Town Meeting of the Air in Pinehurst Shows Radio's Civic Impact
Editorial notes back stage work behind Town Meeting of the Air from Pinehurst, detailing how George Denny and Ruth Alexander crafted a lively debate on welfare state questions. The piece praises showmanship and statesmanship, notes Humphrey's refusals, and suggests a local town meeting format for radio, warning about the substantial preparation required.
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Pinehurst
George Denny
Denny
North Carolina Association of Real Estate Boards
Dennys
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Ruth Alexander
Humphrey
North Carolina
It's All Over Well Giants Lose Yanks World Champs
The Giants lost but the Yankees remain world champions after a thrilling stretch drive. Even with two outs in the ninth a tying single could have changed the outcome, and readers are praised for the sports thrill and a customary salute to the Yankees this time of year.
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Giants
Yanks
Truman abuses Dulles ambassador denial over isolationist fears
In a critical editorial, Truman is accused of shaming John Foster Dulles for declining Japan ambassadorship. The piece argues Dulles helped craft the Japan peace treaty and that Truman’s public questioning of motives harms both Dulles and the presidency, while noting GOP isolationist strains are in the minority.
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Truman
John Foster Dulles
Japan
Republican Party
Dulles
Mr. Truman
United States
Uncle Sam jobs lure with ten thousand dollar posts
The piece touts regional collectorships of internal revenue at about $10,000 a year, noting 64 posts and ongoing investigations by the House Ways and Means Subcommittee. It frames federal posts as desirable political connections driven by appetite for power and potential scrutiny.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
House
Ways and Means
Internal Revenue
James P. Finnegan
St. Louis
Bureau of Internal Revenue
United States Savings Bonds Division
United States
Congress
Sam
Civil Service Commission
Superintendent of Documents
Government Printing Office
D. C
Oil and power shift in a world of empires and war
The piece surveys how steam and later oil and electronics reconfigure global power. It highlights Britain’s colonial dominance, oil reserves in the Middle East United States and Venezuela, and the potential of oil to define national strength. It notes concessions held by British and American firms in 1950 and flags questions about control by British Americans native nations and Soviet influence.
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Asia
Africa
Western
Europe
United States
China
India
Iran
Egypt
Russia
Great Britain
London
Amsterdam
Paris
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Durham
Canada
Middle East
Venezuela
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Qatar
Soviet Russia
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Hich
William Knox D'Arcy
Anglotranian Oil Company
Burmah Oil Company
Tranian
Anglo+Iranian Oil Company
Iraq Petroleum Company
Shell Group
Compagnie Francaise Des Petroles
Standard Oil of New Jersey
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
C. S. Gulbenkian
Anglo-Iranian and
Iraq Petroleum
Entertainment News Roundup of 1946 Showbiz Stars and TV Changes
A lively slice of postwar glamor and gossip covers Eddie Cantor Marilyn Monroe Cuba Gooding Jr. Lori Karl, Lana Turner, Ruth Woods, and more. Notes Sinatra’s ailment, Preston rejoining his wife, the Lind Hayes Healy act at Waldorf, Dupont’s merger talk with Steve Mitchell, and Elizabeth and Philip invites. Also mentions Cagney Payton contract, Durocher chatter, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s next project Trilby, and TV shifts with Mr I Magination fading from CBS.
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Eddie Cantor
Marilyn
Cuba
Carlyle
Daddy
Lana Turner
Bob Topping
Ruth Woods
Bermuda
Sinatra
Robert Preston
Peggy Lee
Peter Lind Hayes
Mary Healy
the Waldorf
Georgette Dupont
Steve Mitchell
Coq Rouge
Mary Truman
Durante
Stoos
Washington
Cagney
Museum of Modern Art
Earl Wrightson
Abc-Tv
NBC
Rodgers & Hammerstein
Trilby
Newsweek
Capra
Crosby
Surefire Entertainment
MGM
Danny Kaye
Huck Finn
Mark Twain
Front Page Deaths Debate and War Memories
A reader letter urges front-page publication of servicemen deaths, with editor’s note detailing obituary placement policies. The column reflects on wartime loss, civilian courage, and a meditation on bereavement, including Tennyson’s warrior death scene and a film industry quip about Hamlet.
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High Point
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Terry
Robert L. Thompson Vosee
D. A. Rawley
W. Patterson, JR
Charles B. Loflin
Associated Press
Air
GOP
Trum
Oay
Ntra CO
The
George Sokolsky
George Dixon
Claims Examiner
General Accounting Office
Philip C. Jessup
Owen Lattimore
McCarthy
Jessup
State Department
Dean Acheson
Commission On Human Rights
the Economic and Social Council of the United States
United Nations
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
A. S
Mike) Monroney
Oklahoma
Pirates
Walter Winchell
Harper’s
Janis Paige
Horace MacMahon
Lee Grant
Pittsburgh Pirates
Peters
Paree
Taft Hotel
Ida Sherb
Teddy
Bess Truman
Elizabeth
Philip
Jeeps
Martha Raye
Georgie Price
CBS
Actors’ Vaude Union
Judy Garland
Minneapolis Star Trib
Confrere
Will Jones
Saturday Review of Literature
Jennie
Gertie Lawrence
Mr. I
Fellas
Boston Record
Tony la Camera
Darties
Hollyburg
W. A. Bivins
Pfc. Lambeth
Mr. Bivins
Nora Wahn
Tennyson
Alfred (Lord) Tennyson
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