Backlash over Willoughby charges against war correspondents
Retired Maj. Gen. Willoughby accuses several American reporters and Cosmopolitan magazine of bias and faulty coverage of the Korean War. He claims such reporting helped trigger MacArthur's dismissal, while critics argue censorship and factual errors mar the charges. Hal Boyle defends journalism's role in wartime reporting.
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Charles Willoughby
Douglas MacArthur
Cosmopolitan Magazine
MacArthur
Willoughby
United States
United Nations
Parallel 38
Yalu River
Hal Boyle
Associated Press
Yalu
Gen
Truman
Negro Education Fund Town Meeting Broadcast Highlights Need
A broadcast highlighting the United Negro College Fund explains how Fisk Hampton Tuskegee Guilford County and Bennett College rely on it for scholarships labs and equipment. The fund aims to raise 1.5 million dollars to fill the remaining ten percent of annual needs amid a nationwide drive. Checks to UNCF are tax deductible.
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America
United Negro College Fund
Fisk
Hampton
Tuskegee
Guilford County
State College, Agricultural and Technical College
Greensboro
North Carolina
Bennett Col
Lege
Bennett College
United
George Denny
L. K
Editorial Dissent Drives Courier Journal Toward Honest Struggle
Editors from across the nation met in Cleveland to challenge editorial pages that rely on polish over substance. The Louisville Courier Journal admits its own faults, pledging to show struggle and uncertainty rather than easy conclusions while inviting readers to share in the toil and tears of forming honest opinions.
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America
Cleveland
Ivory Tower
Courier- Journal
Naif
Louisville Courier Journal
Fruit cake time and holiday kitchen talk
The column notes fruit cake making season with grocery stores offering dried fruits for the cake. It discusses two school arguments on white versus dark fruitcake and methods to keep the cake moist, including quirky ideas like watermelon preserves and brandy baths.
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Sarah F. Halliburton
Belhaven Pilot
New York Cineplex Scene Mixes Arts and Gossip
A collage of showbiz buzz spans Eisenhower chatter and inside stories, film reviews, and theater notes. Highlights include Audrey Hepburn rising to stardom, Lily Pons on Fifth Avenue garb, and Ed Murrow’s TV news praise, with industry jabs at studios and critics.
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Eisenhower
Ike
Arthur Krock
White House
Barbara
Audrey Hepburn
Lavender Hill
Gigi
Sth Avenue
Lily Pons
U. S
Flo Zieg
Washington
Worea
Variety
Lauritz Melchior
Holiday Mag
Fifth Avenue
Dorothy A
London
Leland Hayward
Broadway
Brooklyn
Harry Gross
Ed Murrow
CBS
NBC
Key To
New York
Fred Waring
Glee Club
Popu
Remembering Light And Power In A Busy Day
A reflective column notes a momentary power outage at 10:55 am on Tuesday November 27 1951 and fuses science and memory with the comforts of Edison era progress. The piece wanders through Thanksgiving shopping, toy trains, civic business nerves, and a meditation on remembering friends and moments that shaped the author’s life.
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Thomas A. Edison
Quotes on sports managers selling women short in games
A critic argues that fans are drawn to games not by brains or skills but by handsome athletes, citing Esther Williams as an example of star appeal beyond performance. The quote reflects a gendered view of spectator motivation in sports.
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Rutherford News
James Barton
Critical Digest
Dorothy
Art Ford
Pulse, Inc
Gen ‘Eral
Godfrey
Hollywood
Guardian Angels
Harpo Marx
Photoplay
Hedy
Lana
Gaye Lord Hauser
High Point
Korea
America
Wordsworth
Esther Williams
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Waynesville Mountainer
Charlotte Observer
General Assembly of
United States Senate
Congress
State Department of Tax Research
Raleigh
Smithfield
Theron Johnson
Brogden School
Southern Pines Pilot
Leo Buchan
Aberdeen Jaycees
Buchan
Clinton
Fayetteville
Aberdeen
Chamber of Commerce
Sanford Herald
Ruth Matthews
Junior
Winston-Salem Journal
West
J. H. Cunningham
Monroe Journal
San Ragan
News & Observer
H. Allen Smith
Bill Sharpe
Zebulon
Vance Brown
Walter Winchell
Martin Beck
Maxwell Anderson
Athens
Bulletin Board
J. Brooks Atkinson
the Stork
Veronica Lake
Columbia
S. C
Lodge
Gloria Warner
Miami
L. Lewis Associates
United Artists
Lifemag
Studio One
Jack Lambert
Carol Bruce
Oscar Wilde
J. Arthur Rank
Robert Morley
Wilde
Mary Scott
Lady Hardwicke
Cleopatra
Anthony
Gene Autry
Dawes
T. Dorsey
Carl Sigman
Herald Trib
Walter
Pyewacket
Bell
Book and Candle
Rex Harrisons
Rosalind Russell
Sally Rand
Gregg Juarez
Patrice Munsel
Runyon Fund
Ruth Betts McLeod
Versailles
W. A. Bivins
Carlton Kirkman
Kirkman
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