Frustration as Europe teeters on political divide
A writer critiques the European crisis in France and Italy, arguing that chaos is caused by Communist influence and a broken multi party system. The piece questions U S intervention plans and warns against sacrificing American strength to prop up Europe without orderly governance.
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France
Italy
America
Thorez
United States
Congress
Europe
Russia
Taft Campaign Favor: Personal Freedom as Key Issue
The Associated Press notes Senator Taft highlights personal freedom as the 1948 campaign center. The piece argues Taft speaks bluntly and favors leadership over catering to special interests, challenging Senator Aiken’s view on Republican responsiveness to low income groups through Taft’s support of the Taft-Ellender bill.
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Robert Taft
Associated Press
Mr. Taft
Aiken
Republican Party
Republic
Taft
Congress
Taft-Ellender
cIt
Senate
Motion Picture Morality and Communist Infiltration Debate
A 1947 King Features analysis argues film as a family matter balancing private profit with public decency. It credits the Hays Code and Breen, notes 400 industry affiliates with Communist ties, and praises industry reforms at the Screen Writers Guild election and Waldorf Astoria meeting.
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Hays’ Office
Joseph I. Breen
Martin Quigley
Legion of Decency
St. Mary’s
Hattie McDaniel
Thomas
Cads
Paul McNutt
Eric Johnston
Screen Writers, Guild
Hollywood
Guild
Waldorf Astoria
Congress
King Features, Inc
Inflation bill would add 60,000 government jobs
Senator Byrd cites President plan to curb inflation as expanding the federal payroll by about 60,000 workers at an annual cost near 180 million dollars. Critics say the move would swell bureaucracy and waste taxpayer funds. The Coast and Geodetic Survey notes sea level rise, per Kansas City Star and St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Byrd
Virginia
Kansas City Star
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Taft's Senate Duty Outweighs Presidential Bid
The piece argues Senator Taft has contributed little to constructive legislation while criticizing colleagues. It says he tears down the strong to lift the weak, seeks the "human touch," yet places Senate duties before any presidential chances. It praises his statesmanship as his main virtue and campaign appeal.
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Taft
Open Letter To Mrs Mitchell By Westbrook Pegler
New York dispatch notes a December 2 release of an open letter by Westbrook Pegler to Mrs Mitchell. Pegler addresses public figures and critiques political or social topics in a candid opinion, reflecting the columnist’s contentious stance.
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Mrs. Mitchell
Westbrook Pegler
Mrs Mitchells Letters Question Union Pay and Your Hard Times
A Cincinnati reader criticizes Teamsters union leadership over wages and living costs. The letter describes a family surviving on about $55 weekly for long hours, rationing meat and butter, and facing price controls, stockpiled debt, and alleged graft by union officials including Dan Tobin and Joe Padway. It foreshadows further discussion on reform and accountability.
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Willa Mitchell
Cincinnati
Mitchell
The
Teamster’s Union
Teamsters
Jean
Maysville
Truman
Congress
National Association of Manufacturers
CPA
NAM
International Teamsters
Brockey Farrell
Brockey Warrell
Tobin
Mr. Mitchell
Joe Padway
American Federation of Labor
Teamsters’ International
Dan
Padway
Dan Tobin
Teamsters’ Convention
King Features Syndicate, Inc
It Has Happened Before By Bugs Baer
In a nostalgic look Baer recalls boxing era clashes with commissions and fighters. He cites 1917 match plans for Les Darcy versus Georges Carpentier, halted by politics and a slacker accusation. Darcy later died serving in aviation reserve abroad.
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Arthur
Bugs" Baer
Boxing Commission
Charley Weinert
Fred Fulton
Les Darcy
Georges Carpentier
Red Cross
Whitman
Darcy
Memphis
Christie
Peasants About To Take Over By Rober
In a 1947 King Features Syndicate column, Roark discusses military Reform and backlash against brass. He warns that public opinion and Congress may force Army and Navy to shed old guard practices. The piece ties to Omar Bradley’s upcoming leadership and critiques secrecy and favoritism in the services.
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C. Ruark
Army
Navy
Omar Bradley
Eisenhower
Congress
Senator Morse Seeks Softer Seat for Senate Chair
Washington dispatch notes Oregon Senator Wayne Morse keeps a pair of horses and rides daily. The report says he asked an upholstery shop to replace his Senate chair seat with a softer cushion that matches other senators, then inspected it but did not sit. Also mentions a note from Senator McMahon and a past clipping about Harlan County election violence, ending with a fits of goat-related ruckus.
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Geo Washington
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Golon
Capitol
Senate Chamber
Senator Morse
Brien McMahon
Connecticut
Harlan
Harlan County
Harlan Kentucky memories and a courthouse tale
The speaker recalls 1960s Kentucky politics with Senator McMahon and mine conflict, recounting a precinct standoff in Dixon involving two women and a child delaying voting for hours. A deputy sheriff restored order as the tale veers into colorful witnesses and local figures like Moscow Knuckles and Marshall Music.
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CIO
Harlan
London
Sublimity Street
McMahon
Pigg Motor Co
Moscow
Shades of Munich Reappears in Czechoslovakia Crisis
The New York Herald Tribune argues that parallels to 1938 echo in Czechoslovakia as a leftist dictatorship edges toward one party rule. Non Communist forces, led by Benes and Masaryk, resist Communist control while awaiting Western support to bolster Czech independence.
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Munich
Czechoslovakia
Baltic
Aegean
Eastern
Europe
Soviet Russia
Nazi Germany
Czech
Prague
Ministry of Information
Benes
Jan Masaryk
Lausmann
United States
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
New York Herald-Tribune
Aides Consider Austerity and Public Scares
A Kansas City Star note contrasts royal pay with austerity hopes and critiques Vishinsky’s oratory as fading in impact, likening his moment to Orson Welles. The column plays on public appetite for dramatic rhetoric and financial restraint.
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Vishinsky
Orson Welles
Kansas City Star
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New York
Rober
Bennett Meyers
Green Cornet
Marshall
Kentucky
Department of Commerce
Soviet Union
King
Washington Scene
Marshall Music
Phil
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