Cagney brothers called intellectuals in social cinema critique
Jimmie Fidler reviews The Time of Your Life as a filtered social portrait, contrasting it with So Evil My Love and noting the Cagneys' self-styled intellectual stance. He praises some filmmaking craft while criticizing the film’s narrow focus on waterfront misfits. He also comments on Allan Jones in London, The Yellow Sky prospects, and Anne Baxter career luck.
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Hollywood
Cagney Brothers
James
William
Cagneys
Allan Jones
England
London
Palladium
Jones
20Th Century- Fox
Anne Baxter
Betty Grable
Gene Tierney
Walls of Jericho
Maureen O'Hara
Anne
Darryl Zanuck
Miss Baxter
Senate Debates Amendments on Draft Bill and Aliens Enlistment
The senate examined proposed amendments to a draft bill amid party disputes over anti-poll tax language. Proposals included allowing up to 50 000 aliens to enlist abroad, race segregation in enlistment, a 90 day drafting delay, shortening revival and service periods, osteopaths equal to doctors, and a civilian panel for conscientious objectors. The bill targets 19 to 25 year olds with volunteer options for 18 year olds.
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Russell
Pepper
D-Fla
Senate
Morse
Armed Services Committee
Senator Lodge
Rmass
United States
Senator Capehart
R-Ind
Capehart
House
Armed Services
Tariff fight shows clash over Millikin-Vandenberg plan
The tariff dispute widens as Taft argues the president would gain no new powers under the Millikin-Vandenberg proposal. Senators George and Lucas Jr. oppose the plan, saying it would derail the trade agreements program and demand exhaustive investigations beyond a year. Some Democrats fear taft-backed changes with sharper teeth.
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Taft
Ohioan
Millikin
George
Lucas Jr
Lucas
Tariff Commission
Critics doubt Mundt Nixon bill on communism control
The piece argues the Mundt Nixon bill invites overreach and misuses power. It questions the committee’s handling and calls for thorough legal review before passage, noting diverse opposition including a Quaker representative and Gov Dewey, Stassen debates show uncertainty about the bill’s intent and safeguards.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
Congress
Ferguson
William Z
Kremlin
Thomas
Dewey
Oregon
Stassen
Judiciary Committee
Laughs Through Time From Fools To Genteel Grins
A Chicago psychiatrist Dr Francis Gerty argues laughter has many forms rooted in personality. He catalogs horse barroom embarrassed weak or tentative laughs and the wax grimace of a head waiter. He praises the honest laugh that lights the face and laments the purely artificial smiles of the age.
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Chicago
Francis Gerty
Mama Comes Home to Stay in Dixie Memory
Henry McLemore recalls his Southern mother visiting from Georgetown South Carolina Charleston and Richmond era roots. The piece contrasts Southern pride with his wife Jean and his own shifted speech after years abroad. He jokes about keeping her through June to visit world travels while defending her status as a great lady.
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Dixie
Lincoln
Scott
Jean
Union
Fort Sumter
Truman
Mama
Georgetown
South Carolina
Charleston
Citadel
Shiloh
Petersburg
Bull Run
Winyah Bay
Indigo Society
George Washington
East
New York
Our Children By Angelo Patri Discipline's Inner Power
A column by Angelo Patri argues true discipline comes from inner character, not harsh punishment. It emphasizes daily example by parents and teachers as the defining force shaping a child's restraint, honesty, and self-control, with practical examples and a call to obtain his leaflet P-21 on talking to baby.
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Baby
Truman visits Idaho Falls in Democratic rally amid preconvention talk
Truman supporters packed Idaho Falls for a party meeting described as good by Cavanagh. Truman plans a late evening speech in Butte and a White House aide said political speakers will not ride the presidential train with party officials. He will then head to Spokane after a brief stop in Butte. Also noted is Idaho’s expected 12 votes on the first ballot and a light fishing interlude with Ray Mark.
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Truman
Cavanagh
White House
Butte
Spokane
Wash
Iowa
Nebraska
Idaho
Charles Gossett
Nampa
Ray Mark
Lassie
Budget Panel Flags Large Cuts in WAA and VA Funds
A House appropriations committee report details broad reductions across federal agencies including WAA inventory handling and cash allocations, with 50.5 billion in requested outputs trimmed. It calls for oversight on atomic energy spending and rejects GI-related training expenses while preserving military projects. The VA faces substantial cuts in readjustment benefits and pensions, with several defense ship plans earmarked for modernization and construction.
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WAA
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Air Force
Bureau of Federal Supply
Senate
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Los Alamos
N. M
Hanford
Wash
Veterans’ Administration
Office of
Veterans’ Housing
Veterans Administration
Maritime Commission
Commission
Senate Debates Poll Tax Amendment Amid Draft Bill Pressure
The Senate narrowly approved a modified civil rights move to outlaw the poll tax for federal elections for armed services members by a 37 to 35 vote. Southern Democrats argued long against Senator Langer's amendments as the draft and June adjournment loom. Taft backed the measure, denying an implied GOP pledge, while Lucas charged an agreement existed to shelve Langer's civil rights package.
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Senate
Langer
South Dakota
Taft
Ohio
Lucas
Illinois
Gurney
R-S. D
Armed Services Committee
Coal talks loom as Lewis faces injunction and wage demands
Justice Goldsborough orders James Lewis to bargain in good faith with the Southern Coal Producers Association, seating Moody of the union in negotiations. Lewis threatens wage and welfare increases after July 1 as the operators challenge regulatory limits and hint at further strikes. Crew of French wineries gets daily wine and biweekly cash allowances.
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T. Alan Goldsborough
Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
Joseph H. Moody
Moody
Goldsborough
America
Across County in New Hampshire and Related Clues
A compact word puzzle list links terms and definitions across themes such as geography, objects, and names. The set includes items like eye parts, plants, weapons, and gods, with scattered references to Gaelic myth, Irish coins, and a shepherd’s staff.
Word Puzzle Clues Across a Thematic List
A scrambled clue set lists numbers and hints for terms across topics like geography architecture and myth. It combines definitions such as depressions between peaks scent related terms and ceremonial words with miscellaneous values and numeric annotations.
Taft-Ellender-Wagner housing plan sparks public debate
The Taft-Ellender-Wagner bill seeks 500000 federally financed low rent homes and 15000000 private‑built houses over ten years. Opponents call it socialism while supporters push to include veterans housing provisions and possible loan and grant schemes, with party alignments and amendments likely.
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Ellender
Wagner
New York
House Democrats
Taft
Wolcott
Senate
Incident Aboard The McDonald In New Orleans Refueling
Three shots were fired when a crewman was disarmed during a dispute between the steward and pantryman aboard the McDonald operated by Sykes Brothers of New Orleans. Grover was waving a pistol before junior officers stepped in to seize it. The vessel, carrying a crew of three and coming from Bintan with bauxite cargo, had stopped for fuel and sails from Houston, Texas, Captain Snodgrass.
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Grover
McDonald
Sykes Brothers
New Orleans
Bintan
Netherlands East Indies
Negro learns six month term in court sentence
Sylvia Mack pleaded guilty in district court to theft of forty three dollars and was sentenced to six months in jail by Judge David I. Garrett. William Turnage received a ninety day suspended sentence in the parish prison camp for criminal trespassing from Judge Garrett.
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Sylvia Mack
David I. Garrett
William Turnage
Garrett
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