Witty Gossip and World Bits From The City Scene
The column surveys a mix of pop culture items and political quips. It notes FDR/Hopkins references, a planned Central Park park picnic protest, real estate dip forecasts, film setbacks at Bellevue, a Nazi witness intimidation report, Truman money woes, rent politics, Broadway chatter, and assorted Manhattan vignettes including fashion and signage.
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James Farley
Robert B. Sherwood
Harry Hopkins
Funk and Wagnall
AVC
Centralpark
Mark Hellinger
Bellevue Morgue
Didjet
Germany
Moscow
U. S
Truman
Washington
Secrets from Nazi war archives fuel debate at Moscow talks
In a Washington brick building near the Capitol, a vast stash of German wartime patents, microfilms, blueprints, and chemical formulas is discussed at the Moscow conference. Secretary Marshall and Molotov differ on whether such data are reparations or U S property. Congress then cuts funding for the Commerce Department's technical services, threatening further microfilming. The NAM opposes the program arguing Germany’s secrets are accessible via trade journals.
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Washington
Capitol
Germany
Moscow
Marshall
Molotov
General Marshall
Congress
Representative Tabor
Appropriations Committee
Commerce Department
Office of Technical Services
National Association of Manufacturers
Household Memos: Simple Dishes For Summer Events
The note lists easy to carry dishes suitable for church and club events in warmer months. It prioritizes crowd appeal, portability, and compatibility with other served items, offering several strong main dish options from top community cooks.
Lynn Chambers Menu Highlights Simple Home Dishes
Lynn Chambers presents a menu featuring baked beans with hamburger relish rolls Dutch hot slaw and frozen fruit salad cookies and beverages. Recipes given.
Tornado warnings fade as volunteers face budget cuts
A wartime volunteer weather lookout system, crucial for warning farmers and rural communities of tornadoes, is deteriorating due to public apathy. Officials seek a small budget boost, but a nickel-nursing Congress denies funds, risking loss of a key safety service once run for morale and wartime protection.
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Derby
Newark
Betty Wilson
Weather Bureau
Congress
Bevin Bidault Plan to Draw Russia into Peace Talks
Washington notes reveal war fears behind Bevin Bidault push for a three way relief conference with Moscow The Vatican publicly warns Russia and the United States to seek peaceful cooperation amid Hungary’s crisis and WWII era tensions The piece discusses Truman Greece Turkey policy and fears of a larger conflict while highlighting Budapest arms activity and potential diplomatic moves at the United Nations
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Washington
Bevin-Bidault
Russia
Hungary
Vatican
United States
Exbrain
Adolph Berle
France
Balkans
Bevin
Bidault
Moscow
Stalin
Greece
Turkey
Danube
State Department
United Nations Assembly
Council
Eisenhower urges straight talk with Russians in frank remarks
In a colloquial remark, General Eisenhower compares dealing with the Russians to telling a wife a lie. He says a lie compounds and is better to tell the truth, urging directness in communication with the Soviet Union.
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Eisenhower
Gum chewing monkeys study links to mouth infections
Chomping macaques trained by the Food and Drug Administration test bubble gum brands to assess mouth infection reports in Louisiana and Colorado. The agency notes a few ill effects among the monkeys, suggesting consumers can continue chewing bubble gum with caution.
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Food and Drug Administration
Louisiana
Colorado
Food and Drug
Rescuing the West Senators Restore Western Reclamation Funds
Six senators from California Oregon Idaho Wyoming Arizona and New Hampshire helped restore reclamation and irrigation funding cut by the House. Senate aide Sen Styles Bridges defended limited spending but backed keeping the vital west program alive in a closed session before the vote.
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West Coast
Appropriations Committee
House
Knowlands
California
Cordon
Oregon
Dworshak
Idaho
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Hayden
Arizona
Senate
Styles. Bridges
New Hampshire
Appropriations
Bridges
Needlecraft Patterns: Elegant Dollies in Pineapple Design
Pattern 550 offers dollies with pineapple motifs and lace stitches. Price set at 20 cents. High demand and current conditions cause slight delays in some popular patterns. Names and addresses appear as a placeholder in the listing.
Quiz Teaser Answers: Houston to Cement Hydration Facts
A Manila-style Q and A lists Sam Houston as the former Tennessee governor. It says Egyptians worshipped the scarab beetle in tomb art. Old Faithful vents about 15,000 gallons per eruption. Liberty Bell lip is twelve feet around. Lightning bolts vary from hair-thin to five inches. US has four time zones Eastern Central Mountain Pacific. Longest railroad is the Trans-Siberian in Russia about 8,000 miles. Los Angeles is larger by land area at 452.2 vs 365.4 square miles. Fishes can see above water near shore when still. Cement hardens via chemical reaction under water as well.
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Tennessee
Yellowstone Park
United States
Los Angeles
New York
Sam Houston
Eastern
Central
Mountain and Pacific
Russia
Trans-Siberian Railroad
Balzac Misreads Handwriting, Calls Boy Slovenly
Balzac adores human nature and claims to read character in handwriting. An old woman shows a boy’s copybook and Balzac declares the child will never amount to anything. She reveals the note is Balzac’s own handwriting from youth, leaving him in confusion.
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Balzac
Gr Cat
Week of Saluting as Indian Princes Gather in Delhi
The Indian Chamber of Princes holds a Delhi meeting with 121 royal members greeted by gun salutes matching rank. Nearly 1,500 cannon shots are fired, a process stretching across a full week.
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India
Chamber of Princes
Delhi
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