The Radio License System Debate in Congress
Representative Richard Wigglesworth leads a push in the House to hearings on a bill to limit the Federal Communications Commission. Critics charge the FCC abuses licensing power and imposes censorship, threatening free expression in radio and echoed by industry spokesmen seeking constitutional safeguards. The debate centers on defining FCC powers and restoring radio freedom within the U.S. Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Wigglesworth
Massachusetts
Congress
Federal Communications Commission
Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
House of Representatives
House
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Commission
United States
Ode to the Soldier's Worth and Wasteful War Gratuities
A satirical verse laments overpraising veterans while railing against postwar spending. It mocks lavish medals for injuries, debates rationing, and condemns politicians for funding heroism while neglecting essential needs abroad. The speaker targets Russia Germany and Japan as threats, urging readers to question wartime generosity.
Walter Winchell notes of an innocent bystander
Walter Winchell surveys show business chatter and gossip from Broadway, noting figures such as Captain HH Butcher, Barry Fitzgerald, Taylor Caldwell, H. G. Wells, and Frances Faye. He critiques revivals, new publications, and the mood of the theater scene while highlighting Warner-era concerns about taste, censorship, and public reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HH. Butcher
Eisenhower
Fertilizer Review
Barry Fitzgerald
Third Avenue
Mirror
McNulty
Taylor Caldwell
W. Pegler
Hotspur
H. G. Wells
Broadway hosts eminent repertory company season
London’s Old Vic Company led by Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson opens a New York run for a four week engagement starting tomorrow with a greasepaint dazzlers program. Todd’s Around the World draws lines in Chicago as reviewers note rough edges but potential polish. Nicol Smith, OSS veteran, recounts meeting Abe Lapidus at a Washington banquet in Cloak and Dagger.
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London
Old Vic Co
Eminent
Repertory Company
Laurence Olivier
Ralph Richardson
New Yorkers
Nicol Smith
Siam
OSS
Washington
Smith
Abe Lapidus
Clukk and
Suiter
Dare to Feel Fully and Brave Beyond Comfort
A reflective piece urges embracing all emotions including pain and discomfort. It argues that avoiding difficult feelings limits personal growth and civilization, praising brave souls who shed tears and risk change to reach broader human experience and progress.
Dare to Feel and Expand Your Capacity
Elsie Robinson urges embracing all emotions to grow wise and tolerant. She argues feeling fuels action, expands capacity with every venture, and cautions against losing control or becoming a public nuisance while exploring feelings.
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Groeering
Lize
Donyright
King
Synd
San Antonio Visit By Mexican Star 1960s Era
Ten and twenty years ago notes recall Jose Mojica the Mexican movie star as a guest of San Antonio en route from Mexico City to Hollywood to shoot a film. A May 16, 1936 entry details Poteet strawberries selling on the local market while pupils and J F Howard praise the new junior school buildings and the public school system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose Mojica
San Antonio
Mexico City
Hollywood
J. F. Howard
Veterans rights vs unions in postwar labor access
The article argues veterans organizations face choices on supporting or opposing union predation in civilian jobs. It cites cases of veterans denied fair work pay, unlawful union dues, and avoided employment due to nonmembership. It questions the stance of groups like the American Legion and VFW on the veterans bill of rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Veterans Committee
American Veterans of
New York
Teamsters Union
Disabled American Veterans
Twin Falls
Idaho
Electricians’ Union
Wial
Solier
Separation Center
U. S. Employment Service
U. S
BrowneBiots
Sut
Tosele
Utah
Department of Labor
Salt Lake City
Duffin Construction Company
Legion
Armyers
Mr. Roosevelt
Cops
King Peas
Sead
Truman court crisis stalls Stone successor amid factional turmoil
Washington leaders press the president as delays in replacing Chief Justice Stone fuel a chaotic Supreme Court. Justice Robert Jackson is touted as a possible chief, but Truman resists a political impulse, ordering investigations to find an experienced jurist to stabilize the bench amid factional splits and a strain of judicial overreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waslington
Truman
Stone
Robert Jackson
Patterson
Ehtef
Hannegan
Congress
Jack- Son
Names and prospects for Supreme Court vacancies amid postwar politics
The piece discusses potential candidates for the Chief Justice and justiceships, naming Frankfurter, Douglas, Murry, Reed, Bulledge, and Burton. It notes party dynamics, the New Dealers, and the idea that a Democratic administration would accept a Republican for the Stone vacancy but not for chief justice. It also mentions senators pursuing the job and concerns about compatibility with a public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black
Justice Frankfurter
Frankfurter
Justioe Douglas
Douglas
Murrhy
Haddy
Juste Stanley Reed
Justice Bulledge
Justice Burton
King Features Syndicate
Warning on Overuse of Penicillin for Ear Infections
Medical note by Dr Justo A Harpman from England cautions that while penicillin and sulfonamides ease fever and pain in otitis media they may not halt the infection. They can mask mastoid spread, delaying treatment. Ear drops, warmed, may relieve pain. avoid phenol in glycerin. If infection persists surgery to drain the drum may be needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enc
Justo A. Harpman
England
Doror Harpman
Harpman
Harpmar
Hazerman
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Boston
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Eddie Garr
Park West Hospital
Adele Clart
Wacs
Hab
Broadway
Elsie Robinson
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Biters
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Hing Feat. Syn
San Antonio Light
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Firth
Sup Antonio
Team
Poe
Whmber
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Adivanga
Texas
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