Europe aid urgency clashes with 1948 politics
President Truman urges prompt action on European relief as Congress debates funding for France and Italy and war-ravaged states. The piece argues against delaying aid, warns of totalitarian threats, and critiques the Hollywood hearings and the Un-American Activities Committee for suppressing free speech while stressing the need to defend the Bill of Rights.
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Truman
France
Congress
Italy
Europe
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Hollywood
John Howard Lawson
J. Parnell Thomas
Lawson
Kals
Vishinsky cites U S warmongers in UN speech
In a United Nations speech Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vishinsky added Defense Secretary Forrestal and Commerce Secretary Harriman to his list of American warmongers. A week earlier Henry Wallace had accused them in similar terms, prompting Vishinsky to echo the remark.
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Vishinsky
Defense
Forrestal
Commerce
Harriman
Henry A. Wallace
Mr. Vishinsky
Wallace
Capitol Square Sees Unity At State Attorneys General Meet
North Carolina officials report broad agreement at the national attorney generals’ convention in Boston. Key topics include coast three mile offshore jurisdiction, fisheries and oyster industry impact, and potential legal precedents from the California tide lands case.
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Harry McMullan
Ralph Moody
Attorney Generals
Boston
Tidelands
California Tidelands
U. S. Supreme Court
Hugo Black
North Carolina
McMullan
Massachusetts
Three Mile
United
Nebraska
U. S
Tom Clark
Robert A. Taft
Herbert S. Thatcher
Joseph A. Padway
American Federation of Labor
Association
Taft
Cherry
Ballentine
Dave Haywood
George Cherry
Wake County
Governor Cherry
Lexington
Southern Pines High School
The Government Role in Business and Public Utilities
George Sokolsky argues that any economic system serves citizens only if it delivers goods and services. He cites the New Deal and TVA as evidence that government action fills private failures, especially where private enterprises lack leadership or risk tolerance. He recounts disputes with a Sandisfield electric company, noting its monopoly and lack of initiative, and warns that guaranteed profits by the state mirror fascism, while monopolies erode private enterprise and invite public mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TVA
Sandisfield
Delco
New England
Electric Light Company
Taft Rejects Nonpartisan Tag on Special Session
W A Bivins notes Taft opposes labeling a special session of Congress as nonpartisan. The column recalls political themes in an election year and cites a Boston payroll robbery, FBI efficiency, and a poem excerpt about a mouse, reflecting on crime, policy, and culture.
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Robert
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Congress
America
Theatre memories echo in New York’s early drama era
A vivid reminiscence traces Empire Theatre days with Maude Adams and Eth Barrymore, the rise of American themes from Bronson Howa to Shenandoah, and later stars like Eva Le Gallienne. It recalls Mickey Mouse’s global impact and figures such as Edwin Booth, Ira Aldridge, and George Henry Holland in a portrait of theatre’s evolving stage culture.
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Theatre America
WN. Y
Empire Theatre
Maude Adams
Eth Barrymore
Bronson Howa
Saratoga
Howard
Shenandoah
Chas Frohman
Walt Whitman
Mickey
Walt Disney
Eddie Cantor
Mickey Th
Gay Blade
Minnie
Madcap
Mickey Maus
Michel Souris
Mikki Kuchi
Eli Raton Miquelito
Mr. Disney
Led Dutch Troops
A historical overview notes Dutch forces led by Lt Gen S in operations in Indonesia. The piece references military leadership, campaigns, and associated wartime actions.
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S. 4
Small palm sized battery radio with 100 mile range
A new compact battery powered radio fits in one hand and offers 100 mile reception, full band selection, and dial tuning for versatile listening across bands.
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Comintern
Thomas ‘Committee
Court of Equity
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Un-American Activities Committee
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Communist Party
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J. Edgar Hoover
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P.E
Capitol Square
Lynn Nisbet
Winchell
George Sokolsky
W. A. Bivins
State Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Hyde Park
Western Electric Corporation
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bobby Burns
Scotland
Mousie
Mickey Mouse
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Christian Science Monitor
New York
Eva le Gallienne
Eva
Margaret Anglin
Marc Connelly
Green Pastures
South
Mason- Dixon Line
Mississippi
Bilbo
Wm. Dunlap
Brigham Young
Salt Lake City
Buffalo Bill” Cody
Pony Express
Major John Andre
Gen. Burgoyne
Washington Irving
John Howard Payne
George Bernard Shaw
Wallack’s
N. Y
Anatole France
Bernard Sobel
Burns Mantle
Maxwell Anderson
Anderson
Paul Robeson
Ira Aldridge
Alridge
Stratford-on-Avon
George Holland
Edwin Booth
John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
Juliet
Romeo
AUN YH
Bibl Bible
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Alaskan Island
Auewer
Promontory
Melvin
Pinnacle
Ream
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