China Mainland Crisis Shapes Global Power Shifts
Mark R. Byers notes the Berlin blockade easing shifts focus to China where Communist forces near Shanghai threaten Nationalist defenses. Evacuation of foreigners begins as 1,500 Americans remain, with rioting risk and vast foreign investments at stake. Mao Tse-tung rumored to lead a pragmatic victory, Moscow influence uncertain, Japan’s democracy effort faltering.
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Berlin
China
Shanghai
Paris
Far East
Chiang Kai-shek
Sun Yat Sen
Chiang
Formosa
North Korea
Burma
Manchuria
Moscow
Japan
MacArthur
Ussr
Acheson Denies Bid to Trade Recognition for Berlin Break
Secretary of State Acheson rejected a senate charge that the United States offered to recognize the Chinese Communist government in exchange for lifting the Berlin blockade. He also denied a pro Russian clique blocked Franco Spain, attributing Spain’s non recognition to a UN General Assembly suggestion. The piece weighs Berlin relief, Russian aims, and the four power conference amid Latin American push for Spain at the UN.
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Acheson
Washington
Senate
United States
Berlin
State Department
Franco
Spain
UN General Assembly
General Assembly
Rumors Circle Dutch Indonesia Accord and Berlin Talks
Reports reach Lake Success that the Dutch government may recognize Indonesia as autonomous within the Netherlands dominion. The United States and other UN nations press Amsterdam to abandon imperialism while cutting recovery funds but keeping Holland in aid. A four power conference on Germany looms as the Berlin blockade remains in play.
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Lake Success
Netherlands
Commonwealth
United States
Indonesia
ECA
Holland
Berlin
Germany
Night songs praised by the maker, a biblical verse
A biblical verse from Job 35 10 speaks of God as the creator who gives songs in the night, asking where is God the maker. The line reflects faith in divine consolation during darkness.
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Job
Road To Disaster Warns Of Federal Deficit And Spending
The piece argues that Washington collects 74 percent of taxes, while local governments face revenue shortfalls. It projects deficits rising from 815 million in the current year to 7 billion by 1951, barring drastic spending cuts or tax increases. Senator Byrd warns against deficit financing and urges expenditure reduction to prevent national economic collapse.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Byrd
Indiana Man Installs Radio in Hen House
A resident installs a radio in a hen house as a novel aid for poultry exercise routines. The device aims to entertain or train the birds during daily activity.
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Indiana
Kids Attend Circus Picnic Day In Town
Children will enjoy a circus picnic event with attractions and games in town. Families are invited to join the afternoon programs featuring street performances and a food stand lineup for a festive outing.
Stopping to Tie Your Shoe in the Street
A claim states that stopping to tie a shoe in the middle of a street is unhealthy. The remark implies potential risks from blocking traffic and attracting hazards for pedestrians and drivers alike.
Silence Shifts From Golden to Trouble for Blunt Defenders
A clipped remark signals growing tension as patience wears thin. The piece hints at looming consequences after months of quiet, with implications that even simple acts like loafing become risky or costly.
Hoover Commission Proposes Bold Plan To Save $3 Billion
The Hoover Commission says a streamlined federal government could save taxpayers about 3 billion yearly. It urges giving the president broader executive control, creating a central purchasing and records department, reforming budgeting and accounting, and shifting several agencies to strengthen civilian oversight. The report also recommends reorganizing welfare programs, consolidating health and education aid, and placing hospital services under a single agency. Congress must grant power to implement the reorganization.
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Washington
Congress
U. S
Hoover Commission
Gue
General Accounting Office
Commission
Federal Security Agency
Bureau of Employes’ Compensation
Employe’s Compensation Appeals Board
Bureau of Employment Security
Selective Service System
Division of Industrial Hygiene
Labor Department
National Defense Establishment
Army
Navy
Air Force
Secretary of Defense
Federal Communications Commission
Hoover Group
Post Office
Army Corps of Engineers
Department of Interior
Answer Column On Names And Rumen Experiments
The La Crosse Tribune informs readers on name capitalization rules for de du van words and notes a Bechdel experiment involving a cow named Penn State Jessie to study digestion. It also states a government check can be cashed within 10 years after the issuing fiscal year.
Maternal impressions unproven in shaping unborn child
Medical science has definitively disproved the belief that fright or shock in a mother can affect the unborn child in body, soul, or mind. The idea of nerves or ligaments connecting mother and baby in that way is not supported by evidence.
