Tea Time Decisions Shape 1948 Democratic Path
President Truman and Mrs. Truman host a tea at the White House for national committeemen and women to ratify Senator McGrath as national chairman and to pick a 1948 Democratic convention site. The piece muses on platform drafting, possible innovations, and future party strategy.
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White House
Truman
Washington
McGrath
Hannegan
Mr. Truman
Henry Agar
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Chicago
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Charles DeGaulle
France
West
Mississippi
James H. Cox
N.Y
Garner
Mrs. Truman
Intimidation Of The Courts and The Communist Issue
A 1947 King Features column argues against using contempt charges to intimidate courts over Communist investigations. It notes Congress preserves investigative rights, minimizes perceived threats from witnesses, and critiques a New York Court of Appeals libel ruling on labeling individuals as Communists. The piece closes reflecting on American civic identity.
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Thomas
Representative Rankin
Congress
United States
LaFollette
New York State Court of Appeals
Adolph Flashner
Third Avenue
Manhattan
New York City
King Features
Headless Horseman Genealogy of U S Senators Begins With Paul Revere
The piece portrays Senator Glen Taylor Idaho as a troubadour turned statesman who travels on a symbolic ride to promote peace. He plans to journey east astride three white horses while accompanied by two nonwhite horses and likable kinfolk for support on his evangelical campaign.
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United States
Paul Revere
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Senator Taylor
Pepper
Florida
United States Senate
Taylor
Santa Ana
Calif
Capitol
Senator Tour Through Tucson Draws Phoenix Breaks
A fragment notes a political caravan in 1947 era press with a senator moving via trailers and an escort Mrs Taylor. It mentions a planned stop in Tucson bypassing Phoenix and hints at promotional travel and old time transport imagery.
Ding Strange Hollywood Happenings and Communists
Westbrook Pegler denounces Hollywood as infested with Communists allied with Roosevelt critics. He cites Laski influence, calls for scrutiny and blacklist pressure, and warns of violent revolutionary risk tied to film industry figures and political ties.
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Hollywood
Westbrook Pegler
Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Moving Picture
USA
World's Greatest Reporter Reexamined By A Grudge Of Grants
The author mocks the idea of a single greatest reporter proposing that journalism has claimed the title but argues that true greatness belongs to scientists and researchers like geologists and chemists. The piece rails at sensationalism while praising patient observation.
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Harveys
Jenners
Pasteurs
Curies
Vital
Kitchen Gadgets Take Over By Robert C. Ruark
New York writer Robert C. Ruark riffs on growing gadget clutter in the kitchen after a gadget fair visit. He catalogs bizarre tools from a pre chilled rolling pin to a sardine can opener, lampooning their uselessness and imagining a future machine that unites them all.
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Robert C. Ruark
New York
Salvador Dali
Houdini
Happy Little Hutch
Man and Superman in a Shavian comedy review
A theater review praises Maurice Evans for a superb Man and Superman production with Frances Rowe as lead. It notes three scenes and appealing costuming that excite the feminine audience while acknowledging men’s futility against romantic pursuit. The piece also comments on the play’s gender themes and observer’s bachelor perspective.
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John Suckling
G. B. Shaw
Man
Superman
Maurice Evans
Frances Rowe
Men Resist Handbag Trend Says Fashion Foundation
The Fashion Foundation of America faces opposition in urging men to carry handbags. The piece notes men dislike watching women rummage through bags for coins at crowded lines and coin boxes. It cites examples from streetcars and theatres and argues men will keep change in pockets.
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Fashion Foundation of America
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Protest I Don’t Know How To Separate The Word
A terse feature notes a speaker struggling with hyphenation of the term cooperative while asserting blunt honesty about the word. The remark reads as a curious aside in a Kansas context.
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Kansas City Star
Man who trims to suit all ends up shrinking himself
A quote attributed to Charles Schwab appears in Your Life warning that conforming to everyone’s wishes erodes one’s own identity and purpose. The remark highlights the danger of losing self direction by pleasing too many.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Old Dies Committee
Jim Farley
Charles Schwab
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George E. Sokolsky
Stanley Fuld
Fuld
America
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Kansas City Times
Laski
Harold Laski
Labor Party
England
Russia
George Washington Bridge
St. Patrick’s
Rockefeller Center
John D. Jr
Nelson Rockefeller
Charlie Chaplin
Pittsburgh
Hitler
Moscow
Congress of the United States
Mr. Smith
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
King Features, Ince
Tad Dorgan
Herriman
Swinnerton
George McManus
Jimmy Hatlo
Carlin Jervais
New Orleans
Teddy
Rockport
Hanson Gregory
Wheeling
Gene Tunney
Gene
Burt L. Standish
Cally
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