Tariffs Have Their Ups and Downs in Geneva Trade Talks
Washington observers warn that renewed reciprocal trade agreements may reintroduce tariff strings and slow world commerce. The piece traces tariff history from 1913 through Geneva cuts, notes consumer pressure for lower prices, and cites the need for cautious state department negotiation amid global relief efforts and the Marshall plan sales push.
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Washington
Congress
Milliken
Rep
Colo
Knutsen
Minn
State Department
Flanders
Vermont
Europe
Laborites Keep Power in Gravesend By Election Test
In Gravesend Richard Acland the Labour candidate defeated Frank Taylor the Conservative by 1675 votes a result seen as a test of party strength. Labour retains government confidence but the margin is down from 7056 in 1945. The piece notes rationing and potential oil and coal controls as inflation fights.
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Great Britain
Gravesend
Richard Acland
Frank Taylor
Acland
Labor Party
Britain
Truman
Congress
Department of Interior
Oscar L. Chapman
The
Interior
House Banking and Currency Committee
Interior Department
Five Quiz Questions From Old Radio Show Puzzles
Readers were urged to answer five rejected questions about Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, French premiers in a week, Mountbatten titles, Bradley replacement, and oncology. Correct answers listed include Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Paul Ramadier Leon Blum Robert Schuman, Duke of Edinburgh Earl of Merioneth Baron Greenwich, Carl R Gray, and tumors.
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France
King George of
England
Philip Mountbatten
Princess Elizabeth
Omar Bradley
Dwight Eisenhower
Army
General Bradley
Veterans’ Administration
New York
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Paul Ramadier
Leon Blum
Robert Schuman
Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth
Baron Greenwich
Carl R. Gray
The
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Postmaster General Donaldson Chosen by Truman
President Truman named Jesse M. Donaldson as postmaster general after Hannegan’s resignation due to ill health. Donaldson, 62, has 42 years in the postal service and rose from city letter carrier in Shelbyville to the department’s top job. Hannegan will not retire entirely, as he bought a substantial stake in the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Robert E. Hannegan
Hannegan
Truman
Jesse M. Donaldson
Donaldson
Shelbyville
Ill
St. Louis Cardinals
Railroad Car Shortage Eases but Remains Severe in 1947
The article notes about 41,000 fewer freight cars than after World War II with railroads hampered by steel shortages and unmet production goals. A September net gain of 7,182 new cars marks the first positive in 25 months, while Col. J. Monroe Johnson pushes toward 15,000 monthly cars by July 1948 with steel allotment increases.
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Col. J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
White House
Iron and Steel Institute
Christmas Quiz Answers and Saint Nicholas Facts
Comet is one of Santa s reindeer. Herod ordered all children under two killed. Raphael s Madonnas are outstanding. White Christmas. In A Christmas Carol. Twelfth Day is Christmas. It is the literal meaning of Christmas. Oh Come All Ye Faithful. Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of Russia.
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Comet
Herod
Rapael
St. Nicholas
San Nicholaas
Russia
Real Santa Claus Answers Final Call in Santa Claus Indiana
Oscar L. Philips, postmaster of Santa Claus Indiana, died last April while serving as the real Santa. Walter Van Winkle has stepped in as acting chief Santa Claus with the help of the American Legion, working 20 hours a day since October to fulfill letters and packages for children nationwide.
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Santa Claus
Oscar L. Philips
Ind
America
American Legion
Children of America
Walter van Winkle
Santa Phillips
Aooken
Santa van Winkle
Silent Night Song Linked To Austrian Priest and Musician
A century and a half ago Father Josef Mohr of Arnsdorf wrote Silent Night after a starlit Christmas Eve night. His friend Franz Gruber then set the poem to music and performed it as Mohr sang to his parish on Christmas Eve. The tune has since spread worldwide for Christmastide celebrations.
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Josef Mohr
Arnsdorf
Austria
Christ
Bethlehem
Franz Gruber
Franz
Father Mohr
Firecrackers Used At Christmas Time
Fire crackers used at Christmas time in southern communities. The custom traces to the Orient and China, spreading through Italy on Saints' days and religious festivals before reaching Spain, France, and other Latin countries.
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Orient
China
Italy
Spain
France
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Geneva
Millikin
American Tariff League
Woodrow Wilson
Underwood
Harding
Hoover
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Fordney-McCamber
Hull
International Conference On World Trade and Employment
Cuba
Moscow
Finland
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Bankhage
Empire State Building
Vale of Tears
Poe
Omet
Santa
Erod
Aphael
Rving Berlin
Crooge
Adeste Fideles
Nicholas
Vicks VA
U. S
McKesson Laboratories
Spear Mills, Inc
Vinea
Embur, Inc
Main Street
Kansas City 2
Missouri
Dean
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