Japanese Peace Treaty Is Signed and World Exports Rise
United States guided by John Foster Dulles led 48 nations in signing the Japanese peace treaty in San Francisco. The accord limits Japan’s empire, imposes reparations, and sets UN principles while allowing separate pacts with other states. Farm exports reached $3.41 billion in 1950-51, led by cotton, wheat, and leaf tobacco, as steel shortages threaten postwar construction and auto prices rise modestly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
San Francisco
Soviet Russia
Japan
Honshu
Hokkaido
Kyushu
Shikoku
Commodore Perry
South-East Asia
United Nations
China
Ryukyu and
Bonin Islands
U. S
Okinawa
Pacific
War thoughts from Korea by Corporal Charles Francisco
Corporal Francisco of the U S Army Seventh Division in Korea writes about life on the front. He describes mountains and weather shaping warfare, night attacks, and the lack of front lines. He reflects on heroism teamwork fear loneliness and the pull of home for soldiers drafted from civilian life.
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Korea
Ridgway
Drew Pearson
Washington
Charles Francisco
U.S. Army
Francisco
Urbana
Illinois
U.N
Reds
Iintelligence
The Men Wonder Soldiers Sound Off on Rotation Pace
Soldiers vent about slow rotation and question if home papers care about Korean news. They insist they fight for a cause but admit much of the talk is just steam when pressed.
Freedom Is Theme of National Newspaper Week
The article marks National Newspaper Week October 1 8 with the theme Your Newspaper Lights the Way of Freedom. It defends a free press as essential to liberty, notes editors face pressure from local powers, and urges readers to consider how newspapers serve communities, merchants, and citizens alike.
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America
Congress
Napoleon
France
Private Home Building Dips In August Amid Mortgage Crunch
Government reports show private home construction down one third from August last year and 2 percent below July while commercial building drops 6 percent below the 1950 pace. Restrictions on mortgage lending and material use drive the decline, even as defense related projects surge.
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Defense
Federal Office of Education
Commerce and Labor Departments
Much of the World Has No Free Press
Global press freedom is severely restricted in many nations and even in some states in the United States. Governments use censorship and licensing threats to curb publication, risking silencing outlets by removing licenses as a control tool.
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West Germany
Japan
United States
Britain
France
Allied High Commission
Germany
Western Europe
Office of Price Stabilization
Ford
Chevrolet
Plymouth
Korea
Free Press of
America
Wisconsin
Garden of Eden
Argentina
India
Egypt
Venezuela
Mexico
Florida
Spokane
Spokane Valley
E. E. Morris CO
Empire State Bidg
Spokane, Wash
Feminine Frocks Use of Cotton Rises in 1950 Dresses
The National Cotton Council reports the highest cotton use in ten years for women’s dresses in 1950. Eighteen thousand more bales were used last year than in the prior year, driven by new fabrics and cotton’s growing appeal in high fashion for all seasons.
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National Cotton Council
National Safety Council
New York
Lake Michigan
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Charles Wilson
Defense Mobilizer
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Knights In Shining Armor
Melrose
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Scoby
Montana
Buick
Gettysburg Motor CO
Gettysourg
S. D
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Skiilman
N. J
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Northern Hotel
Billings
Joseph Scholz
Whitetail
W. F. McCoy
Newport, Washington
Fred W. Ritter
N. Tracy
Bozeman
California
Bill Myers
Jackson St
Hayward
Calif
Tonle
Emma NI
Hols
Stanford
Whitner
Marveon
Ogden
Utah
Brainerd
Minnesota
Idaho Steel CO
Priest River
Idaho
Fischer’s
FOX Studios
Frank Roper
Lobban Ave
Buffalo
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Dr. Lee
Lab Co
St. Joseph
Anthony
Great Falls
Mansons
Kalispell
Jamestown
North Dakota
Elois Timson
Holt Street
Dayton
Ohio
Kellogg Implement CO
Conrad
Columbia
Jack A. Swan
Fromberg
John Deere
Ross Bartlett
Perma
Massey-Harris
Combine
Dodge
Rodger Willis
Carter
Parkin Steele
A. Farm
Robert Corneman Zimmerman
Straight Wheat Ranch
Pine Avenue
Long Beach
Spokane Telegraph School
Wash
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Leggat Hotel
Allis-Chalmers
Dempster
Eversman
MAR
IHC
Crawier
Beitz Machinery Coo., Inc
Hardin
International
S. 35Th St
Gallatin Gateway
P. O. Box
Plains
Bee
Jones Welding Shop
West Central
Inquire Monarch Lumber CO
Eighth Ave. N
Isaacson
GMC
Dillon
Montara
Singer Sewing Center
First St
Havre
Sunbeam
I. B. Buhmiller
Kallspell
Reno
Nevada
Eter Eee
B. F. Porter
Sutter St
San Francisco, California
A. E. Masters
Empire State Bldg
John Deere No. 17
Graham Hulme
Clarence Onstad
Westby, Montana
Pacific Ocean
Lamb-Grays Harbor Co., Inc
Blaine and Firman Sts
Hoquiam, Washington
Meagher County
Earl N. Ogle
E. Babesck
Bozeman, Mentans
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