Boundaries of Germany shift as USSR Poland treaty signed
A new Soviet Poland agreement cedes large parts of eastern Germany including Brandenburg Pomerania and Silesia to Poland, drawing Western protests for contravening four power rules. Allies consider UN action though unlikely to reverse the transfer. Breslau and Stettin are among key cities affected.
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Germany
Oder
Neisse
Poland
Ussr
Russia
Brandenburg
Pomerania
Silesia
United Nations
Ter
Ritory
Breslau
Stettin
Berlin
Report From Around Town Highlights and Local Notes
A collage of brief local items from La Crosse area life including a waitress correcting a patron on napkin use and a manager revealing himself. Lincoln Jr high postpones eighth grade softball due to a pitcher with mumps. Luther College figure Melvin Anderson may run for state representative. radio network changes perplex listeners. a housewife shares a laundry ironing tip to save time and keep clothes moist.
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Lincoln Jr. High School
Luther College
Melvin
Moppy) Anderson
Fillmore County
Luther
la Crosse
Happy Landing
ABC
WKTY
Milo Knutson
WLCX
Mutual Broadcasting System
Civil defense delay blamed on White House politics
George Fielding Eliot argues the U S civil defense program stalled by political fear and inaction at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. He traces rapid postwar planning, Hopley reports, and NSRB directives, noting lost time and potential risk to American lives while public safety measures await action.
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White House
Political Board of Strategy
Pennsylvania Avenue
Jim Dandy
Robinson
San Francisco
U. S. Conference of Mayors
War Department
Harold H. Bull
James Forrestal
Secretary of Defense
Department of Defense
Civil Defense
Russell J. Hopley
Omaha
Nebraska
Hopley
United States
Office of Civil Defense
National Security Resources Board
NSRB
John R. Steelman
Washington
Russia
Grew leads private group behind free Europe effort
Joe Grew at 70 leads the national Committee for Free Europe aiding exiled ministers from Poland Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Hungary. The group uses Library of Congress space to study satellite papers and plans a Europe radio station to broadcast to Eastern Europe alongside Voice of America.
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Washington
Joe Grew
Turkey
Japan
State Department
J. P. Morgan
Peapson
National Committee For Free Europe
Poland
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Library of Congress
Voice of America
Committee For Free Europe
Europe
Romania
The Pity Of Filth In Literature
Frank Tripp argues that profanity in books thrives because readers buy it and calls for more refined art. He contrasts vulgar writing with artful depiction, notes historical backlash to profanity, and laments a generation profiting from indecency while urging better literary standards.
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Anthony Comstock
New York
Olga Nethersole
Sappho
Clyde Fitch
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Northrop
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War Manpower Commission
Oscar Chapman
Hoover Commission
Doty
National Institute of Public Affairs
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Maine
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Senate
Senator McCarthy
Joe Collins
Iran
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