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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1946
Page
26
A Texas paper rebukes Time Magazine for insulting Lubbock, Grand Junction, and Stillwater while ignoring a prior local performance. It defends local audiences and calls Time’s reporting biased and garbled, proposing a revised slogan.
The essay criticizes the FEPC bill in the U S Senate amid wartime recovery. It targets Senator Dennis Chavez of New Mexico and President Truman for delaying critical legislation. It argues liberals and Southern allies use filibuster politics for partisan gain.
Special Correspondent Thomas L. Stokes notes labor faces a debate over forming a party or backing a third faction. He contrasts elite labor spokesmen with ordinary workers, cites a Murray radio clash with Truman, and recalls John L. Lewis' Roosevelt split. The piece argues labor remains influential yet not monolithic.
Readers express fear and anxiety about America's future in big cities. They warn of a perceived end to prosperity and greater government encroachment while noting conflicts between capital and labor and dangers abroad. The speaker urges resilience and belief in American ideals.
Erich Brandeis argues youth maturity brings responsibility in farms and families. He notes children learn duties, work and schooling, then discusses American individuality, labor politics, and a Factory poll showing labor's limited desire for a new party, urging strategic influence within existing parties.
Washington reports a rift within the Truman administration and State Department over who should run a new independent intelligence effort on foreign atomic programs. Col. Alfred M. McCormick pushes for a super intelligence unit, opposed by Braden and other diplomats who favor an independent agency under State Air and Navy. The dispute follows earlier Army–Navy plans and touches on control and access to sensitive atomic know-how.
A critique of Wilder's Written on the Wind notes its blend of fact and fiction centered on the Whitfields of Winton North Carolina. It highlights themes of wealth excess, liquor, sexual intrigue, and family strife through Cassius Whitfield and his kin.
A brief page header notes the publication date Sunday January 20 1946 and identifies page ten of the issue. The readable fragment provides no further event details or byline context.
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