Midtown Vignette and Broadway Buzz From Late Night Pages
A collage of celebrity sightings and entertainment notes from The Big Town. James Farley studies new dimes in a rail diner. John Payne dines solo in the Cub room. Henry Fonda dodges photographers at Mr. Roberts. Babs of the era, Marion Davies, and a Lux exchange tease New York glamour.
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James Farley
Morton Downey
Sean
John Payne
The
Magic Lanterns
Henry Fonda
Mr. Roberts
The Iron Curtain Tensions and Soviet War Preparations Rise
Reports from behind the iron curtain claim Moscow orders mass Czech barracks clearance for rapid Soviet troop use near the American zone. Signs point to deployments, new air bases, and a purge of dissidents as Moscow signals a possible showdown with the West.
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Kremlin
The Impending Battle of Politics as Theater
A witty compare and contrast of the 1948 presidential race as theater, noting Truman and Barkley versus Dewey and Warren with showbiz metaphors. Critics joke about script rewrites by Hammerstein and Berlin Rogers, while public sentiment sways like a road tour's reception. Truman emerges dignified and appealing, amid misreadings and backstage antics.
The Candidate Faces a Banking Scandal and Shifting Politics
A New Jersey judge and bank VP is arrested for stealing $637,000 from the bank and transferring funds to a stronger institution. He claims it was easy to lose $6,000 weekly on horses, naming his era of risky bets as his defense amid changing Republican fortunes and political winds.
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Robert Best
United States
Normandie
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
Best
Hitler
Main Street
Arlington
Nuremburg
Alcatraz
New Jersey
Frisk
Cheek
Vanishing Americanisms and Recipe Fragments
Readable excerpts show political banter about Democrats and a golf star Eddie Arcaro with a 64. Also included are recipe fragments for Shrimp Sandwiches Chicken-Ham Sandwiches and a Lynn salad tip with cucumber and salmon ideas.
Reason for Worry Over Price Controls Debate 1946
Two years after Congress backed price control sabotage in July 1946 the official gap between controlled and noncontrolled prices widens. Meat up 191 percent since May 15 1946 rents under control rose 17.6 percent gas and electricity regulated locally up 2 percent general food prices up 214.1 percent versus the 1935 39 average.
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Congress
Truman hears dramatic Berlin talk from James Patton
President Truman received a provocative suggestion from James Patton of the National Farmers Union urging a dramatic move on Berlin. Patton asked how near to war the nation stood and pressed for nonwar solutions while noting ongoing farm price supports and needs like soil conservation and rural electricity.
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Berlin
James Patton
National Farmers Union
Rocky Mountain
Stalin
Jim
Patton
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UN Air Bases Plan Reemerges For Global Peace Enforcement
Pentagon planners revive a 1942 proposal to establish about 56 UN bases worldwide under an international security force. The idea argues that joint operation would deter aggression, with even major powers unlikely to attack if nations collectively manage the bases.
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Pentagon
United Nations
Air Corps
Russia
Picnic Menu and Deviled Eggs Recipes and Fruit Ideas
Lynn Chambers shares a picnic menu featuring ham and vegetable sandwiches along with deviled eggs, tomatoes, chips, grapes or watermelon and lemonade or milk. She provides a deviled eggs recipe, seasonal fruit suggestions, and easy cookies with mincemeat, plus serving tips for melons and creative salad ideas.
Wallace Taylor Progressives seen as Communist front
Philadelphia's Progressive party convention, ratifying Henry Wallace and Glen Taylor, is portrayed as a Communist-front spectacle rather than a serious political event. Critics note ADA opposition, former New Deal ties, and foreign-backed rhetoric, while Wallace and Taylor receive informal support from foreign observers amid bannered overlooks on Broad Street.
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