United States Presses UN for Firm Korea Action
Mark R. Byers argues the UN must enforce peace in Korea, blaming Russia for stalling talks and using propaganda. He praises Warren Austin and Dean Acheson, calls for Europe to arm itself, and urges volunteers from anti Communist Germans to join allied defense efforts. He warns of a broader Soviet threat and urges decisive action.
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Korea
UN Council
Lake Success
Russia
Jakob Malik
United States
Council
Asiatic
Malik
Assembly
State Department
U. S
Warren Austin
Kremlin
Washington
Dean Acheson
Ghengis Khan
Stalin
Asia
Uncle Sam
Europe
Strasbourg Council
Churchill
Council of Europe
East
Hitler
GOP
United Nations
Austin
Iron Curtain
Social Security Expansion Advances With Truman Signing
The Social Security compromise bill, passed by the Senate and approved by the House 374 to 1, would extend coverage to 10 million more people including farm hands and domestic workers. Average monthly benefits rise from 26 to 46.15 and family maximums from 85 to 150. The Knowland amendment would limit governors’ access to unemployment funds pending judicial review, a point of debate between chambers.
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United States
Truman
Senate
Congress
House
Secretary of Labor
Enemies of Labor
Dayton dealer imports wild animals from Africa
James Monesmith of Dayton Ohio returns from the Egyptian Sudan with rhinoceroses leopards cheetahs crested rats a vervet monkey two garages and two aardvarks He claims to have tamed two white rhinos to ride bareback and to have weaned anteaters from insects using a secret formula as potential picnic gear.
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James Monesmith
Dayton, O
Sudan
Monesmith
Indo China needs rapid US French offensive push to curb communists
Military analysis argues that Viet Nam’s Bao Dai government depends on the French Army and allied forces to hold the front. It stresses seizing initiative, expanding control from Caobong to Vinh, and blocking Red Chinese aid to Ho Chi Minh while improving coast and river security.
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George Fielding Eliot
Indo-China
Ho Chih Minh
United States
Viet Nam
Bao Dai
Carpentier
Napoleon
Asia
Cochin- China
Caobong
Red China
Annam
Vinh
Gulf of Tonkin
Hainan
Ho Chi Minh
Moscow
Peiping
Mafia Testimony Pins Down Real Brain Behind Crime
Secret senate testimony by U S Narcotics Commissioner Harry Anslinger identifies the Mafia as the real brains behind organized crime. He names Frankie Costello Joe Adonis Phil Kastel Joe Accardo and Charlie and Rocco Fischetti as leaders with Lucky Luciano as top boss. He cites Sicilian origin strong possibly controlling much of the underworld and notes mafia influence in olive oil business and a strict omerta code.
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Jack Anderson
Drew Pearson
Washington
Senate Crime Committee
U. S
Harry Anslinger
Anslinger
Frankie Costello
New York
Joe Adonis
Phil Kastel
Joe Accardo
Charlie
Rocco Fischetti
Chicago
Underworld
Rome
Lucky Luciano
New York City
Sicily
America
New Orleans
Why Not a Voice for America
A 1950 lament argues youth ignorance breeds distrust in institutions and calls for a national channel and professed Americanism in education. It blames schools and educators for shaping skeptical graduates while urging stronger patriotic voices to guide youth and defend democracy at home and abroad.
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Lenin
Hitler
Mussolini
Voice of America
America
Asia
Europe
Vanity tale and town notes from a hurried day
A humorous vignette describes a vanity loving bird in Harald's front tile, then county police log notes injuries at the Interstate fair with a parrot booth incident and a boy's cut finger. A caption mentions a Stork Loses Race style headline and Patsy the dog delivering newborn puppies during a taxi ride or car trip.
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Patsy
Joseph Kidder
Kidders
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Strasbourg
Winston Churchill
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Belgium
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France
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General Features Corp
Ken Craft
Saturday Evening Post
Osage
Missouri
Rockies
Shimon
Morris Fay
Goddess of Justice
Fay
Joseph Shimon
TWA
Howard Hughes
James Knapp
Justice Department
Edward L. Carey
Knapp
William J. Nolan
Carey
Nolan
Pearson
Maurice Tobin
Tobin
Bob Taft
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Columbus
Joe Curran
CIO Maritime Workers
Curran
Pan American Airways
Department of Defense
Pan-Am
Louis Johnson
Navy Department
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Frank Tripp
General Peatures Corp
Che Ua Crosse Tribune
Vanity
Harald
P and J
Mark
Bird
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