Britain seeks U.S. help to stave off economic crisis
Britain plans talks in Washington with Sir Stafford Cripps and Ernest Bevin on September 6 or 7 with John Snyder and Dean Acheson about the empire’s dire finances. Critics in Congress urge Britain to overhaul industry, currency, and trade policy, and Canada will join as a key observer.
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Ngland
United States
Britain
Stafford Cripps
Ernest Bevin
Washington
U.S. Treasury
John W. Snyder
Dean Acheson
Empire
America
Congress
U.S
Canada
Pickle Plant Fire Prompts Lessor Lease For Locomotive
In North Tonawanda New York a Central locomotive is used to cook pickles after a pickle firm leased it following a plant steam boiler explosion. A $3 000 batch of dills was at risk of spoiling. In Portland Becky the cat mothers four orphaned chicks. In Kennewick Bud Allen the radio entertainer ends 110 hours of broadcasting to raise funds for a $100 000 hospital.
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North Tonawanda
New York Central
Portland
Ore
Becky
Kennewick
Wash
Bud Allen
Forfeited Game in Philadelphia After Uproar at Shibe Park
At Shibe Park in Philadelphia a 4-2 Giants lead became a forfeit when umpire Al Barlick ruled a grounder off a would be catch. bottles and fruit rained down injuring umpires while fans yelled kill the umpire. The Giants won 9 0 as Barlick cited public safety and police protection responsibilities. Phils owner Bob Carpenter called for an eye test for umpire Barr.
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Philadelphia
New York Giants
Philly
George Barr
Shibe Park
Phils
al Barlick
Giants
Barlick
Bob Carpenter
Barr
Turkeys Expected to Be Plentiful and Cheaper This Year
The Agriculture Department says Thanksgiving and Christmas turkey supplies should be larger and prices lower than last year. The 1949 crop is projected to be the second largest in U.S. history at 41,107,000 birds, with gains from three percent in New York to 121 percent in Arkansas.
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Agriculture Department
New York State
Arkansas
Dates and events listed for late August to early September
The notes list events including President Truman addressing the 31st American Legion convention in Philadelphia on Monday August 29, a Dowager Queen Wilhelmina’s 69th birthday on Wednesday August 31, an American Bar Association meeting in St Louis on Friday September 2, and the opening of the National Air Races in Cleveland with a 25th anniversary of the Chinese civil war marked on Saturday September 3.
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President Truman
American Legion
Philadelphia
Wilhelmena
Netherlands
American Bar Association
St. Louis
Cleveland
Tito and Yugoslavia Face Rising Cold War Pressure
The piece notes Tito’s defiance of Moscow and the growing East West tensions. It cites a new Free Communist Party in East Germany supporting Tito, Moscow’s threats to Yugoslavia, and Western responses including a U.S. approval for a three million dollar Pittsburgh steel mill purchase and World Bank loan discussions in Paris.
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Kremlin
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Tito
Moscow
Free Communist Party
FKP
Cominform
U.S
Pittsburgh
Paris
Eugene R.black, Jr
World Bank
Conference on World Resources Seeks Global Food Land Reforms
Lake Success hosts a United Nations Scientific Conference on Conservation and Utilization of World Resources. Russia does not participate. Scientists from 50 nations warn arable land is about four billion acres for 2.25 billion people. Population grows by 20 million annually as land quality declines.
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Russia
United Nations
Lake Success
Protestant Majority In U S Church Membership Report
The Christian Herald reports 79,576,352 church members with about 60 percent Protestant. Protestant denominations total 47,557,203 members, Roman Catholics 26,075,697. Methodists lead with 8,651,524. Growth from last year includes 1,407,527 Protestant and 807,524 Catholic increases.
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United States
The
Christian Herald
U.S
Norwegian report contrasts American and Soviet living standards
A Norwegian survey under the Marshall Plan compares U S and Soviet life. It finds Americans work less for bread and meat and can buy a woolen suit sooner, while Russians labor longer for basic needs. The report notes U S social security flaws and Soviet controls on living standards, with Norwegian visitors praising democracy yet acknowledging problems.
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Economic Cooperation Administration
Marshall Plan
United States
Russia
Norwegian General Federation of Trade Unions
Soviet Union
Parachute Jump Pleases 81-Year-Old Macfadden
Bernarr Macfadden, 81, describes his first parachute jump as wonderful. Fred Allen notes the giveaway program ban, saying ice boxes were common on radio, but deep freezers in Washington sparked upheaval as no program existed there.
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Bernarr Macfadden
Fred Alen
Washington
Congress At Work In The 81st Era Of Truman Policy
The piece reviews Truman era Congress performance including foreign policy alignment, Atlantic Pact arms aid, domestic rent control funding cuts, rejection of Taft-Hartley repeal and Brannan farm plan, State Department reorganization, and stalled federal education health measures. It notes civil rights gridlock, inflation issues, deficit spending stance, and Senate House session dynamics ahead of Thanksgiving and Labor Day.
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Truman
Congress
China
Senate
Brannan
State Department
Scott Lucas
Spaatz Defends B 36 Procurement Secrecy Before House Panel
Gen Carl Spaatz testifies to Congress that anonymous charges against the B 36 procurement leak performance figures. He warns such disclosures aid the enemy and jeopardize national security while defending secrecy in intercontinental bomber programs.
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Carl Spaatz
Air Force
House Armed Services Committee
Spaatz
State Department signals move to civilian control of Germany
The report notes a planned switch from military to civilian control of occupied Germany by September 15. Malta threatens to expel Britain and offer its Mediterranean port to the United States unless ERP funds are shared. Ohio Michigan Indiana Kentucky and West Virginia rent offices will close by September due to a Congressional cut. Spaatz defends B-36 program, stressing strategic value and urges 70-group Air Force while denying outside pressure. Rep Norblad cites California findings lacking substantiation.
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U.S. State Department
Germany
Malta
Mediterranean
United States
Britain
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Russia
Europe
Asia
Spaatz
Air Force
Spaata
Walter Norblad
R-Ore
California
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