Berlin Blockade Ends as US Airlift Recedes
Western diplomats debate why Moscow lifted the Berlin blockade and how it affects world peace. The Soviet order restores transport and mail, allows limited trains and traffic, and mirrors conditions of March 1, 1948. Reinforcements remain at border posts as tensions ease. Also a Times Square incident reports Gustave Moerz tied and robbed. a parrot named Lorchen witnessed the scene.
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Berlin
Germany
U.S
Kremlin
Russia
Moscow
Spending: Slash Urged by Economic Advisers
The Council of Economic Advisers urged trimming federal spending and lightening some tax burdens as the nation trends toward disinflation. They oppose large public works now, preferring shelves of blueprints for later use, and expect further easing in living costs without derailing gradual price declines.
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U.S
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Ian
Edwin G. Nourse
White House
Nourse
Youth road safety drive targets drivers under twenty five
National Safety Council figures show 7150 youths ages 18 to 24 killed in American highway crashes last year and 330000 injured. An Inter Industry highway safety committee program aims to involve youth aged 15 to 25 through man to man and Dad to Daughter agreements committing eight safe driving practices for family car use. Local groups urged to promote and sponsor the program by contacting the committee in Washington, D. C. Meanwhile a wheat surplus looms as winter wheat may top a billion and 21 million bushels, with spring wheat around 300 million. Officials foresee possible controls to cut acreage in 1950, while rye, hay, and peach crops show modest, mixed progress.
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National Safety Council
Inter-Industry Highway Safety Committee
17Th Street
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Washington, D. C
Department
Srops
London Nylon Stocking Rush Stuns West End Shoppers
Thousands besieged west end stores in a record nylon stocking hunt in London. Crowds waited at dawn as the London Standard announced the sale but did not note that only 500 pairs were issued to each of the 10 leading stores.
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London
West End
London Standard
Four Against One De se by E Wright A Patterson
De se by E Wright A Patterson argues that one farmer must feed four urban dwellers while facing political pressure for higher farm prices. He outlines options to raise demand, including a global food pool and expanding farm crops for industry, warning against perpetual subsidies and looming debt.
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E Wright A
Patterson
United States Treasury
Farm Federation
National Grange
Definition of a Nuclear Scientist From Darkness and Smell
Johns Hopkins physicist Robert D. Fowler describes a nuclear scientist as a man alone in a dark field with thousands of baseballs around him. He throws a ball toward a hidden barn and, if it hits an animal inside and returns, the scientist tries to identify the animal by smelling the ball.
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Baltimore
Robert D. Fowler
Johns Hopkins University
PEEK INTO FUTURE Scientist Sees Eggless World prediction
Prof Eugene C Rochow of Harvard envisions a meatless eggless future with earthenware houses edible pajamas and atom powered trains. He won a $1000 prize for sand derivative research and argues resources must shift to chemistry to end animal protein reliance.
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Eugene C. Rochow
Harvard
Rochow
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