Department of State reorganized to strengthen policy reach
Walter A. Shead explains a postwar overhaul giving the secretary full authority over the department and foreign service. The reform created a direct chain of command, boosted screening and loyalty reviews, and integrated wartime agencies to better formulate and execute foreign policy while engaging Congress and the public.
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Washington, D. C
Department of State
Secretary of State
Department
Foreign Service
Dean Acheson
Hoover Commission
Foreign Service Institute
State Department
U.S
Congress
Office of War Information
Russia
Death by own action in Randall murder plot twist
Captain Van Ness and a puzzled reporter probe a millionaire's death that appears suicide. The nephew Barry Roister of Michigan inherits a pile of debts and kills for the Caleb Trask oils that spike in value after the artist's death, then flees with the paintings and money.
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Randall
van Ness
Andrew Randall
Van
Barry Roister
Michigan
New York
Provincetown
Miami
Andy Randall
Caleb Trask
Caleb
Rolster
Andy Am
Mvery
Roister
Andy
Trask
CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS AND DOWN
Puzzle clues cover across and down entries with choking bits marshes mine entrance ancient coin aromatic spice incites wheel on some spurs negative reply note of scale fate past exist knock secluded valley heedful eager flee part of verb to be Solemn remise RiverPol Finnish seaport neuter pronoun Exclama Kind of soup thickened with okra pods Wild dog India Formed into a globe Constel Trouble Repast Scotch river DOW LIN abunda Town Ethior Bostow Astral Fountain River S Wooden block Heavy hammer Sour ill tempered present ly musical drama Entire amount Large roofing slate Firearm Bovine animal Fungal Greedy New York City Head of a convent Temper
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India
New York City
Word Puzzle Clues Hint At Hidden Theme
Last week’s puzzle items include 32 33 38 37 39 clues with terms like seaweed coin and heraldic escutcheon, suggesting a cryptic crossword group. The list mixes odd phrases and foreign coin indications to challenge solvers.
White Horsemen of World War Still Unexplained
A talk with a West 11th Street watchmaker about a Bavarian miracle clock leads to a recounting of legends from World War I. Witnesses described white horsemen appearing in 1914 and again in 1918, guiding Allied forces and turning German advances, with a final note that no British soldiers saw the space where the riders charged.
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West 11Th Street
Canada
Bethune Line
Portugese
C. W. Haywood
Beern Front
Aed
Stesker
Haywood
Princess Lines Accent This Flattering Frock
Pattern No 1983 offers a flattering frock for fuller figures with a shaped neck and optional pockets. Available sizes 34 to 44 require 4% yards of fabric. book includes fall into winter sewing ideas and a gift pattern inside. Send 25 cents today.
Oddities and quips from a vaudeville night
The column records snippets from a stage show including a joke about heat vs cold a jokey line about a rat in a stove and a mugging of a conjurer and audience banter with a magician’s trick gag. It preserves local flavor and humor of a performance era.
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Western Renereper Union
Washington
By Walter A. Shead
George C. Marshall
Jack Puerifoy
South Carolina
West Point
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Acheson
Puerifoy
United States
Loyalty Board of
The
Department of
Conrad Snow
New Hampshire
Seth Richardson
Hoover
Department of Justice
James Edwin Webb
Greenville County
N. C
John Frederick
Sarah Gorham Webb
University of North Carolina
George Megane University
the Fiction Corner
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Trouble
Scotch River
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Town Ethior
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Fountain
River S
Broadway
Main Street
Mons
Billy Rose
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
Chicago
Wunutes
Joseph A
Eemutl Lay
Kellogg's
Dad
Trantec
Cour
Wesson Oil People
Mario Lanza
Hollywood
Nadine Conner
Metropolitan Opera
Fran Warren
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