Stand or die in Korea as war turns critical, Baruch urges controls
The piece reports Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker's warning that Korea has reached a critical stage and troops must win or die. Bernard Baruch urges Congress to freeze wages prices and rents, raise taxes, ration essentials, and boost production as part of mobilizing the economy for victory. The FTC notes 17 of 25 industries earned higher postwar profits in 1949, with autos, biscuits, and bread showing notable gains.
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Korea
Walton H. Walker
Dunkerque
G. I
U.S
Yongdok
Hadong
U. S
Eisenhower
Bernard Baruch
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
Baruch
Robert A. Taft
Federal Trade Commission
Atomic threats and mobilization amid Korea conflict
President Truman ruled out using the atomic bomb in Korea though officials scan options for deterrence. San Francisco and New York port controls target ships from Russia to counter atomic threats. U S employment rises to 52.774 million with farm work near 8.44 million as mobilization accelerates. Secretary Sawyer notes near full employment and possible labor expansion. U S air force planes lead globally as 200 manufacturers ordered to start nearly 4.4 billion dollars in new aircraft and parts with secrecy on details.
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Korea
Truman
United States
North Korea
Defense
San Francisco
New York
Russia
Department of Commerce
Secretary of
Commerce Sawyer
United States Air Force
Air Force
Appropriations Panel Eyes Nonmilitary Cuts
The House Appropriations Committee considers trimming nonmilitary spending to offset large defense outlays. A spokesman said no fixed goal exists but the panel aims to cancel all nonessential appropriations that can be axed.
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House Appropriations Committee
Candy and candy costs and Soviet U.N. council move
The article notes Americans average 17 pounds of candy per person per year and 25.2 cents weekly in stores cited from Edwin J. Brach. It also reports on the Soviet Union ending its U.N. boycott and various theories about Moscow seeking a peace move at the Security Council.
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America
Edwin J. Brach
Chicago
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics
Brach
Soviet Union
United Nations
Jacob A. Malik
Council
Stockholm
Security Council
Kremlin
Plasti-Liner Company
Buffalo 11
New York
Machines Grow Older As Industry Warns Of Decline
Wartime production expert William L. Batt, president of SKF Industries and former War Production Board chairman, warns that the nation’s industrial equipment is deteriorating rapidly. He says the aging machine tools could leave the country at a serious disadvantage in an emergency.
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William L. Batt
SKF Industries, Inc
War Production Board
U S Starts Drive Against Subversives in Espionage Case
The FBI reports two new arrests in espionage linked to Klaus Fuchs era cases. Abraham Brothman and Miriam Moscowitz, connected to Brothman’s engineering firm, are named as suspects after Harry Gold’s testimony. Hoover urges citizen reporting while McGrath expands federal grand juries to combat subversive activity.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Abraham Brothman
Miriam Moscowitz
Harry Gold
Russia
Miss Moscowitz
Brothman
Klaus Kluchs
England
J. Edgar Hoover
McGrath
Justice Department
Washington
Help Wanted Ad and Patent for Sale Notices
Help wanted for men and women with baby bottles at cost, no colic, endorsed by doctors. Send 50c or stamps for handling. Agents wanted by Major Sales, 31 Center Tam Aqua Pa. Brand livestock with electricity patent for sale inquiries invited to Charles E Farrar inventor 415 Carrollton Greenwood Miss.
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Tamaqua
Charles E. Farrar
Carrollton
Greenwood
Miss
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