AFL Calls Halt on U S Soviet Trade Over Berlin Blockade
The AFL international relations committee urges halting all trade with the Soviet Union until the Berlin blockade ends. It brands communism as the greatest enemy to organized labor and warns against relying on Soviet promises while praising a hard policy backed by the Marshall Plan and Berlin resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Labor
United States
Soviet
Russia
Berlin
AFL
International Relations Committee
France
France, Southeastern Asia
China
Italy
CIO
Japan
High Point and Burlington face uncertain western title showdown
The Western Conference football title in North Carolina hinges on a playoff after High Point and Burlington tie. Fayetteville eastern champ may cancel plans for the state final set for November 27 due to scheduling conflicts. Officials are urged to plan for ties next year to avoid such disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
High Point
Burlington
Fayetteville
North Carolina All-Stars
Soft Russian stance eyed as a shift eases Europe tension
Paris observers predict a new and softer Soviet attitude toward the west. They expect gestures to ease Europe’s tensions while Moscow focuses on turmoil in Asia. The first sign noted is the Russian press exploiting a rumor of a Truman Stalin meeting.
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West
Paris
Europe
Kremlin
Asia
Truman
Stalin
B&O Railroad Embraces Plain Language Policy
The B and O Railroad adopts simple clear English for operating rules timetables and publicity. It hires experts conducts readability clinics and discussion groups to restore the terse railroad tradition of concise phrasing with the motto Off again On again Gone again Finnegan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B&o
Finnegan
Capitol Square By Lynn Nisbet
Higher car insurance premiums are blamed on rising accident costs and medical bills. Hearings may be required for public rate facts, with lawmakers considering funding for public insurance-rate hearings. Mental health progress highlighted, with emphasis on preventive care and rehabilitation. Training hospitals may become teaching sites for mental health, aiming to reduce hospital space and boost recreational therapy. North Carolina celebrates mental hygiene advances while urging vehicle inspections and license renewals before year-end deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utilities Commoney Committees
William P. Hodges
Insurance
General Assembly
Dorothy Dix
Dix Hill
Cherry
North Carolina
Geo. Preston
Maryland
Ehringhaus
State Department of Motor Vehicles
Mechanical Inspection Division
The Blair House as Temporary White House Refuge
The article notes President Truman will relocate during White House renovations to Blair House and Blair-Lee House across Pennsylvania Avenue. It describes Blair House’s history since 1824, its occupants, and the plan to connect the two houses for official use while the executive mansion is shored up.
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Washington
Blair
Truman
White House
Bess
Margaret
Blair House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Executive
Dewey
Blair-Lee
Samuel Lee
Robert E. Lee
Blair Lee
Trumans
Blairs
Niagara Falls
Joseph Lovell
Army
Francis Preston Blair
the Globe
Betty
Admiral Lee
Jackson
van Buren
Lincoln
Taft
Brain Trust
National Gallery of Art
Truman Vacation Breaks Fishing Tradition At Key West
President Truman avoided fishing during a Key West vacation choosing swimming hiking and sunbathing instead while his wife and daughter fished. The public sees his actions as a sign he believes the people support him and will back his choices even if they break convention.
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President Truman
Key West
Truman
Herbert Hoover
Cal Coolidge
Mr. Truman
Wage hikes sought by United Auto Workers
A casual column by W A Bivins in Portland discusses the United Auto Workers union planning a fourth postwar wage increase while aiming to hold prices steady. It contrasts management and labor and notes the plight of non union workers seeking relief from high prices. The piece also covers reflections on Soviet Russia and Sunday travel traditions in American life.
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Fighting Reuther
Walter Reuther
City Club
Portland
Oregon
United Automobile Workers’ Union, C.I.0
Kipli
Raleigh
Bus Terminal Note Ends Abruptly at My Typewriter
A bus terminal visit prompts a brief, fragmented observation about a daughter boarding a vehicle. The narrator pauses at the machine, maybe to record details, leaving the scene open and uncompleted.
Two-in-One Bus Etiquette and Hunt Trip Banter
A boy sitting beside a fat man on a crowded bus is urged to give up his seat for two ladies. The boy retorts that both ladies should sit, while a domestic exchange shows a wife missing her hunter husband and a husband thanking her.
Not Pop When the teacher asks title boy about his father
A brief humorous note from the Christian Herald quotes a boy answering the teacher that he got the lesson wrong by himself and that his father did not help. The remark highlights a plainspoken, self reliant moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Herald
Fall and Rise of Mike Todd Dominate Broadway Talk
Notes from The Stage Door survey Broadway chatter on Mike Todd’s comeback and Odets new play The Big Knife. Critics and personalities weigh in on stars costumes writing rivalries and wartime era cinema and theater buzz with quips about Lucinda Ballard Moss Hart Bobby Clark and the Trumans.
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Broadway
Mike Todd
Truman
Clifford Odets
Odets
McVieville
Lucinda Ballard
Moss Hart
Jerry Wald
Variety
Garbo-Gilbert
Bogart Bacall
Bogart
Bergman
Bobby Clark
Ike
Bobby
Shirley Booth
Aifleman Ward Morehouse
Valentine
New York wit skewers press bias and wartime talk shows
A lively roundup critiques American press self focus in coverage of Berlin. It cites Bill Shirer and others railing against double talk, praises a human interest book, notes war-piece analyses, and comments on political forecasts and public reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don
Bill Shirer
Berlin
Bill
Ralphards
CBS
Santa
Screen Actor HORIZO 1 4 Pictured 10 Opposed 1
Puzzle style clues share across and down entries for a themed word game. Solvers map numbers to letter positions to reveal names and terms across categories themed with ancient and modern references.
Labor party idea not dead says Meany
George Meany secretary treasurer of the AFL states that the labor party idea is not dead but unity is required before a labor party can form. He notes there is no readiness at the moment for such a party and stresses the need for unity among labor groups in the country.
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Labor Party
George Meany
AFL
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Winchell
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Nan
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Roper
Henry Luce
Luce
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Viviane
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Oscar Homolka
Arristocrats
Don Hollenbeck
Sabbath Times
Thtree
Jean-Paul Sartre
Myrtle Murdock
Monumental Press
Cong. Murdock
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Stork
M. Cox
K. Lorimer
Anon
Mink
S. Porter
R. Hughes
J. M. Barrie
Elizabeth
Roosevelt
Costomer Ray Moley
Moley
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