Party Split Splits Like A Political Showdown
BAUKHAGE reflects on four year party splits and the mixed impact of Southern Democrats, Negro voters, and Wallace’s third party potential. Morse criticizes party leadership while Republicans hope Wallace weakens the other side. Splits remain entertaining but potentially influential in shaping votes.
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Baukhage
Congress
Adeline
White House
North
South
Missouri
Mason-Dixon
Sweet Adeline
Henry Wallace
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Morse
Wallace
Truman
Senator Morse
Progressive Magazine
Teddy Roosevelt
Inside Information and Washington Market Schemes
The piece recalls rumors of officials using government ties to trade on inside information. It contrasts a charged atmosphere in politics with past leaks scandals involving a publicity man and a newspaper reporter. The narrator reflects on ethics and the folly of believing public figures would exploit such information.
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Washington
White House
Ths
Red tide swells as Czechoslovakia falls to Communists
The article details the rapid Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia, with Klement Gottwald as premier and Vaclav Nosek controlling police. It notes President Benes resignations, the new multi-party facade, and Prague’s night radio alarm. It also links the coup to fears for the Marshall Plan and neighboring countries. It ends with a sweep of related political tensions and a separate oil fuel shortage affecting poultry production in the Midwest.
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Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Klement Gottwald
Gottwald
Vaclav Nosek
Nosek
Benes
National Front
Czechoslovak Republic
Catholic Peoples Party
Jan Masaryk
Ludwig Svoboda
Prague
Hitler
Munich
Austria
France
Italy
Finland
Russia
Midwest
Iowa
Northwest
Ilinois
Indiana
Fearful Hoof and Mouth Disease Shadowing U S Livestock
Cattle hog and sheep growers in the United States fear hoof and mouth disease spreading from Mexico after months of decimation. A Chicago session saw a joint committee urge Secretary Clinton Anderson to renew eradiation efforts, renegotiate with Mexican officials on slaughter and burial plans, build a 250 mile fence along the quarantine line, and establish new beef canning plants in northern Mexico while continuing current plants.
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Mexico
U. S
Chicago
Clinton Anderson
Following MacArthur Trail Reporter Heads to Asia
Douglass M. Allen Jr of the Cincinnati Times-Star leaves for Australia in January to trace General MacArthur’s northward advance from Australia to the Philippines. He plans Korea and Japan by mid-April, probing incidents shrouded by wartime censorship and possibly new details on the Hollandia mansion built by the Seabees.
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Cincinnati Times-Star
Taft
Australia
General MacArthur
Philippines
Douglass M. Allen Jr
Korea
Japan
Pacific
Feland
Allen
MacArthur
Seabees
Hollandia
New Guinea
Navy
Philadelphia
Walter Winchell on Bridges and a new left wing unionism
Walter Winchell reports Harry Bridges preparing a sensational statement on a new left line in unionism possibly leading to dual trade unionism and a split from the CIO. He cites secret talks among European powers on Africa and notes shifting presidential strategies including Vandenberg’s one term pledge and Rayburn’s vice presidency bid to bridge party splits.
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Harry Bridges
Bridges
Mexico
South America
Vandenberg
Rayburn
Babe Ruth in a 1920 film Headin Home debut described
Westbrook Pegler recollects Babe Ruth on the set of Headin Home in 1920. Ruth faced a Broadway actor Scher as the villain and struggled to hit during filming while the era’s silent dialogue relied on muttered lines about business. The piece notes Ruth’s acting debut and the era’s cinema process.
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Babe Ruth
Bob Considine
Ruth
Scher
Weddings Replace World Tension In Rockefeller Era Tone
The piece argues that the marriages of H. J. Phillips Cinderella Winthrop and Rockefeller heirs shift global mood. It credits the unions with lifting democracy and easing inflation fears while contrasting Western zest with Moscow’s crackdown on composers and a wary Kremlin.
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Philip
Elizabeth
Winthrop
Eva
Seaway Plan Threatens Rail, Steel and Power Industries
Walter Shead reports the St Lawrence Seaway debate centers on railroads and steel, with the coal industry at risk. Engineers warn Midwest iron ore reserves will exhaust in 5 to 30 years unless low grade ore is processed, prompting options to ship ore from Labrador or relocate plants. A byproduct of about 2,200,000 horsepower of cheap electricity could follow if the Seaway proceeds.
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St. Lawrence Seaway
Senate
Canada
Middlewest
Pittsburgh
Gary
Ind
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
Labrador
South America
Midwest
Prices Deflate as Consumer Resistance Bites Back
A Northwestern National Life Insurance analysis notes that rising supply and fading demand push prices down across items from poultry to radios. The report says when consumers balk at higher costs, manufacturers and retailers curb prices, triggering a downward spiral as demand and spending shrink.
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Family Economics Bureau
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Inflation Blames Government For Rising Prices Says Wright Patterson
A historical commentary argues that inflation stems from legislative and administrative government decisions rather than labor or industry. It claims wage demands, vendor markups, and farmer price hikes all feed inflation, with war costs and Depression-era boondoggling blamed as the underlying fault.
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