Is There a Need for a New Secretary of State
An appraisal of John Foster Dulles in 1956 notes high ideals but fading allied confidence and waning American trust. The piece compares Dulles to predecessors, cites muted European sentiment from NATO and Paris talks, and questions his effectiveness as secretary of state under Eisenhower.
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Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
New York
Dewey
United States Senate
Cordell Hyp
James F. Byrnes
General Marshall
Dean Acheson
Mr. Acheson
Paris
Tew
Makes
British distrust of Dulles sparks tense crisis
From London comes a report noting widespread British doubt about Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. The piece labels him warlike, inflexible, and unpersuasive in peacemaking with Russia, while accusing his Middle East policies of paternalism and muddle headed handling.
Want a Statesman Who Respects Allies and Will Not Interfere
The author argues a Secretary of State should not resign simply for dissent abroad but notes he has become a liability at home. A reshuffle could purge paternalism, push for respectful, goodwill diplomacy, and avoid meddling in others’ internal affairs to raise America’s world standing.
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Secretary of State
Department of State
America
Dulles Resignation Hinted as Hope for World Peace
The public views John Foster Dulles as meddlesome and blundering. If he left public life, New Year joy could spread across Europe the Middle East and the Pacific. Domestically his resignation might lift a currently dark situation.
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John Foster Dulles
Europe
Middle East
Pacific
Editorial Digest From Forty Newspapers Daily
A digest of the most interesting editorials culled from forty newspapers arriving daily at this office. Highlights reflect varied opinions on current events, policy debates, and public affairs shaping local and national discourse.
Why We Behave Like Americans Contends on Race
Bradford Smith’s essay argues for national pride and cites statistics on race relations. He claims 128000 Negroes in U S colleges exceed German university numbers and more Negroes own cars than Russians combined with Africa’s Negro population, noting 1940 wages rose 400 percent versus 250 percent for whites.
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Bradford Smith
United States
Africa
NAACP
First baby born in Winchester in new year noted
From The Star files five years ago the first Winchester birth in 1953 was son of Mr and Mrs Charles Boyd Lichliter Berryville born at 4 25 AM and 11 30 AM saw the second child of Mr and Mrs Ralph Shade in Winchester. Senator Robert A Traft named GOP floor leader. Grade A butter quoted at 68 cents per lb on NYMEX.
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Winchester
Hoesatal
Charles Boyd Lichliter
Berryville
Ralph Shade
Robert A. Traft
GOP
New York Mercantile Exchange
First baby born in 1948 at Winchester Hospital
The year opens with a baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Davis of Wardensville. Mrs. Davis is formerly Armanda Kerns. A dramatic aviation speed record sees two P-80 jets reach Hiroshima to Tokyo in 27 minutes at 777.7 mph. Coast Guardsmen rescue 21 men from a fishing vessel near Ocracoke Island.
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Winchester Hospital
Boyd Davis
Wardensville
Davis
Armeda Kerns
Hiroshima
Tokyo
Berryville Couple Wed at Waterloo and Wildcat Sightings Stir Area
Fifty years ago in 1908 Howard Morrison of Berryville wed Miss Katie Moore at Waterloo near the Shenandoah. John Swartz of near Clearbrook formed a local story, as residents report weeks of terror from a wildcat sighting. The Star notes a fashion trend with currant red tones in evening gauzes and port wine hues appealing to many, especially among darker women with strong features.
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Howard Morrison
Berryville
Katie Moore
Waterloo
Shenandoah
John Swartz
Clearbrook
The
Star
One of the Same. Rank and Noble Title Cited in Witty Riddle
The fragment names a British noble as a peer and references rank and equality in a terse, puzzle like line. No clear event or person details beyond the noble status and generic terms.
Thinking May Replace Bowling As National Pastime in 1958
HAL BOYLE proffers a 1958 forecast highlighting shifts in culture and sport. He predicts thinking may supplant bowling as the national pastime, notes a 12 million selling “Dumb doll,” a moon mishap by the Russians, and a British moon observation. He cites political and regional surprises and quirky vehicle incidents in coming months with a 1960 court resolution looming.
