Not Enough Byrds and the Senate Stand for Integrity
The piece argues President Truman oversteps by disparaging Senator Byrd and implies Congress should retain diverse leaders like Byrd. It praises Byrd for opposing federal overreach and tax hikes, while warning against purge rhetoric and urging Virginians to back Byrd’s principled independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Congress
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
White House
Byrd
House of Representatives
Wallgren
McCarran
Nevada
Senator McCarran
United States Senate
Senate
These Days on Acheson Ideology and Spain Debate
George E. Sokolsky argues that Dean Acheson distorts history on Spain and Soviet influence. He cites habeas corpus, independent judiciary, religious liberty, and purges to compare Franco’s Spain with Soviet regimes, criticizing U.S. policy and highlighting figures like Vishinsky and Mindszenty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Soviet Union
Acheson
la Pasionaria
Abraham Lincoln
Daily Worker
New Masses
Unit States
Turkey
Greece
China
Stayin
Tél Ug
France
Paris
Vishinsky
Burges
United Nations
Sweatries
Seal
Hungary
Soviet Russia
Poland
Cardinal Mindszenty
Bulgaria
Moscow
Today’s Bible Verse Reflects Confession and Forgiveness
A devotional line from first John urges believers to confess sins for forgiveness. The text emphasizes God’s faithfulness to cleanse from all unrighteousness and restore spiritual standing.
Fish respiration through skin and gills questioned
A fragment suggests confusion about how fish obtain oxygen. It claims fish open and close mouths to pass water through gills and asserts they derive all water from skin and diet. The text contains unclear statements and inconsistencies about respiration in fish.
Roosevelt Jr in Race for Bloom Seat in New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr lands as candidate for the congressional seat left by the late Sol Bloom in Manhattan's Upper West Side. The piece cites Sokolsky on district composition, Dubinsky backing, and a nod to Reform party figures while detailing Bloom's scandalous ties and the precincts' preferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbrook Pegler
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Congress
Sol Bloom
Upper West Side
New York
Roerich
Bubblehead Wallace
Bloom
Lamasery
Little
Egypt
Sel
Josshouse
Little Egypt
Cairo
Franklin D. Roestvelt Jr
George Sokolsky
F. D. Jr
Reno
Trey
Long Island
Roosevelt
Sokolsky
Benjamin Shalleck
William H. McIntyre
Shalleck
David Dubinsky
Liberal Party
Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Nether Dubinsky
Dave
Dubjicky
England
Hardening of the arteries and cholesterol links
A medical Q A outlines how aging arteries stiffen with cholesterol in the blood, noting high fat diets raise arterial hardening, while lower cholesterol diets reduce it. It cites Dr Bernard Sachs, links overweight and high blood pressure to faster arteriosclerosis, and calls for more study while advising nail concerns be checked by a skin specialist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Sachs
Orient
L. A
King Feats Ss, Inc
Beering Bown On the News
Arthur Elos Baer rails at Truman era fiscal policy and warns against red ink. He urges scrutiny of budget drivers and spending at high levels while questioning the handling of the national nest egg and the divine board of budget control. Gift by International News Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Elos” Baer
Truman
War department orders 500 bombing planes for $15 million
Ten and twenty years ago entries from May 17 recount the War Department challenging German air superiority by ordering 500 bombing planes at a cost of $15 million. Other items note tattoo age laws, a snake dealer in San Antonio, a Mexican detainee, Confederate monument work, and a May 14 drawing winner ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Germany
Travis Park
Sun Hert
Pencil History and Moss Light Science Tidbits
The piece notes algae like moss use tiny lenses to concentrate light for photosynthesis. It mentions peat bogs in Ireland as a long fuel source. It credits Nicolas Secques Conte as a founder of the modern pencil and cites Tennessee cedar as a key wood for pencils for over a century. It states pencils are a multi hundred million industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindy
Broadway
Broadway Ink and War Tales Merge in Newsroom Night
Walter Winchell columns and Broadway chatter mix as wartime Coastwatcher legends and show business gossip fill a page. Ezio Pinza, Captain Farrell, and reporters like Guy Richards are noted among early Coastwatchers tied to Tales of the South Pacific. Curtain Calls highlights films, music, and performer anecdotes. Broadway Smalltalk covers Midtown politics, openings, and industry struggles as 1950s theater faces a downturn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Japan
Ezio Pinza
South Pacific
Frank Farrell
N. ¥. World-Telegram
Guy Richards
The
Journal-American
Solomons
Farrell and
Richards
San Antonio Texas Associated Press Dispatch
A garbled Associated Press dispatch from Texas mentions San Antonio and broader Texas coverage. The readable fragments reference offices and locations but lack clear events or dates.
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Eltender
Louisiana
Senator Ellender
Wat
Prato Bedies Waters Se
George E. Sokolsky
Dean Acheson
Fae
Hitler
Stalin
State Department
Mussolini
Lincoln Brigade
Soviet
Russia
Pegler
Young &. D
Benjamin Pross
Essex House
Booze
Edward Corsi
State of
Thomas B. Dewey
Corsi
Pross
New York State
Cancer Fund
Sf Taw
King Features Syndicate
Toc
Chue
Artery Wardening
Hite Bundisen
Beering Bown
Jera
Fort Knox
International News Service
S. A. Light
Roger Chambers
San
Mister Breger
Schubert
Ireland
Nicolas Secques Conte
Tennessee Cedar
Walter Winchell
Zanuck
Tda Lupino
Marvyn Vyye
Lyn Duddy
MGM
Gus Edwards
Hans Copried
Eddie
Cantor
Ted Lewis
Broadway Smalltalk
Midtown Politicos
FDR
Puph Campo
Tomorow
Billy Moore
Longshore Country Club
Jerry Lewis
Anthony Farrell
Dnr
Pirates
Ralph Rinet
Peggy Nilsson
John “Ringling North
Carol McDaniels
Mireare
San Acturio Tyte
San P Garetta
Hearst
Paice Office
Broan i Ak Futh
San Astos & Tex
Antonio
Texas
Ion Bates
Abe
Street
Gtr
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