Genocide ban marks step toward international law
A Polish law professor coined genocide and urged an international crime ban. The UN General Assembly passed a resolution outlawing genocide 55 to 0, with three absences, though ratification by member states is still needed. The move echoes the Four Freedoms and aims to lessen fears of persecution and war.
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Hitler
League of Nations
League
Raphael Lemkin
Yale
Lemkin
UN General Assembly
Russia
United Nations
Broadway's old heel Ellis Fenton and a vanished secretary
A former Broadway manager recalled Ellis Fenton as a harsh employer who exploited workers and chased actresses. He recounted hiring a private investigator to find a missing secretary, then meeting the man and learning of a coerced dating pattern with a job-seeking actress.
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Seventh Avenue
Broadway
Ellis Fenton
Fenton
Long Island
Harold Morris
Morris
Philadelphia
Broadway tale of blackmail and a zany plot twist
Billy Rose and a Napkin tale unfolds as Fenton falls for a hotel lark that ends with compromising photos. A bribery scheme spirals to a triple payoff, with a secretive mastermind revealed as a woman. The ex wife and secretary join in a backward truth about family meddling.
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Hoboken
Morris
Bowling Green
Kentucky
New York
Broadway
Mme Chiang Kai-shek Seeks Aid From Truman Gets Tea
Brief says Mme Chiang Kai-shek urged aid for her husband’s embattled armies including money guns food and clothing. White House reply offered a sympathetic hearing and a cup of tea, leaving her with little more than a symbolic gesture.
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Chiang Kai-shek
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Mme Chiang
Newcastle
Voice Of The People In Pocatello On Traffic Signals
A reader questions the yellow caution signal at intersections arguing it causes traffic jams as cars start through the light. Ed notes many complaints and suggests simpler two color signals until a better system is found. The editor praises Christmas decorations and the Kiwanis tree in courthouse yards and hopes for continued community cooperation.
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Pocatello Post
Pocatello
Kiwanis Club
It Happened Last Night Teased by Earl Wilson
Playwright Charles MacArthur recounts a prank to help Broadway publicist Richard Maney. At a restaurant 21 they plan to reconcile with a staged entry through a shuttered window. A bartender’s kitchen mishap leads to Maney blamed for a punch, ending with MacArthur’s quip about helping Fellow Man.
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Earl Wilson
Charles MacArthur
John MacArthur
Pittsburgh
Theater Arts Magazine
MacArthur
Richard Maney
Maney
Dewey Signals Plan for 1949 GOP Convention
Drew Pearson reports Dewey favors a special Republican convention in 1949 to decide whether the GOP should stay with the old guard or shift to a new liberal direction. The idea gains support among governors and senators. the split within the party grows sharper ahead of the January GOP meeting.
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Dewey
University Club
G.O.P
Wendell Willkie
Philip
California
Earl Warren
Minnesota
Harold Stassen
George Aiken
Ralph Flanders
Vermont
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Rayaldwin
Connecticut
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Charles Tobey
New Hampshire
Alexander Smith
New Jersey
James Kern
Missouri
GOP
Old Guard
Henry Wallace
Republican National Committee
AFL
Congress
Truman
AF of L
White House
William Green
George Meaney
George Harrison
Dan Tracy
We of Labor
Green
Washington Calling on Indonesia and the Dutch Conflict
A reflective Washington column contrasts American Christmas with the Indonesia crisis. It contrasts Dutch colonial power with Indonesian aspirations, presenting dialogue between a Dutch merchant and a native speaker about independence, economy, and opportunity amid postwar tensions.
Netherlands Indies Rift Tests Allied Resolve
Marquis Childs laments inability to establish orderly government in the Indies as natives and Dutch clash over federation. He notes guerrilla threats and argues U S intervention has been tentative while the war disrupts Holland’s postwar recovery and Asia policy. The piece questions goals of restoring Holland and preventing war amid tension.
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Holland
Indies
Borneo
Celebes
Indonesia
United States
Efort
Asia
Europe
Navy WAVEs and war heroes meet in a Florida governor case
Robert Ruark recalls Adm. King’s gray uniforms and the naval guard’s jokes. He praises Fuller Warren, ex army guardsman and Florida governor elect, for public service and moral leadership while deriding peers who boasted only in wartime bravado.
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Ernie King
Fuller Warren
Florida
Fuller
Stuppi
Chicago
Taussig
St. Louis
Lugg
Oregon
Romero
Houston
Irion
Washington
Powell
Richmond
Piccadilly
Italy
Casablanca
Europe
Johnny
Warren
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