Postwar inflation threat and lend-lease pressures noted
Analysis warns that uncontrolled postwar inflation could cripple the nation as reconversion drags on. It cites remaining lend-lease funds, UNRRA flows, and foreign gold to total about 58 billion dollars for peacetime needs, urging Congress to act to curb home demand and rationing. England faces a grave postwar crisis needing long term credits for tools and materials. The piece laments the loss of the trusty jalopy signaling broader wartime to peacetime transition challenges.
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Europe
Lawrence Sullivan
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Italy
Japan
France
Belgium
Holland
European
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Congress
Emperor Hirohito and the Western Voyage Recalled
A writer reflects on Hirohito then crown prince visiting the West, with Renzo Sawada as escort. The piece notes Japanese reverence, Shinto roots, and the prince's defiant subway ride in Paris, alongside political mentions of 1946 elections and figures like O Connor Curran and O Dwyer.
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Japan
Renzo Sawada
Hirohito
Sawada
Tokyo
Imperial Council of Education
Tenno
Heavenly Isles
London
Paris
Metro
John J. O'Connor
Christian Front
William O’dwyer
Edward Curran
O'Dwyer
Brooklyn
Army Hospital
Puerto Rico
L. W. Robert Firm
Atlanta
Democratic National Committee
Nizer Ex-Rays a Columnist By Louis Nizer
A satirical column by Louis Nizer lists traits of a great columnist. He jokes a columnist needs humor flair, a sharp pin striped persona, and quotes playful lines about alimony sex magazines debt and nuptial feelings.
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America
Columnist crafts biting stage critique with sharp wit
A columnist and critic delivers a brisk assessment of a current play, wielding pointed humor to expose pretentious dialogue and stagecraft. The piece blends cultural observation with a searing punch line that lands like a controlled, theatrical effect.
A columnist must be a lexicographer and ironist
A collection of aphoristic character sketches defining a columnist as a lexicographer who invents words and as an ironist who wields sharp insult. It blends simple wisdom with witty paradoxes, offering examples about religion, politics, gender, and society. The voice favors concise, surprising statements.
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Germany
Lincoln
Reporter Reveals Secret Gas Threats in Nazi Lab
Army scouts a potent new secret gas in a German chemical lab. The lab chief says Hitler faltered, fearing U S Chemical Warfare Division with even more deadly gases and greater stocks. The disclosure highlights hidden wartime threats and caution about escalation.
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Hitler
Chemical Warfare Division
United States Army
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