Missouri Disaster Critique Ties Flood to Politics and Faith
An opinion piece argues political critics exploit the 1951 Missouri Valley flood to attack administration flood policy. It stresses unprecedented rainfall caused most damage, cites historic floods, and calls for united relief efforts with Red Cross contributions and partisan abstention at the polls.
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Missouri Valley
Republican Party
America
Kremlin
Missouri
Red Cross
High Cost of Security and McCarthyism Across Government
A British scientist barred from a Russia friendship tour due to atomic work warns that such associations brand a person. The piece argues U S fear of communism harms thousands, citing Alan Barth on McCarthyism undermining loyalty, confidence, and service, with officials dismissed on hearsay and citizens forced into self censorship.
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Russia
America
Alan Barth
United States
Barth
The
Washington Post
Star-Chamber
McCarthys
McCarrans
Congress
No, the Cocktail Hour Shapes Youth Opinions
The writer argues that casual drinking scenes in adult life affect impressionable youths. He contends that seeing cocktails as normal or easy to consume bolsters a sense of security while entering adulthood, potentially fostering alcohol dependence.
Step To Well Being Bertrand Russell Sees Path To Global Peace
Bertrand Russell argues science can enhance human well being through universal disarmament fair power distribution and world law. He cites compassion as motive and warns of three futures including universal tyranny or barbarism unless nations unite under a strong international government without war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertrand Russell
Russell
Russia
Monitor urged to tackle liquor ads and movie drink themes
The author critiques the Christian Science Monitor for editorializing about liquor ads and film depictions that tie success and sophistication to drinking. It argues the paper should investigate movie rights, social influence, and the impact on families, noting how matinees and westerns normalize alcohol in entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Monitor
Monitor
Isolationist Currents Split American Public Opinion
A study by Samuel Lubell cited in Klarer reads Westerners as the strongest isolationists, notably Russian Germans in North Dakota Nebraska and Kansas. He links their stance to memories of past wars and fears of foreign involvement, while noting political leverage in GOP appeal. The piece argues the paradox of invaders turned noninterventionists and warns against repeating history.
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Samuel Lubell
Office of War Mobilization
Mr. Lubell
Klarper
North Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Russia
Catherine the Great
America
Lubell
Hoover
Kennedy
Taft
Tehran
Yalta
Potsdam
West
Southern Newspapermen Short Course Held at FSU
In Tallahassee this spring Florida State University hosted the first annual Southern Newspapermen Short Course under its journalism department. Editors and publishers from Florida Georgia Alabama and Mississippi heard from J O Emmerich Ralph W Keller and Neil O Davis on local leadership the role of home town papers and the challenge of guiding communities through social issues.
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America
Tallahassee
Florida State University
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
J. O. Emmerich
McComb
Europe
Emmerich
Davis
Ees
South
Summertime Weather Notes Across Lake County
A weather diary for Lake County describes repeated, gentle rains and cool evenings after heat, with days varying from 72 to 88 degrees. It recalls Monday nights cooled by natural air, Tuesday sun and clouds, and a serene lake scenery along Route 19 near Mount Dora, Lakeland, and Tavares.
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Lake County
Florida
Lakeland
America
South Lake County
Mount Dora
Yellow lines and law in life and war
A Florida columnist argues that yellow road lines symbolize self restraint to prevent harm and links the idea to broader law and order. The piece notes a Gainesville murder case involving Orion Johnson and discusses a confession angle about communism, with Judge Adkins denying motions to strike. The article notes the case may go to Florida’s Supreme Court.
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Orion Johnson
Marion County
Edward Porter, Jr
Gainesville
Lake County
Jesse W. Hunter
A. Z. Adkins
Hunter
Adkins
Supreme Court of Florida
Groveland
United States Supreme Court
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Paul H. Reese
Mabel Norris
Mount Dove
Ae Habe
Dora
Hollywood
Tavares
Raine
Kiwanis
B.P.W
Frank Hadlock
St. Petersburg Times
W. Troy Hall, JR
Red Cross Chairman
Troy
Lady Dora
Leonard Barker
S. Orange Ave
Orlando
Chain Gang
Douglas Kennedy
Marjorie Lord
Donald O'Connor Carter
Ladd
Paramount Picture
Black Jack
Viveca Lindfors
Ezio Pinza
Janet Leigh
Pinza
Eustis TeLor
Florida Yi
Katie
F.B.1
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