Preventing another national low mood in Washington speech
The speaker, recalling the 1921 Kansas City haberdashery failure and the 1929 crisis, argues that while President Truman speaks on a sound economy, his proposed program would hinder prosperity. He warns against higher deficits, calls for reduced federal spending, and favors productive employment over boondoggles, urging deeds to match rhetoric.
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National Planning Association
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Kansas City
Piet
Truman
United States
Congress
Mr. Truman
Where were you when F telephoned your office today
A speaker argues against ownership in marriage, insisting spouses remain separate individuals within a partnership. The piece questions control over a partner, comparing marriage to other forms of union and urging privacy and autonomy in personal affairs.
Entering His Private Life Says Elsie Robinson
By Elsie Robinson advises that women should join their husband’s intimate life by invitation not intrusion. She warns against bulldozing for details and notes a man seeks sympathetic, discreet counsel and a supportive audience at home.
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Broadway Snippets Mix Mae West Gossips and TV Plans
Walter Winchell notes on Broadway chatter about Mae West revival and Diamond Lil themes. Jokes about Orson Welles, Aly Khan and Rita Hayworth, celebs at Village Barn, and talk of CBS and television expansion. References span Joe Louis, Bing Crosby, Tallulah Bankhead, and theatre debates.
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Joe Louis
Harlem
Bing
Mae West
D. Lapin
Broadway
Clifford Odets
New Haven
N. Y
Peter Donald
Miss Truman
Tommy Dorsey
Janie New
T. Dorseys
William Paley
CBS
Inauguration Day Echoes From West Point Cadet Row
Westbrook Pegler recalls the crowds on inauguration day and notes the West Point cadets marching in the parade. He imagines future leaders like Patton Eisenhower Spaatz Terry Allen Omar Bradley and Pershing among the plebes watching the event from the street.
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Westbrook Pegler
Truman
Congressional
Notre Dame
Congressional Hotel
West Pointers
United States Corps of Cadets
George Patton
Eisenhower
Spaatz
Terry Allen
Omar Bradley
Pershing
Courtney Hodges
Army Brass That Shines and Falls Short in Wartime Honor
A veteran reflection recalls West Point football days and gallant officers like Clovis Byers and Trapnell. It recounts parachute units at Fort Bragg, prisoner resurrections, and the brutal truth that not all brass shines. The piece honors courage while noting flaws and sacrifices of soldiers and fliers in World War II.
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Clovis Byers
Pacific Island
General Byers
Fort Bragg
Petrie
West Point
Mo Daly
Trapnell
Trap
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Philippines
Manchuria
Olongapo
Formosa
Picau
505Th Airborne Infantry
Hodgkins
Hodgkiss
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Nervous anxiety mimics heart trouble in patients
A medical Q and A discusses neurocirculatory asthenia where anxiety and nervous tension produce heart like symptoms such as shortness of breath rapid pulse and fainting spells. Experts urge reassurance confirm physical health and refer severe cases to specialists noting improvement in about one third of patients.
Bacring Down On the News By Bugs Baer
Arthur Bugs Baer writes that Stalin is seen as window dressing while Joe is praised or blamed in equal measure. The column playfully suggests Joe is a lovable character who distorts history and keeps shifting blame for wartime debts.
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Arthur
Bugs” Baer
Stalin
Joe
1939 Bismarck launch hailed by Reich leaders
Ten to twenty years back items note Germany s new battleship Bismarck sliding down the ways with praise from Adolf Hitler. Other snippets recall Moran gang killings in 1925 and Lincoln Day warnings about rising lawlessness and Bolshevism. Historical lines also remember saloon raids in 1909 and a 1899 city election sweep by Marshall Hicks, plus 1889 quail season notes.
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Germany
Reich
Bismarck
Adolf Hitler
North Side
George
Bugs
Moran
Northside
Lincoln
Bunquist
Minnesota
Seattle
Spain
Santa Rosa Agenue
Marshall Hicks
Callaghan
Eyes that haunt a cardinal Mindszenty in cruel lens
A San Antonio Gazette feature discusses two published photographs of Cardinal Mindszenty, one gentle and humane the other hard and terrifying. The piece explores how torture dehumanizes a man, stripping dignity and turning him into a “thing of flesh” driven by fear, and reflects on the broader implications for faith, power, and humanity.
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United States
Cardinal Mindszenty
Jong
Cardinal Spellman
Eugene Lyons
Hungary
Almos
Chiang Kai-Shek
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AL Prine
San Antonio Gazette
Hearst Consolidated Publications
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Fifth
San Antonio
Texas
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Associated Press
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Mexico
Sewene
Sakae
Snd
Sundar
Fomonth
G.ea
Sunda
Dheevedeas
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Red Ingle
Hollywood
Judge Medina
Romney Brent
le Chambord
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Roosevelt
New York Harbor
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Eugene Howard
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