Congress approves 1.314 billion arms aid for allies
Congress votes 1.314 billion dollars in military aid to friendly nations surpassing earlier House cuts. The decision follows news of Russia's atomic bomb and aims to strengthen allied resistance under the Atlantic pact, with promises of further support in coming years.
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Russia
Czechoslovakia
Berlin
Truman
Senate
America
United States
Defenders of Freedom
Coordinated Transportation Program Proposal for Unity
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer will report to President Truman on the major issues for a unified federal transportation program. The piece notes spending on regulation, calls for detached studies, and highlights potential regressive rules like treating spinach as a manufactured product under ICC jurisdiction.
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Commerce Sawyer
Truman
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Presit Roosevelt
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Legion
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ICC
Violence on the Pickett Lines Raises Alarm at Buffalo and Peekskill
The piece notes renewed violence at the Bell Aircraft plant in Buffalo New York amid a three month strike. It contrasts this with the Peekskill riot in New York where Communists and a loose alliance of veterans and youths clashed. It questions official complacency toward on picket line bloodshed.
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Bell Aircraft
Buffalo
Presit Truman
Tianal
Peekskill
N. Y
Trial of 11 Communist Leaders Opens in New York
In a federal courtroom in New York on January 17, the trial of 11 American Communist leaders on conspiracy charges began before Judge Harold R. Medina. Since then 158 trials have occurred, with 109 by the defense, a record of testimony reaching about 20,000 pages. The proceedings feature lengthy exchanges among counsel, witnesses, and the judge, with occasional humor, and attorney Harry Sacher’s remark “The defense rests.”
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New York
Harold Redina
Harry Sacher
Bust Inspector Sparks Capitol Statuary Controversy
The column satirizes a Capitol bust glut as Bridegroom King is jokingly dubbed bust inspector while recounting jokes about Senator Leahy taxes and McKellar's wage stand. It notes a survey of busts and policy to prune the Hall of Statues amid snappy political jests.
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Edward S. Leahy
Rhode Island
Washington
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J. Howard McGrath
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Russell King
Senate Rules Committee
Mr. King
Edward J. Higgins
Theodore Francis Green
Jimmy Byrnes
Capitol
Statuary Hall
Library
Senator Green
Jimmy Pyrnes
South Carolina
Kenneth McKellar
Tennessee
Hill
Mr. McKellar
Turkey Creek
McKellar
Deutscher Stalin Biography Review Highlights Biases
The essay critiques Isaac Deutscher's Stalin biography, noting authorial bias and selective material while acknowledging the work’s significance. It challenges claims about the Provisional Government and Lenin's sealed-car journey, cites missing context, and lauds the book as a valuable portrait of Stalin despite enduring criticisms.
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Isaac Deutscher
Stalin
Souvarine
Trotzy
Deutscher
Trotzky
Lenin and
Russia
Nicholas II
Lenin
Switzerland
Germany
Parvus
Count Brockdorff- Rantzau
Erzberger
Count Maltzan
Petrograd
Angelica Balabanoff
Third International
Ivan the Terrible
Patter Graphics MAL PATRICK Tells of Truth and Scarcity in Witty Lines
A quirky column reflection on honesty and scarcity with lines about a girl claiming eighteen and never being kissed and a jab about coffee and whiskey. The tone blends sharp wit with social observation.
Amsterdam letter and travel notes from Henry J. York
Henry J. York of Farm Bureau Insurance writes from Amsterdam about a European tour, praising the city with its canals and wealth, noting Dutch industry, agriculture and flower farming. He mentions planned Denmark travel, Vollendam, Marken, and tulip cultivation. The piece also covers a NC map trip, Red Cross readiness, and brief humorous anecdotes.
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Henry J. York
Farm Bureau Insurances Company
Holland
Denmark
York
Europe
Vollendam
Marken
New York City Reporters Association Event Previews
A chaotic collage of metro chatter and gossip items from New York reporters. Mary Martin and Walter You exchange quips about tickets to see the mayor. Umpire Grieve earns praise for blunt calls. A-Nova list of celebrities, riffs on politics, crime headlines, and showbiz anecdotes fill the page with flippant humor and Broadway chatter.
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