World Varieties: 1947 to 1948 New Year Diary Notes
Baulkhage records a year of broadcasts and travels from Florida to Washington and overseas, noting political events, celebrity sightings, and cultural moments. Entries cover the new Republican Congress, Truman era discussions, Greece and Turkey aid, the Truman Doctrine, vacation jaunts, and reflections on war and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
House of Representatives
Congress
Truman
Senate
Bilbo
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Joe Martin
Senator Vandenberg
Hitler
Otto
Hapsburg
Austria
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Warm Springs
Fala
Poughkeepsie
Smith Brothers
Palestine
Elizabeth
White House
Stephen Palmer
First Presbyterian
Lockport
N. Y
Attlee
India
Senators
Flanders
Vermont
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Robertson
Virginia
House
Greece
Turkey
Nat
Nathaniel Peffer
Columbia University
China
Chiang
Daytona Beach
Pensacola
Saipan
Birmingham
Anniston
Washington
Maurice Evans
Ophelia
Ohio
William Hassett
Louis Tuckerman
Bureau of Standards
State Marshall
Harvard
Chisholm
New York State
Mount Mansfield
Tropical Washington
Bill Benton
State Department
Voice of America
ABC
United Nations
Flushing
General Assembly
Assembly
Stassen
Upper Darby
Oak Park
Mc’d
Richmond News Leader
WRNL
Smithfield Ham
Lucas
Illinois
Florida
Panama Bases Treaty Defeat Shocks U S Panama
The Panama National Assembly vetoed a treaty granting the United States rights to lease and man 14 military and airfield sites around the canal. President Jiminez opposed it, prompting a U S withdrawal of about 2,000 troops and raising questions about security and future U S Panamanian relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
National Assembly
U. S
Panama Canal
Jiminez
Panamanian
Canal
Canal Zone
U. S.-Panama
France
Albert Engel
Rep
Mich
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Assembly
United Nations For Solution
Researchers face postwar science staff shortages
Government officials disclosed a critical scarcity of scientists in some military research branches as the nation seeks postwar scientific progress. They said anti weapon bias is not the main cause. economic factors and the wish for freedom in study keep scholars from government work. The greatest need is for scientist administrators to organize and direct large projects, with long-range planning underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atomic Energy Commission
Evolutionary Roots of the Modern Automobile
The article traces how 2200 American car makes over 55 years gave rise to today’s models. It highlights pioneering contributions from now-defunct firms, such as Pierce in 1904 steering column and Dusen berge four wheel hydraulic brakes in 1920, whose innovations shape current designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Pierce
Pierce-Arrow
Dusenberg
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Franklin
Automobilist
Phaeton
People hold power over Congress in un American activity debate
The piece argues the people may override constitutional limits and empower Congress to punish Communist party membership or collaboration, claiming the public can widen or warp the Constitution. It asserts Congress could enact such laws and emphasizes the supremacy of popular will over legal restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Committee of Congress
Congress
Thomas Committee On un-American Activities
United States
Communist Party
A Matter of Viewpoint and War Talk in Editorial Voice
The piece juxtaposes Molotov’s remarks on occupation with the U S wartime experience, notes a Newark to Miami flight time, and reflects on G I soldiers seeking wealth after sacrifice. It also ponders domestic life and a retro column on winter marriage and social memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Voluntary controls fail as neutral spirits cheats save grain plan
Citizens food committee and Secretary of Agriculture secured a voluntary agreement with most whiskey distillers to forego distilling to save about four million bushels of grain monthly but a neutral spirits maker ignored the pact. He boosted production and prices, costing four million bushels monthly and undermining patriotic aims. Similar voluntary credit limits collapsed with one nonconformist behind the scenes and a price war followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Food Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Europe
Washington gossip and 1948 political moves surface
Internal White House strain on inflation, Truman aides keeping distance, Baruch questioned. ALP split hopes to shape New York politics, Hoovers meet Durante, and court notes declare Soviet power an enemy. Marshall hints at Eisenhower opposition if he runs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Leach
Court of Common Pleas
Lackawanna County
Scranton
U. S
Uncle Sam as a Banker Move to Aid Foreign Sales
Drew Pearson reports that a plan may make the U.S. government a lender to publishers and movie firms by paying foreign service staff in their national currencies while the Treasury provides the dollars back home. Congressional support grows as lawmakers see potential use for Marshall Plan expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
U. S
Europe
Eric Johnston
U. S. Information Service
U. S. Treasury
Congress
Adventurers Club Holiday Dinner For Chicago Needy
The Adventurers' club of Chicago once hosted a holiday dinner with presents a show turkey and all the trimmings for underprivileged children. This year charities report no needy children in Chicago with housing the sole need, illustrating a changed urban reality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
QINCE
The
Adventurers’ Club of
Chicago
America
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U. N
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Indian River
Richard
Philadelphia
Wally
Wallgren
Stars and Stripes
United Businessmen’s Association
Mexico
Aleman
Blair House
Loudon
Netherlands
Moscow
Baltimore Sun
Paul Ward
Washington Post
Ferdinand Kuhn
Bankhage
Porkey
Jacob Werner
Baltimore
Grain Opera
Clinton Anderson
Senate Appropriations Committee
Edwin W. Pauley
Army
Kenneth Royall
Anderson
Agriculture Secretary
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Council
Anderson's List
Brush
Hupmobile
King
Avouuc BA
CSN
Westbrook
Pegler
H. I. Phillips
Newark
Miami
G.i.s
Walter Shead
Walter Winchell
AAF
A.G.O
American Labor Party
New York
ALP
Gether
Mr. Truman
John Edgar Hoover
James Durante
St. Louis Cardinals
Sec
Marshall Tells
Eisenhower
Drew Pearson
Pacific Coast
Flam
LAY Rite Products Company
Sixth Ave. N
Billings
Montana
Darwin Crossman Subscription Agency
Billings, Montana
Fradet Fish CO
West Fargo
W. D
Columbia Cafe
Rainier
Ore
Newell
Beebe Company
Portland
Thompson Motors
Pullman
Livingston
Park
Eugene
Mains & Rogers
Willamette St
Oregon
Cincinnati
A. C
Glenn Roberts
Supt. S. C. Hefty
Conrad
Industrial Savings & Loan, Inc
Farnam St
Omaha, Nebr
Serries
Lesnedeza
Black-top
West Point
LaGrange
A. O. Sands
Georgia
North
Branick CO
Farge, N. D
Wright Patterson
Great Falls
McLaughlin—Incorporated
Mont
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