Glamor Girl of the Underworld Virginia Hill Details
A collage of crime era notes describes Virginia Hill as a key runner for racketeers, guarding a private diary of financial trades in a Chicago boarding house, enduring beatings, and exposing how mob wealth moved across cities. Separate items note Steelman mediation issues, Forrestal diary debates, Wherry's aborted presidential bid, and British complaints about slow US arms shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crime Committee
Underworld
Virginia Hill
Miss Hill
Chicago
Joe Epstein
Virginia
Epstein
Virgnia Hill
Fulbright proposal prompts hometown moral rearmament
Senator Fulbright calls for a commission of eminent citizens to reevaluate American moral standards and renew faith in democracy. He links public distrust to demagogues, Kefauver hearings, and McCarthyism while urging unity against Soviet aggression and defending civil liberties amid congressional probes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fulbright
Arkansas
Fulbright
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Kefauver Committee
Costello
Congress
Kremlin
Washington
Charles E. Wilson
U. S
Wilson
Character Assassination Probe in Congress Rhetoric
The text describes a probe into character assassination as ongoing in previous and current congresses. It condemns the public spectacle on TV and radio that ignores due process and constitutional rights. It accuses lawmakers of undermining justice by parading innocents and guilty alike before the public.
Truman says he knows 1952 plans fuel tax debate
The article notes President Truman's hint he has decided whether to seek re election in 1952 provoking widespread speculation. It covers a private study by the Committee for Economic Development proposing a $10 billion tax rise to curb consumer spending and boost savings, plus Wilson's mobilization plan and Brannan's farm policy shake up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Truman
Washington
Florida
Vincent Auriol
France
Main Street
Committee For Economic Development
C.E.D
Brannan
Great Midwest
Department of Agriculture
Ralph S. Trigg
Frank K. Woolley
Production and Marketing Administration
Disappointing Farm Report Signals Possible Shortages
A 1951 agriculture department study finds farmers plan inadequate plantings to sustain food supplies. It cites labor shortages and reluctance to break pasture land as reasons, with potential for rationing next year and meat shortages feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
Department
Oldest Bread Found In Valley Of The Kings
Remnants of white bread over five thousand years old were uncovered in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, marking one of the earliest prepared foods. The discovery sheds light on ancient diet and breadmaking in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Nurses Seek HADACOL Samples and Endorsements
Nurses increasingly request HADACOL samples and cite boosts in energy and well being from vitamins B and niacin deficiencies. Mrs L D Lovett of Philadelphia testifies to renewed energy after a Florida trial and endorses the product with a nurse’s authority. The ad invites readers to order via penny post card from The LeBlanc Corporation Lafayette Louisiana with price options and a money back guarantee.
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L. D. Lovett
a_register
Walnut St
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Florida
Hadacol
LeBlanc Corporation
Lafayette
Louisiana
Adv
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Fenne
John Steelman
Alabama
Steelman
H. Pulliam
B. B. Bryant
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Railroads
Forrestal
Defense Department
James Forrestal
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Air Force
Symington
Marshall
Robert L. Dennison
Wherry
Nebraska
GOP
David Martin
Kearney
George Tunison
Tunison
Britain
Herbert Morrison
U.S
Morrison
Walter Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph
Ser
Fred Maus
San Francisco
William Maus
Korea
Reds
New York
Eastfote
Brest
Hermann Ramcke
Cherche Midi
Paris
Ramcke
United States
Kamitschek
Marstelle
Genadios
Salonica
Greece
P.F.C
Ellie L. Wadley
Leachville
Ark
Kenneth Moreland
Alexandria
Walter C. Smith
Jess Dorter
Congress of the
Challenge To
America
Michael J. Galvin
Labor
Michael V. DiSalle
Sam J. Smith
San Antonio
Organized Labor
Japan
John Foster Dulles
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Mobilizer Wilson
Chortling’”’ Smith
Crazy Water Co. Inc
Mineral Wells
Texas
Mrs. Lovett
Wee PE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Hoover
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