Editorials: These Are Our Opinions on Czechoslovakia and World affairs
A collage of opinion pieces condemns Soviet efforts to fully sovietize Czechoslovakia noting nationalized industries muzzled press and one party rules. Other columns praise Britains aging leadership retirements and the prospect of peace as global events shift with politicians like Adams McCarthy and Flanders referenced alongside a hot Delhi climate.
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Soviet Union
Czechoslovakian
Kremlin
Antonin Novotny
Czech Communist Party
Czechoslovakia
June Storm Trims Car and Sparks Prizes Talk
A Tuesday storm toppled a tree, trapping a car and prompting the owner to extract it from branches. A young housewife, earning well from contests, asks where to obtain an entry blank for a $30,000 Nobel prize.
Butter Price Supports Grow While 360 Million Pounds Linger
The House Agriculture Committee voted 22 to 6 to raise butter price supports from 75 to 80 percent of parity. If approved by both chambers, the move would spur more butter production while offering a plan for payment of the difference between market and parity prices. The writer urges solutions to dispose of the 360 million pounds instead of expanding subsidies.
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U. S
House Agriculture Committee
House
Senate
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture Authority
Benson
Old Paragrapher recalls bean beetles and Geneva stalemate
The piece notes a memory of Mexican bean beetles as the sole foreign danger and mentions Soviet delegates in Geneva favoring a stalemate in prosperous Switzerland while returning home with stale bread.
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Geneva
Switzerland
One-Man Rule and American Fear of Concentrated Power
The piece argues Americans fear centralized authority, citing Me y and McCarthy as examples. It warns against excessive or insufficient power in government and urges a careful balance to preserve freedom.
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George III
England
United States of America
Sen
Joseph Mey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
Sen. McCarthy
U. S
Napoleon III
United States
Television Stars Carry Boyhood Fairy Tale Tone
The writing blends Gene Autry or Roy Rogers with a childhood fairy tale motif as a narrative device. A separate clause hints at an oath for government employees, and a question about past contact with Senator McCarthy or Roy Cohn raises political tension.
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Gene Autry
Roy Rogers
Good Fairy
Louie
Sen. McCarthy
Roy Cohn
Valedictory Act For Sir Winston
The Westminster belief is Churchill will yield to Eden this year and leave before the next Parliament session in November. Churchill and Eden will visit the United States for a White House conference with Eisenhower and Dulles. Churchill, in his eightieth year, has shown age but remains England’s leading statesman, despite a past stroke and his wife’s wish for retirement. He has recovered to return to duty.
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Mons
Winston
Britain
White House
Dukes of Marlborough
Jennie Jerome
New York
Manchester Guardian
Westminster
Eden
Churchill
Anthony Eden
United States
Dwight Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
House of Commons
Sir Winston
Com
Rebecca
Ruth
David
Goliath
Preacher
Mary Ann
S. I. Hayakawa
University of Chicago
Illinois Tech
Hayakawa
Vancouver
B. C
University of Wisconsin
Sam
Winston Churchill
Order of the Garter
Zebra Country
Avalon
Bay
McCormick Death Noted In Weekend Reading
Column recalls Anne O Hare McCormick of the New York Times who died at 72. Her career spanned reporting and editorial work abroad, with tributes from John Mason Brown noting journalism's fragile daily copy and lasting impact. Also cited are Roy Cohn testimony on Sen Joe McCarthy and beach fashion questions for 1960.
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New York Times
Saturday Review
Anne O’hare McCormick
Wisconsin
John Mason Brown
Springfield May Explore Sangamon River for Lake Supply
The city weighs tapping the Sangamon River as an auxiliary water source for Lake Springfield whose dammed Sugar Creek valley creation displaced early lake plans. The piece recalls prior surveys in the Sangamon valley north of the city and notes residents bought lake side lots before Sugar Creek was chosen.
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Springfield
Sangamong
Sugar Creek
Sangamon River
Oak Crest Country Club
Sugar Creek Valley
Adams Served Navy Chief Amid Hoover Era Industry Strains
The piece lauds Charles Francis Adams as Secretary of the Navy from 1929 to 1933 under Herbert Hoover. It highlights his sea ties, battles against economizers, his stance at the 1930 London Naval Conference for naval parity, and his roles in Harvard finance and philanthropy. It stresses the Adams family’s enduring American influence.
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Washington Post
Herbert Hoover
Charles Francis Adams
Navy
Hoover
Navy Department
Adams
John Adams
Congress
White House
Great Britain
Japan
Community Chest Idea
Harvard College
Board of Overseers
Massachusetts
Worry Clinic Explains Help For Mental Patients At Home
Frank P., a Korean War veteran, seeks guidance for his wife on preventing relapse after hospital care. The piece advises boosting the patient’s ego with praise, affection, and small duties, citing Menninger hospital success transforming eight of eight patients to home life.
