Tougher Foreign Policy and European Relief Crisis
Western Newspaper Union reports that U S officials expect a tougher foreign policy stance toward Russia over relief and European divisions. Moscow seeks to control Europe and delay restoration to leverage political and economic gains while Poland Hungary and others face limited relief funds. Negotiations and conferences in 1947 shape potential crises and parliamentary sessions.
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Washington
Russia
Europe
Kremlin
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Congress
Moscow
Marshal
UNO General Assembly
London
Molotov
General Assembly
New York
Marshall
Truman
Paris
Common Man Fit to Rule? Debate on Intelligence and Education
Washington hears a debate on whether the so called common man is fit to govern. Figures like Guy Burch warn of rising feeble mindedness, while Dr. Brown and Canon Bell urge education to boost intelligence and civic capability, arguing for broader, clearer schooling and moral formation.
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Washington
Henry Wallace
California
America
Teddy Roosevelt
Wallace
United States
Great Britain
Congress
Guy Irving Burch
Population Reference Bureau
Burch
England
Sir Cyril Burt
Royal Commission On Population
Sir Cyril
Britain
Francis Brown
American Council On Education
President’s Commission
Dr. Brown
Brown
Bernard Iddings Bell
Episcopal
Chicago
Bell
William Rainey Harper
British Economy Crisis Ties to War Talks and Farm Shortages
The piece traces a chain of effects from Field Marshal Montgomery's recall and Britain's planned military cuts to coal shortages and inflation. It links London financial turmoil to U S grain prices, stock declines, and a government push for another large wheat crop as economic insecurity spreads through markets and farms.
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England
America
Montgomery
Great Britain
London
Little Isle
Clement Attlee
U. S
Chicago Board of Trade
New York Stock Exchange
Death Toll on U.S. Highways Dips in First Half of 1947
National Safety Council reports 14 480 highway deaths in the first six months of 1947, down 9 percent from 1946 despite 11 percent higher travel. June fatalities rose 5 percent year over year to 2 490, with major cities cutting deaths, New York down 15 percent and Los Angeles 16 percent. Jacksonville, Florida records a 69 percent drop from 1946.
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National Safety Council
The
Safety Council
New York
Los Angeles
Jacksonville
Fla
Farm AAA to Resume Soil Conservation Program
The Agriculture Department ordered the AAA soil conservation program resumed after Congress approved 255 million dollars for operations and 265 million for farmer payments. The plan offers cash and materials for soil and water conservation, with local details run by over 109,000 former committeemen and reduced administrative costs compared with last year.
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Washington
AAA
Department of Agriculture
Congress
House
Truman
Senate
Grandma Speakin Found in Home Icebox Ad
The item promotes Nu-Maid Margarine as the best choice for baking and table use. It urges readers to submit sayings or ideas for a feature and promises payment to first contributors. The ad emphasizes table grade margarine and a Cincinnati address for submissions.
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Cincinnati
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U. S. Steel
Backhage
Mussolini
Franco
Hitler
Stalin
Bankhage
Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery
Imperial General Staff
Far East
U. S. State Department
Indonesia
U.N
United Nations Security Council
U. N
Australia
India
Council
Balkan
Netherlands
Leland Dexter
Numaid
Sy Ee
Rane
Gensco Tool DIV
General Steel Warehouse Co.,Inc
N. Kostner Ave
McKesson Laboratories
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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