A Nation of Yes Men and the Varga Case in the Soviet Union
A critical essay argues the Soviet Union suppresses independent thought, citing economist Mugen S. Varga who contradicted official line. It links his disgrace to findings that capitalism need not collide with Soviet aims, discusses Stalinist control, and warns against centralized planning eroding free inquiry. It contrasts Western and Soviet policies postwar and defends intellectual freedom as vital to a strong America.
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Soviet Union
Mugen S. Varga
Josef Stalin
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Hne
Will Lissner
New York Times
Varga
Kremlin
Karl Marx
Pravda
United States
Western Europe
World Bank
International Monetary Fund
Russia
Europe
Truman
Economic and Statistical Department of the War Production Board
James F. Byrnes
War Production Board
Dinner At The White HouseAid Tito Advocate Adamic
The belated State Department disclosure fuels interest in a pro Russian book by Adamic, a Serb-born American. It portrays Tito as a communist ally and criticizes Roosevelt Truman policy, asserting Stalin and Hitler collaborated and arguing for American appeasement with Russia. Adamic, though a patriot, avoids combat duty and seeks favorable bids from officials, claiming exemption from service via political leverage.
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Au State Department
Stalin
Hitler
White House
Presggy
Koosvvelts
Adamie
Adamic
Marshal Tito
Quisling
Jugoslavia
State
Russia
Germany
State Department
Communist Party
Eleanor Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Roostvelt
Roosevelt
Ile
Harding
Hoover
Lenin
Tinonevelt
Army
Navy
Lodine
Europe
United States
Fiorello 1A Guardia
Louis -Adamse
Eleanor the Great
Dies
Thomas
Tito
King
Aynd
Mind and Body Link Seen in Disease
Dr Flanders Dunbar argues in Mind and Body Psychosomatic Medicine that mind state heavily influences illness, including heart disorders, asthma, hypertension, and arthritis. Wise care involves dispelling superstition and embracing mental factors in health.
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Flanders Dunbar
Malaria: Treatments and Remedies Inside the Postwar Era
A health feature explains how malaria spread by returning veterans and mosquitoes, and outlines treatments including quinine, Atabrine, and chloroquin. It warns of possible side effects, discusses supportive care with fluids, blood products, and diet, and notes use of injections for severe cases and eyeing recovery after attacks. It ends with a Q and A about a finger ferm and wheat cause.
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G. Ki
Paronychia and scar tissue explained by Dr Bundesen
Dr Bundesen explains paronychia felon when pus forms around a nail and insists medical drainage by a physician. He notes scar tissue as fibrous tissue forming during wound healing and discusses asymmetry in breast size with no known treatment.
Bacring Down On the News Bacring Down On the News
Political commentary by Arthur Bugs Baer mocks Hank and Wallace in a quip filled column. It notes Hank’s claimed momentum and nomination, while ridiculing his theories and enthusiasm amid a crowded field and party dynamics.
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Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Wallace
Hank
LM 8
Film Facts Involving Burt Lancaster And Co Stars
Burt Lancaster, tilting toward a formal look in a ileet and cutaway then striped trousers, appears in Hat Wallie Sorry Wrong Number with Barbara Stanwyck and Sally Rawlinson. Sally stars with Tito Guitar in Paramounts Technicolory Tropical Masquerade, daughter of Herbert Rawlinson. Phyllis Calvert co stars with Melvyn Douglas in My Own True Cove and is an expert swimmer who has taught her daughter Aur tel to swim.
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Burt
Lancaster
Wallie
Witleh
Barbara Stanwyck
Sally Rawlinson
Tito Guitar
Paramount
Herbert Rawlinson
Phyllis Calvert
Melvyn Douglas
Aurtel
San Antonio Pecan Shelters Strike Sparks Police Clash
The February 7 1938 item reports San Antonio pecan shelters facing wage disputes with Donald Henderson demanding raises. Police used clubs to disperse more than 300 sympathizers during the week old strike amid low wages and leases. Other notes mention Harold G. Moulton’s Forum remarks on prosperity, Babe Ruth’s finances, Camp Travis trainees, and a fatal pneumonia case.
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San Antonio
Donald Henderson
South
Harold G. Moulton
Washington, D.C
Babe Ruth
Camp Travis
William Howard Tait
Hollywood Chatter and Casting Woes in 1947 News
Hollywood news notes Doris Day starring in My Dream Is Yours after The 4 Bers was scrapped costing 5 million dollars. Susanna Foster to sing in Caroline in Vienna with the Vienna Symphony. Myrna Loy to Brussels for Outstanding American Actress award in 1947. Cobina Wright Sr received wedding cake from Princess Elizabeth’s wedding. Horseshoe crab defined in a dictionary sidebar.
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Michael Curtiz
Mike
Doris Day
Harry Kurnitz
Castile
Darryl Zanuck
California
Vienna
Susanna Foster
Universal-International
Susanna
Vierna Symphony
Myrna Loy
East
Gene Markey
Seaslon
Brussels
Myrna
Hollywood
Janet Waldo
Corliss Archer
Bob Lee
Fune
Barbara Brewster
Eny Dey
Hob la Monde
Liz Whitney
New York
Santa Anite
Tae Zthel
Barrymore
Ken Murray
Cobina Wright
Elizabeth
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Westbrook Pegler
Balkans
Churchill
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Alf
Gould
Anderson Aldrich
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Kingert. Gynd
Ben
Dr. H. N
Kiur Fat, Synd., Inc
Stark
L. A
Antonio
Wiliam
Cacy Kaiser
Turner Fall
Santa Rosa Hospital
Los Angeles
Calif
Texas
Mister Breger
Louella O. Parson
Helen Morgan
Dorothy Lamour
Pluny
Leonora Hoffman
Lulu Morgan
Helen
Mrs. Morgan
Greg Bautzer
20Th. Century
Fox
Carthay Company
Mr. Hoffman
Attorney Battzer
Joseph Rifkin
Bill
Hollywood Wolves
Hugens Empain
Baron Empain
Beverly Hills
Ste Manae
Betty
Ball
Shit Rowland
Sipp
Funk & Avapnalig
New College Standard Dictionary
Anton
Tient
Ann Hearst
Ing
Oeonic
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Mexico
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