Communists Declares War on God and Religion
The piece argues the Communist movement and Soviet leadership openly oppose religion, citing a Young Bolshevik statement condemning belief and practice. It links this to broader anti religious propaganda and warns of ongoing dangers from Communist infiltration, including at the University of North Carolina.
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Russia
Communist Party
United States
Stalin
Central Committee
Young Communists Organization
Magaze
Young Bolshevik
Ney
Moscow
Eggs and Us A Poultry Dilemma On Thursdays
A reader asks Mr. Luckman to answer if abstaining from poultry and eggs every Thursday will prevent live fowls from eating grain while dead fowls are not eaten. The note also questions whether hens will fast and skip laying Thursday eggs as a gesture of cooperation.
Denmark awards Eisenhower Knight of the Elephant
Denmark conferred its highest decoration on General Eisenhower at a Washington dinner. He posed for pictures wearing the star and ribbon with the small elephant statuette, a symbol not tied to any party.
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Denmark
Eisenhower
Washington
Ike
Seasonal meat prices rise and fall with autumn cycle
Experts noted the annual autumn pattern in meat supplies and prices. The current improvement is temporary and does not alter the ongoing inflation trend or systemic causes behind it.
Capitol Square By Lynn Nisbet
Capitol Square reports raise suspicions of meddling in the 13th district judgeship as Judge William G. Iottman resigns shortly after appointment and speculation grows over Don Phillips reappointment after Europe return. Governor Cherry has named two special judges amid pressure and political tension.
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Capitol Square
13Th
William G. Iottman
Don Phillips
Europe
Phillips
North Carolina
United States
Cherry
Pittman
Germany
Lawrs
Fly
State Division of Weights and Measures
Weights and Measures Division
Department of Agriculture
Ed Buchan
Kinston
Atlantic & East Carolina Railroad
Chatham
Lee Counties
Cape Fear
Fayetteville
Salem
Deep
Chatham County
Deep River
Democracy talk and Sunday worship creed mix in timeless chat
W A Bivins quotes Umstead on democracy thriving with intelligence free enterprise law and order and individual rights. The column weaves in campus politics critics on communism and personal faith, urging churchgoers to keep Sunday focused on worship while supporting daily devotion.
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W. B. Umstead
A. and T. College
Greensboro
Chapel Hill
Russia
Lucifer Aioe
Pape
Umstead
Church Delinquents Survey Shows Declining Sunday Attendance
A San Diego survey of 3 500 Protestant churchgoers across 70 000 calls found Sunday regulars outnumbered two to one by stay-at-homes. Of 81 churches, 64 sent reps, and pollsters then tried persuading stay-at-homes that a week is not too much to give God.
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God
San Diego
Pathfinder
Studying Nature A. P. Chatt on farming and soil care
A. P. Chatt of Tate Furniture speaks on learning from nature, mold and fungus impacts, a horse injury and recovery, and reflections on subsoil health. He notes farmers wear out topsoil from plowing and guano, and suggests crop rotation to sustain worn soils.
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A. P. Chatt
Tate Furniture Company
Dobbin
Hollywood, Congress and the fight for domestic defense
The piece argues the Thomas committee reveals a conspiracy to disrupt domestic tranquility and the common defense, accusing Hollywood elites of creating subversive mass influence. It criticizes studio priorities and questions loyalties amid anti communist pressures and public fear.
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Thomas
Congressional Committee
Thomas Committee
Hollywood
Sam Goldwyn
New York Times
Vishinsky
Gromyko
Emmett Lavery
Screen Writers Guild
To Lavery
Communist Party
United States
Inside USA by John Gunther reviewed in New York
Winchell praises John Gunther’s Inside USA as a sweeping social political and economic panorama of America. The critique lauds its engaging blend of facts with human interest and calls it a liberal education that informs and inspires moral courage.
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John Gunther
America
USA
Reilly of the White House and Speaking Frankly reviews
A breezy memoir of Secret Service tales by Mike Reilly deep dives into Yalta cooperation with Russian police and vodka bouts with spies. Jimmy Byrnes’s Speaking Frankly is praised for exposing skullduggery and personalities shaping history though with noted bias.
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Mike Reilly
Reilly
White House
Yalta
inter+ national
Jimmy Byrnes
Harper
Byrnes
Assault of Iwo Jima veteran frames Congress as obstacle
A critic urges lawmakers to read The Assault by Alien R. Matthews, a former Marine and newspaper man, arguing that realistic legislation is needed to save civilization. The reviewer condemns legislators focused on the 1948 election, calling for their resignation if unmoved by the book's stark depictions of battle and loss.
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R. Matthews
Simon & Schuster
Iwo Jima
Congress
Book Reviews Highlight Frank Celeb Portraits and Halsey Memoir
George Frazier’s The One with the Mustache is Costello sharply profiles stars stripping glamor to reveal flaws. Admiral Halsey’s Story by Whittlesey House offers Pacific war facts, a candid account of errors, and honesty about the admiral’s humbling moments.
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Costello
George Frazier
Halsey
Whittlesey House
Golf Star Pictured in Early Portrait Puzzle
Crossword style clues present a mixed set with horizontal and vertical entries. The grid features references to famous golfer, chest of drawers, cheeked terms, and common crossword bits, with several abbreviations and country/state hints embedded.
Forced Labor Claims in Soviet Russia Book Examines Camps
A Yale University Press study titled Forced Labor in Soviet Russia presents documentary evidence alleging widespread compulsory labor in the USSR. It cites over 100 camps and an inmate population around 30 million, urging American workers to avoid alignment with Soviet interests.
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Kremlin
Soviet Russia
Yale Univ. Press
Nuremberg Diary and New Yorker Remembrances
Farrar and Straus publish Nuremberg Diary by G M Gilbert detailing Nazi leaders and war crimes with a wake up call to complacent readers. The piece also recalls Ralph Ingersoll at The New Yorker and Harold Ross's blunt firing of a competent editor who wasn’t a genius.
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Farrar and Straus
Nuremberg
G. M. Gilbert
Washington
Goering
John Tebbet
Marshall Fields
Dutton
The
New Yorker
Ralph Ingersoll
Harold Ross
Ross
O'Mahoney Quotes on GOP and Democratic Approaches
Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney of Wyoming contrasts Republican focus on top layers with hoping for trickle down to the bottom while praising Democratic efforts to assist the masses.
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Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyoming
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House Committee On Un-American Activities
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W. A. Bivins
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