Broadway Piffle and City Lights in Quick Sights
The column surveys Broadway shop displays near 58th Street and 5th Avenue, noting Kayser shop windows and Arthur Murray dolls, plus a wide swirl of New York nightlife, theater chatter, Parisian Lily Pons, and political talk about Curley and Eisenhower, with urban vignettes of radio eateries and famed book displays.
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Broadway
Kayser Shop
Arthur Murray
Curley
Radio City
Broadway Haberdashery
Elmer Ivey
Treasury
Huey Long
Huey
T-men
Wallace opts to stay with Democrats in 1948 race
Henry Wallace decides not to lead a third party in 1948 after a survey shows slim chances of victory and broader liberal reforms within the Democratic party. He will remain in the Democratic fold while weighing support for Truman. aides privately doubt Truman’s reelection prospects against any Republican nominee.
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Henry Wallace
Wallace
Mr. Truman
MacArthur Return Plans Stir Conflicting Campaign Talk
Rep. W Sterling Cole discusses MacArthur’s Philippines trip and a possible heroic 100 days before the conven tion. Harding jokes about jobs for Democrats on Cole’s farm as they ponder MacArthur’s return and a renewed battle to determine who left the Philippines first. The piece notes postwar rules aim for equal graves irrespective of rank, though old traditions linger at the grave edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rep
W. Sterling Cole
Bath
N. Y
Philippines
Vic Harding
Democratic Congressional Committee
General MacArthur
Harding
New York
MacArthur
Washington
Wainwright
Budget Meat Cuts For Meals This Season
Budget minded homemakers eye meat buys as prices rise with many cuts considered economical. Recipes include Liver Rice Cakes Barbecued Lamb Breast Creole Pot Roast Swiss Steak Rice Beef Balls and more using leftovers creatively.
Inflation debates loom as 200 billion income goal eyed
Western Newspaper Union reports sharply divided views on a possible 200 billion dollar national income, with New Deal backers arguing for higher spending and inflation risks, while opponents warn of demand decay and debt pressures. The piece cites Truman notes, debt taxability, and cautions against escapist economic reasoning as labor groups clash over Taft Hartley implications.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Graphic Arts League
Baltimore
AFL International Typographical Union
Baltimore Union No. 12
National Labor Relations Board
ITU
Woodruff Randolph
NLAP
AFL
Marshall Shuns Regular Press Conferences
Washington reports General Marshall as secretary of state has halted daily press briefings. The undersecretary Bob Lovett ordered a blackout, mystifying the issues. The piece contrasts Marshall with Hughes Kellogg Stimson Hull Byrnes and notes reduced public access to diplomacy.
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Washington
Marshall
Bob Lovett
Charles Evans Hughes
Frank B. Kellogg
Henry L. Stimson
Cordell Hull
Hull
Jimmie Byrnes
Flying High Air Corps Roars With Enlistment Interest
The air forces, quiet to rivals, face a flood of applications from former army navy and marine officers seeking enlisted air corps status. More than 24 000 applications arrive from ranks up to Navy captain and Army colonel. Qualified applicants receive ranks from corporal to master sergeant. Enlistments surge yet the air corps remains short 67000 enlisted men.
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Army
Navy
Marine
Air Corps
Beauty Touches For Vegetables And Carrot Curls
Curl raw carrots with a potato peeler and form spirals. Chill the curls in icy water for thirty minutes to set their shape. While ham cooks, nestle corn or green beans in the dripping pan to absorb the meat juices for richer flavor.
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Via
Dwight Eisenhower
Taft
Columbia
West Point
Churchill
Mags
F.D.R
Ed Flynn
Harvard
Ben Hecht
Hep
Big
Frank
Variety
Scully
Doubleday Book Emporium
U.S.A
Harry Truman
Secret Service
Stalin
U. N
Vishinsky
Rita Hayworth
Joan Crawford
Dainois
Louise
Madison
Dave
Mercury
Vaudevillien
Gazelle
Billy Kenny
England
U. S
5Th Avenue
Nuernberg
City of
Hunter College
Musta
Florence White
Mermaid Room
Medicos
Joan Leslie
Lily Pons
Paree
Legion of Honor
French Legion
War Department
Army Quartermaster Corps
Quartermaster Corps
BAV
Lynn Chambers
Western Newspaper Union
Paul Mallo
Morgenthau
Lynn
Lars
Red Star
Johnny
May Rogers
RED Star Dry Yeast
U.S
Rubin
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