One Diplomat Knew Better: Scratch One Tyro Diplomat
A veteran columnist recalls a failed dream of a diplomatic career sparked in 1914 Washington. He details how a chance meeting with John Watson Foster and a hospitality run at the National Press Club redirected his path from courtly ambitions to a life of deadlines and reporting. He notes shifts in embassy access during war and his subsequent backdoor entry to foreign news gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eighteenth Street
Europe
Foreign Service
State Department
Court of St. James
Quai d’Orsay
Sam Blythe
John Watson Foster
Berlin
National Press Club
David Lawrence
Connecticut Avenue
Associated Press
David Lawence
Roberts
Paris
Chancery
Machiavelli
Metternich
End of 80th Congress
Weary lawmakers push through farm aid peacetime draft and housing bills as Truman veto record stands. Congress approved foreign aid packages, unified armed forces and the atomic energy commission while resisting price controls. General Bradley says the draft will add up to 10,000 inductees monthly as the army grows toward 790,000 men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
Truman
Greece
Turkey
Economic Cooperation Administration
U. S
G.I
Army
Navy
Air Force
National Guard
Omar N. Bradley
Bradley
Truman’s 1949 bid seen in eight-ball metaphor
President Truman tours the nation ahead of the Democratic convention in a tough campaign against a congress he calls diseased. He cites his goal to energize voters on issues, while UN mediators press Israel and Arab states toward a truce as three destroyers patrol the Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
White House
Sun Valley
U. S
Congress
Harrisburg
Puget Sound
Andrew Johnson
Washington
Palestine
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Israel
Mediterranean
United Nations “Army
U. N
Lake Success
French Africa Acts to Curb Cannibalism Amid Witch Doctor Influence
French Equatorial Africa authorities renew a campaign to stamp out cannibalism among natives. The government enforces hard labor penalties to deter offenders and to undermine witch doctors who profit from beginning human sacrifice rituals by securing meat supplies.
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French Equatorial Africa
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Tyro
Backhage
Columbus University
Lansing
Samson
Hitler
Plaschke
University of Philadelphia
Bill Schoentgen
WNU
Western Newspaper Union
New York
Nevada
Honolulu
Pentagon
Defense
James Forrestal
Joy Bright Hancock Usnr
The
Waves
Mary A. Halloren
Wacs
Geraldine P. May
Julia E. Hambler
Marine Corps
Japan
Toshisuke Nasu
Tokyo
Robin Rood
Nasu
Italy
la Guardia Field
N. Y
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