Debate over communism headline triggers constitutional concerns
The piece argues the arrests of leading American communists raise questions about party legality and possible new laws. It questions whether guilt should fall on individuals or the party, notes Mundt Nixon Bill as overreach, and cites Dewey and Stassen on existing anti communist statutes.
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Communist Party
United States
Cnt
Moscow
Iis Budenz
Comunists
Justice Ent
Russia
Nists
Thomas E. Dewey
America
Dewey
Harold Stassen
Bethel Baptist Church Build Under Way In Pocatello
Dr Myron Porges Jr notes Bethel Baptist Church in Pocatello has waited 25 years at Fifth and Fremont for a building. A trust fund and monthly deposits by church members and supporters have funded shell construction with materials gathered and actual work soon to start. The piece argues local giving to improve one’s own community yields double value, supporting self help and regional betterment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron Porges, JR
Bethel Baptist Church
Porges
Pocatello
Housing policy ideas headlined by NY official Stichman
Governor ey credits the York Division of Housing led by Herman T. Stichman and urged by supporters as a model for housing policy. Stichman argues private builders cannot clear slums or profit from low rent housing, advocating state local housing authorities and federal grant support for housing efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Thomas Key
York
Ioner Herman T. Stichman
Stichman
Incan Legion National Economic Council
New York
Ruark critiques comics as social force and danger
Robert Ruark argues comics influence children between babyhood and adolescence more through sensational crime and sex than through traditional tales. He cites Jack the Giantkiller as proof of brutal storytelling and questions whether modern comics pose real danger to youth.
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New York
Nick Carter
Rover Boys
Harold I. Panken
Jack the Giantkiller
Lipstick and Lottery Bust Highlight Fringe Night Life
A New York parachute jumper was pinched for operating a lottery game, law action following the arrest. The brief item ties criminal enforcement to sensational temptations amid talk of meals and cultural signals from cigars and cosmetics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Congress Defended Why Republicans Rubber-Stamped Actions
House Republicans locked doors and approved leaders’ decisions in a rapid caucus as Walter Judd pressed for a consultative process. Speaker Martin defended the draft statement as provisional and noted past speeches by Dirksen Taft and Halleck. Dawson urged action on high living costs before adjournment, which Halleck backed.
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Washington
House
Minnesota
Walter Judd
G.O.P
Truman
Joe Martin
Judd
William Dawson
Utah
Dawson
Martin
Charlie Halleck
Charlie
Taft
Congress
Ohio
Frances Bolton
Illinois
Everett Dirksen
Halleck
Pearson Defends 80th Congress and UN Financing Debate
Drew Pearson recalls the 80th Congress as having done a splendid job and urges members to tell their districts the true record. The piece notes discussions on displacing persons act changes, a $65 million UN headquarters loan, and Dewey pressuring for a special session. Brannan is scolded by Vandenberg for calling Congress irresponsible.
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Halleck
Indianapolis
New York
Jack Javits
U. N
Frederick “Doc” Smith
Ohio
United Nations
Tom Dewey
Taft
Martin
Truman
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Charlie Brannan
Senate
Arthur Vandenberg
Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Brannan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
New York Times
Yankee Conspiracy Against Senate Filibuster Tradition
A column portrays Senators Vandenberg and Taft as orchestrating a plan to end southern style oratory in the Senate by curbing filibusters. It argues the move would erase a cherished political spectacle, recounting cloture debates and southern oratory as a cultural memory tied to Grady’s "new south."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vandenberg
Mich
Taft R
Senate of the
United States
United States Senate
Taft
Lister Hill
Alabama
Thad Stevens
Henry W. Grady
New South
Appomattox
Henry Grady
New York
Grady
Night assault in a quiet Pocatello street
A woman walking home alone from a film is attacked by a man in a blue shirt, dragged into bushes, beaten, and left injured. She hides the incident from police to avoid publicity but seeks to warn other women and children in Pocatello that danger can occur on seemingly safe streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello
Advice From The Doctor on Testing New Treatments
A doctor explains that new medical treatments must be tested for safety first in laboratories and on animals before human trials. The process includes controlled studies to prove drug value, with risks and benefits weighed to save lives and prevent suffering. The Democratic Party stance is noted alongside Sen. Harry F. Byrd.
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Democratic Party
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
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New York State
Board of Housing
New York City
Robert Ruark
Robert C. Ruark
Jack
Maddog
Killers West
Daniels
Cormoran
Handel
Junior
Drew Pearson
Sam Hanson
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