Good News For The Boys The GI American Legion Bill Of Rights
The GI American Legion bill of rights nears final congressional approval. It promises postwar security for veterans including jobs, education, homes, farming or business opportunities, hospitalization, and financial support, aimed at preventing unemployment and uncertainty after the war. Congress faced delays and obstructions, but the measure reflects national will and should bolster morale for servicemen fighting in France, Burma, and the Pacific.
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G.i.-American Legion
Congress
France
Burma
Pacific
Gi-American Legion
Normandy
Rome
Biak Island
G.l-American Legion
Idealists Clash With Reality Over League of Nations
Rupert Hughes denounces idealists who distort facts about the League of Nations. He recalls the Senate battle over Article X, argues one third of senators blocked a treaty, and claims the United States should preserve independence. He warns against replacing checks with a simple majority, condemns the myth that the public supported the league, and asserts history shows such unions always fail.
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League of Nations
Hughes
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
League
Senator Lodge
Lodge
Wilson
The
Arctic
Will Rogers
Walter Winchell Broadway and Hollywood Scene Spotlight
Walter Winchell columns tease a montage of gossip from Hollywood and New York. Notes mention marriages and bids, stars like Ginny Simms and Barbara Hutton, labor gifts to the Red Cross, and a collage of show business anecdotes, scandal, and wit.
Broadway gossip and Hollywood stars in 1950s mix
Report lists Celeste Holm tested for Band Wagon and other showbiz chatter. Mentions actors in uniform or with families, industry gossip about marriages, dismissals, and career moves. Notes Dunninger matters, Jessica Dragonette, and a humorous Hollywood weather quip from Variety.
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Celeste Holm
Oklahoma
Ath
Metro
Hollywood
Angela Greene
Britain
Dunninger
Jessica Dragonette
March of Events on Home Front War Bond Rally Speech
Wartime exhortation urges Americans to avoid strikes and support bonds and Red Cross drives. Officials insist money funds the war, backs soldiers, and helps end the conflict. The message warns that workers who strike betray comrades and the nation, and vows citizens will be judged by returning servicemen.
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Noth Secretary of the Navy
Vestal Ang
Patterson
Ray
Red Cross
Waller
Runoff Decision Shocks Bexar County Democrats
In June 1934 the Bexar county Democratic executive committee ordered a runoff election for county offices, drawing about 40 interested candidates to witness the vote. Candidates failing to secure a majority in the first primary faced forced runoff, reshaping the local race landscape.
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Bexar County
Democratic Executive Committee
Ciient
G.W. Dewees
Fxschange Club
Chamber of Commerce
Common-sense views on smaller nations and world peace
By Benjamin DeCuasseres, the former under secretary of state argues that major powers cannot determine the destinies of smaller nations. He cites Lincoln on mastery and urges that England and Russia cannot shape governments for others. He believes peace settlements must serve all nations and questions how a war for freedom is waged while denying it to some.
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Simner Welles
Holland
Norway
Europe
Near East
Abraham Lincoln
England
Russia
Abdu
These Days by George E SokolsKy
John Bricker’s New Jersey visit drew the absent treatment from Governor Walter Edge and allied Republicans as the 1948 campaign heats up. The piece criticizes partisan rudeness, urges restrained rhetoric, and predicts a Dewey Bricker battle with calls for a clear postwar program and fewer speeches.
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John Bricker
Trenton
N. J
Walter Edge
Edge
Broadway
Coney Island
Woodrow Wil- 300
Mental Attitude in Disease Recovery and Therapy
The article discusses how patient mindset affects recovery, advocating constructive physician guidance, noncritical attitudes, and psychotherapeutic concepts. It covers life aspects like economics, relationships, eating, and surroundings, with guidance on reassurance, when to require firm commands, and possible use of placebos, hobbies, religion, sedatives, and vitamins in a holistic approach. It notes the limit of sedatives as temporary aids and emphasizes patient listening and personalized advice.
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Willian ¢. Menninger
Topeka
Kans
Kine Feat Synd
Inc
Succes
Benjamin Pranklin
Outlaw Bass and the frontier lawmen of Texas
A fragmentary portrait recalls Bass Outlaw a feared Hatger who later served as deputy U S marshal under Dick Ware in El Paso 1894 His legend intersects with John Selman who killed John Wesley Hardin and Ranger Joe McKidrich the action centering on a fatal shot in a San Antonio patio before Outlaw dies in a saloon fight with lawmen and bystanders alike amid the era’s rough justice and cantinas.
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Jame
Bass
Texas
Yan
U.S
Dick Ware
Sam Bass
Ware
el Paso
Matehal
John Selman
Outlaw
Selman
John Wesley Hardin
Joe McKidrich
McKidrich
Outlair
SAN Antonio Light
San Antonio Gazelle
Broadway
Fifth
San Antonio
Feridi
Associated Press
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Mayer
Ginny Simms
Barbara Hutton
Cary Grant
Carmen Miranda
Walk Disney
Eddie
Ida
White House
Beth Leary
Jin Farley
Dep't
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
George Sylvester Viereck
Hun
Nea
Presen
Cepy Sim
Dany
Lyman’s
Vine
Hollywood Boulevard
Studi
Eboy
Murder, Inc
Wineries
Club 1
Lum Fong
Flattop
Flatchess
el Chico
Beverly Hills
Montgomery Ward
Montgomery
Havana
Madrid
Jazy Klinson
Washington
New York
Bretty Schenck
Electrical and Radio Workers Union
Sperry Co
Betty
L. A. Light Files
Benjamin DeCuasseres
George E. Sokolsky
New Jersey
Franklin D. Hoosevelt
Dewey
Bricker
Willkie
Park Avenue
Ion
H. N. Bundesen
Thomas Fuller
Texans
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