Seeds of Doubt in a Deserting Russian Flyer Story
The army released the four month old tale of 23 year old Sgt Vladimir Barashkov who stole a Soviet air force plane and landed at a Japanese field before declaring he wanted American citizenship. The piece argues his motives reveal cracks in Soviet propaganda and suggests many Russians may doubt communism after exposure to life abroad.
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Vladimir Barashkov
Austria
Barashkov
Soviet Union
United States
Barashkovs
Russia
John Wheeler Side Shows On Selling
A sales themed reminiscence by John Wheeler recounts career lessons, bold openings, and closing strategies. It highlights famous encounters with Hickok Belt Company, Karl Bickel, Lord Northcliffe, Julia Hoyt, Adolph Ochs, and others, illustrating how publicity and personal connections shaped advertising outcomes.
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Liberty Magazine
Hickok Belt Company
Karl Bickel
United Press
Doctor Einhorn
Bickel
Hugh Fullerton
Perry
Julia Hoyt
Newport
New York
Palm Beach
Southampton
Hoylake
Liverpool
Lord Northcliffe
British Isles
Bell Syndicate
Kipling
Adolph Ochs
New York Times
White House
Ee Aes
Grooming Molotov as Stalin’s Successor Predicament
Paul Gallico argues a Soviet grooming commission would struggle to craft a new tyrant to emulate Stalin. He mocks Molotov as ill-suited, notes need for hidden generals and brutal policies, and concludes the plan is doomed from a late start.
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Joseph Stalin
Vyacheslav Molotov
Stalin
Molotov
Siberia
Soviet Grooming Commission
Russia
Kremlin
Public Welfare Act of 1949 shifts health aid debate
The Public Welfare Act of 1949 seeks to expand federal aid for state medical care to the aged, indigent, dependent children, and the blind, redefining assistance to include medical costs. It could upend Taft's health plan and influence national health insurance as hearings proceed before the House Ways and Means Committee led by Robert L. Doughton.
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Robert A. Taft
Congress
Senator Taft
Robert L. Doughton
House
Ways and Means
Kremlin Shakeup and U S Iran Aid Spark Beltway Tension
The piece argues no one can know Kremlin intent behind Molotov Vishinsky changes and links U S plans to fortify Iran to anticipated Russian moves. It recounts Rep Thomas L Blanton's 1921 censure for obscene material, his near expulsion, and leaders who voted to reprimand him.
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Washington
Kremlin
United States
Poland
Iran
U. S
John Wiley
Teheran
Germany
Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
House
Thomas L. Blanton
Texas
House of Representatives
Alben Barkley
Congressional Record
Congress
Blanton
Millard French
Government Printing Office
George H. Carter
Champion Hal Sims Remembered By Henry McLemore
Henry McLemore writes of P. Hal Sims a famed bridge player and golf enthusiast who died in Havana Cuba. He recalls Sims as a tough competitor who demanded bold bids yet mentored others, and he shares personal memories of their 1931 bridge game and Hal’s colorful personality.
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Havana
Cuba
P. Hal Sims
The
Regency
Knickerbocker
Hal Sims
Hal
St. Peter
Gabriel
Frank Crowninshield
Richard Vidmer
Jones
Dempsey
Hoppe
Sandy
Ruth
Lex Thompson
Tommy Tailer
Meadowbrook
Gulfstream
Pebble Beach
Henry
McLemores
James
Mr. Sims
Blizard of ’49 Eases Rail Patience and Local Tales
Union Pacific officials reflect on the blizzard year of 1849 as freight and passenger teams cope with extreme cold, 14000 workers, dozens of plows and bulldozers, and patron patience amid delays. A Montpelier yarn tells of car swaps to avoid a blocked tanker. Also notes findings from Dr. Ernest Horn on word frequency in adult writing and children’s vocab sizes.
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Little Ol
Ernest Horn
University of Iowa
Childcraft Books
Horn
Trio of Gish Pickford in Colonial dining reminisce
Lillian Gish Mary Pickford and Dorothy Gish share memories at Gene Cavallero's restaurant recalling early poverty and entry into film. They described their 1910 rise from 8th Avenue to screen stardom and their lifelong friendship spanning over four decades.
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Colony
Lillian Gish
Mary Pickford
Dorothy Gish
Gene Cavallero
Gladys Smith
8Th Av
Jack
Jack Pickford
Mary Nee
Never-Never Land
B. Springfield
Dorothy
Mary
Lillian
Mark Cross Jewelry
Italy
Oscar longing for Hollywood extras as stars
Hollywood extra Erskine Johnson argues extras deserve Oscars. He describes a typical day from 4 pm calls to 6 am alarm, rough commutes from Hollywood to Culver City, no billing, no glamour, just demanding grind and silent crowds.
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Hollywood
Central
M-G-M
Culver City
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L. C. Giauque
Frank Grover
Pocatello
Idaho
John Wheeler
Mr. Ochs
Paul Gallico
Peter Edson
Drew Pearson
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Truman
James F. Byrnes
Tom Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sam Rayburn
Barkley
Frank Mondell
Wyoming
Nicholas Longworth
Mondell
Fred Gillett
Henry McLemore
Gate City
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Omaha
Montpelier
Nile Matthews
Afton
Wyo
Matthews
Jerry Burnham
Earl Wilson
Rising Sun
Helen Raye
Smith
Baltimore
Erskine Johnson
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