World press freedom gains noted amid postwar efforts
Censorship barriers rose before the war and lingered after hostilities. American journalism leaders pushed for guaranteed freedom in peace treaties and international accords. The push faces Russia and Soviet influence, while steps include UNRRA funding rider debates, Bermuda cable rate deals, and a push for universal press access and nondiscriminatory transmission facilities.
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American Society of Newspaper Editors
Russia
Europe
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
State Department
Mexico City
United States
United Nations
Edward R. Stettinius
Bermuda
Great Britain
Marshall's Burma War Report Highlights Air Supply Triumphs
Gen George C Marshall notes Burma campaign hinged on air supply from China and India. Air Transport Command and troop carrier squadrons moved troops and materiel rapidly, enabling operations from Dimapur to Myitkyina. Stilwell faced harsh logistics, political strain, and vast distances before relief and reorganization.
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Burma Falls
Burma
Hukawng Valley
Myitkyina
William D. Old
Stratemeyer
Eastern Air Command
Brahmaputra Valley
Himalayas
India-Burma
Air Transport Command
Bengal Assam
Dimapur
Yunnan
China
Sookerating
Assam
India
Hukawng
United States
Stilwell
Asia
Southeast Asia
China-Burma- India
Daniel I. Sultan
Albert C. Wedemeyer
War Department
Admiral Mountbatten
Japan
Buckner
Okinawa
U. S. Tenth Army
Chindwin River
Kalewa
Irrawaddy
Lungling
Mandalay
Mountbatten
Rangoon
Sultan
Shwega
Bhamo
Bengal-Assam
United States Engineers
Lewis A. Pick
Burma-China
Stilwell Road
Safe at Home Christmas urged as veterans return
Texans celebrate veterans coming home but warn December traffic will claim 223 lives and injure about 2000 others. The Texas Safety Association urges extra care to keep Christmas safe on roads and streets, urging families to prevent tragedies and keep homes peaceful.
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GI Joe
Texas Safety Association
Texas
United Press
Fort Worth
C. G. Dewes
Bob Buckman
Buckman
Dewes
Lubbock Avalanche Journal Newspiece From 1948 Dec 18
Independent Democratic morning paper on the South Plains consolidates with Lubbock Evening Journal as Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Publisher Parker F. Prouty and staff listed. post office notice confirms publication details and patriot pledge.
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Starla the Osy
South Plains
Lubbock Evening Journal
Lubbock Avstanche-Journal
Avalanche-Journal Puttening Co. Inc
Texas Avenue
Lubbock
Texas
Associates Press Nations
Tezes Daily Pree League
Dallas
Oklahoma Soldier Receives $31,003 Gift For Reconversion
Sgt. Elmer Morriss, severely wounded in the Battle of the Bulge, is presented with a grant of 31 003.81 by friends and supporting papers. The crowd of over 1 000 in Ardmore celebrates the personal reconversion program enabling Morriss to buy a farm and secure future funds.
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Oklahoma
Ardmore
Okla
Elmer Morriss
Morriss
Soldier's Friends
Fort Worth
Tex
Star-Telegram
Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City
Daily Ardmoreite
Woodward, Okla
Daily Press
Belgium
Farley Urges Leadership But Notices Domestic Struggles
In a men's club address James A. Farley, ex Postmaster General, urged real global leadership while questioning whether the U S can lead others when it lacks leadership at home. He cites domestic issues from work stoppages to housing for returning servicemen and employment.
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James A. Farley
Farley
Mr. Farley
Washington
Leadership and action in American leadership remarks
The speaker condemns persistent hatreds and mediocrity in Washington while urging bold leadership. He calls for production, unity, and justice at home, opposing racial and religious strife and stressing courage, conviction, faith, strength, and intelligence. He argues America must lead the world but must first lead itself.
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Europe
Farley
Lincoln
Jefferson
Washington
Atomic Brien McMahon Blocks Westward Factory Shift
Senator Brien F. McMahon, shaping the postwar debate on decentralizing American industry, blocks further inquiry into moving factories West and South. The nitrate of political battles, labor concerns, and wartime policies colors a national fight as McMahon leads the charge against East‑to‑West industrial reallocation.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Brien F. McMahon
Connecticut
Pat McCarran
Nevada
War Production Board
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Far West
Pacific Coast
Roosevelt
Henry Kaiser
Andrew Jackson Higgins
WPB Tucker
RFC
Mr. Roosevelt
McCarran
McMahon
Senate
McCarran Committee
New England
Interstate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce
Atomic Brien
Tydings and
Radcliffe
Maryland
Speculation watched by capital experts market room worry
Washington observers note renewed stock market activity draws attention from Federal Reserve officials. The cash market remains dominant with 75 percent margin requirements, while brokers push for looser credit amid fears inflation could follow.
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Prosperity Boys
Congress
Truman
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Three Die In Head On Crash Near Gallup Ariz Road
A weekend head on collision on Highway 66 five miles west of Lupton Arizona near the New Mexico border left three dead. Victims include Betty Stein 35 Topeka Kansas and two servicemen Seaman First Class Alfred Rishell 19 and Private Floyd Miller 21. Several others were injured and hospital attendants described several as critical.
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Gallup
N. M
U.P
New Mexico
Arizona
Betty Stein
Topeka
Kansas
Alfred Rishell
Fort Blanchard
Floyd Francis Miller
Hamilton
Ohio
Thomas Dawber
West Warwick
R. J
Ralph B. Stein
Calvin W. Taylor
Troy
W. Va
S. Joseph DePhilippo
Philadelphia
Lupton
Ariz
Stein
Dawber
Altercation Fatal Near Domino Parlor In Dallas
Bauer 42 died in hospital from a fractured skull after an altercation near a domino parlor. A charge of assault to murder is on file against James Calvert Ferguson 47.
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Dallas
R— Bauer
James Calvert Ferguson
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Denver
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Cope
King Peatures Syndicate, Inc
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George C. Marshall
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Parker F. Prouty » Geners
Char
Ratlifp
Bateret
Caso
Republic
Labbock
By Erich Brandeis
Brien McMahon
White House
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American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
United Mine Workers
William Green
Philip Murray
John L. Lewis
UMW
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
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Baytown
E. M. Clark
Galbraith
Jake
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Germany
Santa Claus
Thomas L. Stokes
Calvin Coolidge
New York
Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
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