Time For a Reckoning in the Senate War Inquiry
The United States Senate narrowly votes to extend its war expenditures inquiry. The piece urges full accounting for World War II costs of over 400 billion dollars, condemns obstruction, and calls for honesty, efficiency, and punishment for any misuses. It stresses wartime accountability and the need for a definitive reckoning.
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United States Senate
Congress
Congress of the United States
Senate
United States
Cocktail Hour Echoes in Walter Winchell Column
Walter Winchell column pokes fun at cocktail hour with verses and jokes about alcohol. It includes a racial humor anecdote from Mrs. Meta Hoffman of New York and remarks on Sir Wilmot Lewis, Dorothy Thomas and Tallulah Bankhead.
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Walter Winchell
Walter Cox
Winchell
Meta Hoffman
N. Y
Willmot Lewis
Dorothy Thomases
Tallulah Bankiail
Broadway memos spark remarks on comics campaign growth
On Broadway memos from H Berger note at an apparel group event on the 16th Maury Amsterdam made disparaging remarks about a comics campaign and told stories to support the point. Washington correspondents discuss General Marshall's new role and potential as Secretary of State, with jokes about purging fascists in Germany and the State Department and Missourians.
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H. Berger
Maury Amsterdam
Washington
General Marshall
Germany
State Department
Huey Long
Grantland Rice
Missouri
Louisiana State
Baton Rouge
State Highway Department
Oscar Davis
Sudden public shift against Communists in wartime
A featured screed notes how long-time anti Communist critics now denounce the party as popular opinion shifts after elections. It argues infiltrators remain a danger in unions media and government while warning about opportunists posing as unbiased experts and planners for new congressional committees.
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Starling
Communist Party
Daily Worker
Franklin TD. Roosevelt, Jr
American Veterans Committee
Westbrook Pegler
Isaac Levine
Frederick Waltman
Howard
Rushmore
Myself
Charles G. Bolte
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pegler
Tey
Noosevelt
By George E Sokolsky on Communists in a modern group
By George E. Sokolsky argues a movement he helped create is now under Communist influence through a minority. He recalls tactics of united action, midnight talks, and resolutions, warning that staying the course can let subversive elements gain control.
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AWC
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Automobile graveyards spurring protests on South Flores
From 10 and 20 Years Ago notes. Friction in 1987 South Siders protests over growing automobile graveyards along South Flores Street. Mentions Lincoln arrival, James L. Slayden carriage ride, and a gasoline tax protest planned by Phil Wright with local officials.
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5. A. Light
South Siders
South Flores Street
Lincoln
James L. Slayden
Laurel Heights
Phil Wright
Austin
San Antonio
Chicago
Amateurism and pay in college football debated
Westbrook Pegler argues Notre Dame Father Cavanaugh should publicly define amateurism in sports to dispel suspicion about how football players are engaged. He questions distinctions between hiring and encouragement, cites past political and athletic examples, and calls for transparent cases to clarify whether some schools assist players in ways that undermine pure amateur status.
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Father Cavanaugh
Notre Dame
Roosevelt
Gertrude Enderle
Notre-Dame
Supreme Court
Dvie
Father Cayar Naugh
Marshall Policy, Byrnes, and the Moscow Question
The piece argues Marshall may favor deeper foreign policy thought, noting Byrnes left Washington the night Marshall arrived and offered to help him adjust to diplomacy. It contends Byrnes health wasn’t the reason, questions Byrnes’ policies, and questions Marshall’s knowledge of a Moscow meeting for the March Big Four ministerial conference. It recalls Potsdam origins and critiques the ensuing negotiations as a long, contentious process yielding limited results.
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Gustav Fraser
Stucke
Coolridge
Waitington
Byrnes
Desk
Post
Washington
Marshall
Sherman
Moscow
Foreign policy debate and Marshall policy shift discussed
Paul Mallon comments on pressure groups and German peace treaty talks. He notes Marshall’s cautious approach, hints at a policy change proposal three months old, and contrasts Republican openness to Marshall’s presidential bid with the influence of pressure groups on diplomacy.
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Marshall
Postoperative Bed Exercises for Recovery
Dr G Mosser Taylor proposes in bed exercises to prevent complications after surgery. Patients begin 24 to 48 hours post op, repeating movements three times daily unless advised otherwise. Exercises involve contracting and relaxing muscles, toe stretching, and leg turns with toes pointed upward to promote circulation and lung expansion.
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G. Mosser Taylor
Los Angeles
Taylor
Dr H N Bundesen neck and foot exercises described
Dr H N Bundesen notes feet drawn up with inner borders touching bed as part of exercises. Describes five exercises from Dr Taylor and colleagues published in Archives of Physical Medicine volume 27 1946. Syndicated by King Features. San Antonio Light dates 1947. Associated Press notices preserved.
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Taylor
Archives of Physical Medicine
King Features Syndicate
SAN Antonio Light
San Antonio Gazette
San Antonio
Texas
Associated Press
Herala
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