Ex Girl, Ex-Analyst Coplon's Courtroom Confession Stirs Washington
In a federal D C hearing Judith Coplon, 28 once with the Justice Department, admitted love for Russian engineer Valentine Gubitchev. The case shifts from loyalty test to faithfulness amid NKVD fears, with political intrigue and wartime tensions colored by editorials and public concerns.
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D. C
Judith Coplon
Justice Department
Valentine Gubitchev
Valentine
NKVD
Miss Coplon
United States
Associated Press
Coplon
Rent Control and the Landlord Argument in 1949
A tenant argues rent controls harm landlords and tenants alike and defends a 15 percent increase. He cites taxes, government waste, and a landlord letter showing modest net gains and losses. He questions private property and hints at broader political tensions, including President's civil rights and Peron-related remarks.
Shared Experience Brotherhood Quote and Oil Firing Cost
A collection of quotes notes that Shared Experience Brotherhood is more than words. It also reports the British Labor government spent $5,000,000 converting 1,200 locomotives from coal to oil firing and later found oil may not be available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Cox
Adolph Sabath
Treasury
Hoover
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Georgia Auto Ownership Surpasses Income Tax Returns
The Washington Evening Star reports that in Georgia three times as many residents own automobiles as file state income tax returns.
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Know Your
America
Georgia
Washington Evening Star
Television At The Hoodats Debuts In Dudgeon Heights
The first premier of Charley Hoodats television in Dudgeon Heights features neighbors including the Spelvins and Verbles. Guests sample sandwiches while a trotting race and a foreign political clip play, provoking nostalgia and wary chatter about TV's impact on daily life.
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Paris
Ussr
Politburo
Dr. Dulles
Kremlin Kontrol
Russia
Soviet Union
Westbrook Pegler
Charley Hoodats
George Spelvin
Mabel Hoodat
Mabel
Mary
Hattie Verble
Verble
Josie
Papa
Charley Hoodat
Dudgeon Heights
Mrs. Verble
Mr. Verble
Spelvin
Stop Me: Poker Ace Tale Ends With Card Trick Death
John Voelker recalls a Marquette County tale where a doctor clung to aces in a stud hand as a friend dies of a heart attack at the table. The doctor suggests finishing the hand standing, out of respect for the dead, while the crowd recoils.
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John Voelker
Marquette County
Michigan
Joe
They Talk English Here By Robert C. Ruark
In Madisonville Kentucky a tobacco market shifts from chant auctioneers to clear English bids. Basil Brooks warehouses two million pounds yearly as Ramage the plain-speaking sheriff handles leaf sales and boosts efficiency. Meanwhile social notes touch Betty's post tax fortune and prominent six-foot women, finishing with a British nonsmoker group and horse racing history.
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Madisonville
Tobacco Mart
Basil Brooks
Nasal Catarrh, Inc
F. E. Boone
Lexington
Speedy Riggs
Goldsboro
N. C
Tobacco Belt
Eliza
Uncle Tom
Simon Legree
Sandspurs
E. E. Ramage
Mr. Ramage
Kentucky
Burley
Mr. Brooks
Green River
Brooks
Great Britain
National Society of Nonsmokers
London
Gladstone
Winston Churchill
English Jockey Club
J. B. Haggin
California
Dinner, music, and a fishy tale from side lights
The piece blends anecdotes on food and famous musicians with quotes from Eliot, Byron, and Brillat Savarin. It notes Handel's dinner for six that arrived as a single person and references Victor Herbert versus Handel as the greatest eater among composers. It also includes light items on records, long-married couples, and a Venice restaurant.
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Rachmaninoff
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy
Ormandy
England
United States
Victor Herbert
Handel
London
Europe
Walter “Pee Wee” Hunt
Kindness Repaid: Ford Receives Gift Gift From Old Debt
Henry Ford remembered a six foot pipe given by Dillon for a Detroit Illuminating Co project. Decades later he found Dillon’s widow, Mrs Collins, and hosted her at Dearborn. She attended Ford events and left with a new Ford car as a thank you gift after thirty years.
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Detroit Illuminating Co
Henry Ford
Ford
Dillon
Buffalo
Pennsylvania
Mrs. Collins
Dearborn
Collins
Christian Science Monitor
Traffic Intrusion Rated Through Driver Self Assessment
A short newspaper quip from the Cleveland Dealer notes that traffic safety would improve if drivers matched their self view with actual skill. The remark underscores overconfidence in driving abilities.
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Cleveland
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Navy
Defense
Louis Johnson
U. S. Air Force
Pentagon
Adm
Louis Denfeld
John Foster Dulles
Uncle Joe
Siberia
Peron
Argentina
George E. Sokolsky
King Features
Canasta
Congress
Gen. Vaughan
Broadway
Hoodat
Mr. Hoodat
Mr. Spelvin
By Bennett Cerf
Carl Loeb
Mississippi
River
State
Bennett Cerf
Robert C. Ruark
Betty
Kathleen Stobart
Kathleen
Charles W. Eliot
Byron
Brillat-Savarin
Euday L. Bowman
Kansas City
Michael Stefano
Brooklyn
Stefanos
Stefano
Piazza San Marco
Venice
Henry Ward Beecher
Gracie Fields
Isle of
Capri
Norman Douglas
Sorrento
New York City
New York
100Th Street
Riverside Drive
Manhattan
Betty Grable
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