Labor Control And Sherman Act Scrutiny In Senate
The piece cites Senator Willis Robertson inquiry into John Lewis and United Mine Workers for alleged labor monopoly in coal, warns that wage and hour bargaining used to restrict production could violate the Sherman Act, and urges action against Lewis and peers to prevent economic disruption. It also references David Lawrence on industry wide bargaining and steel disputes in New York.
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Tom Clark
Supreme Court of the United States
Mr. Clark
John Lewis
United States
Clark
Willis Robertson
D-Va
Senate
Robertson
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Senator McGrath
David Lawrence
Washington
New York
Truman
National Steelworkers Union
Vaughan the President's Aide Claims National Spotlight
A profile of Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, military aide to President Truman, highlighting his notoriety, close ties to the President, and media attention. The piece notes Vaughan’s rise from a Missouri friend and early aid to the Vice President to a central White House figure who draws headlines and political scrutiny.
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Harry H. Vaughan
Truman
Gen. Vaughan
United States
U.S
White House
Washington
Gen
Vaughan
Harry
V P
Missouri
Three Chaplains Elevate Navy Chaplaincy Leadership
In 1949 Commander Joshua L. Goldberg becomes district chaplain of the third naval district covering New York, the first rabbi to hold such a high naval office. He joins Rear Admiral Stanton W. Salisbury and Captain Jack Robinson as three faiths steering a cooperative, nonsectarian chaplain service that comforts American servicemen far from home.
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Navy
Joshua L. Goldberg
Naval District
New York
Armed Services
Goldberg
United States
Army
France
AEF
University of Odessa
America
Great Britain
Stanton W. Salisbury
USN
John R. Robinson
Jack Robinson
Salisbury
Navy Chaplain’s School
Norfolk
Virginia
Josh” Goldberg
Captain Salisbury
King Features
Deep Freeze Harry In Hollywood War Era Memoir
World War I era figure Vaughan, chemist and agent, rose to brigadier general under Truman. Revered as Deep Freeze Harry, he earned a diamond decoration from Peron and may be eased into political oblivion or assigned as military aide to Mrs. Pearl Mesta in Luxembourg.
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Vaughan
Truman
U.S
Australia
Harry
Peron
Pearl Mesta
Luxembourg
McCulloughs Fight Soviet Front Claims in Greenwich Suit
A Greenwich Connecticut dispute pits Mrs. John T. McCullough against Paul Draper and Larry Adler in a $100,000 suit over anti Communist letters and speeches. The article details how Connecticut attaches property on filing, the alleged front organizations, and calls for patriotic defense groups as the case unfolds.
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New York
Harry Bridges
Bridges
Supreme Court
John T. McCullough
Community Concerts Association
Greenwich, Conn
McCulloughs
Parsonage Road
Greenwich
Conn
Parsonage Rd
Paul
Larry
United States Court
Hartford
Legion
VFW
Veterans’ Societies
Rotary
Lions
Kiwanis
Draper
Adler
McCullough
Moscow
United States
House of Representatives
California
Connecticut
Try And Stop Me Christmas Story by Bennett Cerf
A celebrated American newspaperman wrote a heartfelt Christmas story that the managing editor scraped onto the front page left column. The writer, sure it was hokum yet best of the year, faced press delays until the messenger finally delivered the copy after December 26.
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Bennett Cert
America
M. E
Messenger
Bennett Cerf
King Features
Gone with the Wind: a landmark American novel and artist
A New York critic argues that Margaret Mitchell earned lasting regard for Gone with the Wind as a major American novel despite being an amateur author. He lauds its pace, realism, and dialogue while noting critics once undervalued it and that eight million readers found it easy to read.
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New York
Margaret Mitchell
Miss Mitchell
GWTW
Anthony Adverse
O’hara
Wilkes
Virginia Woolff
Critique of Margaret Mitchell and Gone with the Wind influence
The author argues Mitchell showed rare craft in Gone with the Wind while criticizing imitators and the postwar South novel trend. She praises Mitchell’s restraint and impact, contrasting it with Twain and later melodramas, noting readers worldwide revere the epic as a landmark.
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Atlanta
Scarlett
Rhett
Mammy
Huck Finn
Tom Sawyer
Miss Mitchell
Mark Twain
Huckleberry Finn
GWTW
New Hampshire
Vermont
American South
Washington Scene: Malone Sees Nuclear Policy Through Parody
In a Washington Scene column by George Dixon, Senator George W. Malone of Nevada jokes about a new policy to move gold from Fort Knox to buy European currencies, while recalling NRA era figures and Robbie Newman’s political run in Bethany Beach, Del. The piece ties satire on policy with personal anecdotes from the era.
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Washington
George Dixon
Senator Malone
George W. Malone
Nevada
State Department
Fort Knox
Dole
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Roosevelt
Robbie
Frances Robinson
FDR
Bernard Baruch
Brooklyn
James B. Newman
Air Force Engineers
Oman Council
Bethany Beach
Del
Delmarva Peninsula
Jack Smith
International News Photos Bureau
Bethany
Gen
Newman
William P
Phil” Short
Jim
Phil Short
King Features
Picking The Winner By Bugs Baek In My Amateur View
The author presents a satirical take on Asian geopolitics centered on China and Japan. It uses cartoonish characters and playfully violent imagery to argue about subsidies, war, and Western involvement. The piece mixes humor with critical remarks on imperialism and economic motives.
Britain’s lesson for US quoted by GE Commentator
The General Electric Commentator argues four years of British welfare policy show prosperity comes from higher production not laws. It warns Britain failed by focusing on redistribution of produced goods rather than boosting output, implying the U S should avoid the same mistake.
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Britain
America
General Electric
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