Washington Digest on Atomic War and Look Pamphlet
A Washington gathering on atomic energy and a UN Commission on Atomic Energy loom as fears rise about atomic war. An anecdote recounts a scientist’s plans to prepare, then notes a Look magazine reprint titled Your Last Chance that spurred thousands to request free pamphlets, funded by donations to the National Committee on Atomic Information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations Commission On Atomic Energy
Institute
Washington
Look Magazine
National Committee On Atomic Information
Western Newspaper Union
Anunne-Wesweiss
Colorado’s hard work and wealth forged a new West
The piece recalls Colorado’s mining boom and the hard path to wealth. It notes three billion dollars in precious and industrial metals mined from granite and declares Colorado leaders in vanadium, uranium, molybdenum, and coal. It frames settlers as disciplined workers who built cities, factories, and infrastructure, transforming forests and plains into a developing economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
A. M. Cassedy
Florence
Oil Creek
Rangely
Rockies
Katherine Lee Bates
America the Beautiful
Barbs by Bankhag on spelling bees and radio poetry
The column mocks spelling bee culture and the idea of judging others. It notes 80 percent of fur goods in the United States come from New York and questions national worth. A jab at pride follows with a call to humility and a brief KKK caution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twentieth Century Fund
New York
Pikes Peak Gold Rush and Colorado's Pioneering Boom
The text chronicles the 1858 Colorado gold rush sparked by the cry of gold in the mountains and the mass migration to Pikes Peak. It recounts Auraria and Denver City's founding, early newspapers like the Rocky Mountain News, and the growth of irrigation, agriculture, and industry that followed, shaping Colorado's development from mining to farming and mills at Pueblo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Pikes Peak
America
Colorado Mountains
Texas
Georgia
W. Green Russell
South Platte
Auraria
Russell
Larimer
Cherry Creek
Denver City
Gengeames W. Denver
Sass
Kansas Territory
Denver
Omaha
Rocky Mountain News
Herald
Adoan
Great American Desert
Greeley
Old Union Colony
Wrigt
South Platte Basin
Fort Collins
Sterling
Julesburg
Arkansas River
Canon City
Rocky
Ford
Lamar
Kansas Line
San Luis Valley
Timberline
Pueblo
Pittsburgh
Journalistic Tales From War and History
A collection of anecdotes about war correspondents and editors from INS chief J C Oes treicher to Floyd Gibbons and James Watson Webb. It recalls bluster and clever retorts, Bible legends, pranks in journalism, political clash over newscasters, and a 19th century bold interview with a prostitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Watson Webb
Lincoln
Webb _ssi
J. W. Webb
Floyd Gibbons
China
Gibbons
Floyd
Cathay Hotel
Shanghai
Gems of Thought PPRIENDSHIP Quote Collection
A collection of aphorisms and quotes from Aristotle Euripides Emerson and George Eliot highlighting friendship prudence wonder and the balance of mind and heart in leadership. The text presents a playful misprint in PPRIENDSHIP and a philosophical motif across authors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aristotle
Euripides
George Eliot
Emerson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington Digest
Backhage
United Nations
Sam
Uncle Sam
Senator Claghorn
Chesapeake and Ohio
Cripple Creek
Leadville
Central City
Creede
Winfield Scott Stratton
H A. W Tabor
Garden of Eden
Colorado Rockies
Brighton
Snow Mass Lake
Haggerman Peak
Glenwood Springs
Bankhag
KKK
Edward Emerine
Win
John C. Vivian
Gow
Jom C. Vivian
Golden
Colo
University of Denver
INS Foreign News
J. C. Oestreicher
Johnny Florea
Unterstitzen
Bleiweis
Florea
Berlin
Congress
Henry Clay
Flying Fortress
Robert Turner
Lexington
Germany
Turner
Ross Neal
Lebanon
Tenn
Neal
American Bible Society
John Barrymore
John
Sam Mellor
Fdr
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Salt Lake Desk Exchange
West Broadway
Salt Lake City
Utah
Richio Eae
U. S
Colorados Hatchery
Denver, Cole
Wiite
Thomas W Ross
M. D
Eldu
Portland, Ore
Alyoy
O'Sullivan
Comfort
Ana Sole
TCC
le Tae A It Corp Incorporated
Lourselie
Kentucky
WNU
Bidneya
DIN
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