ERP Progress Report Shows Mixed Gains Across Western Europe
A government document titled What Progress ERP outlines improvements in food, coal, steel, power, oil refining, and railway freight across 1948 results. It notes the ERP’s role, with U.S. aid totaling nearly $5 billion by March 1949, benefiting England France Italy Western Germany and the Netherlands, while European nations bear the main recovery effort.
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Austin
Colorado River
Europe
Germany
England
Western
United States
France
Italy
Netherlands
Smuggling Diamonds Hidden in Suitcases at Customs
A humorous tale of a traveler and his wife evading duties with tagged luggage and a false bottom stash. An airport customs inspector jokes about hidden diamonds and the odds of successful smuggling, noting rare but known cases.
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Customs House
T-men
G-men
Coast Guards
Eleanor
Rome
Paris
la Guardia
Washington
Department
Smuggling Diamonds Probe Reaches Dead End
A long running case ties a Holland bound diamond dealer to a smuggling ring. Despite frequent searches and routine inspections, authorities fail to secure evidence and the suspect evades charges amid jittery department nerves and mounting valuable stones.
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Holland
Trivia Q and A Digest from 1949
A long quiz passage covers various trivia questions with answers on bloodhounds, Mussolini brain study, dietary laws, electric blankets, trolley origins, cat populations, forsythia, old new style calendar difference, USS Catamount name origin, first woman on US stamp, and a smugglers tale of diamonds on a ship.
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P.H.R. A
Bennington
State of
New York
New Hampshire
Vermont
Truman Demands Israel Aid Refugees in Palestine Note
President Truman personally backs a blunt State Department note to Israel demanding responsibility for Arab refugees and compensation for land losses. The memo links peace aims to aiding 600 000 to 800 000 refugees, with resettlement costs estimated around 300 million dollars if repatriation fails.
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Israel
United Nations
United States
Palestine
Truman
Jerusalem
Europe
State Department
Winchell On Broadway Stage Door Picket Plans
Stage unions to picket the Barbizon Plaza when Elisabeth Bergner opens there in a German lingo play. Notes on Broadway shows, film gossip, and public figures from Orson Welles to Goebbels kin, with commentary on press and politics.
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Barbizon Plaza
Elisabeth Bergner
Dante
Musicians’ Union
Editor's Notebook on Federal Personnel and Subversive Taints
The piece questions why federal agencies recruit from a pool with suspected subversive ties and urges top-level personnel overhaul. It argues many officials show questionable loyalties and calls for purge and renewed screening, suggesting the government may fail to find patriotic leaders for defense matters.
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FBI
Logal Service
Austin Firms Tap Local Talent for Economic Leadership
Commerce and the Austin Area Economic Development Foundation chose top executives from within the city. William O. Harwell became manager of the foundation while Dr. Frank W. Jessen took the post of manager and chief engineer, ensuring seamless operation of two non duplicating services as Austin pursues homegrown growth.
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Commerce
Austin Area Economic Development Foundation
Texas
Austin
William O. Harwell
Frank W. Jessen
Chamber of Commerce
Harwell
Walter E. Long
Southwest
Foundation
Dr. Jessen
Alamo City Faces Mail Mixup Shakeup
A San Antonio letter to the mayor misrouted to Beaumont triggered civic embarrassment as a postal clerk annotated the addressee with No longer a suburb of Beaumont. The incident echoed broader concerns about city identity and mail handling.
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San Antonio
Beaumont
Texas
Amon Carter
Dallas
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