Old Box Finds in Writer Charles B. Driscoll’s Studio
Charles B. Driscoll recalls a dusty desk box filled with 1949 Navajo calendar by Oscar Strobel, reprints of his Reiteration columns, Household magazine pages, envelopes, receipts, and letters from NBC studios, publishers, and friends, noting a cluttered archival glimpse and random memorabilia.
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Oscar Strobel
Charles Ward
St. Paul
Arizona
Jack Stack
Household Magazine
William H. Booth
Jacksonville
American Bible Society
Margaret Kennedy
NBC
Benson Inge
Irene Beasley
Cleveland Trust Co
Republic Steel
Antrim Crawford
Topeka
Omaha
New York Central
Charles B. Ongwell
Clear
Brook Ave
Yonkers
Ongwell
Pink Knight
San Diego
Cats at Sea The 50 000 Cat Dilemma in Europe
A witty summary notes the United States proposes shipping 50 000 cats to France to curb rats in Marshall Plan shipments while France argues 200 cats suffice. The dispatch jokes about cat surplus logistics and wonders who would herd, feed, and house so many felines and even suggests a Pied Piper alternative.
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Europe
U. S
Paris
France
United States
Maritime Service
Atlantic Ocean
Ouachita River
Russia
Italy
Department of Commerce
Maritime Commission
U.S
U. S. Naval Reserve
Don’t Be Reasonable Says Sokolsky On Street Harassment
George E. Sokolsky vents at theater sidewalks and Broadway crowds, denouncing union pickets and communist sidewalk sales as harassment. He mocks police inaction, cites lost baggage on a Norfolk flight, and urges readers to stop being reasonable and to be a grump.
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Charley
Ray Bolger
Broadway
Communist Party
New York
Stalin
Norfolk
King Features, Inc
Business optimism versus the real April 1949 gains in Louisiana
The piece compares opinion and data on postwar business. It cites Kiplinger and the Louisiana Business Review showing April 1949 increases across state commerce, including department store sales and bank deposits, with a buyers market outlook and cautious near-term optimism for remaining months. Monroe is highlighted as a favorable spot.
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Kiplinger
Louisiana Business Review
Division of Research, College of Commerce
Louisiana State University
Monroe
Union Talk Prompts Reforms In Federal Pay And Duties
Observing harsh conditions for top federal workers Gen Omar Bradley endorses a pay scale reform after House defeats. Lilienthal cites turnover and time spent explaining work as key issues, noting heavy reporting, funding, and legislative demands complicate executive duties.
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Omar Bradley
Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Hickenlooper
Washington
State Department
Bradley
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Congress
Capitol Hill
House
Senate Appropriations
Capitol
Sunday School Lesson by William E Gilroy D D
The article reflects on Paul’s view of himself as chief of sinners and Christ’s saving work. It urges personal participation in faith not mere observation, cites Romans 5 8 Galatians 2 20 and I Timothy 6 12, and ends with a prayer for faith courage and vision to apprehend eternal life.
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William E. Gilroy
D. D
Paul
Timothy
Christ Jesus
Stephen
Damascus
John
Jesus
Christ
Peter
Joseph of
Arimathea
Calvary
Apostle
God
Billy Rose PITCHING HORSESHOES AT CUSTOMS
Billy Rose recounts his luggage checks at LaGuardia and Rome Paris shopping trips. An inspector jokes about hidden diamonds while noting rare smuggling risks and past cases of jewel smuggling from Holland.
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Eleanor
Admirals Whistles and Ballparks Highlight Washington News
A Washington roundup reports Admiral Ramsey's island visit with a whistle gift tale, lawmakers' attendance at Senators games rising, and the rise of officials at ballpark boxes. It also covers the National Tax Equality Association funding by utilities, global cinema growth, unions opposing maritime training, and possible lapse of reciprocal trade agreements.
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Washington
NEA
Adm. D. C
Senators
Truman
National Tax Equality Association of Chicago
NTEA
Rural Electric Cooperative Association of Washington
Tax Equality Association
Congress
Alabama
Arkansas
Carolinas
Florida
Connecticut
Indiana
Louisiana
Texas
Virginia
Wisconsin
Southwestern Public Service
Pacific Power and Light
Maritime Commission
House
Senate
Lessons from Britain on socialism and U S future
Thurman Sensing reports an eight week study of Britain under a socialist government. He cites rationing, price controls, high taxes, scarce goods, welfare costs, and nationalized industries to warn Americans against a planned economy and welfare state. He urges preserving free enterprise to avoid stagnation.
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Great Britain
Little Isle
United States
United States of America
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Spokane
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Kansas Historical Quarterly
Fred Steplugh
Houston
Walter Hampden
Bob Dixon
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Flonvoet
Robert Ewinne
News-Star
World Publishing Corporation
Worth Second Street
John D. Ewing Wilson Ewing
Sun
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Daily and
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Tombs Nation
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Chicago
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Dallas
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Kansas City
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Los Angeles
Memphis
Monroe Morning World
Daily and Sun
Homeline
Wien
CROOK
Honest Cab CO
Skelbyville
George E. Sokolsky
Brancato W.haven
Com
Sind
Pakistan
King Features Syndicate, Inc
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Custom House
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Rome
la Guardia
Jack
Holland
Hollywood
Jimmie Fidler
Ken Murray
West Coast
Alfred Drakes
Kate
Joe Kirkwood, Jr
Cathy Downs
Priscilla Lane
Margaret O’brien
Don Sylvia
Larry Sears
Sears
Margaret
Bob Crosby
Columbia Studios
Aly Khan
Atwater Kent
Manny Sachs
Jane Wyman
England
Nan Leslie
Charles Pauley
RKO
Yuma
Clara Bow
Rex Bell
Universal-International
William Powell
Shelley Winters
Marsha Hunt
James Gleason
Clark Gable
Alexis Smith
Wendell Corey
Audrey Totter
Frank Morgan
Gable
West
Sam Bass
Yvonne de Carlo
Howard Duff
Dorothy Hart
Willard Parker
Admiral
Thurman Sensing
Southern States Industrial Council
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