Stalin Birth Day Sparks Speculation On World Peace
The piece notes Joseph Stalin turning 67 with rumors about his health and power. It discusses Russia's openness at the foreign ministers conference and UN, and questions if he will signal peace moves or raise the iron curtain.
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Joseph Stalin
Russia
Molotov
Foreign Ministers Conference
United Nations
Mr. Stalin
Washington
Appalachian
Lewis
United States Supreme Court
United Mine Workers
80Th Congress
Mr. Murray
CIO
United Steel Workers
Reuther
United Automobile Workers
Jauary
Controversy Over Naturalization and Loyalties Postwar
The piece critiques U S naturalization policy amid postwar tensions highlighting Jan Valtin later Richard J Krebs praised for wartime service and opposed by a state department stance. It argues a need to distinguish loyalties, cites German and Japanese figures, and urges congressional scrutiny of naturalization conduct.
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State Department
United States
Jan Valtin
Waltin
Richard J. Krebs
Congress
California
Communist Party
Naturalization Department
Valtin
Germany
Alexander Barmine
Barmine
Shigemitsu
Japan
Far East
America
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Moving Through Time On A Transcontinental Trip
A personal travel column recounts a New York to Los Angeles through car journey with a stop in Chicago. The narrator notes planning delays, upper berth comfort, and a lively pup traveler, plus reflections on service and city scenes in Chicago and Barstow.
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Pacific Coast
New York
Los Angeles
Chicago
Dearborn Street
Nashville, Chattanooga and
Baseball Memories of 19th Century Batting Feats Recalled
The reminiscence recalls players from St. Louis Caruthers O Neill and Robinson hitting .459 .492 and .426. It notes era changes such as rules on strikes and base on balls and jokes that would shift modern averages toward .400. It mentions Musial Vernon and Williams as potential .400 hitters under today’s rules.
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Arthur
Bugs
Eddie Brunt
Eddie
Caruthers
O’neill
Robinson
St. Louis
Stovey
Mack
Anson
Burns
Browning
Burch
Brouthers
Radford
Thompson
Lyons
Orr
Leo Durocher
Eddie Go
Younkers
Hughie Duffy
Boston
Musial
Vernon
Williams
King Features
Political Pots Boiling In Washington Power Plays
Washington observers note internal tensions in both major parties as resignations and leadership speculation unfold. Marion Martin resigns as Republican women’s director amid claims of internal foes and possible Taft plots, while Democratic chatter centers on Robert E Kerr’s chairmanship and Jim Farley’s prospects.
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Washington
Marion Martin
Republicans
New York
Taft
National Committee
Miss Martin
Maine
Hamilton
Ohio
Reece
Robert E. Kerr
Kerr
al Smith
Smith
Aminee
Herbert Hoover
Democratic National Committee
Hoover
Jim Farley
Roosevelt
Farley
Truman
Bob Hannegan
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Favor Revision Not Repeal By David Lawrence
Washington dispatch analyzes labor leaders and management stances on revising the Wagner Act. It notes no labor leaders have proposed changes while some businessmen favor revision and others repeal. The piece argues unions will resist amendments, risking broader conflict and continued one sided enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Congress
Congress
Anti-Saloon League
David Lawrence
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Christmas Firsts Across Years and Places
A compact survey of Christmas milestones from 1823 to 1903. It notes the first publication of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" in the Troy Sentinel in 1823, Silent Night’s 1818 origin in Oberndorf, Austria, and the origins of the first Christmas card, the stocking, tinsel, the Christmas seal, and Santa's North Pole residence as traced to various inventors and writers.
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The
Troy
N. Y
Clement C. Moore
Oberndorf
Austria
Josef Mohr
London
Henry Harris
Einar Holboen
New Amsterdam
Santa Claus
North Pole
Santa
W. E. Farbstein
Christian Science Monitor
Vancouver milkman notes reveal odd client requests
A Vancouver Daily Province piece reproduces handwritten notes left for a milkman. One asks to wake the resident at the bedroom window to turn the mattress. Another requests multiple tasks including opening a door, refilling a fridge, taking money, and even bingo night preparations.
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Vancouver
Milkman
P. S. Hope
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Infantry Journal
24Th Infantry Division
New Guinea
Biak
Leyte
Mindoro
Romblon
Simara
Luzon
Mindanao
Milwaukee Journal
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Mine
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Grand Central
Pup
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Lincoln Park
Chicago Water Works
Hollywoodians
Jennifer Jones
Tough Joe
Eer
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British Museum
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