Editor's Notebook highlights 1950 editorial views
An archival year-end audit of 1950 editorials from the Chicago publisher outlines critical stances on China, Korea, and U.S. policy. It catalogs notable quotes from January to December, noting figures like Chiang Kai-shek, Nixon, Acheson, Truman, Eisenhower, Pepper, and MacArthur, finishing with a 1951 New Year reflection anchored by Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
China
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Frank Lausche
Ohio
Democratic Party
Sen. Taft
Lausche
Alger Hiss
Dean Acheson
Defense
Louis Johnson
Russia
Florida
Claude Pepper
George Smathers
Pepper
Navy
Louis Denfeld
Naval Operations
Forrest Sherman
Pentagon
Ralph de Toledano
Victor Lasky
Richard M. Nixon
California
Nixon
Helen Gahagan Douglas
U. S. Senate
Pretty Posy Puzzle Clue List Seems Incomplete
A fragmentary crossword-like list shows horizontal and vertical clues with numbers and partial words. Entries include plant themed terms, names, and common crossword hints, but many items are truncated or garbled, limiting solution accuracy.
Good Partners Must Know When Hands Demand Pass
Oswald Jacoby explains a bridge hand where poor incentives and misfit cards threaten partnership. He notes the smart move is to pass early to avoid doubles and better contracts for opponents, citing a hand where North’s preemptive bids wrecked the heart of the partnership.
North Should Have Passed At Two Spades
Commentary on a bridge bidding misstep where South showed distribution and North failed to pass two spades. It argues the potential outcome of an undoubled two spades contract versus the actual 700 point penalty, with notes on hand distribution and risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
North
East
Do Chaplains Carry Weapons and Congress Women
A reader asks if armed chaplains exist. answer cites Geneva Convention rules forbidding chaplains to bear arms and granting them special treatment if captured. Eight women were elected or reelected to the House, one woman in the Senate. A Praxiteles sculpture and Ralph Kiner's 47 homers in 1950 are noted. Dollar-a-year men may be reemployed as consultants under a new executive order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Korea
Frankfurt
Germany
Russia
Reds
United States
MacArthur
State Department
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
Far East
Europe
Greece
Iran
U. N
United Nations
House of Representatives
Senate
Dollar Ayear
Dollarayear
Mind questions and education claims in old booklet
A dated reader notice cites Marriage Tests and a self-help booklet offering advice on happiness, self-control, and emotions. It mentions engagement statistics, druggist ethics, state education spending, and a Dr Wiggram booklet marketed for 1c and self addressed stamped envelopes. It notes Mississippi and New York education contrasts and urges readers to request materials.
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New Mexico
Connecticut
Arizona
Rhode Island
Dr. Wiggram
iSe
A. E. Slegam
Inehide
Eee
Entelone
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Editor's Notebook
John S. Knight
Chicago
Clack Clifford
White House
Clifford
Gen
Eisenhower
United States of America
Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
London
Great Britain
Paris
Iewa
Detroit Free Press
North Korea
Manchuria
Truman
Battlefeld
Mr. Hoover
Great Lake
Kellan River
Brother
Jacob
Tae
Eyies
Oswald Jacoby
NEA Service
West Fone
tQipe
Aso
Eas South
Eakiad
Nest West Pass
Doub
L. W. Berry
D.C
Pine Avenue
Alfred
By Carl Rymen
Informbloy
Wannington
Praxiteles
Hertes
Dionysus
D. P
Ralph Kiner
Albert Edward Wiggam
Kenneth Stone
American Druggists' Association
Saks
Frigidaire
General Motors
Quickabe
Long Beach
Easy Credit
Phone
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