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Peace Offensive and Supreme Court Shifts in U S Policy
Analysis argues Stalin's peace remarks were timed for impact, while Acheson countered to avert false hopes of Soviet diplomacy. The piece stresses belief in eventual change in Soviet policy before any major moves, and notes U S commitment to diplomacy. It also covers June and recent Supreme Court rulings on sound trucks in Lockport and Trenton, highlighting judicial shifts and city vagueness.
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Wartime figure described as dupe in treason case
The defense for Mildred Gillars known as Axis Sally argues she was misled by a former college professor. The tone suggests questions about manipulation and responsibility in the treason trial.
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Worry Clinic case reveals tyrannical father and a son’s courage
Dr George W Crane discusses Bob 24, son of a prominent surgeon who abandons medicine for law after years of parental pressure. Bob toils through pre med, law school, and hotel work to earn his diploma, while his father remains dictatorial and distant. The column argues emotional immaturity fuels such control and suggests ignoring the tyrant like a naughty child.
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Acheson’s calm reply to Stalin signals new U S policy
Washington dispatch reviews Dean Acheson’s press conference stance on Soviet “peace offensive.” It highlights three core points: U S peace interests cannot be traded, UN Charter obligations, and openness to bona fide negotiations through proper channels. Acheson’s drafting clarifies policy and counters Russian bluffs.
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Truman
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Baer Reflects On European Concert Tour Misadventures
Arthur Baer recalls the Orchestra Nationale of France tour with caustic humor. He jokes about mismanaged logistics, strained relations, and travel woes from La Crosse to Minneapolis, noting 101 musicians, buses leaking rain and gas, and plenty of comic misfires. He wryly observes no such thing as a little garlic and laments the tour’s calamities from storage to laundry. Lafayette, they were here.
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France
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la Crosse
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Scorpion
Lafayette
Carnegie mansion's dream or nightmare unfolds
Narrator reads of Andrew Carnegie's sixty six room New York home leased to the New York School of Social Research. He recalls lavish spaces five elevators a private library and servant quarters while noting oil bills and other modern costs. He plans to ask Mrs. Roswell Miller if the mansion was a realized dream or lasting nightmare.
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New York School of Social Research
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Alexander Morrison
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Carnegies
Stars Say A Happy Mix Of Plans Brings Ambition And Joy
Genevieve Kemble forecasts a lively period across personal and professional life with planetary aspects boosting creativity and ambitious projects. Support from influential circles, careful planning, and strategic maneuvering could yield long range agreements, while dreams and ideals may drive domestic and social gains despite potential risks. An Aries birth today hints at strong drive and practical skill. Occupational accidents in the United States killed 16,500 persons and injured 2,050,000 others during 1946.
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The Voyager columnist ponders dieting and calories
Hal Boyle reflects on dieting as the American pastime and the appeal of calories over fats. He jokes about weight swings from 178 to 202 pounds, notes tailor visits, and argues for enjoying substantial foods. He suggests a future breakthrough: tasty, fat free calories, a idea likely to earn big money.
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New York
Henry VIII
Napoleon
Waterloo
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Grover Cleveland
William Howard Taft
America
Lillian Russell
Land of Plenty
Henry Ford
Dave Regan Here And There Notable Rummy Reflections
A quirky column warns about the gin rummy bug with playful analogies to spring olfactory cycles and Lincoln and Washington. It jokes on Schneider scoring, quick games, and the lure of gambling at tiny stakes, while urging self-improvement and personal focus for February births.
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Political shifts and the rise of socialism in America
George E. Sokolsky traces Republican decline and Democratic liberalism from 1932 through World War II, highlighting Bryan, Wilson, Roosevelt, and the New Deal Fabians. He argues Republicans failed to counter evolving American thought, causing a drift toward socialistic ideas and warning that socialism will not conquer without new leadership.
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Tom Dewey
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England
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Diary of Samuel Pepys Real Diary in Cipher
Q was the diary of Samuel Pepys real or fiction. A It was a real diary written in cipher. It records his public and domestic life from 1660 to 1669. Q Meaning of banyan tree name relates to market space under tree by banian. Banians are a caste of Hindu merchants. A It was so called in er ti.
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Samue Pepys
Early English willow pattern china by Thomas Turner
The willow pattern, a popular blue china design, was first made in England around 1780 by Thomas Turner. The pattern drew on old Canton chinaware and is said to depict a Chinese romantic legend.
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England
Thomas Turner
Canton
Hong Kong Island and its colonial status
The text notes that A-Hong Kong is an island off China's southeast coast near the Canton River mouth with Victoria as its capital. It states Hong Kong was ceded to Great Britain in 1841.
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Johnnie Get Your Gun hailed as greatest junior class play
The junior class of the high school staged Johnnie Get Your Gun and was praised as the greatest production yet by any class. Leo F. Reinartz of the American Rolling Mill was recovering from an emergency appendectomy at the hospital. John M. Harby, county auditor, reported 7,077 registered cars in Middletown.
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John M. Harby
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