Ike On Our Team Could Help Mend Washington Strife
The piece argues General Eisenhower should assist in Washington to unite defense and foreign policy, leveraging his leadership to align budgets and strategy. It notes Forrestal’s clashes with the press, Eisenhower’s track record with Montgomery and Patton, and the Hoover commission call for clearer policy. It also mentions the commerce department urging Americans to travel abroad.
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Defense
Forrestal
General Eisenhower
Mr. Forrestal
Washington
Columbia University
Pentagon
Eisenhower
Europe
Patton
Hoover Commission
Unified
Defense Department
Defense Departments
Congress
Truman
Ike
Santa’s briefing on a world tour in a snowstorm
Santa Claus faces a strict briefing from Mars and aides in 1948 as he plans a global Christmas delivery. The team enforces air corridors and cautions him to avoid China and the iron curtain while navigating Bethlehem and international tensions. Santa pleads to proceed despite the rules.
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Santa Claus
North Pole
Donner
Blitzen
Santa
Mars
China
Bethlehem
Idol Chatter in Hollywood Questions Youth and Fame
Jimmie Fidler notes aging stars cling to youth and risk careers. Linda Christian, Rita Hayworth, Ann Dvorak cited as examples while Lex Barker worries over fan letters. Pat O'Brien recalls a comic statue of liberty prank and Anne Baxter endures biscuit mishap on set.
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Linda Christian
Rudy Vallee
Rita Hayworth
Humphrey Bogart
Ann Dvorak
Universal-International
Susanna Foster
Deanna Durbin
Lex Barker
Tarzan
England
Lex
Hollywood
Barker
Our Children by Angelo Patri
Fathers should involve children in chores at home to provide useful experiences and entertainment. Family activities like reading, writing plays, and music foster unity, while choosing quality radio programs and records can improve home leisure. The article urges parental effort and offers Dr. Patri’s leaflet Fant infant’s Play for purchase.
Santa’s Secret Flight Sparks Cautionary Advice
A briefing warns of dangers from overzealous guards in the United States and overseas. Santa, mindful of curious children, contemplates risks from rockets and secret planes during a cautious departure.
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United States
West
Santa
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Washington seeks banding over scorecards for waterfowl study
The Fish and Wildlife Service will rely on bird banding to track migratory waterfowl rather than hunting scorecards. Williams notes poor response to 1947 reports, with only 1,962 cards received, while banding numbers rise. Canada’s wildlife service and other partners aid field studies and marsh counts inform hunting seasons.
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Vern Haugland
Jane Eads
Washington
Fish and Wildlife Service
Cecil S. Williams
Williams
Dominion Wildlife Service of Canada
Wildlife Management Institute
Delta
Manitoba
Fredericton
New Brunswick
Canada
Alberta
Unclear Fragment on Ducks and Bagging
A fragment notes belief that at least one duck is crippled for each bagged bird, suggesting this fact explains the disappearance of large numbers of birds. The text is incomplete and lacks context or sources.
Mackenzie's Column on Indonesia and U.N. impotence
DeWitt Mackenzie argues the Indonesian upheaval shows the UN lacks power to act, risks an Asiatic bloc hostile to the West, and notes Soviet influence and imperial decline. He cites India and Nehru calling for Asiatic unity, warns of a broader East West war if unrest widens, and places responsibility on the UN.
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India
Netherlands
all-India Congress
B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
Asia
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
England
Nehru
Europe
West
Orient
Far East
Moscow
U. N
Skyscraper Parties Break The Yearly Pattern Of Work
Hal Boyle writes that Christmas and New Year parties in New York offices dissolve the year long anonymity among workers. Small offices share bosses with staff while big workplaces split into officers and enlisted, leading to candid conversations, gifts, and even flirtations as colleagues briefly connect beyond daily tasks.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Cousin Browning
Amour
Galahad
Control Ordered Over Japanese Foods
General Douglas MacArthur ordered all domestically produced staple foods in Japan, except what farmers use, placed into a controlled market under the new economic program. Agricultural officials will enforce crop growth checks and require delivery of staple foods beyond farmer use.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Sherwood Fine
Fine
Washington
Japan
East Germans in Reds grip
Berlin dispatch describes Soviet occupation shaping East Germany from the Elbe to the Oder. It notes one party rule, a strong police state, collective farming, and strict obedience to Moscow. The piece contrasts zone replication with Korea and hints at a possible East German communist republic by spring.
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Daniel de Luce
Berlin
Germany
Soviet Union
Elbe
Oder
Moscow
Kremlin
Russia
Europe
Cominform
Bulgaria
Stalin
Richard Kasischke
Associated Press
Western
North Korea
South Korea
Korea
United States
Britain
France
Riddled Crossword Clues Lead to Varied Answers
A mixed list of numbered clues covers topics from insects and varnish ingredients to frames of mind and dawns of ancient scripts. The puzzle includes cross references such as sunken fences and distant lands while hinting at verbs, nouns, and adjectives across diverse categories.
Publisher Samuel McClure Dies in California
Santa Monica publisher Samuel Grant McClure age 83 owner of the Santa Monica Outlook died Saturday. He previously owned the Glendale News-Press and the Youngstown Telegram and began in 61 years ago with the Cleveland Leader. Survived by son Robert Outlook editor and daughter Elinor Funk with two sisters and his wife Clara Louise deceased in 1856.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Samuel Grant McClure
McClure
The
Santa Monica Outlook
Glendale
News-Press
Youngstown, O
Telegram
Wayne County
Cleveland Leader
Robert
Outlook
Elinor Funk
H. E. Clark
Columbus
Edgar S. Wiers
Clara Louise
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