Eisenhower Urges Unity in Navy Air Force Budget Dispute
General Eisenhower testified before Congress urging calm and balanced budgeting to end the interservice quarrel. He warned against partisan stances, called for cooperation like in wartime, and noted the split over the service dollar as the root issue. The inquiry is postponed to January to measure progress toward unified command.
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Navy
Air Force
Eisenhower
House
Armed Services Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Unity
Armed Services
Congress
Louis Denfeld
Denfeld
Northwestern Life Helps Explain Federal Spending
The piece uses simple analogies to illustrate a yearly federal outlay around 42 billion dollars ending next July 1. It explains that this sum would stack ten dollar bills to 240 miles high or amount to about 80 thousand dollars spent per minute, highlighting the scale of government spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Seizure Threats Highlight Coal and Steel Bargaining Crisis
The piece argues President Truman might seize coal mines and steel mills if strikes persist, notes unions would welcome government action to push terms, and warns that endless industry-wide battles damage the economy. It urges company-level bargaining to curb power and avoid government-enforced settlements.
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Truman
Washington
General Motors
McGrath says no need to panic after Communist leaders verdict
The attorney general urges calm over the New York verdict against 11 Communist leaders arguing the decision does not outlaw the party. He notes few claim the ruling bans the party and suggests only some Reds and a few Truman aides show hysteria.
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J. Howard McGrath
New York
Communist Party
McGrath
Speech Debates and Dollars in American Political Life
Special Brass correspondent notes Americans seek speeches via ghost writers while pamphlets and loudspeakers flood campaigns. He contrasts mass rhetoric with Marxist figures, condemns dollar influence, and praises Stalin as the lone steady voice amid a sea of pro Fascist parties and democratic noise.
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George Gramada
Special Brass
Mr. Bourgeois
Wall Street
Salvation Army
Karl Marx
Party of Peace
All People
J. Stalin
O. K
Marx
Lenin
Stalin
International Proletariat
Ukraine
Rumania
Kuznetz
Washington Plan to Streamline American Hospitals
Washington outlines a Public Health Service research effort to standardize and improve hospital management. Dr. J R McGibony says reforms target food service, pharmacy, records, authority lines, billing, and purchasing to boost patient care and efficiency, with limited funding and broader adoption goals.
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Washington
NEA
Congress
U. S
U. S. Public Health Service
PHS
J. R. McGibony
Dd McGibony
McGibony
MecGibony
United Nations Remarks Emphasize Urgency and Truth
Chairman Clarence Cannon of the House Appropriations Committee notes ample funds prepared for defense while urging UN necessity. UN Assembly President Carlos P. Romero and President Truman voice confidence that women see through slogans and seek real facts in world affairs.
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Clarence Cannon
House Appropriations Committee
United Nations
UN Assembly
Carlos P. Romero
Truman
New York Critics Toward Film and Theater in Print
A vivid column surveys Broadway and film scenes including Virgil Thomson on Carmen, Kate Hepburn in Adam's Rib, Ingrid on Stromboli, Miriam Hopkins in The Heiress, and Billy Wilder era chatter. It references Bradley Eisenhower MacArthur and media figures while noting sales for Margot Fonteyn and the Ho hum of television.
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Jane Russell
London Times
Pip-pip
Britain
Russell
Les Ballets de Paris
Virgil Thomson
the Tribe
G. J. Nathan
Cosmopolitan
Kate Hepburn
Adam
N. Y. Times
Horace Greeley
2Nd Ave
Miriam Hopkins
Red Norvo
Margot Fonteyn
Sadler’s Wells
Open Letter and Historic Notes on Hat Shop and Camp Support
A social column blends a public letter to the president urging action on labor and management in an emergency with notes on Bette Davis Deanna Durbin Hollywood rumors and admirals. It retells the old William Beard hat shop lore near Florence Deep River, Quaker aid stories, and the Randolph Girl Scouts camp funding with Early Younts' legacy.
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Harry
J. Q. Public
Bette
Deanna Bette Davis
Deanna Durbin
Deanna
Hollywood
America
Wilam Beard
Harper Johnson
Archdale
Florence
Deep River
Greensboro
Beard
Midwest
William Beard
Charles A. Beard
High Point Co-Operative Club
Randolph County
Early Younts
Younts
Girl Scouts Council
Co-Operative Club
A. B. Club
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George Sokolsky
USA
Peter Edson
N. Y
Bradley
Ike
MacArthur
Hoyt Wandenberg
Vaughan
Fancy Dan
Trib
Lucius Beebe
Ingrid
Helen Morgan
Jack Dempsey
Shor's
Bob Hannegan
Demo
Nat'l
H’wood Reporter
20Th Century- Fox
Carmencita Franco
Franco
Magine
Lie Kech
Clay
Bill Mauldin
Billie Burke
Sinatra
Wm. Laurence
Annabella
Paree
Chicago
Bil Corum
Matt Winn
Churchill Downs
Cocker
Bevin
W. A. Bivins
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