Truman Era Succession Play Unclear on No 1 Pick
The article tracks shifting favorite successors to Truman as hopes flicker between Vinson Ste venson Harriman Kefauver and others. It notes Truman’s praise for Mutual Security head and contrasts Harriman with ideal grass roots candidates while highlighting Tennessee’s Harriman rising as a party banner carrier amid cross‑party interest.
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Justice Vinson
Adlai Stevenson
W. Averell Harriman
Estes Kefauver
White House
Tennessee
Democratic Party
Truman
Eisenhower
Cracked corn plea from 83 year old health enthusiast
Bernarr MacFadden promotes a health bill by Rep. E. D. Hedrick to improve national fitness arguing Americans eat too little cracked corn. He jokes about parachuting on his 84th birthday if Congress acts while his wife Jonnie criticizes the state of American girls.
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Congress
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E. D. Hedrick
D-Wv
MacFadden
Jonnie
Comrades Mock Soviet Sports on American Football Tale
The Moscow magazine Soviet Sports allegedly depicts American football as a savage pile up with players knocked down and a chaotic scramble for the ball. It compares the scene to a sale or a church crowd, noting no whistle blows and calling the games drab and boring.
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Moscow
Hollywood
Welcome Change marks tough French anti communist posture
The author notes 1952 France shows strength in economics and defense, clamping down on communists as Jacques Duclos is jailed and Red headquarters in Paris are raided. The piece argues firm action will meet Communist strike tactics and cites biblical verse.
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Jacques Duclos
Red
France
Moscow
Duclos
Babson Dispatch Sees Supreme Court Steel Victory For All
Babson argues the steel decision protects constitutional action and prevents presidential overreach. He warns labor bias could harm workers and urges careful pension fund choices and stockholder involvement to avoid a drift toward socialism. He suggests a 20 year stockholding path to preferred stock and notes silent wisdom on listening in arguments.
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Babson Park
Mass
Supreme Court Steel
Supreme Court
Congress
Cain and Abel
Capitol Dome Siff Appointment May Stir Reaction
Madison Wisconsin Gov Walter Kohler may name Robert Siff 28 from the research bureau to head the State Highway Commission The move could anger other candidates and threaten the governor s research division s credibility The likely outcome is a temporary appointment and a push in the next legislature to reorganize the commission
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Madison
Wis
Walter Kohler
State Highway Commission of
Wisconsin
Robert Siff
Highway Commission
Siff
Kohler
Sift
Brakes on Bodily Growth From the Providence Bulletin
Dr. Paul Weiss of Chicago University explains a cellular growth control mechanism to the National Academy of Sciences. He describes templates and antitemplates that regulate organ size, noting that lacking antitemplates heart tissue can grow much faster in solution, suggesting a universal limiting system.
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Providence Bulletin
Paul Weiss
Chicago University
National Academy of Sciences
Washington
MacArthur's Political Spotlight Stirs Army Hatch Act Debate
President Truman weighs a Pace drafted letter accusing General MacArthur of political activity while on active duty. Army rule 600-10 bans campaigns and the Hatch Act prohibits officers on active duty from political work. MacArthur, named keynote at the Republican National Convention, faces possible removal from service.
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Truman
MacArthur
Army
Pace
New York
Eisenhower
Panyushkin Assigned as Russian Ambassador to China
James Marlow reports that Russia plans to appoint Alexander Panyushkin, a top China expert, as ambassador to Peiping. The move signals potential new Kremlin driven shifts in Chinese American Russian relations, with Panyushkin positioned to advise Beijing on Korea and Western pressure while evaluating risks of any missteps.
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Peiping
Nikolai Roschin
China
Kremlin
Russia
Panyushkin
United States
United Nations
U.S
Korea
West
Enrolment Trends and War Effort Appeals Across Time
Ten years ago the La Crosse State Teachers College reported 230 students in the summer session while Archie Olberg led a city scrap rubber collection drive for the war effort. The piece also recalls past local civic notes and a New York Herald Tribune column on the open window.
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Carl D. Thompson
Milwaukee
Social Democratic
Oscar Dean
Borge Gundersen
New York
Norway
New York Herald Tribune
Lever Brothers
Kefauver Delivers Delegates in West Water and Tidelands Plays
Senate hopeful Estes Kefauver for Tennessee deftly handled regional water issues capturing delegates in Washington Oregon and California while courting tidelands oil royalties. He backed Truman’s veto and drew support from South Dakota as the first Democrat to visit since Bryan.
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Utah
Wyoming
Kefauver
Washington
Oregon
Tidelands
Truman
Congress
Tennessee
Texas
California
South Dakota
William Jennings Bryan
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