Communists Lose Ground at Ballot Box in Europe and Britain
Western dispatch notes defeats for Communist constitutional proposals in France and Labour Party bids to ban Communists in Britain. The column cites CIO unions and Browder's Russia trip as signs of retreat by Communism, contrasting with democratic capitalism and socialism shaping postwar world trends.
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Kremlin
France
de Gaulle
Chamber of Deputies
App
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Labor Party
CIO
Communist Party
Earl Browder
Russia
Fosterites
Browder
Moscow
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Truman Faces Crisis as Labor Strikes Dominate his Presidency
The article reviews Harry S. Truman's political standing amid railroad and coal strikes, reactions from labor and industry, and a U S pledge to aid France with a 1 4 billion loan and credit package. It notes Eisenhower and Nimitz urging hemispheric defense cooperation and projected dairy price adjustments under subsidy reforms.
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Harry S. Truman
U. S
Franklin D.roosevelt
Missouri
A. F. Whitney
Alvansey Johnston
Locomo
Truman
Canada
Eisenhower
Nimitz
Wall Street Advances Amid Inflation Fears And Floods Hit Pennsylvania
The New York Stock Exchange rose to a 15 year high as wage price pressures fuel hopes of higher production after strikes settled. Major gains in Commonwealth and Southern Montgomery Ward Canada Dry National Lead and Santa Fe followed strong earnings and a stock split proposal. Severe Susquehanna River flooding swamped Williamsport Elmira Athens and surrounding areas with heavy losses. AFM leader James Casear Petrillo tested the Sea act legality by striking WAAF Chicago citing impending penalties while vowing union opposition pending Supreme Court review.
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Commonwealth and
Southern
Montgomery Ward
Canada Dry
National
Santa Fe
Susquehanna
Pennsylvania
New York
Williamsport
Elmira
N. Y
Athens
Wilkes, Barre
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Dapper Little
James Casear Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
AFM
Natty Little
Jimmy
WAAF
Chicago
Supreme Court
Petrillo
U S And Soviet Clash Over Paris Conference Claims
Secretary of State Byrnes challenged Molotov's charges that the United States and Britain plotted to pressure Moscow at the Paris talks. Byrnes denied a bloc, said U S aims include UN peace efforts, and defended Iceland base as security only. He said Stalin signaled support for a 23 year German demilitarization if formally presented.
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U. S
Britain
Paris
Moscow
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Communist Party
Pravda
Russia
West
Iceland
Germany
Stalin
United Nations Organization
U.N
Faulkner's Postmaster Days Marked by Money and Stamps
The Times-Picayune recalls William Faulkner before he wrote Mirrors of Char tres Street and served as university postmaster. On his last day, a friend asked for his feeling about leaving, and Faulkner replied he would be at the beck and call of moneyed interests but never again of every 2 cent stamp buyer.
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Chartres Street
Times - Picayune
University
Mise
Bill
Faulkner
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