Wallgren nomination to head NSRB faces Senate inquiry
The Senate Armed Services Committee blocked confirmation of Mon C Wallgren for head of the National Security Resources Board. Critics warn against cronyism while supporters cite loyalty and competence. Wallgren, a Washington former governor and long-time politician, may still secure a post, though doubts about his fit persist.
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National Security Resources Board
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Ana
Truman
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Senate
Ethil Jewelry and Optical
House
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GOP policy drive reshapes House minority in Washington
Peter Edson notes a Republican reform in the House as a new eight-region policy committee and a public information unit take shape. The group aims to press a $200,000 a year PR campaign to explain GOP policy on issues, while preserving freedom for individual congressmen to vote their conscience.
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House of Representatives
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Old Guard
Henry Abot Lodge, Jr
Robert A. Taft
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Democratic Solid South
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Paul Gallico Today Is Date To Remember
An anniversary reflection notes how 15 years ago Congress and the President restored Philippine independence. It contrasts Western democracies with Communism, warns of Soviet influence over small nations, calls Panama pivotal to US defense, and urges patriotism amid postwar cynicism.
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Great Britain
India
Soviet Union
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Mexico
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Panama
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Greece
Turkey
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Republic of Panama
Hungary
Poland
Norway
Denmark
Subwaying: a former New Yorker recalls practice needed
Henry McLemore reflects on the demanding, unteachably precise sport of subwaying in New York. He recalls his peak as a skilled getter on and off trains, then notes how lack of practice erodes coordination and confidence, urging slow reeducation at distant stations during quiet hours.
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Grand Central
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Claudette Colbert
Robert Young
George McGonigle
William Russell
Russell
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Debate Hangs on Marshall Plan Amendment on Dutch East Indies
In the Senate a obscure amendment to the Marshall plan funds bars aggressor nations that block UN peace efforts from further Marshall Plan aid. The State Department opposes the measure. The piece recalls four historic scenes from Chaco War to Mussolini as context for voting.
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United States
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United Nations
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Frank B. Kellogg
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Paraguay
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Henry L. Stimson
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Stimson
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Pearl Harbor
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Ethiopia
Franklin Roosevelt
Manchuria
League
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Standard Oil
New Jersey
I. G. Farben
Standard Vacuum
Pyramids, scams, and a Yonkers race tale of caution
The piece recounts pyramid schemes and confidence tricks, noting how they spread through households and rely on gullibility. It includes a Yonkers Empire City track anecdote about a prankster fortune and a later refund line, ending with a sickly ice cream run and castor oil dose.
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Madrid
Empire City
Yonkers
Indian war bonnet joins Idaho State museum collection
The Idaho State College museum adds the war bonnet and sandstone peace pipe of Fort Hall leader John Ballard, died last June, sent by his daughter Mrs. Daisy St. Clair of Fort Washakie to J. E. Youngren of Pocatello. Union Pacific reports freight losses fell 14 percent in 1948 from 1947, with 144,971 claims versus 168,191, citing an eight point loss prevention program. council candidate C. Tallberg questions bootlegging persistence despite legalized liquor, criticizing enforcement and proposing changes if needed.
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John Ballard
Fort Hall
Daisy St. Clair
Fort Washakie
Wyo
J. E. Youngren
Pocatello
Union Pacific Railroad
O. J. Wallstein
Union Pacific
C. Tallberg
Annie Pie Sheridan's Europe Trip Tales and Jokes
A Denton Texas woman named Annie Pie Sheridan shares humorous opinions on learning languages and Paris fashion. She recounts foreign money, a plunging neckline worn by Josephine Hughes, and notes she traveled with Cary Grant on a film set. She also mentions her pleurisy illness and keeps a GI lighter from Germany.
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Annie Pie
Denton
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Toledo
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Germany
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le Garcon
le Rue de la Paix
Truman
Groucho Marx
Uncle Sam
Jack Benny to star on new TV comedy season
Hollywood gossip item notes Jack Benny's TV debut impresses and a new monthly live show will be kinescoped for East release in October or November. The article records Benny’s self deprecating jokes about Ad libs and Oscars, plus several other Hollywood anecdotes about Errol Flynn Nora Eddington Bing Crosby Fred Astaire and Cary Grant among others.
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