Christmas driving dangers prompt college safety contest
The National Safety Council warns that Christmas travel is unusually deadly with December the riskiest month. Lumbermen's Mutual and the Safety Council sponsor a $2000 safe driving contest for college papers and individuals. main causes are speeding daytime dreaming and clowning among 18 24 year olds. Extra caution can spare lives during the holiday season.
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Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company
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Safety Council
Maryla Jonas A Piano Prodigy and Poland to Rio Escape
The piece recounts Maryla Jonas, famed Polish pianist praised by Jerome Bohm, who fled Warsaw after Nazi invasion. She survived bombed homes, a Gestapo threat, and a forced exile route via Berlin to Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro, where Rubinstein urged her return.
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Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Halls
Maryla Jonas
Jerome Bohm
New York Herald Tribune
Teresa Carreno
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Hitler
Poland
Germany
Gestapo
Maryla
Fuehrer
Fraulein
Rio de Janeiro
Europe
Portugal
Arthur Rubinstein
Rio
Municipal Opera House
Maryla Jonas rises as a touring pianist after Rubinstein push
The narrative traces Maryla Jonas slowly overcoming a psychosis with piano, her Carnegie Hall debut amid hardship, and a future of touring. It also notes Dr. Herman Zeiss urging a return to 435 cycles per second pitch standard and nostalgia for a mellower tempo.
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Maryla
Opera House
Rubinstein
Teresa Carreno
Carnegie Hall
Jerome Bohm
M-G-M
Maryla Jonas
Neck of the Woods
Rubenstein
Herman Zeiss
Austria
Unesco
Beirut
Lebanon
Dr. Zeissl
Vienna
The Man Market and Mr Average American
Robert Ruark laments how radio ads and ads push Mr Average American into pigeonholes. The piece recounts surveys by Kinsey Crossley Gallop and Roper about underwear, shirts, grooming, wallets, ties, and other habits. A surreal nightmare of statistics haunts the imagined everyman amid relentless marketing pressure.
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Mir
America
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Kinsey
Hooper
Crossley
Gallop
Roper
It Happened Last Night by Earl Wilson
A column recounts incidents from the era with sports and entertainment figures. Jumping Joe Dugan recalls Babe Ruth’s dominance and a big day. Fred Allen jokes about a breathy audience member. Ray Middleton puns on riddles backstage. Raymond Loewy plans a December wedding. Errol Flynn’s Don Juan arrest stirs interest in the film. Laura headlines a Las Americas engagement with earnings around $4000.
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Joe’ Dugan
Babe Ruth
Dugan
Errol Flynn
Don Juan
Cosimas
Laura
Las Americas
Truman Dewey exchange highlighted at Idlewild opening
Washington Merry-Go-Round recalls a post ceremony remark by President Truman to Governor Dewey at Idlewild airport amid campaign spotlight. Mundt-Nixon bid to reform the House Un-American Activities Committee faces delays as Hiss-Chambers papers provoke new disclosures and headlines.
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Grover Whalen
New York
Truman
Dewey
Idlewild
Whalen
White House
Karl Mundt
South
Dakota
House UN
Thomas
Mundt
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Parnell Thomas
Nixon
Baltimore
Hiss
Chambers
Justice Department
State Department
Hiss-Chambers
Alex Campbell
Robert Stripling
Un-American Activities Committee
Jerry Klutz
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers Farm
Westminister
Stripling
If Flight Had Never Been Solved A Thought Exercise
The piece ponders a world without the Wright brothers first powered flight and the Air Age. It imagines alternatives had heavier-than-air travel remained unrealized and reflects on the implications for technology and society.
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Kitty Hawk
N.C
Wright Brothers
Europe
A Critique of Air Travel and Its Costs
Paul Gallico weighs the benefits and dangers of airplanes. He notes the speed and reach of air travel for emergencies and meals but questions the broader impact on safety and war, arguing the air lift aided both aid and slaughter and reflecting on Berlin.
Washington Voices on China Aid and Chiang Kai-shek Crisis
Conscientious Republicans on a congressional watchdog committee weigh the two billion dollars in United States aid to China over two years. Much aid to the nationalist cause has fallen to the communists as armies surrender or switch allegiance. Some lawmakers believe Chiang Kai-shek cannot be saved, while Rep Walter Judd argues for consolidating forces in South China with immediate massive aid.
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Owe
China
Congressional Watchdog Committee
Chiang Kai-Shek
Walter Judd
Minnesota
Judd
Chiang
South
United States
Sen
Alexander Smith
New Jersey
China policy blame spans officials and Chiang
Marquis Childs argues that blame for U S China debacle lies with critics who attacked policy makers and Chiang Kai-shek. He notes the state department grew timid, Chiang undermined reforms, currency collapse followed, defection rose, and aid debates intensified.
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China
Chiang
State Department
U. S
Christmas charity notes and neighborly plans
A village post features donations from readers to Good Neighbor House and a tender letter from Linda Garry asking for support due to rheumatic fever. Volunteers plan a New Year’s Day gathering at a hall, hoping Linda can attend with Uncle Guy Hope and friends.
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Linda Garry
North Main St
Beca
Connor Stree
Linda
Guy
Bob Hope
Yellowstone
Caine
Sihail Fry
Liz _ da
Army Recruiting Service
Unclear fragment hints at sports bet and romance tale
Fragmentary text mentions BARBS football bet and a Florida couple on a merry go round. References to marriage, a bachelor, and dizzy claims appear alongside a theft report of four thousand dollars from a department store and an Ohio boy with a fire incident.
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