Predicts 1949: notable deaths and world events foreseen
Criswell lists prominent figures who may die in 1949 and outlines major political, cultural, and global forecasts for the year. He predicts Truman facing civil rights clashes, reforms on poll taxes, Chiang Kai-shek settling in America, film comebacks, and broad geopolitical shifts including a tense cold war and widespread unrest.
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Truman
Madame Chiang
America
Greta Garbo
George Sand
Norma Shearer
Mary Pickford
Mae Murray
Gloria Swanson
Pola Negri
Alben Barkley
Washington
Henry Wallace
James Mason
James Stewart
James Cagney
Claire Booth Luce
Helen Gahagen Douglas
Betty Hutton
Judy Canova
Cass Daley
General Eisenhower
General MacArthur
Japan
Herbert Hoover
Marshall
Stalin
Big Bill Tilden
New York
Duncan Sisters
Topsy
Eva
Witter
Sister Kenney
Bob Hope
Eddie Cantor
Fred Allen
Jack Benny
Lily Pons
Rise Stevens
Jeanette McDonald
Deanna Durbin
Metropolitan Opera Company
Fanchon Devoe
Middle West
India
Siam
Indonesia
China
Wall Street
Los Angeles
Germany
England
British Empire
Italy
France
Greece
Spain
Switzerland
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Russia
Southwest Asia
Africa
South America
Australia
Palestine
Tangier Trip of Smugglers and Social Gossip
narrator recounts a volatile trip to Tangier filled with smugglers and gossip. Captain Kahne halts his ship to aid a drowning escapee. Arab guide Mohammed Karak rescues him with an umbrella. Tangier’s social circle includes George the Tangier chronicler and Master Dean the bartender as Gateaux customs joke unfolds.
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New York
Tangier
North African
Bill Kahne
Straits of Gibraltar
Mohammed Karak
Gessper
Dean
George
Sahara
Cyril
Alexander Woollcott
Alors
Tangier Tales of Wealth Famine and Exotic Intrigue
The narrator chronicles Tangier's paradoxical scene with water and electricity shortages amid opulent life. A new countess houses many dogs and birds, a rich couple crosses deserts in a seaplane, and a chaotic mix of wealth, crime, and nightlife unfolds in a moving picture market and Arab palaces.
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Dean
Tangier
Molyneux
George
Sahara
Sir Cyril
Europe
Monsieur Gable
Mlle
Garson
Tennessee Williams
Texas
Retired to bed musings on illness and world events
Paul Gallico uses a bed bound column to joke about minor illness and the Dutch invasion of Indonesia. He notes readers expect his return, laments limits on writing, and muses on global affairs and personal health while awaiting the next remedy.
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Indonesia
United Nations
Hitler
It Happened Last Night by Earl Wilson
Column recounts a night of social moments in New York with Mickey Rooney Roger Dann and Belle Baker. Jokes and wry asides touch Broadway showbiz politics and a quip about Governor Dewey during a New London appearance. Sam Chotzinoff notes a Broadway Democrat's large Truman bets shifting party stance.
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Earl Wilson
Dewey
New London
Conn
Republican Party
Dewey offers Patterson NY appeals seat amid Surrogate case praise
Washington Roundup notes Governor Dewey discussed appointing ex War Secretary Patterson to New Yorks Court of Appeals after Patterson won the Surrogate Frankenthaler case for the Republican machine. Dewey joked about lead pipe cinches as Patterson claimed the case was a cinch.
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Washington
Tom Dewey
Bob Patterson
New York State
Circuit Court of Appeals
Dewey
Patterson
Frankenthaler
New York County Republican Machine
Bob
John Rankin
Mississippi
Gene Cox
Georgia
Howard Smith
Virginia
Rankin
Moscow
FEPC
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Joe Stalin
John Dingell
Michigan
Rules Committee
Banking and Currency Committee
Cox
GOP
Herman Eberharter
Pennsylvania
Harry Truman
John McCormack
Washington Faces New Congress After 1946 Rift
The 1950 congressional campaign looms as a test of Truman and the Democrats after years of White House and Congressional strain. Leaders such as Alben Barkley lament the White House’s isolation, saying they learn plans from Republicans and fear the drift could shape long term politics.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Democratic Party
Alben Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Barkley
White House to Hold Regular Monday Talks With Congress
Marquis Childs notes a push for regular Monday morning meetings between the White House and congressional leaders. Some Capitol Hill members fear formalization. others propose biweekly or weekly evening sessions for frank discussion on policy and party challenges.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
White House
Capitol Hill
Congress
Winter snows and cold spark light humor in Pebble Basin report
The soil conservation service notes Pebble Basin has 33 inches of snow with 8.5 percent water content as of December 31. A Feb. 1 re-run is planned. The piece includes light jests about ski trips and a Salt Lake police quip about a barefoot woman, plus a rural Montana dairy note and a WW II era reflection on democracy and a Berlin club vote on enlisted men.
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Soil Conservation Service
Pebble Basin
Normandy
France
United Press
Berlin
Harnack House
Valley Forge
News Of The Day In Rhyme For A New Year 1949
A rhymed New Year meditation hopes for a peaceful 1949. The verse asks for kindness, peace, and hope to guide the year and leave a positive record in history. It contrasts 1949 with the departed 1948 and expresses optimism for actions that shape the year.
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Howdy
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