Truman Urges Quick National Emergency Declaration
President Truman calls congressional leaders to a Wednesday meeting to discuss declaring a national emergency. He argues the move is overdue and necessary for unity, warning inflation and the need for immediate price and wage controls as the North Korea crisis worsens. The piece notes Senate and House committee reorganizations and the push for qualified foreign affairs leadership, with local color about Louisville wedding horn bans and a typist citing the call to aid the country.
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Truman
United Nations
United States
World Organization
Shopper voices on Christmas cadence and cinema worries
A harassed shopper argues that Christmas should occur every four years possibly tied to Leap Year. The Dominion of India president critiques movie sex appeal as corrupting minds, including child brides. The note adds milk aids plant growth and suggests geraniums drink milk at 21 cents a quart.
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Dominion of India
One Issue in Illinois Early 67th General Assembly Gas Tax
Governor Adlai Stevenson says only revenue issue in January will be a proposed two cent per gallon gasoline tax increase or its equivalent. He notes Lindsay-Schaub plan for 40 million yearly road funds via tax rise and truck license changes. He predicts a 50 million dollar general fund surplus and argues the legislature should focus solely on the gas tax.
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Adlai Stevenson
67Th
Illinois General Assembly
Stevenson
Lindsay-Schaub
Assembly
Eggs Quoted At A Dollar A Dozen Stir Laughs
The remark playfully notes eggs priced at a dollar per dozen, suggesting their yolks would need 24 karat gold to match such value.
St Louis Readers Favour the P D as Johnny-on-the-spot
In Collier's the Post-Dispatch is nicknamed the P D by St Louis residents as a timely newspaper. The column notes this favored label and ponders adding a Q to complete a familiar trio.
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Collier’s Magazine
St. Louisans
Post-Dispatch
Cubs Claim Sixteen League Titles in Historic Run
The Chicago Cubs are noted as winning sixteen league championships, a historical tally that reveals long standing records and an era of early triumphs. The record highlights the franchise's enduring legacy and early competitive success.
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Chicago Cubs
Bipartisan Senate Roles in Foreign Policy Debated
The Republican trio Taft Millikin and Wherry hold senior policy sway but lack seats on the foreign relations panel. Senator Vandenberg, the GOP’s leading bipartisan voice, is ill and absent. Democratic members Thomas Pepper and Tydings are not returning in January, leaving a reshaped committee under Chairman Tom.
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Connally
Texas
Vandenberg
Senate
House
82D Congress
Congress
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Eugene D. Millikin
Colorado
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Michigan
Arthur Vandenberg
United Nations
Washington
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Claude Pepper
Florida
Millard Tydings
Maryland
Tom
Propriety in Dress At Nobel Laureate Faulkner Awards
The Nobel prize in literature went to William Faulkner in Stockholm where he wore white tie and tails for the first time in 53 years. The Mississippi novelist, a nonconformist in daily life, wore the formal attire out of respect for the occasion and offered no complaint.
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William Faulkner
Stockholm
Faulkner
Oxford
Miss
Sweden
Norway
How To Buy Your Wife's Clothes, Says Magazine
In a magazine feature the piece explores the idea of buying a wife’s clothes and the social implications. The dialogue contrasts deftly between light domestic advice and broader themes of control and perception in mid-century life.
The Unmailed Letter Dilemma in Marriage
A husband finds an unmailed letter from his wife and weighs whether to confess or conceal. He anticipates reproach and questions if honesty or deception yields less harm, advising to shift focus to important matters and warn that mail entrusted carries risk. Christopher Billopp.
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Christopher Billopp
Millay Poem Reflects on World Tension and Duty
The New York Herald Tribune published Edna St. Vincent Millay’s 1939 poem from its public affairs forum. The verse warns that ease has demoralized a nation and subterranean threats threaten the surface world, urging vigilance before winter and war.
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
New York Herald-Tribune
Miss Millay
Huntsman
Harper’s
Weekend musings from a hometown diary and radio reminiscences
A Sunday to Monday neighborhood recap recalls old friends at a pen house, reading Lincoln’s Second Inaugural, Horace Heidt radio moments, and college dance memories. The note mentions turtles care, postponed society meetings, and a senior guest at a sorority formal.
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Thomas & Gerald
Abraham Lincoln
Horace Heidt
Davenport
Irene
Illinois State Historical Society
Springfield
Hiss Conviction Upheld by Circuit Court of Appeals
The Circuit Court of Appeals sustained Alger Hiss perjury conviction as fair with no errors. He has 15 days to seek rehearing and 30 days to file for Supreme Court review. He maintains he did not reveal State Department papers or lie to the grand jury.
