Peace and Economic Security in Veterans Week
The piece argues that peace hinges on global economic security and United States leadership. It notes World War II veterans shaping future politics, cites MacArthur and Truman on postwar plans, and warns that enduring peace requires international cooperation, shared economic policies, and genuine goodwill beyond tariffs and aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Army of the Republic
Miami
Fla
GAR
United States
Japan
Missouri
Gen
MacArthur
Moscow
Marshal Stalin
Truman
America
United Nations
Reason and Common Sense on the Truman Fair Deal
The piece critiques the 81st Congress and President Truman's Fair Deal, arguing factions clash over defense and domestic funding. It contends Congress is distracted by politics, while the nation bears growing fiscal burdens and questions foreign aid strategy. The author urges taxpayers to speak out against excessive spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rayburn
Senate
Lucas
House
Truman
Uncle Sam
Europe
British Socialism analyzed by George and Sotolsky
In 1949 King Features reprints a critique arguing that socialism failed in Britain but succeeded in Soviet Russia. The authors compare economic systems, liberty, and imperial context, noting Britain's high prewar living standards, wartime austerity, and dependence on imports. They contrast self sufficiency in Russia with Britain’s trade and currency dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George & Sotolsky
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
Russia
Lenin
Stalin
England
Ukraine
United States
Japan
Britain
King Features
Fashion Note A New Look Inspires 1950 Port Hole Style
A 1949 street fashion introduced a full skirt with three circular portholes in eyelet embroidery chrome rings. The 1950 collection will keep the device but switch to rectangular embroidery, signaling a shift from round portholes to a newer silhouette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Discriminative Law Enforcement By Westbroot Pegler
Column argues that the U S Department of Justice shows selective enforcement in cases linked to Huey Long foes and Roosevelt era politics. It cites Johnny Maragon rose oil smuggling and punishment as evidence while accusing officials of bias and corruption in visa and tax matters involving Elliott Roosevelt and others.
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Westbroot Pegler
New York
Johnny Maragon
Paris
Johnny
Chicago
White House
Department of Justice
Maragon
Tom Dewey
Robert Taft
Tom Clark
Department of Government
Louisiana Purchase
Department
Huey Long
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Raissa Browder
Earl
United States
State Department
Montreal
Julian Larabie Pinkerton
Secretary of State
James E. Callahan
Howard K. Travers
Elliott Roosevelt
John Hartford
the Treasury
Elliott
George Spelvin
Anna Roosevelt
Boettiger
Treasury
Grand Jury
Washington
Try And Stop Me by Bennett Cerf excerpt
Bennett Cerf lampoons Boston Brahmins in Amory's The Proper Bostonians and related society sketches. The piece cites Beacon Hill women and Harvard’s Porcellian club, noting inflated self regard and social quirks with witty vignettes from 1949.
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Bennett Cert
Cleveland Amory
Dutton
Amory
Beacon Hill
New Yorker
Boston
Harvard
Monsieur Blank
Bennett Cerf
King Features
Defense Debates Military Spending and Economic Balance
Washington discusses reducing wartime budgets without harming long term strength. Edwin G. Nourse argues military needs should align with civilian economic thinking and cautions against viewing armament as unemployment cure. He urges less total spending and integration of defense with public enterprise to raise living standards. The Dixiecrat movement draws questions about its political aims and structure.
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Washington
United States
Pearl Harbor
Edwin G. Nourse
Council of Economic Advisers
Nourse
Halls of Congress
America
Mr. Nourse
Hitler
Washington Scene on Dixiecrat Press Conference Confusion
Washington columnist reports a chaotic press conference by National States Rights Executive Committee spokesman Judge Leander H. Perez of Louisiana. Perez claims headquarters in Mayflower Hotel suite with himself as director and mentions Wallace Wright as a future national states rights bureau chair, amid muddled statements and unclear roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
South Carolina
Perez
Latvia
Stalin
Judge Perez
Yugo- Slavia
Washington
National States Rights Executive Committee
Mayflower
Democratic National Committee
Leander H. Perez
Plaquemines
St. Bernard Parishes
Chavez
Bernard
Louisiana Democratic Central Committee
Wallace
Wallace W. Wright
Mr. Wright
National States Rights Bureau
Pendulum of Power Crooked in Philippines as Occupation Ends
In Manila critics mock the occupation era and its collaborators across Indo China Siam Korea and the Dutch Indies. The piece likens postwar politics to a swinging pendulum with diplomats like Talleyrand cited as balancing force.
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Philippines
Russia
Manila
Italy
France
Norway
Indo-China
Siam
Korea
Dutch Indies
Telleyrand
Oldier
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Little Rock
Arkansas Gazette
H.E.T
Christian Science Monitor
Sam Carp
Bridgeport
Conn
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Molotov
Carp
Roosevelt
Eugene Garey
Garey
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Dean Acheson
Committee On un-American Activities
Pinkerton
Irumay
By David Lawrence
George Dixon
By ‘Bugs’ Baer
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