Senator Capehart seeks data on sending newsprint to Europe
Senator Capehart, chairman of the Senate Small Business subcommittee on newsprint, urged Secretary of State Marshall to provide complete figures on postwar newsprint imports and exports. He warned that foreign purchases and European production under a propaganda program threaten free press and warned of potential reductions in U S newspaper publication due to continued shortages.
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Europe
State Department
Marshall
Capehart
Senate
United States
Stage Greats Launch Fund Drive for National Theater
New York AP report on Sunday night stage stars led by Katharine Cornell and Maurice Evans raising funds for a national theater foundation under ANTA. The 500 performers at the Ziegfeld Theater aim to decentralize theater, fund private initiatives, and bring major drama to every state. Patrons paid 3 to 100 dollars. expected profit around 20 thousand.
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New York
Broadway
The
Stars
American National Theater and Academy
National Theater Foundation
Oscar Serlin
Katharine Cornell
Maurice Evans
Congress
Smithsonian Institution
American Red Cross
Anta
New York City
Sidney Howard
Margo Jones
Dallas Theater
Texas
Epertory
Catholic University
Washington, D. C
Virginia State Theater
Alleghanies
San Francisco Theater Association
Jamestown
Detroit Drama Guild
United States of America
Cartoon shows Marshall Plan bubble bursting in Moscow
The Moscow Trud published a cartoon portraying the Marshall Plan as a bursting bubble in Secretary of State George C. Marshall and Western European nations. A following panel depicts Marshall turning away in embarrassment as Europeans wipe spilled fragments from their faces.
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Moscow
Trud
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Mellaha Airport Near Tripoli Set for U S Transport Stop
The Mellaha airfield near Tripoli, once a wartime base for American heavy bombers, will reopen as a service stop for transport command planes. The U S Air Forces in Europe announced the plan, with management by a small detachment under Lt. Col. Bruce C. Downs of Wichita, Kansas.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Mellaha
Tripoli
Transport Command
U. S
Europe
Bruce C. Downs
Wichita
Kas
Barge crashes through restaurant wall in Edinburg
In Edinburg Texas Adam Cantu stopped his big truck inside a restaurant wall near the cash register causing $100 in fines. The incident details describe a sudden entry that left the premises damaged and the driver facing charges.
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Edinburg
Tex
U.P
Adam Cantu
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Moscow Cartoon
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Butler Dry Cleaners
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U.S
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