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Washington notes from a UN session show observers stressing the UN as a fragile but essential forum. Secretary General Trygve Lie warns that global publics fear discord among nations that created the United Nations. The piece highlights the role of news desks and radio to build opinion in support of UN goals amid budget pressures.
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Washington
United Nations
Wu Yuu
Trygve Lie
ABC
Lie
San Francisco
Pauline Frederick
Eleanor Roosevelt
Hyde Park
The
New York Times
General Assembly
Soviet Union
Executive Council
Congress
Lic
Tter
Department of Public Information
Radio Division
U.N
Latin America
Assembly
Food conservation drive and UN Security tensions rise
The United States urges reduced meat and bread use to conserve grain for Europe as a new UN security debate pits the U.S. against Russia over Poland and Ukraine. Real incomes for wage earners fall while farmers gain. Bulgaria gains diplomatic recognition, and coal shortages threaten winter supply despite efforts to reroute cars and limit road work.
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Charles Luckman
President Truman
Citizens Food Committee
Europe
Raft voyage tests Polynesian origins theory
Dr Thor Heyerdahl and five companions sailed the Kon-Tiki from Callao Peru to Baroia reef in Tuamotu, 4300 miles, for 101 days. They used current and wind only, no motors, oars, or sails, to prove Polynesian settlement could have begun around 500 A.D. The voyage cost about $40,000 and was financed privately.
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Thor Heyerdahl
Pacific
South America
Callao
Peru
Baroia Reef
Tuamotu Archipelago
Heyerdah
San Francisco
Norway
Speed and Mass Production Transform Auto Factory Output
Forty years ago five workers could finish the auto manufacture task that one man can today. Advances in mass production and mechanization have dramatically increased efficiency in the automobile industry.
Novel Wool Dye Shrugs Off Washes Wins Washable Seal
Textiles praise a 100 percent wool fabric certified washable by the American Institute of Laundering. The Civil War era Abel Porter plant in Waterbury, Connecticut, produced the first brass rolled in the United States in 1802. Douglas fir plywood last year built a board walk eight feet wide and an inch thick that could circle the earth at the equator.
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American Institute of Laundering
Abel Porter
Waterbury
Conn
United States
Future Air Speed Aerodynamicists Target 7500 mph
Scientists plan to achieve 7500 mph speeds to enable coast to coast travel in about 25 minutes. The project references Alexandria and Minaret as architectural origins in its speculative framing.
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To Morrow
Poultry Worm Treatment Promises Easy Results
Dr LeGeard's Pour Red Caps offers a remedy to control round and cecal worms in chickens and turkeys. Contains phenothiazine and nicotine, claimed safe and simple to use with results without upsetting the birds.
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