Fidler critiques Hollywood over James brothers film
Hollywood preview of The Great Missouri Raid draws sharp rebuke for glorifying Jesse and Frank James as noble outlaws. Fidler denounces the depiction as a whitewash that undermines law enforcement and misleads audiences about real history.
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Hollywood
Paramount
Jesse
Frank James
Missouri
Frank
America
Small Fry
Hoppy
Roy Rogers
James Boys
Rent Controls Extended Briefly by Congress
Washington action extends federal rent controls a few months while Congress debates a longer renewal. The House votes to March end and the Senate to February end, with 3.5 million units in communities voting to keep controls until June 30. If not reconciled, federal controls end December 31.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Korea
Truman
Lamlords
A Harsh View of a China Korea Deal and a Buffer Strategy
The piece argues a deal with Red China to create a Korean buffer is unlikely and risky. It asserts China already commands a million troops, with most not yet fighting, and predicts Mao would resist settlement terms. It warns such accords rarely outlive their usefulness and favors continuing military action to preserve Korea.
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Red China
Korea
United Nations
Mao Tsetung
Mao
MacArthur
U. N
China
Britain
Gladwyn Jebb
U.N
Russia
Giants Farm System Shapes 1951 N L Race, Hub Says
In a casual talk in a store, Henry McLemore recalls Carl Hubbell assessing the Giants' restructuring and 1950 finish as he predicts the 1951 National League race. Hubbell cites Sammy Baugh and Don Hutson hypothetical pairings and Hornsby as the toughest hitter he faced, stressing effort on a low-scoring Giants club.
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Navy
Army
Carl Hubbell
Hub
New York Giants
Melvin Ott
Bill Terry
Giants
Peter Hoffman
Sammy Baugh
Don Hutson
Carl
Yankees
Cardinals
Henry
Yanks
Cards
Baugh
Hutson
Don
Pete Hoffman
Hornsby
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Angelo Patri on Left-Out Children in Schools
Angelo Patri argues that slow and immigrant children in crowded classrooms are left behind. He cites Miss Marie in a seventh grade with 47 pupils where two boys, recent arrivals with no English, fail despite effort. He calls for dedicated special teachers and early intervention to give all students equal chances.
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Miss Marie
Washington curator savors global bear cuisine and bears in diet
Dr. William T. Mann curator of the National Zoological Park shares his meals from jungles and deserts to swank restaurants, praising eland and wild boar. In winter he hosts the Anteaters Association with menus featuring bear, buffalo, venison, and elk, while two Minnesota bears await hide tanning plans.
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Washington
William T. Mann
National Zoological Park
Jungls
Deserts
Africa
Europe
United States
Dutch East Indies
Dr. Mann
Leech
Minnesota
Mr. Leech
National Geographic designs photo lettering machine
Hand lettering fast is a lost art and map makers face delays. The National Geographic Society has created its own photo lettering machine to replace scores of hand letterers and keep pace with map production.
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National Geographic Society
Questions and Answers Quiz From a Historical Almanac
A set of brief Q and A items covers topics from income growth to the K 9 Corps, platinum etymology, lightning safety, earth science terms, and Canada’s first permanent settlement at Port Royal Nova Scotia.
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Quebec
Port Royal
Canada
Nova Scotia
Attlee Declares No Appeasement of Communist China
DeWitt Mackenzie notes Washington talks between Prime Minister Attlee and President Truman end the era of appeasement. Hightower says a Korean settlement may be possible without bowing to Chinese Communists. The piece recalls Chamberlain’s appeasement errors and warns restraint is needed with the Reds. Mosquito eggs can hatch four to five years after laying.
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Attlee
Washington
Truman
China
John Hightower
A. P
Chamberlain
Hitler
Fuehrer
Berchtesgaden
Godesberg
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Reich
Balkans
England
London
Britain
Germany
Poland
Moscow
Milly the mouse in Seoul’s wartime jitterbug world
Milly the mouse, a 21 year old Korean dancer in Seoul, entertains American officers at the Capitol Club and a night club after dusk. She dreams of marriage to a GI, funds a sick mother and brother, and struggles to survive on a heavy schedule and meager wardrobe amid a jitterbug economy and social peril. Her story echoes a modern Becky Sharp amid a Van ity Fair like South Korea under war.
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Seoul
Milly the Mouse
Milly
America
Becky Sharp
William Makepeace Thackeray
Vanity Fair
United States
District Meet of V. F. W. Held in West Monroe
The Hudson Leehy V F W Post 3998 and its auxiliary hosted the 13th district meeting in West Monroe. District Commander Ralph Smelley presided as officers were rolled, with State President Melonea Allen and Secretary Mary Neal among dignitaries. A foster parent program from national headquarters was highlighted, and a January mid winter conference announced. The Dec 20 hospital Christmas party and gift tree were noted, with district officers to be elected in May.
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Hudson-Leehy V. F. W
West Monroe
Ralph Smelley
Ruston
State Department
Melonea Allen
Winnfield
Mary Neal
Natchitoches
Billie Stiles
Alexandria
Nila Womack
Ruby Cash
Allen
National
Veterans Hospital
Christmas turkey crashes Moran car in Riverside
Riverside California December 8 Ralph Moran tried to drive home with a crate turkey that poked its head through the rungs and pecked him in the neck causing him to lose control of his car. Moran escaped with a broken arm while the gobbler fled unhurt.
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Moran
Gobbler
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