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New York
Milwaukee
Yankees
Kansas City
The Doctor Speaks Egg Beater Diet Solutions
A physician offers simple kitchen tools like an egg beater to improve prolonged liquid diets. He suggests flavoring milks with cottage cheese, fruit juices, or vegetables, adding skim milk powder, and serving attractively with color and garnishes. He notes broth and chicken can be blended into liquids and answers a question about jaundice from gall bladder disease, explaining stones may block bile flow and surgery can help.
Child Dies as Mother Visits Hospital in Oklahoma
In Blackwell Oklahoma Mrs Omer Cottle spent New Year’s Eve at Blackwell General Hospital where her husband has been since October after an oilwell fire. While her mother was away Virginia Cottle eight was near a gas heater and her brother Alan eleven smothered flames trying to save her. Virginia died at the hospital with her father confined there.
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Blackwell
Okla
Omer Cottle
Blackwell General Hospital
Virginia Cottle
Alan
Virginia
Strength For The Day By Earl L. Douglass
Earl L. Douglass urges readers to follow the ark of God as Joshua did to mark a new year. He frames 364 opportunities before each person and urges daily humility, providence, and obedience to God’s will to make the year meaningful.
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Earl L. Douglass
Jordan
God
How's Your I Q A Memory Genius Quiz
A 1919 style quiz scores readers on a 100 question test over 10 days with daily scales from memory genius to good. It asks ten sample items including gumshoeing, apostle authorship, grammar, Hoover middle name, Bedloe's Island, WWI Armistice date, a plant breeder in Santa Rosa, why o clock uses an apostrophe, Edward VIII's successor, and a question about the common housefly. Bryce Canyon NP note mentions established 1928 and color features.
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Middle East
North Carolina
Minnesota
California
Herbert C. Hoover
Bedloe’s Island
Santa Rosa
Edward VIII
Why We Say United Nations Origin Story
The note claims President Roosevelt coined the term United Nations during a White House shower, with Winston Churchill in the adjacent room calling out the title for a coalition of all nations. The anecdote reflects wartime branding and diplomatic language.
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United Nations
Roosevelt
White House
Winston Churchhill
Organization
Smoking and the heart how tobacco harms the arteries
In this clinical explanation Howard L aged 55 a business executive asks how tobacco raises coronary risk. The article describes arterial irritation thickening of walls reducing diameter and elasticity, heart enlargement to push blood through narrowed vessels, and the danger of clots. it advises rapid deep breathing during a heart attack to improve oxygenation and survival prospects.
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Howard
Howard L
One Man State Department Heads U.S. Foreign Policy
The World Today profile portrays Secretary of State Dulles as a one man show entering his sixth year in office. He is the central figure at the State Department, with few named aides visible, while Harold Stassen and Christian Herter remain largely in the background. Dulles, tireless at 70, travels extensively and pushes a cautious, long standing approach to Russia, with internal tensions over disarmament reportedly present between Stassen and Dulles.
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Washington
Dulles
State Department
NATO
Paris
Southeast Asia
Sia
Turkey
Russia
Harold Stassen
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Massachusetts
Stassen
Eisenhower
May
Pennsylvania
Answers to questions from a trivia feature
A compilation of Q and A items covering topics from Man o' War's speed and flag half staff rules to monarch butterfly migration, uranium fission timing, and the River Brethren sect. Notable facts include training times for Man o' War, presidential half staff durations, Monterey Bay butterfly winters, 1939 uranium split reports, and the River Brethren origin with the Susquehanna River.
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Eisenhower
River Brethren
Susquehanna
Brethren In Christ
Lancaster County
Susquehanna River
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Frederick County
Luther Pannett
Chicago
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Winston-Salem
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Ocracoke
Scott
R. J. Scott
MI. Katmai
Alaska
King Postures Syndicate
World Rights Rem
Hal Boyle
Khrushchevy
France
Doctor
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George W. Crane
Associated Press News
Man O' War
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