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CASE
Frank P
Menningers
State Hospital
Kansas
Karl
Will Menninger
Demos Confident in Wins as Hunt and Johnson Exit
Wyoming Democrats draft former Senator O Mahoney to run for Hunt’s seat, Heath reasons prompt retirement. Rep Harrison seeks Hunt seat as strong GOP candidate. Colorado and Illinois, Minnesota, Montana show Democratic gains with incumbents. New Jersey Howell favored as Hendrickson seat becomes Casey. Furcolo Saltonstall race in Massachusetts tightens. Democrats optimistic to win House and Senate seats nationwide.
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Wyoming
National Committee
Joseph O’mahoney
Lester Hunt
O’mahoney
William Henry Harrison
Hunt
Harrison
United States
Senate
Sen
Ed Johnson
Colorado
Washington
Johnson
Paul Douglas
Hubert Humphrey
James Murray
Illinois
Minnesota
Montana
Guy Gillette
Iowa
Kentucky
John Sherman Cooper
Alben Barkley
Barkley
Cooper
Massachusetts
Foster Furcolo
Leverett Saltonstall
Harry Truman
Saltonstall
New Jersey
Clifford Case
Robert Hendrickson
Charles Howell
Hendrickson
Case
Howell
House
French Recruit Germans For Indochina
The piece argues that Franco German tensions threaten European security. It notes France opposes an all European Army and a national German Army, risking a vulnerable West Germany amid Soviet pressure. It links Indochina diplomacy to Nazi Germany memory and cites Hessian troops in earlier conflicts.
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France
West Germany
Western Europe
East Germany
Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Rumania
Bulgaria
French recruiting Germans in Germany for Indochina Legion
The piece says France uses German soil to recruit Germans for the French foreign legion in Indochina, amid an occupying role in Germany. It notes except for the Officers’ Corps the Indo China legion is not French, with many ranks from North Africa and Germany and claims 80,000 of 100,000 legionaires were Germans.
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France
Germany
Indochina
North Africa
Liddell Hart
S. S
Bonn Plans Measures to Stop Forced German Recruiting
In mid March the Bonn Government outlined steps to halt recruiting and smuggling of men out of Germany. An anti French foreign legion push includes factory and school posters in Ruhr cities Coblenz Landau and Kehl. Germans paid 500 marks monthly plus bonuses recruit illegally with flights or frontier crossings in French uniforms. Recruits go to Strasbourg and Metz then North Africa and Indochina where about 25000 are said to have died.
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Bonn
Germany
Ruhr
Coblenz
Landau
Kehl
France
Strassbourg
Metz
North Africa
Indochina
Adenauer government flirts with anti-recruiting plan threat
The Adenauer government, losing German support by conciliating France, threatens to carry out anti-recruiting measures unless France halts. Unofficial German groups especially church organizations push campaigns in LandaU to deter youth from joining and aid deserters. Churches offer homes and job help to vulnerable youths.
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Adenauer
France
Landau
Paradox of Mercenary Service Across Borders
The columnist questions how a French person can justify mercenary service in Asia while opposing arms to defend Europe and family. The piece hints at who benefits from such actions and asks Senator McCarthy what advances of communism are involved.
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Asia
Sen. McCarthy
Army McCarthy hearings stir letters to Pro and Cohn
Provost Marshal General William Maglin has received a flood of mail over the Schine matter. He directs his secretary to sort correspondence into Pro and Cohn categories for filing as the case unfolds.
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William Maglin
Pvt. G. David Schine
Military Police Corps
Noirot tale of witch doctor a king stomach cure
A tirade from Noir et Blanc set in Paris depicts a Congo overheard scene where a witch doctor treats a native king for stomach ailments and proclaims that following his prescriptions will let the king eat anybody.
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Paris
Congo
John and His Roosevelt Ties Revealed
John shows steadfast support for Roosevelt while backing Eisenhower, highlighting a blend of political loyalties and personal admiration within a public figure and his spouse.
Army McCarthy hearings end as public eyes judge character
The Army McCarthy hearings wrap after 36 days of public scrutiny. Senator McCarthy dominated proceedings with sudden charges and dramatic attacks while Joseph Welch, a veteran lawyer, struggled to counter him. The contrast left many viewers reassessing public figures and the era’s political tensions.
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Sen. McCarthy
Eisenhower
Army
Joseph N. Welch
Boston
McCarthy
Welch
Tie Names Cause Confusion Across Borders
A Pakistani paper retracted a piece alleging U S neckties was sent to Pakistan to fund terrorism when the ties were railroad components. In India a South Indian editor apologized for a flood report after sleepers referred to railroad crossties, not people.
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Tracks Magazine
Great Britain
United States
Chenab
Kashmir
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United States of Europe
Texas
Robert R. Young
New York Central
Sherman Adams
Sen. Flanders
Vermont
New Delhi
Melvin Price
East St. Louis
Atomic Energy Commission
David Felts
Joe McCarthy
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
New York Metropolitan Area
Coney Island
By Galbraith
NEA Service
George W. Crane
Demos
Sen. Douglas
Doris Fleeson
By Dorothy Thompson
Europe
Elbe
Vietminh
Pro and
Cohn
John
Roosevelt
James Marlow Washington
Associated Press
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