Year of Decision: Editors See Prosperity and Reds Fight
Fourteen editors review 1949 and forecast 1950 as prosperity grows at home while the United States intensifies the battle against communism. They discuss the welfare state, state socialism, the atom bomb, Sino-Soviet upheavals, and political trends shaping the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Strugale Pte Cameinliy
Ong
National Broadcasting Company
Wright Bryan
The
Atlanta Journal
Hoy A. Roberts
Han~ Tay City Star
Ruth Miler
Washington Times Herald
Henry Gillenehlof
Boston Post
George W. Healy, Jr
New Orleans Times-Fleayune
Virgil Pinkley
Son Angeles Mirror
Eugene MacKinchee
Salt Lake City Tribune-Telegram
China
United States
New Zealand
Australia
World views on peace and cold war in postwar era
A collection of quotes from Whitely Reid Jr and others reflecting optimism and concern about atomic energy peaceful uses, the North Atlantic Pact, and the future global balance. The figures discuss economic recovery, partitioned world order, and U S defense of democracy while noting China and Europe tensions shaping peace prospects.
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America
Gideon Seymour
Alfred H. Kirchhofer
Europe
China
Department store sales fall across Alabama in November
The Federal Reserve Bank reported an 11 percent drop in November department store sales across Alabama from the year before. Mobile showed the smallest decline at two percent while Birmingham fell 14 percent and Montgomery 12 percent. Furniture stores in the state posted a one percent sales gain, Birmingham flat and Montgomery down 17 percent.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Federal Reserve Bank
State Department
Mobile
Montgomery
Alabama Furniture Stores
Unclear smokeless powder and strange football ark case in Vienna
A fragment notes that smokeless powder explodes by concussion while black powder ignites, and mentions an unusual football ark in Vienna composed of midgets. The text blends technical notes with an odd, and likely misread, local detail.
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Beng
Vienna
Austria
Congress Soon Opens Final Session Before 1951 Elections
Washington observers expect a lively return to the Capitol as Congress reconvenes, with hearings, speeches, and lobbyists flooding the House and Senate. Regulators, stenographers, and guides buzz through corridors while lawmakers gear up for the final session before next fall’s elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Mailow
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Congressional
States
Capitol
Three Georgians Killed In Holiday Accidents
ATLANTA UP three persons were killed in Georgia holiday traffic accidents. Mrs Apna M Corle of Chattanooga Tennessee died in a four mile north of Griffin collision with her automobile. A 35 year old Royston man Jimmy Dove was killed in another crash nearby. Caty Moore Jr 21 a Maton News and Telegraph employee died in a mobile crash near Artes Bogarts when his car collided with another vehicle.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Highway Patrol
Griffin
Apna M. Corle
Chattanooga
Tern
Corle
Bass
Royston
Jimmy Dove
Artes Bogarts
Caty Moore, Jr
Maton
Gtagh
Pepper Urges Repeal of War-time Excise Taxes
Miami Florida United Press Senator Claude Pepper urged Congress to repeal war time excise taxes calling them obnoxious and unnecessary. He predicted a balanced budget in 1950 without harming major programs and pledged to curb taxation above 50 percent of income. Pepper warned Florida farmers about falling agricultural income and proposed restoring peanut and cotton allotments and naval stores price parity. He also announced seeking deficiency funds for South Florida flood control work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Laude Pepper
Congress
Pepper
South
Florida
Robbers Fail to Enter Bakery After Storm Window Is Removed
In St Paul burglars pry off a storm window at T. W. Basta bakery and push aside a refrigerator blocking entry, but still manage only to steal a window latch. The odd report mentions a dog’s weaker sight and a note about Hite’s appearance tomorrow.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Bird Stars
T. W. Basta
Eecyclopedia Britannics
World Today Comment on East West Talks and Peace
The UN and world leaders discuss stepping toward negotiations in 1949 to resolve Cold War tensions. The piece notes limited progress in Europe and rising Communist aims in Asia, with the U S pursuing a stronger naval presence to halt spread and keep hope for limited gains possible in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tryeve Lie
United Nations
Sig
Lie
They
General Assembly
Paris
Thie
Moscow
West
Orient
Europe
Yugoslaviay
Toas
France
Russia
Pew
Litte
Far East
Chiba
Burma
Indo- China
Indonesia
Asia
United States
Asiatic
Beginnings of Christmas Cards in Boston
A century ago Louis Prang of Boston launched lithographed Christmas cards, starting a national craze. The text notes Prang as the first major American producer and marks about 73 years since he began printing cards, reflecting on the early lithographic process.
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Bostow
Millione
Tiritas
Louis Prang
Boston
Prang
He Bergan
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