Congress Readies Agenda for 80th Session and 1949 ERP Debate
The 80th Congress reconvenes January 6 to tackle foreign policy inflation and the European Recovery Program. Key issues include ERP funding options four-year vs annual installments, inflation control, tax relief, housing, health, and the Taft Ellender Wagner health bill, with China aid and occupation costs hotly contested.
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A bold look at postwar Britain and U S politics in 1947
By George E. Sokolsky reflects on 1946 1947 postwar adjustments. He notes price strains and economic costs of victory, lauds end of Soviet alliance and UN veto limits, praises Franklin Roosevelt and Truman era policies, and surveys GOP contenders Dewey Taft Eisenhower amid 1947 political climate.
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Artist Confesses Ten Years In Creation Sold For Profit
A Montreal Star line notes an artist admitting he devoted ten years to a single picture and nine of those years were spent selling it. The Milwaukee Journal laments the abundance of gifts that will go unread and unused this Christmas season.
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Montreal Star
Training bill stirs Congress amid defense urgency
The piece notes a controversial training bill as a hot issue for Congress amid emergencies and a push for a large peace time army. It highlights voter support, Republican hesitation, and the need for unified action to steer the nation through troubling days.
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Chaplin in Focus as Westbrook Pegler Profiles Controversial Star
Westbrook Pegler surveys Charlie Chaplin amid reports he may quit Hollywood and amid a string of marital troubles. Pegler traces Chaplin rise and fall, noting flops like Monsieur Verdoux and public feuds, while critiquing the industry and the un American activities committee context.
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Eric Johnston
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J. Parnell Thomas
Hughes
Charlie
Europe
Douglas Fairbanks
Fairbanks
King Features Syndicate, Inc
New Year Goads Self Improvement Patter
Arthur Baer mocks New Year resolutions as flimsy reform attempts. He jokes about pledges and witnesses, recalls failed efforts since 1936, and urges self scrutiny with sharp, comic lines. He likens self control to a banked curve and a whistle for bad habits.
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Arthur
Bugs" Baer
Hangovers by Robert C Ruark in Miami diary December 1947
Robert C. Ruark analyzes the holiday hangover as a social disease with many forms from the lazy to the guilt ridden. He blends humorous vignettes on post party malaise with year end events including Russia notes and Hollywood hearings.
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Idaho
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Johnny Meyer
Lamarre Toujour
J. Parnell Thomas
UN American Activities Committee
Jonh P. Feeney
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New York Mirror
Neville-Stiles—Latt
King Features
Washington Scene recalls a chaotic 1947 year in satire
Dixon riffs on a meddling old lady and world events, recalling 1947 quirks. Highlights include Toots Shor barred from Copacabana, Luckman egg decree comedy, and Mrs. Biffle confusing Gov. Wallgren in a playful chronicle of political mischief and public foibles from the era.
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Dixon
Johnny Meyer
Roosevelts
Toots Shor
Copacabana
Joe E. Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Big Crumbum
Luckman
Anderson
World creation versus tailored pants tale
A Milwaukee Journal quip recounts a man who complains to a painstaking tailor that it took two months to craft one pair of pants while the world took only six days. The tailor replies by pointing to the finished pants and the world, implying scale and value in outcome.
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Milwaukee Journal
Employment Bureau Menu of Skills in Santa Fe
At a Santa Fe job office a navigator lists many trades and tasks from mowing lawns to driving trucks, teaching, nursing, and more, but the clerk says there are no openings. The scene ends with the hopeful response and the note Santa Fe Magazine.
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