Truman Unity Push Faces Budget and draft doubts
A Western Newspaper Union analysis notes President Truman touts congressional cooperation despite three major setbacks on rent controls defense post and civil rights. It discusses a possible veterans pension plan costing about 125 billion over 50 years and notes draft policy uncertainty as voluntary enlistments meet quotas.
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Truman
Congress
Mon C. Walgren
United States Conference of Mayors
Washington
81St
John Rankin
Miss
House
Veteran's Affairs Committee
Budget Bureau
John E. Dahlquist
Army
National Defense Establishment
Dahlquist
Pact and Rent Control Debate Across U S Politics
The piece outlines Western reactions to the North Atlantic Pact with Soviet propaganda condemning it as wartime deception. It notes Dulles’ misgivings and Acheson’s rebuke over Dewey’s defeat. It also discusses rent control rollback as senate votes enable local abolition pending governor approval and the political dangers for landlords and tenants alike.
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Kremlin
United Nations
United States
Britain
France
John Foster Dulles
Dewey
Dulles
Dean Acheson
Senate
Washington
Bil
House
Ex-Nazi Officials Aim to Rebuild Germany’s Power
The article notes American policy allowing ex Nazis to manage Ruhr Germany wealth and warns of a revival of old diplomatic networks. Hans Thomsen, last Nazi chargé d affaires in Washington, predicts veteran Hitler diplomats will resume careers in the “new Germany” while exfiltrants push to restore Wilhelmstrasse influence in Hamburg.
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Germany
Ruhr
Hans Thomsen
Washington
Thomsen
Wilhelmstrasse
Hamburg
Swallows Return on St Joseph Day at San Juan Capistrano
The swallows fulfilled their yearly legend returning to Capistrano on St Joseph's Day with small groups at dawn. Father Hutchinson notes they depart in July to feed in nearby canyons.
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Capistrano
San Juan Capistrano
St. Joseph’s Day
St. Joseph’s
Father Hutchinson
Truman swims in Florida photos sparked by wife censoring
President Truman revealed that confiscated swimming photos were not political censorship but his wife Mrs. Bess Truman objecting to him appearing in bathing trunks. The incident centered on domestic privacy rather than policy or scandal.
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Harry S Truman
Florida
Mr Truman
Bess Truman
Coal Operators and Miners Weigh Lewis Campaign Moves
John L. Lewis led a two week stop work in a memorial to miners killed and hurt. Coal operators and coal consumers watched for the next strategic step in his campaign.
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United States Senate
James Boyd
Federal Bureau of Mines
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Boyd
Senate
Lewis
Congress
Burglar Calls Police After Staging Own Break-In
Fletcher 23 burglarized a filling station in Champaign then called sheriff and police to arrest him. He waited outside and unlocked the door, saying he was angry at finding nothing worth stealing.
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Champaign
St. Carl Fletcher
Fletcher
What This Country Needs Most Boola Boola Boys
An editorial extols the need for formal training in cooking, menu planning, restaurant operation, and hotel management. It cites Yale linked GI schools, mocks apprentice cooks, and urges Harvard and Princeton to join, while noting a humorous aside about a Florida horse race and a/Hialeah Indians day at the track.
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G. I
Yale
Miami
Shadda Haddim
Florida
Arguin
Skinner
Hallmark Playhouse director praised for strong actor work
D Engelbach producer director of CBS Hallmark Playhouse earns praise from Joan Fontaine Irene Dunne and Gregory Peck for bringing out strong performances. Fontain directs Random Harvest. Peck declined Lincoln then played The Prairie Years under Engelbach. Also note TV stars Willard Waterman and Betty Gerson moving into film with Republic and a March of Time travelogue on vacations.
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Engelbach
CBS
Hallmark Playhouse
Joan Fontaine
Irene Dunne
Gregory Peck
Miss Fontaine
Random Harvest
Playhouse
Peck
Hollywood
the Guiding Light
Willard Waterman
Ray Brandon
Bing Crosby
Betty Gerson
Republic
Prize Winner Thrown By Muted Victory Hints
Andy laments losing prize money to rival Robert Amherst after a radio program announces the contest winners. A telegram arrives as Helen consoles him, and the couple reflects on the prank and wedding plans.
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Andy
Helen
Crossword Puzzle Clues Mixed as Alphabet Soup
A list of crossword hints includes front of a boat snow shoes thick cord penitential season muffied became liable to chief god Babylon having a handle kingdom NW Europe tantalum symbol mysterious obnoxious plant fascinate endures absorbed in thought fly aloft mulberry raged clay like hewing tool Mohammedan bible an toinette gains covers with ink alcoholic drink Orient register adried plum large round rooms open poet marry lark pig pen pull knows meaning 1/1000 Scottish live sch Indian Peru scotch river keel billed speak stum melody cuckoo peruses chest amarket fortify to the identification marks clatter slight depressions exclamation used to frighten.
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Kingdom
Europe
Orient
Peru
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