Taft Questions bipartisan foreign policy stance in 1951 debate
In a December 13, 1951 issue the Journal-World cites Senator Taft challenging the idea of a bipartisan foreign policy, arguing Truman’s policy was not genuinely bipartisan. It notes Vandenberg’s efforts and administration shortcomings, with broader implications for upcoming elections. It also mentions labor unions and vigilance over the right to work amid wartime and postwar conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Truman
Vandenberg
War Planta
A. Washington
Ohio
Omaha World-Herald
Democratic Leader Sees White House Cleanout Amid Revenue Graft
Chairman McKinney of the Democratic National Committee says the President is near ordering a housecleaning over graft revelations in the Internal Revenue Service. He stresses the party must show action to avoid a weak campaign showing. The President has shown anger but acts slowly, with McKinney pressing to initiate reforms soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinney
Democratic National Committee
Internal Revenue Department
Democratic Party
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Federal Service
Wream
Levy on Right to Work in Bellingham Ordinance
City officials in Bellingham Washington enacted an ordinance requiring all wage earners to pay an annual $1 fee for the privilege of working. The measure faced constitutional challenges and a judge ruled it invalid, finding the attempt to tax the right to work unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellingham
Wash
Federal holiday plan misread as extra time off
Readers told the Journal-World that the president’s proposal offered a choice: workers could keep regular hours or take Saturday and Monday as holidays with time made up on later Saturdays. Sunday and Christmas Day would be holidays, allowing four consecutive days off for some, but no overall four-day exodus and no extra leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Journal-World
U. S
Haskell Institute
Lawrence Post Office
Old Home Town Leaders and Civic Notes
Old Home Town notes election of Maud Ellsworth as city schools art supervisor and leadership roles. Full Journal-World page offers civilian defense Air Raid guidance directed by LaGuardia. Local marriages announced, Christmas visit planned, and committee heads named. Minor traffic injury reported near Lawrence. assorted social items from Kansas to Detroit and local exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Maud Ellsworth
Kansas Sae
Journal-World
Office of
Civilian Defense
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Lilburn M. Dowers
Marion
Neil M. Harris
George W. Harris
Rudolf Diets
Opal Mae
Ernest Tuckel
Felix Tuckel
Henry J. Hood
Judith Ann
Carl Farr
Rochester
N. Y
George J. Hood
E. H. Farr
Solidly Built Farm Home Incident Near Willow Springs
A farm home at John Crist property near Willow Springs was the site of an incident described as solidly built and founded on red soil with Mot for it. Authorities report no further details available in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Crist
Willow Springs
Troubles of a pioneer editor in Kansas illustrated
The editor of the Statesman of Junction City chronicled hardships in November as he battled snow, buried galleys, and cold rooms. He mentions employing six Irishmen and three Dutchmen to chop wood and warm the office, joking about Red-Eye assistance and longing for a warmer climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer
Kansas
Kansas ‘Statesman
Junction City
Cailing
Barbs By Hal Cochran In Fragmented Scribble Style
A garbled text fragment titled Barbs By Hal Cochran presents disjointed lines and stray phrases. The snippet references a poet, critique of carving as art, and stray personal musings about going and staying, with scattered words like axle, loaf, dough, and tea. No coherent narrative or clear facts emerge.
Weston tobacco sale marks Missouri entry into commercial leaf
Hayes News reports a Weston Missouri sale of 550000 pounds of cured tobacco leaf from the western belt. The event evokes old Ellis County memories of home grown tobacco, curing in patches, and smoke from rubber-stemmed pipes. Residents recall pungent odors, smeller’s reactions, and eras when pioneers endured crop failures and lived in sod homes while farming their own leaf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayes News
Weston
Missouri
Ellis County
Aranewick
Haye
Amell
Apeak
Soddies
Inside McGrath's Justice Department Leadership
In Washington Attorney General J Howard McGrath describes how the Justice Department runs with 31000 employees handling criminal espionage tax fraud and more He explains delegation to loyal lieutenants and his limited direct knowledge of many cases while facing tax scandal inquiries and the Caudle grilling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Howard McGrath
Justice Department
McGrath
House
T.lamar Caudle
Truman
Caudle
Reed
Case Split Over Caudle Talk With Congress Page
McGrath described a prior decision to remove a case from Caudle citing Caudle's conversations with a congressman. He said he accepted the explanation and, at least publicly, holds Caudle's judgment in similar regard despite the implied rift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uty
Caudle
McGrath
Temany
New Books at City Library Display Week of December 17
A list of newly added titles for public library shelves including This Way Tomorrow by Elswyth Thane and The Ascent to Truth by Thomas Merton. Other works feature Peter Marshall, Woman At the Window, Double In Space by Fletcher Pratt, Denmark Is a Lovely Country, Our Age of Unreason, The Gita, Lament For The Bride, No People Like Show People, Seven Leagues To Paradise, and Adalebom among others.
