MERRY-GO-ROLIND Still Appears In Federal Notes
Washington food bins are full but rationing likely if total war returns. Fats and oils prioritized for munitions, butter stock equals population, sugar rationing planned, shipping lanes to Cuba and Hawaii deemed easier to maintain than in World War III. Meat and grain stocks described amid wartime mobilization.
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Washington
America
Agriculture Department
United States
Cuba
Hawaii
Aoe
Drew Pearse
Decatur Boy Scouts Stand Out At National Jamboree
Decatur sent 39 scouts and leaders to the Valley Forge national jamboree, the largest southern contingent among about 50 000 scouts worldwide. Officials praise lasting benefits in patriotism and historical understanding, noting fine Americans beyond the Mason Dixon line.
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Decatur
Valley Forge
South
Mon
Communist Fifth Column Threats and Suppression Calls
The piece claims the Communist party is going underground in the United States, limiting secret meetings, destroying records, and decentralizing. It cites J Edgar Hoover placing party members at 54 174 on February 7 1950 with ten followers each, predicting a 540 000 strong fifth column ready to act under Kremlin orders. It urges jailing deporting or shooting all Communists.
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Communist Party
United States
J. Edgar Hoover
Senate
Kremlin
United States of America
U.S A
TVA Support Grows as Public Power Debate Rises
The Nashville Tennessean and public opinion trends favor expanding the Tennessee Valley Authority to include the Cumberland River. Conservative Republicans shift toward public power amid international crisis, linking power and navigation needs to national security and wartime goals.
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TVA
Nashville Tennessean
Cumberland
Tennessean
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
Cumberland River
Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin
Aoene
St. Lawrence Valley Seaway
Wiley
Warren
California
West
Lehman
New York
St. Lawrence
Truman Reverses CAB Route Rulings in Pan Am Favor
Most of the Civil Aeronautics Board protests President Truman’s move to merge Pan American Airways with American Overseas Airlines and to grant Pan Am new routes. Chairman Joe O’Connell resigns. CAB members blame politics and campaign money, noting Oswald Ryan’s secret session aided the reversal.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Truman
Pan American Airways
Pan American
American Overseas Airlines
Joe O'Connell
Pan Am
White House
Seattle
Honolulu
Northwest Airlines
CAB
Louis Johnson
Johnson
Democratic Party
Oswald Ryan
Army asks reserves to rejoin but penalizes volunteers
The Army urges reserve officers to sign up for active duty while punishing those who do. Specialists such as doctors engineers radar technicians and signal corps personnel face demotions if they return at a lower rank. The force cannot meet needs because volunteers would lose rank, and current law complicates recall.
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Army
Signal Corps
Enjoying Poor Health A Warns Against Self-Absorption
Arlie B Davidson cautions that prolonged poor health can trap a person in self centered thinking and excessive sympathy seeking. The piece warns against becoming a neurotic, limiting involvement in wider human welfare and ignoring others.
Army demotion policy sparks officer resignations and discontent
The Army's present rank policy demotes volunteers while retaining ranks for those ordered back, prompting nonvolunteer stances and protests by the Reserve Officers Association up to Defense Secretary Johnson who promised change. Navy reservists follow a different voluntary rank system. The piece also details Sovietization of Korea with mass deportations to Sakhalin, forced labor contracts of forty years, propaganda claims of voluntary work, mandatory bond purchases for food, and harsh penalties for farmers missing quotas or taxes.
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Army
Reserve Officers Association
Johnson
Navy
Korea
North Korea
Siberia
Sakhalin
Mumpyong
Socropaganda
Stripping Korea and Soviet Material Exactions
The text states the Soviet Union stripped North Korea of lead zinc steel fuel lumber and other strategic materials. It notes the Soviets paid for what they took as a propaganda gesture, though the payment was unclear or incomplete in the fragment.
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Korea
Soviet Union
North Korea
As Pegler Sees It on Communists and National Danger
Pegler argues for wartime emergency powers and mass detention of communists and fellow travelers in the United States. He claims Soviet policy threatens the nation, urges government action in New York, and labels all party members as conspirators.
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Communist Party
United States
House Commion un-American Activities
Tydings Committee
Supreme Court
Craven Frank Murphy
Harry Bridges
Republic
New York
Congress
Harry S. Truman
Nixon
Senate
Soviet Economic Control in Korea After Liberation
The article explains Soviet influence in Korea after Japan's defeat, detailing how remaining factories were stripped of value and run under long term contracts and joint stock setups. It cites Wonson Oil as an example where the Soviet Union owns half but a Russian manages the plant and takes most output. It notes an "independent" Korean government created in 1947 with communist approved candidates and massive border crossings by North Koreans seeking South Korea.
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New York
Korea
United Nations
Soviet Russia
United States
Kremlin
Soviet Politbureau
Russia
Soviet Union
Wonson Oil Company
Japan
Wonson
People’s Assembly
South Korea
The New Mexican Dawn of the Atomic Age
A detailed reminiscence of July 16 1945 describing Oppenheimer and colleagues witnessing the first atomic explosion. The piece evokes the desert test site near Albuquerque, the immense blast, and the emotional reactions of Groves Conant Bush and Kistiakowsky as they observe the birth of a new era.
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Oppenheimer
Groves
Farrell
Vannevar Bush
James Conant
G. B. Kistiakowski
Conant
Bush
Injections Found Helpful in Treating Hypertension Cases
Medical Times report by Dr. James H. Hutton notes that in some hypertension cases pituitary and adrenal gland disturbances may contribute to the disorder. About 3 of 100 patients improved with injections of pituitary extract and thyroid extract, alongside a reducing diet. Treatments involved X-ray exposure to gland regions and variable courses. over 200 patients with three or more courses showed relief and lower blood pressure.
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James H. Hutton
Chicago
Medical Times
Pituitary
King
M. V
Fellow-Traveler Term Defined as Communist Ally
A fellow-traveler is defined as any person who associates and collaborates with communists, indicating a broader social or ideological connection beyond formal membership. The term implies active cooperation or support with communist causes.
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