Meaning of solid Honduras mahogany and solid mahogany
The Forest Products laboratory states that solid Honduras mahogany and solid mahogany are synonymous in the furniture trade. Manufacturers often prefix country names to mahogany due to the extensive range of mahogany from southern Mexico to northern South America.
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Honduras
Forest Products Laboratory
Mexico
South America
Bible animals and word origins trivia from a quiz
This item presents brief Q and A about turtle aging by rings, the saying man of straw and its origin, Bible animals count, and the first English use of atom in 1477 with early spellings attomes and attoms.
Cow with window in stomach spurs vitamin synthesis claim
In 1926 Dr Samuel I Bechdel studied a dairy cow with a stomach window to test whether ruminants can synthesize vitamin B. He sought evidence that dairy cattle produce B vitamins endogenously.
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Samuel I. Bechdel
Georgia's Little White House Declared Shrine
The historic Little White House in Warm Springs Georgia was designated a shrine on June 25 as the home where President Franklin D Roosevelt died. The national shrine status marks an official recognition of its significance in U S history.
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Georgia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Warm Springs
Balbriggan Ireland Known for Linen and Stocking Industry
Balbriggan is a watering place 21 miles northeast of Dublin. It is a seat of linen and cotton goods and is noted for its stocking manufactures. Cut glass is produced with a diamond point yielding prismatic effects.
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Balbriggan
Ireland
Dublin
Four Star Generals in World War I
The four star generals were Gen. John J. Pershing Gen. Tasker H Bliss and Gen. Peyton C March. Theodore Green of Providence Rhode Island is the oldest member of the present U S Senate born on Oct.
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John J. Pershing
Tasker H. Bliss
Peyton C. March
U. S. Senate
S. J.A
Theodore Green
Providence
R. I
Senate
Uncle Sam's Almanac advertised by Washington bureau
The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau promotes the 1949 edition of Uncle Sam's Almanac as a practical government research and service reference. Orders cost 25 cents plus 24 cents postage, sent to 316 Eye St NE Washington DC 2.
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la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
Eye St
N. E
Washington
2. D
Uncle Sam
Washington Information Bureau
D. C
A Little Touching Up Leaves Home in Turmoil
A homeowner recounts a kitchen refinishing ordeal sparked by a painter who overstepped. Fanny’s color choices and wallpaper clash lead to cascading renovations from linoleum to cellar access, ending with the painters finally leaving after days of upheaval.
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Fanny
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Fluorescent maps for total darkness readouts planned
Washington reports the armed forces are developing fluorescent maps readable in total darkness. The House Civil Service Committee has been voted 25 000 to investigate government personnel practices but lacks investigative staff. Hundreds of naval officers relocate to unified defense HQ in the Pentagon while hundreds of army officers move into former Navy offices.
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Washington
House Civil Service Committee
Unified Defense Headquarters
Pentagon
Army
Navy
Township newspaper masthead and pricing notice
Editorial and staff credits for the La Crosse Tribune are listed along with office address and contact details. It notes publication as a daily afternoon and Sunday paper, AP membership, circulation contacts, and mail and home delivery rates for La Crosse Wisconsin.
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W. T. Burgess
R. L. Bangsberg
J. E. Lienlokken
Alfred W. Rice
G. G. Moriarity
Ed. Keefe
E. L. Burgess
Ass’t. Bus
A. E. Teachout
Luther Wilkins
la Crosse Tribune Company
4Th
Cass Streets
la Crosse
Wis
the Tribune
Lee Newspaper Group
Associated Press
Tribune
Flanders Probes Maritime Favoritism in Transatlantic Trade
Vermont Senator Ralph Flanders attacks the maritime commission over alleged favoritism toward the U S Lines. He exposes delays on Arnold Bernstein Lines ship purchases and a plan to offer low fare routes to Belgium while blocking rival competition. He cites high fares and government subsidies as part of the dispute amid Senate restaurant critiques and FEPC politics.
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Washington
Europe
Maritime Commission
North Atlantic
Vermont
Ralph Flanders
America
Flanders
U. S
Arnold Bernstein Lines
Belgium
Bernstein
U. S. Lines
Vermont Republican
ECA
Arnold Bernstein
General Pope
General Weigel
Antwerp
U S
Bernstein Lines
Coast Guard
General Meigs
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