French drive threatens Viet Minh in Indo China war
The six year Indo Chinese conflict sees a major Viet Minh offensive aimed at Hanoi stall after a French airborne counterattack. French paratroopers and armored raids disrupt Red supply lines, turning momentum and raising hopes for a decisive setback for the Viet Minh backed by American aid.
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Indo-China
Hanoi
Korea
Malaya
America
Free World
Which Shall It Be Though the Hydrogen Bomb Looms
The AEC report hints at a hydrogen bomb, possibly near development, with immense destructive power. It warns that the United States and Soviet Union may race to produce it, risking universal devastation unless leaders choose peace over total war.
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Atomic Energy Commission
United States
New York
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Russia
Eatre
U. S
U. S. Supreme Court
Union
These Days Sharp Positive Thinking Absolute Necessity
Senator Styles Bridges argues in the American Mercury that wisdom, not emotion, is needed to limit life loss in Korea. He says the war is American, not a UN police action, and warns that totalitarian threat endures beyond World War II. He cites Teheran Yalta Potsdam errors and notes 16 months of futile truce talks while Americans die.
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Styles Bridges
American Mercury
Our
Republic
Owen Lattimore
John P. Davies, Jr
Philip Jessup
Russia
Bridges
United Nations
Truman
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Teheran
Yalta
Potsdam
Asia
Roosevelt
Hull
Byrnes
Stettinius
Marshall
Acheson
George Marshall
Fifteenth Infantry
Tientsin
China
Institute of Pacific Relations
Hiss
Chiang
Stilwell
Institute of Pacific
General MacArthur
John Foster Dulles
East of Asia
United States
South Korea
Formosa
Japan
Philippines
Families Plan Fun Times and Shared Celebrations
The article urges families to schedule time together for reading, picnics, and games to build happy memories. It notes birthdays and holidays as anticipated celebrations that foster comfort and courage in later life.
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Corinne Grimsley
State College Extension
Rocky Mount
Mad House letter mix of politics and history
A Washington letter from Rep. Paul Shafer recounts a New Orleans lawyer’s RFC loan title tale and riffs on political figures. It notes Sen. Eugene Millikin’s Truth Squad steak dinners, references past leaders, Asia policy debates, and scattered factual tidbits on history and science.
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Washington
Paul W. Shafer
Man Mountain
Battle Creek
Mich
George
New Orleans
RFC
Louisiana
France
Spain
Rert Abi
Christopher Totonabent
Saila
Eugene D. Millikin
Colorado
Truth
Millikin
New York Star Gossip Roundup Surprises and Scandals
Walter Winchell reports a tidal wave of society rumors from new marriages and high society spats to deportation probes of communist figures. The column notes Diana Kilgallen’s televised clash, Dagmar’s birthday, Dagny Russell chatter, and upcoming fragments including a Car men opera at Rockefeller Center and a surge in calendar art sales.
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Bellson
London
Eartha Kitt
Pat Ward
Jelke
New York
Polothario Arthur Little, Jr
116Th Street
Marguerite Higgins
Billy Rose
Guild Theater
Rockefeller Center
Carmen
Met
Int'l News
Los Angeles Examiner
Sousa
Dorothy
Kilgallen
Howie
Springfield
Mass
Boston
Milwaukee
Chicago
Overiwell
Marilyn Monroe
Sam Levenson
Dagmar
Daggy
Jane Russell
Kate Hepburn
Ed Murrow
Korea
Ike
Chesterfield
Stork Club
Controversy Over Public and Church School Roles
A feature discussion on public education and religious schools discusses constitutional protections, funding for buses and textbooks, and views from Catholic and Protestant leaders. The piece weighs church state separation, tax support, and the impact on students with personal anecdotes from a former principal and references to faith-based schooling.
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Roman Catholic Bishops of America
Oxnam
Methodist Council of Bis
America
Supreme Court of the
United States
Unitarian Ministers
Christian Science Monitor
Gil
Montlieu Avenue
Kingdom of Heaven
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NATO Council
Congress
The
Truth Squad
Victor Johnston
Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee
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Taft
Mr. Johnston
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Colonial Council
Great Lakes
Nationalthic Society
Nebraska
Walter Winchell
U. S. Immigration
Commy
Jack Stachel
John Williamson
Medina
Daily Worker
Red Rag
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Dorothy Schiff
Lait-Mortimer
Winchell
Washington Post
Joseph W. Dawson
Baptist Joint Committees On Public Affairs