Kerr Scott Angers Presbyterians With Self Praise Speech
Governor Kerr Scott faced sharp rebuke from Presbyterian delegates in Charlotte after delivering a speech titled What a great governor am I. Critics accuse him of egomania and of linking church role to his political program while blaming rivals for national and state issues.
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al Smith
Frank _Graham
Kerr Scott
Bon
Hawfields Church
Presbyterian Assembly
Charlotte
Ure
Korea
North Carolina
Scott
United States
Presbyterian Church
Truman Offers Handshake Strategy for Election
President Truman urged Senator Benton to rely on shaking hands as a path to victory, suggesting 25 000 contacts as a target. The tactic, used in 1948 and 1940 campaigns, faced Republican caution as the race heads toward November.
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Truman
Benton
Connecticut
Mr. Truman
U S Military Policy 1950 Turning Point in World Affairs
General Bradley outlines a long term U S policy to contain Communism, defend Western Europe, and balance air sea and land forces within the North Atlantic pact. He argues steady readiness, avoid overcommitment, and support UN goals amid Korea and global tensions.
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Reader’s Digest
U. S
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
October Combat Forces Journal
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
General Bradley
Europe
Elbe
Germany
Yangtze
China
Korea
Bradley
United Nations
Asia
China Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Western Europe
United States
North American
Britain
United Kingdom
Paris
Rome
Brussels
Chicago
Detroit
Kansas City
Western
Truman’s 38 Cabinet Changes In Five Years Stuns Critics
A Washington Tribune piece contends President Truman changed cabinet posts 38 times in five years five months, surpassing FDR’s rate. It lists individuals who held roles in State, Treasury, Defense, Army, Navy, Air, Justice, Postmaster, Agriculture, Interior, Labor, Commerce, and more, and cites forced removals and reshufflings as proof of a steady midstream horse trading pattern.
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Truman
White House
Louis Johnson
Exhaberdasher
Franklin D. Roosevelt
FDR
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
James F. Byrnes
George C. Marshall
Dean G. Acheson
John W. Snyder
Defense
James V. Forrestal
Louis A. Johnson
Army
Henry Lewis Stimson
Robert P. Patterson
Kenneth C. Royall
Gordon Gray
Frank C. Pace
Navy
John L. Sullivan
Francis P. Matthews
Air Force
W. Stuart Symington
Thomas K. Finletter
Francis Biddle
Tom C. Clark
J. Howard McGrath
Frank C. Walker
Robert E. Hannegan
Jesse M. Donaldson
Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Clinton P. Anderson
Charles F. Brannan
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Julius A. Krug
Oscar L. Chapman
Labor
Frances Perkins
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Maurice J. Tobin
Henry A. Wallace
W. Averell Harriman
Charles Sawyer
Stettinius
Byrnes
Grange Meeting and Reflections on Freedom and Love
A report from an Oak View Grange visit highlights community life and plans for a new building. It weaves four themes: the Grange’s role in rural progress, a meditation on Freedom’s growth in America amid global tension, a note on Love tied to a soldier’s letter home, and a personal reminiscence titled “INDIAN” about a boy’s first crush and a cherished book. The piece ends with a teaser for page five.
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James C. Forbis
Oak View
America
Pennsylvania
John J. McCormick
Beatrice Brighteyes
Scandal in Politics and Show Biz Across U S Cities
A sweeping roundup notes DOJ likely to act against racketeering in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania while citing tie ups between crime and politics in major cities. It covers Regan in Washington, Garbo in Beverly Hills, Rosellini and Rossellini on the road, and industry figures shaping media, sports, and diplomacy.
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Department of Justice
New York
Chicago
Cleveland
Newark
Providence
Miami
Kansas City-St. Louis
Minneapolis-St. Paul
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Hunger Not The Main Driver Of Revolutions Says Boyd Orr
Lord Boyd Orr argues in Scientific American that hunger spurs action only when combined with belief in affordable food, but revolutions across China, Russia, Germany, and India stem from ambitions for power, anti foreign influence, and social discontent rather than mere malnutrition.
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Lord John Boyd-Orr
Scientific American
Asia
Lord John
Tropics
China
Manchuria
Sun Yat-sen
Chiang Kaishek
India
Turkey
Russia
Germany
Italy
Shanghai
Lenin
Hitler
Versailles
Mussolini
D’annunzio
Fiume
Pakistan
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Robert L. Thompson
D. A. Rawley
C. W. Patterson, JR
Charles B. Loflin
R. B. Terry
High Point
N. C
Enterprise
Scott and
The
Presbyterians
Taegu
Nea-Acme Sta
Stanley Tretick
Harry
George Dixon
Washington
Forrestal
Johnson
Old McBurpackes
Krug
Chapman
Grange
Freedom
W. A. Bivins
Jefferson
Intertype
Brookly
N. Y
Winchell
Phil Regan
Eire
Caroline Wagner
Mesta
Tom Connally
Bill O‘dwyer
Mexico City
Sumner Welles
New York City
Greta Garbo
Beverly Hills
Waldorf Towers
By Jack Lait
George E. Phair
Roberto
Ingrid Rossellini
Rosellini
St. Francis
Art Larson
Marsha Gribble
Hapsburg House
Toni Tucci
Neal Panzy
George Schubert
Joe DiMaggio
Dorothy Arnold
Carrolyn Phillips
Myrna Dell
Milton Rickman
Milton Berle
Harry Hershfield
Lake Success
Security Council
Hershfield
Tele
Bob Monroe
NBC
William Kent
Bill Gargan
Martin Kane
Association of Teeviewers
FCC
Eleanor Roosevelt
Jimmy
California
Stalin
Roosevelt
Moscow
George Marshal
Marshall
George Sokolsky
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