81st Congress maps bold program after elections
The 81st Congress outlines a definite agenda mirroring President Truman's proposals. Key battles loom over labor, farm prices, housing, civil rights, inflation and taxes with calls to limit filibusters, timetable bills, and a reevaluation of the Taft Hartley act.
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Washington
81St
Congress
Truman
Mike Monroney
Oklahoma
House Rules Committee
Senate
Francis J. Myers
Pennsylvania
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Agriculture Committee
Elmer Thomas
Harold Conley
North Carolina
80Th Congress
Joseph C. O’mahoney
Wyoming
Joint Committee On
Utah
James E. Murray
Montana
Thomas
Murray
Miracle in New Hampshire Refugee Tale of Josef Vradca
A moving van brings Josef Vradca and a boy to a New Hampshire village. Suspicions rise at church about the quiet stranger whose wife died in Boston. The tale hints at a humane turn or miracle beyond European peasant folklore.
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Mauleon
Basque Country
France
Europe
New Hampshire
Josef Vradca
Macedonia
Vradca
Boston
White Mountains
Giraffe Gift Spurs Refugee's Quiet Resolve
In a mountain town Vraden, grieving father, After his son dies, he gives away toys to local children. A tiny giraffe returned to his door reveals a spark of pity in a hostile community. A motel owner insists his son must not accept a gift from a refugee.
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Vradca
Boston
Henry Stanton
Advice From The Doctor On Gout Causes And Triggers
The article explains gout as a common male disease with acute attacks often waking sufferers at night. It notes uncertain causes, links to purine rich foods, and lists liver, sweetbreads, kidney, squab, calf tongue, sausage, beef, pork, veal, and certain fish as high in purines that may trigger flares.
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North America
Christmas Wishes for Unsung Helpers Across Professions
Gallico extends a Christmas salute to laundries workers plumbers hotel chambermaids dishwashers bus boys mail carriers and others whose daily toil goes unseen. He thanks them for service and kindness during holidays and year end amid the busy mail and hospitality seasons.
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Yuletide
Berle on TV Reigns as New York Watches at Home
Earl Wilson recalls Milton Berle as television’s king while noting New Yorkers stay in on Tuesday nights to watch Berle, with cultural hints to radio's fading stars, early TV parity, and a child program outlook. The piece weaves nostalgia with media shifts and a family view from the writer’s home.
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Cohan
Milton Berle
Slugger
Berle
Ohio State Penitentiary
Amos
Andy
Slug
Bronx
Pop
Washington Worry Round Draws Pearlson on Peace Crusade
Washington column credits public will for peace efforts amid UN stalemate and rising world tension. It highlights citizen actions from toy drives to pen pal exchanges, Rotary scholarships, and voter education campaigns, showing a broad, diverse mobilization for democracy at home and abroad.
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United Nations
Latin America
Holland
Earth
Kelloggs
Clayton
N.Y
Canada
Bakersfield
Calif
Red Cross
Jacksonville
Ala
State Teachers College
Southwest
Texas State Teachers College
San Marcos
Texas
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Nikaia High School
Greece
Worthington
Minn
Crailsheim
Germany
Morganville
Kans
Feves
Glen Cove
Pontecorvo
Italy
Rockland County
Echternach Hospital
Luxembourg
Washington Calling reflects on UN amid Indonesia clash and new headquarters plan
The piece argues the United Nations faces a violent reality as Indonesia’s Netherlands government violates a UN truce. It links Asia’s decolonization to the UN’s troubled role and notes a forthcoming General Assembly session in April. It mentions a $65 million loan for UN headquarters on Rockefeller donated site in New York.
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Washington
United Nations
Indonesia
Netherlands
U.N
Asia
U. N
U. N. Good Offices Committee
U. N. General Assembly
New York
Congress
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Controversy Over Rockefeller Site Plans in New York
Marquis Childs outlines a clash between Webb & Knapp and Robert Moses over the United Nations site in Manhattan. Webb & Knapp push a broad development including apartments shops museums and a music center while Moses seeks only street widening. Mayor O Dwyer accuses Webb & Knapp of conflicts of interest as condemnation plans surface.
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New York
Webb & Knapp
Rockefeller
Robert Moses
Moses
Board of Estimate
William O’dwyer
U.N
Postings revives Gate City humor column in Pocatello
Local feature reintroduces POSTINGS with light anecdotes on shoplifting, a smiling take on holiday safety, Santa jokes, and community notes. Reports of car mishaps due to distraction and a new Montgomery Ward employee restaurant reflect local life and workplace spirit in Gate City.
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Gate City
Pocatello
Santa
Montgomery Ward's
Pocatellans
Quotes on peace, industry, and policy critique from midcentury leaders
A collection of brief remarks from figures like William Benton James Hilton and Robert H. Jackson commenting on war avoidance economic stability censorship and foreign policy. The quotes touch on the danger of Cold War dogma economic resilience library culture and the iron curtain with various opinions attributed to American and international officials and commentators.
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William Benton
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