Bricker Impresses as He Seeks Postwar Policy Lead
Governor John W. Bricker of Ohio draws praise across the nation for his Boston University Institute forum remarks on postwar employment, free enterprise, and the fight against bureaucratic planning. He argues private industry must drive jobs, condemns the New Deal as a failed model, and urges repudiation of bureaucratic planning to ensure a prosperous democratic America.
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John W. Bricker
Ohio
Boston University Institute Forum
Bricker
Boston
America
Tisk
Walter Winchell and Readers Exchange War Dispatches
An assortment of letters to Walter Winchell from readers across the United States and Canada. Contributors discuss wartime journalism, praise, praise’s limits, and critique of Roosevelt policy, with anecdotes about Alec Woollcott Arthur Ruhl and Maude Adams. Mentions of Seattle Portland Richmond and Washington reflect broad readership.
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PRIVA
Ol Heywood Broun Calaim
Alec Woollcott
Win
Slavens
Alec
Peter Pan
Walter
Broadway Mirror mocks critics and public figures in heated reviews
The Asheville Citizen cites sharp, mixed judgments about Rankin and others, noting frequent incautious comments yet few reflections on congressmen's religious matters. Royce Briers praises and lampoons, while The New Republic mocks phrases at a Gerald Schmidt speech and a rowdy meeting where famed names drew both cheers and boos.
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Pearson
The
New Republic
Gerald Schmidt
Coughlin
Clare Hoffman
Gerald Nye
Churchill
Stalin
Winchell
Decency in Coverage of the Lonergan Trial
A columnist argues newspapers should curb sensational sexual detail in the Lonergan case. He recalls early reactions, warns adult readers and youth, and calls for a voluntary code of decency to limit courtroom testimony and avoid excess filth in front-page coverage. He notes the war news crowding court news and questions the ethics of lawyer advertising through sensationalism.
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Anald Fogey
Medation Board
A. L. Alexander
Dietum
Thrafft-Ebing
Havelock Elhg
Freud
Karen
Lepke
Unis
Kang Beatures Syndicate, Inc
Ireland and the American stance on the second front
The piece analyzes U S policy toward Ireland amid wartime tensions, noting Hull assurances against invasion, Ireland's wartime trade with Britain, and De Valera's stance. It argues that Allied pressure aims to curb Nazi espionage while signaling broader Eisenhower invasion plans for Europe, with spring likely timing and mixed readiness assessments.
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England
de Valera
Hull
Europe
Eisenhower
Ewenhower
Germany
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Striedle
Pyloric stenosis and its surgical treatment
Modern surgery targets pyloric stenosis in very young infants. The condition blocks the stomach outlet due to thickened pyloric muscle, more common in boys. Symptoms start at 2 to 8 weeks with vomiting, weight loss, and possible visible peristaltic waves. Diagnosis relies on physical findings or imaging. Surgery, done with proper preoperative care, is the treatment, though risks remain.
Preventing Infection In Neonatal Care After Operation
Dr A N Bundesen outlines infection control for newborns after surgery. Infants should be isolated, caregivers masked and hands scrubbed. pre op injections of salt glucose under the skin precede surgery, stomach washed with mild alkaline solution, post op fluids given under the skin, no food for four hours, then resume feeding. breast milk is preferred when possible.
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King Feab Syn
War memory poem to a fallen airman ends in praise
A reader submits verse honoring Altheus B. Jarmon 27 killed in action December 10 over Hengyoung China. The letter condemns lack of monuments to war heroes and hints at converting the Alamo into a football coliseum with a seven figure cost, suggesting a new arena for events.
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the Lights
Rirsh
Alueus B. Jarmon
Hengyoung
China
S. A. Light
A. B
Chinaland
Altheus
the Light
Chamber of Commerce
Colosseum
Iit
L. W. Evans
The Foolish Bills and Inflationary Musings
Helen Rowland comments on women’s spending and inflation in a satirical reflection. She cites Mary and a forty million inflationary sum, deriding extravagant shopping lines at Christmas and comparing them to postwar breadlines. The piece ends with a playful critique of prudence versus folly.
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Spu
Braley
Breardines
King Peas
Ines
Breckenridge Robbery Report From L A Light Files
Ten and twenty six years ago a bandit halted two young couples on Ale pine drive in Breckenridge and robbed them of clothing and a small cash sum. Police reports were delayed. The article also notes the death of Dorothy Tobin Bell, daughter of Sam Bell, former mayor of San Antonio.
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Alepine Drive
Breckenridge Paik
Dorothy Tobin Bell
Sam CG. Bell
San Antonio
John Tobin
Wales
Sys
Fredericksburg
Those Texans
In the 1850s Texas faced unrest and created a special Ranger unit to quell disturbances. Gov. E. M. Pease appointed Capt. G H Nelson to lead an emergency company after violent clashes with Mexican teamsters near San Antonio to Port Lavaca. The Ranger presence reduced shootings and calmed tensions in the region.
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Texas
Rangers
San Antonio
Haines
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