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Alger Hiss
Circuit Court of Appeals
Hiss
Supreme Court
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Grand Jury
Chambers
Worry Clinic Rivalry Will Pop Up Sunday School
Florence G 34 urges using competitive contests to raise Sunday school attendance and engage youth. Suggests sex-based rivalries, point systems, mileage visuals, rewards like treats, and cross-age contests to sustain interest and turnout. Calls for a printed bulletin via local paper.
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Florence G
Florence
New York
San Francisco
Horse Shows Sense in Race Profiteering Critique
Philadelphia Bulletin discusses Bistor the English hurdler who wins for profit riders. The horse allegedly attacks its jockey after the race, shaking him and dropping him, highlighting concerns about cruelty and the so called sport of kings.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Bistor
England
Mobilized Washington as Truman Faces Crisis
Advisors call for a fireside address and a declared national emergency to mobilize the public. Washington debates how to pressure the White House, with Senate leaders limited by recent elections and the House under veteran control. The Senate preparedness committee pursues manpower planning led by Lyndon Johnson as Mrs. Anna Rosenberg tests defense needs while Secretary Marshall and others weigh risks.
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Washington
Truman
Capitol Hill
White House
Senate
Lucas
Tydings
Pepper
Senator McFarland
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Anna Rosenberg
Marshall
America
No Munich For Korea A Commentary On Appeasement History
Editorial notes that appeasement failed to stop aggressors and warns against capitulation to Chinese Communists mirroring Munich. It recounts how Hitler’s moves in 1938 led to the annexation of the Sudetenland and destruction of Czechoslovakia, prompting World War II.
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Korea
Czechoslovakia
Munich
Hitler
Austria
London
Paris
Prague
Germany
Sudetenland
Poland
Hungary
Europe
Conference plans and key attendees stir prewar diplomacy
On the 26th Chamberlain sought another conference while President Roosevelt urged Hitler to accept and Mussolini to back the proposal. Hitler set a Munich conference for the 29th with Czechoslovakia and Russia excluded, though Mussolini attended with Daladier and Chamberlain.
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Chamberlain
Roosevelt
Fuehrer
Mussolini
Hitler
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Russia
France
Daladier
Untitled Comic Quip About Rations For Horses
An offbeat caption notes that the idea of extra oats for horses seems nonsensical and impractical, calling it “not even horse sense” and hinting at humorous confusion in supply or policy.
Ingenious gas tank down payment trick reported
A stranger in Petersburg Indiana paid for gas with two 50 cent pieces after giving a dollar in change. He claimed to drop coins into the tank as a savings method and used the accumulated funds as down payments on two cars. The tale, reported by the Indianapolis Star, describes an unusual yet clever scheme.
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Indianapolis Star
Petersburg
Ind
War May Curtail Car Imports to Singapore
Automobiles may be hard to get in Singapore and the Federation of Malaya as importers expect a sharp drop in British car supplies. Car dealers warn steel allocations to the industry could tighten, curbing arrivals from the United Kingdom.
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Singapore
Federation of Malaya
United Kingdom
Arab Refugees Add to Tension In Palestine
Beirut and across the Arab world the Palestinian refugee population grows as UNRWA steps in. Official counts cite 700000 though estimates reach a million, with many still dependent on hosts and aid. Refugees and states face budget and social pressures, complicating return hopes.
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Palestine
Beirut
Lebanon
Israel
Arab League
North Africa
Syria
U.N
Refugee Realities Among Palestinians Contrast Stereotypes
The author challenges the image of Palestinian refugees as nomads, noting most are cultivators, landowners, or small traders. Many once held wealth or high learning, including leaders of Arab institutions like the Arab University of Jerusalem and graduates from the American University of Beirut.
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Europe
Austria
Near East
Arab University of Jerusalem
American University of Beirut
Fragmented refugee camps reveal harsh living conditions and political neglect
A former university professor teaching in a Da mascus village school notes the stark reality of tents and curtained apartments in mosques. He observes TB rising, DDT and drugs controlling epidemics, UN rations, and a sense of hopelessness, warning that such conditions breed discontent and Communist influence.
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Damascus
U.N
Jordan
Gaza
Egypt
America
Britain Retools Industry Amid Rearmament Push
Manufacturers face cutbacks as Britain's rearmament program accelerates. shipments to the United States are given top priority amid shifting production and export priorities.
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Britain
United States
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