Washington Mint Layoffs Reflect Christmas Spending Trends
A Washington date line opines on 2000 mint workers laid off amid lower demand for small coins. The piece argues the job cuts reflect brisk holiday spending and rising prices rather than a failing economy, suggesting government coin production may have outpaced demand and urging resilience for workers.
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Washington
United States Mint
Little Johnny
United States
The
Mint
How Did You Mr Morse Return to Woodstock From Columbus
William Morse of Columbus Woodstock and Fountain Park Ohio rode a 1900 derby bicycle forty seven years ago in search of work and fame. He toured High Street Columbus on Christmas Day 1947 in the same suit and derby. The piece contrasts roads then and now and ends with a humorous line about moths in the suit after so many years.
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William Morse
Columbus
Woodstock
Fountain Park
Ohio
Mr. Morse
High Street
Great Reaper
Feng Yu hsiang the Chinese General Becomes United States Figure
A portrait of Feng Yu-hsiang once called the Christian general. The piece traces his career from Tsao Kun’s northern force to his mutinous deeds with Chang Tso-lin and Chiang Kai-shek. It notes his shifts to Soviet support, his role in the New Life Movement, and his current stance in the United States backing China’s Communists.
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China
Tsao Kun
Wu Pei-fu
Feng Yu-hsiang
Tsao
Chang Tso-lin
Manchuria
Kuan Ti
Feng
Peking
Mukden
Great Wall of China
Russia
Karakhan
Kuo Sung-ling
Chiang Kai-shek
Hankow
T. V. Soong
Michael Borodin
Galens
Marshal Bluecher
Chiang
Nanking
Kuomintang
New Life Movement
United States
Soviet Russia
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Will It Be Worth While Secretary Clinton Anderson Names Plungers
The article questions the plan to expose so called commodity plungers by Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson and whether punishment or reflection should follow.
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Clinton Anderson
Policy to meet Russian propaganda with direct replies
The State Department plans to answer Soviet propaganda with facts and direct responses rather than heated rhetoric. The Voice of America will be expanded as a key channel, especially for Germany, backed by broader appropriations and tangible actions to prove the U.S. stands behind its words.
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State Department
Voice of America
Germany
Mos
Names of insiders spark public curiosity and questions
The passage questions the value and impact of revealing insiders and argues the release may not lower grain costs or improve careers. It questions the guilt or crime of those named and whether public scrutiny is justified before punishing individuals.
Communists Our Enemies By Westbrook Pegler
Westbrook Pegler argues that Communists are enemies of the United States, citing Soviet Russia as the core threat. He condemns pro Communist influence, immigration loyalties, and treason cases, urging modern wartime measures against the traitorous network.
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Westbrook Pegler
United States
Ireland
England
Germany
France
Spain
Palestine
Stalin
Last Call For The Diner Car By Bugs Baer
Arthur Baer jokes about a Sultan offering fifty thousand dinars to solve city traffic in 1947. He riffs on St Paul and Minneapolis parking, cloverleafs, accordion cars, bicycles, pedestrian danger, and home parking fantasies with a satirical view of urban mobility.
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Arthur
Bugs" Baer
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Washington Scene column blends wit and social life notes
Washington Scene by George Dixon reports on Christmas parties in Washington with satirical riffs on hosts and fashion. It highlights General Clayton Adams and Mrs. Claude Beddington, public life asides from comedian Joey Adams, plus light comments on thrift and holiday costs.
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Washington
Martin Vogel
Clayton Adams
American Television Corp
Claude
Women organize to battle trends and prices in 1950s US society
In a column of short items, readers note women forming twenty-five groups across the United States to challenge the long skirt fashion while others push back against high prices. The piece reflects on women voters outnumbering men and speculates about a possible woman president in 1952. It also mentions Mrs Dosay’s Strudels in Manhattan and the cachet of "Mrs" in trade names. A separate item jokes about President Truman’s dog as a possible political publicity gesture and profiles Bill Helis, a New Orleans oil man and racehorse breeder.
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France
Germany
Belgium
England
la Belle France
Albion
Soviet Russia
United States
Russia
New York
Hollywood
Washington
CIO
Poland
Palestine
Francis Biddle
Biddle
Hitler
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Stalin
Baltic
Brome
V. Durlina
Manhattan
Truman
White House
Bill Helis
New Orleans
Golden Greek
Bill
Rancocas Farm
Jobstown
N. J
Pierre Lorrilard
Boom in Dirty Overalls
Artist Norman Rockwell insists on authentic costumes for his paintings buying outfits directly from models. In a western town he offered a farmer payment for his dust stained clothes, prompting a crowd to trade their own outfits to the artist that night.
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Norman Rockwell
Rockwell
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George Dixon
Ed Pauley
Eleanor Medill Patterson Smith
Satan
Beddington
Joey Adams
Miami Beach
Adams
King Features
City
Chicago
Film
Movie Theatre
Louis
Walcott
Joe
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