Truman Doctrine described as preventive against conflict
A Washington columnist argues the Truman Doctrine is a preventive foreign policy to check Soviet expansion without war. He cites economic aid to Greece and Turkey, Germany zone cooperation, and Hungary's move to show the United States and allies acting to curb communism, led by Vandenberg and bipartisan support.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Red Army
Hungary
Italy
Alcide de Gasperi
Congress
von Clausewitz
Europe
Advisory Commission On Universal Training
Greece
Turkey
Middle East
Balkans
Vandenberg
Sugar Rationing Ends as Sugar Stocks Rise
The government halted household and hotel sugar rationing for the first time since April 1942 citing larger sugar supplies. Sugar price controls remain for industrial use and are set to expire October 31. Meat prices jump nationwide due to seasonal factors higher feed costs and foreign purchases.
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Clinton Anderson
Congress
International Emergency Food Council
United States
Cuba
Scranton
New York
Chicago
Record Wheat Crop Forecast Tops Previous Peak
The Agriculture Department forecast a record U.S. wheat crop of 1.4098 billion bushels for the year, driven by favorable conditions in the Great Plains and Texas. Winter wheat projects at 1.0031 billion and spring wheat at 316.822 million. oats output expected at 1.2473 billion, down from last year. Corn planting lag due to cool wet May.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Great Plains
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Pacific Coast
Dakotas
Minnesota
Peacetime Mission Advances for Marine Air Reserve Fliers
Marines report the first year of the marine air reserve program showing 20 squadrons activated, growing to 24, with weekend fliers training from basic to engineering. The summer maneuvers at Cherry Point and El Toro run August 14 to 29 to align close air support with ground units.
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Marine Corps Aviation Reserve
Marine Air Reserve
cuuUds Ull UvaLy IL
C. F. Schilt
Marine Air Reserve Training Command
Marine Weekend
Cherry Point
N. C
el Toro
Calif
East Coast
West Coast Air Reserve
Marine Corps
Marine
Volunteer Reserve
Aerial Pilgrimage Leads South Dakota Flying Farmers Weekend Flight
South Dakota Flying Farmers plan a statewide aerial pilgrimage over 100 towns this weekend led by Col Joe Foss of Sioux Falls with at least 50 planes. Clyde Ice heads a new Pierre air service while his sons assist in school and charter flying. The piece also notes a national air power conference in Denver and local aviation clubs, dusting crops by air, and power line patrols in Minnesota and broader aviation activity across the region.
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South Dakota
Joe Foss
Sioux Falls
National Guard
Clyde Ice
Pierre
S. D
Army
Ice
Cecil
Charles
National Air Power Conference
Rocky Mountain Empire
Denver
American Legion
Lee Knous
Leon W. Johnson
Fifteenth Air Force
Frederick H. Smith Jr
Civil Air Patrol
Irving M. McQuiston
Naval Reserve
Chief of Naval Operations
Manchester
Iowa
John Ried
Heywood-Gull Lake
Nissan
Minn
Minnesota Power and Light Company
Mesabi Iron Range
Ried
John Mattson
Night police beat foils perfect crime in New Castle
In New Castle Delaware two burglars across from the state police station tried a perfect crime. Patrolman Francis J Hewlett phoned the state police five miles away after spotting the break in. State officers arrested the two burglars ten minutes later.
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New Castle
Del
Francis J. Hewlett
Hewlett
Platt’s Grocery
Man leaves legs behind. authorities recover artificial limbs
In Pittsburgh police report, a man walked away leaving behind two artificial legs with socks garters and shoes. Leg prosthetics appeared recently worn prompting investigations into the incident.
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Pittsburgh
FFA Boys Build Shop From Salvaged Lumber
Edmonds Washington group of Future Farmers of America at Edmonds High School is constructing a vocational farm shop using lumber salvaged from three abandoned Paine Field buildings. Harold Silvernail, the Smith Hughes instructor, directs the self built project.
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Edmonds, Wash
Future Farmers of America
Edmonds High School
Paine
Harold _ Silvernail
Smith-Hughes
Engineers Use Aerial Photos For Highway Planning
Highway engineers increasingly use aerial photography to locate new traffic arteries and cut survey costs. Aerial survey techniques perfected during the war produce accurate maps for arterial routes, city traffic studies, and soil type determinations along proposed rights of way.
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American Public Works Association
Star Medallion Crochet Pattern 7404 Heirloom
Crochet pattern 7404 titled Star Medallion offers instructions for creating an heirloom crochet medallion. The ad notes a 20 cent price and provides ordering details.
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Austria
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Great Britain
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Wilmington
Ohio
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Soviet Union
Karl T. Compton
Commission On Universal Military Training
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Springport
Mich
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Marine Corps Air Reserve
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Oregon
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Fort St. John, 8. C. Canada
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Wisconsin
Aoe
Midwest
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