Later Than You Think Taft survey cautions for Republican nomination
The piece argues Senator Taft has yet to decide on a 1948 style campaign and urges polling of both parties. It weighs Eisenhower Dewey Warren Stassen and Taft as possible GOP nominees while noting Truman's hold and the danger of a weak or unfocused campaign.
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Robert Taft
Ohio
Taft
Truman
Senator Taft
Eisenhower
Europe
Warren
California
Balls
Harold Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Dewey
New York
Bryan
White House
United States
Harry Truman
Raw Material Shortages Threaten Allied Rearmament Efforts
The piece argues the U S must confront scarce crucial resources like rubber chrome tin and metals while financing Western Europe’s revival and rearmament. It notes heavy dependence on world markets and the risk that high bids starve allies, threatening Marshall Plan gains and civilian growth. It calls for a united materials allocation plan with public American support.
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United States
America
Free Nations
Britain
France
Western Europe
U. S
B.B
Ulterior motive in committee room beef carving probe
Lawmakers discussed carving a beef carcass in the House Agriculture Committee to see how a meat cutter would slice and tag cuts under OPS price rules. The text suggests the true aim was to glimpse a side of beef, a rare experience for most.
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House Agriculture Committee
Memory lapses spark mock college for generals and more
A satirical piece riffs on memory failures among generals and politicians. It cites jokes about West Point graduates not entering quartermaster duty, scenes with Mary Elizabeth Kern at the Wardman Park Hotel, a Burden of Senate votes during a salon, and Rep Frank Boykin’s misread honorary degree claim triggering a dawn phone call to Rep L Mendell Rivers.
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the Tribune
Herald-Tribune
United States Military Academy
Air Force
Argo
Engineers
Signal Corps
Coldstream Guards
Secret Police
Graustarkian Grenadiers
The
Times
Trib
West Point
Mary Elizabeth Kern
Missouri
Kem
Wardman Park
Michiga
Arthur Vanden
General Motors
Frank W. Boykin
Alabama
Hisself
Seventh Heaven
Washington Alumni Club
University of Alabama
Rep. Boykin
General Marshall’s China years 1924 to 1927 recalled
The author recalls General Marshall’s China service from 1924 to 1927 and links it to Borodin Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek, describing Soviet influence in Canton and Shanghai, the 1925 strike, and the civil strife that followed. The piece questions lessons Marshall drew then and now.
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MacArthur
George Marshall
China
Alexander Smith
General Marshall
New Jersey
Russia
L. Karakhan
Peking National University
Union
Michael Borodin
Canton
Sun Yat-sen
Third International
Galens-Bluecher
Borodin
Marshall
Tientsin
Smedley Butler
Peking
Bluecher
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Nanking
Shanghai
Communist Party
Quotes on corruption and leadership from Fulbright and Eisenhower
The remarks condemn corruption as intolerable and warn that reliance on mercenaries weakens Rome. They highlight that future American freedom, strength, and world peace depend on business statesmanship, as urged by Harold Stassen.
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America
Harold Stassen
U. of Pennsylvania
Life and Times of Edgar Hartley in North Carolina
A profile by Carl Goerch chronicles Edgar Hartley a New York native turned North Carolina resident. It highlights his YMCA leadership in Washington and High Point, his family of six sons with wartime service, and his lifelong dedication to boys and community development.
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Herman Feldman
Army Quartermaster General
New York Times
New York Heralds
the Times
West Point
N. Y
United States
Edgar Hartley
Carl Goerch
New York State
North Carolina
Hartley
Carl
Edgar
England
Massachusetts
Bstimore Athletic League
Baltimore Y.M.C.A
Washington
Baltimore
Hartleys
High Point
Goerch
God
Washington, N. C
Y.M.C.A
Wake Forest
Wilson
Father and Sons
Firs
Artley
Broadway Biz Survives Bad Times With Four Plays
New York theater scene thrives as four major productions including Guys and Dolls and Call Me Merman push advance sales from six months to a year. Critics debate Flahooley while Stalag 17 and other shows draw mixed reviews and audiences.
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Beau Broadway
Merman
King and I
Flahooley
O. Hammerstein
Stalag 17
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Seattle
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Supreme Court
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Senate
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George Sokolsky
Sen
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Mose
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G. B. Shaw
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Virginia Mayo
Tony
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