Christmas Sermon on Good Will and Peace by Father Hughes
Father Don H. Hughes preaches at St. Ambrose on Christmas as the birth of Christ and the call to good will. He warns that Herod-like forces oppose Christianity and argues peace comes only through embracing Jesus and humility.
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Don H. Hughes
St. Ambrose Church
Jesus Christ
Heaven
Earth
Jesus
God
Christ
Prince of Peace
Herod
Herod of
St. Luke
David
Christ the Lord
Faith and Courage in Truman Christmas Broadcast
The text quotes President Truman urging faith and courage in pursuing United Nations objectives and world rehabilitation. It stresses faith in free government, labor, church, and God, plus courage to fulfill the Atlantic Charter and achieve lasting unity. It also cites Pope Pius XII calling for peace and justice, with Truman’s call to make peace secure through freedom and shared human ideals.
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Truman
United Nations
Rome
Pius XII
Liberty
President Truman
Republican Inning on Presidential Aspirants in 1946
In 1946 the field for the Republican presidential nomination centers on Dewey Taft and Bricker with others like Stassen Vandenberg MacArthur and Eisenhower posing as possible contenders. Dewey holds New York leverage while Bricker and Taft must unify the Ohio delegation and gain broader appeal.
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Harold Stassen
General Eisenhower
Senator Vandenberg
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
New York
Ohio
Dewey
Congress
Senate
Bricker
Taft
Vandenberg
Stassen
Tom Dewey
Warren
California
Green
Illinois
Martin
Pennsylvania
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
MacArthur
Eisenhower
Dewey, Taft and Bricker
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Secret Police Societies By Westbrook Pealer
Westbrook Pealer argues that secret police like Gestapos are a danger, contrasting them with legitimate agencies and reporters. He warns against labeling anti immigration and anti foreign policy views as fascist and notes the FBI and treasury guard sensitive data while journalists largely rely on public records.
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Westbrook Pealer
New York
Europe
Molly
Congress
Roosevelt
George Washington
Lincoln
FBI
Treasury
The
Don Mellett
Canton
Ohio
M. E. Foster
Houston
Julian Harris
Columbus
King Features Syndicate, Inc
When Opportunity Wasn t Heard
A collection of historic rejections to echoes of missed chances. Notable episodes include a Nottingham plumber’s tank design labeled mad by the British War Office in 1911, Westinghouse’s airbrake rejected by Vanderbilt, and Twain declining a stranger’s offer of $500 for half his invention after learning the caller was Alexander Graham Bell.
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Nottingham
War Office
George Westinghouse
Commodore Vanderbilt
Westinghouse
Mark Twain
Aequest
Twain
Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
We Ought to Be Proud of Capitalistic System
A quoted statement by Eric A. Johnston extols competitive capitalism, claiming it won the greatest war in history and credits the United States with sustaining Britain and Russia through ongoing goods flow.
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Britain
Russia
Eric A. Johnston
Court Made Legislation on Back Pay and Exortion
U S Supreme Court rulings on the 40 hour work week open back pay claims spanning to 1938, with estimates of up to 5 billion dollars as unions seek waivers through bargaining. Congress warned to define work time and limit court jurisdiction to prevent retroactive extortion and costly suits.
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David Lawrence Washington
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Federal
Labor Union
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Court
Caracas Dispatch Premature Venezuela Rebel Report
Washington Scene from Caracas describes guerrilla fighting in the interior of Venezuela amid limited official confirmation. Reporter joins Col. Robert Andrews to trek toward Trujillo Merida and the Colombian border while the government clamps down on information and a powerful rebel faction threatens to form a separate state.
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Caracas
Mucho
Robert C. Andrews
Andes
Trujillo
Merida
Venezuela
D'Avila
Soa
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George E. Sokolsky
Secret Police
Marshall Field
CIO
John Lewis
District 50
CIO Union
Field
Lee
Okegora
Washington Scene
George Dixon
Dixon
L.A.V
Bill Mushett
Canadian Air Force
Mushett
Alejandro Ybarra
Thomas R. Ybarra
Carcas
Romulo Betancourt
Betancourt
Fdr
Col. Andrews
Colonel
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