Purge talk in Soviet press calls for party discipline
The piece warns of a forthcoming purge of top Communist leaders in the USSR for graft and misuse of state property. It cites Stalin and the NKVD’s reach, and contrasts Moscow’s strategy with Western liberal ideals while urging a hard stance against Russia and its satellites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Communist Party
NKVD
Stalin
Lenin
William C. Bullitt
Ussr
Roosevelt
Great Globe
Reader
Soviet Union
Molotov
Paris
Bradenism and the Good Neighbor Policy in South America
The article critiques the Monroe Doctrine and U S interventionism, denouncing the Good Neighbor Policy and Bradenism. It argues that Spruille Braden used embassy based political warfare to influence Latin American elections, notably aiding Juan Peron, and warns that many Latin American nations fear such interventions even after World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
United States
Central
South American
Mexico
Manchuria
Poland
Roosevelt
Stanley High
Nelson Rockefeller
South
Central America
Lady Bountiful
Orson
Spruille Braden
Juan Peron
Peron
State Department
Stalin
Joe Doakes
South America
Germany
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Matter Of Figures Shows City Funds At Risk
The city’s general fund has risen to 173 282 76 though it should be near exhaustion. Bookkeeping delays skew timing as the fiscal year ends next Saturday and funds are slated to fall toward 50 000. Other totals include Water 47 806 86 Postwar reserves 102 900 21 Bond redemption 192 866 81 with balances 516 856 64 and 914 969 47 on consecutive days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belek
Press-Controlled Union Ousted By Westbrook Pegler
Sal Hoffman suspends the charter of Local 661 New York controlled by Ben Pross a New York union boss tied to Local No 1 of the Wine Liquor and Distillery Workers and several other locals Pross who built power by controlling employers and unions is accused of intimidation and embezzlement and faces potential elimination by AFL authorities in Philadelphia with a July meeting to decide the local’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbrook Pegler
New York
Sal Hoffman
Hoffman
International
Pross
Ben Pross
Philadelphia
Ed Flynn
New Deal
Herbert Prugs
Herman and
Hyman
AFL
Brooklyn
National Organization of the Wine, Liquor and Distillery Workers
Chicago
George Oneto
Oneto
National Liquor Combines
American Federation of Labor
Minnesota
King Features Syndicate, Inc
The Daylight Saving Diet and Travel Woes
A humorous column by Arthur Baer compares daylight saving time to a shaky diet and travel chaos. It cites farmers, travelers, and a doctor noting stomach disruption from shifting meal times across zones from New York to California, including Chicago and Denver, as clocks jump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Bugs" Baer
New York
California
Manhattan
Chicago
Denver
Rocky Mountain
King Features
Republican Leadership Rising in Congress and Primaries
Washington reports Taft leads Republican congressional forces after a Senate passed OPA bill and Smith’s case. Warren and Stassen vie for influence in primaries, with Dewey and Vandenberg steering international and domestic aims amid broad Republican consolidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ohio
Robert Taft
Senate
Truman
Carroll Reece
Warren
California
Pacific States
Taftag
Nebraska
Minnesota
Stassen
Thye
Shipstead
Russia
UNRRA
Bricker
Dessert misadventure in Washington and pie as protest
Washington scene reports a humorous exchange about lemon meringue pie and dessert scarcity in the capital. The column riffs on diet, bakery shortages, and cultural references while noting a government tax angle on surplus potatoes and distilling. The reader replies from Wichita, Kansas, adds context to the potato deal debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tom Blake
C. L. Henderson
South Crestway
Wichita
Kas
Indian reception that pleased Lord Curzon
Capt Minchin, British consul in Kansas City, recalls Curzon’s India viceroy arrival. A band played Holy Holy Holy by mistake, and Curzon whispered that the reception was the only time he felt properly welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Curzon
India
Minchin
Kansas City
The
Kansas City Star
Trust Her Dinner Table Secret Riddle
A dinner party sparks a joke about secrecy. A man doubts women keep secrets, a woman quips she has kept her age hidden since twenty six and will keep it forever, aging cleverly as a riddle about trust.
Executive class jobs already filled shock junior seeker
A note from the Christian Science Monitor describes a job market image where twenty five thousand types of jobs exist yet the executive tier is portrayed as full, leaving Junior disappointed while seeking his first position.
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Junior
Christian Science Monitor
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George E. Sokolsky
Ben Press
Republican Leadership
Paul Mallon
Taft
Dewey
Vandenberg
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Willis
House
Congress
King Features Syndicate
Lawrence
Department of Agriculture
Henry Wallace
Commonwealth of the Philippines
Manuel Roxas
Elpidio Quirino
Cassini
Philippines
Manila
Kya Ehrenberg
Canada
George Dixon
Joe
Marie McDonald
Marie Antoinette
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