Bicker Over Peace In United Nations
The East West split among the Allies who defeated Germany and Japan showed no sign of dissolving. Russia renewed complaints that the United States and Britain lead an armaments race and plot aggression. The United States accused Soviet Russia of dishonesty treaty breaking and a hate campaign against non Communist nations. Between charges both sides rejected proposals to strengthen peace.
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Germany
Japan
United Nations
Russia
United States
Britain
U.S
Soviet Russia
Soviet Union Defies Western Peace Plans At UN Assembly
Andrei Vishinsky led a charge for a ban on atomic weapons and a new Big Five peace pact, while Warren Austin accused Moscow of breaking treaties and propaganda. Britain and the U S backed a 12 point Anglo American counterproposal. In Washington defense chiefs map a joint command post for a potential air attack, with natural caverns or mines noted as cost saving options. Navy plans emphasize a large afloat force even as active ships shrink and mothballed ships rise, with Adm. Sherman pledging to shield naval aviation amid budget cuts.
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Andrei Vishinsky
Britain
China
France
Russia
U.S
Vishinsky
Warren R. Austin
Austin
Defense
Pentagon
Johnson
Army
Navy
Air Force
Washington
Appalachian
Adm
Forrest P. Sherman
Navy Department
Atlantic
Pacific
Sherman
Heat on Coal Crisis Led by John L Lewis Across Nation
World This Week outlines John L Lewis as a powerful union figure guiding the United Mine Workers through strikes and clashes with government since the 1940s. It notes rising coal costs, mechanization, aging miners, and wage–fund battles, plus potential government action under Taft Hartley and a possible fact finding board.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
AFL
CIO
Lewis
Spy Case Trials Across Coast Highlight Red Letter Week
A week of courtroom action pits Alger Hiss and Judith Coplon in New York against alleged Soviet spy efforts, while on the West Coast Harry Bridges faces perjury and conspiracy charges tied to his naturalization hearing. Coplon, a Barnard graduate and ex Justice official, was previously convicted in Washington.
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New York
San Francisco
Alger Hiss
Judith Coplon
Manhattan
U.S
Hiss
Miss Coplon
Department of Justice
Barnard College
Valentin Gubitchev
United Nations
Harry Bridges
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Courier
Washington
Russia
Gubitchev
Bridges
Atomic era air defense projects push supersonic missiles
The article details GAPA and plane to plane pilotless aircraft under Air Force development since 1945, with over 500 workers in Seattle and Alamogordo on a multi million dollar program. It also announces Firebird a rocket powered target seeking missile for launches from one plane against another.
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Air Materiel Command
Air Force
Seattle
Wash
Alamogordo
N.M
Air Force Headquarters
Washington, D.C
Teachers urged to climb trees for relaxation says psychologist
Dr James Bender of New York urges education authorities to implement tree climbing for teacher relaxation. He cites female teachers facing high fatigue and insomnia and recommends daily outdoor exercise cut homework and soundproof classrooms with sleep courses added to teachers colleges.
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America
James Bender
New York
New ulcer cure uses banthine instead of surgery
At a Cincinnati convention the Southern Medical Association heard of a new treatment replacing surgeons with the drug banthine for peptic ulcers. Twenty cases reportedly healed including perforating ulcers with X ray proof. Pain ceased within minutes of dosing and healing appeared after short oral administration every few hours.
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Southern Medical Association
Cincinnati
Two Hindu journalists convicted in Gandhi assassination
Indian government sentences Narayan V. Godse and Narayan B. Apte for Gandhi’s murder. Interstate Commerce Commission approves 12.5 percent passenger fare hikes for eastern railroads. An Air Force B-17 narrowly misses Vice President Barkley’s blimp near Washington National Airport, amid memory of a fatal Bolivian crash nearby.
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Narayan V. Godse
Narayan B. Apte
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Interstate Commerce Commission
Air Force
Alben W. Barkley
Washington
November events and milestones flagged in year’s schedule
The document lists key dates: Monday November 21 opening of Christmas Seal campaign and Metropolitan Opera debut in New York City, Thanksgiving Day on Thursday November 24, International Livestock Show opens in Chicago on Saturday November 26, Advent Sunday on Sunday November 27, and the 75th birthday of Chaim Weizmann, first President of Israel.
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Metropolitan Opera
New York City
Chicago
Chaim Weizmann
Israel
Survey on low income shows 16 million in 1948 under 2000
A Congressional subcommittee reports that about 16 million families and individuals earned less than 2000 dollars cash in 1948, with non farm households headed by unskilled workers and non white men among the affected groups. The study urges education expansion and long term area development to boost incomes and consumption.
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Joint Committee On the
Washington
John Sparkman
D-Ala
America
Fam
Prospects for Color Television Standards Face Long Road
Experts describe nine methods to transmit color by radio but only three are out of the lab stage. Scheie Broadcasting System RCA and Color Television Inc sponsor distinct approaches. A single nationwide standard will likely emerge, with patent licenses granted widely if color TV wins final approval.
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Scheie Broadcasting System
Radio Corporation of America
Color Television, Inc
San Francisco
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Frieda B. Hennock
FCC
Frank Stanton
CBS
Allen B. DuMont
DuMont Laboratories
Lee de Forest
Radio
Goering Poison Capsule Claim Spurs Nürnberg Trial Twist
A German newspaper cites an unnamed journalist who supplied the poison capsule Goering allegedly swallowed to avoid execution after the Nürnberg war crime trials. The report, quoting a "reliable source," details how the capsule was hidden under Goering's seat.
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Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Muenchener Allgemeine
Goering
Nuernberg
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