Venice Faces Collapse Under Stone Disease and Communism
The piece likens Venice’s decline to a deadly stone disease weakening its foundations while communism strengthens in the region. It notes wartime open-city policy spared treasures, but postwar decay threatens the city’s future, portraying Venice as dying yet possibly rising to resist both threats.
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Venice
The
Adriatic
Allies
Axis
Eaurope
Kelentista
Italy
Twining Praises Heartland Concept In Anchorage Speech
In a Anchorage Chamber of Commerce address General Nathan Twining extolled the heartland concept as key to Alaska safety, noting its virtue over epitaffy and expressing desire for more such concepts to bolster defense despite gaps in field divisions and air power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Twining
Anchorage
Detroit News
Stephen the First Christian Martyr and Faithful Witness
A sermon recalling Stephen the first Christian martyr, his role as a deacon, his defense before the Sanhedrin, and his death by stoning. It links early persecutions to modern church trials, underscores faith as the means of salvation, and calls for unity and service to spread God’s Word.
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Stephen
Jerusalem
Jesus
Moses
Paul
Man
France
Paris
Hugh Latimer
Nicholas Ridley
Oxford
England
Latimer
Master Ridley
Difficult Path Seen in Korea For Ike and Duty
The piece argues Russia seeks to prolong the Korean War to force U S blood and money while Britain seeks an exit from Asia. It notes 17 months of talks without an armistice and examines aims to redraw the 38th parallel, build Communist strength, and leverage UN POW status to defeat the United States in a General Assembly vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Great Britain
Asia
Korea
38Th Parallel
United States
United Nations
State Department
General Assembly
Soviet Russia
Europe
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Pingland
Stevenson
Acheson
John Foster Dulles
Averell Harriman
Kremlin
Pentagon Probe Could Follow C-119 Plane Crashes
NEA reports mounting Air Force trouble with the C-119 Flying Boxcar in Korea. Crashes, propeller problems, and grounding led to emergency drills and warnings of a Pentagon investigation. Officials warn red tape and incomplete modifications may share blame.
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Pentagon
Douglas Larsen
NEA
Corr T
Washington
Air Force
Korea
U. S
Far East
Navy
Japan
G's
G.i.’S
G.I
Fairchild Aircraft Co
Fairchild
Kaiser-Frazer Company
Cers
Marti ni Luncheon Revels At Washington Social Farewell
Washington reporters recount a decorous luncheon at the Women’s National Democratic Club honoring Mrs. James Meredith Helm on retirement after 25 years as White House social secretary. Martini mischief, water toasts, and a baker’s fern keepsake spark light scandal and warmth among the press corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
la Presse
National Democratic Club
New Hampshire Avenue
James Meredith Helm
White House
Helm
Margaret
Three-Finger Brown and the Washington politics jibe
A satirical roundup notes Archibald Winchell mocks missing fingers in a quip about Three-Finger Brown and critiques on Truman Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson. It recalls Roosevelt era bias claims, Adam Clayton Powell, Josephine Baker comments, and a rambling mix of political opinions and party jabs.
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Brown
Adam Clayton Powell
Josephine Baker
Adam
Eisenhower
Democratic National Committee
ABC Network
Elmer Davis
ABC
Stephen Mitchell
Davis
Stevenson
Mitchell
Heaven
Winchell
California
Bunk
F. D. Roosevelt
Geo. Bourke
Miami Herald
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George Sokolsky
Peter Edson
Peter Edsen
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Sweden
George Dixon
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Mrs. Helm
New York
Ar. Winchell
Walter Winchell
Truman
Mr. Truman
Adlai
A. Lincoln
Illinois
Gen’s Land Office
Congress
Kayod
Veep
U. S. Senate
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Pres
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Champeen
Robert Q. Lewis
Charles Johnson
Hialeahress
George Marshall
America
Alice Mackey
Icago
Marshall
John Edgar Hoover
G-Man
Bill West
Newark
Dist
Columbia
Helen Reid
N. Y
Reid
Zachary Taylor
Larry Gore
la Vie
Mickey Rooney
Hollywood
Bob Merrill
Billy Fekstine
Dorothy Parker
Sam Hoffenstein
Anne Jeffreys
Vishinsky
Prague
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Kose Island
U. S. Army Medical Corps
Valencia
Ed Wynn
Sanctuary
Washington Gobblers
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