Mandate claims fall as House rejects labor compromise
President Truman, the Democratic Party, AFL and CIO faced sharp defeat in the House over a labor bill. Critics argue there was no mandate for executive control and that threats to withhold patronage damaged credibility. Green and Murray faced backlash as election returns undercut their leverage.
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United States
National Organization
Democratic Party
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
House of Representatives
Washington
House
Congress
Harry Truman
Bill Green
Phil Murray
AFL
CIO
Green
Murray
Mr. Murray
Tinkers and Umbrella Menders Then and Now
W A Bivins recounts the changing meaning of tinker and mender from Colonial heartland to modern times. He recalls honest umbrella mender Mackey who faced poverty and died by suicide, and notes how labor-saving devices displace workers while life moves on.
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America
Mr. Mackey
Charles MacKay
Postal Telegraph Company
Mackey
Green Street
Broad Street
Umbrella Mender
Don Marcus
Questions of Legality and Horse Sense in Rural Roads Bonds
The piece critiques the rural roads bond issue and its legality. It questions who pays election costs, the structure tying gas tax increases to bonds, and the chance of court challenges. It argues voters face a polarized choice between a $200 million program and no bond, with June 4 as the decision date.
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Harry McMullen
North Carolina
Scott
Tinker Tales and Rita Hayworth in Short Pieces
A reflective column recalls old house to house salesmen and Jewish peddlers, praising varied wares and characterful book sellers. It shifts to Nuptials noting Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan, with a Roanoke Times item about his ankle injury delaying their marriage.
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Parson Weems
George Washington
Tib
Georgie
Dad
Bro. Boldy
Cupid
Rita Hayworth
Fred Flagler, Jr
Red
Rita
Prince Charming
Roanoke
Rita Fayworth
Prince Aly Khan
Mediterranean scope of North Atlantic pact debated
Washington analysis discusses Article five and six of the North Atlantic Treaty and contemplates a possible Mediterranean division. It notes potential implications for Europe Africa and the Middle East while cautioning that an eastern Mediterranean alliance would face heavy military burden and limited prospects.
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Washington, D. C
Mediterranean
Europe
North America
France
North Atlantic
Trieste
Adriatic
Sicily
Malta
North Africa
Spain
Sadak
Washington
Israel
Syria
Lebanon
Egypt
Middle East
Arabia
Iraq
Iran
Turkey
Congress
Greece
Western
Censorship Rise Seen From Defense Directive
Washington columnist notes a sweeping new military privacy order under Louis Johnson. The Consolidation Directive No 1 would create an information review office policing all military and civilian material for publication and public release across printed words, broadcasts, and speeches.
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Washington
Secretary of Defense
Louis Johnson
James V. Forrestal
Defense
Office of Public Information
Security Review Branch
Mad” Smith
X-Warriors
Ike Eisenhower
Congress
National Guard
Louie
Hollywood
Harry Watson Martin
Harry Brand
Florida
Thegan
Glitzy Show Biz Buzz From The Town And Beyond
Winchell notes social swirl with Babe Ruth and N Water in Long Island polo circles. Hollywood couple clashes and stars teased ahead of films as Kinsey speaks on crime forum. Music rumors flap about Berlin, Graziano, and a raft of celeb feuds and marriages.
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Babe Ruth
N. Waterbury
Long Island Polo Clan
Greer Faryson-Errol Flynn
Lady Stamley
D. Fairbanks
Count de Bendern
England
Jack de Forrest
Mark Barron
Associated Press
Glenn Davis
Elizabeth Taylor
Claire Luce
Donald Graham
A. Kinsey
Columbia
Crime Forum
Artie Shaw
J. DiMaggio
New York Gossip Blitz Spills Rumors and Set Pieces
A rapid-fire column links Heywood Kling and Jean Gilmour wedding plans, Ty Cobb marriage chatter, and Joan Crawford guarded by a bodyguard. It notes Edith Piaf romance rumors with Rossellini, Parisians courting Aumont and Annabella, Cafe Hindenburg in Yorkville, and a crashed Maharajah scam at Cafe James. Also covers Post Office bookends, theater moves, and political chatter from New York to Rome.
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Heywood Kling
K. Kling
Jean Gilmour Wii
Saratoga
F. DeForest Wright
Schenectady
Marion O'Neil
Mark
Winged Victory
der Fuehrer
Joan Crawford
Don Carthrone
Bellos
Leopold
Edith Piaf
Bruno Rossellini
Ingrid
Mrs. Rivera
Grosa
Rome
Sir Korda
Italy
Ann Todd
Rossellini
la Bergman
Jean Pierre Aumont
Annabella
Father Divine
East Side
James
Cooch-Behar
N. Y
Coldman
Post Office
Bill Buckner
Dorothy Thompson
Ladies’ Home Journal
Gen
Bedell Smith
Moscow
Annie Get Your Gun
Amon Carter
Fort Worth
Gen. Autry
Autry
Gen. Vaughan
France
May stay arranged with limited arrival dates
The letter requests a May visit staying possibly beyond one month. It notes that arrival before May 5 cannot be accommodated due to prior guests. It asks for the arrival date and flight number and adds that the hosts will depart on May 5.
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P. S
Extinct Bird and Related Terms Puzzle Slide
A fragmented list links extinct bird sightings and vocabulary clues. The page assembles crossword style entries with numbered hints from 1 to 55 covering flora fauna chemistry and ancient terms.
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Latin America
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Dinah Shore
MGM
NBC
Irving Berlin
Int'l Business Machines
T. J. Watson
Jane
Jack Irwin
Jane - Marion Hutton
Jack Douglas
Carson
K. del Courtneys
Buzz Meredith
Ette Goddard
Rocky Graziano
New York
Taylor Grants
ABC
Kyle MccDonnell
Charles Prince
Whitneys
New Haven
Paul Whiteman
Communist Party
American Youth For Democracy
Young Communist League
Kings County
Bronx County
Queens County
Cuba
Romeo
Deeny
Wm. Saroyan
Margaret Whiting
Hubbell Robinson
St. Moritz
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Shubert
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Radio Theater
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Snah
American University
Mauritius
Virginia
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Turner
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