Roses and fruit talk in the Plainsman 1946 notes
The Plainsman highlights Lubbock rose cultivation rising in popularity and quality this year. Reverend James I. ONeill reports two plum trees heavy with fruit and notes water timing as key to success despite the Texas climate. The piece also weighs state police expansion, urging broader crime fighting and traffic enforcement beyond speed traps.
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Smyer
O'Neill
Texas
Grover Sellers
Highway Patrol
Sellers
Anecdotes on Celebrities and Politicians Spinling News
Walter Winchell collects quick vignettes about George Abbott Phil Brito Danny Kaye Wilson Mizner and John Barrymore plus humorous quips about FDR the Senate and Molotov Byrnes talks on Trieste and Yugoslavia reveal postwar tensions and sly social jabs across entertainment politics and foreign affairs.
Byrnes Predicted Kremlin Shift After Moscow Conference
Byrnes warned Molotov that the Kremlin must prevent goodwill from fading after the war and opposed a Russian attack on American imperialism over Trieste. He cited the Moscow conference as already resolving the imperialism issue, though Molotov and Vyshinsky pressed it again. The dinner ended on the dispute, and Molotov later reported to Moscow that Russia should yield to salvage the talks, a move that briefly softened Soviet posture but left British objections and doomed the conference.
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Texas
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Chip” Bohlen
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Kremlin
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United States
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Independent Democratic Daily Paper Lubbock 1946 note
The item lists the Avalanche-Journal publishing team and address in Lubbock Texas with editors and publishers credited. It notes afternoon publication except weekends and Sunday consolidation with Lubbock Morning Avalanche Journal and mentions press associations and national advertising reps. The date shown is Wednesday May 22 1946.
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Lubbock
Avalanche
Avalanche-Journal
Avalanche - Journal Publishing Co., Inc
Texas Avenue
Texas
Chas. A. Guy Parker
Prouty
Pullteasea Wire
Associated Press
United Press
Texas Delly Press Cearge
Dallas
Tex
Mixed themes in religion politics spark light satire
A parade of witty observations covers religion, politics, unions, and society. Jokes on Van Johnson fans, striking workers, a hapless infant, and grave-diggers illustrate social quirks, with a final quip about a ballgame crowd holding up placards after a called strike.
To the Ladies The Feminine Viewpoint at Midwestern College
Ruth Millett reports on a career conference where a woman speaker urged co-eds that marriage is not for every woman and a first-rate career can allow a woman to live alone. Yet the social glare against single success remains strong and pitiless, shaping how nonmarried women are viewed.
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Paris
Hollywood
Officers To Report Yokohama May 28 For Depot Call
Eighth Army announces about 550 officers set to complete 43 months of service by Aug 31 1946 must report to the Fourth Replacement depot near Tokyo on May 28. Coal is mined commercially in 26 of the 48 states.
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Yokohama
Eighth Army
Tokyo
Try And Stop Me in Arizona Frontiersman Court
Bennett Cerf recalls early Arizona days when frontier justice prevailed and a stern judge used a mail order catalog to sentence prisoners. The tale includes a swift, comic run of misadventures with locals and a sensational wreck with a two wheeled Jeep and a daring young woman reacting to a crash.
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Bennett Cerf
Arizona
Frontier Justice
Editorial Argues Against Women Working Outside Home
Today's Journal weighs the duty of motherhood against outside careers for women. It argues that marriage plus work harms personal well being and family, contending motherhood requires full-time devotion and that children benefit when both parents cooperate at home.
Shipment Of Soap Arrives In Naples For Italy
A 420 ton cargo of Brazilian soap, the first imported to Italy in years, reached Naples as UNRRA reported hospitals and schools lack soap. The delivery could supply about one ounce per person in Italy, amid widespread scabies among children.
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London
Italy
Naples
UNRRA
Barkley Omits Atomic Legislation From Senate Schedule
Marquis Childs notes Senate Majority Leader Barkley lists urgent postwar issues but omits atomic energy legislation. If Congress fails to act a civilian control bill may die, Groves warns of ongoing military-led policy and secrecy shaping future use of atomic power and weapons.
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Ashington
Senate
Kentucky
Alben Barkley
Armed Services
Barkley
Congress
Senate Atomic Committee
New York
Leslie R. Groves
Prophet's Vision and Hope Quote by John Armstrong
The excerpt cites Zechariah 5 5 and emphasizes hope as mankind's greatest good, contrasting it with fear as one of our least spared evils. It frames a contemplative biblical meditation attributed to John Armstrong.
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