Stassen enters race as Republican presidential hopeful in 1948
The piece profiles Harold E. Stassen former Minnesota governor and Navy officer announcing his 1948 Republican bid. It notes a lavish Washington campaign apparatus, concealed funding details, and extensive publicity. It contrasts Stassen’s grooming with Senator Vandenberg’s unexpected withdrawal and forecasts future candidates emerging from the political background.
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Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
United States Navy
Stassen
Washington
Young Executive
Mr. Stassen
Navy
Wendell Willkie
Vandenberg
Michigan
United States Senate
United Nations
United States
Princess Elizabeth May Wed Prince Philip of Greece
The piece discusses the possible union between Princess Elizabeth of England and Prince Philip of Greece. It weighs royal duty against personal romance, notes Greece’s unstable throne, and suggests Elizabeth is inclined toward Philip while England’s influence and history of royal marriages shape the outcome. The article leans toward a likely match amid public interest in royal romance.
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Prince Philip
Greece
Elizabeth
England
Philip
George
Victoria
Albert
Nathan Report Meets CIO Wage Rise Proposal Critique
The Nathan Report urged by CIO wage rise without price gains is examined as impractical. Sokolsky argues a 25 percent wage hike would force price increases, harm industry, and risk bankruptcies, contrasting with Colmer committee guidance favoring private initiative amid transition. The piece warns against government ownership and stresses efficient production.
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George E. Sokolsky
Henry Wallace
Department of Commerce
Wallace
Robert R. Nathan
CIO
Nathan
Robert Nathan
Colmer Committee
House of Representatives
Colmer
Mr. Nathan
John L. Lewis
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Leave The Bottom Branches Alone Cherry picking metaphor from Nova Scotia
A column recounts a cherry orchard practice in Bear river district Nova Scotia where renters pick fruit by the hour or day and advises leaving the bottom branches alone. The piece extends the metaphor to business and life noting top branches hold rarer fruit, requiring imagination and effort to turn ideas into action, urging readers to shun easy opportunities and take on hard work to succeed.
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Bear River
Nova Scotia
Webb B. Garrison
Investigator Dope Addict By Westbrook Pegler
In Atlanta secret agents of the Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League are described in hearings as harassing Americans with false charges. Mario Buzzi, also known as Bossi, is named. James Sheldon admits lack of league files on him. The piece also notes a dope addict dope addiction tied to Henry Wolfgang, a PM reporter, and questions about informants and reliability.
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Westbrook Pegler
New York
Atlanta
Anti-Nazi League
The
Columbians
Mario Buzzi
House
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
James H. Sheldon
Sheldon
Eugene Cook
Georgia
League
Buzzi
Eugene Garey
House Committee
Boston University
Richard Rollins
Department of Investigation
Rollins
Garey
Bossi
United States
Roosevelt
Austria
Dorothy Waring
Dorothy Kahn
Wurzburger Kelen D’oxylion
D’oxylion
Mario Bossi
Nino Bossi
Miss Waring
Andre Luotto
James Alfred Guest
Guest
FCC
Law Department
Henry Heinz Wolfgang
Henry Miller
Wolfgang
PM PM
Marshall Field
New York Police Department
Merger debate tests congressional defense committees
Washington dispatch notes pressure in Congress to carve a single exception allowing naval and military affairs committees to continue until a merger of armed services is legislated. It urges caution to preserve expertise and avoid a shift of power, suggesting a unified national defense committee after unification and coordination on procurement and facilities.
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Washington
Congress
Armed Services
United States
Navy
Congressional
America
U. S. Navy
Army Air Forces
Army
Marine Corps
Joint Chiefs of Staffs
U. S
Pacific
Guam
Iwo Jima
National Defense
Upsetting Caracas Sojourn in Pajama Corridor Tale
Washington Scene by George Dixon recounts a chaotic Caracas stop in 1946 with misadventures from a pajama clad hotel corridor scene to a Daiquiri fueled airport halt. The narrator jokes about a strict maid, a mountain road with a wrecked car statue, and humorous encounters with locals including Enrique Berenguer y Bosque and marines playing baseball at Rancho Boyeros.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Habana
Cuba
Havana
Rio Cristal
Enrique Berenguer Y Bosque
LAV
Marquetia
Laguari
Woman travels with thirty seven cats to Hampshire village
A Nottingham arrival in a Hampshire village brings thirty seven cats. Local mice reportedly organize a strong underground movement, according to Punch via the Christian Science Monitor.
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Hampshire
Nottingham
Christian Science Monitor
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By David Lawrence
George Dixon
Rancho Boyeros
Waldorf
Avila
Todd Wright
Mr. Wright
Wright
King Features Synd
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