Acheson Presses Pact Ratification Amid Cold War Tension
Secretary of State Dean Acheson defended the Paris conference results before Senate and House committees and urged quick ratification of the Atlantic pact along with arms for Europe. He warned that Soviet aims remain unchanged and stressed continued pressure against Moscow to curb expansion.
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United States
Dean Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Acheson
State Department
Soviet Union
Paris
Austria
Germany
Vishinsky
Ussr
Europe
Asia
Senate
Congress
Will Leopold III Return as Belgium Votes Sunday
Belgium heads to a general election Sunday to decide whether exiled King Leopold III resumes the throne. Universal female suffrage takes effect this year, making Belgian women voters pivotal in a campaign dominated by the royal question amid postwar stability concerns.
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Belgium
Leopold III
Leopold
Confusion From Marxist- New Deal Ties Threatens American Life
The piece argues that from 1917 to 1933 the United States limited relations with Soviet Russia and then recognizing it led to a treaty that failed. It claims a public and secret apparatus for destroying traditional American life through infiltration and corruption aided by the Great Depression and Hitler. It warns that Marxism denies God and objective truth and endangers civilization more than economics.
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Soviet Russia
Roosevelt
Litvinov
United States
Hitler
Germany
Communist Front
Judge Fuld
New York
Churchill Critiques Socialism Referenced by Labor Government
A Kansas City Times summary notes Churchill's claim that socialism has failed worldwide and suggests a link to Britain's Labour government. The remark frames a broader debate on socialism's record and political outcomes in postwar Britain.
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Winston Churchill
Britain
Kansas City Times
Royal astronomer notes slowing Earth rotation amid political odds
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports the British astronomer royal notes a gradual slowdown in Earth's rotation. Commenting on politics, observers discuss a Catholic Socialist coalition after the 1946 election, with Catholics favoring Leopold and women voters tipped to swing power. New seats strengthen Catholic areas in Flemish regions.
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Britain
Astronomer Royal
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Leopold
Chamber
Senate
Quit Breaking My Heart By Westbrook Pegier
A column voice castigates corporate executives for high pay and pensions funded by stockholders. The author argues stockholders fund and sustain executives and laments tax burdens and social security costs while demanding fair compensation and restraint.
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Westbrook Pegier
New York
Corporation
the Stork
International Beelmite, Ltd
Somerset Maugham in Bombay Encounter
Bennett Cerf recounts a London English colony snub of W. Somerset Maugham in Bombay. A dowager shyly asks if he is related to Lord Maugham, and the author confirms they are brothers. She then invites him to lunch on Wednesday. A Knickerbocker child boasts of dining arrangements to Calvert the butler.
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Department of Actuaries, Accountants
Statisticians
Somerset Maugham
Bombay
Mr. Maugham
Lord Maugham
Slingshot expert from Rockport charms wartime readers
Evansville writer Robert C Ruark profiles Albert Enlow of Rockport Indiana and his homemade radar like slingshot weapon. Enlow demonstrates phenomenal accuracy at short range, claiming to hit bottles and even rabbits with a pocketed steel bearing. The piece mixes rural life anecdotes with vivid, humorous scene setting and local color.
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Robert C. Ruark
Evansville
Ind
Albert Enlow
Rockport
Mr. Enlow
Enlow
Ab Enlow
Jack
Charlie Ackerson
Mr. Ackerson
Charlie
Perle Mesta to Luxembourg Ambassador Post Sparks Short Commentary
Washington gossip notes Perle Mesta will be ambassador to Luxembourg and jokes about sartorial diplomacy. The column also covers Joy Sentner’s wedding to Tommy Armour, Senate chatter on adjournment, and light jabs at political biases among pages and senators.
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Washington
Perle Mesta
Luxembourg
Perle
George Uion
Joy Sentner
David Sentner
Tommy Armour
Armour
New York Medical College
Miss Sentner
Hurry as a habit harms safety and peace of mind
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin argues hurry tempts drivers to break rules for three minutes of imagined gain. Tests show a speeding cab gains little time and risks crashes, while waiting for lights and traveling within limits saves safety and sanity. The piece links rushing to crowded street cars and home returns, urging slower travel.
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New York City
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Barrymore’s Early Drama Proves A Turbulent Debut
In his early career John Barrymore starred in a failed drama with a tiny second night audience. A romantic scene on a divan had the leading lady asking if they were alone. Barrymore improvised that being alone is relative to everyone.
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John Barrymore
Barrymore
Milwaukee Journal
Montreal Star Hotel Page Exchange
A playful hotel page exchange features Mr Neidspondiavanci asking for initials and receiving a cryptic reply. The brief comic moment captures the paper’s light tone in a Montreal setting.
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Mr. Neidspondiavanci
Montreal Star
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George E. Sokolsky
King Features
Truman
Stalin
Congressional
Bennett
Archibald von Hoosingeman
Knickerbocker
Calvert
Bennett. Cerf. Dist
Abelard
Douglas
Iter
Pepper
Florida
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Mr. Taft
George Mifflin Dallas IV
George Mifflin
Claude Pepper
Paul Douglas
Illinois
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