
St. James
John the Baptist
God
Mamon
Paul
Ephesus
Jerusalem
W.A.B
Glove Pioneer Golomb Shaped Boxing's Safe Future
New York based Jacob Golomb built a million-dollar sports equipment business by making and supplying boxing gloves for champions over four decades. He claims 95 percent of modern champions used his gloves while innovating headguards and protective gear. Golomb started from five dollars, repaired gloves as a kid, and credits his father for urging self employment.
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New York
Jack Golomb
Golomb
Jess Willard
Jack Dempsey
Barney Ross
Max Baer
Henry Armstrong
Gene Tunney
Primo Carnera
Joe Louis
Jack
Jacob
Tunney
Dempsey
Writing for Readers and Critics Shapes a Writer’s Aim
In a collection of quotes from literary and academic figures, writers discuss aiming to please specific audiences such as Brooks Atkinson and F. P. A. The range extends to views on student recruitment and market dynamics, including a remark from Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen and a Carnegie Tech official about competing for top students.
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Brooks Atkinson
Robert E. Sherwood
John M. Daniels
Admissions
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Labor's Taft Hartley resentment compared to colonial fight
The piece likens U S labor's opposition to the Taft Hartley act to the colonists stance against taxation without representation. William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, is cited as a voice in the comparison.
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United States
Great Britain
Wiliam Green
American Federation of Labor
Acheson Presents North Atlantic Pact Text
Secretary Acheson outlines the North Atlantic pact as a legal contract among twelve nations to defend each other if attacked. He stresses that decisions to go to war require Congress and must align with the United Nations Charter, while promoting peaceful dispute resolution and economic cooperation.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Britain
France
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Denmark
Italy
Portugal
Iceland
United Nations Security Council
Broadway notes and theatre chatter from a busy week
A collection of theater and film glimpses from New York venues. Winchell highlights Hudson Theater open with Detective Story, praising cast including Ralph Bellamy and Meg Mundy. Also notes a south pacific Tales of a Wonderful Guy and a kangaroo film title.
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S. Kingsley
Hudson Theater
Mr. Roberts
N. Y. Police Dept
Ralph Bellamy
Horace McMahon
Meg Mundy
Robert Garland
Journal-American
Oracle
Empire Theatre
New York Critics Weigh In On Broadway Struggles and Sparks
Week-end notes from J. Brooks Atkinson lampooning Mr. Roberts as catastrophe funny while Broadway flirts with Westerns and TV talkbacks. Mentions Rita Hayworth Patricia Morison Alexis Smith and Life with Father, Little Women, Little Margaret O’Brien and actors Lee Grant and Kirk Douglas in a brisk panorama of stage cinema and radio.
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J. Brooks Atkinson
Mr. Roberts
Broadway
Rita Hayworth
Patricia Morison
Kate
Alexis Smith
Chaillot
Margaret O’brien
Father
Jonathan Lucas
Martin Block
Mike Todd
Joan Blondell
Todd
Lee J. Cobb
Jacob
Ruth Roman
Kirk Douglas
Warner
Alan Anderson
U.S.A
Andy Anderson
Randy Anderson
Romney Brent
Column Notes on Film and Theater Snippets from 1940s News
A mosaic of media quips spans Hollywood trends, scorecard cinema, and stage chatter. References include Abie's Irish Rose gags, The Quiet One at The Little Carnegie, Ingrid Bergman height, Mae West reporting, a France film six hours long, Pravda jests, Jennifer Jones portrait at Rivo li, Dinah Shore blues, The Red Pony from Steinbeck, and Esther Williams in Take Me Out to the Ball Game.
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Abie
Hollywood
Carnegie
Ingrid Bergman
France
N. Y
Broadway
Jennifer Jones
Commershills
Dinah Shore
John Steinback
Sam Wood
MGM
Foma
Esther Williams
Grace Hartman
Mary Margaret McBride
Pact Aimed at April Signing Faces Two-Week Debate
The document outlines limited discussion to be handled by the council later and specifies signing is proposed for the first week of April leaving two weeks for debate.
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Ently
Council
Sweet and sour cabbage as a fish accompaniment tips
The note recommends sweet and sour red cabbage with baked broiled or fried fish using lemon juice or cider vinegar for sourness and brown sugar for sweetness. It contrasts slogans in sales and war with policy and discusses varied democracy ideas from Russia and the United States accusing each other of imperialism. John Duncan Miller reports from Washington as The London Times correspondent.
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Russia
United States
John Duncan Miller
Washington
The
London Times
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Howard Fast
Daily Worker
Bryn Hovde
New School For Social Research
Hovde
U. S. State Department
U.S
Hal Boyle
Msgr
Fulton J. Sheen
Edson
Germany
Rance
Congress
U. S
Vandenberg
State Department
Winchell
John Golden
FDR
Frank Sinatra
Columbia Platters
Cort Theater
Betty Jane Watson
Benny Goodman
State Dept
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van Johnson
George Petrie
E. Simms Campbell
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