Weekly News Analysis and Tax Outlook From 1950s Columns
United States faced a wartime decision if Stalin moved to overthrow Tito as Yugoslavia veered toward crisis. Diplomats doubted WWIII, while British press warned of a war threat. Congress shut down excise tax relief plans, risking higher federal costs. Doughton signaled possible future revisions but no immediate cuts. A Gardena grandmother relapse into gambling led to probation and treatment failure.
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Yugoslavia
Russia
Stalin
Marshal Tito
Moscow
Kremlin
Tito
Cominform
Communist Party
Belgrade
U.S
Congress
Doughton
N.C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Daughton
Truman Urges 1.5 Billion Arms Plan At Veterans Rally
President Truman presented his arms for Europe proposal as the price of peace at the Miami Veterans of Foreign Wars convention calling for immediate congressional approval. He argued peace with freedom cannot be bought cheaply though dissents in Congress warned against arming allies and feared it would escalate conflict. Military experts warned Russia could overrun Europe even with the program, suggesting stronger national defense as wiser.
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Truman
Miami
Congress
DLS
Russia
Mechanical brains flash into daily life with Binac and Univac
The article reviews rapid advances in computer machines. Binac, a small fast calculator built for Northrop, promises industrial efficiency and new design capabilities for military aircraft. Univac, larger and general purpose, targets the U.S. Census Bureau and may play chess, compose simple tunes, and reveal new statistical insights about society.
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Binac
Northrop Arcraft Company
Univac
Ats
U.S. Census Bureau
Better Mousetrap Dreams in a Slump Talk
An elderly inventor voices optimism amid a slow mousetrap market. He jokes about a federal “Trouse-trap” commission and weighs expansion, new models, and financing while noting weak demand and possible price pressures. He hints at avoiding federal control and quips about economic experts.
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Harry Truman
Washington
Six Departments Undergo Streamlining Under Action
Under congressional action several agencies were streamlined affecting about 3,300 federal employees. The employment service returned to Labor. Post Office, Maritime and Civil Service Commissions restructured. Bureau of Public Roads merged into Commerce. National Security Resources Board and National Security Council absorbed into the Executive Office.
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Truman
U.S
Ment
Labor Department
Post Office Department
Maritime and Civil Service Commissions
Bureau of Public Roads
Commercce Department
National Security Resources Board
National Security Council
Executive Office
Drama and TV Star Seremennor Anold Moss Found a Versatile Career
A biographical sketch traces Seremennor Anold Moss through college at 15 to a master’s degree and achievements in stage radio and screen. It notes his narration work for Duck in the Sun and Arch of Triumph, War broadcasts, and upcoming roles in Twelfth Night and television. Also mentions a busy wartime Navy narration, a family, and interest in Korean radio collaboration and early career at Warners with Jin Gentleman Jim.
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Inez Germard
Anold Moss
Arch of Triumph
Eagle-Lion
Navy
Lon McCallister
Warners
Jin
Shirley Temple
Barry Fitzgerald
A Misunderstanding on a World Cruise Duel Duelists in Luandia
A narrator recalls an American Joe Abbott clashing with Count Obied in Luandia over customs. After a provocative slap, a duel is proposed and Joe selects his own weapons. They fight in Kandace’s yard, ending with apologies and a pacified reconciliation.
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Joe
Luandia
Cabindas
Sabatini
White Adobe
Count Obsid
Old Horse
America
Crossword Puzzle Agrose 1 Type Measures 4 Play On Words
Across clues include measures, wordplay, whip handle, top, stocking, absolute, armed forces with legal authority, insane, Roman pound, fit, meadow, gloom, division of a book, small p, Jewish month, flourish, music not, marsh, cleaning rod for a small arm, builder of the ark, nourishment, river Orient, trees, letter, twisted fabric, God of love.
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Orient
Trees
Letter
Last Week's Answer 8 and Clues Review
A compact recap of last week puzzle answers focusing on items numbered 40 to 44. Burrowing animal, play boisterously, wing, and squeeze are identified as the puzzle’s clue set and solutions for a reader revisiting the previous week’s cryptic or wordplay round.
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