New Yorkers Converse On Politics Fashion and Showbiz
A collage of society notes cites Ed Flynn’s autobiography bragging about a long office tenure, fashion items from Waldorf maitre d to Pershing kin, and Governor Dewey’s tax move against discriminatory schools. Other items note Maj. Gen. Hershey’s plans, West Coast cinema bids, Kerry Blue pups, a Rolls Royce secretary, Nancy Oakes’s Tokyo Street mansion, Mayer’s racing bets, and cultural jabs at Truman and De Maupassant.
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Ed Flynn
Wallace
Bronx
Thurman
George
the Waldorf
Gen
J. J. Pershing
Dewey
New York State
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Cook
Windsor
Barney Baruch
Nancy Oakes
Tokyo Street
Mexico City
MG Magnate
L. B. Mayer
Ultra hush hush mission to Saudi Arabia training Arab air force
A covert group of about 200 American officers and sergeants has departed for Saudi Arabia to train an Arab air force and re equip abandoned U S air fields. The trip follows a pipeline concession deal with King Ibn Saud and involved careful selection and Arabic language and espionage training. The route and details are being kept secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saudi- Arabia
Arabia
U S
Ibn Saud
Washington
New York
Miami
Paris
Germany
Greece
Bridges Attacks Truman Civil Rights Mention in Jackson Day
GOP Senator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire comments to colleagues criticizing President Truman for not mentioning civil rights in the Jackson Day speech. Bridges says Democrats are haunted by the past befuddled by the present and terrified by the Henry Wallace future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Truman
Bridges
Henry Wallace
Red Circle Targets Italy in April Elections
The piece warns of a Soviet backed effort in Italy timed for April 18 to swing 40 percent of ballots, crush other parties from the cabinet, and seize control. It reports a secret 250000 strong Red battalion in northern Italy with Yugoslavs, plus heavy Soviet spending to subsidize labor leaders while American propaganda funds were cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Congress
Army Navy Water Transportation Merger Sets Unification Path
The army holds 2,953 vessels, 300 more than the navy under current fleet totals. The air force operates 850 vessels, boosting overall military watercraft capacity as unification progresses.
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Army Navy
Army
Navy
Air Force
Truman Faces Shifted Support Over Possible Second Run
The article outlines a change in stance surrounding Harry S Truman's potential bid for a second term. Early in his presidency he preferred returning to the Senate, but political leaders now fear his persistence. Southern leaders and figures like Bob Hannegan Ed Flynn and Tom Pendergast express concerns about a Truman rerun.
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Harry Truman
White House
Missouri
Truman
Mr. Truman
Bob Hannegan
Ed Flynn
Bronx
Chicago
Chicago Convention, Also Is Convinced That Mr. Truman
Tom Pendergast
Ed Pauley
Gen
Wallace Graham
Pub. He
Garden of the Gods hosts 28th Easter Sunrise Service
The Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs sets the stage for the 28th Easter sunrise service attracting about 30 000 worshipers. Rev Thomas Dick Jr delivers the sermon "The constellation of ideas" as the event airs coast to coast on radio from KVOR.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Colorado
Pikes Peak
Thomas Dick Jr
Mr. Dick
Rocky Mountains
Frank Gilles
National Choral Society
Bernard Vessey
Vessey
Verda Lawrie
Maniton
Manitou
Holy Mount
Canada
Mexico
Colorado Springs Garden of the Gods
A. W. Luce
First Christian Church
Garden of the Gods
Jesus
S. Parkes Cadman
Jerusalem
Charles E. Perkins
Eastern Railroad
Herald Tribune scrutinized for Communist links and bias
Critics say the Herald Tribune has shifted from a Republican backbone to a regime of favorable coverage for Communists and allies. The piece highlights editorials and theater ties to Garson Kanin and Donald Ogden Stewart, plus links to Carlo Marzani and a questionable wartime network.
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New York Herald Tribune
Republican Party
Joe Davies
Moscow
Joe Barnes
The
Herald Tribune
Barnes
Howard Barnes
Joe
Garson Kanin
New Republic
Henry Wallace
Kanin
Free Enterprise
U. S. Congress
Donald Ogden Stewart
Hollywood
Stalin
Stewart
Daily Worker
Marshall Field
Washington
Carlo Aldo Marzani
State Department
Marzani
Golf stars clash over color and swing in season preview
The piece surveys top players Ben Hogan Bobby Locke Jimmy Demaret Sam Snead and others as golf forecasts the 1940s season. It notes Sneads strong gallery appeal and discusses shared advice from pros on swinging every club and avoiding stabby putting while recounting Rocky Grazianos wartime desertion and its punchy debate.
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Ben Hogan
Lloyd Mangrum
Bobby Locke
Dutch Harrison
Jimmy Demaret
Sammy Snead
Skip
Snead
Hogan
Demaret
Locke
Ruth
Dempsey
Florida
Carolinas
Augusta
Horton Smith
San Antonio
Sammy
Court Levies Fines On Installments
Denver judges Hubert Henry and Frank Hickey introduced an easy payment plan for municipal court fines. In one month the program collected over $1,800, preventing jail terms, with credit-like approval based on financial status and repayment progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Baok
Hubert Henry
Frank Hickey
One Legged Vet Joins Worcester Fire Department
Frank A Reno, 32, serves full time with the Worcester fire department in Worcester Massachusetts. A father of two, he was appointed while in France with the army and later lost his left leg. After Civil Service clearance he became operator of the fire alarm telegraph system.
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Worcester
Mass
Frank A Reno
Worcester Fire Department
Reno
France
Civil Service Department
War hero repays Belgian debt with bedsheets
Winchester Massachusetts Colonel John Hanson presents 24 Hemroulle villagers with bedsheets to thank them for supplying camouflaged sheets for 502nd parachute infantry during the 1944 battle. Each sheet bears a Winchester donor name. More than 600 sheets were also given to Bastogne old peoples home.
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Winchester
Mass
John Hanson
Hemroulle
Belgium
Hanson
Lves
502Nd Parachute Infantry
Bastogne
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Man About Town
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Fdr
Roosevelt
Intelligentsia
DeMaupassant
Doubleday
Lydia O’leary
Little, Brown
Tris Coffin
McGrath
Broadway
Wallingford
Stude
Irl
Wint Berman
Wint
Manhattan
Patrick’s Bells
Sth Avenue
Amsterdam
Park Avenue
Collie
Christopher Morley
Miss Libby
Publisher's Weekly
Russell Janney
Leo Durocher
Dodgers
Joe DiMaggio
U. 58
Saudi-Arabia
Nature’s
Christ
Westbrook Pegler
WNV Features
Aarzani
Rocky Graziano
Graziano
Unusu
Sewing Circle
South Wells St
Soretone Liniment
Arene
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pumrham
Dean
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