Truman cools toward press in Bermuda trip clash
Postwar press rift grows as Truman turns aloof after off the record leaks. A Hard Rock club reunion and Time magazine account trigger distrust. he limits questions aboard the Williamsburg and chastises reporters. Byrnes Germany plan deepens Soviet distrust amid Molotov flight to Moscow and Polish Silesia rumors.
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Washington
Truman
Bermuda
Williamsburg
Chester Bowles
OPA
Time Magazine
Edward Lockett
Time
Lockett
Chicago Sun
Tom Reynolds
Charlie Ross
Rhode Island
Theodore Green
Molotov
Moscow
Poland
Russia
Silesia
Germany
Byrnes
Byrnes-Truman
Washington Digest Sees Surplus Scrutiny in Wartime Assets
Washington Democrats split over handling the War Assets Administration surplus. Critics urge full airing of disposal errors including the Geneva Utah steel plant sale to U S Steel, and calls for reform of the WAA with civilian leadership and tighter anti monopoly rules. The piece also notes seniority rules threaten liberal chairmanships and strengthen southern control in the next Congress.
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Washington
D. C
War Assets Administration
White House
Mead Committee On
Geneva
Utah
United States Steel Corporation
Colorado Fuel and Iron Corporation
Rockies
Chenoweth
Colorado
Small Business Committee
Murray
Army Aims for 1946 Backfield Power Despite Recruiting Pressure
Red Blaik asserts Army's backfield strength with Blanchard Davis McWilliams and Tucker as 1946 key players. He notes strong lines and centers, discusses McWilliams' Mississippi State transfer issue decided by his own choice, and warns college payoffs may endanger amateur athletics, predicting Army may field the best backfield yet but faces recruiting temptations.
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Blair
Army
Auch
Atre Dame
Michigan
Duke
Cornell
Columbia
Pennsylvania
Navy
Red Blaik
Blanchard
Davis
McWilliams
Tucker
Fuson
Poole
Feldberg
Young Tucker
Shorty McWilliams
McKean
Mississippi State
West Point
Mississippi
Annapolis
O. K
Tough Year for Army Faces Big Rival Tests
Blaik cites 1943 as a benchmark year, Notre Dame led by Frank Lahey with veterans, and Navy under Tom Hamilton posing tough challenges. West Point coach says few players have known defeat, aiming for resilience unless injuries strike, while AD Biff Jones jokes about massive crowds for key games.
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Blaik
Frank Lahey
Notre Dame
Pennsylvania
Navy
Tom Hamilton
Red
West Point
Biff Jones
Michigan
Coee
Not the Girls but the Parents Train Them to Be Strong
A father writes in distress about his three daughters, now 24, 24, and 22, each with marriages, divorces, and financial strains. He laments alimony, housing shortages, and conflicting loyalties as his wife and he host their daughters and grandchildren. The letter urges accountability on parents for raising steadfast partners and warns that divorce is not a painless exit.
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Aluminum Company of America
Stuart Symington
Egypt
WAA
Robert Littlejohn
la Follette
Congress
Democratic Party
Senator la Follette
Senate
Walsh
Massachusetts
Wagner
New York
Paul McAllister
Fran
Phil
Barbara
Dain
Eleanor
Ross
Arizona
Paul
Elsie
Herb
Baltimore
Barbs by Bankhage
The water-wagon is one of the few conveyances which is easier to get off of than on to. I have no more use for these modernistic chairs than a toad for a toadstool.
Parents Fail to Hold Daughters in Failing Marriages
A perplexed father recounts how three daughters, all divorced and return home with their babies, strain a large family home. Miss Norris suggests fault lies with both parents and that enduring marriage requires early seriousness about its trials and responsibilities.
Margaret Truman Plans Opera Career Under Pseudonym
Margaret Truman daughter of the President has decided to pursue music as a profession after six years of study with no public performances. She is likely to pursue an operatic and concert career using the name Margaret Wallace, her mother’s family name, and will rely on her own merit.
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Margaret Truman
Margaret
White House
Margaret Wallace
Bedside Tables Of Orange Crates
A short ad describes using orange crates as bedside tables or cupboards with green and white decor. It notes rough wood needing covering and offers crates for sale at 9%? 15 cents each postpaid and invites direct orders.
Culinary Tips From an Old Wartime Manual
Steam a little finely chopped onion in butter until tender and yellow then add to mashed potatoes for extra flavor. To keep putty moist place it in a glass container and fill with water. When basting thread a long thin darning needle to take up more material at a time. Throwing salt on live coals helps remove soot from the chimney.
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Jimmy Byrnes
United States
Great Britain
Donald McGregor
Houston
Tex
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Philadelphia
G.i.s
Hollywood Canteen
Los Angeles Zoning Commission
Vinson
Supreme Court
Washington Digest
Sanatain News
WNU Service
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D. C
Doc Blanchard
By Kathleen Norris
Lal
Bankhage
Water
Heidelberg
Kathleen Norris
Miss Norris
Norris
Ruth Wyeth
Bedford Hills
MILES
Ee Wales
Alka-Seltzer
Miles Laboratories, Inc
Elkhart
Ind
Mitaaitt
Hanford
Pega Ban Prada
Sean Sapern
C. Hanford Mfg. CO
N.Y
SM Neuritis
McNeil
Bo Pinkham
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