U.S. Dollar Loans Shift to Back Democracy vs Totalitarianism
U.S. policy moves from postwar relief to political use of money to aid allies and fight totalitarian regimes. Czech, Polish, and Hungarian loans loom large as Washington weighs credits, with UNRRA winddown and debates over aid, with Russia and Yugoslavia under tight loan scrutiny.
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Washington
U. S
Czechoslovakia
Poland
United Nations
Oscar Lange
Warsaw
United States
Britain
Russia
Yalta
UNRRA
United Nations Assembly
New York
Philippines
Austria
Greece
Italy
Ukraine
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Central American Republics Span 200,770 Square Miles
The five Central American republics Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras and Nicaragua total 200 770 square miles and host 8 590 384 inhabitants according to the census figures.
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Costa Rica
el Oo Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Early 17th Century Fire Safety Rule in Massachusetts
As early as 1631 the fire hazard in the American colonies prompted Massachusetts Bay Colony to ban building chimneys with anything but stone or brick. This regulation reflects colonial efforts to reduce fires by using noncombustible chimney construction.
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American
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Government Budget Sparks Battles Over Defense Funding
Farm state senators vow to defend agriculture and defense advocates warn of a headlong plunge into disaster. MacArthur confirms Congress likely to avoid crippling cuts while many leaders press for full quotas and a timely Senate vote nears.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
War Department
Congress
Japan
Army
Navy
Ferguson
Senate
House
Arctic rescue under way for stranded air crew
Army personnel in Greenland coordinates involve ATC dog teams and parachute drop gear to extract crew from a crashed Superfortress. Coast guard helicopter slated for rescue, with parts and operators on standby at Westover Field. Recon plane radio contact established with marooned crew as weather dictates method. Rescue plan centers on landing a glider beside the wreck and airlifting men to safety.
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New York
Goose Bay
Labrador
ATC
Coast Guard
Gander
Newfoundland
Westover Field
Mass
Atkinson
Thule
Fairbanks
One Million Britishers Go To Work In Cold Coal Crisis
London reports a million workers return to re opened Midlands plants as coal shortages persist amid icy fog and a 16 day coal reserve at power stations. Four million idle, eight of 38 counties reopened, imports strained, government to set reopen dates. Prime Minister Attlee to address Commons on industry restart.
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London
Midlands
England
Moreton-in-the-marsh
Cotswolds
British Isle
London Gas Company
Thames
Ministry of Fuel and Power
Austin Automobile Plant
Cadbury's Candy Works
Dunlop Rubber Company
Imperial Chemistry Industries
General Electric
Attlee
House of Commons
Funeral Rites for Robert O. Little in Thomasville
Impressive funeral services with full military honors held Sunday at Unity Chapel Methodist for Robert O. Little 58 of 1024 Blair Street a World War I veteran former American Legion and VFW commander and post office employee who died Friday from a heart attack. The service included a color guard firing squad and civic and military pallbearers with Legion and VFW members in charge and Taps by Richard Johnson Richard Foster and Allen May.
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Thomasville
Robert O. Little
Blair Street
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United States Post Office
Unity Chapel Methodist Church
James Clemmer
Legion
VFW
Howard Steed
Austin Elliott
Unity
Fairgrove Methodist
Jease Fritts
John Pope
Ed Hepler
Howard Myers
Eloise Bodenheimer
Floyd Hughes
James Sullivan
George Ellington
Robert Hundley
W. H. Jones
Henry Earley
Mitt Veach
Arville Yarborough
Sam and Paul Hall
John Brinkley
Paul Green
C. H. New
Ant
Company L
Culbreth-Harris American Legion
William C. Miller
Brice Barkley
Rudolph Blackwell
Eugene Branson
Julian Crawford
Dennis Howard
Hassell Mabe
Odell Lambeth
Charles Wade
Clifton Jones
Harold Honeycutt
Ellis Hege
Dennis Westmoreland
Dan Handley
Paul Bryant
Harold Abel
Jack Flowers
City of
Comment on Storm and British response to threat move
Officials noted the group was not deemed particularly dangerous and urged a cleanup. A British spokesman dismissed their silliness and pretensions while warning they lacked military strength and would not be allowed to proceed beyond a certain point.
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U. S
Funeral for Mrs A E Cox at Pentecostal Holiness Church
Mrs A E Cox 69 of Rt 5 High Point died at noon Saturday at home. Funeral held Monday at 1 pm at Pentecostal Holiness Church High Point with burial in Floral Garden Park Cemetery.
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A. B. Cox
A. E. Cox
Rt. 5
High Point
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Floral Garden Park
Action Demands Over Corfu Channel Mineings and Union Strife
British seek apology and compensation for damage to two destroyers and 44 officers in the Corfu channel mine incident last October 22. Senator Ellender calls Congress to act on labor legislation as union leaders falter in support amid hearigs and NLRB rulings on Wagner Act protections.
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Corfu
Owever
Albania
Britain
International Court of Justice
Colombia
Alexandria Cadogan
Atomic Energy Commission
Council
Commission
United States
Pacific
Washington
Ellender
D-La
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Louisiana
AFL
William Green
CIO
Philip Murray
United Auto Pony
Walter Reuther
Senate Labor Group
House Labor Committee
Allis-Chalmers
Crawford
Cleveland Machinery Manufacturing
National Labor Relations Board
Crawford's
Thompson Products, Inc
NLRB
Thompson Products Company
End of War Finds Army Veterinary Corps Inspecting Food Output
At war end the U S Army Veterinary Corps inspects 30 000 000 pounds of meat and dairy products weekly. Fallen leaves hold nitrogen and phosphorus once part of soil. Mobile jeep units remove overripe trees from lumber areas to make room for new growth.
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U.S. Army’s Veterinary Corps
First Thanksgiving Observed in Maine Long Before Pilgrims
A note states a first Thanksgiving occurred in Maine fifteen years prior to the Pilgrims in Massachusetts, highlighting an earlier settler feast in a different colony.
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Maine
Massachusetts
Cargo airlines surge in the United States
More than two dozen airlines have been established in the United States exclusively for cargo carrying.
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The
United States
Duns Scotus and the Origin of the Word Dunce
The term dunce traces to Joannes Duns Scotus, a noted medieval scholastic philosopher at Oxford, whose name became associated with students deemed slow. Over time the word shifted from label to insult and then to general mockery of dullness.
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Dunce
Biology
Oxford
Joannes Duns Scotus
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