Is U S Going Socialist In The Pacific 1949
Washington digest analyzes U S policy under President Truman and the debate over state socialism through expanded welfare measures and national planning. It cites European reactions, Varga and Soviet economics, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the bankruptcy of trickle down theory while noting party divisions over budgets and anti Communist aid abroad.
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United States
Europe
Varga
Kremlin
White House
Tennessee Valley Authority
Truman
National Association of State Chambers of Commerce
TVA
Johnsonville
Acheson and a Silk Flag Parade Through Washington
A silk flag presented to President Truman at his inauguration January 20 is shown with Lucy E. Notaro and Brig. Gen. Hugh T. Wester holding it. The flag was crafted in the Philadelphia depot embroidery section as a symbol amid discussions of Dean Acheson’s Senate confirmation and the era’s spy hunt. Destruction through guided missiles looms as the federal glossary hints at missiles with televised target images and onboard eyes and brains shaping future warfare.
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Truman
Hhis
Lucy E. Notaro
Hugh T. Wester
Philadelphia
Acheson
Dean Acheson
Senate
George C. Marshall
Felix Frankfurter
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alger Hiss
Donald Hiss
Washington
State Department
Russia
United States
Yalta
Potsdam
Franklin Roosevelt
Federal Research and Development Board
Food Dollar Chart Shows Chain Profits and Wages
A Northwestern National Life study breaks down the consumer food dollar. It details the average 83 cent chain margin, 10 cents to wages, rest for rent, warehousing, shrinkage, advertising, and small profits after taxes. It notes prewar markups and shifts with higher volume.
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Family Economics Bureau
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Huge Exhibit Planned at Chicago Show
A nine day trailer coach manufacturers show opens February 18 in Chicago at the International Amphitheatre. Seven states and three countries will display over 140 models priced from 2000 to 40000 dollars, paired with the annual Chicago sports and outdoor exposition.
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Chicago
International Ampitheatre
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
California
Oklahoma
Texas
Canada
England
Moscow store council rejects world fashion in favor of hats
Senior inspector V Syrov of Moscow trade says mass style is needed. In Trud he notes 672 new styles were reviewed by the artistic council of Moscow's largest department store, and 809 of them were hats. The council selects styles for manufacturers.
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Moscow
V- Syrov
Trud
Artistic Council
Spy intrigue and media fault lines in 1940s coverage
An extended editorial expose discusses intelligence work, the Star Spangled press, and the Walter Winchell microfilm case. It argues spies are pursued through “going up the ladder,” defends disclosure only with proven evidence, and criticizes sensational journalism. It cites Levine, Hiss, Chambers, and Knox while defending official secrecy and national duty.
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Levine
Hiss
Byrnes
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Waorid Institute of Economics
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Palestine
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Israel
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Washington University School of Medicine
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Gerontological Society of
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Louis Dublin
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Sun
Walter Winchell
the Sun
Winchell
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