Million Vets Face Hidden Tropical Diseases, Warns Journal
The Winston-Salem Journal-Sentinel reports a national health crisis from amebic dysentery and related tropical diseases among one million veterans and millions more civilians. Evidence from the VA Tropical Disease Clinic shows a 40 percent infection rate among veterans examined, with thousands undiagnosed and a nationwide lack of trained tropical medicine specialists.
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North Carolina
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Navy
Public Health Service
Thomas T. Mackie
Bowman Gray Medical School
Wake Forest College
Tropical Disease Clinic
Veterans’ Administration
Tito’s EightHour Speech Signals No Break With Moscow
The piece argues Tito remains a Red Bolshevik not an anti Moscow ally. It notes Yugoslavia’s debt settlement freeing assets and a Yugoslav envoy greeting an American jet squadron, but warns Tito cannot escape Moscow’s influence or break with the Soviet bloc. It forecasts Yugoslavs and Czechs remain pro Moscow despite nationalism.
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United States
England
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Peg Cuuely
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Rural Night Noises and Paratroopers in New Jersey
A humorous meditation on country living in New Jersey as the author endures nocturnal disturbances. He recalls imagined invaders, wrestlers on the porch, animals rummaging the garbage, squirrels quarrelling, bagpipe bands, swallows in the chimney, a peg leg intruder, and creaking floorboards as the house cools.
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Gordon Highlanders
Black Watch
Johnstown
Knowland Calls for Victory in Europe Policy Debate
California Senator William F Knowland argues that without winning the brains of Europe the money spent is wasted. He warns that failure to secure intelligence infrastructure undermines wartime efforts and national goals.
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Jost
William. L. Knowland
California
Murder Mystery in Midtown Hotel Opens with Slain Showgirl
Detective Mike Romano pursues a killer after a showgirl is found stabbed with a silver letter opener in a midtown apartment hotel. Evidence includes a Storr silversmith link, a single weekly visitor, and a shorthand pad hinting at a blackmail motive. The case centers on a smallish, middle–aged humming suspect.
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Paul Storr
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Murder in the Ziegfeld amid show business chatter
The detective and I discuss a possible murderer in early show world, naming Max Goyfion Guthrie McClintic Shuberts and Romano while noting two glasses on a piano and a highball rim. I defend myself against suspicion as easy questions and memories mix with talk of cherry cheesecake and theater routines.
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Gregg
Los Angeles
Mike
Paul Starr
Max Goyfion
Guthrie McClintic
Shuberts
Romano
Flatfoot
the Ziegfeld
Eleanor
Istanbul Tales from a World Trip with Mrs McLemore
Mrs McLemore recalls travel with Henry in Istanbul, losing and recovering their passport and funds twice. She describes barber shop chaos, bazaar treasure finds, Moslem baby customs, a luxury Istanbul beauty parlor, Turkish kebab methods, and unveiled women after Ataturk's decree while shopping for a veiling.
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Turkey
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Pashas
Emir Beys
Aunt Susie
Ataturk
Inside Caucus Storm Over Displaced Persons Act Clash
GOP senators locked in the Senate caucus room for hours to craft a formula allowing Congress to return home early while cooling voter concerns. Revercomb defends the displaced persons act as antisemitic and anti-Catholic charges swirl and eligibility rules restrict 90 percent of Jewish refugees who fled to Germany after 1945.
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Senate
Congress
Truman
West Virginia
Chapman Revercomb
Revercomb
Germany
Politicians Call for Amending Displaced Persons Act
Drew Pearson reports New Jersey's Alex Smith urges Republicans to clean up the act and drop comfort to Hitler's ghost. Senators Cooper, Ferguson, and Saltongtall join him. Irving Ives defends caution, says he has not spoken for Governor Dewey on amending the act, while endorsing the idea. Forrest Donnell supports Revercomb and praises subcommittee openness.
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New Jersey
Alex Smith
Hitler
John Cooper
Kentucky
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Leverett Saltongtall
Massachusetts
Smith
Tom Dewey
New York
Irving Ives
Dewey
Ives
Herb Brownell
Dewy
Aftermath: Reader notes on assaults and war work
Pocatello readers urge police to pursue rapist cases while keeping victims confidential. A widow war worker recounts women facing unsafe jobs postwar with onerous tasks. Snippets include letters about city governance, public health, and a range of brief local incidents from crime to lost items.
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