Dulles Seeks Pact for Japan Stay in Western Fold
In Washington a two week diplomacy game with Tokyo unfolds as John Foster Dulles pushes for a treaty path that would keep Japan aligned with Western allies. He aims to keep Japan’s factories and skilled labor out of communism while negotiating paths around Russia.
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Washington
U. S
Japan
John Foster Dulles
Tokyo
Russia
Moscow
Dulles
Pacific
Red China
Soen
Formosa
Ch Kai-shek
UN Assembly
U.S
China
Basements Offer Radiation Shielding From Blast
Basements provide protection from blast heat and radiation. Deeper positions offer more barriers between occupants and a detonation. Earth, concrete, steel act as effective radiation shields.
Hershey urges longer draft extension beyond 27 months
Draft Director Lewis B. Hershey testifies before the Senate Preparedness Subcommittee urging a longer selective service extension and the stoppage of enlistments for all draft age men 18 to 26, placing procurement under his office.
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Lewis B. Hershey
Senate
International
Timber Losses Cut by Fire but Insects Rise in Forests
An historic note shows America halved timber losses to fire over 30 years while insect damage surged, threatening more than twice as much, due to limited pest control resources. New helicopter sprayed insecticides promise to curb the damage and restore forest health by 1947.
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New York
America
Homemade Soap Maker Keeps Routine at 90 in Pasadena
In Pasadena Mrs Minnie Schaeppi aged 90 still makes her own soap and handles housekeeping gardening cooking and mending. She began soap making in girlhood for home use and has continued the practice through the years.
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Pasadena
Calif
Minnie Schaeppi
Narian
Burmese textile controls threaten handloom industry
Burmese weavers urge controlled textile imports arguing unrestricted imports undercuts local looms. The government’s decontrol last August to stockpile cloth risks famine in wartime. A weavers union says Burmese goods are now unmarketable against foreign textiles.
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Rangoon
Weavers’ Union
No Women in Connecticut State Senate After Ten Years
For the first time in a decade the Connecticut state senate has no women among its members. The current session shows all 17 Republican senators are men, while several Democratic members are from the same profession.
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New Haven
Connecticut State Senate
Chamber
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