Editors Debate Hysteria or Public Concern Over Communism
Editors weigh Truman era fears, split between views that anti-Communist actions are justified concern and those who warn against overreaction. Major papers argue for measured prosecutions and lawful processes, while a minority urges caution to avoid mass hysteria and civil liberties abuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
America
Dayton
Ohio
Daily News
nd.Dem
un-American Committee
Hickenlooper
Oakland
Calif
Tribune
Rep
Soviet Union
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessean
Dem
San Antonio
Texas
Ind
Wilmington
Del
Morning News
Lincoln
Star
New York
New York Times
Communist Party
North Adams
Mass
Billy Rose PITCHING HORSESHOES
Billy Rose recounts the murder of William Lurye, organizer for the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, stabbed in a West 35th Street phone booth. An old man with a bushy mustache died that day. The piece blends a lunch interview with Charles Zimmerman, tracing Willie Lurye’s unionist lineage and motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lurye
David Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
West 35Th Street
Lurge
Midtown
Charles Zimmerman
Atom bombs and old wars in Hal Boyles notebook
Hal Boyle recalls a wartime debate over using atomic bombs to halt Soviet forces at the Rhine and force a rapid victory. The conversation argues that new weapons must be used broadly, with the colonel insisting atom bombs could blunt masses of troops at key rivers for decisive effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addis Ababa
New York
Times Square
New Jersey
von Clausewitz
Rhine
Sonny
Europe
English Channel
Adoption practices and licensing in Louisiana foster care
Miss Bonham outlines that babies are not placed before four months and surrender takes time. In Ouachita parish 45 adoptions per year are estimated with 16 completed this year. 68 children are in foster care and 63 boarded out. Eleven agencies hold licenses. only two operate in Monroe area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Bonham
Louisiana
Welfare Department
Catholic Charities
Diocese of
Alexandria
Monroe
Children’s Service Bureau
Shreveport
New Orleans
Mrss Bonham
Morehouse
Union
Lincoln
Jackson
Caldwell
Ouachita
Ouachita Parish
Gray Market
Treest Ways George E Sokolsky The Cost of Confusion
George E Sokolsky argues that U S policy toward Soviet Russia shifted in 1933 under Roosevelt and Litvinov, failing to curb Soviet interference. He links this to a hidden Red apparatus in America and a long Marxist influence on education media and law, warning that civilization itself is at stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Russia
Roosevelt
Litvinov
United States
Hitler
Hollywood Rumors Stir Pink Clouds of Fame and Feuds
Hollywood gossip recounts Dick Erdman filing for divorce from Liza Holland and Laine Day divorce turmoil, Harold Wilson eyeing Jane Russell for Harlow film, Bob Hope buying a NorCal dairy ranch, and Marie Montez-Aumont estrangement. Also notes Orson Welles suits, Hildegarde debut, and Hedy Lamarr denies romance. Critics doubt box office magic amid fading star power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Dick Erdman
Janie” Pictures
Liza Holland
Europe
Frankie Laine
Doris Day
Harold Wilson
Jean Harlow
Jane Russell
Bob Hope
California
Joan Evans
Roseanna McCoy
Paris
Maria Montez
Jean Pierre Aumont
Howard Hughes
Orson Welles
Jack Tenney
Hildegarde
Warner Brothers
Hedy Lamarr
Raymond Hakim
Mackenzie on Russia on the defensive in Europe
DeWitt Mackenzie notes Acheson’s view that Russia is on the defensive in Europe after the Paris talks. He warns Bolshevism seeks world revolution and that while Europe tightens, the Far East faces a rising Communist offensive. He calls the Orient the likely major theater of operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acheson
Paris
Russia
Europe
Moscow
Far East
Red
Orient
Local Girls Learn to Cook Breakfast
Thirty two girls completed a cooking and serving breakfast course taught by Mrs Mildred Swift of the agriculture extension department, sponsored by Girl Scouts. They trained in the Red Cross Canteen room and will receive Red Cross certificates with Girl Scouts earning cooking badges from leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Cities
Mildred Swift
Agriculture Extension Department
Girl Scouts
Red Cross
Do Not Force College on a Studious Young Machinist
A parent writes about her son Ronnie who plans to skip college after high school to work in machine shops and learn the machinists trade. The writer argues against pushing education by wealth, saying true learning comes from the individual’s own effort and choice. Gifts and approvals can mislead, and guiding support should respect the child’s real needs and ambitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronnie
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Meteor Crater Hosts 20 Football Games At Once
The meteor crater just west of Winslow Arizona spans wide enough to host 20 football games simultaneously with 2,000,000 spectators watching from the sloped rims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow
Ariz
Aeronautics Board to resume hearing on south to west coast route
Civil Aeronautics Board hearing on proposed south to west coast air service resumes Monday with witnesses from Houston San Francisco and Delta Airlines to be heard. Examiner Cox recessed after testimony from spokesmen in Fort Worth Dallas Galveston Austin Lafayette La and Roswell N M as six airlines seek transcontinental approval. Dallas favors Braniff arguing expanded western service though Houston not on direct Miami to west coast route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Civil Aeronautics Board
San Francisco
Delta Airlines
Earl J. Cox
Fort Worth
Dallas
Galveston
Austin
Lafayette
Roswell
N. M
West Coast
Joe T. Thompson
Braniff
San Antonio
New Orleans
Miami
Thompson
P. B. Garrett
William Holden
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Lurye
Willie Lurye
Zimmerman
Chicago
Max Lurge
Sam Gompers
Hal Boyle
al Capone
Junkmen’s Union
Max
Capone
Junkmen's Union
Private Enemy No. 1
Public Enemy No. 1
Sarge
Braverman
Hoods
Willie
Willie Large
Eighth Avenue
Garment District
Beil Syndicate, Inc
George E. Sokolsky
Germany
Fuld
Judge Fuld
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Jitamic
20Th Century- Fox
Edward G. Robinson
Susan Hayward
Richard Conte
Luther Adler
RKO
Robert Mitchum
Jane Greer
William Bendix
Central
Mexico
Tim Holt
Richard Martin
Jeff Donnell
England
Universal-International
Ann Todd
Claude Rains
Trevor Howard
Ling
Eagle-Lion’s
Eric Portman
Sheila Sim-Kim Hunter
Joan Leslie
Miss Leslie
Betty Grable
Miss Grable
James Bowie
Alamo
Santa Ana
McNaught Syndicate Inc
DeWitt Mackenzie
MacKenzie
Cynthia Hart
Barbara Torrance
Jo Frances Petagna
Sandra Tooke
Shirley Ann Fant
Deanna Lee
Sandra Brown
Martha Riser
Janis Futrell
Lera Hennessy
Alitia Parker
Glynda Ann Smith
Johnny Avery
Martha Harper
Camille Smith
Carol Warner
Pane Overton Williams
Ann Arrant
Helene Mobley
Joyce Sue Machnik
Gladybelle Gruber
Pat Turner
Gerry Lynn Lester
Carolyn Futrell
Frances Goza
Sally Kennedy
Janet Dumm
Mary Elizabeth
Penny Prophit
Dorothy Brennan
Marilynn Crowley
Angel
Patri
War Childre
Aeronautics Board
Kinbab National Forest
Arizona
Peacock
Sterling
Kirk
Watson
Gorham
Wallace
Reed & Barton
Lunt
Alvin
Towle
Peacock’s
Aphreed
Gost
Zil ¥ Onan As
Gerno
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