Russia Moves to Put War Readiness on High Behind Iron Curtain
The Czech government is ordered to empty barracks as Russia moves troops toward the American zone in Germany. Signs are being erected to guide Red Army divisions from the border toward Berlin and Paris. Russia reports 15 new air bases in eastern Germany and a purge of dissident Communists Europe wide. Premier Stalin reportedly backs the crackdown as the Kremlin gears for a final showdown.
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Iron Curtain
Russia
Czech
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Red Army
U. S
Berlin
Paris
Europe
Stalin
Kremlin
Price Controls Sabotaged by Congress Since 1946
Two years after July 1946 votes to end price controls figures show meat prices up 191 percent since May 15 1946 rents under controls rose 7.6 percent gas and electricity regulated locally up 2 percent and general food prices up 214.1 percent over the 1935 39 average indicating prices ran away from controls.
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Congress
Truman hears bold Berlin ideas from farmer leader Patton
James Patton of the National Farmers Union urged Truman to take dramatic action on the Berlin crisis. He proposed calling Stalin and meeting in Berlin while noting the need for nonwar solutions. Patton pressed for broader farm programs and rural aid as the Pentagon revisits UN base plans to enforce peace.
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Berlin
James Patton
National Farmers Union
Rocky Mountain
Stalin
Jim
Patton
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Prairie Guns and Trail of Indian Attack
Sue Leonard's father is killed by Sheriff Hapes as Terry Donovan and Will Andrews guard her. The group tracks a large war party along the Arickaree fork while tensions rise over Donovan's fate. A dawn assault erupts with Terry defending horses and fending off warriors before the scene ends with Donovan killing a charging brave and the siege beginning.
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Sue Leonard
Morgan Hapes
Terry Donovan
Forsyth
al Grinnel
Abilene
Fort Hooker
Pryly
Andrews
Terry
Grinnel
Willie
Colonel Forsyth
Abe Plyly
Plyly
McCall
Donovan
Stilwell
Trudeau
Abe
Sue
Sheridan
Fort Wake
Nesters
Grover
Arickaree
Barlow
Cover-Up Apron and Yoke Dress Pattern No 1751
Pattern No 1751 offers an easy sew apron and yoke dress in sizes 14 through 44. Instructions note fabric requirements with yardage for 32 or 35 inch widths, indicating size 16 uses about 25 yards.
Household Tips From Everyday Kitchen Habits
Practical advice on home care and cooking from preserving odors to cleaning and maintenance. Tips include mineral oil for egg beaters safe if spilled, slicing onions on a metal grater to prevent finger injuries, keeping chromium plated pans free of bare spots with cleaning, making dish towels from worn bedsheets, baking soda for a blackened oven door, using oil of wintergreen to absorb odors, prunes in brown sugar to prevent hardening, rubbing a breadbox with emery cloth, and turning an inner spring mattress four times a year plus securing loose linoleum edges for 15 to 20 hours.
DIY Drain Board Mat From Cut Turkish Towel
A quick home solution uses torn Turkish towel scraps bound with tape to form a makeshift drain board mat. The improvised mat aims to cushion and protect dishes during drying by creating a absorbent, folded layer.
Fifth large Dollarhide well boosts Texas oil field
An oil discovery at the Dollarhide field in west Texas brings in a fifth large well. Oil men call it the greatest field find since 1929 with rough estimates suggesting potential reserves up to 600 million barrels.
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Dollarhide
West Texas
East Texas
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