Point IV plan seen as guide to lifting living standards
Washington columnist argues Truman’s Point IV can counter communist propaganda by promoting peaceful economic growth in underdeveloped nations. It envisions training doctors engineers and county agents in the US, encouraging private capital, and accelerating industrialization to raise per capita income and living standards over generations.
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Peter Edson
Washington
Truman
United States
Voice of America
U. S
Moscow
America
North America
Europe
Russia
South Africa
Argentine
Chile
UNRRA
Point Itv
Marshall Plan
Export-Import Bank
Institute of Inter-American Affairs
Committee On Scientific and
U.S
Soviet Russia
Frederick County
Sen. Byrd
Byrd
USA
Virginia
Byrd Machine
Brooks Hays
Arkansas
Little Rock
South
United Nations
Veterans Hospitals
Veterans Administration
Sticks
George Love
Pittsburgh Consolidated Coal Company
John L. Lewis
PCCC
Lewis
Love
Fragmented remarks and quips paint a satirical snapshot
The text strings together assorted remarks about Bette Davis, small towns, permits, famous last words, a defense secretary, Trygve Lie, Uncle Joe, a four man, and hitchhikers. It reads as a collage of pithy lines reflecting public figures and everyday observations with a humorous or critical edge.
Investment Pool Feasibility Sparked in Austin Capital
Local businessmen discuss a private venture pool to diversify investments and support small enterprises in Austin. The idea aims to gather 100 to 200 gifted investors into a portfolio, with varied returns and community benefits, while noting regulatory and census impact on city and county laws. City cleanup and sanitation planning follows, urging resident participation to improve health and beauty of Austin.
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Austin
Austin Development Foundation
Passover and Easter Unite in Shanghai Camp Tale
Billy Rose recalls a 1945 Shanghai episode where Jewish soldiers shared Passover with DP guests in a military hangar, then joined Easter services. The story highlights camaraderie across faiths amid war, showing how shared meals and ceremonies bridged divides among soldiers and displaced Jews.
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Shanghai
China
Danny
Matzoth
Answers and questions on world facts and landmarks
A compilation of brief Q and A items covers Asia habitable land, vicuna wool, visibility of clouds, U S population center shifts, cleaning eyeglasses with newspaper, and the Empire State Building window count. Facts include about one fifth Asia habitable, vicuna fibers of 0.0002 inches diameter, over 100 miles cloud visibility under clear air, center of population moving from Indiana to Illinois by 1950, newspaper abrasiveness for glasses, and 6500 windows in the Empire State Building.
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Vienna
J.js. A
Mayn
United States
C.A
Indiana
Illinois
Franco
Spain
Peron
Argentina
Falangize
Friends of
Democracy
Madrid
Buenos Aires
Peru
Manuel Odria
Colombia
Laureano Gomez
Gomez
Ce Jo
Great Britain
Francisco Franco
Latin America
Bell Syndicate, Inc
China's Famine and Soviet Push Reshape Asia Links
Uncensored diplomatic cables describe a calamitous famine affecting 80 million in China, with two million deaths projected, floods and grain seizures fueling unrest as Soviet troops expand influence in Shanghai and Canton area. Rebels, peasant arming, and grain guards compound instability across South China.
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Washington
China
Russia
Shanghai
Inner Mongolia
Yangtse
Sikiang
Kwantung Province
Canton
Shinhai
South China
Moscow
USA
Newspaper rights notice from Austin papers
The Austin American and The Austin Statesman belong to the Audit Bureau of Circulation and are Associated Press members. The AP distributes exclusive local news and dispatches republished by these papers.
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Eye Street
N. M
Washington
D.C
Austin American
The
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
United States
Associated Press
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Billy Rose
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East St. Louis
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St. Louis
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