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Elswyth
London
New York
Berlin
Thomas Merton
Peter
Catherine Marshall
Peter Marshall
W. G. White
Liz
Anna
Fletcher Pratt
Eniverse of Tomorrow
Denmark
Hudson ‘Strode
Franz
Alexander
Ti-Coyo
Clement Ridher
Edwin Corle
Colorado
America
Helen Reilly
Mike Waltari
Gan
Mike
Maurice Zolotov
Paradise
Richard Tregaskis
Tor
Raine
Jerry
Poem Selections and Plans for Cabinet Making
An item lists John Masefield favorite English poems as a century old England based selections and notes a 1950 reference for Cabinets Bookcases and Wall Shelves with tested plans and step by step disassembly drawings for professional looking finish and start in a craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Masefield
England
Mr. Masefield
White Supremacy Backers Gain in Alabama Election
Late returns show the Alabama voter qualification amendment, backed by white supremacy advocates, leading after 1.9 percent of boxes reported. With 50 190 votes for and 47 083 against, it remains the only statewide issue potentially in doubt among seven amendments. Critics warn it could curb Black voters by expanding registrar authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Couny Boards of Registrars
Kansas Draft Quota for February Set at 621
Topeka reports 621 Kansas men will be drafted in February under national call for 55,000. Brig. Gen. Joe Nickell, State Selective Service Director, noted the February quota derives from the national figure, contrasting with January’s 1,130 quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
Joe Nickell
Selective Service
U S Bays No on World Development Fund Plan
United States objections blocked a proposed World Development Fund at the U N General Assembly economic committee meeting in Paris. The plan would have created a large fund for global development but U S delegates warned it would fail without U S financing. Three votes opposed, the Russian bloc abstained. Representative Mike Manafield noted the plan rests on U S money and warned against deeper involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Economic Committee
U. N. Assembly
U. S
United States
Mike Manafield
D“Mont
U.S. di Te
Tax offices close for annual tax training in Wichita
Internal Revenue Collector Lynn Brodrick announced that Kansas zone and division offices will close Thursday and Friday as about 25 field representatives including enforcement officers, deputy collectors, return examiners and information clerks attend the annual tax finol of instruction in Wichita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Internal Revenue
Lynn Brodrick
Kansas
Collec
Brodrick
Kaneana Kan
Icey Saco
Wiehiea- An
Radio Programs Eupo Ht WOAF410 Thursday December 13
Radio listings detail programming across stations WOAF WAT WREN KMBC KCMO and others for Thursday December 13. The schedule includes news reports weather, music, dramatic readings, a Lone Ranger episode, and court or public affairs segments with listed times and host names. Strong entities include station call signs and program titles like The Lone Ranger and Your Favorite Music.
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Pea
CMO
Wren
Signores
Greg' Ecmo
Inspector Hearthstone
Peeryening
KeMo
Jayhawk
Newacani Wren—Defenses Attorney
Kumo—Méer
KMAC
Beulah Wdaf
Nowacast
KMBC
Bill Giligny
Lamya Hat
Scotty
KMHC
KCMO
Breautaat Club
Wiaf—Nowastaat
Newt
Hollywood
U Mbc
Carolina
Ellie
Biem
Kmrc Taut
nGrirtith
Jack Berch
Farn News
Meg Iventock
Omega Thine
Kamily Cirele
Pepper Youn
Newa D
Lorenzo Jones
Moense —Relk
Benose
Mark Tralls
MBC
Jack Benton
Rong Nermeney
Lone Ranger
News of the World
Paul Werton
WDAF
Dulty
Wovern
Ozzie and Harriett
Wpaf
Nye
Ray Biack
Kcw
Muale
JAF —Newscaat
MAU
Healan
Newa
FASTEETH Teeth Comfort Advertising Snippet
Advert suggests FASTEETH denture product brings more comfort with alkaline der. Claims improved denture stability for eating and talking, reduced denture odor, and fresher breath. Endorsed as available at drug stores.
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Arthur Schlessinger
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George Kreeck
Sion
Paraguay
Robinson
Clay Centar
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Mia Jessie Underwood
Kansas City
John Broom
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Hal Cochran
Is & Sharma
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James Marlow
Nada
Wil Bey
City Library
World Development Fund
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Intergal Revenue Officers Instructions
Xumo
Mi Faeroie
Westinghouse
Oliver Service CO
Mass
Buddy Gallagher Motors ‘de Seto
Plymouth
Oliver Farm Equipment
A. V. Phillips
L H. Rose
Wdaf-Television
Fighceravche Mars
Muele Alin Young
Wayna Mingrad
the Weatherman
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Vel Rankel
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Vee
Tou
Arine Dvalfrey
Fplehda
Hanna
RCA Victor
Raw Motor Salvage and Glass Co
Motorola
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Chrysler
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Oread
S.oidepwood
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Fe Ne
Phan
Holmes and Peck Insurance
Andy. C. Hess
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