GOP Tries to Face Facts as Changes Loom in 1950s
Washington commentary argues the Republican Party faces internal splits over liberal and conservative wings. It cites Tom Dewey and Senator Taft shaping policy toward social programs, unemployment insurance, and education while debating federal role versus private enterprise.
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Sylvia
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Republican Party
Taft
Senate
England
Furst
GOP
Congress Proposes Controls to Curb Wages Prices Health Plan
Weekly analysis notes Truman administration seeks price ceilings and a six man wage board. It argues political timing and shifting price trends may nullify wage hike aims while civil rights tax changes and Taft Hartley repeal face tough resistance in Congress.
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Congress
Washington
Truman
Doctors Propose Federal Health Department Plan
A plan from the American Medical Association urges creating a federal department of health with cabinet status to promote welfare and fund medical education. It envisions rapid development of diagnostic facilities, health centers, local public health units, and integrated care, but risks remaining vague about socialized medicine and immediate care needs.
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American Medical Association
Board of Trustees
Department of Health
Truman
Mercy Train Arrives in Kentucky with Formalities
Gov Earle Clements greets the French Merc train in Frankfort and shares a cordial kiss on the cheek with French representative Andre Picard. Picard receives a Kentucky colonel commission in a ceremonial display.
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Kentucky
Earle Clements
Frankfort
Andre Picard
Clements
Picard
Defense Pact and the Gilded Lily Debate
The article questions the North Atlantic security pact amid U S constitutional war powers. Senator Vandenberg suggests congress would decide armed action while the pact merely signals a community of interest to deter World War III. Critics note past wars show fear as unreliable security.
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Washington
Congress
Vandenburg
Foreign Affairs Committee
Vandenberg
United States
Senate
State Department
Connally
U. S
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Germany
Lusitania
Longevity Path Seen For 1027 Notion For Rugged Few
A New Jersey woman aged 1027 credits vitality to exercise and fresh air. At her 102nd birthday she described the party as wonderful and said walking two miles daily keeps her in good health. She urged consulting a doctor if a centenarian cannot walk two miles.
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Westerfield
N. J
Katherine G Lyon
Eisenhower warns of creeping dictatorship in U S
General Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke at Columbia College forum on democracy cautioning that democracy could face a gradual bureaucratic dictatorship here at home. He described centralized government and a surrender of citizen responsibility as a path to eventual control by a vast bureaucracy.
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Columbia College Forum
United States
Dwight D
Ike” Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Ike
U. S
Nylon Stockings Fall Apart in Mystery Southern Event
In Jacksonville Florida and other cities a strange disruption tore nylon stockings. Women awoke to stockings disintegrating on their legs as soot acids allegedly attacked stocking threads. Experts cite acid bearing soot from coal fires as the cause with similar incidents reported in Washington Chicago Nashville and Minneapolis.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Health Department
Wilmington
Del
Washington
Chicago
Nashville
Minneapolis
Metals Could Be Strengthened Five To Ten Times
Dr. J. H. Holloman of General Electric laboratory says metals can be made five to ten times stronger. Metals consist of tiny grains and cracks begin at high temperatures along grain boundaries. Preventing these cracks is key to strengthening metals.
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J. H. Holloman
General Electric Research Laboratory
Critics Clash Over Axis Sally and War Propaganda
A Washington desk report debunks claims tying Walter Winchell to Axis Sally and denounces Nazi broadcasts and propaganda. The piece attacks Stalinist peace talk, cites Foreign Affairs, notes Walter Gieseking’s Carnegie Hall exit amid protests, and condemns Peronist propaganda and Civil Rights Congress disruption.
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International News Service
Washington
Axis
Sally
America
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