Women volunteers and draft debate shadow war and society
Editorial notes the drive for women volunteers in the armed forces is failing and foresees possible registration. It cites 72 000 target volunteers to raise women in uniform, the federation push to amend selective service for unmarried women 18 to 26, and warns Congress may gag at peacetime drafts. It also references wartime pay, risks of training, WAC discharges, and calls for voluntary service.
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Washington
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Boston
Defense Department
Army
Congress
United States
Armed Services
U. S
Korea
WAC
ADA backs four Democratic hopefuls at leftist rally
Washington report notes Americans for Democratic Action hosted four Democratic presidential aspirants Roger Baldwin and ADA leaders. Truman criticized ADA while praising its anti loyalty program stance. The piece links Baldwin to multiple communist fronts and notes prior draft evasion claims.
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Washington
Americans For Democratic Action
Committee of Congress
Truman
White House
ADA
Communist Party
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Roger Baldwin
W. Averell Harriman
McMahon
Connecticut
Kefauver
Tennessee
Humphrey
Minnesota
Baldwin
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
California Un-American Activities Committee
American Friends of Spanish Democracy
Russian Reconstruction Farms, Inc
Harold Ware
Alger Hiss-Lee Pressman
Department of Agriculture
Ella Bloor
All- American Anti-Imperialist League
American Committee For Protection of
New York
Tom Mooney Committee
Prisoner’s Relief Fund
International Labor Defense
North American Committee
Senate
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
William Remington
Mr. Truman
Eisenhower
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Optometrists Force Win In Louisiana House Battle
Baton Rouge four bills opposed by the Louisiana Association of Optometrists and backed by a Retail Stores Association were rejected by Judiciary A. The hearing featured Theodore Cangelosi for retailers and Wood Thompson for optometrists. Bills would have reined in nominating power, allowed retail store optometry, permitted price advertising by opticians, and stripped the board of optometry authority.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Association of Optometrists
Retail Stores
Mouse Judiciary
Theodore Cangelosi
Wood Thompson
Optometrists’ Association
Optometrists Association
State Board of Optome
Growth and patience guide a child toward future aims
A mother and granny discuss Don's sailboat dream and the value of letting children grow toward their own goals. The piece parallels growth in youth with a doctor’s leaflet on guarding against fear, urging readers to support children’s evolving aims.
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Mother
Don
Granny
Navy
Patri
P. O
Station G
New York 19
N. Y
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
MOPSY by Glavys Parker Rome
Glamour girls from many nations invade the Italian motion picture industry. Foreign film players find little difficulty in getting screen work due to few labor restrictions. US tax rules now exempt citizens abroad from filing after 18 months. Three-fourths of US sulfur production is burned for sulfuric acid. Ultraviolet sun rays are blocked by ordinary window glass.
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Congress
Rome
United States
Italy
Hollywood
John
Jane
You
Chicago
Oriental Theatre
Midwest
Uncle Sam
The Chlorophyll Warning in a Dog Odor Debate
A columnist rails against chlorophyll hype threatening to erase everyday smells. He mocks TV dog food campaigns and imagines a future where meals and babies wear chlorophyll, transforming oceans and memories into odorless air.
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Mars
France
V. F. W. Post Set For Evening Session
Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet at their Sixth Street headquarters tonight. Commander Lenard cannot attend. the vice commander will preside. Several business matters are on the agenda and membership applications are expected.
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Rodney J. Hobbs
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Sixth Street
Lenard
Jimmie Fidler on Hollywood Stars and Rising Costs
Jimmie Fidler critiques Hollywood for inflating salaries and star dominance, noting higher costs push theaters toward losses. He cites industry cycles, exhibition reluctance for new faces, and tax drains, while recalling memories of film figures and publicists. He questions a glamour star’s claim of pen pals with 350 Korea service members.
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Hollywood
Korea
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sewing Club Arrives in Washington
Omaha group of four guests led by Mrs. Rolia C. Van Kirk visits Washington as part of a long-standing sewing club tradition. Members travel from Omaha and Lincoln with husbands to see sights and discuss housing projects, while Mrs. Van Kirk teaches music at Mount Vernon Seminary.
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Washington
Kappa Kappa Gamma Sewing Club
Omaha
Neb
Rolia C. van Kirk
Coll. van Kirk
National Guard Bureau
van Kirk
Boss Truman
Independence
Lincoln
Fifth Army
North Africa
Italy
van Kirks
Elmer J. Burkett
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
Mount Vernon Seminary
Margaret Truman
New York
London
Paris
Virgil Haggart
Sewing Club
Bloomington
Zanesville
Ernest Whitlock
Williamsburg
North Carolina
Earl Hawkins
Wells King
News-Star
Building Trades Council
The
Morning World
Eisenhower's Abilene Speech Signals Cautious Campaign Start
Gen. Eisenhower outlined four economic dangers in his Abilene address while avoiding concrete policy details on FEPC health insurance and civil rights. He warned against inflation and deflation and tax waste, and opposed price controls on potatoes while Senate extended rent controls to 1953.
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Washington
Gen
Eisenhower
Abilene
Kan
Sen
Taft
Detroit
Chicago
China
Europe
Sen. Schoeppel
Rkan
Senate
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Washington Report
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Optometrists
WEA
Angelo Patr
Mopsy
Glavys Parker
Géarys Parisr
By Hershberger
Klinker Mfg Co
By M’lemore
V. F. W. Post
Jimmie Fidler
Constance Bennett
Tom Mix
Sutler
Marlene Dietrich
Basil Rathbone
Freddie Bartholomew
David Copperfield
James Marlow
Monroe News-Star
Branham CO. National
Atlanta
Dallas
St. Louis
Kansas City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Charlotte
N. C
Memphis
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