Notes of a New Yorker Funny Dispatches From A War Era
A collage of quips and observations from wartime New York. The column satirizes public figures, political debates, and cultural happenings with mentions of Admiral Halsey, De Gaulle, Petain, Russia joining the war, and humorous asides about Congress and journalists. It blends media bumpers with nightlife vignettes and streetwise humor.
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Halsey
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Tokyo
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Turner
Army orders curb protests by veterans facing discharge
Secret directives from Brig. Gen. Gurney bar veterans from appealing to Congress or press over discharges and redeployments. The measures target soldiers, likely the 95th at Camp Shelby, after protests against a Pacific transfer.
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Lloyd R. Fredendall
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Camp Shelby
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Government Planning in Peace Time Sparks Strong Opposition
The essay argues that peacetime government planning would extend wartime controls, regulate production and living standards, and suppress individual ambition, warning it could lead to totalitarianism like Naziism or Fascism. It asserts the fighting man will prevent such a shift and frames planners as undermining American freedoms. It also notes Los Angeles bans hats in public elevators and highlights the dominance of seven large industrials, stressing small business as the true engine of the economy. It ends by contrasting independent nations like Canada and Australia with imperial ties to England and noting their sovereign status recognized since WWI.
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Paso
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Asia
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Standard Oil
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Russell Named to State Post by Truman
Donald S. Russell of South Carolina was nominated by President Truman as assistant secretary of state to fill the vacancy created by Dean Acheson’s elevation to undersecretary. Expected changes in the department were anticipated.
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South Carolina
Truman
Russell
Dean Acheson
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